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1. #101
   On January 29th, 2009 at 10:28 am, RedDog said:

   On January 29th, 2009 at 8:35 am, Ron said:
   ….. Get ready for four years of “our betters” telling us why they, the pigs in charge, are more equal than us other animals. You know, when I read those books in school, like Animal Farm, I never dreamed I’d be living them. Boy, that’s a Change!

   Ron, I read the same books. Never in a million years would I have believed this day would come. My 6th grade teacher described how it would happen and I never forgot it. He was absolutely right.

   I hope Mr. Obama and his house bolsheviks enjoy their steak and vodka now. One day there will come a reckoning……. “all enemies, foreign and domestic.”…….

2. #102
   On January 29th, 2009 at 10:40 am, battleaxe said:

   “Do as I say, not as I do. I won.”

   We have a guy in the Oval Office wagging his finger at some executive for wasting public money on office decorating while our finger waggler is wasting 50 times as much public money on his own partying largess and untold $billions on paying back his political favors. Such is the “change” we deserve.

3. #103
   On January 29th, 2009 at 10:44 am, shimauma2 said:

   Why gosh, don’t you all realize that those in charge of us smallfolk deserve kobi beef? Some animals are *more* equal than others, remember.

4. #104
   On January 29th, 2009 at 10:48 am, kss1505 said:

   WHERE’S PETA???????

5. #105
   On January 29th, 2009 at 11:04 am, rfjjulie said:

   Does anyone else smell reparations and a future dictatorship? May be time to relocate.

6. #106
   On January 29th, 2009 at 11:05 am, DBNinKY said:

   Between the $100 ham and now the $100 steak, is there anything Obama eats that doesn’t cost $100 per serving?

   If Obama cares so much about the country and the plight of the underprivileged, why is he eating such expensive meats when there are Americans facing some pretty tough times just to put “real” food on the table? Huh, liberals? Huh, huh?

7. #107
   On January 29th, 2009 at 11:06 am, sonofdy said:

   Anybody else getting hungry?

8. #108
   On January 29th, 2009 at 11:09 am, Flyoverman said:

   Michelle wrote:

   “On the heels of the most expensive inaugural celebration in American history and passage of a trillion-dollar spending binge that will saddle future generations with unprecedented debt, perhaps President Obama might consider cutting back on such indulgences.”

   Until the MSM and the Obama worshipers show any irritation with this kind of imperial conduct why should he?

   We have seen this for 19 months. Obama has done these kinds of things the entire time. It’s not criticized; it is celebrated. People are vicariously living their lives through Obama.

   He’s untouchable; he’s priviliged; he’s special and he darn well knows it. When we correctly criticize him for it, WE are the ones to be criticized for being mean-spirited.

   Welcome Alice to the other side of the looking glass.

9. #109
   On January 29th, 2009 at 11:09 am, corona said:

   What, is arugula out of season?

10. #110
    On January 29th, 2009 at 11:13 am, James Felix said:

    Such ideals become … flexable… during a civil war.

    No, they don’t.

    There seems to be a misunderstanding here as regards the difference between “kill” and “murder”.

    I have no problem with the idea of fighting, or killing. I never had to do it while I was in the navy but I was certainly ready to. Killing someone trying to harm you or engaged in armed conflict against you is not murder.

    That’s not what Ayers attempted to do.

    What Ayers attempted was cold blooded murder. Blowing up his fellow citizens because he disagreed with their politics.

    Deliberately killing non-combatants is never right. Period. I’m shocked and appalled that anyone here would suggest otherwise.

11. #111
    On January 29th, 2009 at 11:16 am, granite said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 11:13 am, James Felix said:

    Good post.

    The Commandment does not say, “Thou shalt not kill,” but rather, “Thou shalt not murder.”

12. #112
    On January 29th, 2009 at 11:37 am, fmfnavydoc said:

    Obama’s cocktail party is his way of giving us the finger…

13. #113
    On January 29th, 2009 at 11:43 am, Bruce said:

    Vodka martinis?
    I would have figured Night Train.

    What a POS phony.

