Foxy Lady:  Yeah cept if you told me to jump, I'd probably ask how high.    Did you know that Obama is against unreasonable gun control?  He's being accused of being a "centrist."  That's a good thing for those of us on the right.  Pelosi wants him to move left but she really wants him to do her bidding.  Obama won't do that.  He's a smart politican in many ways.  I hope he works with the republicans on this "stimulus" / pork spending package.

Artful Dodger: HAHAHAHHA.....you silly buggar :)

Artful Dodger: Ok but i'm sure i'll need Bernice's help.

Foxy Lady:  Yeah, he can take it too.  She's our number one blog subscriber.  Wanna join the AD/Czuch fan club here?  All ya gotta do is listen to us ramble, and then disagree with us, and then sit back and watch us dismantle your arguments point by point.  Then Bernice comes on and puts us in our place and we start all over again.   It's great fun!  

Artful Dodger: I love it when Bernice lets Chucky have it.

Foxy Lady:  You got it right.  ;)  Yeah politics can be light fun as well as tense.  I like it both ways. ;)

Dark Vamp:Hmmmmm guess i got brain fog

Foxy Lady: Nope

Artful Dodger: This board is getting entertaining. Did i spell that right?

Artful Dodger: yes but you are a smart-ass

Bernice:  I knew what he meant. 

Czuch: i stand corrected LOL

Bernice: I use the word broke not to mean monetarily broke, but broken, as in it doesnt work anymore... that our system itself is fine, a blimp on the radar doesnt mean we need any radical changes like socialism will bring.

Czuch: what you mean is YOUare not broke, and as long as you have the "I'm alright Jack" mentality you don't really care of others.

I was a little disappointed with the 3-D commercials, I thought more things would fly out at you

Bernice: ..Im only trying to stir him up because Ive found over the years it don't take too much

damn, I fall for it evrye time too!

Bernice: i hardly care... someone else mentioned they didnt like it to me, and I thought a bit about it, and just wondered if anyone else had felt like that... then I thought about the canadian anthem, which is the next most familiar to me, and i ddnt recall it ever being anything than the stoic version we all know...

I dont mind change either, but I like the saying " if it isnt broke, dont fix it" the US has come a long way on the back of capitalism and free markets, with many ups and downs along the way, whats the point in changing that? I dont mind a tweak here and there, changing times and technology etc, but socialism isnt a tweak, its a radically different direction... we are not broke even close to that bad, IMO!

Bernice:Are you sure it's not me you're talking about? 

Artful Dodger: rofl....Im only trying to stir him up because Ive found over the years it don't take too much

Bernice: You tell him girl.  He won't listen to me. 

the Aussie anthem get sung different ways by different people also at sporting events....let it go Chuck, you are only jealous of their beautiful voices and it also proves you aren't open to change.

Czuch:No I'm not a progressive.  ;)  But when it comes to music, there are certain musical tastes I have that allow for individual expression.  Usually I'm a traditionalist when it comes to most things.  Music is no exception.  But thee is a lot to be said for interpretation and putting emotion into a song.  I'd say that when you sing together, you sing it the traditional way.  When a solo, you sing it your way (ala Frank Sanatra) 

Artful Dodger: no, you arent sure???

Czuch:No but I am a musician and so I probably see it through my musical training more than through my political lens. ;)

Artful Dodger: The point is that its a traditional kind of song... what if the army started doing it to their marching songs??? You sure you arent a closet progressive liberal?

Vikings: I see.  Well I think for some that's true.  Sandy Patty certainly could hold the notes.  I've never thought of it as I can't sing either way.  I sound like Paul Stooky. 

Czuch: I think it's just a style of singing.  Listen to the American Idol contestants that make it.  they all do that.

And jennifer houston rocked the house.  

Artful Dodger: I missed the songs, I was talking in general, as a musician, singing where they slide all over the scale bugs me I think it takes more talent to hold the note

Artful Dodger: so you think it is something to celebrate.....something succinctly American, that makes and helps us stand out as a cut above the rest?

Czuch:Not really.  I like they way they sang. 

Artful Dodger: Any recollection of another countries anthem being done like this?

