If I have learned anything from this forum, it is, thanks to Dunce's endlessly repeated mantra, that anything "left" is evil and anything "right" is good.
So when I go to the grocer to buy wings*, I always ask the butcher for a package that includes only right wings. You might think that that would be difficult for the butcher, but you would be wrong.
Since almost all chicken these days comes from factory farms, each wing has a tiny "L" or "R" stamped right on it, just as with ear buds.
* Actually, this never happens. I would be useless in military aviation because I am just not the wingman type.
With chicken, as with women, I prefer breasts, and especially, thighs. The only difference is that I have no interest in chicken brains, which is by far the tastiest part of any woman.
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Ee Mama Ee Mama Ee Mama Ee Mama La rumba me esta llamando bombo dile que ya voy. Que me espere un momentico asi, mientras canto un guaguanc. Dile que no es un desprecio, pues vive en mi corazn. Mi vida es tan solo eso, rumba buena y guaguanc! Ee Mama Ee Mama Cmo? Ay Dios mio, pero que lio, y dice Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Ay, si quieres gozar, quieres bailar Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Pero lo baila Teresa y lo baila Juanito Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Oye cachin, cachan, cachan, cachumba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Pero lo baila Teresa y tambin Joseito Cmo? Azuca, azuca
In reference to the story "Kitten attacked by children euthanized" (July 19), this just seems to be another case of extreme cruelty that happens far too often in today's world. Any living thing on God's earth, whether animal or human, deserves to be treated with kindness and respect. A child who would inflict this type of torture on an innocent kitten either has an inherent or taught mental defect. I can only hope that the child or children involved in carrying out this act of violence will be ordered by the courts to get psychological help before they get older and commit worse atrocities toward society.
I would also like to commend the compassion shown by the other child who found the injured kitten, the father who transported it to the animal hospital, and the veterinarian who tried to save little Heaven's life.
STEVE MABE Germanton
"A slap in the face"
The statement made by Maya Angelou about police officers waiting to kill five Trayvons and five Trayvettes is a slap in the face of every police officer and sheriff as well ("Angelou at town hall with Martin's family," July 26). I will fail to understand how any police department or any individual policeman or sheriff who reads her words as printed in the Journal can keep from responding with total disgust about how she sees them and feels about them. There has never been a more racist statement made by anyone than that.
How can any officer (policeman or sheriff) who has read her words regarding them offer her any protection, without regurgitating, when she is faced with a dangerous situation such as a home break-in or robbery? Just who will she call upon for help in such a time as that? She is a racist, bar none, and it really shows when she opens her mouth. She evidently knows why the caged bird sings.
Your "Doonesbury" comic strip needs to be eliminated from your newspaper. It is not funny or even good political humor. It is simply Democratic propaganda.
Another example of the "liberal media."
RONALD HALAHAN Lexington
"Encouraging drinking"
Many thanks to the person who wrote the letter about alcohol ads ("Where are they?" July 18). He just didn't go far enough.
I totally agree; smoking is not good for anyone, and for some it causes cancer. But alcohol is a drug to which people become addicted. Has anyone ever been given a ticket for driving while smoking? Or had a wreck and killed someone or themselves because of smoking? Do we have a backlog in court because of smoking?
Has anyone ever counted the bars just in Winston-Salem? They are just encouraging people to drink. Why? More money. The people drinking think it's fun.
I could go on and on, but the only people who could do anything about any of this serve alcohol at their parties and meetings. And I doubt they ever read the editorial page.
When I first heard the story of little Heaven ("Kitten attacked by children euthanized," July 19), I was horrified by what had happened to her. I can't imagine the terror this little creature felt — she, who probably had never known anything but love and kindness in her short life.
Some people would say, "It's only a kitten," but that's not true. She was this family's pet, and anyone who is a pet owner would agree that this little creature was more than "just a kitten." Heaven had just as much right to her life as anyone.
