tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post8242765017415767282..comments2023-09-25T05:36:27.538-04:00Comments on Big Dan's Big Blog: Big Dan's Big News Jan 20, 2010Big Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11750364112179020584noreply@blogger.comBlogger59125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-4558193566807299772010-01-21T21:16:10.322-05:002010-01-21T21:16:10.322-05:00New thread:http://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/2010/...New thread:<br><br><a href="http://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/2010/01/big-dans-big-news-jan-21-2009.html#disqus_thread" rel="nofollow">http://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/2010/01/big-d...</a><br><br>I was really busy today, but decided to write about Scott Brown!Big Danhttp://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-3522498281194769952010-01-21T16:32:39.453-05:002010-01-21T16:32:39.453-05:00WE JUST LOST WORLD WAR II!!!!!
Will you guys star...<a href="http://neufneuf.blogspot.com/2010/01/we-just-lost-wwii.html" rel="nofollow"><b>WE JUST LOST WORLD WAR II</b></a>!!!!!<br /><br />Will you guys start listening to me <b>YET</b>?99http://neufneuf.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-21386157901322044162010-01-21T15:55:47.751-05:002010-01-21T15:55:47.751-05:00Same thoughts BB-2,.. hope all is well.Same thoughts BB-2,.. hope all is well.zznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-90074521707205052602010-01-21T15:41:04.610-05:002010-01-21T15:41:04.610-05:00I hope Dan's dad is OK - last time he was miss...I hope Dan's dad is OK - last time he was missing was when his dad was having problems.Bluebear2http://bluebear2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-18711694860341791022010-01-21T15:40:09.284-05:002010-01-21T15:40:09.284-05:00Court rolls back campaign spending limits
Unfucki...<i>Court rolls back campaign spending limits</i><br /><br />Unfucking real!Bluebear2http://bluebear2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-48859620667816917422010-01-21T14:05:49.831-05:002010-01-21T14:05:49.831-05:00But,.. but,.. there is a fairytale in the Bible th...But,.. but,.. there is a fairytale in the Bible that said all this land belongs to Is-Ra-Hell,.. and they wont accept anything less. Euphrates to the Nile Rivers and all the land in between. As far south and east to include the Arab oil wells by the Straits of Hormuz. Total and absolute hegemony over the entire Middle East.<br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br />Jan 21, 2010 1:16 | Updated Jan 21, 2010 12:14<br />'Hamas accepts Israel's right to exist'<br />By KHALED ABU TOAMEH <br /><br />Hamas has accepted Israel's right to exist and would be prepared to nullify its charter, which calls for the destruction of Israel, Aziz Dwaik, Hamas's most senior representative in the West Bank, said on Wednesday.<br />PLC Speaker Aziz Dwaik (right...<br /><br />PLC Speaker Aziz Dwaik (right) meets UK millionaire David Martin Abrahams in Hebron, Wednesday.<br />Photo: Khaled Abu Toameh<br />SLIDESHOW: Israel & Region | World<br /><br />Dwaik's remarks are seen in the context of Hamas's attempts to win recognition from the international community.<br /><br />Dwaik is the elected speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council. He was released a few months ago after spending nearly three years in an Israeli prison.<br /><br />Dwaik was among dozens of Hamas officials and members who were rounded up by Israel following the abduction of IDF soldier St.-Sgt. Gilad Schalit near the Gaza Strip in June 2006.<br /><br />His latest remarks were made during a meeting he held in Hebron with British millionaire David Martin Abrahams, who maintains close ties with senior Israeli and British government officials.<br /><br />Abrahams is scheduled to brief British Foreign Secretary David Milliband this weekend on the outcome of his meeting with Dwaik and other top Hamas officials in the West Bank. <br /><br />http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1263147942240&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFullzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-40947706526702080152010-01-21T09:36:35.936-05:002010-01-21T09:36:35.936-05:00THURSDAY 1/21/10
Flight Diverted To Philly After ...THURSDAY 1/21/10<br /><br />Flight Diverted To Philly After Incident<br /><br />Updated: Thursday, 21 Jan 2010, 9:26 AM EST<br />Published : Thursday, 21 Jan 2010, 9:05 AM EST<br /><br />BY LUKE FUNK<br /><br />MYFOXNY.COM - A plane was quarantined at Philadelphia International Airport. The plane was headed from LaGuardia Airport in New York to Louisville on Thursday morning when there was an in-flight incident.<br /><br />The plane was a USAir flight run by Chautequa Air.<br /><br />At least 12 police cars and fire vehicles were seen heading to the airport, according to Fox Philadelphia.<br /><br />One person was taken away from the plane in custody and the rest of the passengers were released.<br /><br />It's unsure exactly what happened. The airline called it a "security situation."<br /><br />The airplane is on a remote part of the tarmac at Philadelphia International. Other flights in and out of the airport are not being affected by the incident.