Monday, October 19, 2009

TELL US WHAT YOU THINK: Katrina and Global Warming


Hurricane Katrina Victims Have Standing To Sue Over Global Warming (Hat tip: Origin of Specious)

For years, leading plaintiffs’ lawyers have promised a legal assault on industrial America for contributing to global warming.

So far, the trial bar has had limited success. The hurdles to such suits are pretty obvious: How do you apportion fault and link particular plaintiffs’ injuries to the pollution emitted by a particular group of defendants?

Today, though, plaintiffs’ lawyers may be a gloating a bit, after a favorable ruling Friday from the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans, which is regarded as one of the more conservative circuit courts in the country.
Posted by Corre∫pondence Committee at 1:30 PM
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200 comments:

  2. I think they should sue everyone who blocked non-CO2 emitting power sources, like nuclear power.
    And anyone who drives an SUV or large car, doesn't have all CFL bulbs, and hasn't insulated their house to the hilt, as well as installed solar panels, should be dropped from the suit because they have been contributing to the problem.

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  3. Motion to countersue environmentalist groups for blocking the only realistic way to wean us off fossil fuel.

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  4. If buzz comes along and tells me that's a boxing glove, I'm going to throw my laptop out the window. : )

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  5. Posted at the very bottom of the last thread (typical for turn)

    Good afternoon eschew with the squiggly "s". In case you missed this Dr. Sanity had quite a bit to say about our MSM today

    http://drsanity.blogspot.com/

    "Many of these walking, talking advertisements for 21st century neo-marxist fascism--who laughingly call themselves "objective journalists"-- are nothing but the mindless zombies of a not-quite-dead Marxism/communism/socialism that rose from its 20th century grave. What gave new life to these moldering and rotting ideas that certainly deserved to die after the mass death and destruction they caused, was the energizing power of postmodern rhetoric, cultivated in the hallowed halls of academia, where the vampire elites had access to the unsuspecting children who came to learn

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  6. Is it just me or does that brain look like a boxing glove?

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  8. Motion to countersue every enviro-hypocrit I knew that kept going on about Glowbull Worming while driving two SUVs.

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  9. If buzz comes along and tells me that's a boxing glove, I'm going to throw my laptop out the window. : )

    hahaha, I had no idea buzz said that too!

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  10. CC, I think it looks like a curtain rod dipped in chocolate...

    /

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  11. I thought boxing glove for a fleeting moment when I first espied it.

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  12. Truth is, people on the coast are still hurting and they want somebody to blame it on. I'm sure that they have been bombarded by plaintiff's attorneys promising the sun and the moon.

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  13. ROTFLMAO - you guys are awesome!

    As for this story, I wonder how long it will be before a judge gives these people standing to sue G_d.

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  14. Is it just me or does that brain look like a boxing glove?

    HA! I just saw this!

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  15. redstate said "I'm sure that they have been bombarded by plaintiff's attorneys promising the sun and the moon."

    You mean the sun and moon minus 30% on contingency, right?

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  16. Speaking of Katrina, I haven't read jack about Jefferson freezer money ...

    Nor did the House ethics committee take any action against former Representative William J. Jefferson, Democrat of Louisiana, after $90,000 in cash was found in his freezer in 2006, deferring instead to Justice Department prosecutors."

    Hey, this wsa just posted today

    http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2009/10/19/hurricane-katrina-victims-have-standing-to-sue-over-global-warming/

    “Congress will protect its own, no matter what,” said Melanie Sloan, executive director of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, an advocacy group that has brought complaints against both Mr. Rangel and Mr. Ensign.