Little Heaven is now beyond help or hope. But it may not be too late for her tormentors. I hope that appropriate child-welfare agencies and their schools will look into the home lives of these children. Many psychiatrists feel that cruelty is a learned behavior; if this is the case, these children themselves may be at risk. They may have been the victims of abuse or may have witnessed abuse of someone else in the family.
Let us hope that appropriate intervention will ensure that these children will not graduate to even more serious actions that can't be remedied with a slap on the wrist.
SHIRLEY M. BOVENDER Winston-Salem
"Finish the Thought"
Briefly complete the sentence below and send it to us at letters@wsjournal.com. We'll print some of the results in a few days. Only signed entries, please — no anonymous ones.
"North Carolina has tilted toward the right because ..."
Whitewall, I would like your email address. I would like to discuss a realestate matter with you. Would you please permit Stab to send it to me if he would be so kind.
CHARLIE WEAVER – Charlie repeats Dunce’s bullshit about federal gun law. The law forbids gun sales under two conditions: 1. Declared by a court to be insane 2. Involuntarily committed to a mental institution. Since neither applies to our shooter, Charlie and Dunce are dunces.
Rush __________
The liberal dope forgets that other people actually read his nonsense, and fact check it. I'm going to have to send him to his liberal corner, with a 'dunce' hat on. It's only fitting.
You see, it seems that in his constant 'rush' to prove me wrong, 'Rush' made another mistake yesterday.
"Declared by a court to be insane" is not the language used on the ATF form 4473 to purchase a firearm as reported by 'Rush' the rusher.
If you refer to question 11(F) on the ATF form 4473, the language used is: 'Have you ever been adjudicated mentally defective' or been involuntarily committed. Not-"Declared by a court to be insane."
I wish 'Rush' wouldn't rush so much, maybe he would he get facts straight.
Here's the ATF forum for reference. http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-4473-1.pdf
"North Carolina has tilted toward the right because ..."
..............the actions of state Democratic leaders like Johnny Edwards, Bev. Perdue, Mike Easley, Kay Hagan, Mel Watts, Larry Womble, Earline Parmon, and national liberal Democratic leaders like Barack Obama, Billy Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Anthony 'WEINER', Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Debbie Wasserman Schultz....and the list goes on and on.
'Blowback' is the espionage term for unintended consequences of a covert operation that are suffered by the civil population of the aggressor government. ___________
It also applies indirectly to political actions.
Thanks Rahm for the Chick-fil-A fiasco, the Republicans need a boost.
OT, Susan and I are planning to go downtown to Trade St this evening. If you're out and about, look for us. You have seen us on FB. That goes for you others who might be in the area.
Well, that means that you will be dancing whether you want to or not...at least metaphorically. When the congas start beating and West End Mambo swings into that sweet son rhythm, the body must move, or die.
Here's video of WEM with the Greensboro symphony a couple of years ago...as you can see, even the prim and proper symphony folks cannot keep their bottoms on their seats.
The singer is Maria Isabel Vasquez from Colombia. She is currently a student at Guilford College, double majoring in psychology and education…also an all round great person.
LTE #1 & 5- As I mentioned before, cruelty to animals committed by children is often a precursor to anti-social personality disorder, which can range from just orneriness to full blown psychopathy.
Certainly, in this case, a thorough psychiatric examination would be in order. But the actual cause of ASPD has been hotly debated for decades…most professionals agree today that it is probably a combination of genetics and environment, so DSS should also look into the child's home life.
Unfortunately, once ASPD manifests itself, there is no known course of effective treatment for it and certainly no "cure". Working with schizophrenia and paranoia is child's play compared to working with ASPD.
ASPD has a much higher occurrence in the US than in other countries, so the environment clearly plays a major role. Studies, which are very difficult to undertake because of the nature of the illness…all ASPD sufferers lack a "conscience" to one degree or another, so are unreliable subjects for any study…have shown that between 1% and 4% of the population can be diagnosed at the highest level of ASPD, so if you "know" 1,000 people (a very low number*), you know between 10 and 40 actual psychopaths.