14. #114
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:00 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    You are the people who got us into this mess – you elected the most idiotic President ever, watched him lose wars, spend money, increase the size of government – can you believe that idiot even tried to privatize social security?

    And now look at you folks, complaining about a dinner – do any of you people really love this country or do you just love the tone deaf republican party?

15. #115
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:04 pm, sonofdy said:

    Such ideals become … flexable… during a civil war.

    No, they don’t.

    I sugest you re-read the history of civil wars. I am not advocating, just noting that it happens more often in such wars.

16. #116
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:05 pm, sonofdy said:

    Ilovemycountry said: We can share everything so lets see his bank account information and home address baby needs a new flat screen.

17. #117
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:08 pm, b-cat said:

    you elected the most idiotic President ever

    You must be to young to remember Carter.

    watched him lose wars

    huh? did I miss something?

    spend money,

    You gotta be kiddin’, right?

    increase the size of government

    I actually agree with you here, and welcome you eagerly to the less government the better government crowd

    privatize social security

    Wish he’d succeeded. Even a collectivist like you must agree a private account is better than no security which is what the SS shell game will be in a few years at most.

18. #118
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:00 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    There there now, ihmc. Breathe … Exhale. Good. Now I told you during our last session that outbursts like this won’t heal the wounds and will hinder your recovery. Find your happy place. There, that’s good.

19. #119
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm, sonofdy said:

    watched him lose wars

    huh? did I miss something?

    No, he did. About the last 12 – 18 months worth of news from iraq apparantly.

20. #120
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:11 pm, Salt said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:00 pm, Ilovemycountry came and said that Bush was an idiot for spending money and increasing the size of government in response to a post about a President that is celebrating a $1+ trillion bill. …and misses the irony.

    I will give you partial credit for saying “You are the people” instead of your usual “You people”.

    Baby steps, ilovemycountry, baby steps.

21. #121
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:12 pm, wayiwalk said:

    Thread drift here – Obama just signed a bill – Equal Pay for equal work which opens the doors for people to sue sue sue businesses for perceived salary injustice.

22. #122
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:13 pm, DanVanSmak said:

    Dear President Obama,

    You go ahead and chow down on all the wagyu and arugula you want. The common man still has us!

    Signed,
    Spaghetti-Os,
    Spam,
    PB & J,
    and Milwaukee’s Beast

    *out*

23. #123
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:16 pm, jeffshultz said:

    You had to look up Wagyu Beef?

    Guess you don’t watch Iron Chef on Food Network – it’s one of those things, like grated black truffles, that a chef hauls out when he wants to be especially pretentious.

    I think it’s actually been the secret ingredient once too.

24. #124
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:18 pm, granite said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:13 pm, DanVanSmak said:

    You mean that Spam is not just short for Spanish ham?!

    Sorry about that.

    Getting the Monty Python Spam, spam, spam, spam…spam, spam, spam, spam,…Wonderful spam!, spam, spam,….
    skit in my mind now.
    Thanks a lot!

25. #125
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:18 pm, sonofdy said:

    You had to look up Wagyu Beef?

    Would you quit mentioning this stuff. I am getting hungry.

26. #126
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:19 pm, granite said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:16 pm, jeffshultz said:

    You had to look up Wagyu Beef?

    Guess you don’t watch Iron Chef on Food Network – it’s one of those things, like grated black truffles, that a chef hauls out when he wants to be especially pretentious.

    Is that before, or after the squid ink and sea urchin roe?

27. #127
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:19 pm, chapoutier said:

    that a chef hauls out when he wants to be especially pretentious.

    Did you ever consider that it might actually taste really really good?

    I don’t know…if I were in a cooking competition I suppose I would want to use the best ingredients. You know, to win and such?

28. #128
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:20 pm, chapoutier said:

    Squid cooked in its own ink is absolutely fantastic, and a wonderful example of irony.

29. #129
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:21 pm, chapoutier said:

    Getting the Monty Python Spam, spam, spam, spam…spam, spam, spam, spam,…Wonderful spam!, spam, spam,….

    Now your making Aloha hungry.

30. #130
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:23 pm, sonofdy said:

    I am getting as hungry as a zombie in a mensa meeting.

