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Speak Out 6/19/09Friday, June 19, 2009PP potholes I'VE been driving through the same potholes on Route PP near Kelso for the past three years. They started out the size of a pie pan. Now they're the size of a bathtub. If you meet a car you have to pull off the road so only the left tires get knocked out of alignment. Surely with all the yellow trucks and orange cones the Missouri Department of Transportation has strewn up and down the highway, it could put one person on the road to look for potholes. Neglected airport ABANDONED? With no cuts in city employees or services, why is it our airport has recently developed a musty, unused, abandoned look with grass growing up between cracks all up and down the runways and taxiways and with weeds growing a foot high all across in front of hangar doorways? It's that sort of well-worn, threadbare, abandoned, broken-windows Cairo look. Why have our mayor and council members stopped caring about the all-important first impressions of our gateway visitors? Or is it we can't afford to cut the grass? Thanks to Bush TARP is working, but is not because of President Obama. President Bush is the one who got TARP started. He is the one you should be giving credit to. Obama keeps saying he inherited the worst economy since the Great Depression. I'll tell you what he inherited: America, the greatest country God gave Earth, the ability to make money and create business to make our dreams come true. Quit blaming Bush. This is your economy now, President Obama. Start taking responsibility.
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Happy Juneteenth everyone.
Now I lay me down to sleep.
Yikes! This sianide nerve has me up!
PP potholes: PP Potholes? LOL! Well, I would have made a funny here, but unfortunately I am familiar with this road.
Neglected airport: Oh Good Grief, We don't have that much traffic there! Just build my Junior College there and be done with it!
Thanks to Bush: LOL!
Is that it?? LOL!
I've never understood the Juneteenth thing. The Emancipation Proclamation did NOT end slavery. It only freed slaves in states in rebellion. It was still perfectly legal to own a slave in Missouri, Illinois, Maryland and several Parishes in southern Louisiana that did not go along with secession. Slavery was abolished by the 13th Amendment to the Constitution that was proposed on Jan. 31 and enacted on Dec. 6 1865. And for some reason Emancipation Day is celebrated in many areas of the country including my home state of Kentucky on Aug. 8th, a date for which I can find no historical significance, instead of June 19th.
Does anyone know if our state legislatures get their health insurance paid for by the state when they are not officially in session? Also, what is Nathan Cooper's status since his release? Stupid questions I know...just curious.
Ask her why she thinks it OK to throw her Grandmother in a nursing home for no reason other than she is a hassle. She still thinks she is getting her inheritance. If I were her granny I would give it to SEMO for a fountain.
-- Posted by WOBBLE on Thu, Jun 18, 2009, at 10:32 PM
That confirms it! You are completely off...you know nothing about me...I NEVER did any such thing!
Talk about judging, YOU all judge things about a person, that you have MADE UP!
I don't know James....you still think these people are "alright"?
Oh but the benefits those scoundrels get.
Just curious as to their benefits as I have known some who quit to take other jobs; been quite a few years ago though.
RE: Thanks to Bush - Here are some more "accomplishments" that we can thank GW Bush for...
The Patriot Act
NCLB
Dept of Homeland Security
The first round of auto maker bailouts
The "War on Terror"
I agree with the waterhead that wrote this comment. TARP One is working exactly as planned.
On a more interesting note. Here is a link to an article about the ACLU lawsuit against the TSA regarding their un-Constitutional detainment of The Campaign For Liberty's Steven Bierfeldt in St Louis this past March.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/...
Just_Me,
I am somewhat surprised at your question being a man of the world and all and guessing you still are married to your first wife. I have been with my wife for over forty-five years and the correct answer is, whatever your wife's are/is. Payment ca be made in the form of a money order or pay pal...
Hey Lumpy. Bush also gave us these wonderful pieces of legislation.
1. The Military Commissions Act which makes
everyone potential terrorists
2. The Bankruptcy Act in 2005 ( Could it be that
they knew in 2005 that the market was going to
crash in a few years and millions of people
would declare bankruptcy and they had to save
the bankers and credit card companies at the
expense of the public? Nawh. That would be a
conspiracy theory.
3. The Medicare Prescription Act ( You must hate
old people if you oppose this monstrosity
right? )
4. The Farm bill in 2002 to help the corporate
farm cartel which gives us all of that
nutritious genetically modified "food".
Good morning! ☻
PP potholes...there are potholes everywhere that need attention, it is a never ending task!
Neglected airport.....ok, is this caller clueless or what?
Thanks to Bush....I will agree America is a great country. ☻
PP Potholes: The real state of the state.
Neglected airport: Replace weeds with weed that has commercial appeal, and it will be harvested.
Thanks to Bush: For what?
