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No bad weather here. At least not yet. However, there is a 19 year old man missing after being swept off by a wave.
terryannonline on September 12, 2008 at 11:53 PM
This might be a little off topic, but that fool Geraldo is still standing on the beach trying to peck a fight with IKE. He says he is waiting for eye of the storm to come. He must be trying for another youtube.
bloggless on September 12, 2008 at 11:53 PM
Guy from my office here in Austin headed to his place in Palacios this morning. We called him at noon, he wouldn’t head back. My understanding is his place is on the water. Not the brightest bulb in the box.
TexasDan on September 12, 2008 at 11:54 PM
…hang in there, bubba.
We’re about 4 hours west, south of San Antonio…not enough wind to fly a kite…yet….
Puritan1648 on September 12, 2008 at 11:54 PM
Capitol thinking!!!!
Hope all you are safe in the gulf.
I wonder if Pink volunteers? Gives to charity’s?
Kini on September 12, 2008 at 11:55 PM
This is Pink we are discussing. I think she means it in a literal way we are not grasping. Sarah, hetero thanks.
sven10077 on September 12, 2008 at 11:55 PM
Not sure about that, but I doubt she’s that particular.
TheCulturalist on September 12, 2008 at 11:56 PM
What is he going to do? Spit at it?
wise_man on September 12, 2008 at 11:56 PM
Stop picking on Pink. What she said isn’t a valued political commentary. It’s little more than a verbal fart that sounds like a vague memory she has from a leftist talking point. Celebrities have nothing of value to say.
stonemeister on September 12, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Heres the scenario that scares the hell out of the
left!!!
I was a lucky kid,it was the summer of 67′,we moved
up to Ignace,Ontario.
That summer I was going on daily Cessna and Otter
rides to various hunting and fly-in camps delivering
supplies,I’ll never forget that summer!
Now what PINK doesn’t get, Sarah Palin grew up 24/7
in that environment,but Alaska is a tad further than
Ignace!
Sarah,is a product of can do,improvise what ya got,
and make the best of what ya got!
Pink on the otherhand is packaged,and yet Sarah Palin
is the real McKoy,forget American,or Canadian Idol,
Sarah grew up in the hardships of the real true “Great
White North”!
Sarah is a real AMERICAN WOMEN,and Pink won’t even get it!
Any women,that can pick dew worms,go fishing,hunting,
and be a crack shot,carry her own weight,is an asset
in Alaska!
Governor Sarah Palin is a product of what she has endured,
been put through,and learned in Alaska,real life as an
American Women.
PINK,is the product of packaging!!
I can tell you this,if stuck in the bush,PINK will
survive in grand style with SarahCuda!!!!
If PINK is stranded in the bush with Nancy Pelosi
or Hillary,I would say the odds were stacked against
Pinks survival!!!
I’ll bet my life,for survival on a women who knows how
to get it done,in the “Great White North”,and that is
SarahCuda!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)
canopfor on September 12, 2008 at 11:57 PM
Oh wow, another whore/lesbian whose opinion means d*ck to me.
carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 11:58 PM
New Orleans is probably the most sensitive place in the U.S. for a hurricane to hit because it’s like a bowl. I would say perhaps the second place is Galveston so that is why every is so worried. So many people live in the Houston/Galveston area.
terryannonline on September 12, 2008 at 11:58 PM
Prediction: Geraldo meets his maker with this storm.
As much as I despise him, I hope I am wrong.
carbon_footprint on September 12, 2008 at 11:59 PM
…the Left waits for the government to the heavy lifting, so’s they don’t have to.
Puritan1648 on September 13, 2008 at 12:00 AM
Is there anyone here who gives a damn what these celebrities think?
SoulGlo on September 13, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Still? I stopped watching his dumb ass standing there in the rain with some guy holding a wind speed thingamabob just so he could shout “It’s 86mph now!!”
I still think he wants to die on camera, just for the fame of it all.
What a pathetic tool.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:01 AM
Not USDA Choice.
Kini on September 13, 2008 at 12:01 AM
No, they expect the government and your tax dollars to do that.
I am waiting for Geraldos mustache to beat him to death.
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 12:03 AM
Hitler was a community organizer, FDR was a governor.