31. #131
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:23 pm, b-cat said:

    Did you ever consider that it might actually taste really really good?

    Looking at the price, I may never know.

    Squid cooked in its own ink is absolutely fantastic, and a wonderful example of irony.

    Ah yes, blackened squid, a favorite.

32. #132
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:28 pm, chapoutier said:

    And squid is cheap.

    I highly recommend all you plebes fine people out there go to your local Whole Foods and grab some whole ones. Make sure your monger doesn’t clean it himself, as he will toss the ink sac. And make sure you get the bigger ones. Here, bigger doesn’t mean tougher. Its all in the cooking technique.

33. #133
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:31 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Since I’m not a nabob and I am a very picky eater I’ll never eat wagyu, caviar, squid, etc… . Just thinking about it is making my stomach turn.

34. #134
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:33 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Squid cooked in its own ink is absolutely fantastic, and a wonderful example of irony.

    I hate it when they write those “Help Me” notes on the side of the pan though.

35. #135
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:35 pm, Salt said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:33 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Squid cooked in its own ink is absolutely fantastic, and a wonderful example of irony.

    I hate it when they write those “Help Me” notes on the side of the pan though.

    Huh. So that’s how the Japanese translates into English. I never knew. I assumed it meant “add more salt”.

36. #136
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:35 pm, chapoutier said:

    30,

    Let me apologize for jumping on you over in the other thread (though I do reject the implication I am an apologist of any sort) and tell you that you need to be more adventurous!

    Squid, on the scale of odd things to eat, hardly registers. Have you ever tried breaded and fried calimari? A little balsamic vinegar and tomato sauce on top, squeeze of lemon and garnished with banana pepper slices…awesome! And a good way to stick your toes in to test the water.

37. #137
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:35 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Getting the Monty Python Spam, spam, spam, spam…spam, spam, spam, spam,…Wonderful spam!, spam, spam,….
    Now your making Aloha hungry.

    If you ever needed proof that ITookTheRedPill is telling the truth, this is it. If he were really from Hawaii, a Spam Musubi would have been the entree du jour.

38. #138
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:37 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Isn’t he supposed to be eating Wagyu Soy? Some guy in Hokkaido massaging his beans. Perhaps an unfortunate choice of words…

39. #139
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:39 pm, chapoutier said:

    a Spam Musubi

    Now that I did have to look up. That is wrong on many many levels.

    But maybe Obama did grow up loving them and had it beaten out of him by Michelle.

40. #140
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:41 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Since I’m not a nabob and I am a very picky eater I’ll never eat wagyu, caviar, squid, etc… . Just thinking about it is making my stomach turn.

    Huh? 30, Seafood has to be fresh, so it’s not “fishy”, and wagyu would be like the tenderest steak you’ve ever eaten and beyond. He may be Obama Jung Ill intent on the North Koreanization of North America, but he has good taste in food.

41. #141
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:45 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:35 pm, chapoutier said:
    30,

    Let me apologize for jumping on you over in the other thread (though I do reject the implication I am an apologist of any sort)

    No hard feelings. I’ll ask the court to have my statement stricken from the record … or whatever you lawyers say.

    and tell you that you need to be more adventurous!

    I’ve been told that my whole life. I don’t eat seafood and I stopped eating pork and beef. Just turkey (rare occasions) and chicken (cause I’m black).

    Squid, on the scale of odd things to eat, hardly registers.

    I’d have to be tricked into eating it. Contumacious doesn’t even begin to describe me.

    Have you ever tried breaded and fried calimari?

    No, but not from a lack of people trying to get me to eat it. The smell of seafood is a huge turn off for me. My mom said when she was pregnant with me that she craved seafood and that’s all she ate. I can’t stand the stuff.

    A little balsamic vinegar and tomato sauce on top, squeeze of lemon and garnished with banana pepper slices…awesome! And a good way to stick your toes in to test the water.

    I’ll think about it … that’s the only commitment I’m making. Thanks for the suggestion.

42. #142
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:49 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    Huh? 30, Seafood has to be fresh, so it’s not “fishy”,

    Okay, I’ll concede and agree that the good stuff doesn’t smell fishy. However, that’s what I correlate it with. I just don’t like the stuff.

    and wagyu would be like the tenderest steak you’ve ever eaten and beyond.

