Happy New Year open thread
I’m spending the day unplugged with family. Thanks to all of you for your readership, tips, e-mails, and support in 2009. And here’s to real hope and change in 2010.
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Happy New Year All Here’s To A Better 2010 For All.
In April my son will turn 16 and get his drivers license, In October I’ll turn 40-and probably still not have gotten my license, and in November we merry band of Illinois Tea Partiers will hopefully have helped make our state a little less blue.
Happy New Year to you and yours Michelle-and to patriots everywhere!
Twenty Ten by Lloyd Marcus
Stay unplugged good friend.
My Predictions for New Year’s Day:
I will spend most of the day taking down Christmas decorations.
I will say and repeat: Where does THIS go?
I will say and repeat: Where did I put THAT?
I will say and repeat: Never again will I eat two cheese balls, one box of Ritz crackers, a whole Summer Sausage and one pound cake at one sitting. I have SAYING IT down pat.
Happy New Year good people. Stay Brave, Stay Free.
Happy New Year!
We made it to election year. Now we can have fun watching the Dumbocrats run for cover.
I remember Mama learning to drive when she was 40. Daddy would get onto her for something she did and she would say, “But that’s the way you do it.” Daddy said, “Don’t do like I do, do like I say do.”
Very Good!
HNY!
Happy New Year Y’all!
MICHELLE, and all my fellow POSTERS… I wish you all a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR, and a PROSPEROUS 2010… May we live in interesting times!!!
Happy New Year, Michelle!
2010 is going to be a year for hard work, but it is going to be a very fun year.
I am amazed at your energy and determination. Thanks for another great year!
Who’s up for some HOG JAWLS AND BLACK EYED PEAS as my folks traditional new year good luck meal….that’s why I moved away. LOVE YOU MOM AND DAD, HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Michelle and all here at MM, I pray for a good 2010. We have alot of work to do to save our Republic from this bho, team, and most of the dc bunch. The Tea Party Movement will see millions of American’s come out to do so. I really do want that gosh horrible health bill killed!
I pray God will be with our Republic and Israel. I pray for our wonderful military and their families, please keep them safe.
L
Now that the “aughts” are behind us (and THANK GOD!), may we all have a more prosperous and less tempestuous decade – once we bounce the Demons out of Capitol Hill!
Here in PA, the New Years meal of choice is pork & sauerkraut, as MM probably knows. It never brought me much luck, though; I’m skipping it this time!
Just got back from food store. Wife can’t resist black-eyed peas on sale. We decided that some hot beef stew and homemade biscuits would be good for dinner tonight. Got the fireplace going and waiting for the Ohio State game. Not a fan, but my son-in-law and 2 good friends are enthusiatic fans, so I have to watch, of course. Wishing you all a good New Year…profitable and free. Most of all I’d like to thank Michelle for a great news site. Keep up the work in telling the truth.
Time To Stop Blaming Bush & Get Him Back?
Vote Dem Bums out this Nov.!
Happy New Year everyone.
2010 is going to be a challenging, but good year.
4 degrees here at 11:00 a.m. Crisp to say the least.
I would like to say Happy New Year Everyone!, but I do not believe I have ever dreaded an incoming year more than 2010. The number of things that can go disastrously wrong this year would make for a very long list. It is highly likely many of them will. Fortunately, it is impossible to predict the future and miracles do happen. But quoting the late, great Ayn Rand: Nobody should need as much luck as this country does.
Happy New Year to the best bloggers on the internet. Or is that commentors on the internet..sheesh…
Oh well, you all are the best and here’s wishing you a truly conservative 2010.
Happy New Year, everybody. May this be the year we rise from the depths.
Back on my Weight Watchers plan!
So my menu today is soup, cottage cheese and V-8. Sigh. To be honest, I eat very well with WW, so I’m not complaining. It is just hard to get back in the groove after the holidays. I will do it, though. I need to salvage my 50 pound weight loss from last year! Happy New Year to all of you…the cream of the crop! And to Michelle…we are truly blessed to have you as a spokesperson for our cause. You rock!!
Happy New Year Michelle and to all who visit here!
May God continue to Bless America.
Northwestern Wildcats keeping up with Auburn in the Outback Bowl…
Happy New Year all !
Saw former Homeland Security Chief Chertoff on TV the other day. Guess what he’s up to?
That’s right, partner at Covington & Burling LLP, the Gitmo Freebie lawyers.
Happy New Years everyone.
