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Tyrone Slothrop 07-14-2005 05:16 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Is was rude in the sense that it was designed to be exclusionary to W and to point out that while Chirac understood english, Bush was illiterate in the French.
It wa "designed to be exlcusionary"? You should be using those ESP powers to make money, pal.

And if Bush hadn't had such a hissy fit, no one would have cared. Maybe it was designed to show how insecure he is.

Spanky 07-14-2005 05:21 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by spookyfish
This is a justification for closing a lot of the U.S. airbases around the world. If I recall correctly, a number of bombing missions on Baghdad were launched from U.S. Bases.

And Aircraft carriers are for the smaller fighter fighter/bomber planes.
The B-2 fly out of the midwest and drop their loads in Afghanistan. Which I think is pretty much the opposite side of the planet.

Bad_Rich_Chic 07-14-2005 05:26 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Is was rude in the sense that it was designed to be exclusionary to W and to point out that while Chirac understood english, Bush was illiterate in the French.
Yes, as a technical matter, this is rude. However, normal etiquette is somewhat suspended in journalism. In this case, where all 3 did have a common language, the mitigating factors for asking the Q in French (buttering up your immediate subject, looking suave & intercontinental) are probably outweighed by those against (pissing off your other subject, looking biased & elitist), but that's a judgment call.

Then again, Bush is illiterate in French, and I think everyone already knows it, so I'm not sure I see much of an "attack" in this case. It will only help him with 75% of America that is also illiterate in French and doesn't like the implication that this makes them ignoramuses (presuming that about 5% of the population speaks something close enough to intelligible French to enable them to have understood the question themselves, and 20% of the rest aren't annoyed by implication that they are somehow "illiterate").

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 07-14-2005 05:40 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Spanky
The B-2 fly out of the midwest and drop their loads in Afghanistan. Which I think is pretty much the opposite side of the planet.
Although they are refueled mid-air, and not by planes from the US.

BTW, they bring a beach chair on board for the non-duty pilot to sit in while waiting for the turnaround. It's a 12 hour flight each way, or something.

sebastian_dangerfield 07-14-2005 06:08 PM

This is your brain on drugs.
 
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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Well, more specifically that more people now smokemarijuana, but yeah, that too.
That might change. Independent proprietary research I'm privy to indicates a sharp uptick in the use of cookies, cakes, brownies, etc..., as marijuana delivery mechanisms. Its seems that not only are marijuana smokers better informed, they also tend to be more health conscious.

I wonder how a Bush neanderthal drug policy talking head would handle the use of marijuana cookies? Most of the anti marijuana ads I see tout the dangers of SMOKING it. But what would the Bushies say about a tar free delivery mechanism? And what would they say about stats that prove dopeheads are generally smarter than the cigarette and booze fueled trailer folk who make up the GOP's "right wing base."*

* Not counting, of course, the closet sodomite incest addled Christian Right who wouldn't be caught dead with liquor in their hands.

Penske_Account 07-14-2005 06:10 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by Bad_Rich_Chic
Yes...........this is rude.
I claim validation by this affirmation from an expert in the field.

Next.

Penske_Account 07-14-2005 06:10 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It wa "designed to be exlcusionary"? You should be using those ESP powers to make money, pal.

I do, I just spend it all on wine and women.

SlaveNoMore 07-14-2005 06:14 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Bad_Rich_Chic
... and 20% of the rest aren't annoyed by implication that they are somehow "illiterate").
FWIW, I am annoyed by anything French - not merely that overly nasal whine they pass off as a language.

sebastian_dangerfield 07-14-2005 06:15 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It wa "designed to be exlcusionary"? You should be using those ESP powers to make money, pal.

And if Bush hadn't had such a hissy fit, no one would have cared. Maybe it was designed to show how insecure he is.
I break with you there.... One thing W is not is insecure. He reminds me of a few total dicks I've known who realize early in life that they don't have to be smart because they were born on third base. Bush doesn't care that he doesn't know French. He's just pissed some shitbag journalist thinks he's high and mighty enough to make a fool of a fifth generation Bush.