    Maybe I’ll get the hubby to try it out and I’ll report back.

    He may be Obama Jung Ill intent on the North Koreanization of North America, but he has good taste in food.

    

43. #143
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:50 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    I’ll think about it … that’s the only commitment I’m making. Thanks for the suggestion.

    Try this – slice up one of your swim fins and lightly sautee in butter. The flavor and texture will be exactly the same as calimari.

44. #144
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:52 pm, chapoutier said:

    Try this – slice up one of your swim fins and lightly sautee in butter. The flavor and texture will be exactly the same as calimari.

    Perhaps when you cook it Aloha.

    I don’t give Rhode Islanders credit for much; it really is the New Jersey of New England.

    But they can make dang good and tender calamari.

45. #145
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:57 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:50 pm,
    

    AlohaGuy said:
    I’ll think about it … that’s the only commitment I’m making. Thanks for the suggestion.
    Try this – slice up one of your swim fins and lightly sautee in butter. The flavor and texture will be exactly the same as calimari.

    Not a fan of calamari, are we?

46. #146
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:59 pm, b-cat said:

    Try this – slice up one of your swim fins and lightly sautee in butter. The flavor and texture will be exactly the same as calimari.

    But it won’t have those cool little suction cups.

47. #147
    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:59 pm, deepdiver said:

    The article Michelle posted up is from 2004. Searching Lobel’s website I find that the same beef now sells for $130.98/lb. So an even more egregious “Let them eat cake” moment than at first blush.

48. #148
    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:07 pm, Room 237 said:

    As an Italian American, may I please ask you DAMM YUPPIES TO STAY AWAY FROM OUR FOOD!

    Luckily, President Obama helped keep arugula supplies up by skipping the salad course I guess.

    As for you people talking about calamari, one funny story. About 10 years ago I worked in a small law firm in Washington, DC. One of the secretaries was apparently not very advebnturous regarding food. FOr our firm’s Christmas lunch, we went to an Italian place. The first course was a variety of small foods, one of which was calamari (just the rings though, not the tentacles).

    The calamari was done a bit different than what I was used to, but very good. The batter was seasoned with red pepper and had a bit of a kick. The secretary loved it and asked me what it was. I said “calamari” but avoided telling her the English word until she ate a bunch of them.

    Then I said “you just ate little squids”.

    She literally turned green when I told her.

49. #149
    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:16 pm, mytake said:

    I’m sure Thain eats expensive steak all the time. Guess it is not a sin to be extravagant, after all. Goose/gander….and I just turned my heat up. I’m used to warm temps….because I live in Virginia and that’s the South…and then you have to add in global warming.

50. #150
    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:32 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Not a fan of calamari, are we?

    Actually I do like Calimari – I was trying to encourage you to give it a try. It’s mild and not fishy at all. But I’m shocked that people cook their seafood.

    If you ever get a chance to try something known as “Squid Luau” – pass. It tastes ok, but is so slimy you’ll gag.

51. #151
    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:39 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    If I may, I’d just like to close this thread by mentioning the dangers of Poisonous Blowfish Testicles…

52. #152
    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:47 pm, James Felix said:

    You are the people who got us into this mess – you elected the most idiotic President ever,

    I’m curious what you base that on. Bush was a pilot, flying early supersonic fighters. That requires intense education and high intelligence, and nepotism can’t save you in that cockpit if you’re stupid.

    watched him lose wars

    Where, exactly? Many people consider that the war in Iraq has already been successfully concluded, most others believe we’re almost there. The situation in Afghanistan isn’t rosy, but it’s also far from over. Soooo, what war did he lose?

    spend money, increase the size of government

    Bush indisputably did both those things. However, the idea that Liberal would object to them is hysterical.

    can you believe that idiot even tried to privatize social security?

    He tried to partially privatize it, and it’s a shame he failed. Maybe you like being forced to pay thousands of dollars every year into a Ponzi Scheme. I don’t.

    And now look at you folks, complaining about a dinner – do any of you people really love this country or do you just love the tone deaf republican party?

