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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:09 PM
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How the hell are ya?
Lightening struck, and not in a good way here. Been w/o the 'puter for a week. Did I miss anything?

:rofl: Let me guess... :rofl:

Love you all, and :fistbump:
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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:14 PM
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1. This place has gone to hell without you


;-)
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:26 PM
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6. Dammit, it got better?
:hide:
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patrice Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:19 PM
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2. Hello, sister!
:hi:
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nevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:20 PM
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3. It has been lonely here.
Thank God you are back! :bounce:
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:23 PM
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4. What'd ya miss? One word: CORNDOGS
Yup... there's been a little juvenile humor ongoing here.... (think politicos photographed at Iowa State Fair) ;)

Welcome back.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:26 PM
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5. I saw that...no comment from the cornNUTS contingent!
:D

The dog days of August... for both parties.
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kickysnana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:27 PM
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7. Obama threw the money changers out of his administration.
Announced a massive jobs bill aimed at fixing the massive infrastructure problem,
Announced support for organized labor
Announced an end to intervention in other countries by the end of 2012
Announced a lockbox for Social Security and medicare.
Announced Medicare for all.
Made Part D negotiate for lower drug prices from manufacturers
Nationalized the housing industry and brought an end to foreclosures due to criminal activity in the banking sector.
Announced support for struggling states that looked after their citizens before they gave money to businesses.
Announced a return to 1950's taxing of the rich
Immediately scrapped no child left behind and added incentives for public schools to teach again and outlawed harassment and abuse of teachers.
Announced a total overhaul of contracting, no tax cheats, no former fraud people, no people who treated their emoployees as slaves, bidding and nobody who donates to any political person.
The Congress impeached two of the Supremes for treason.
I won the lottery.

Not.

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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:30 PM
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8. So I take it you know what didn't happen, in August w/o the support
of anyone in Congress because they're on vacation, so can you tell me anything that did happen, or are you just a harpie harping? :shrug:
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Uben Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:38 PM
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9. HArpie?
Is that like a hippie with a stringed instrument or sumpin? Damn harpies!
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:42 PM
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11. ...or sumpin...
B-)
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kickysnana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 12:18 AM
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15. Oh you were being serious. Your emotifcons threw me.
Michele Bachmann won a tiny straw poll and declared herself the appointed one. Romney self destructed by claiming twice "corporations are people".
Obama visited Cannon Falls and a distant cousins seed company in Illinois and gave nice speeches.
A lot of Congresspeople are in Israel.
It rained a bit in Texas but the water pipes are still breaking in the hundreds each day.
There was an oil leak in the North Sea.
Gold is up. Stocks are down as are bond yields.
Europe is up a creek without paddle financially as is Bank of A
Aid is trickling in to some parts of the horn of Africa.
No good news on the radiation leak in Japan.
Teen pregnancies are down but so are graduation rates.
Hershey's is in trouble for a bait and switch student program.
We had very nice weather across the Northern US the last 10 days.

Actually Auntie did win $2 on a scratch off last week, but I paid for 3 $1 tickets a once a month diversion.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 07:03 AM
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Thanks for all that info!
I did get cable, just no computin'. :D
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Maven Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 02:51 PM
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22. LOL.
Will you please post a once-a-week recap of events in GD? I enjoyed reading this..
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Cali_Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 02:26 AM
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16. LOL!
:spank:
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:40 PM
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10. I'm fine.
Tired from a long day of work, and trying to get a little tanked. I'm on call this weekend, so after tonight, no drinking until Monday! Call is so cruel...

How are you? B-)
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:44 PM
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12. I'm good, thanks. 'Fixin' to go to bed. Duty calls for me
tomorrow and Saturday also, damned the bad luck! :hi: But it's great to be reconnected.
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 10:45 PM
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13. That's for sure.
Been a while... :hi:

Good night...
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Rowdyboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-18-11 11:37 PM
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14. Other than "corndog mania" you didn't miss much....
Being without a computer really sucks. Glad to see you back!
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 05:19 AM
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17. Nope, we've been singing Kumbaya and loving each other as always
You?
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tavalon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 05:19 AM
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18. Look up Bachmann and the corno picture
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and in this case, they couldn't be more right!
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Peacetrain Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 07:03 AM
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19. Hey there you are!!
Well lets hope that old canard lightening doesn't strike twice in the same place is good for you!.. :bounce: :bounce:
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Inuca Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 07:23 AM
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20. Yeach! Sounds pretty bad
Glad you are OK and back :hi:
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Aug-19-11 07:52 AM
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21. Hi Sweetie!
As you can see from prior replies, it's been 'Same shit, different day.'


:hi:
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