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Good for you!
Community is the way to go at first
Most kids never finish the first year at their original institution — so why even bother?
You’re better off doing CC, growing up as a person, then deciding your next move.
Oh, and for the sake of all good and holy in this world, when you finish CC and move on to a different school, live OFF campus. Go party on campus, but sleep OFF — that is, if you value sleep.
I mean, if you don’t mind having what I had, listening to your room mate get a nice sloppy one from his Marines GF going “hoo-rah” with his schlong in her throat at 2:30, then go ahead.
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:35 PM
wups–my bad–my apologies.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:35 PM
most definitely
I have that nickname at work now
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:35 PM
Are you saying Obama has found a way to cure stupid? By using himself?
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:36 PM
Iraqis hit the Stark with an Exocet.
The Tripoli bombing was in response to the Berlin “La Belle” disco bombing, carried out by the Libyan embassy in East Berlin along with help from the East German Stasi.
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:36 PM
and by 2:30
I meant 2:30 AM
So yea, live off campus.
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:36 PM
You need a gold glitter thong to wear and plenty of whiskey, Jager, and grapes to serve to us conservative women.
HornetSting on July 18, 2009 at 11:37 PM
ROFLMAO *snort* *wheeze*
Laura in Maryland on July 18, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I read somewhere that almost half of people are covered by non-profits and mutual companies. The idea that the insurance industry is getting rich off of their role as middleman is ludicrous.
venividivici on July 18, 2009 at 11:37 PM
The Gipper is looking down upon us and guiding us conservatives back on course for which he set. I believe that our days in this mighty cyclone is nearing an end.
hawkman on July 18, 2009 at 11:37 PM
I remember the Beirut Marine Barracks bombing in 1983–
I visited the memorial at Camp Lejeune, NC a few years back.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:37 PM
You would think that some elected Conservatives would take this and run with it…………….
……………. you would think.
Seven Percent Solution on July 18, 2009 at 11:37 PM
No, he encourages stupid. Yes, we can.
HornetSting on July 18, 2009 at 11:37 PM
@ cw
that covers most of ‘em from the list, thx. …
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:38 PM
if i get proper reparations after my shift
all is well in the world in my eyes.
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:38 PM
No wonder Cabana Boy has expressed certain, ummm, thoughts about Helen Thomas. :-)
Its OK, bb, you are an asset around here.
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:38 PM
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:36 PM
thanks coldwarrior. I was an E-nothing back then.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:38 PM
I don’t know about Mitt being in the list of people who don’t know how to attack. I remember Romney had Jon Stewart foaming at the mouth after his concession at CPAC. If he had Jon Stewart foaming at the mouth, he must had said something right :)
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Will do. You could be my Roll model. Wait is that good?
0.o;………good God!!!
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:38 PM
True but the Dem euthanasia specials are already published and it is no secret they have a massive majority, GOP could claim they saved people from terrible legislation just by itemizing all the horrific stuff in the House bill alone. Plus there is general support for health care reform but people got totally spooked after they saw the failure of the stimulus and got the huge bill to boot.
msmveritas on July 18, 2009 at 11:39 PM
I don’t know how far the madness will go, but I know we will rise from it one day
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:39 PM
People can’t stay stupid for THAT long.
HornetSting on July 18,2009 at 11:34PM.
HornetSting: I’m thinking about that,ummmm ya,maybe!!
And that would make a good SNL skit,Obama
zombies awakening!haha:)
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:39 PM
terry, we know yer a mitt-lovah, but if you attempt to compare him to RWR going forward, u will be laughed off the thread …
/jus’ sayin’ …
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Well, as you know, I am married and my husband would chase you around our backyard with a nightstick, but, I’m sure you could find some lonely cougar to, uh, fit your, ah, needs.
HornetSting on July 18, 2009 at 11:40 PM
I thought Khaddafi’s daughter was killed in that strike. I heard a rumor that Reagan may have actually given the go ahead via radio directly to the pilots once they reached their release point over the Med. That’s likely wrong too, but I thought that was a piece of that mission.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Oh I know you’re married
It’s more of a general announcement
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:41 PM
….I can see it now….a thriller type scene, but instead of the grave yard, you see people coming out of the welfare offices and ghettos, murmuring something about the koolaid wearing off…..