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  17. Wrong link turn, too many windows open

    http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/18/us/politics/18ethics.html

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  18. OT: from an Email list I'm on, a a "duh moment" in the NYT

    ""During our time as hostages, I tried to reason with our captors. I told them we were journalists who had come to hear the Taliban's side of the
    story. I told them that I had recently married and that Tahir and Asad had nine young children between them. I wept, hoping it would create sympathy, and begged them to release us. All of my efforts proved pointless.
    Over those months, I came to a simple realization. After seven years of reporting in the region, I did not fully understand how extreme many of the Taliban had become. Before the kidnapping, I viewed the organization as a
    form of "Al Qaeda lite," a religiously motivated movement primarily focused on controlling Afghanistan.
    Living side by side with the Haqqanis' followers, I learned that the goal of the hard-line Taliban was far more ambitious. Contact with foreign militants in the tribal areas appeared to have deeply affected many young Taliban fighters. They wanted to create a fundamentalist Islamic emirate with Al Qaeda that spanned the Muslim world."

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  19. Friggin congress is corrupted and the lunatics are running the asylum, ethics committees my ass.

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  20. I know of a case where a family was basically blown up in a house, because a guy installed a dog kennel in his backyard and punctured a gas line. When the family gathered for a barbecue one holiday weekend, the house just blew up. Many of them died, a few were horribly burned...and the survivors sued MAYTAG and other appliance companies, and ended up with a large settlement.

    They admitted it was the fault of the homeowner, but pocketed cash anyway. I think it was one of those "go away" things on the part of the manufacturers, but it was just ridiculous.

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  21. Can I sue when rains on the weekend and I wanted to do yard work?

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  23. F2:

    After seven years of reporting in the region, I did not fully understand how extreme many of the Taliban had become.

    I blame their amazing transformation into extremists on Bush. /saaaaaaaaaaaaarcasm

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  24. I might just have to get this book:

    Now that global warming has transcended science to become a political issue, the rules of politics apply: if you don’t like someone’s position, attack their credibility.

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  25. Can I sue when rains on the weekend and I wanted to do yard work?

    It's worth a try, JCM.

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  26. C² that's the kind of lawsuit that really needs to be stopped. It gives a bad name to people who actually were hurt by something someone did and are trying to recover their losses, and it drives costs up for everyone.
    Maytag should have asked to have the suit dismissed with prejudice, and sued them for their legal costs.
    But they figured such action probably would result in bad PR and lost of more business.

    BTW, I have no love for the gas company (NSTAR here). A construction crew punctured a gas MAIN near where I work; it was a huge geyser.
    It took the gas company AN HOUR TO SHOW UP! to shut off a gas MAIN.
    If I had gas service at home I would have called to cancel it, and if I ever talk to a gas company rep, I will tell them about it and why I don't want gas in my house.
    OTOH, I'll take a nuclear power plant. MUCH safer.

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  27. Can I sue the Global Warmers because I was REALLY cold this morning and there was frost on my windshield? Plus I've had to use my fireplace earlier than normal, so I want to be reimbursed for the additional fuel cost.

    Can we sue Mayor "Chocolate" Nagin for being dumb?

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  28. I read the Judges Opinion, and it is fairly straight forward. Not a travesty. It is technical to be sure, as any "standing" inquiry must be. I confess that I am a former tort lawyer with little experience in Federal mass tort litigation. (My only experience was in a securities fraud class action which got bundled up with a bunch of others and sent to a Court out East for "multi-district litigation.) The real test comes at the Summary Judgment stage where the Plaintiffs are going to have a hell of a time with causation.

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  29. ArmyWife said...

    Can we sue Mayor "Chocolate" Nagin for being dumb?

    Kosh's Shadow says -
    You'd have to sue the voters for being dumb enough to vote for him.

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  30. You mean the sun and moon minus 30% on contingency, right?
    Well, duh!
    :-)

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  31. A Class Action suit! This has potential.

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  32. A Class Action suit! This has potential.
    'cept you'd have to find people with class in Mississippi and Louisiana.

    /I can say that since I live in Mississippi.

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  33. Finally Free said...

    OT: from an Email list I'm on, a a "duh moment" in the NYT

    At least he's got sense enough to realize the radicalization came from foreign militants, not from the presence of U.S. troops.