Jim Treacher on September 13, 2008 at 12:03 AM
You know… if you cross out Pink and put in Obama instead, your post still works.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:04 AM
So do I, after all, whom else can we laugh at with such a ridicules mustache.
Kini on September 13, 2008 at 12:05 AM
If Geraldo cmes floating by my house, I will hold his head under water for a while for you guys.
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Hey she doesn’t look like the OTHER guys on the dollar bills. Oh, by the way, did I mention she’s pink.
Mojave Mark on September 13, 2008 at 12:06 AM
Now, now. Just threaten to spit on him.
TexasDan on September 13, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Damn! Right in the middle of Monty Python I realized I had missed half of “Animal House”!!
Oh, and who cares what a Pink says? She can’t even pull 50% of the “vote” in her own backyard.
Kind of like how that rag, US Weekly, lost so many subscribers when they thought 100% of them would love their smear job.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:09 AM
Ha, Ok
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 12:09 AM
Wear gloves. The stache may bite.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:10 AM
It might, I am hoping it is thinned out a little by the wind.
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 12:12 AM
O/T IKE from ISS!
http://www.universetoday.com/2008/09/11/satellite-iss-images-of-hurricane-ike/
canopfor on September 13, 2008 at 12:12 AM
Oh take off ya hoser! ^_^
canopfor – my good friend – just quoting a Bob and Doug McKenzie!
But you are right. And the TheCulturalist is right on abuut the subsitution.
Out and abuut in the bout!
Kini on September 13, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Dang,
We might be neighbors. I’m in “Montgomery Trace” just west of Conroe.
Texyank on September 13, 2008 at 12:13 AM
O/T
I’m hearing now that Ike has moved to the north w/ Cat 3 forecast for landfall in a few hours. Good luck out there. Especially for those who are in the “certain death” zone. I hope that was just some over the top talk like Mayor Chocolate City saying Gustav was the “Storm of the Century”.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:15 AM
I agree, Nawlins is a horrible place for a hurricane to hit. It’s too bad the politicians there didn’t keep that in mind before Katrina hit.
No knock on the people of the city, mind you, but their leadership just flat out sucked.
john1schn on September 13, 2008 at 12:15 AM
We are! I am in River Plantation just south of Conroe
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 12:23 AM
I don’t think so… They say that the size of this storm, Cat II or III, makes the storm surge the equivalent of a Cat 5.6 and the possibility of 27 ft in the Houston area.
Not good at all. In south Louisiana we’re getting a substantial amount of surge.
darclon on September 13, 2008 at 12:23 AM
They got the leadership they voted for. It sucks that they paid the price they did for it.
One might make the case that NO was a microcosm of what may happen if the voters elect Obama and the whole country takes its eye off the ball.
There is an analogy to be made of the levee failures to the security failure that an Obama presidency would make of the War on Islamofascism.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:23 AM
True, Their state and local government sucked. At least at the state level they are better off now. Our guys are pretty good here.
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 12:25 AM
Oh, bad news. Hope everyone gets through it ok.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:25 AM
How big of an animal activist can Pink be if she prefers that the wolves continue to decimate the moose and caribou populations? Does she want the moose and caribou to go extinct in Alaska? Does she want the wolves to eventually starve because there is no balance between the prey/predator? Is Pink an idiot? Oh, yes, indeedy!
Blake on September 13, 2008 at 12:27 AM
They’re telling Geraldo to go inside now, and of course, he’s not listening. He’s trying his best to win that Darwin Award, damn any distractions.
LOL, he’s talking about people learning their lessons about hurricanes the hard way AND being stubborn.
darclon on September 13, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Get ready for high gas prices for a few weeks guys. Most of our refining capacity is getting really messed up right now.
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 12:28 AM
Wolves eat Bambi? Oh, the Humanity!
———————————- Pink
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:29 AM
da
LOL, he’s staggering around in the wind complaining about losing his 9th Blackberry!
King of Tools.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:30 AM
There’s hysteria about Palin’s position on Roe v Wade.