To put it on a national scale, there are somewhere between 3 and 13 million psychopaths in the US. Not all psychopaths are violent, although all serial killers, so far, have been psychopaths.
But they tend to seek careers in areas where they have the power to control other individuals…fields that are particularly notorious for attracting psychopaths include the military; law enforcement, including prosecutors and judges; politics (LBJ, Nixon & Cheney are widely seen as examples); medicine, especially psychiatric specialties and teaching.
* It has been estimated that the average person (not including hospital clerks, or checkout persons in large stores or libraries…my friend tells me that 1,500 people pass through the central library here every day and some of the branches come close to that number) "meets" about 68,000 people in their lifetime. Of course, we cannot "remember" that many, but in my circle of friends we have estimated that we each have about 5-7,000 people who, if we encounter them somewhere, we are likely to have a brief conversation with. As we grow older, it becomes more and more difficult to instantly connect names and faces, but the faces are always there.
LTE #2 - Maya Angelou has her own armed bodyguard. According to the theory of the CCW nuts, that's all she needs.
LTE #3 - As Harry Truman once said "I don't give 'em hell. I give 'em the truth and they think it's hell."
I'm sure that if the Tea Party ever develops a comic strip artist as smart as Gary Trudeau, newspapers will carry that strip as well…problem is, TBs are pretty weak in the sense of humor department. Exhibit #1: Sarah Palin. Exhibit #2: Michelle Bachmann. Exhibit #3: Herman Cain. Exhibit #4: Rick Santorum. Ad infinitum
LTE #4 - Oh my, poor Betty Cooke, who I know, has been writing pretty much the same letter for what seems like a century now.
But alcohol is a drug to which people become addicted.
So is nicotine.
Has anyone ever been given a ticket for driving while smoking? Or had a wreck and killed someone or themselves because of smoking?
Yes. You haven't lived until you've seen some fool trying to drive and dance at the same time because s/he dropped a cigarette between the old legs.
Has anyone ever counted the bars just in Winston-Salem? Yes…and the rest of the country as well. They're called revenooers.
They are just encouraging people to drink. Yes they are.
Why? Because a business is expected to encourage customers to buy its products.
More money. Now you're catching on.
The people drinking think it's fun. It is.
I could go on and on, but the only people who could do anything about any of this serve alcohol at their parties and meetings. And I doubt they ever read the editorial page.
Actually, "the people who could do anything about any of this" read the editorial page religiously. That is one of many reasons why they have the power to do anything about anything.
We tried doing "anything" about alcohol once upon a time. It was called "prohibition". It didn't work.
"Finish the Thought"
"North Carolina has tilted toward the right because ..." it hasn't. Like most of the rest of the nation, it just keeps wobbling around. This is why sometimes we have a slightly left of center President and sometimes we have a slightly right of center President and why we have never had a truly "liberal" or "conservative" President.
Left wing, right wing - - - it's ALL fowl to me. :-D
ReplyDeleteLet's have a good day, everyone!
Must not have had enough coffee yet this morning. Took me three reads to get it. Good one LaSombra.
Deletexoxoxo!
DeleteIf I have learned anything from this forum, it is, thanks to Dunce's endlessly repeated mantra, that anything "left" is evil and anything "right" is good.
DeleteSo when I go to the grocer to buy wings*, I always ask the butcher for a package that includes only right wings. You might think that that would be difficult for the butcher, but you would be wrong.
Since almost all chicken these days comes from factory farms, each wing has a tiny "L" or "R" stamped right on it, just as with ear buds.
* Actually, this never happens. I would be useless in military aviation because I am just not the wingman type.
With chicken, as with women, I prefer breasts, and especially, thighs. The only difference is that I have no interest in chicken brains, which is by far the tastiest part of any woman.
AHHH, chicken brains . . .
DeleteThe REAL sex organ.
Si!
DeleteQuimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Ee Mama Ee Mama Ee Mama Ee Mama
La rumba me esta llamando bombo dile que ya voy.