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  34. 10 most ridiculous lawsuits

    http://www.the-injury-lawyer-directory.com/ridiculous_lawsuits.html

    Heh the one about the inmate suing himself thinking the state would pay takes the top

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  35. By the time this is over, the Eagle Scout and his family should own all the school district's assets:
    Eagle Scout Hires Lawyer to Appeal Monthlong School Suspension

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  36. Well, those talks with Iran are well on their way to leading to an Iranian bomb:
    ElBaradei: Iran's talks with the West 'off to a good start'
    Here's ElBaredi's "good start":
    Iran had signaled going into the meeting that it would not meet Western demands for a deal under which it would ship most of its enriched material out of the country.

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  37. I wonder if the court just wanted to force the issue into discovery?

    Who knows?

    I do know, though, that NO was overdue for a huge hurricane. And it's below sea-level. I also know that their emergency planning was a mess.

    Yes, it's all very sad, but the people of New Orleans could have done better all by themselves. Katrina was not the fault of global warming. The city just ran out of luck.

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  38. One thing I think:

    Maybe it's not a boxing glove, but I'd recommend the Committee be careful about going too overboard making this look like an exclusively American blog. We already have posters from distant, exotic "Canada" (I think it's in southeast Asia somewhere), Germany, and I think the UK (?), Israel (?), and will doubtless pick up others.

    No, I'm not trying to banish Old Glory from C2, don't get me wrong, just saying... let's be careful not to shut our furriner friends out.

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  39. Turn:

    Those are all ridiculous. I was glad to see though that they put the "McDonalds" case in proper context.

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  40. Finally Free: I read that piece in the New York Times yesterday. Rohde mixes in a few seemingly "scales falling from eyes" observations, with what appears to be some lingering Stockholm-ish Syndrome. For instance:

    "Our ultimate betrayal would come from Atiqullah himself"

    Uh... dude? He's your captor. He's not capable of "betraying" you, because you're not supposed to have a relationship of trust with him to begin with.

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  41. Dianna: With a class action, the court has to approve the "class" assuming the Plaintiffs can make the requisite findings. At this stage, everything is based off of the Complaint. In many cases, Complaints are deficient for one reason or another and the cases get tossed.

    Contrast this with the attempted class action filed by Latino Farmers against the Dept. of Ag for civil rights violations. African American Farmers filed a case years ago, got the class certified and the gov. is coughing up cash for a settlement. The Latino Farmers were denied class status which leaves each individual Farmer to press his or her claim.

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  42. OC - I am very cool with the designs here.
    No objections from me, bud. ;-)

    CC - Your designs rock!!!

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  43. CE, I had no idea that McDonalds case was as legitimate nor did I know she was only suing for hospital bills.

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  44. Thanks, Callahan. I appreciate that very much.

    I hope we've never made you - or anyone else - feel unwelcome.

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  45. Callahan - sure, but you're from Uruguay, AKA "The Canada of South America".

    /

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  46. I've decided the picture at the top of the thread isn't a boxing glove, but a brain on liberalism.
    This is your brain (picture of a brain)
    This is your brain on liberalism (picture at the top of the thread, less the Stars and Stripes)

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  47. Dianna said...
    The city just ran out of luck.

    And common sense. When the dopplar radar is plastered all over everyone's TV set and reports all over the radio for DAYS that a monster hurricane was heading to NO, and you know (or should know) that you are FRIGGEN BELOW SEA LEVEL, you move to higher ground.

    When the Rice fire was bearing down on my town, we had 2 hrs to pack up and get out. We did. I'm sorry, but someone with DAYS to prepare and does nothing and then has the gall to claim it's someone or something else's fault makes me sick.

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  48. It was kind of a backwards class action suit (I was just kidding, though. Guess it was funny only to me and Dianna!)

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  49. Turn: Thats the MSN for you. No matter how often I tried to tell people that the case had merit (and the award was later dramtically reduced) people prefer their preconceive notions over reality. Much more comfortable.

    She sought only the hospital bills pre-suit. Once you are going to file, you go all the way.