Ponder the framing of this question for a moment. If you repeal Roe v Wade, then individual states would make the decision. Should a woman in New York City have a say about the policy of, say the state of Utah in abortion law? Why don’t they let Utah do as they’d like? Instead he asks Palin to change her PERSONAL view of when abortion is appropriate. What an oddly framed question. As if her personal view has anything to do with what the voters and/or legislature of a state would decide. He wants to make it sound like she personally, herself, would prevent victim of rape or incest from getting an abortion. When all she said about Roe v Wade was she’d like it repealed so the issue would be sent back to the states.
Paul-Cincy on September 13, 2008 at 12:32 AM
Yeah, not to hijack the thread but Allah gave us no thread on the biggest story of the night.
Baton Rouge has refineries and was messed up pretty bad from Gustav. Lake Charles and Houston are the other two areas and they will either be shut down or damaged from Ike.
I heard they’re charging over $7.00 for gas somewhere. Hope that’s not true.
darclon on September 13, 2008 at 12:33 AM
It’s more like: Should 9 guys, who were not elected and not accoutable to anyone make decisions for 300 million people?
It should have been left to the states.
lorien1973 on September 13, 2008 at 12:34 AM
You know….
TheCulturalist on Sept 13,2008 at 12:04AM.
TheCulturalist:Now that would be a riot,with Obama!
Sarah Palin and Hope,stranded!
Hopey/Changey talks to Palin on the ordeal awaitng rescue!
AH,Palin,ah um,we’ve only been here ah,how should I say ah
couple of hours,ah,and so far,ah um,you’ve ah built ah
two story,ah lean too,and ah um,have killed ah um,two deer
and ah um defended me from ah um 2 Kodiak Grizzly bears!!
And,ah,um then skinned the grizzlies,and now I’m ah um warm
ah from the dead aninals,and I must say,ah um ah,your going
to have to ah um,show Michelle,ah um how to make Argula from
scratch!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!(Snark!)haha:)
canopfor on September 13, 2008 at 12:35 AM
Pink is an idiot.
I said that so I could say this.. I’ve got a friend in Conroe. I was on Facebook and she messaged me in all caps saying “COME GET ME!!”
They decided to ride it out and she’s pretty scared. I’m in North Texas and we’ve had 115 mph before so I ain’t too worried. Unless the electricity goes out like the last time and we have to sit around and stare at each other for 5 days. THAT’S gonna be torture!
GoodBoy on September 13, 2008 at 12:38 AM
Just when it seems the left can’t suprise you anymore, SUPRISE. Go sing that song at an Obama event… Please.
Hog Wild on September 13, 2008 at 12:40 AM
I understand why elected officials use such dire language. It’s better to be safe than sorry.
terryannonline on September 13, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Out and abuut in the bout….
Kini on Sept 13,2008 at 12:13AM.
Kini:Picture Obama and Palin,from the movie,
Carry on gang,Carry on up the Khyber!
Palin trips Obama,and Obama goes head first into
Elephant poo!!haha:)
canopfor on September 13, 2008 at 12:42 AM
FTFY, natch.
Jaibones on September 13, 2008 at 12:43 AM
The funniest thing with Geraldo tonight is he’s been reporting insane wind gusts of 130 MPH on the ground.
…because his wind gauge has been calibrated to kph all night and no one has informed him.
econavenger on September 13, 2008 at 12:43 AM
We don’t know yet how bad the damage is/will be.
This gives us a genuine opportunity to attack the environmentalist deathgrip on expanding refining capacity.
Here’s hoping everyone is ok.
sven10077 on September 13, 2008 at 12:44 AM
Only if PETA, Planned Parenthood, Obama and the Church of Scientology count as charities.
In other words, no.
SuperCool on September 13, 2008 at 12:45 AM
LOL
Hopey Changey Man vs. Action Woman!
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:46 AM
It’s been asked what charities and such Pink promotes. PETA is one along with a fairly typically liberal list of other charities and she’s rumored to be a Scientologist.
In short, why do we give a flying F**K what this woman thinks?
Yakko77 on September 13, 2008 at 12:47 AM
To all who sail the USS Hot Air,in harms
way,of Ike,may you have your bow into the
wind,and ride this out safely,and of
course your love ones as well.:)
canopfor on September 13, 2008 at 12:48 AM
Yes, better safe than sorry. Only problem is that it can lead to the whole “crying wolf” scenerio.