Que me espere un momentico asi, mientras canto un guaguanc.
Dile que no es un desprecio, pues vive en mi corazn.
Mi vida es tan solo eso, rumba buena y guaguanc!
Ee Mama Ee Mama
Cmo? Ay Dios mio, pero que lio, y dice
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Ay, si quieres gozar, quieres bailar
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Pero lo baila Teresa y lo baila Juanito
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Oye cachin, cachan, cachan, cachumba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba Quimbara quimbara quma quimbamba
Pero lo baila Teresa y tambin Joseito
Cmo? Azuca, azuca
"Kindness and respect"
ReplyDeleteIn reference to the story "Kitten attacked by children euthanized" (July 19), this just seems to be another case of extreme cruelty that happens far too often in today's world. Any living thing on God's earth, whether animal or human, deserves to be treated with kindness and respect. A child who would inflict this type of torture on an innocent kitten either has an inherent or taught mental defect. I can only hope that the child or children involved in carrying out this act of violence will be ordered by the courts to get psychological help before they get older and commit worse atrocities toward society.
I would also like to commend the compassion shown by the other child who found the injured kitten, the father who transported it to the animal hospital, and the veterinarian who tried to save little Heaven's life.
STEVE MABE
Germanton
"A slap in the face"
The statement made by Maya Angelou about police officers waiting to kill five Trayvons and five Trayvettes is a slap in the face of every police officer and sheriff as well ("Angelou at town hall with Martin's family," July 26). I will fail to understand how any police department or any individual policeman or sheriff who reads her words as printed in the Journal can keep from responding with total disgust about how she sees them and feels about them. There has never been a more racist statement made by anyone than that.
How can any officer (policeman or sheriff) who has read her words regarding them offer her any protection, without regurgitating, when she is faced with a dangerous situation such as a home break-in or robbery? Just who will she call upon for help in such a time as that? She is a racist, bar none, and it really shows when she opens her mouth. She evidently knows why the caged bird sings.
DAVID RAY PHILLIPS
East Bend
"Deal out 'Doonesbury'"
DeleteYour "Doonesbury" comic strip needs to be eliminated from your newspaper. It is not funny or even good political humor. It is simply Democratic propaganda.
Another example of the "liberal media."
RONALD HALAHAN
Lexington
"Encouraging drinking"
Many thanks to the person who wrote the letter about alcohol ads ("Where are they?" July 18). He just didn't go far enough.
I totally agree; smoking is not good for anyone, and for some it causes cancer. But alcohol is a drug to which people become addicted. Has anyone ever been given a ticket for driving while smoking? Or had a wreck and killed someone or themselves because of smoking? Do we have a backlog in court because of smoking?
Has anyone ever counted the bars just in Winston-Salem? They are just encouraging people to drink. Why? More money. The people drinking think it's fun.
I could go on and on, but the only people who could do anything about any of this serve alcohol at their parties and meetings. And I doubt they ever read the editorial page.
BETTY B. COOKE
Pfafftown
"Tormented and tormenting"
DeleteWhen I first heard the story of little Heaven ("Kitten attacked by children euthanized," July 19), I was horrified by what had happened to her. I can't imagine the terror this little creature felt — she, who probably had never known anything but love and kindness in her short life.
Some people would say, "It's only a kitten," but that's not true. She was this family's pet, and anyone who is a pet owner would agree that this little creature was more than "just a kitten." Heaven had just as much right to her life as anyone.
Little Heaven is now beyond help or hope. But it may not be too late for her tormentors. I hope that appropriate child-welfare agencies and their schools will look into the home lives of these children. Many psychiatrists feel that cruelty is a learned behavior; if this is the case, these children themselves may be at risk. They may have been the victims of abuse or may have witnessed abuse of someone else in the family.
Let us hope that appropriate intervention will ensure that these children will not graduate to even more serious actions that can't be remedied with a slap on the wrist.