As some regulars on here have proven, there really is no such thing as being "banned". Only a couple of people on here still have their original avatar and/or "screen name". I certainly hope JMMO comes back as have others.
TripleS, yep, married to the love of my life, & we are both more than happy with everything with which we have been "endowed". It was just something that popped up in a conversation. I thought it might make for some titilating discussion on a Friday morn...
Does anyone actually use our airport? I've always thought the whole thing a waste of taxpayer dollars. I wonder how much of our money it takes per passenger to maintain it?
Data,
The following is a portion of an e-mail I received yesterday and thought it interesting:
By Frances Rice
As we celebrate Juneteenth, also know as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day, it is fitting that we pause to recognize the origin of this important part of our African American heritage.
June 19th marks the day in 1865 when word reached blacks in Texas that slavery in the United States had been abolished. More than two years earlier, on January 1, 1863, Republican President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation.
Delivered during the American Civil War, this proclamation ordered the freeing of all slaves in states that were rebelling against Union forces. The proclamation had little effect in Texas, where there were few Union troops to enforce the order.
News of the proclamation officially reached Texas on June 19, 1865, when Union General Gordon Granger, backed by nearly 2,000 troops, arrived in the city of Galveston and publicly announced that slavery in the United States had ended. Republicans had passed the Thirteenth Amendment on January 31, 1865 that was ratified on December 6, 1865 to abolish slavery in the United States.
Reactions among newly freed slaves ranged from shock and disbelief to jubilant celebration. That day has been known ever since as Juneteenth, a name probably derived from the slang combination of the words June and nineteenth.
Old fuddy duddies.
It's a shame that you trying to have an engaging and stimulating discussion and garner honest opinion about something that God created & it gets deleted.
I suppose we'll have to FARM the question out in another venue.
Data,
Another thought.
It was my understanding, if I remember correctly, that Missouri did secede from the Union but that Lincoln imposed, what I suppose they called at the time, Marshall Law and removed the elected legislature from Jefferson City. The elected legislature then more or less conducted an "underground government" in Carthage.
The above is from memory and could be somewhat in error, since I read this some years back. Correct me if I am wrong or forgetting some of the facts.
The timing of the flights has always been a problem & layovers at STL would be longer than what it takes me to drive up there or back. Our family has used Cape airport twice & had problems returning both times. One time we said forget it, rented a car, & drove home. Plus, I don't get on anything that doesn't have a bathroom (pay or free, but it needs a toilet).
Cycle, I thougtht that line of conversation would be better than the regular moaning about Rice, Obamallah, historic building preservation, & the like. A little light-hearted fun would be more arousing of my interest than the usual complaining. After all, it is Friday.
Yeah, some of it fell into place quite nicely, too.
"titillating discussion on a Friday morn..."
-- Posted by Just__Me on Fri, Jun 19, 2009, at 9:20 AM
As much as I would love handle this and to try to wrap my head around that subject...
I am going to get busy on a new name/avatar if needed.
Eh, you're probably right. I'm going to go take a shower.
Careful Triple S, you might get lost in the fog and we will never find you back. That would be tragic.
Data,
At least one error, that was Neosha not Carthage.
Chuck Norris could take him.
You know every night before the Boogie Man goes to bed, he checks his closet for Chuck Norris.
That's why I thought it would be such a great match up.
Chuck Norris still sleeps with a nightlight, not because he's afraid of the dark, but because the dark is afraid of Chuck Norris.
Should the City of Marble Hill raise water rates ... again? Sound off in the SE Missourian forum:
http://www.semissourian.com/forums/speak...
Notes from June 12, 2009 Marble Hill Board of Aldermen meeting:
http://aldermanlacy.wordpress.com/2009/0...
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Socialism_Destroys
is that razor what i think it's for ?
i mean , so a woman doesn't look like a ZZ Top concert?
Rick
Handfull was not what I remembered hearing.
Apparently so... Now, y'all don't go misbehavin' and gettin' posts deleted again now!
So Rick, you're saying it's nice to have big hands?
Cycle, both ends are highly valued here.
well , i guess i'll be the next bannished...oh well , life goes on..
"# Deep down, everyone's an Obama."
-- Posted by Socialism_Destroys on Fri, Jun 19, 2009, at 10:15 AM
Aww. That's just about the most touching thing I've heard all day.
TARP ? what in the world is TARP?
TARP - The Abomination Republicans Passed
Once a grizzly bear threatened to eat Chuck Norris. Chuck showed the bear his fist and the bear proceeded to eat himself, because it would be the less painful way to die.
Rick, I think today is the first day that I have agreed with everything you've said...
Cycle, I'm sure the subject will come up after some Blue Moon. Like I said, I'll let you stick to the kiddie drinks--I'll have some Kettle One or 3 Olives. It's what grown-ups drink. It's also more likely to lead to a visual of the items in question when consumed by females.
