tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post3710885010417172660..comments2023-11-03T06:02:02.128-07:00Comments on By Ken Levine: Happy July 4th!!By Ken Levinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-26775044336375709242009-07-08T06:31:26.126-07:002009-07-08T06:31:26.126-07:00Maureen: Blaming Obama for the "disaster"...Maureen: Blaming Obama for the "disaster" of the last 6 months is like blaming the guys who shovel up the excrement after the elephant parade for the excrement.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-69300068029038140822009-07-07T06:47:32.589-07:002009-07-07T06:47:32.589-07:00bob sagett was indeed grand marshal of the philade...bob sagett was indeed grand marshal of the philadelphia thanksgiving day parade way back in the 'gay nineties' - yes i was there sadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-12262601804865262062009-07-06T13:55:47.810-07:002009-07-06T13:55:47.810-07:00It never fails to amaze me that even seeing the ab...It never fails to amaze me that even seeing the absolute DISASTER that Obama has inflicted upon the country since he took office, people still follow him, dare to act as though he has been a success, and continue to criticize President Bush.<br /><br />Incredible!Maureennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-88808769055132098042009-07-05T09:21:36.808-07:002009-07-05T09:21:36.808-07:00Hi Ken,
Welcome to San Diego (aka Heaven on Earth...Hi Ken, <br />Welcome to San Diego (aka Heaven on Earth). I agree with most of your fireworks comments - We were once at a professional fireworks display where the fireworks were accidentally set off into the crowd instead of the sky -- accidents happen anywhere!<br /><br />Enjoy your blog.wnt2knohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15891153221857950541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-20358039295292039532009-07-05T09:15:00.412-07:002009-07-05T09:15:00.412-07:00I think we need to steer this combox discussion to...I think we need to steer this combox discussion to where it belongs: politicians with fireworks.Joehttp://blog.vinapedia.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-42604669476477509382009-07-05T07:03:36.924-07:002009-07-05T07:03:36.924-07:00Can't wait to hear what you have to say about ...Can't wait to hear what you have to say about Milwaukee (I'm in Green Bay; shame you don't do football.) And if Bud Selig's at the game, ask about his favorite frozen custard stand.Rays profilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13375762252351537791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-18737441419212370042009-07-04T18:39:46.629-07:002009-07-04T18:39:46.629-07:00This programming note just in: Washington, D.C. ...This programming note just in: Washington, D.C. fireworks show cancelled -- to be replaced by incoming North Korean missiles...Tom Quigleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12959628996361620134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-86543090762747921172009-07-04T17:26:57.891-07:002009-07-04T17:26:57.891-07:00Oh, and happy birthday USA!Oh, and happy birthday USA!playfullhttp://perrywilsher.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-6837673539177837962009-07-04T17:25:26.569-07:002009-07-04T17:25:26.569-07:00I LOVE FIREWORKS ,*
In the UK we celebrate ‘Bonf...I LOVE FIREWORKS ,*<br /><br />In the UK we celebrate ‘Bonfire Night’ each 5th of November with bonfires and fireworks, both at public displays and at private family parties. This is in celebration of the foiling of the 1605 ‘Gunpowder Plot’ in which Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators tried to blow up Parliament and the King with 36 barrels of Gunpowder placed directly under the House of Lords. They all suffered the traditional punishment for traitors: hanging, drawing and quartering. They were hung until half-dead, upon which their genitals were cut off and burned in front of them. Still alive, their bowels and heart were then removed. Finally they would be decapitated and dismembered; their body parts were then publicly displayed to be eaten by the birds as they decomposed. A great night of celebration for the kids!<br /><br />It is often said that Guy Fawkes was the only person to enter Parliament with honest intentions.<br /> <br />And did i mention - I LOVE FIREWORKS! ,*playfullhttp://perrywilsher.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-58846664983579503962009-07-04T17:17:25.984-07:002009-07-04T17:17:25.984-07:00Ahhhh....now this really says July 4th to me. Cop...Ahhhh....now this really says July 4th to me. Copy. Paste. Enjoy.<br /><br />http://rhettandlink.com/blog/the-fireworks-song-is-back/emilynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-21532878368099544402009-07-04T16:49:07.040-07:002009-07-04T16:49:07.040-07:00Barry,
Obviously a Freudian slip... On the other ...Barry,<br /><br />Obviously a Freudian slip... On the other hand, there were 12 years of Republicans in that time span, and I don't recall THOSE being so good either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24256766259660292672009-07-04T16:08:10.714-07:002009-07-04T16:08:10.714-07:00Whoops. Nov 1976 - Jan 1981. Sorry about that.Whoops. Nov 1976 - Jan 1981. Sorry about that.Barr y Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-68265227544202456542009-07-04T16:07:16.580-07:002009-07-04T16:07:16.580-07:00Let's be honest here. I don't recall Novem...Let's be honest here. I don't recall November 1976 - January 2001 being so great, either.Barry Wnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-78810861694866226822009-07-04T15:11:56.901-07:002009-07-04T15:11:56.901-07:00FREE FIREWORKS !!!