HornetSting on July 18, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Just think Reagan got his 8 years, Then G HW Bush got 4 then GW got 8 more years. That is 20 years of the Presidency that could be argues that Reagan gave to this country.
By contrast Clinton is fading from the scene and wont have much more influence on American politics past his wife and Obama picked Biden who really is no threat to ever be president. So that means Obama is going to be a blip on the political radar.
I feel sorry for the democrats for not having anyone of stature since Harry Truman.
William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 11:41 PM
Think of it as a PSA, Hornysting
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:42 PM
uh, ted, unlike other misguided CINCs, RWR let the commanders run the operation once he ok’d the bombings …
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:42 PM
I’m not comparing him RWR. I’m just not ruling Mitt out as being an effective attack dog.
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:43 PM
Pardon the pessimism, but Berlin was progressive, tolerant, and very modern. They imagined that guy with the funny mustache would make any changes that would affect them. They didn’t stay stupid for long, but by the time they woke up, it was too late.
Laura in Maryland on July 18, 2009 at 11:43 PM
We have a future to look forward to.
Palin
Pawlenty
Jindal
Romney
Huckaf*ck
and others I forget
The dems?
Oh boy, Blarney Stank and Chris Clodd
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:43 PM
First, BB has to start looking because if goes to school, works, and is on here so much …no cougar or chica.
spacewife on July 18, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Well lets see what comes out. Either way, that story cannot be anything but more terrible news for Obama and Pelosi. I love it!
elduende on July 18, 2009 at 11:44 PM
No White House comms with the inbound flights. Reagan did not micro-manage. Once they turned south, off Malta, it was all business. Problem was, Libya had “trainers” at Malta air traffic control in Velletta…which is why Libyan ADA was up and firing even before the F-111′s crossed the beach.
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:44 PM
HA mating call….shake ya’ tail feather….
HornetSting on July 18, 2009 at 11:44 PM
“William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 11:41 PM”
er, lbj?
/stature not being necessarily a POSITIVE marker in this case …
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:44 PM
BB was a nice man. I knew him well. I think we all did. He was a brave man. Never feared what he said. Now here he lies half mangled by Hornet. Fair thee well BB.
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:44 PM
Buckaroo on July 18
ok–then didn’t Reagan give authorization, then went to bed and only wanted to be woken up if something bad happened. He had faith that our guys could execute just fine..?
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM
wups,my,bad,my apologies.
ted c on July 18,2009 at 11:35PM.
ted c: Maybe I need to apologize to you,Ted,I was merely
mentioning it!
It is a small world,please Ted you didn’t offend
anyone,so I really didn’t mean anything by it!:)
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM
Does LBJ have a postive legacy ? (I doubt the Great Society or Veitnam make that cut)
William Amos on July 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:44 PM
good point. Our F14s dropped what–2? 3? Libyan MiGs before hitting the beach right?
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:46 PM
I have a friend in Germany, married to a German, she’s an American, and she spouts off daily love for obama, sotomayor, and the rest of the ilk, including Stuart Smalley…..I think they are still half baked over there, and it hurts me to say that, because I am part German, but I am American first….
HornetSting on July 18, 2009 at 11:47 PM
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:45 PM
no worries–I can stand corrected if I messed up my history. Coldwarrior is keeping me straight for the last 3 posts.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:47 PM
Remember
Don’t live on campus.
Get that tattooed on yourself — a personal reminder
I remember the puke in the sinks
The fecal matter wiped all on the OUTSIDE of the toilet
The tiny Chinese kid who always clogged one of our toilets up every two weeks
The BJ’s in my room my roommate got
The baseball team partying in the next room til 3 AM on a monday night
The kid with his six speaker surround sound pointed at my head through a napkin thin wall, blasting “24″ at 2:30 am
Then walking into my room and seeing my roomie go to Doggie Style Town on his girl right in front of me
I loved living on campus until that stuff started
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:47 PM
“terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:43 PM”
and I’d even disagree with that — more often than not he smacks of the “go along to get along” philosophy …
/which, in his defense, was prolly the only way a repub can govern in mass. at that time
//BUT, it makes a really, really bad template to judge him for any federal executive position …
///done with the matter, i don’t want to have this thread degenerate into a choice for ’12 discussion …
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:48 PM
He did one thing right, but he waited until January 22, 1973 to do it.