Vikings:  Faith Hill can hold a note for a long time.  Have you heard her songs? 

Czuch: I'd normally agree with you on this one,but Hudson lost 3 members of her family recently in a savage attack,if heart and soul have any value,she delivered

Artful Dodger: I don't, I think songs are sung that way because even tho they have a great voice, they are not capable of holding a note for any amount of time

Jim Dandy:

erratic weather patterns are example enough.

Erratic patters are common, there is no science to them, thats why the scare tactics about everything melting is a better tactic

Czuch:I think you're over reacting.  A bit.  ;)  Patriotism is from the heart and singing and interpretation go hand in hand. 

Czuch: Blame Jimmy

Is it just me??? When did our national anthem become a pop song, ripe for the interpretation of these pop artists who sing them before events???

Sometimes they sound okay, but if you think about it, really, its our national anthem, there is one way it should be sung, and there should be no changing it with artistic impersonations!

BTW, do ever hear the Canadian anthem or any other anthems done so differently every time??? NO, you dont, and I dont like it being done to my anthem either, am I over reacting???

Artful Dodger: I've always been a fan of the KISS method

" you know the Germans always make good stuff"

http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns4mnmNBk1Y

Jim Dandy:
  He could hold peace conferences with Israel and Hamas "Sham Wow" style. 

Artful Dodger: If you really want to improve your "image in the world"................hire Vince(the sham wow guy) as Sec of State

Gitmo will close.  But only because Obama wants to improve our image with the world.  But, what will they do with all those captured terrorists?

They will simply lock them up somewhere else.

They won't be tried in a civil court because the rules of law in civil court has greater requirements on rules of evidence etc.  And let's be realistic, they weren't captured by CSI Miami.  They were captured on the battle field.  Soldiers don't have time to take pictures, collect bullets, interview "witnesses" or any of those other required evidence components that would be required in a civil court. 

The terrorists aren't with a government per se.  They don't wear uniforms.  Some argue that since they operate outside the rules of the Geneva convention and are not therefore entitled to Geneva convention agreements on treatment.

Likely the US will find a "new home" for the detainees and then try them by military tribunal.  It won't be a complicated procedure.  The fact that the detainee will have been captured on the battle field or is a known terrorist (where evidence does exist to support the claim) will likely be enough to detain some indefinately.

If Obama lets some go and they turn around and attack America or her interests, Obama won't survive the political fallout. 

Czuch: People tend to confuse "global warming" with "heat"...............a cold winter and the nay sayers feel the argument has been quashed.I'm not completely sold on the "global warming prophacy,but the unusually cold and stormy winter we are enduring is not a valid argument,quite the contrary actually.I can understand how some may think "hey,if it was a warm winter you'd also say it validates the argument,you want it both ways"

The truth is,our very erratic weather patterns are example enough.

Czuch:  Besides that, Al Gore's science flies in the face of real science anyway.  He just ignores all the evidence to the contrary and forges ahead.  Well, at least he has a platform now (global warming is more about Al Gore than it is about facts - and now he has to save his face after an award from Hollow Wood and a Notsonoble Peace Booby-Prize.

Jim Dandy: Thing is, its another example of democratic no win arguments.... global warming is really a misnomer, what they really mean is that man is responsible for all kinds of climate changes, that include snow and cold, not just warming..... so while they use scare tactics telling us that NY will flood when the Ice caps melt, they also tell you that the ice storm is a result of global warming as well... they just cover everything, and there is no way to prove them wrong, when every weather even is global warming related.


I just cant wait to see what they are saying in 10 years, long after their "tipping point with no return", and see what they are saying then.... I am certain they will say that they were wrong, and keep moving the tipping point back more and more... and they have the nerve to call republican the "scare mongers"?

Jim Dandy: lol, I forgot about Jim Dandy! 

Artful Dodger: The Wrath of Gore

Bernice:Zowie!  Nasty storms.  The mid-west has suffered a huge natural disaster.  Lots without power.  Mama nature must be on a roll.  She's zapping people all over the planet. 

Weell we survived a cyclone that crossed the coast north of us over night, now all we have to put up with is MORE RAIN and excessive winds............