Wobble,
Sounds like you know the young lady. Might I say, very little surprises me? I have often found, there is a different set of rules for the Left Wing Liberal than they set for the rest of us. Look at the tax cheaters among Obama's nominees this past January and February as an example.
-- Posted by Have_Wheels_Will_Travel on Thu, Jun 18, 2009, at 11:02 PM
Wobble and Wheels are delusional. Yes, I said that, for you are flat out lying!
Perhaps you have noticed that many posters have quit coming on here. Not because you have beaten them down, but because you are rude, disrespectful and clueless. Yep, I said that too. I can go back and cut and paste, but you know you are wrong about me, because you don't have any idea as to who I may be.
Wheels, you and I really should meet. But I fear you'd have a heart attack when you saw who you are constantly gigging...sorry that word offends you, but it so fits!
Blue Moon of Kentucky keep on shining.
I'm glad to see the drama continuing....without me. I was beginning to think it was ME! lol
Jump on in, Veggie Root!
Thanks for the invite, JM! OK, I'm not discussing boobies, ethnic background or designer duds today, it got WAAAAY to complicated yesterday. ☻
Who is this WOBBLE? The other day they were impersonating JUMEMY/UCCMe...well trying to. I was buying it til' they apologized, JUMEMY never gave up that easily. ☻
Have the brown suited Obama-bots kidnapped Cycle? He's been MIA for a while...
Chuck Norris counted to infinity - twice.
I bet Bruce Lee could have taken Chuck Norris
Whew! I was afraid maybe they snuck up on you or something.
Do you remember how to get to the FARM--.34 miles after you turn on Rt. DD.
R.I.P. John Joseph Houghtaling. Thank you for vibrating beds in cheesy motels. My pimples may never have cleared up without you.
Chuck Norris eats Transformer toys in vehicle mode and poos them out Transformed into a robot.
I thought only Weebles wobbled?
China was once bordering the United States, until Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked it all the way through the Earth.
Turnip,
Wobble is Willy....
I don't know if he was censored, or just felt the need to lurk incognito...
Glad to see your still around
China was once bordering the United States, until Chuck Norris roundhouse kicked it all the way through the Earth.
-- Posted by Just__Me on Fri, Jun 19, 2009, at 2:47 PM
That must have been when Palin was neighbors with Russia....
Outer space exists because it's afraid to be on the same planet with Chuck Norris.
Destroys --
Obama really got your goat. I love watching you squirm.
Mainlands are approximately 50 miles apart; Little (US) & Big (Russia) Diomede islands are only 2.5 miles apart.
Gee Just...
You trying to rationalize this? laughing
There's no need to rationalize anything with Chuck Norris on your side.
Here is another reason to end those unnecessary immoral and costly wars. The rate of alcohol abuse treatment has nearly doubled in 6 years for the military. Suicide rates are steadily increasing. http://www.usatoday.com/news/military/20...
Multiple tours of duty are taking a dangerous toll on the mental and physical health of some in the military. Post traumatic stress disorder PTSD and traumatic brain injury TBI show no outward scars but take a tremendous toll on mental health. Unfortunately some of these brain injured vets are being hired in police departments across the country.
There has been an explosion of police abuse of the public across the country as evidenced by dozens of You Tube videos. Those out of control cops are treating our citizens like the enemy. I'm concerned that many of those brain damaged cops will get even more aggressive with the public when ordered to do so by their bosses who are told what to do by this fascist government.
Of course most of the returning vets are stable. And most of the vets /cops are not out of control, but we need to stop the wars and not add to the vets who are. http://www.policeone.com/police-products...
That confirms it! You are completely off...you know nothing about me...I NEVER did any such thing!
-- Posted by Theorist on Fri, Jun 19, 2009, at 6:22 AM
Wobble and Wheels are delusional. Yes, I said that, for you are flat out lying!
-- Posted by Theorist on Fri, Jun 19, 2009, at 1:18 PM
Sis, slow down, you are going to blow a gasget!
Re: Post #1) Talk about hitting a nerve!!! Sounds like your A.M. wasn't going well.
Re: Post #2) Was going to just ignore you, but you keep poking sticks at me and I will respond. I never said anything about you, and did not accuse you of anything. I did ask you if that was true, that is all. My comment about nothing surprises me, is true, shocked and surprised are pretty much out for me. And what I said about Far Left Liberals is exactly what I feel, if the mantra fits, wear it.
Last, don't screech at me and accuse me of lying for something someone else said! I will leave it at that.
it's 100 degrees in the shade in the middle of June...i wonder what July and August are gonna be like..
this heat makes folks cranky and say things they wouldn't normally say....