I rarely get a chance to post on open threads and I,m a big astronomy geek, so, here goes:
I,m looking forward to January 4, 2010. Early results from the Kepler Telescope mission will be announced at the 215th national meeting of the American Astronomical Society. The Kepler Mission is designed to observe 100,000 stars simultaneously, using a NASA space telescope designed to discover Earth-like planets.
There is nearby planet that orbits a red dwarf star. Astronomers suspect it may be a waterworld.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2009/dec/16/waterworld-planet-earth-life
It is so close (40 light years) television brodcasts of our first moon landing have already reached it.
Happy New Year all!
To which federal law enforcement agency do I report my neighbor, whom I suspect does not have health insurance?
Or will Acorn handle those investigations?
Sorry to be a buzzkill, just wondering. My local St Louis news site deletes this every time I post it.
BTW, a binary day….010110
(a math geek)
*Happy New Year to all!; And to all those serving overseas, I shall continue to lift you up in my thoughts and prayers.
; Beware Democrats and RINO’s, as you will be targeted for the unemployment line in 2010!
*What does 2010 mean to me?; For every 10 dollars the libtards donate to their candidates, we conservatives shall donate 20 dollars
*One bold prediction for 2010; Iran’s nuclear capabilities will be destroyed!
The Ministry of Love
Happy New Year to all! My thoughts and prayers to all our fine men and women serving in war zones and stationed elsewhere overseas. I pray for a better year in 2010, but I feel we need to be prepared for battle in the upcoming elections. Get ready for what may turn out to be very rough times ahead.
God Bless the USA and the constitution it was founded on!
P.S. I have been stocking up on durable goods of late and I recently found out the new lable for people like me is “prepper” vs the old lable of “survivalist”.
Happy New Year.
Hopefully this year we’ll see fewer conservatives sabotaging our effort to fight liberals because of their own petty disagreements with fellow republicans.
Remember, fat stupid and voting for a third party is no way to go through life.
I will take down Christmas decorations today. I’ll also clean the house.
On the political side, I’m planning for the coming year. I know the fascists are feeling cocky, but the people are still very much angry. I don’t believe the pundits have it right this time when they say that, should the economy improve, which it won’t, then the healthcare bill recently crammed down our throats will be better accepted.
This is our personal lives at stake. So, I plan to do my best to take part in the political slaughter of those who’ve chosen to be enemies of America.
Has anyone heard how Rush is doing? He was supposed to have tests all day Thirsday.
Last report I heard was that he is “resting comfortably”, which I’ll take as good news.
Happy New Year to all. I’m optimistic and know there’s a lot of work ahead. Work doesn’t scare me.
Big thanks Michelle for giving me (us) a forum to opine.
Put corn out for the deer – so far, 5 turkeys (the fowl, not foul kind) are enjoying a great New Years’ supper.
So,’love’ administered Big Bro.
Can’t he just treat me like I’m an ‘alleged’ causer of disasters?
I likes the beach, too!
Fly, thanks for clearing that up!
It’s going to be in the low 30′s this week. In Florida. Sorry to whine. I’m going to make a big pot of chili so I can eat it all week. With baguettes from the French bakery down the street. And lots of butter.
That is just to fortify myself for the 2010 battle for the survival of the US of A. And I’m still praying for our troops and asking God to protect them.
Just checked the scoreboard!!! Penn State leads LSU 13-3 at halftime. Go Lions!!!!
I ditto that remark!
2010: Rout the Democrats.
2112: The RINO purge.
An avid reader, but seldom commentator, I ran across these words earlier today and thought them apropos:
“Hope smiles on the threshold of the year to come, whispering that it will be better.”
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
Let’s pray Alfie knew something we don’t.
Sunny day in Colorado, a balmy 42 degrees on the patio, if you care to go out. Nice day to ski.
I hereby resolve to ski more.
Happy New Year everyone!
He sure did:
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Honor the charge they made,
Honor the Light Brigade,
Noble six hundred.
===
Great and magnificent men they were despite some Hollyweird anti-war slurs. Remember the courageous and forget the weakling.
Happy New Year ruffages.
Recipe For Disaster:
Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab aka Panty Bomber .
So You Want To Set The World On Fire Or How I Spent My Christmas Vacation In United States Federal Prison.