    So, it is acceptable to question people’s patriotism now? Cool. Unlike you, and unlike much of the political left, our love of country is not conditional based on who’s in the White House at the moment. I loved America as much under Carter and Clinton as I did under Reagan and Bush.

    For you to ask if we just love the Republican party shows that either you don’t read any of the posts around here or you don’t understand them. I suspect it’s the latter.

53. #153
    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:49 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:39 pm, AlohaGuy said:
    If I may, I’d just like to close this thread by mentioning the dangers of Poisonous Blowfish Testicles…

    The Hillary discussion is on another thread.

54. #154
    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:55 pm, 30 pcs of silver said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:32 pm, AlohaGuy said:
    Not a fan of calamari, are we?
    Actually I do like Calimari – I was trying to encourage you to give it a try. It’s mild and not fishy at all. But I’m shocked that people cook their seafood.

    If you ever get a chance to try something known as “Squid Luau” – pass. It tastes ok, but is so slimy you’ll gag.

    Thanks. I’ll let you know how it goes. The hubby’s b-day is coming up and I usually take him out to Ruth’s Chris and he always gets the Mahi Mahi for an appetizer … maybe I’ll try some.

55. #155
    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:55 pm, FirstSkirt said:

    Hey Chap: Hope you get a chance to try out the food in Japan/Okinawa. I would have preferred to eat the plastic food in the restaurant window rather than some of the things I ignorantly ordered off the menu. I mean, I got served seafood that moved…..really moved! So, I’m with AN, not much seafood for me, but I’ll consider your recipe for the calamari.

56. #156
    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:57 pm, chapoutier said:

    But I’m shocked that people cook their seafood.

    All sashimi-style for you Aloha?

    Is ceviche acceptable?

57. #157
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:13 pm, EdDantes said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:39 pm, AlohaGuy said:
    If I may, I’d just like to close this thread by mentioning the dangers of Poisonous Blowfish Testicles…

    On January 29th, 2009 at 1:49 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
    The Hillary discussion is on another thread.

    Should I laugh or cry?

58. #158
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:15 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    My son likes sushi. Maybe we can open a business: Sushi on one side, a bait shop on the other. We can draw on the same stock.

59. #159
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:17 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Should I laugh or cry?

    Laugh. Unless you’re Bill Clinton.

60. #160
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:32 pm, corkie said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:00 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    …can you believe that idiot even tried to privatize social security?

    Ilovemycountry, what is your plan for social security?

    Or do you want us to continue on the same path we are now? If so, the financial crisis it will inevitably create will make the subprime meltdown look like a mere speed bump. Will you accept the blame then?

61. #161
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:37 pm, FilmLadd said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:00 pm, Ilovemycountry said:

    You are the people who got us into this mess – you elected the most idiotic President ever, watched him lose wars, spend money, increase the size of government – can you believe that idiot even tried to privatize social security?

    And now look at you folks, complaining about a dinner – do any of you people really love this country or do you just love the tone deaf republican party?

    What? I can’t hear you. Must be your shrill collectivist voice. Or is it the spittle in your mouth pumping out all those paradoxes?

    As a conservative I love my country and hate what the republican party turned into over the past eight years because it caved in to YOUR collectivist ideals.

    Chew on that fat for a while.

62. #162
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:43 pm, Azygos said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:12 pm, wayiwalk said:
    Thread drift here – Obama just signed a bill – Equal Pay for equal work which opens the doors for people to sue sue sue businesses for perceived salary injustice.

    Do you have a link for this?

63. #163
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:49 pm, John Deaux said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm, sonofdy said:

    watched him lose wars

    huh? did I miss something?

    No, he did. About the last 12 – 18 months worth of news from iraq apparantly.

    But Obama said the surge wasn’t going to work, so it didn’t and it has been decreed that we lost the war because of the surge and the history books say so.

    Don’t you people read your Pocket Obama?

64. #164
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:50 pm, wighttrasch said:

    If he did succeed in privatizing ‘social security’, then I would be happy. As it is, I have tons of $$ taken from my paycheck for something I’ll never see.