Laura in Maryland on July 18, 2009 at 11:48 PM
I got my flirt on with some cougar this week
Was soo fun!
Older women are just more fun — younger girls are “like, like — uh, like, yaaah”
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:49 PM
“He had faith that our guys could execute just fine”
DAMN STRAIGHT!
:-)
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:49 PM
That was his style. He’d say “here’s the problem, can we fix it?” And then say “if we can fix it, then go fix it. get back to me when it is accomplished.”
Unlike Carter who helped botch the Desert One raid by getting on the sat phone, a large cumbersome piece of equipment at the time, to ask how things were going, and agonizing on the line about possible civilian casualties, asking constantly if Charlie Beckwith could be 100% certain of no civilian casualties and such…add that to equipment failure and the end result was a lot of good people died because the leadership couldn’t get it right.
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:50 PM
Yes, I think LBJ was known as a shrewd political manager–er micromanager–but he had quite a solid political mind and could really build coalitions and run his staff pretty well. Other than that, nope, probably no political legacy ‘cept that Great Society thing–if you can call that a legacy.
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:50 PM
yep
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:50 PM
i think of it as what happens when you pee down a sloped driveway
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:51 PM
Geez what Campus did YOU go to? But yeah, I wont live on campus.
Also How do you get to the ladies on Campus BB?
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:51 PM
“blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:47 PM”
godsdamn, your RAs must be blind/drugged/on the take/2 or more …
/and/or on-campus living has degenerated a LOT in two decades …
//4 years in the residence hall — near-zero lost sleep, nonfunctional bathrooms, or personal witness to other’s copulations …
Buckaroo on July 18, 2009 at 11:52 PM
what do you mean?
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:52 PM
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:50 PM
That was the real tipping point in the Carter Presidency. I’ve read up on some Beckwith history as well as some of the J-3 guys at the Pentagon who developed the plans for the Eagle Claw mission. Heck, I’ve even known some of the guys who went on the mission.
Even though the mission was a failure, it sure wasn’t for a lack of trying. The key developments from that mission were NVGs, the 160th SOAR and JSOC. Amongst other things…
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:52 PM
Well you are a ladies man aren’t you?
FontanaConservative on July 18, 2009 at 11:53 PM
I have comedy central on in the backgroud. The stand-up was extolling the vitues of “dating” older women and getting some…”If she’s got kids, you might even get one of those cool lunchables out of it.”
Laura in Maryland on July 18, 2009 at 11:53 PM
No problem. We will just leave at a disagreement. Good people can disagree :)
terryannonline on July 18, 2009 at 11:54 PM
when you’re standing at the bottom…
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:54 PM
LBJ was one of the most effective Senators of our time.
A VP, was still directed toward giving the LBJ “treatment” to Congress, and was effective to a large extent. As President, well, he tried the guns and butter route, not wanting to sacrifice anything (except American GI’s) so that his Great Society would not falter…and he wouldn’t be seen as the President who “lost” Vietnam.
His not seeking re-election was his greatest moment…
Unfortunately, that led to the far Left’s seizure of the Dem party after the Humphrey defeat.
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Hey CW! What say you, about thinking, about putting together some sort of ad hoc and informal aid package for the Honduran military? Looks like they may have a communist insurgency on their hands in a few hours…Would love to know what they need and if we can help. Our folks in Palmerola have probably been tied and gagged by the Cretin in Chief…any ideas?
elduende on July 18, 2009 at 11:55 PM
I could just picture Carter with one of those huge phones having all kinds of angst micromanaging the operation. I remember when Reagan was being inaugurated while the hostages were being released. It was like the whole world said ok guess we have to stop f’ing with the US now.
msmveritas on July 18, 2009 at 11:55 PM
Used to play with the Nightstalkers and the JSOC guys from time to time back in the day.
coldwarrior on July 18, 2009 at 11:56 PM
ditto
ted c on July 18, 2009 at 11:56 PM
Why yes, I do play one!
I’ve had the good luck of having a good lady for quite some time, but as per meeting women at school
Just don’t be a tool — be yourself, and don’t try to impress a girl. The time will be right to talk to one and it will present itself. And going to a frat party and trying to lay a drunk chick is not the type of opportunity I mean.
You can meet one in class, become acquaintances and go from there — just be a gentleman, but never give away too much info (they love the mystery) and keep the convo light and about them. And don’t over stay your welcome — end it on a good note.