SHIRLEY M. BOVENDER
Winston-Salem
"Finish the Thought"
Briefly complete the sentence below and send it to us at letters@wsjournal.com. We'll print some of the results in a few days. Only signed entries, please — no anonymous ones.
"North Carolina has tilted toward the right because ..."
Thanks again Wordly for putting the letters up for us.
DeleteI like you, even though you don't like me!
Stab and Whitewall,
ReplyDeleteWhitewall, I would like your email address. I would like to discuss a realestate matter with you. Would you please permit Stab to send it to me if he would be so kind.
Thank you both.
OK
DeleteCHARLIE WEAVER – Charlie repeats Dunce’s bullshit about federal gun law. The law forbids gun sales under two conditions:
ReplyDelete1. Declared by a court to be insane
2. Involuntarily committed to a mental institution.
Since neither applies to our shooter, Charlie and Dunce are dunces.
Rush
__________
The liberal dope forgets that other people actually read his nonsense, and fact check it. I'm going to have to send him to his liberal corner, with a 'dunce' hat on. It's only fitting.
You see, it seems that in his constant 'rush' to prove me wrong, 'Rush' made another mistake yesterday.
"Declared by a court to be insane" is not the language used on the ATF form 4473 to purchase a firearm as reported by 'Rush' the rusher.
If you refer to question 11(F) on the ATF form 4473, the language used is: 'Have you ever been adjudicated mentally defective' or been involuntarily committed. Not-"Declared by a court to be insane."
I wish 'Rush' wouldn't rush so much, maybe he would he get facts straight.
Here's the ATF forum for reference.
http://www.atf.gov/forms/download/atf-f-4473-1.pdf
"North Carolina has tilted toward the right because ..."
ReplyDelete..............the actions of state Democratic leaders like Johnny Edwards, Bev. Perdue, Mike Easley, Kay Hagan, Mel Watts, Larry Womble, Earline Parmon, and national liberal Democratic leaders like Barack Obama, Billy Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Anthony 'WEINER', Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Debbie Wasserman Schultz....and the list goes on and on.
'Blowback' is the espionage term for unintended consequences of a covert operation that are suffered by the civil population of the aggressor government.
ReplyDelete___________
It also applies indirectly to political actions.
Thanks Rahm for the Chick-fil-A fiasco, the Republicans need a boost.
Huckabee: America ate chicken, Rahm Emanuel ate crow.
DeleteHee Hee....you gotta love it!
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Sounds like hate to me, and it's not coming from the traditional marriage supporters.
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DeleteGranny's got a gun. 'Hood'lums run!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.ktla.com/news/landing/ktla-garden-grove-jewelry-robbery,0,7434801.story
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk7TVIAkKQY Aerosmith's version
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DeleteOT, Susan and I are planning to go downtown to Trade St this evening. If you're out and about, look for us. You have seen us on FB. That goes for you others who might be in the area.
ReplyDeleteStab, I'd forget about meeting 'Rush', if I were you. All you have to do is read the below post, and you'll know what I'm talking about.
DeleteWell, that means that you will be dancing whether you want to or not...at least metaphorically. When the congas start beating and West End Mambo swings into that sweet son rhythm, the body must move, or die.
DeleteHere's video of WEM with the Greensboro symphony a couple of years ago...as you can see, even the prim and proper symphony folks cannot keep their bottoms on their seats.
Quimbara - Afro-Cuban Rumba
The singer is Maria Isabel Vasquez from Colombia. She is currently a student at Guilford College, double majoring in psychology and education…also an all round great person.
May or may not get there...we're working on it.
Susan, Bob, and I are down here now. I have on a light grey T-shirt that reads "Victoria Canada."
DeleteTell Bob I said hello, and tell him to get his butt back in the forum!
DeleteLTE #1 & 5- As I mentioned before, cruelty to animals committed by children is often a precursor to anti-social personality disorder, which can range from just orneriness to full blown psychopathy.