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  50. CC - I feel perfectly at home and made welcome here, thanks to the incredible mix of extraordinary people on-board.

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  51. Look, I just want to make sure that if Brazilian bikini models happen by the site, they're not put off from posting here. Is that such a bad thing? WELL, SUE ME!

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  52. OR - Suppose they do come by, and suppose you give them a big welcome . . . .what would Adriana say?

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  53. Callahan, I'm glad to hear it.

    And O/R, I really appreciate your input too. I've always respected your opinion.

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  54. Does this big welcome include wearing his time traveling outfit?

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  55. Look, I just want to make sure that if Brazilian bikini models happen by the site, they're not put off from posting here. Is that such a bad thing? WELL, SUE ME!

    LMAO

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  56. O of S
    Her original offer seemed pretty reasonable.

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  57. Occasional Reader,
    Callahan - sure, but you're from Uruguay, AKA "The Canada of South America".
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    Rriiighht ! Even the flags of Uruguay and the US are a very tiny bit similar. ;-)

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  58. ArmyWife said...
    Does this big welcome include wearing his time traveling outfit?

    LOL... I sense a new meme. "Birthday suit" = "time-traveling outfit". I like it!

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  59. Callahan23 said...
    CC - I feel perfectly at home and made welcome here, thanks to the incredible mix of extraordinary people on-board.

    Smooch on your cheek {Callahan}

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  60. CC - I feel perfectly at home and made welcome here, thanks to the incredible mix of extraordinary people on-board.

    Right on 23, ditto.

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  61. Tofu: I am assuming that some dip shit in McDonalds legal department was looking for a job soon after that one.

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  62. When the Rice fire was bearing down on my town

    If there's a rice fire bearing down on you, the best thing to do is jump in your car and pilaf.

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  64. Callahan - your pais natal has elections coming up, right? And a decent chance that the left could get the crap kicked out of them at the polls, from what I hear.

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  65. Occasional Reader,
    Look, I just want to make sure that if Brazilian bikini models happen by the site, they're not put off from posting here. Is that such a bad thing? WELL, SUE ME!
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    I AM WITH YOU THERE !!!

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  66. If there's a rice fire bearing down on you, the best thing to do is jump in your car and pilaf.

    There is a grain of truth to that OR ...

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  67. OR: Until you remembered that you lentil to your neighbor

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  68. turn said...

    Right on 23, ditto..

    Smooch on yours too {turn}.

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  69. Yep, I lent my "rice-burner" car to my neighbor, Paddy... dang!

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  70. Gak: Have you and CC set up a kissing booth here? Where's the line start?

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  71. I would get pretty steamed having to run from a rice fire, pretty sticky situation - you could get fried.

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  73. {gal} I've found that 23 and I think a lot alike, we used to coninually upding the same posts.

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  74. turn, you could always sue in the aftermath of the rice fire. With any luck, your case would be heard by a Wise Latina Judge, like Sonia Ri-sotto Mayor.

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  75. O/R - thanks, didn't know that. re: Uruguayan elections. *grin*

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  76. Look, I just want to make sure that if Brazilian bikini models happen by the site, they're not put off from posting here. Is that such a bad thing? WELL, SUE ME

    Ooh. I wouldn't worry about it. Those models, and the Swedish Bikini Team are hanging out with me over at my other blog. The secret one.

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  77. I was trying to come up with a Risotto pun, and you did it. That was just dirty.

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  78. Occasional Reader said...

    One thing I think:

    Maybe it's not a boxing glove, but I'd recommend the Committee be careful about going too overboard making this look like an exclusively American blog. We already have posters from distant, exotic "Canada"

    Well that's easily solved....

    INVADE CANADA!

    /;-P

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  79. I believe I shall rice to the occasion

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  80. pBMb!

    There you go against the grain again!

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  81. ArmyWife said...
    I was trying to come up with a Risotto pun, and you did it. That was just dirty.

    Quinua ever live it down, AW?