<br /><br />http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/national/flight-diverted-to-philly-for-incident-100121zznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-42222411701297816542010-01-21T08:34:41.250-05:002010-01-21T08:34:41.250-05:00Wave two of bad mortgages soon to be upon us,... l...Wave two of bad mortgages soon to be upon us,... look at this trash.<br /><br />http://www.dailyreckoning.com.au/images/dr_20091222A.jpgzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-88432648410089115892010-01-20T23:45:32.550-05:002010-01-20T23:45:32.550-05:00We came full circle - Obama has us where bu$$$$h d...We came full circle - Obama has us where bu$$$$h dumped us in 2008.<br /><br />++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br /><br />And what is Barack Obama's agenda? What is his political program? It breaks down into three main elements: unwinnable wars, unconscionable bailouts, and unworkable, unwanted health care "reform" that forces people to further enrich some of the most despised conglomerates in the land. It is, in every way, a recipe for moral, economic and political disaster. It is a gigantic anchor tied around the neck of the Democratic Party, and it will drag the whole lumbering wreck back to the bottom in short order.<br /><br />It also provides a fertile breeding ground for the willful, belligerent ignorance of the Right to thrive. With such an egregiously stupid and destructive agenda at work in the White House, opponents need only say that they are against it, and they are guaranteed a wide following. Who would not be against unwinnable war, unconscionable bailouts and unworkable boondoggles serving rapacious elites? The actual positions held by these opponents – the actual policies they will pursue once in power – are given little scrutiny in such circumstances. The opponent represents change from a hated status quo – and that's enough. Later, when their odious positions come to light, it is too late.<br /><br />Where have we seen this dynamic at work before? Oh yes, it was way back in November 2008. Barack Obama represented change from the hated status quo, from the agenda of the ruling Republican party. And what was that agenda? Why, unwinnable wars, unconscionable bailouts and the assiduous service of rapacious elites.<br /><br />http://chris-floyd.com/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1907-critical-mass-dem-agenda-opens-right-wing-doors.htmlzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-49282642656632773662010-01-20T23:24:18.592-05:002010-01-20T23:24:18.592-05:00I have Rachel Maddow on in the background. Usually...I have Rachel Maddow on in the background. Usually I just watch a clip here and there on the internet, if that, but it's on TV in the background while I'm typing.<br /><br />She is fucking HAMMERING the Democrats! How can people say MSNBC is the "left's FOX"? I told you, that's BULLSHIT! Left shows like Rachel, Olbermann, and Schultz HAMMER the Dems all the time. Rightwingers are 100% loyal ALL THE TIME! There IS a difference, the difference I've been saying for years.<br /><br />Rachel Maddow's whole show, she's just hammering the Democrats and making fun of them. She's actually calling them out for not being liberal enough and selling us down the road.Big Danhttp://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-70636692462428058842010-01-20T23:18:29.500-05:002010-01-20T23:18:29.500-05:00Just look at the beginning of that Rachel clip. Sc...Just look at the beginning of that Rachel clip. Scott Brown "jokes" that his daughters are "available" and they look absolutely horrified! Seriously, look at that clip. <br /><br />I know when to draw the line on a joke, that's not funny at all. Those girls are horrified and that's their FATHER saying that!!!Big Danhttp://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-87419169576848607242010-01-20T23:12:37.932-05:002010-01-20T23:12:37.932-05:00Rachel shows how many times Bush used 51-50 "...Rachel shows how many times Bush used 51-50 "reconciliation" to push things through...the Democrats must think no one remembers this...wtf???<br /><br />Also, at the beginning of this clip, Scott Brown offers is daughters up to get fucked by anyone available: <br /><br />http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/34965487#34965487Big Danhttp://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-35249768943309736112010-01-20T22:58:52.146-05:002010-01-20T22:58:52.146-05:00Long overdue,.. JFK recognized this and the CIA us...Long overdue,.. JFK recognized this and the CIA used his head for target practice. <br /><br />The off the books drug trade to first world societies is their cash cow that finances their world adventures to steal natural resources so the elite who condone this Shadow Government activities can become filthy rich from the proceeds of these covert economically exploitative and extra-legal transactions.zznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-58671163181577790572010-01-20T22:51:34.463-05:002010-01-20T22:51:34.463-05:00I saw that. Isn't that proof beyond a doubt th...I saw that. Isn't that proof beyond a doubt that they have no intention of ever helping us?Big Danhttp://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-84840713829277616572010-01-20T22:50:00.422-05:002010-01-20T22:50:00.422-05:00That's a better way of pruning your yard than ...That's a better way of pruning your yard than hedgeclippers, remember what happened to me?Big Danhttp://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-31564213269780720842010-01-20T22:48:57.539-05:002010-01-20T22:48:57.539-05:00Hey, I just thought of something: isn't Joe Li...Hey, I just thought of something: isn't Joe Lieberman useless now? He was the "swing vote" who got all the attention. If the Dems keep Lieberman, then they were lying about that, too.Big Danhttp://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-20955533792183478332010-01-20T22:37:12.404-05:002010-01-20T22:37:12.404-05:00Ron Paul:
There's been a coup, have you heard...Ron Paul:<br /><br />There's been a coup, have you heard? It's the CIA coup. The CIA runs everything, they run the military. They're the ones who are over there lobbing missiles and bombs on countries. ... And of course the CIA is every bit as secretive as the Federal Reserve. ... And yet think of the harm they have done since they were established [after] World War II. They are a government unto themselves. They're in businesses, in drug businesses, they take out dictators ... We need to take out the CIA.<br /><br />http://rawstory.com/2010/01/ron-paul-cia/<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dECSYm5bSM&feature=player_embeddedBig Danhttp://bigdanblogger.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-70383931733909390312010-01-20T21:23:52.939-05:002010-01-20T21:23:52.939-05:00Wow,.. there are a bunch of jobs going bye-bye.
M...Wow,.. there are a bunch of jobs going bye-bye.<br /><br />Morrell (Smithfield) will close Sioux City plant in April (1500 + jobs)<br /> <br />By Dave Dreeszen, Journal business editor<br /><br />SIOUX CITY -- Smithfield Foods told meatpacking workers and local leaders late Tuesday that it plans to close its John Morrell & Co. pork plant in Sioux City later this spring<br /><br />The decision would deal a major blow to metro Sioux City's economy. Morrell's slaughter and processing plant at 1200 Bluff Road is one of the city's largest employers, with nearly 1,500 workers.<br /><br />Dozens of additional jobs, from trucking to cold storage to box making, also could be in jeopardy. In addition, Morrell is a major buyer of hogs from tri-state region pork producers.<br /><br />Late Tuesday afternoon, the Sioux City plant's general manager, Dan Pacquin, called Mayor Mike Hobart to notify the city that the slaughter and processing plant would close on April 20, city economic development director Marty Dougherty said.<br /><br />http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/local/article_2f22e11a-0554-11df-ad3f-001cc4c03286.htmlzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-83667129877369815032010-01-20T19:50:10.046-05:002010-01-20T19:50:10.046-05:00I made it!
10mph on the interstate for about 3 mi...I made it!<br /><br />10mph on the interstate for about 3 miles - wipers were useless it was raining so hard.<br /><br />More wind pruning of my trees - it took down an old dead branch I've been wanting to remove.Bluebear2http://bluebear2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-86565665557154596922010-01-20T18:40:53.109-05:002010-01-20T18:40:53.109-05:00AT 239 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER R...<i>AT 239 PM PST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED<br />HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WEST OF<br />YUBA CITY...SOUTHWARD TO DAVIS TO NEAR MORGAN HILL. THE LINE WAS<br />MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.<br /><br />HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY<br />DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS.<br />PONDING OF WATER IS ALSO LIKELY ON AREA ROADWAYS. RAIN IS LIKELY<br />TO BEGIN IN THE SACRAMENTO AREA BETWEEN 300 PM AND 330 PM.<br /></i><br /><br />I'm 20 miles east of Sacramento so it will hit here about the time I leave, then I get to drive through it towards Sacramento.Bluebear2http://bluebear2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-79963627834909478172010-01-20T18:36:20.892-05:002010-01-20T18:36:20.892-05:00a list of all the various types of current weather...<i>a list of all the various types of current weather watches</i><br /><br />That list was of all watches and warnings across the whole nation. CA had 18.Bluebear2http://bluebear2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-19607435142182944792010-01-20T18:34:03.208-05:002010-01-20T18:34:03.208-05:00Jeez,.. leave California alone,.. alright already,...<i>Jeez,.. leave California alone,.. alright already,.. they got enough problems on their plate.</i><br /><br />I forget where it was, but yesterday I came across a list of all the various types of current weather watches and warnings. Of the 25 listed items California was listed under 18 of them.<br /><br />Big line of thunderstorms about to hit - just in time for my commute home! <br /><br />Whoopee!Bluebear2http://bluebear2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-53772841356902645082010-01-20T17:38:30.719-05:002010-01-20T17:38:30.719-05:00Holy windstorm batman....