Never let it end like “oh, well, I guess I better get going”
blatantblue on July 18, 2009 at 11:57 PM
My own crackpot theory is that the Germans are trying so hard to prove how enlightened they are in order to distance themselves from their WWII history, that they have left common sense behind.
…kind of like Obama voters.
Laura in Maryland on July 18, 2009 at 11:57 PM
No worries…
ted c on July 18,2009 at 11:47PM.
ted c: I hope I have this right,and if coldwarrior is still
on,I’ll know if my facts are correct!
When the St.Vincent shot down the Iranian airliner,
the idiot Iranians were using the airport for milita
ry use,and when the US radar painted the airliner,it
was from a F-14 still on the runway,hence,they had no
choice,beides their was Iranian speedboats,that posed
a danger,it was tense!
It wasn’t America’s fault!!:)
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:59 PM
He is QUITE the sugar puppy. That reminds me, uh, BB, would you like a pony sandwich with that shake….
HornetSting on July 18, 2009 at 11:59 PM
*Cue the snare drum* LOL, great line.
msmveritas on July 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM
So open minded their brains fell out….
HornetSting on July 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM
That’s one way
When I think of LBJ’s “legacy”
I think of peeing down the sloped driveway
It’s long, like a legacy
and its gross, like his
blatantblue on July 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM
You assume that Obama voters started with some common sense. That is doubtful–now the Germans, they did have it.
Obama voters have suspended all disbelief.
ted c on July 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM
Joint Task Force-Bravo Soto Cano Air Base is on stand down right now. Only about 500 guys there, mostly civil affairs, civic action and engineer types…and a few trainers.
This one has to be settled by the Hondurans…with loud vocal support from the US…despite our President. if Chavez’s “Bolivarian” thugs (many already in country) start getting even more hostile or if Nicaragua and Venezuela start sending in “advisors” or protection for Zelaya, then, in normal times, we’d have a bit of an obligation to assist the Honduran military. But these are not normal times. We have a President whop appears from all evidence to be backing Chavez and Ortega, and Zelaya.
coldwarrior on July 19, 2009 at 12:00 AM
“msmveritas on July 18, 2009 at 11:55 PM”
that was a deliberate slap in peanut’s face by khomeni …
/sadly, as it turned out, khomeni would mess with RWR re: the beruit hostages years later anyway …
:-(
Buckaroo on July 19, 2009 at 12:01 AM
HornetSting and FontanaConservative:
We had not found a way to cure stupid, but we have been able to keep many of them employed. Look at all the liberals.
bayview on July 19, 2009 at 12:01 AM
and remember — confidence! a bright smile and don’t slouch those shoulders
that’s how a leader acts, and females like leaders, not toolbag morons who just go “whaaatever duudde”
blatantblue on July 19, 2009 at 12:02 AM
Good read
Well I’m not really the frat boy type, so no worries about that. I like to be a gentleman as I was raised to act like one. I found out I gain more respect that way.
Boy this thread has been all over the place.
O/T: My dad is going to follow AllahPundit on his Twitter acount lol.
FontanaConservative on July 19, 2009 at 12:04 AM
canopfor on July 18, 2009 at 11:59 PM
I vaguely remember that but do recall there was some mixup as you described. I thought the Israeli’s may have been (shh) involved in that one in some fashion
ted c on July 19, 2009 at 12:04 AM
Why, thank you.
I’m stealing that one!
Laura in Maryland on July 19, 2009 at 12:05 AM
tyrants of a feather ….flock together.
ted c on July 19, 2009 at 12:05 AM
lol — you are a good dude I can tell — you’ll be fine
as per thread — yea, they do have a tendency I’ve found to stay on topic until 11PM and after — they meander because of jerks like me, but they eventually find themselves properly re-aligned in the morning
blatantblue on July 19, 2009 at 12:06 AM
Vincennes…not St. Vincent. Captain Will Rodgers commanding.
The airport at Bandar Abbas was used for civil and military, and yes, there were IIAF F-14′s launced from there routinely.
The Vincennes had be hassled by Iranian gunboats for a couple days, a few with F-14 overflights at the same time.
The Iranians did not use international IFF as required, (parts problems) and the flight was to be a short hop across the Gulf, to Dubai. So the plane did not have to go to upper altitude, was in a slow and low approach over the waters where the Vincennes was located.