People need the truth, then it is on them. If they hear “Storm of the Century” 5 times a year, they are likely to stop listening.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 12:50 AM
yeah, you would think that AP would give us a thread to report on. Since so many of us are in the path of it.
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 12:52 AM
Gustav left him, and us in it underwhelmed. Thoughts and prayers to my soulmates in Houston and Galveston. Here’s hoping they are well and that the damage is minimal to our nation and the fine state of Texas.
sven10077 on September 13, 2008 at 12:54 AM
LOL
Hopey Changey Man vrs.Action Women!
TheCulturalist on Sept 13,2008 at 12:46AM.
TheCulturalist:The reality of my scenario,is that after
Palin saved Obama’s butt,he couldn’t run
fast enough to score points with PETA!haha:)
canopfor on September 13, 2008 at 12:54 AM
BTW, not the “storm of the century” but because it will affect so many people and industries, it will have an affect that you all will feel.
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 12:55 AM
Forget Pink…on the side of the page it says “outrageous backstage demands” and had a pic of John Mayer, I only caught a glimpse of the text under it that said John Mayer “demands oral” or something like that about oral and that’s all I saw as the page was closing.
I’m too lazy to reopen the page, so I’ve no idea if there’s craziness to be had or not…
TheBlueSite on September 13, 2008 at 12:56 AM
Thank you my child.
carbon_footprint on September 13, 2008 at 12:57 AM
“The funniest thing with Geraldo tonight is he’s been reporting insane wind gusts of 130 MPH on the ground.
…because his wind gauge has been calibrated to kph all night and no one has informed him.”
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Buckaroo on September 13, 2008 at 1:00 AM
Gee ya think?
1 or 2 of the major freinery complexes in the US is about to be knocked offline for a minimum of 2-4 days and quite possibly a week or more. Thank God we have the democrats and sierra club preventing us from dispersing production capacity.
sven10077 on September 13, 2008 at 1:01 AM
Maybe Gerry’ll go apoplectic when it is over 190kph….
sven10077 on September 13, 2008 at 1:02 AM
Obama was PINKED long ago.
profitsbeard on September 13, 2008 at 1:02 AM
Look for major damage to the skyscrapers in Houston. Curtain walls of glass will be blown out. Alicia hit Houston in 1983 and the gravel from roofs shattered panes of glass. IIRC it caused damage into the billions for Houston alone.
carbon_footprint on September 13, 2008 at 1:04 AM
“Stand up Chuck!” Should have been a quote of the day. Maybe Biden got himself confused with the haughty John Kerry (who served in Vietnam) and thought he would be able to make someone in a wheelchair get up and walk.
AZfederalist on September 13, 2008 at 1:04 AM
Maybe he’s off with Pink to, you know, get something straight between them.
Is there a movie quote in there somewhere? I can’t place it… anyone?
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 1:06 AM
True. I was hearing in the radio that this time in the Houston/Galveston they were only evacuating people in certain low areas because during Rita millions were needlessly in the highway trying to get out. It just caused more car accidents, etc than needed be.
terryannonline on September 13, 2008 at 1:06 AM
Every aspect of the energy industries is severely restricted, except for buying hundreds of billion of dollars worth of oil from far too many very unstable or dangerous countries. WIll this election change that?
Loxodonta on September 13, 2008 at 1:06 AM
Of course the real tragedy here is the Hooters restaurant being messed up in Galveston!
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 1:06 AM
Small world indeed. . . Title to C&W hit. ” How I found my brother on a “Hot Air” stormy blog” LOL
Texyank on September 13, 2008 at 1:07 AM
I thought Barry was the Messiah? Biden is making a move for the top of the ticket?
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 1:08 AM
FEMA drops the ball again! Stop the presses!
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 1:09 AM
Who cares?
WisCon on September 13, 2008 at 1:10 AM
Ha! not exactly a Patsy Cline quality hit I think.