Just heard a huge crash...Holy windstorm batman....<br /><br />Just heard a huge crash out back - went to check it out. We lease a portion of our building to a powder coating business. The crash was their 12' wide by 14' tall roll-up door being blown in by a gust of wind. This in turn pressurized their space and blew their other door, which was on the side of the building, out into the parking lot!<br /><br />Sheesh!Bluebear2http://bluebear2.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-34829968362641282212010-01-20T17:22:29.475-05:002010-01-20T17:22:29.475-05:00The mood in the Demo Caucus after the Scott Brown ...The mood in the Demo Caucus after the Scott Brown win of the old Ted Kennedy seat - RELIEF.<br /><br />Yee - Haaa,.. Demos have an excuse for failure. <br /><br />They lost their super-duper majority - the electorate took away our power to pass progressive legislation in Washington DC. The voters have spoken,.. Demos must govern extreme right of center.<br /><br />~snip~<br />The worst is that I can't help but feel like the main emotion people in the caucus are feeling is relief at this turn of events. Now they have a ready excuse for not getting anything done. While I always thought we had the better ideas but the weaker messaging, it feels like somewhere along the line Members internalized a belief that we actually have weaker ideas. They're afraid to actually implement them and face the judgement of the voters. That's the scariest dynamic and what makes me think this will all come crashing down around us in November.<br /><br />...............<br /><br />This is my life and I simply can't answer the fundamental question: "what do Democrats stand for?" Voters don't know, and we can't make the case, so they're reacting exactly as you'd expect (just as they did in 1994, 2000, and 2004). We either find the voice to answer that question and exercise the strongest majority and voter mandate we've had since Watergate, or we suffer a bloodbath in November. History shows we're likely to choose the latter.<br />~snip~<br /><br />http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2010/01/relieved.php?ref=fpblgzznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594366310437242857.post-59928023566000543162010-01-20T16:58:23.187-05:002010-01-20T16:58:23.187-05:00~snip~
The President's steadfast refusal to ac...~snip~<br />The President's steadfast refusal to acknowledge that we have a two-party system, his insistence on making destructive concessions to the same party voters he had sent packing twice in a row in the name of "bipartisanship," and his refusal ever to utter the words "I am a Democrat" and to articulate what that means, are not among his virtues. We have competing ideas in a democracy -- and hence competing parties -- for a reason. To paper them over and pretend they do not exist, particularly when the ideology of one of the parties has proven so devastating to the lives of everyday Americans, is not a virtue. It is an abdication of responsibility.<br /><br />What happens if you refuse to lay the blame for the destruction of our economy on anyone -- particularly the party, leaders, and ideology that were in power for the last 8 years and were responsible for it? What happens if you fail to "brand" what has happened as the Bush Depression or the Republican Depression or the natural result of the ideology of unregulated greed, the way FDR branded the Great Depression as Hoover's Depression and created a Democratic majority for 50 years and a new vision of what effective government can do? What happens when you fail to offer and continually reinforce a narrative about what has happened, who caused it, and how you're going to fix it that Americans understand, that makes them angry, that makes them hopeful, and that makes them committed to you and your policies during the tough times that will inevitably lie ahead?<br /><br />The answer was obvious a year ago, and it is even more obvious today: Voters will come to blame you for not having solved a problem you didn't create, and you will allow the other side to create an alternative narrative for what's happened (government spending, deficits, big government, socialism) that will stick. And it will particularly stick if you make no efforts to prevent it from starting or sticking.<br />~snip~<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/drew-westen/obama-finally-gets-his-vi_b_429232.htmlzznoreply@blogger.com