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  82. Origin of Specious said...
    Gak: Have you and CC set up a kissing booth here? Where's the line start?

    Behind Callahan and turn. GREAT BIG SMILE. :) {Origin}

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  83. This rice pun thread is getting pretty . . .Wild

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  84. California is the second largest state producer of rice, but here is the long and short of it folks ... time to walk the lab along the American. Stay safe.

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  85. Sorry, JCM, it's a long grain you're in for.

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  86. RB, I just got them to defect to my DOUBLE-secret blog. So there.

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  88. turn,
    {gal} I've found that 23 and I think a lot alike, we used to coninually upding the same posts.
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    Make it a triumvirate DEZ shouldn't be forgotten in that upding-tag-team. ;-)

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  89. hahaha beat you to it BDVM

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  90. As Elmer Fudd used to bark to his platoon after he was drafted and sent to Vietnam, as they'd get ready to head off across the rice paddies on a patrol: "Wok and woad!"

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  91. oops, ArmyWife got "dirty" before I did.

    /figgered I better put quotes around that.

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  92. pre-Boomer Marine brat said...

    Sorry, JCM, it's a long grain you're in for.


    It's getting sticky around here....

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  93. OR, you certain druid out long enough!

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  96. It's getting sticky around here....

    Well, don't get bas-mad-y, get even.

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  98. Callahan23 said...
    turn,
    {gal} I've found that 23 and I think a lot alike, we used to coninually upding the same posts.
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    Make it a triumvirate DEZ shouldn't be forgotten in that upding-tag-team. ;-)

    Oh my, Yes!

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  99. I prefer white rice. Does that make me a racist?

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  100. I think you should all thank me beriberi much for starting the rice pun thread.

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  102. And I hope the rice pun thread doesn't continue to ferment, for goodness sake!

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  103. redstateredneck said...

    I prefer white rice. Does that make me a racist?


    No...

    RICIST!

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  104. OR...
    I think you should all thank me beriberi much for starting the rice pun thread.

    ----
    We shall paddy you on the back.

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  105. You'll get proper thanks OR when you can use "Arborio" in a pun. Until then, not a kernel of applause.

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  106. So what is everyone having for dinner? At Casa de AW, we are having sauerbraten, potato dumplings and asparagus (grilled).

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  109. AW I thought that was pretty funny. Aren't pigs swine? LOL. I thought it was an Onion headline.

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  110. OS -

    well, Daddy-0, you seem to be a real a-bore-i-o. Snooz.

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  111. OR...
    I think you should all thank me beriberi much for starting the rice pun thread.

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    Fruity thanks!

    Ouch1 I am no good at this!

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  112. These are show pigs. They are different.

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  113. Ar Borio? Well, that gets us right back on the thread topic. Doesn't he talk about global warming all the time?

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  114. Origin,

    Then will he get flowers on Arborio Day?

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  115. Bravo AW, you beat OR to the punch. With that, I bid you all a good night. Until tomorrow . . .

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  118. Arborio is full of colorful characters, like Abuelita Maria, who runs the local bodega.

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  122. 'Night, {all y'all}.
    I didn't think I'd enjoy a rice thread but you've converted me.
    ;-)

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  125. But, colorful and quaint as it may seem, unfortunately arborio is experiencing a crime wave. Did you hear a horchata pimp the other night?

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  126. G'night, redstate.

    I'd cry Uncle at this point in the thread, but I think it's already Ben done.

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  128. No, but I did hear a horchata up a john.

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  130. Hey everyone. OR don't forget about us American born S. African refugies. :)))

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  133. No, but I did hear a horchata up a john.

    It could have been worse... she could have thrown una bomba at him.


    /yes, so I just now learned "bomba" is a variety of rice, via wiki... so what?

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  134. Did we check that flying pig for swine flu before releasing it?

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  135. OR don't forget about us American born S. African refugies

    Erik, you know you don't... ha-ave... to live like a refugee (don't have to live like a refu-gee-ee).

