Comments on: The Elephant’s Graveyard http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/ If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace. We ask not your counsels or your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that you were our countrymen. — Samuel Adams Sat, 13 Mar 2010 15:47:19 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ralph Roberts http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36732 Ralph Roberts Sat, 05 Dec 2009 16:53:51 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36732 Gee, Michael... that's pretty hard to top... of course, I can: http://forums.1vid.com/index.php/topic,1364.0.html (especially for those of you who think I'm really an alien in disguise). Gee, Michael… that’s pretty hard to top… of course, I can:

http://forums.1vid.com/index.php/topic,1364.0.html

(especially for those of you who think I’m really an alien in disguise).

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]]> By: Michael Muller http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36725 Michael Muller Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:10:46 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36725 Last night, ThunderPig shot <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zraQ_H2vjCY&feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">this video</a> of Carl, Robin, and Kelly in Pack Square Park practicing a send-off number they have planned for Tuesday's festivities. Don't tell anyone because it's a big surprise. And if you look closely, you can make out Tim Johnson...he's over there by the Veteran's Memorial. Last night, ThunderPig shot this video of Carl, Robin, and Kelly in Pack Square Park practicing a send-off number they have planned for Tuesday’s festivities. Don’t tell anyone because it’s a big surprise.

And if you look closely, you can make out Tim Johnson…he’s over there by the Veteran’s Memorial.

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]]> By: shadmarsh http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36717 shadmarsh Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:39:30 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36717 but those are my favorite topics of conversation (sans the Abba)... but those are my favorite topics of conversation (sans the Abba)…

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]]> By: Michael Muller http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36716 Michael Muller Sat, 05 Dec 2009 04:36:14 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36716 I'll join this conversation on the proviso that we stop bitching about people, talking about wigs, dresses, bust sizes, penises, drugs, night clubs, and bloody Abba! I’ll join this conversation on the proviso that we stop bitching about people, talking about wigs, dresses, bust sizes, penises, drugs, night clubs, and bloody Abba!

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]]> By: Ralph Roberts http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36715 Ralph Roberts Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:47:46 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36715 No, Shad, it is a reference to me tossing ping pong balls into a cup. Now if I had been tossing three drag queens into a cup while crossing the Australian desert THEN you might have some sort of reference. As it stands, you do not. Now, back to the ping pong tossing practice now in progress. No, Shad, it is a reference to me tossing ping pong balls into a cup.

Now if I had been tossing three drag queens into a cup while crossing the Australian desert THEN you might have some sort of reference.

As it stands, you do not. Now, back to the ping pong tossing practice now in progress.

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]]> By: shadmarsh http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36709 shadmarsh Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:37:33 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36709 Is this ping pong tossing a The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert reference? Is this ping pong tossing a The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert reference?

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]]> By: Ralph Roberts http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36679 Ralph Roberts Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:22:22 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36679 Oh, thanks for the ping pong comment ... I hereby challenge Gordon to a contest of virtual ping pong tossing... see the link below for an example of winning form: http://forums.1vid.com/index.php/topic,1281.0.html The winner DOES NOT have to serve on city council. ;-) --Ralph Oh, thanks for the ping pong comment … I hereby challenge Gordon to a contest of virtual ping pong tossing… see the link below for an example of winning form:

http://forums.1vid.com/index.php/topic,1281.0.html

The winner DOES NOT have to serve on city council. ;-)

–Ralph

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]]> By: Ralph Roberts http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36678 Ralph Roberts Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:18:14 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36678 "...festering pustule on the rump of the Buncombe elephant..." As Oscar Wilde once said something to the effect, concerning a witticism imparted by someone else, "I wish I had written that and eventually I will." ;-) --Ralph “…festering pustule on the rump of the Buncombe elephant…”

As Oscar Wilde once said something to the effect, concerning a witticism imparted by someone else, “I wish I had written that and eventually I will.” ;-)

–Ralph

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]]> By: Michael Muller http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36663 Michael Muller Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:36:40 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36663 Thanks for your comments Ralph. You are a gentleman & a scholar (and pretty darned talented with ping-pong balls, I might add). I like Don personally as well. He's smart, he's funny, and he can be quite charming when he takes his meds. But <i>politically,</i> he's a festering pustule on the rump of the Buncombe elephant. It needs to be popped and drained for the healing to begin. MM Thanks for your comments Ralph. You are a gentleman & a scholar (and pretty darned talented with ping-pong balls, I might add).

I like Don personally as well. He’s smart, he’s funny, and he can be quite charming when he takes his meds. But politically, he’s a festering pustule on the rump of the Buncombe elephant. It needs to be popped and drained for the healing to begin.

MM

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]]> By: Ralph Roberts http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36661 Ralph Roberts Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:08:56 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36661 Good stuff, Michael and, alas all too true. I have been a conservative all my life but NEVER a Republican, albeit tempted during the Reagan years. The current Republican party - both nationally and locally - in great part is about as conservative as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin at the height of his power but much less effective. You mention Don Yelton. I've known Don for a great many years and like him personally but he and the others in the Buncombe GOP of the Stomper mentality have done tremendous damage to the conservative cause. Not to mention URTV, which they do not understand either. I can tell you this about the current state of the GOP , Gordon and Cecil will call themselves Republicans long before I will. Good stuff, Michael and, alas all too true. I have been a conservative all my life but NEVER a Republican, albeit tempted during the Reagan years.

The current Republican party – both nationally and locally – in great part is about as conservative as Vladimir Ilyich Lenin at the height of his power but much less effective.

You mention Don Yelton. I’ve known Don for a great many years and like him personally but he and the others in the Buncombe GOP of the Stomper mentality have done tremendous damage to the conservative cause. Not to mention URTV, which they do not understand either.