Anyone hear about Rush’s condition yet?
http://joemygod.blogspot.com/2010/01/rush-limbaugh-im-ok.html
Here it is…good news!!
happyscrapper,
I was on HA a few minutes ago and they said Rush had a news conference and all is ok. I can not find where they are getting the info. It is not on his web site, Fox, or Drudge. I will keep looking.
L
Chest pains doesn’t always mean something wrong with the heart. It could be nothing more than a pulled muscle, or a temporary displacement of a rib, or “heartburn”. Sounds like he’ll be “up and running” in no time. At least he got some rest and a heart check-up.
Is it not wonderful how God listens to prayers? Thank You God for listening to all who asked You for Rush recovery.
L
Happy New Year to you all!
Aloha to all, and a Happy New Year to each and everyone.
For my resolution, I resolve to quit using humor as my armor, and to be more serious on the website.
And thanks to Rush, the patron saint of the conservative movement, for spending his hard earned money here in the People’s Republic of Hawai’i.
Happy,
Thanks for the Rush update. Good news.
Thank God for Rush! I adore that man. I guess 20 million prayers did the job!
I just checked on Rush’s web site and he has a ‘thank you’ for all the prayers.
L
I resolve to not sprain either ankle in 2010. I sprained them both in 2009 and at my age, it takes a two or more months to get back on pace. (You dog owners need to learn what a leash is for. Walking two dogs on separate 20-foot spooled leashes does not qualify as having your dog “under control”. If your dog controls you, you shouldn’t have one.)
You must be related to my backup point guard…
I’m glad you brought up basketball. My injuries all started 4 years ago when I broke my ankle playing guard in a pick-up basketball game the same night and manner Kobe broke his. My own teammate landed on my ankle even though the ball was nowhere near either of us.
Most guys my age have very limited body control, They can’t stop running without crashing into something, don’t change direction very well and can’t jump straight up and down. And then there are the ever flailing elbows as they try to maintain their balance.
I don’t play much basketball anymore, very rarely with guys over 40 and only if I know they can play. Injuries are the bane of staying in shape at my age (56). It is especially irksome getting injured because of incompetent dog owners or guys can’t accept that they just can’t play anymore.
I wouldn’t make such a resolution. I believe humor can be a very effective means of getting my point across.
Of course, if you were just throwing in the towel and admitting that you can’t keep up with me and ajmontana…
On January 1st, 2010 at 6:08 pm, Pasadena Phil said:
Geez! I thought I was ‘broke down’ after 1,430 jumps (maybe a few more I forgot to log) and eight broken ankles. Right now, I’m thanking God I can run in full ruck, change directions and stop when needed.
Thanks for making me feel better on a still cold day in Texas (47 degrees) when all my metal parts hurt.
Just came to the site to tell everyone about Rush, but the news had already gotten here. Good way to start the new year!!
And our family had the traditional cabbage and meat balls, and black eyed peas. Course we throw in mashed potatoes, and cornbread.
Happy New Year!!
This is my last day in the Army.Got my orders and I am officially RETIRED.33 years and 3 wars and would do it all again.I dont want any thanks or pats on the back.It was my choice as I am sure plenty of you made the same choice.I love this site.HAPPY NEW YEAR.
You get thanks anyway. Enjoy your retirement!
Good news/bad news prediction – While the Republicans will get control of the House, the Democrats will still have 60 Senators after the 2010 election.
DocFlash, whether you like it or not, a big “Thanks” and a pat on the back. Happy New Year to you and your family.
Happy New Year to all!
God save the USA!!
Happy New year to MM and all who post here. Also, a HNY to all of our troops wherever they may be. May God keep you and bring you safely home to your loved ones soon.
God Bless us, everyone! (while allowing a horrible pox to torment all Dems and RINOs)
not-so-tiny travlinman – 2010
Disclaimer: Dems and RINOs who post here should be given one or two boils, but in general be exempt from the scourge as their being here gives them hope at salvation.
Congrats docflash. Thanks you for your service.
To set things straight in the new year, we need resolution, not resolutions.
Predictions? Predicting the future is easy: look in the past, look at today and extrapolate a line forward. Piece of cake!
Barney Frank gets admitted to the hospital. Drugs, a gerbil, and latex gloves are involved.
Nancey Pelosi gets one more facelift and the top of her head peels open exposing a black hole thus confirming one of Hawkings theories.
Not one, single Muslem attacks Washington D.C. under the present administration due to all of the pork.
Earth continues cooling.
Coal producing states go broke. Even the red ones.
Anybody that wants a reading can send a donation to Sarah Palin and call me at BR549.