    I have to save to ensure my future is covered–& not in a 401k either! And I’m positive ilovemycount is reaping my ‘benefits’ now.

65. #165
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:51 pm, tiredofit08 said:

    even when I made $100K a year I never ever spent that much money on a dinner…geeze…

66. #166
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:52 pm, wighttrasch said:

    BTW–calamari….ew. Sliced & fried bicycle inner tube.

    Same goes for escargot; but w/more garlic.

67. #167
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:54 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Look, the guy has been hard at work for 10 days now. He needs a break. This is not like the Senate where you only work 3 days a week.

    I think his restraint is remarkable. After all, he could have served really expensive champagne but he went with vodka instead. I think that says a lot about the man and the new tone in office.

68. #168
    On January 29th, 2009 at 2:59 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    wagyu (wăg-yoo) n. What President Obama is saying to the American Public. I.e. If you don’t like it, wagyu!

    No, no, wagYU!

69. #169
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:01 pm, Bruce said:

    You are the people who got us into this mess – you elected the most idiotic President ever, watched him lose wars, spend money, increase the size of government – can you believe that idiot even tried to privatize social security?

    B-Cat beat me to it. This has to rank as one of the dumbest comments EVAH. You would think that someone who “lovesmycountry” would at least have a minimal grasp of history and facts.

    By the way … since it’s your country – where does that leave the rest of us?

70. #170
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:02 pm, Flyoverman said:

    Hey, last night wagyu…. today crow.

    SWEET!!! A military judge just told his Commander in Chief, NO!!!

    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/29/AR2009012902021.html?wprss=rss_nation

71. #171
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:04 pm, dadinseattle said:

    Hey- we are in The Age of Pretending now, why shouldn’t we pretend that the ruling class shouldn’t need to sacrifice or otherwise practice what they preach?

    Just read the Seeds of Liberalism on another site and with our medias complacency- it probably represents a very true glimpse into our future.

72. #172
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:08 pm, Bruce said:

    Hey B-Cat … squid (calamare) doesn’t have suction cups – you’re thinking of octopus (pulpo)

    Properly cooked calamare is neither fishy nor tough. Mine melts in your mouth.

73. #173
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:14 pm, tuffy said:

    Interior decorating, expensive steaks and effete martinis: priorities.

    Be patient. He’ll be all about a facade of sacrifice someday… as soon as he realizes it’s another opportunity to talk about himself.

74. #174
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:15 pm, Bill Grant said:

    Activist Groups Pressure Republican Senators to Back Stimulus
    MoveOn.org, along with the Service Employees International Union and other groups, are running ads pressuring Republican senators to support President Obama’s stimulus plan.

    This is what I was talking about yesterday… No one is going to pay you to take a moment and call or e-mail your senators (or as many as you can) and implore them to stop this obscene, bankrupting, socializing $819 billion stimulus bill by any means necessary, including a filibuster like George Soros will pay people to call and write them to pass it… You are going have to settle for love of country as a motivator.

75. #175
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:16 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:08 pm, Bruce said:
    Hey B-Cat … squid (calamare) doesn’t have suction cups – you’re thinking of octopus (pulpo)

    Wrongo, cephalopod breath. Squids do indeed have suction cups on their legs. I used to have great fun sticking the antipasto to the side of my beer bottle in Catania.

76. #176
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:18 pm, 57fender said:

    I guess I’ll have to be satisfied with my crap sandwich.

77. #177
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:29 pm, Bill Grant said:

    Here:
    

    The ad feature clips of President Obama talking about how his plan will save or create at least 3 million jobs and get the economy back on track.

    “Tell Senator … to support the Obama plan for jobs, not the failed policies of the past,” the announcer says.

    The ad will target Sens. Susan Collins, R-Maine; Olympia Snowe, R-Maine; Judd Gregg, R-N.H.; Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska and Charles Grassley, R-Iowa.

    Susan Collins (202) 228-5818
    senator@collins.senate.gov

    Olympia Snowe (202) 224-5344
    senator@snowe.senate.gov

    Judd Gregg (202) 224-3324
    senator@Gregg.senate.gov

    Lisa Murkowski (202) 224-6665
    senator@Murkowski.senate.gov

    Chuck Grassley (202) 224-3744
    senator@Grassley.senate.gov
    
    GEORGE SOROS is paying people to lobby for this bill. Please contact them and ask them to oppose this by any means necessary.