For a greener 4th every I’...<b> FREE FIREWORKS !!! </b><br /><br /><br />For a greener 4th every I’ve recycled the above medley from the comment I offered to a friend of yours’ blog, because it also fits better. (There it didn’t fit at all, but I got jumpy.) In fact I might even be recycling this from an earlier comment on <i>your</i>. Who can remember these thing? It’s 103 here, and all of us just collapsed from moving my daughter into her apartment.A. Buck Shorthttp://roger-burke.dailykos.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-55669648104529442462009-07-04T15:10:13.312-07:002009-07-04T15:10:13.312-07:00Firework - Buy 1 get 3 free.<b>Firework - Buy 1 get 3 free. </b>A. Buck Shorthttp://roger-burke.dailykos.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-57338883049329576742009-07-04T15:08:17.965-07:002009-07-04T15:08:17.965-07:00Fireworks - Buy 1 get 2 free.<b>Fireworks - Buy 1 get 2 free. </b>A. Buck Shorthttp://roger-burke.dailykos.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-80940561049901920642009-07-04T15:07:59.401-07:002009-07-04T15:07:59.401-07:00Why, what's better than gittin' all drunke...Why, what's better than gittin' all drunked up on bellyful of beer on a sweaty, hot 'n' humid Fourth of July Missouri afternoon and having bottle rocket fights with the relatives? <br /><br />How else to explain all those folks missing eyebrows and teeth?<br /><br />I wore safety glasses. My ex-relatives thought I was a pussy.<br /><br />I survived, moved back to California and now wonder about my sanity.Barefoot Billy Alohahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04586870309250699505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-33959965979814763462009-07-04T15:06:12.002-07:002009-07-04T15:06:12.002-07:00Fireworks - Buy 1 get 1 free.<b>Fireworks - Buy 1 get 1 free. </b>A. Buck Shorthttp://roger-burke.dailykos.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-65627549540853544722009-07-04T15:03:53.249-07:002009-07-04T15:03:53.249-07:00Ah yes, Red Devil Fireworks. Almost too competiti...Ah yes, Red Devil Fireworks. Almost too competitive for their own good. As you may be aware, I don’t normally do impressions, but what follows is the Texas equivalent of Burma Shave signs as they pop up in clusters on fireworks stands at irregular intervals along I-35 between Carl’s Corner and Austin.<br /> <br /><b>Fireworks - Yes, We're open.</b>A. Buck Shorthttp://roger-burke.dailykos.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64178559001512151462009-07-04T14:32:29.438-07:002009-07-04T14:32:29.438-07:00I worked for Red Devil Fireworks for 4 summers, pu...I worked for Red Devil Fireworks for 4 summers, putting up stands, delivering the fireworks and taking them down, 14 hours a day at minimum wage. W. Patrick Moriarty, who then owned Red Devil, went to China on Nixon's second trip to find new cheap products and later went to jail for bribes involving the Commerce Casino. Some people claim he had CIA ties. He was most recently in the news for defrauding investors in a plan to build power plant in the Inland Empire fueled by cow manure. It won't surprise anyone that he was a big contributer to Republican causes, or that part of my job was to deliver fireworks 'gift packages' to local politicians.<br /><br />Anyway, Red Devil Safe-and-Sane fireworks remain legal because the charitable organizations that run the stands make money and no one wants to be the unpatriotic grump that votes against the Boy Scouts. And because we like to see things blow up. <br /><br />Yeah, it's bad, but when I lived in Hollywood I'd have to stay away from the windows on the 4th of July and New Year's Eve because of falling bullets. <br /><br />There's no such thing as 'safe-and-sane' bullets.<br />But when there are, Red Devil will sell them.<br /><br />Jim 7<br />jimsevin@aol.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-24955384496671307702009-07-04T14:27:00.187-07:002009-07-04T14:27:00.187-07:00Not Lincoln? I feel so cheap and used. Still, a gr...Not Lincoln? I feel so cheap and used. Still, a great quote.Cap'n Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11783977137812876489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-13871441753770289122009-07-04T11:08:54.660-07:002009-07-04T11:08:54.660-07:00What, no I.E.D.’s, no R.P.G.’s? Some marketeer is...What, no <b>I.E.D.</b>’s, no <b>R.P.G.