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  136. If you're moving into throwing rice, you seem to be wedding this to another pun thread.

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  137. PBMB, or they are just pudding it into a new context.

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  138. Time for me to make like a rice, and paddy off, on little cat feet.

    Later.

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  139. I learn a new word every day OR posts.

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  141. OR, pBMb: Thank you, thank you very much. Horchata, bomba - well played.

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  142. ArmyWife, ... I'll cake whatever I can get.

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  144. I am on my phone ATM. Sitting in a bar having the most expensive beer ever. I just had a blowout and am having 4 new tyres fitted. A $500 beer.

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  145. Erik, I hope you come outta that bar as balanced as your new tires will be.

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  146. Is Obama 'Too Nice' to Make Tough Decisions?
    The White House Pushes Back Against Claims the President Is Not Tough Enough

    It's not about tough, it's about who he is.
    He has no core, to make decisions you have to have core values and beliefs to make a decision upon.

    He's a community organizer, The CO doesn't make decisions, decision might offend someone.

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  147. Booga Booga...Global Warming!

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  148. Erik - as long as you are ok everything is fine. Blowouts can be nasty.

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  149. The CO doesn't make decisions, decision might offend someone.

    Precisely.

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  150. On Bush Street, in San Francisco, at the intersection with Trinity Alley, there is a geyser. It actually ejected the cover.

    We are getting impressive rains.

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  152. Jorline said...
    Booga Booga...Global Warming!

    Hey there {Jorline}, brother. heh. :)

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  153. Hey JCM - may I send you an email? More importantly, if yes how? Mine is via my nic.

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  154. Everythng is good. I was doing 85 but felt it go about 15 seconds before. I knew I needed tyres but thought I still had a few miles still. I am glad that I drive the older car and bought my wife the new one.

    Thanks for asking Cal.

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  156. If you get Mark Levin, or stream audio...

    He's going through BHO Marxist history.

    Mark Levin Stream....

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  157. Posting on my phone is a damn pain. See you all later tonight.

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  158. British PM Brown warns of climate 'catastrophe'

    The UK faces a "catastrophe" of floods, droughts and killer heatwaves if world leaders fail to agree a deal on climate change, the prime minister has warned.

    Gordon Brown said negotiators had 50 days to save the world from global warming and break the "impasse".

    He told the Major Economies Forum in London, which brings together 17 of the world's biggest greenhouse gas-emitting countries, there was "no plan B".

    World delegations meet in Copenhagen in December for talks on a new treaty.

    Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh No!

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  160. JCM - my mail request is concerning subversive tactics of the Iranian people. I'd like to forwards you a mail I just received from an Iranian.

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  161. midwestgak said...

    Hey there {Jorline}, brother. heh. :)

    {gak} how are you beautiful?

    lol on the brother...inside joke there!

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  162. Instapundit:
    Mark Tapscott: Does Obama’s communications chief know the bloody truth about Chairman Mao?. If not, he asks, what is she doing in the White House? He quotes
    James Morrow:
    “One of the first rules of public speaking is, ‘be careful whom you quote’. If you’re a reasonably educated human being, therefore, it should be obvious that you don’t cite Pol Pot if you’re giving a speech about agricultural policy, and you don’t look to Adolf Hitler, vehement anti-smoker that the was, for words to back up an address on the evils of tobacco. Nor should one, if addressing a group high school students (or anyone else, really), refer to a man whose reign of terror resulted, conservatively, in the deaths of 60 million people as one of your favourite political philosophers – which is just what White House Communications Director Anita Dunn did recently. . . . The fact is, the Obama White House is rapidly becoming a big tent for the sort of cranks who set up card tables on the fringes of growers’ markets and pass out hand-xeroxed fliers.”

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  164. Callahan23 said...

    Hey JCM - may I send you an email? More importantly, if yes how? Mine is via my nic.

    Email on the way to you....

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  166. Good evening, folks!