78. #178
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:32 pm, BobonStatenIsland said:

    Pass the arugula.

79. #179
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:41 pm, Regulus said:

    This behavior is more of the same characteristic we saw during the election campaign: the man is fascinated with the baubles of the Presidency, but doesn’t have a clue about what it means to be President.

    The phony presidential seal … the phony “Office of the President-Elect” … the phony Greek columns … the phony Presidential speech to the Germans … Hope-a-Dope’s main concern is enjoying the perks that come with the office. The “change we need” consists of a black man in the White House, and nothing more.

    Everything of substance he plans to fob off on the Clintonoid retreads that he dug up and stuffed his administration with; he’s too busy playing “Camelot” while trying to fool the American people that he’s the reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln and Franklin Roosevelt combined to be bothered with the nuts-and-bolts mechanics of running things.

    Party on, dude. Enjoy playing “The West Wing” in a world where you can talk your way out of anything while it lasts, because it’s not going to. And when the failures and disasters start piling up, the folks are going to blame you no matter how hard you try to blame your staff.

80. #180
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:49 pm, Bill Grant said:

    Senate Republicans Warn Stimulus Rebates Could Pay Illegal Immigrants
    Republicans find that tax rebates in the stimulus bill would allow eligible recipients to use taxpayer identification numbers, which illegal aliens can obtain, instead of Social Security numbers to identify themselves.

    Calling yet?

81. #181
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:59 pm, Joy said:

    OT but another reason I’m glad I don’t have TV. I went into an office that had a TV on and heard 2 commercials. The first was pitching re-fi mortgages telling people “don’t allow the Government to take your home!”

    The second was pitching Universal Health Care and they actually claimed that it would cause Insurance companies to get more competitive and that would save businesses money, so they would be more productive and save the economy. Their final statement was, “It’s not just necessary for the citizens, it’s necessary for the economy.”

    Welcome to Obomonomics…

82. #182
    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:59 pm, RetFireman said:

    Continuing to demonstrate that he is most definitely a “Man of the People”, this does not surprise me in the least.

    Nor did it surprise me to see a flash on Fox News that stated Das Fuhrer was seeking to get 1-2 trillion dollars MORE for the banks and other “Men of the People”

    The outrageous projections that had been taking place by the Left over the last 8 years are NOTHING compared to their realities.

    While I found it immensely painful to watch and listen to the press conference, (his guy is an incredible dunce), I could not help but be floored by the outright secrecy that goes on between the Administration and the press. The man stood there, hmm’d and hummm’d through the entire event, telling nobody anything. The press sat there and allowed it to happen.

    The blatant jabs that were thrown at the Bush Administration as well as the Republicans in general was, to put it bluntly, shameful at best. He attempted to slam the House Republicans by stating, “We all know that bad habits die hard”, when referring to the way the Republicans refused to be bullied into signing on to the first phase of Socialism. He attempted to make it look as if the Republicans refused to do so merely out of habit and not because the whole thing is just this side of criminal and will make things worse, not better.

    It has been less than two weeks. In less than two weeks, Das Fuhrer has demonstrated ANYTHING but being a “Man of the People”. He has merely demonstrated daily that he is precisely the elitist Socialist snob that he was described as in the campaign, and he will not ever give those perks up. On the contrary, the perks will only increase as he finds new ways to fleece the country and become the latest dictator on the planet.

    The parallels just keep building and building and building…

83. #183
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:16 pm, JT said:

    I’ve wagyu steak. Very good. Special occasion.

    Best squid I’ve ever had was in Key West. So fresh. Like butter. Now I’m getting hungry.

84. #184
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:19 pm, JT said:

    But it is no doubt Obama clearly sees himself about the common man, so do his big money supporter.

    Whatever happens, most of them will never feel the consequences of Obama’s policies. Unless they happened to be near the next terrorist attack.

