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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 01:33 PM
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Ah, geez. That damn Ron Paul blimp is going to be in Tampa tomorrow.
Flying over/around a televised playoff football game.

It'll probably get a bunch of media coverage too, unless Hulk Hogan's other kid wrecks a car.

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Bennyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 01:42 PM
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1. Why not in an early primary state?
Seems to me Florida would be #50 on the list of places to fly that thing....
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 01:45 PM
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2. Our primary is Jan 29th.
Our delegates (D) won't count, and the (R) delegates are halved.

Local paper is still saying we're a "key state".
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_testify_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 03:59 PM
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7. Saw that this morning...
Who do they think they're kidding?

Figures this would happen. After 04 I switched from NPA to D so I could vote in this primary.
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LeftyMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 01:46 PM
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3. I heard it's not really a blimp.
Rumor has it they inflated Moxie with helium, and slapped a Rom Paul bumper sticker on the side.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 05:09 PM
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10. ah
:rofl:

good one!


I don't get the Ron Paul mania.... :wtf:
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conscious evolution Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 03:41 PM
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4. This one?
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 05:04 PM
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9. Sadly, he means this one
www.ronpaulblimp.com

Also, there's a pigpile of videos of the blimp at youtube.com, too.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 05:11 PM
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11. do I want to ride the blimp?
um no, I most certainly do not!
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no name no slogan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 05:18 PM
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12. definitely not
people that have their own blimps make me very nervous
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 03:51 PM
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5. MAKE. HIM. STOP!
Goddamned little freak.
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MrCoffee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 03:52 PM
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6. that does it. i'm dispatching the MrCoffee blimp to shower the people with love
haz-mat teams will be on ready alert to clean up the love afterwards.
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_testify_ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 04:01 PM
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8. Perhaps it will be shot down by the pirate ship at the stadium.
Or maybe he'll forget to file his flight plan and MacDill will scramble the fighters.
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 05:38 PM
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13. Next stop:
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 06:27 PM
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15. That's one of those vaginal anti-pregnancy inserts, isn't it?
Surprisingly, I still have a packet of those in my underwear drawer. I haven't been married in 2-and-a-half years, and we had stopped using those at least three years prior.

Almost time to toss them, I guess... :dunce:
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Call Me Wesley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 06:36 PM
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17. LOL!
Nahh, I think it goes in the a.., at least this one. ;)

And yes, please, do toss them!
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 06:43 PM
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18. That's what I thought it was, but
didn't want to appear more ignorant than usual.

Very funny visual.
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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 06:49 PM
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21. How does it prevent pregnancy when it's up the butt?
And, do I want to know the answer to this question?
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 06:05 PM
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14. I've a nice rifle with flash/ sound suppressor.....
I wonder if it would fly around like a balloon from the cartoons.

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krispos42 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 06:28 PM
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16. Helium....
not even a tracer would set it off!
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Oddball Donating Member (205 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 06:43 PM
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19. An interesting bit of history here...
...the origin of the word "Blimp."

Originally there were two kinds of lighter-than-air craft. The Type A, which had a rigid frame, and the type B which had no rigid framework.

So, Type A-RIGID named for rigid framework
Type B-LIMP named for Ron Paul
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-05-08 06:47 PM
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20. Any military surplus stores stock blowdarts and blowdart accesories?
:rofl:
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