Bush doesn't believe God put him where he is. He believes his blood put him where he is. And he's right. If I were him, I'd act the same way. He's basically royalty. No insecurity there at all. In fact, I think if his handlers didn't force to him to become more well read and act humble, he'd be more unapologetically uninformed and obnoxious just to prove he could be. He's the idiot blueblood who belongs in Vail but accidentally wound up in DC. The more I watch him, the more I realize the early press characterizations were right. Smart, shallow, and ignorant and arrogant as the day is long.

Gattigap 07-14-2005 06:16 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
FWIW, I am annoyed by anything French - not merely that overly nasal whine they pass off as a language.
Really?

sebastian_dangerfield 07-14-2005 06:20 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
FWIW, I am annoyed by anything French - not merely that overly nasal whine they pass off as a language.
Seen the chicks in Paris? Fuuuuuck. When's the dollar going to climb enough for me to visit again? I got lots of shit to see over there. There's a freak city called Cap D'Agde where you can basically walk around naked everywhhere in town, and its a beach village. A crazy friend of my wife lived there for e summer with her boyfriend and said it was off the charts. Why don't we have that action in the States?

Penske_Account 07-14-2005 06:23 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
FWIW, I am annoyed by anything French -
Dissent

SlaveNoMore 07-14-2005 06:23 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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y sebastian_dangerfield
Seen the chicks in Paris? Fuuuuuck. When's the dollar going to climb enough for me to visit again? I got lots of shit to see over there. There's a freak city called Cap D'Agde where you can basically walk around naked everywhhere in town, and its a beach village. A crazy friend of my wife lived there for e summer with her boyfriend and said it was off the charts. Why don't we have that action in the States?
They all smell like cigarettes and BO. You can have 'em.

SlaveNoMore 07-14-2005 06:27 PM

Voila
 
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Gattigap
Really?
In honor of the day the French emptied the prisons and allowed - to this day - the convicts to run the country, I re-bring you:

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/03...CLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

Did you just call me Coltrane? 07-14-2005 06:32 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
They all smell like cigarettes and BO. You can have 'em.
FGOTD*

*Forrest Gump of the Day

Replaced_Texan 07-14-2005 06:38 PM

For the sisterhood
 
Ya'll see this?


O'Connor Urged to Reconsider Retirement By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
19 minutes ago



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WASHINGTON - Four female senators called Thursday for retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor to stay on the court and try for chief justice if the ailing William Rehnquist steps down.

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In a letter to O'Connor, Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and Democrats Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Barbara Boxer of California asked the nation's first female justice to consider staying on the high court if Chief Justice Rehnquist relinquishes the top spot.

SlaveNoMore 07-14-2005 06:40 PM

For the sisterhood
 
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Replaced_Texan
Ya'll see this?

O'Connor Urged to Reconsider Retirement By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
19 minutes ago
So basically, 4 Democrats asked her to stay. How nice of them.

notcasesensitive 07-14-2005 06:45 PM

For the sisterhood
 
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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Ya'll see this?


O'Connor Urged to Reconsider Retirement By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
19 minutes ago
Hey, man. She's a quitter. Taking them up on the request would be like accepting a counteroffer from your firm after you told them you were quitting. Weak. She'd never get rid of the taint with her fellow justices and who the hell would hire her after she eventually retires? But it is nice to be asked.

Tyrone Slothrop 07-14-2005 06:57 PM

For the sisterhood
 
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
So basically, 4 Democrats asked her to stay. How nice of them.
Thanks for not pretending that it's a big tent, or that moderates have a place in the party.

SlaveNoMore 07-14-2005 07:04 PM

For the sisterhood
 
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Tyrone Slothrop
Thanks for not pretending that it's a big tent, or that moderates have a place in the party.
Remind me where the pro-life Democrats were during that Boston party in '04?

Tyrone Slothrop 07-14-2005 07:13 PM

For the sisterhood
 
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Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Remind me where the pro-life Democrats were during that Boston party in '04?
I didn't see much of the convention -- maybe you should ask your friends over at DU.

ltl/fb 07-14-2005 07:20 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Although they are refueled mid-air, and not by planes from the US.