85. #185
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:19 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:59 pm, Joy said:
    OT but another reason I’m glad I don’t have TV. I went into an office that had a TV on and heard 2 commercials.

    Oh, you haven’t seen the one pitching the ironically named “Employee Free Choice Act”? The one that will allow Rocco and Guido to ask you if you would sign this union card, pretty please… instead of allowing you a secret ballot.

    It makes me gag.

86. #186
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:20 pm, frostrt said:

    Actually, I’m glad Pres Obama at least hasn’t been convinced he needs to give up meat “for the sake of the invornment” (another ruse by the PETA people to get us all to conform to their lifestyle).

    Still, the hypocrisy is annoying.

87. #187
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:21 pm, frostrt said:

    “invornment” = “environment”

    *blushes, wishes she had proofread*

88. #188
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:22 pm, sonofdy said:

    Everytime I see those steaks, I really reallllllyyy want one.

89. #189
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:23 pm, frostrt said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 8:41 am, ajmontana said:
    WWPT
    Wonder what P.E.T.A. thinks?
    If it ticks them off it’s worth it.

    —————————————

    Agreed.

90. #190
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:25 pm, Joy said:

    “Employee Free Choice Act”?

    Isn’t it disgusting the way they name things so they sound like they’re the exact opposite of what they are? If their policies are so sellable, why do they give them names that are the opposite of what they are?

91. #191
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:26 pm, frostrt said:

    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:22 pm, sonofdy said:
    Everytime I see those steaks, I really reallllllyyy want one.

    —————————————

    Ah, a fellow carnivore. My older sis recently announced that, after years of not eating meat, she was heretofore giving up seafood as well (maybe she is calling fish “sea kittens” now; I’m not sure). My parents and I went out to Long John Silvers (without her) to celebrate her announcement. I also think of her every time I have a good burger or steak (rumbling stomach . . . )

92. #192
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:32 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Isn’t it disgusting the way they name things so they sound like they’re the exact opposite of what they are?

    You mean like the “Fairness Doctrine”, etc?

    I think it’s in the Alinsky playbook.

93. #193
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:33 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    DER Fuehrer, not DAS Fuehrer. Or Der Führer. You have to get the article correct in German or the New Order will not be happy with you!

    On January 29th, 2009 at 3:59 pm, RetFireman said:

    Nor did it surprise me to see a flash on Fox News that stated Das Fuhrer was seeking to get 1-2 trillion dollars MORE for the banks and other “Men of the People”

    It has been less than two weeks. In less than two weeks, Das Fuhrer has demonstrated ANYTHING but being a “Man of the People”.

94. #194
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:38 pm, Misscheryl said:

    More hypocracy from Obama and governmental oversight and meddling:

    http://www.foxnews.com/politics/first100days/2009/01/29/obama-calls-b-wall-street-bonuses-outrageous/

    we are heading for a world of hurt!

95. #195
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:39 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    You don’t expect Kim to go hungry in Pyongyang just because his subjects are, do you?

96. #196
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:41 pm, Leatherneck said:

    We are lead by children.

97. #197
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:43 pm, Ed Mahmoud abu al-Kahoul said:

    Squid/calimari all depends on the cooking, I think. I’ve had good squid, and I’ve had rubbery squid.

    Ditto “tako” sushi.

    Now, I will say, my wife, the daughter of Mexicans, won’t touch octopus, but I love pulpo in a Vuelve a Vida cocktail.

98. #198
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:45 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Trust me, there is NOTHING like baby squid cooked in its own ink. There is NOTHING like it. And this is a good thing. Ewwwwwwwwwwwww.

99. #199
    On January 29th, 2009 at 4:47 pm, sonofdy said:

    Every time I hear about peta, I want to send them a recipie for puppy soup. The extra taste is created by the tears from tortured kittens. The soul scorching pain makes it taste ssssooo much better.*

    * no I don’t eat puppies or torture kittens.

100. #200
     On January 29th, 2009 at 5:00 pm, Bill Grant said:

     On January 29th, 2009 at 4:47 pm, sonofdy said:

     no I don’t eat puppies or torture kittens.

     Peta kills about 80% of the animals it gets it’s clutches on. Seriously.