God Bless America, and all of her citizens.
Speaking of thanking retired military, I had the honor of spending the first four days of this week with 15 of the surviving Tuskegee Airmen and their families (part of my Tournament of Roses duties). Great bunch of guys and they were the best of the best in their day too. Too bad it took 60 years to give them the recognition they deserve.
I might post something on my until now once-used blog this weekend if I can make it interesting enough. Pictures included. Stay tuned if interested. It might be the first installment of my “Living in the Reflected Glory of Other People” series.
According to Rush’s website, he’s been released from the hospital.
Trust me Phil, it will be interesting. Hanging with Tuskegee Airmen guarantees that.
Thanks for our service doc. You have more than earned the coming days.
Do it all over again? Roger that; in a heartbeat.
docflash,
Thank you for your service to our country. I hope retirement is good to you. God bless you and all our military.
Happy 2010!
L
Was one of them Roscoe Brown? He’s an amazing man. Was credited with an ME-262.
That is why God in his infinite wisdom gave us the UH-1 and UH-60.
Nope. There are lots of great stories about these guys including being POWs in Germany. I got a good one from one of them that I’ll be posting about (if I post).
On January 1st, 2010 at 6:34 pm, docflash said:
Congratulations!
They fit the description of “The Lion in Winter.” When you get beyond their age, you feel blessed that we had such men.
I think you will. You’ve got something that’s too good not to post. I can almost see the wheels turning in your head as you mull the possibilities.
Go for it!
Looking forward to 2010 because I get to go head to head with my breast cancer and become one more survivor!
Excellent! 2010 REAL HOPE REAL CHANGE
SLAM DUNK vsatt!!!
Prayers and more prayers, stay strong vsatt.
I’m thankful we survived 2009. Thankful we can still enjoy and communicate via an exchange of ideas due to our lovely hostess, Michelle Malkin. Treasure your family hours.
Wishing you all a very happy and prosperous New Year. Blessings to all and especially our military serving around the world. Best wishes for your retirement DocFlash.
Have eaten black eyed peas and cornbread since I was a kid on New Year’s Eve. That hasn’t worked out so well lately – changed over to tamales, rice and beans this year! I miss the black eyed peas!
ain’t that something how that kinda crap happens, uh. Who’s side was he on anyway?
As I’ve I posted here before, may we take back control of congress this year and get rid of everyone of these life time bureaucrats…every department on every level. Traitorous, elitist bastards.
I will pray for you vsatt! That is all that I can do.
“Fight the good fight with all thy might;
Christ is thy Strength, and Christ thy Right;
Lay hold on life, and it shall be
Thy joy and crown eternally.”
“Fight the Good Fight” Text S.B. Monsell 1811-1875
vsatt – you’ve got the prayers and support of everyone in this online community. There are many survivors on this forum that will be there pushing you over the finish line should you need it. You will do it.
you get the thank you anyway along with a big thanks to all the service personnel active and retired:
THANK YOU ONE AND ALL
On January 1st, 2010 at 7:55 pm, vsatt said:
We’ve come a long way since my first wife made her seventh year of survival.
God be with you throughout your battle and make the treatments effective and hold you in his mercy. I hope and pray too that your family and friends will support you throughout and that you emerge victorious in this battle.
On January 1st, 2010 at 7:14 pm, Flyoverman said:
UH-1 is officially retired now. But I’d rather jump than fly anything where if the rear wall of the pax compartment isn’t wet and pink, you’d best kiss your sweet self goodbye unless you’ve enough altitude to autorotate (never in most tactical situations).
I like the Blackhawk, but sometimes she’s not the way to get into somewhere really hot and nasty.
Besides, a long time ago before Reagan, the $55/mo or later $110/mo made life tolerable for a Soldier and kept his family barely off foodstamps.
You’ll win the battle no doubt…keep the faith and stay strong.
You’re in my prayers. I had surgery for lung cancer six years ago and am doing great.
OH NO!!!! No Huey’s and wearing black berets? The Army has officially gone to hell.
The next thing you’re going to tell me is they took the Tabasco out of the MRE’s.
ssnark,
Just found the article on the Huey’s retirement in October 2009.
Times change.
If the guy in the left seat had a patch on his right shoulder and it was a Huey, I never gave a thought to my safety. That combination could fly in and out of an LZ through anything man or natire could throw at it.
I am sure today’s soldiers feel that way about the UH-60.