BTW, they bring a beach chair on board for the non-duty pilot to sit in while waiting for the turnaround. It's a 12 hour flight each way, or something.
I had heard, during the non-believable to me (but apparently true) story of the flying halfway around the world thing, that the pilot sleeps on the way back while the plane is on autopilot. I am happy to know that there are two people, and one is awake at all times.

Is the B-2 the same thing as the Stealth, or not so much?

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 07-14-2005 07:43 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by ltl/fb
I had heard, during the non-believable to me (but apparently true) story of the flying halfway around the world thing, that the pilot sleeps on the way back while the plane is on autopilot. I am happy to know that there are two people, and one is awake at all times.

Is the B-2 the same thing as the Stealth, or not so much?
Yeah, no autopilot (well, not while sleeping at least).

Two types of stealth--bomber and fighter. The bomber is the 12-hour one.

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 07-14-2005 07:44 PM

For the sisterhood
 
Quote:

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Remind me where the pro-life Democrats were during that Boston party in '04?
Well, oddly, Mary Landrieu might be pretty close to qualifying.

But I guess we're down to 53 votes, and probably not even a majority by your count.

Penske_Account 07-14-2005 08:35 PM

they shoot old horsegirls, don't they?
 
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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Ya'll see this?


O'Connor Urged to Reconsider Retirement By JESSE J. HOLLAND, Associated Press Writer
19 minutes ago
Forgetting about the fact that this is insane and is fully disrepectful of our constitutional process and in no way related to advice and consent, it is an incredibily rude affront to Justice O'Connor. She has served admirably for 20 plus years, the last several where, if recollection serves me, she has been considering retirement due to the fact that her husband is ill and she wants to spend his last years with him rather than working. Instead of respecting her love for her husband and family, these toothless hagged cunts impose on the sanctity of her marriage and her husband's health for their own selfish ideological reasons. The Republic has survived court vacancies and multiple court vacancies before and would do so again without having to resort to having Justice O'Connor leave her dying husbands side to re-don her robes and rescue us.

The liberals in this country should have their heads checked for a sensor of shame, because apparently, none of them have one.

sgtclub 07-14-2005 08:39 PM

they shoot old horsegirls, don't they?
 
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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Forgetting about the fact that this is insane and is fully disrepectful of our constitutional process and in no way related to advice and consent, it is an incredibily rude affront to Justice O'Connor. She has served admirably for 20 plus years, the last several where, if recollection serves me, she has been considering retirement due to the fact that her husband is ill and she wants to spend his last years with him rather than working. Instead of respecting her love for her husband and family, these toothless hagged cunts impose on the sanctity of her marriage and her husband's health for their own selfish ideological reasons. The Republic has survived court vacancies and multiple court vacancies before and would do so again without having to resort to having Justice O'Connor leave her dying husbands side to re-don her robes and rescue us.

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ltl/fb 07-14-2005 08:44 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
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Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
Yeah, no autopilot (well, not while sleeping at least).

Two types of stealth--bomber and fighter. The bomber is the 12-hour one.
Which is the triangular black one?

notcasesensitive 07-14-2005 08:50 PM

they shoot old horsegirls, don't they?
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Forgetting about the fact that this is insane and is fully disrepectful of our constitutional process and in no way related to advice and consent, it is an incredibily rude affront to Justice O'Connor. She has served admirably for 20 plus years, the last several where, if recollection serves me, she has been considering retirement due to the fact that her husband is ill and she wants to spend his last years with him rather than working. Instead of respecting her love for her husband and family, these toothless hagged cunts impose on the sanctity of her marriage and her husband's health for their own selfish ideological reasons. The Republic has survived court vacancies and multiple court vacancies before and would do so again without having to resort to having Justice O'Connor leave her dying husbands side to re-don her robes and rescue us.