ReplyDeleteCertainly, in this case, a thorough psychiatric examination would be in order. But the actual cause of ASPD has been hotly debated for decades…most professionals agree today that it is probably a combination of genetics and environment, so DSS should also look into the child's home life.
Unfortunately, once ASPD manifests itself, there is no known course of effective treatment for it and certainly no "cure". Working with schizophrenia and paranoia is child's play compared to working with ASPD.
ASPD has a much higher occurrence in the US than in other countries, so the environment clearly plays a major role. Studies, which are very difficult to undertake because of the nature of the illness…all ASPD sufferers lack a "conscience" to one degree or another, so are unreliable subjects for any study…have shown that between 1% and 4% of the population can be diagnosed at the highest level of ASPD, so if you "know" 1,000 people (a very low number*), you know between 10 and 40 actual psychopaths.
To put it on a national scale, there are somewhere between 3 and 13 million psychopaths in the US. Not all psychopaths are violent, although all serial killers, so far, have been psychopaths.
But they tend to seek careers in areas where they have the power to control other individuals…fields that are particularly notorious for attracting psychopaths include the military; law enforcement, including prosecutors and judges; politics (LBJ, Nixon & Cheney are widely seen as examples); medicine, especially psychiatric specialties and teaching.
* It has been estimated that the average person (not including hospital clerks, or checkout persons in large stores or libraries…my friend tells me that 1,500 people pass through the central library here every day and some of the branches come close to that number) "meets" about 68,000 people in their lifetime. Of course, we cannot "remember" that many, but in my circle of friends we have estimated that we each have about 5-7,000 people who, if we encounter them somewhere, we are likely to have a brief conversation with. As we grow older, it becomes more and more difficult to instantly connect names and faces, but the faces are always there.
Just keep beating your plate on the bars, your doctor will come soon.
DeleteLTE #2 - Maya Angelou has her own armed bodyguard. According to the theory of the CCW nuts, that's all she needs.
ReplyDeleteLTE #3 - As Harry Truman once said "I don't give 'em hell. I give 'em the truth and they think it's hell."
I'm sure that if the Tea Party ever develops a comic strip artist as smart as Gary Trudeau, newspapers will carry that strip as well…problem is, TBs are pretty weak in the sense of humor department. Exhibit #1: Sarah Palin. Exhibit #2: Michelle Bachmann. Exhibit #3: Herman Cain. Exhibit #4: Rick Santorum. Ad infinitum
LTE #4 - Oh my, poor Betty Cooke, who I know, has been writing pretty much the same letter for what seems like a century now.
But alcohol is a drug to which people become addicted.
So is nicotine.
Has anyone ever been given a ticket for driving while smoking? Or had a wreck and killed someone or themselves because of smoking?
Yes. You haven't lived until you've seen some fool trying to drive and dance at the same time because s/he dropped a cigarette between the old legs.
Has anyone ever counted the bars just in Winston-Salem? Yes…and the rest of the country as well. They're called revenooers.
They are just encouraging people to drink. Yes they are.
Why? Because a business is expected to encourage customers to buy its products.
More money. Now you're catching on.
The people drinking think it's fun. It is.
I could go on and on, but the only people who could do anything about any of this serve alcohol at their parties and meetings. And I doubt they ever read the editorial page.
Actually, "the people who could do anything about any of this" read the editorial page religiously. That is one of many reasons why they have the power to do anything about anything.
We tried doing "anything" about alcohol once upon a time. It was called "prohibition". It didn't work.
"Finish the Thought"
"North Carolina has tilted toward the right because ..." it hasn't. Like most of the rest of the nation, it just keeps wobbling around. This is why sometimes we have a slightly left of center President and sometimes we have a slightly right of center President and why we have never had a truly "liberal" or "conservative" President.
The same will hold true if liberals try to restrict guns. It won't work. But they're too stupid to realize that.
Delete"The people drinking think it's fun. It is."
DeleteI second that emotion.
The murder rate in Chicago is up 38%. It has some of the toughest gun laws in the country.
Delete