The random political thoughts thread (Part Deux)

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

But "Alexing" could mean a number of things. For instance, if I said I Alexed at the last camping trip, it would mean that in the evenings I slept on the ground under my car sans sleeping bag.
Colon Capital "d"

But see, even doing that requires not particularly caring what other people think about you. Or I would have been hectored into sleeping inside something.

And I thought I used a sleeping bag. I know I did have bedding of some sort. And sleeping under my car is very logical. If I'm under (or more sleeping really close to) my car nobody else will accidentally run me over and camp ground parking spaces are generally relatively smooth and level.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Betty

It's a LoT meme - to Alex someone. I like it!

And GC, I know what you mean about being a people pleaser. I too struggle with that.

It's kinda hard to deal with sometimes.
I blame it on my upbringing. My dad was a cop and made it clear to everyone that he made no mistakes whatsoever. And both parents were the model Catholic couple at their church. So, lots of times, all eyes were on us (at least on Sundays) to act like pristine Precious Moments figurines without flaws.

[Gemini Cricket]

Originally Posted by Alex

And I thought I used a sleeping bag. I know I did have bedding of some sort. And sleeping under my car is very logical. If I'm under (or more sleeping really close to) my car nobody else will accidentally run me over and camp ground parking spaces are generally relatively smooth and level.

Except your car leaks. You walked around the campsite with a black oil mustache all day. No one told you.

I wonder if Lani has the occasional panic attack when backing out from the garage or driveway during your nap times.

That reminds me, I love Lani Tenigma.

[Gemini Cricket]

Zoinks!

The Star Bulletin in Honolulu printed my Letter to the Editor.

President should not make more promises

During his vacation here, I'm hoping that Mr. Obama doesn't make any New Year's resolutions for 2010. I mean, the Defense of Marriage Act and "don't ask, don't tell" still exist, despite his campaign promises to get rid of them. So, why make any new promises, Mr. President? I'm old-fashioned. I'm a man of my word. I don't go back on mine, if I make anyone a promise. I wish more politicians had integrity like that.

Brad _______
Kailua

Source

[cirquelover]

Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

I just Alex'ed someone who was sending out bad info via email.

Someone sent me (and about 100 people) a spam email about an upside-down US flag at Montebello High School. The email was misleading and was about an incident that happened in 2006 (but it made it sound like it just happened and was happening on a regular basis). I sent a Reply All to everyone with a link to the snopes.com article about the incident.

The email itself smelled racist and was incorrect about a couple of things, so I told everyone to do their research before getting into a tizzy and running outside, naked waving their tallywhackers around saying, 'The sky is falling, the sky is falling!'

I just recently did the same thing to someone. My racist, bigot of an Aunt sent out this scathing email and she made the mistake of including me on it. So like GC, I replied to all with a link to Snopes. Wow is she pissed at me, not that I care, but at least everyone on her list can see the truth. She even wrote back to me saying that Snopes is just a bunch of BS and that she was still right, oy!! At least the others have a new place to look up some of the crap that she sends out. My Mom isn't mad either, she even giggled a little and said she was proud of me for standing up to her because no one else will. Needless to say I'm not on my Aunts email list anymore

[alphabassettgrrl]

Originally Posted by cirquelover

My Mom isn't mad either, she even giggled a little and said she was proud of me for standing up to her because no one else will. Needless to say I'm not on my Aunts email list anymore

So it works out for everybody!!!

[BarTopDancer]

We don't expect you to catch everything, but we expect you to catch the exact same thing. I <3 John Stewart

[Ghoulish Delight]

Hindsight is 20/20.

I wonder how many warnings intelligence agencies get that never amount to anything.

[Alex]

I know he was going for comedy but two of the things that I was suprised to see mentioned was that he had bought a one-way ticket. That was the early report but I believe it has been shown to be the case that he bought a round-trip ticket.

The other thing is that he paid cash. The problem with that is in Nigeria (and many African countries) paying cash is the norm as access to credit is limited and fraud is rampant.

[BarTopDancer]

Hindsight is 20/20. But all the signs were there, including his own father voicing concerns and other countries revoking travel visas.