The liberals in this country should have their heads checked for a sensor of shame, because apparently, none of them have one.
I thought it was sort of sweet, but I'm probably the only one who read this story and thought of the Senators asking like this:

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PLEASE DON'T GO - 09/05/1992 (by KWS)
5 weeks at #1 - 16 weeks on chart

Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Babe, I love you so
And I want you to know
That I'm going to miss your love
The minute you walk out that door
Please don't go
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Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go

Babe, I love you so
And I want you to know
That I'm going to miss your love
The minute you walk out that door
Please don't go
Don't go
Don't go away
Please don't go
Don't go
I'm begging you to stay

If you leave
At least in my lifetime
I've had one dream come true
I was blessed to be loved
By someone as wonderful as you

Please don't go
Don't go
Don't go away
Please don't go
Don't go
I'm begging you to stay
Hey, hey, hey
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Babe, I love you so
And I want you to know
That I'm gonna to miss your love
The minute you walk out that door
Please don't go
Don't go
Don't go away
Hey, hey, hey
I need your love
Down on my knees
Beggin' you please, please, please
Don't go
Don't you hear me baby
Don't you leave me now
Oh no, no don't go
Please don't go
I want you to know
That I, I, I, I love you so
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
Please don't go
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Please don't go
Please don't go
5 weeks at #1 (in UK) for that? I'm ditching this lawyer crap to become a songwriter.

Gattigap 07-14-2005 08:54 PM

they shoot old horsegirls, don't they?
 
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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Forgetting about the fact that this is insane and is fully disrepectful of our constitutional process
I agree with you that it makes little practical sense, but let's not get too self-righteous about the "disrespect to the constitutional process," whatever that means. After all, a little squinting is required, for example, to maintain that Cheney was from Wyoming and not from Texas.

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and in no way related to advice and consent,
Que? Perhaps it didn't occur in the Mural Room over cigars, but even impractical suggestions such as this one are in some way related to "advice" from the Senate.

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it is an incredibily rude affront to Justice O'Connor. She has served admirably for 20 plus years, the last several where, if recollection serves me, she has been considering retirement due to the fact that her husband is ill and she wants to spend his last years with him rather than working.
OK. I have not heard this, but am willing to indulge in what some would consider an unforgivable lapse of information-gathering, and take you at your word.

This is a good rationale for rejecting their proposal on the merits, Penske, but in order to garner the apocalyptic, spittle-casting rage endemic to GOP talking points on the issue, we really need some hyperbolic, misogynistic references here to build us up to the proper level of emotion.

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Instead of respecting her love for her husband and family, these toothless hagged cunts
Ah! Brav-o, Penske. Brav-o.

Penske_Account 07-14-2005 09:13 PM

they shoot old horsegirls, don't they?
 
Quote:

Originally posted by notcasesensitive
I thought it was sort of sweet, but I'm probably the only one who read this story and thought of the Senators asking like this:



5 weeks at #1 (in UK) for that? I'm ditching this lawyer crap to become a songwriter.
Ping! Pow!

ltl/fb 07-14-2005 09:20 PM

they shoot old horsegirls, don't they?
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Ping! Pow!
Oooooh, there are unmanned stealth thingies too.

http://www.lowobservable.com/UAV.htm

Mmmm, Burger (C.J.) 07-14-2005 09:47 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
Quote:

Originally posted by ltl/fb
Which is the triangular black one?
The batwing is the bomber. The other one is the fighter. You should know this.

Say_hello_for_me 07-14-2005 10:08 PM

Two interesting breaking news bits:
 
1.) from a Washington Post article on Finland tonight, after saying Finland has something like 5.5 million people:

"This year, according to Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara, the president of Tekes, the organization will give out nearly $540 million, or more than $10,000 for each Finnish citizen. A U.S. agency investing a comparable amount per capita would put $300 billion a year into American R&D."

Math is hard.

