Good afternoon, Committee Members!This is shaping up to be a crazy weekend. We are in the home stretch - finishing touches are being put in place, bugs are being tracked down, features are being tested - so we're busy packing boxes and getting ready for the movers to show up in a few days. It's going to require a lot of focus.
In light of this, and in observance of the holiday this weekend, we are going to be a bit understaffed. It may be necessary for us to periodically disable comments here on Blogspot, because we just can't watch everything while we're packing with so many of our contributors away.
What we can and will do is keep you updated with information about when this will likely happen, and when we'll open back up again. The periodic commenting blackouts will be done "as necessary" between early this evening and late Saturday night, but we'll probably be able to fire things back up completely late Saturday night or early (we're talking "fruit cup early") Sunday morning.
We appreciate your cooperation and we're sorry for the inconvenience...but the good news is we're getting close to the move.
Finally, for those who haven't had the opportunity to read our policy, here you go - thanks again for your cooperation, everyone - you guys are as good as it gets:
P.S. Avatars will display 100 x 100 in the new digs, so when you're considering your images, think square! If that doesn't work for you, we'll have five or ten stock images available for your use. Avatar assistance will be available in the Help and Support Forum once inside. We can't wait to see your madd dekorating skillz!We're moving forward, and because we're moving forward, we ask that you do the same while you're here. If you have negative feelings about other websites or their members, please resist writing about them on Correspondence Committee. We're determined to stay out of any blog wars that may be going on between other sites, and we ask for your help achieving that goal.
Our focus will be a positive, fresh political website with a level playing field, and we are thrilled that each and every one of you has joined us. We really are. We appreciate your cooperation on these matters, and invite you all to move forward with us.
P.P.S. I think littleoldlady is in that box on the top.
P.P.P.S. sasquatchonsteroids said : Ahhh, so is the shrink wrap Pink Freud ?
P.P.P.P.S. Nothing, really. I just didn't want to be left out of the post scripts - Running BareP.P.P.P.P.S. Who keeps adding stuff to this post? Fess up!
P.P.P.P.P.P.S. comes after P.P.P.P.P.S.
P.P.S. I think littleoldlady is in that box on the top.
ReplyDeleteAhhh, so is the shrink wrap Pink Freud ?
Whoa, squatch, good one! You have razor blades for breakfast? ;-)
ReplyDeleteI'm out! See you all later.
I'd comment, but I'm busy packing boxes.
ReplyDelete*CRASH* ummm... Uh-oh. That was the vase your mother gave us for our anniversary that year, right?
Well, it was ugly any way.
Just for that, you're going up top, Squatch!
ReplyDeleteHave fun Pinkie! See you as you can get here!
Oh, and that's bubble wrap, right? /didn't even question it.
ReplyDelete"Bubbles". Pinkie has a new nickname!
That's okay, Bare. I've got your Les Paul right here!
ReplyDeleteThat's okay, Bare. I've got your Les Paul right here!
ReplyDeleteThank God.
:)
Gosh, looks like y'all have a bit of a mess going over here. I hope you don't mind me dropping by. I brought a plate of brownies. If you need supplies, I'm sure I have some packing tape around somewhere.
ReplyDeleteHey Ya'll ... I call all the leftover bubble wrap ... man, it is frigging storming here ...
ReplyDeleteWe're going to need rolls and rolls of that stuff, dgl! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHey doppelgandlander! ...
ReplyDeleteZ2...just garden variety storming, or tornado warning storming?
ReplyDeletezigzag
ReplyDeleteLooks like it's fixing to start here.
Tornado? ... I will be diving in the basement in that case ... wait ... no basement here in my city place ... no ... not that bad right now ...
ReplyDeleteI grew up in tornado country, so it's always the first thing that goes through my mind. Of course, it's been 20+ years of drizzle drizzle drizzle for me in Seattle, so my chops are down. : )
ReplyDeleteMy MIL, who is children's librarian at our local library, hoards bubble wrap. Every summer during the week of the 4th of July, she cuts squares of it and gives it to the story hour children to all stomp on at once and make firecracker noises. I'm pretty sure they make her go outside the library for that activity!
ReplyDeleteHi, zigzag! I feel at a bit of a disadvantage since you clearly know me but I don't recognize your nic. We have had several days of rain here but the sun is trying to peek through now. I'm postponing my ark-building plans for now.
ReplyDeleteHey, was the stuff in that box breakable, or is it from Fra-gee-lay?
ReplyDeleteColo. Man in Suspected NYC Subway Plot Admits Ties to Al Qaeda
ReplyDeleteThe man under FBI investigation for alleged ties to a New York subway terror plot has admitted he has ties to Al Qaeda and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge, FOX News confirmed Friday.
Najibullah Zazi reportedly told officials that he had received explosives training and his possible guilty plea would be part of a deal to cooperate with the government.
Wow, JCM. That may have to be the hot topic.
ReplyDeleteFra-gee-lay
ReplyDeletePackages to be thrown, stomped and / dropped often.