I can tell you this about the current state of the GOP , Gordon and Cecil will call themselves Republicans long before I will.

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]]> By: barry http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36650 barry Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:22:34 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36650 Coming to a stinky theater near you: Tea Party - the Movie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2qil4Swcew&feature=player_embedded Hopefully this'll turn into a Rocky Horror type phenom, with people bringing props to throw and stuff. I can't wait. I plan to go as the Mad Hatter. Coming to a stinky theater near you: Tea Party – the Movie

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2qil4Swcew&feature=player_embedded

Hopefully this’ll turn into a Rocky Horror type phenom, with people bringing props to throw and stuff. I can’t wait. I plan to go as the Mad Hatter.

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]]> By: LiberT http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36647 LiberT Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:19:24 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36647 Shadmarsh is correct. I am an ass. A stinky one at that. Shadmarsh is correct. I am an ass. A stinky one at that.

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]]> By: shadmarsh http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36631 shadmarsh Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:17:07 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36631 ...or he/she could just be an ass. …or he/she could just be an ass.

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]]> By: hr1207 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36630 hr1207 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:53:33 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36630 what the f* is going on here? you guys want to attack someone for giving a detailed explanation that promotes liberty for EVERY ONE, banishes BOTH primary political parties, and accurately accounts historical significance in his argument? maybe if 'LiberT' felt as if you guys had done this homework in the first place he wouldn't have to give such a detailed description in his attempt to REACH OUT to you... furthermore, could it be that 'LiberT' just knows this stuff and doesn't have to provide hyperlinks to aid those of you who obviously lack these objective realizations? ... ridiculous! what the f* is going on here?

you guys want to attack someone for giving a detailed explanation that promotes liberty for EVERY ONE, banishes BOTH primary political parties, and accurately accounts historical significance in his argument?

maybe if ‘LiberT’ felt as if you guys had done this homework in the first place he wouldn’t have to give such a detailed description in his attempt to REACH OUT to you…

furthermore, could it be that ‘LiberT’ just knows this stuff and doesn’t have to provide hyperlinks to aid those of you who obviously lack these objective realizations?

… ridiculous!

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]]> By: Jim Reeves http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36629 Jim Reeves Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:13:45 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36629 What discredits global warming is the suppressed data of 10 years of cooling despite elevated CO2 levels, not the efforts to suppress it by "a few politcally motivated scientists" What discredits global warming is the suppressed data of 10 years of cooling despite elevated CO2 levels, not the efforts to suppress it by “a few politcally motivated scientists”

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]]> By: Michael Muller http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36627 Michael Muller Wed, 02 Dec 2009 23:20:27 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36627 Sorry, Jim. I didn't address your initial question. But honestly, I don't know enough about the issue to make an informed comment. i will say that any suppression of data, cover-up, or other shady business is certainly troubling...and the top dog at East Anglia has in fact resigned over it. But I'm not sure the unethical (or even illegal) actions of a few poltically-motivated scientists necessarily discredits the whole theory of Global Warming, however. But then again, Climate Change has never really been my thing. So I don't know. Maybe one of the other folks who post here would be more qualified to address your concerns. Anyone? Sorry, Jim. I didn’t address your initial question. But honestly, I don’t know enough about the issue to make an informed comment.

i will say that any suppression of data, cover-up, or other shady business is certainly troubling…and the top dog at East Anglia has in fact resigned over it. But I’m not sure the unethical (or even illegal) actions of a few poltically-motivated scientists necessarily discredits the whole theory of Global Warming, however. But then again, Climate Change has never really been my thing. So I don’t know.

Maybe one of the other folks who post here would be more qualified to address your concerns. Anyone?

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]]> By: Jim Reeves http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36625 Jim Reeves Wed, 02 Dec 2009 21:17:48 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36625 What "conspiracy Theory" the sites mentioned where to the searchable database of ACTUAL e-Mails to and from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia [Including Asheville] regarding manipulation of data and withholding/destruction of FOIA requested data and methods proving global warming or showing 10 years of global cooling and efforts to dismiss/exclude other scientists who disagree with their contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC].The infowars.com article contains links to the actual United Nations Environmental Program [UNEP] showing the organization's efforts to promote the IPCC's agenda as national policy among it;s member countries What “conspiracy Theory” the sites mentioned where to the searchable database of ACTUAL e-Mails to and from the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia [Including Asheville] regarding manipulation of data and withholding/destruction of FOIA requested data and methods proving global warming or showing 10 years of global cooling and efforts to dismiss/exclude other scientists who disagree with their contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC].The infowars.com article contains links to the actual United Nations Environmental Program [UNEP] showing the organization’s efforts to promote the IPCC’s agenda as national policy among it;s member countries

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]]> By: John http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36623 John Wed, 02 Dec 2009 19:39:23 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36623 Ok. That was creepy. And could you warn me about the acting next time? Ok. That was creepy. And could you warn me about the acting next time?

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]]> By: Michael Muller http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36622 Michael Muller Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:40:24 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36622 That would be the <i>Republican</i> Party, John: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztPAfovPrHQ&feature=player_embedded#" rel="nofollow">John Armor channels Benjamin Franklin</a> That would be the Republican Party, John:

John Armor channels Benjamin Franklin

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]]> By: John http://scrutinyhooligans.us/2009/12/01/the-elephants-graveyard/comment-page-1/#comment-36618 John Wed, 02 Dec 2009 16:45:43 +0000 http://scrutinyhooligans.us/?p=9821#comment-36618 "I mean, who doesn’t like to prance around in a wig and kneesocks from time to time?" What party did I miss? “I mean, who doesn’t like to prance around in a wig and kneesocks from time to time?”

What party did I miss?

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