2.) and Rehnquist says he ain't leaving so long as his health permits him to stay (shown as breaking at the moment on CNN.com). Hey, it beats walking the malls. I hope he lives another 20 years to enjoy the continued reign of the Bush family and their successors.

dtb 07-14-2005 11:17 PM

david gregory is W's whiny little bitch
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)
The batwing is the bomber. The other one is the fighter. You should know this.
Yeah, Fringey -- even I know this.

sebastian_dangerfield 07-15-2005 12:05 AM

Worse than a Fucking Hallmark Card
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Forgetting about the fact that this is insane and is fully disrepectful of our constitutional process and in no way related to advice and consent, it is an incredibily rude affront to Justice O'Connor. She has served admirably for 20 plus years, the last several where, if recollection serves me, she has been considering retirement due to the fact that her husband is ill and she wants to spend his last years with him rather than working. Instead of respecting her love for her husband and family, these toothless hagged cunts impose on the sanctity of her marriage and her husband's health for their own selfish ideological reasons. The Republic has survived court vacancies and multiple court vacancies before and would do so again without having to resort to having Justice O'Connor leave her dying husbands side to re-don her robes and rescue us.

The liberals in this country should have their heads checked for a sensor of shame, because apparently, none of them have one.
"...and I, for one, am not going to sit here and listen to you badmouth the United States of America!" Cue Marine Anthem.

Penske_Account 07-15-2005 12:13 AM

Two interesting breaking news bits:
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me


2.) and Rehnquist says he ain't leaving so long as his health permits him to stay (shown as breaking at the moment on CNN.com). Hey, it beats walking the malls. I hope he lives another 20 years to enjoy the continued reign of the Bush family and their successors.
Sorry to break with you here Hello, but CJ REhnquist is obviously experiencing illness induced dementia. I will pray for the Lourd to call him home this weekend, before his vanity and greed corrupt a once laudible soul beyond redemption.

sebastian_dangerfield 07-15-2005 12:15 AM

Two interesting breaking news bits:
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Say_hello_for_me
1.) from a Washington Post article on Finland tonight, after saying Finland has something like 5.5 million people:

"This year, according to Veli-Pekka Saarnivaara, the president of Tekes, the organization will give out nearly $540 million, or more than $10,000 for each Finnish citizen. A U.S. agency investing a comparable amount per capita would put $300 billion a year into American R&D."

Math is hard.

2.) and Rehnquist says he ain't leaving so long as his health permits him to stay (shown as breaking at the moment on CNN.com). Hey, it beats walking the malls. I hope he lives another 20 years to enjoy the continued reign of the Bush family and their successors.
Who's your favorite Bush? My favorite is Neil, the one who fucks hookers in Japan and tanks S&Ls and marriages at the same rate most people use up Brita filters. I have his rookie card. I'll bet you're a Jeb fan. He's just dreamy. And his daughter's hot as balls. If you've got a baggy of xanax, there's an alley off South Beach where she'll suck your wand till it glistens. Lemme know... I'll PM you the coordinates.

God Save the Royal Family.

sebastian_dangerfield 07-15-2005 12:20 AM

Two interesting breaking news bits:
 
Quote:

Originally posted by Penske_Account
Sorry to break with you here Hello, but CJ REhnquist is obviously experiencing illness induced dementia. I will pray for the Lourd to call him home this weekend, before his vanity and greed corrupt a once laudible soul beyond redemption.
Is there anything sadder than the ravages of old age working their terrible wages on a mind as grand and trained in the rules that lie at the heart of our Republic? I weep, I truly weep. I've choked up so terribly I soiled my smoking jacket and ascot. How truly unlaudable. Thankfully, my dinner guests had left before I fell into this wretched unintercontinentalist state.

SlaveNoMore 07-15-2005 12:27 AM

Two interesting breaking news bits:
 
Quote:

sebastian_dangerfield
Who's your favorite Bush? My favorite is Neil, the one who fucks hookers in Japan and tanks S&Ls and marriages at the same rate most people use up Brita filters. I have his rookie card. I'll bet you're a Jeb fan. He's just dreamy. And his daughter's hot as balls. If you've got a baggy of xanax, there's an alley off South Beach where she'll suck your wand till it glistens. Lemme know... I'll PM you the coordinates.

God Save the Royal Family.
Bourbon or Scotch tonight?

Penske_Account 07-15-2005 12:28 AM

Two interesting breaking news bits:
 
Quote:

Originally posted by SlaveNoMore
Bourbon or Scotch tonight?
Both and a crack chaser.


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