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 1:10 AM
FOX is reporting that the eye wall is about to hit with 110 MPH sustained winds. I pray for the people who stayed behind.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2008 at 1:12 AM
Huh. CNN is reporting that it is still hours away. Perhaps later than first thought.
terryannonline on September 13, 2008 at 1:15 AM
110 is not too bad. Time to see if Houston learned its lesson in the ’80s. I have faith that it will not be as bad as the KOSsacks hope, but will be bad enough that we all will need to try to help.
sven10077 on September 13, 2008 at 1:18 AM
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/025734.shtml?5day?large#contents
I think CNN better eat their wheaties…..
sven10077 on September 13, 2008 at 1:19 AM
Damn thing won’t sit still!
Bush/Chaney/Rove plot to fool FEMA?
What would be the point?
Exactly!
That’s the brilliance of it.
Don’t you see?
Makes sense to Pink.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 1:20 AM
Whether fast or slow, this storm seems like it is going to be a disaster for a lot of people. Each state seems to handle evacuation orders differently, with local, county and state government. Unless all are well coordinated & planned, it can be chaotic. I think I read an AP report, sort of wistfully stating that Cuba handled their evacuations very “efficiently.”
Loxodonta on September 13, 2008 at 1:21 AM
You don’t mean to say those fools are hoping for a mega disaster do you?
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 1:22 AM
Just a tidbit,in WW2,US Navy task forces,got
mawled by a Typhoon,and its wasn’t pretty,
they lost a few ships!
canopfor on September 13, 2008 at 1:22 AM
The local authorities offering to kill you at once if you don’t move helps “efficiency”.
sven10077 on September 13, 2008 at 1:25 AM
Starting to get power bumps here guys. Signing off. Will check back in when things normalize a bit.
Later
conservnut on September 13, 2008 at 1:25 AM
sven10077, have you ever been in a major hurricane? I was in one once, when very young, and it looked not too much different than being inside the tornado in the Wizard of Oz, with pieces of houses and all sorts of objects flying all over the place. The place I was staying (near shore) was flooded but not destroyed. Not more than a thousand feet away, there was total devastation of hundreds of homes.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2008 at 1:26 AM
Hurricanes are proof “there is a God”….I guess Rove is his “profit”?
They think a spike in gas costs endures Barry wins….I suspect Hurricane Sarah will shield the GOP by pointing out how Donk policy and granola munching lawsuits leave us vulnerable to disruptions.
sven10077 on September 13, 2008 at 1:26 AM
No kidding! They’re hoping for a tragedy so they can try to blame it on the Iraq War. That’s just sick.
I guess if we brought them home and lined up the soldiers and the tanks at Galveston they could shoot at Ike with their AR’s to stop it.
Idiots, just like Pink.
BTW they have a livecam on Fox with some fire burning in Houston. You can see the blue flash of transformers dying left and right.
darclon on September 13, 2008 at 1:27 AM
Another memory: empty boats crashing into one another in flooded streets. It was very exciting!
Loxodonta on September 13, 2008 at 1:27 AM
Yes, Rush was talking about that the other day.
Cubans find it easier to evacuate because they have so few possessions to take with them. And, they know who has the guns so they tend to follow orders well. That works for the AP.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 1:28 AM
Expect anything better from a website named Poopeater, Oh wait its Popeater? Well i think mine fits better.
Rbastid on September 13, 2008 at 1:29 AM
I’ve been in 5 hurricanes, 2 tornadoes and a really bad dorm party. To be fair 2 of the hurricanes were far enough inland I was hardly nervous. I was about 1/4 mile from the bay I was hit in, 1 was at a condo 1/2 mile inland, and the other was on an army base 40 miles inland.
I am not in the habit of freaking out as regards “acts of God” if anything I welcome the reminder I am smaller than creation. Keeps me from the hubris of thinking my car is killing the Earth. Gore should try it.
sven10077 on September 13, 2008 at 1:29 AM
Oh, I see.
There are bigger forces at work in the commodity and financial markets right now than a hurricane. Any price blip will be minor and sort lived.
Sorry KosTrolls.
TheCulturalist on September 13, 2008 at 1:32 AM
Maybe, but he failed, so that spot is out. Had to make the rest of the audience “stand up for Chuck”.
As Rush says, Biden is the gift that keeps on giving.
AZfederalist on September 13, 2008 at 1:33 AM
Sven. I assure you that you are indeed smaller than creation. And therefore, you are also smaller than Gore’s and Obama’s ego’s.
Loxodonta on September 13, 2008 at 1:35 AM
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