UPS Dictionary.
The man under FBI investigation for alleged ties to a New York subway terror plot has admitted he has ties to Al Qaeda and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge, FOX News confirmed Friday.
ReplyDeleteNajibullah Zazi reportedly told officials that he had received explosives training and his possible guilty plea would be part of a deal to cooperate with the government.
Wow! That was easy. Must be they are deciding to cooperate a smuch as they can now that they know we won't waterboard them anymore. ;)
Fra-gee-lay
ReplyDeletePackages to be thrown, stomped and / dropped often.
UPS Dictionary.
It's a major award!
dopp ... in another life I was JacksonTn ...
ReplyDeleteThe thread has been updated.
ReplyDeleteWoo-hoo! Leaving work early. Happy weekend, {all y'all}.
ReplyDeleteAllow me to introduce you all to my friend Bare. He is a smartass. : )
ReplyDeleteSee ya, redstate!
ReplyDeleteHave a good one Redneck ...
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend, RSR!
ReplyDeleteRunning Bare
ReplyDeleteThey must have had something to hold over his head.
The 24-year-old Zazi had earlier insisted that he had no connection with Al Qaeda, but after two eight-hour interrogations at the FBI offices in Denver on Wednesday and Thursday, Zazi told law enforcement a different story Friday.
He rolled in 16 hours? Not much of a jihadist....
The update is just pee-pee....
ReplyDelete*ducks*
/sorry father of young boys...
He rolled in 16 hours? Not much of a jihadist....
ReplyDeleteHmm. Maybe they showed him a picture of Michelle Obama's arms, said "Check out these guns..." and he peed himself.
zigzag: Aha! I am very glad to see you! And I'm glad to see all these familiar nics, too. I took a spin through some of your posts and you all have a nice place here.
ReplyDeleteJCM: Mr. Zazi is no dummy. He's going to big boy prison anyway, might as well try to get at least the possibility of release before the next millennium.
doppelganglander
ReplyDeleteHiya, welcome!
I'd like to think they showed him some bacon frying in 'ole sparky.
Maybe he's the new, feminized sort of male terrorist. You know, the kind for whom a pair of panties on his head is "torture".
ReplyDeleteKhatami reportedly attacked with knife
ReplyDeleteIn an apparent sign of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his ruling party flexing their muscles ahead of next week's UN General Assembly, the hard-line leader again denied the Holocaust, while two top reformists were attacked in Teheran.
The Saudi Al Arabiya network reported that Mohammad Khatami, a former president, was "attacked with a knife" during the rally by members of the Basij, a civilian militia loyal to the regime, and taken to hospital. The Jerusalem Post could not verify the report and the network provided no further details on Khatami's condition. Other media outlets did not report the knifing incident, but reported that Khatami was pushed to the ground and his turban fell from his head. Khatami is 65 years old.
/explosive if true
Rasmussen:
ReplyDeleteEighty-five percent (85%) of Republicans, 73% of voters not affiliated with either major political party, and 44% of Democrats have an unfavorable view of ACORN.
Liberal voters are evenly divided—35% favorable and 38% unfavorable. Eighty-two percent (82%) of conservative voters give ACORN unfavorable marks along with 60% of political moderates.
JCM, lol!
ReplyDeleteCC, maybe he wants panties on his head, hm? Perhaps he's secretly been longing for the day some infidel babe would interrogate him harshly, IYKWIMAITYD.
Maybe he's the new, feminized sort of male terrorist. You know, the kind for whom a pair of panties on his head is "torture".
ReplyDeleteMetro-jihadists. They will blow your ass up. Right after they get done with their hair appointment.
eatitorwearit said...
ReplyDeleteThanks for that link, eiowi. Sounds like things are still very unstable over there. It had kind of fallen off my radar.
Dopple, these people simply HAVE to be laughing at us. Some of these guys would just as soon decapitate an American as look at them. What must they think of American hand-wringing over panties and verbal threats?
ReplyDeleteThank you, liberals. /
Hey ya'll I have the ole redneck pickups flush so if you need a few to help haul all the crap to the new place ... give me a call ... now I am off to enjoy the beautiful but wet evening ...
ReplyDeleteDelta Lady ... Mad Dogs and ... sigh ... young Leon ... for Pink ...
CC, I'm sure they're laughing. For all their worship of multiculturalism, libs don't seem to understand Islamic culture. It's an honor/shame culture in which strength is respected and weakness is despised. As Paul Harvey used to say, it is NOT one world.
ReplyDeleteeatitorwearit
ReplyDeleteWe've told the Iran's the score.....
As talks near, US threatens Iran over nuclear work
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned on Friday that Iran would face isolation and economic pressure should it continue to defy its nuclear activities.
“There will be accompanying costs for Iran's continued defiance: more isolation and economic pressure, less possibility of progress for the people of Iran,” Clinton said.
“We have made clear our desire to resolve issues with Iran diplomatically. Iran must now decide whether to join us in this effort,” she added.