Rick, I'm not hot & cranky. I am rolling around naked in $100 bills, I have a cold beverage nearby, and I have the thermostat set on 69 degrees. I'm quite comfy & uncranky.
I agree with what you say S.D. about Obama. He did promise to end the wars yet he sends thousands of more troops to Afghanistan. The dems are big time hypocrits. War is bad when a repub is in office and good when a dem is. The democrat party is no different than the repubs as far as war is concerned. In fact Democrats have started more wars than Republicans.
This continuation of the wars shows that both political parties are just glorified whor*s for the fascist system. I don't know what it will take to finally convince most of the people that all government officials at the highest levels work for the same banker masters instead of the people.
Until the public figures out that we are being scammed by BOTH parties, out of our money, freedoms, and most importantly for some, their lives in wars for profit, we will continue to live Groundhog Day.
All of this proves that elections, the way they are now are rigged now, are pretty much useless.
InfoWarrior ...you always have such a bright outlook on stuff...
Theorist, WOBBLE is Mak'i, geez...talk about going right over my head...
Rick, did you know that, that WOBBLE is Mak'i? btw, this heat is DEFINATELY making me cranky....
Cycle, good point about Bruce Lee. ☻
Destroys --
Oh, I understand, all right. You just can't help it. You're eaten alive.
WOBBLE is out looking for my daughter.
Rick I wish I didn't have to write the things I do on forums like this because I know they are dark and twisted and they are not fun to read, but I am only reporting what I see and it is dark and twisted. I I just wish this oppressive New World Order psychopathic system would just leave us alone.
I would much rather spend my time fishing, hunting, or on other enjoyable activities like writing about hunting and fishing as I used to do.
But I have to be true to myself. I am just one of the canaries in the coal mine. There are getting to be more of us every day thank God. If enough people would wake up and say NO to this craziness and resist the evil, I would never post on here again.
I don't get to worked up about weeds (although think weed should be legal for adults) and homeless shelters when our country and the world is being destroyed by evil psychos, but I understand others do and that is o.k. with me.
Destroys --
Like I said........
There is no 'ctrl' button on Chuck Norris' computer. Chuck Norris is always in control.
I say it again: Children DO NOT belong in the streets, playing on bicycles, skateboards or balls.
Sounds like you know the young lady. Might I say, very little surprises me? I have often found, there is a different set of rules for the Left Wing Liberal than they set for the rest of us.
-- Posted by Have_Wheels_Will_Travel on Thu, Jun 18, 2009, at 11:02 PM
I never said anything about you, and did not accuse you of anything
-- Posted by Have_Wheels_Will_Travel on Fri, Jun 19, 2009, at 3:44 PM
Hmmmmmm....sounds like your talking about me...but very little surprises me as well....
Wheels...
You know you have said lots of "mean" things to and about me. I can go back and prove it to you, but why bother. You and I both know it is so.
So, we are back to the bitter poster (sigh)
Theorist,
You are like that pesky fly that Obama swatted on TV the other day.
If I don't agree with you and your positions, and I mention it, you accuse me of being mean. Well, if you want to have a persecution complex it is OK with me.
I suppose you could make anything you want out of what I did say, but the fact remains, I never made the statement that hit a nerve with you, and you accused me of lying about you.
If my typing wasn't so bad I would sigh, giggle, snicker, LOL, and snort along with you as we interact on SO.
"Until the public figures out that we are being scammed by BOTH parties, out of our money, freedoms, and most importantly for some, their lives in wars for profit, we will continue to live Groundhog Day."
Sadly, Info ... I agree with you. Even more sadly, I see no way it will ever change.
I don't think it will change either G-mom, but I will keep trying as I know you will. It will take a miracle to wake enough people up in time. The global elite are going into hyper-drive to implement their plans. They are getting real nervous about the people who have woken up.
I understand why people can't believe they are being lied to constantly by the politicians and the media. We have all lived a lifetime of propaganda from every direction. Most people believe that they control their own lives but they really don't.
We have all been programmed like little lab rats through advertising and other propaganda. We basically live in a scientific dictatorship now. The worst kind of slavery is when a slave thinks he is free. He will never try to escape.
The globalists are raping us
-- Posted by Operation Northwoods on Fri, Jun 19, 2009, at 10:49 PM
dude , what's with you and rape?
Just had to check before going to bed: black helicopter, NWO, globalists, lions, tigers and bears oh my...
Check your perimeters, under your beds and in your closets and sleep with your night lights on...
Yes, we do, Cycle! I had a blast last night...and then some major plowing went on at the FARM til wee hours of the morning. Woke up, realized more plowing needed to be done and went to work again. Whew. I need a drink already.