The folks in the ops shack onbaord got overly excited…and with the time and distance factor, really can’t blame them…if they waited to get a visual, an F-14 could have acquired, locked, loaded and fired at them before they could then react.
Procedures have been changed.
coldwarrior on July 19, 2009 at 12:07 AM
Me, I just tell them I am Brad Pitt.
bayview on July 19, 2009 at 12:08 AM
I have no doubts the Honduran military can handle Zelaya and his thugs what worries me are the Nicaraguans and the Venezuelans and especially Venezuelan resources/money. Do you think they can hold out without outside help?
elduende on July 19, 2009 at 12:08 AM
your no jerk. Your more of a comic relief.
But man, that thing you said about your room mates! Was that actually true?
FontanaConservative on July 19, 2009 at 12:09 AM
Eeeeew, I am totally turned off. You told the Cougar Club you look Tom Selleck! Liar.
Laura in Maryland on July 19, 2009 at 12:09 AM
What would life be like here if none of the trolls of the past were banned? I mean like Nonya, athensboy, etc.?
FontanaConservative on July 19, 2009 at 12:11 AM
If Zelaya, and Chavez and Ortega and Arios (?) of Costa Rica can be exposed to the international community as being the problem, we might be able to swing this thing in favor of the current legal government in Teguch.
But, so long as this Administration provides comfort t o Zelaya and ignores Chavez and his Bolivarian liberation ideas, and his thuggery, his growing connections to iran, deeper connections to Putin, and his advocacy for the violent overthrow of all non-”progressive” governments in Latin America, it is going to be one hell of a tough row to hoe.
coldwarrior on July 19, 2009 at 12:12 AM
elduende on July 19, 2009 at 12:08 AM
can you hear me laughing?
Who is going to help them? Surely it won’t be us…
ted c on July 19, 2009 at 12:13 AM
I stole it too….it is from a t-shirt on cafepress, rightwing stuff…..
HornetSting on July 19, 2009 at 12:14 AM
Ronlad Reagan slams Obama part 2
William Amos on July 19, 2009 at 12:14 AM
because of jerks like me,
blatantblue on July 19,2009 at 12:06AM.
blatantblue: There will be no-self bashing on this voyage,
on this political warship,U.S.S Hot Air of
the net!!:)
And I’m off to watch a movie with the wife!
Goodnight,H/A crew!!
canopfor on July 19, 2009 at 12:14 AM
coldwarrior on July 19, 2009 at 12:12 AM
in other words, hondo is SOL on outside help
ted c on July 19, 2009 at 12:15 AM
If Mitt attacks on an issue it’s only due to a calculated strategy not an expression of his core beliefs. He attacked his opponents on some issues during the primary which, after the election, he flip flopped on, taking up the other side of the same issues. So during the primaries he attacked the very positions he switched to only months later.
It seems obvious that after losing the primary he went back to the drawing board, ran some new polls and focus groups, revised his platform and devised a new strategy. Presently we’re on Mitt Romney 3.0, at least, and by ’12 he will have upgraded to Mitt Romney 4.0 or higher.
That’s not leadership and that’s not how Reagan operated.
FloatingRock on July 19, 2009 at 12:15 AM
Night, canopfor.
HornetSting on July 19, 2009 at 12:16 AM
One hundred percent true.
My freshman year was mostly good. I had a Filipino roomie my first year and a half. It was good until the end of my first year. I was an incredibly gracious roomate who cleaned, let him use my fridge, xbox, drove him places, did his garbage when I did mine, vacuumed his side when I did mine, and actually made his bed a couple times when he had a girl over (he was a filthy pig and any girl would be turned off).
I asked for ONE stamp one day, and he simply refused to give it to me, and gave me an attitude — things deteriorated. we had to spend the next fall together, and he got worse — blasting music and then listeing to ESPN, rap, and playing zelda at 1 AM when I was trying to sleep after a shift at the restaurant.
The next roomie I had — loved doing stuff with his girl while I was in the room. I couldn’t sleep so I just took four or five Benadryl tablets to fall asleep every night. People are the most inconsiderate, filthy, piggish, disgusting things you’ll ever meet in a college dorm.
blatantblue on July 19, 2009 at 12:16 AM
Excellent–thanks dude.
ted c on July 19, 2009 at 12:17 AM
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