Ahhh, excuse me Mrs. Clinton, ummm, I hate to tell you this. But the have decided.....
Will do, Z2! Thanks! Enjoy the day.
ReplyDeleteWhat did I hear today about Poland...someone not taking a White House call, because it wasn't from Obama - some breach of protocol?
ReplyDeleteI was half asleep. Is anyone aware of that? (It may not even have been Poland; I just didn't hear the whole thing.)
CC,
ReplyDeletePolish PM wouldn't take U.S. calls
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk confirmed today that he declined last night to take a call from the U.S. informing him of the decision to scrap planned missile-defense bases in his country.
Two U.S.-based sources close to the Polish government said Thursday that Tusk also rejected a call from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — on the grounds that, as the head of the government, he should speak to the president.
"Hillary called — and the reason he turned it down was because of protocol," said a source.
ROFLMAO...
ReplyDeletelast post Hillary called....
Word verification?
cackle
The ACORN CEO Bertha Lewis woman is really something else. The videographer is "disturbing" or some such thing...and his mother would be unhappy with his behavior (nevermind the result of the investigation - one would hope for a simple mea culpa, but no, we have to question the motives of the person who thought to find out what they were all about and got an earful).
ReplyDeleteBertha Lewis on CSPAN
JCM, are you serious? LMAO
ReplyDeleteCC,
ReplyDeleteShould've grabbed a screen shot, I was laughing too hard....
Hi group! Hey Pink - if you are out here, I sent you an email.
ReplyDeleteThe place is looking grrreeeaattt!
A&W! Good to see you!!
ReplyDeletePinkie is enjoying a well-deserved vacation, but she did take a laptop with her, so when she gets a chance I'm sure she'll be in touch. She'll be thrilled you were here!
They're talking about Joe Wilson on the ABC News break.
ReplyDeleteSheesh. Hello, MSM. The horse is dead, guys. You can toss the bats into the trash over there to your left, where the rest of your reporting is.
Hi there! I am glad she is enjoying some time for herself.
ReplyDeleteWe are, too, A/W. She's got a lovely weekend planned.
ReplyDeleteALL: We are about to have our first temporary comment blackout; it should start about 6:30 PM EST. We'll add a new post about this and update with an approximate return time as soon as we have an idea when we can open up again - expect the site to be unavailable for comments for at least a few hours.
Hey, all y'all. I'm at home relaxing now with an adult beverage. Ahhh, I love the weekend.
ReplyDeleteGet Out of Jail Free: Monopoly's Hidden Maps
ReplyDeleteIt's a story that will forever change the way you think of the phrase, "Get Out of Jail Free."
During World War II, as the number of British airmen held hostage behind enemy lines escalated, the country's secret service enlisted an unlikely partner in the ongoing war effort: The board game Monopoly.
It was the perfect accomplice.
Included in the items the German army allowed humanitarian groups to distribute in care packages to imprisoned soldiers, the game was too innocent to raise suspicion. But it was the ideal size for a top-secret escape kit that could help spring British POWs from German war camps.
The British secret service conspired with the U.K. manufacturer to stuff a compass, small metal tools, such as files, and, most importantly, a map, into cut-out compartments in the Monopoly board itself.
/lots of money too
CC: Before the blackout I just want to thank y'all for this site and for letting me post here. I may not bring a lot of knowledge to the table, but I do have a lot of enthusiasm and a real appreciation of reading all of the other posters very thoughtful, intelligent posts.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome, redstate! We're very happy with the group that has gathered, and anticipate even more good people will join us over time. It's been fun so far, and we think it's only going to get better.
ReplyDeleteHey kids.
ReplyDeleteHow do you get your Avatar in here? Does it require voodoo, or just necromancy?
Hi, redstate! Mmm, an adult beverage sounds just right.
ReplyDeleteI'll echo your comments - thanks for having me over, CC and company. I look forward to future visits.
Lucius, if I can load an avatar, anybody can. Hmmm, is it under profile?
ReplyDeleteDoppelganglander!
ReplyDeleteHowdy neighbor!
dopps:
ReplyDeleteYour move in scrabble.
:-)
Lucius Septimius,
ReplyDeleteClick on your own nick, click "edit profile" 'bout half way down a spot to upload an avatar.
Hi y'all! Hello doppelganglander, AW and redstate.
ReplyDeleteIt is a very comfy place here, isn't it?
I am now with my first old Irish whiskey for the evening. *warm tummy*
Ok, let's give it a try ...
ReplyDeleteDopple, you're welcome too!
ReplyDeleteI'm going to guess a pub thread will go up late tonight - later on we'll update the thread that's going up in a minute to let you all know what to expect.
Again, really sorry - there's just no other way to handle it this time.
You. Guys. Rock.
You did it L/S! Cool!
ReplyDeleteAhhh. Now I feel complete.
ReplyDeleteGotta run and feed the chilluns ...
Might get in under the wire - Hi back! I need to get my avatar up too. I'll work on it.
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