    Another dreaded Monday down the tubes, thank goodness, and I'm glad it's over. Had a real rough night last night with vivid, chilling dreams that shook me awake more times than I could count and boy-howdy I was so glad to see the sunrise this morning. Just one of those nights, I guess.

    Dragged my butt around the office all day and I'll crash early tonight for much needed rest.

    In the meantime, I'm making Sweet and Sour chicken for dinner and it's a recipe I've perfected over time and makes great leftovers if the entire recipe's not devoured. I always add a chopped jalapeno or two to balance the pineapple sweetness and drizzle a smidge of sesame oil just before serving.

    Yum-OH! :D

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  167. Levin is dismantling The Wee Won....

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  168. Corre∫pondence Committee said...

    F2, have you checked out the Maobama Wear?

    Let me know when they market the toilet paper.

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  169. JCM - Mark Levin's brilliant and I listen to him almost every night while I prepare dinner.

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  170. JCM - email's coming back at'ya. :-)

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  171. Jorline said...
    midwestgak said...

    {gak} how are you beautiful?

    lol on the brother...inside joke there!     Yes, te heh!

    Every gak loves to be called "beautiful."

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  174. JCM said...

    Use this for that clean refreshing feeling.....

    Oh look, a Dope on a Rope, I think I'll pass, I prefer feeling clean after a shower.

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  175. JCM,
    Use this for that clean refreshing feeling.....
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    LOL, I didn't know that after having survived the 1970s Soap-on-a-Rope would still be marketed.

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  176. {{{GAK}}}

    How are you doing you sexy thing?

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  177. Let me know when they market the toilet paper.

    DEZ: That's a great opportunity, right there. Each square could be a different commie tyrant. : )

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  178. Hey, can taxpayers sue New Orleans for living on the coast, in a hurricane zone, in a city built below sea level?

    /morons

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  179. I would like to announce the arrival of my newest nephew - Noah Michael. 8lbs 4 oz, 21".

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  180. midwestgak,
    {{{DEZ}}}
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    Somehow I knew that this would happen as soon as DEZ would enter the room. ;-)

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  181. Use this for that clean refreshing feeling....

    JCM, that doesn't really look like Obama, does it? Hope on a Rope - LOL

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  183. DEZ said...
    {{{GAK}}}

    How are you doing you sexy thing?

    You gents sure know how to make a gak blush.

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  184. Love the name by the way, A/W. It's beautiful.

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  186. Corre∫pondence Committee said...

    "Let me know when they market the toilet paper.

    DEZ: That's a great opportunity, right there. Each square could be a different commie tyrant. : )"

    Better than my last idea, pin the tail on the liberal...using a nail gun.

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  187. I would like to announce the arrival of my newest nephew - Noah Michael. 8lbs 4 oz, 21".

    ArmyWife, he better be good, or his mom will never let him live this down!

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  188. Killian Bundy said...

    Hey, can taxpayers sue New Orleans for living on the coast, in a hurricane zone, in a city built below sea level?

    Another plan by the Fwench......

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  189. If my little one was a boy, we strongly contemplated Noah.

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  190. ArmyWife said...

    I would like to announce the arrival of my newest nephew - Noah Michael. 8lbs 4 oz, 21".

    WOOT!

    Cigars all around in the PUB tonight!

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  191. Better than my last idea, pin the tail on the liberal...using a nail gun.

    LMAO! Niiiice, DEZ. : ) And with THAT, I will announce there's a fresh thread upstairs. It should get us to Pub time.

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  192. Army Wife - What wonderful news! Congratulations!!

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  193. "Callahan23 said...

    midwestgak,
    {{{DEZ}}}
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    Somehow I knew that this would happen as soon as DEZ would enter the room. ;-)"

    I doubt I would get that reception on lefty sites. ;-)

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  194. Oh, congrats Dianna. Welcome {Noah Michael. 8lbs 4 oz, 21"}

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  196. Noah Michael, now thats a fine name.
    Congrats.

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  200. Gee, Katrina was like what, over four years ago?

    /why is this still even an issue?

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