</b>’s? Some marketeer is missing the boat on that one. I know they do it with music formats, but I’m still surprised that nobody’s come up with the idea of municipal fireworks displays simulcast with right wing talk radio. Sounds like a natural. I stopped paying attention to parents’ fireworks admonitions when the bb gun I hectored them into gittin’me <i>didn’t</i> shoot my eye out. So, between the firearm and the fireworks, basically all I’ve lost is the one testicle.<br /><br />When somebody loses and organ due to fireworks, the news story generally refers to their widespread availability, but you never hear any disparaging remarks about the objects themselves -- as when some poor slob is shot with a <b>“cheap”</b>. I realize the roundabout point being made is access and availability. But when you’re shot, does it really make a difference to you how much the other guy paid for the gun? I guess it does.<br /><br />Sentences from last night KTVT newscast in Dallas, slugged: <b>Teen's Dream May Have Been Stolen with Gun.</b><br /><br /><i>A 16-year-old from Godley [TX] is in a race against the clock. He's competing in the Junior Olympics in Denver in three weeks. His event is trap shooting. His problem is that he doesn't have a gun. It was stolen. His family hopes his dream wasn't stolen with it.</i> <br /><br />The story went on to say, Dakota qualified for the Olympics after missing just 10 out of 125 traps. After the theft, he shot 25 rounds with a borrowed gun, and <i>missed</i> all but one. [See, ya gotta have the right ordnance].<br />. <br />"I'm very excited about it. It's my dream," Dakota said. The <b>$15,000</b> Italian made Perazzi shotgun, that was stolen out of his father’s truck, along with an iPod while dad was having lunch in a restaurant. One of the things that made the gun special was that it had a custom stock especially designed to fit the kid’s <i>face.</i> A plea was issued to anyone who knew of the gun’s whereabouts. Just a couple of observations. <br /><br />1. I hope whoever broke into the truck did thatfor the iPod and not because the $15,000 shotgun had been left out unconcealed for all to marvel at.<br /><br />2. Is this not the smoothest Texas juxtaposition of <i>shotgun</i> and <i>face</i> since Dick Cheney?<br /><br />3. Oh, apparently it does make a difference if you purchase your weapon of choice at one ‘o them classy gun shops. Especially <i>Italian</i> firearms in Texas. As we all know, what made our Kennedy assassination so tragic is that Oswald got him with a <i>”mailorder”</i> mannlicher carcano.A. Buck Shorthttp://roger-burke.dailykos.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-47898948322124369752009-07-04T10:51:00.735-07:002009-07-04T10:51:00.735-07:00Lincoln still hasn't been quoted in your comme...Lincoln still hasn't been quoted in your comments section. The quote comes from a pamphlet by Rev William JH Boetcker in 1942. Boetcker quoted Lincoln on one page and wrote his "10 Cannots" on another and they were erroneously attributed to Lincoln. In lieu of posting URLs, look up Boetcker on Wikipedia or look for the quote on a myth/hoax site.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14292453088631182688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-66561042091761395922009-07-04T10:04:50.819-07:002009-07-04T10:04:50.819-07:00Oh, Old Man Ken, bitching about the uppity neighbo...Oh, Old Man Ken, bitching about the uppity neighbor kids setting off their comflaggit rocket machines.<br /><br />But seriously, Happy Independance Day, Ken. Enjoy traveling our country.Duffynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19336675.post-64006914490017955102009-07-04T09:35:32.156-07:002009-07-04T09:35:32.156-07:00Wow! A political argument on my blog. I feel so v...Wow! A political argument on my blog. I feel so very... MSNBC. <br /><br />For Matt and anyone who is outraged that I share my political leanings from time to time -- if you don't like it you are welcome to go elsewhere. I invoke the "this is my blog" clause in my contract to provide free content to anyone who wishes to read it. <br /><br />But as the next commenter said, stay away from HuffPost. I've been known to criticize the great Rush Limbaugh there. <br /><br />Happy 4th everybody. Let the debate continue. It's not often Lincoln gets quoted in my comments section.By Ken Levinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17305293821975250420noreply@blogger.com