Hey Fiesty-- Are you talking about the dude that came dressed for Halloween as a two-bit lawyer? Turns out it wasn't a costume. Drinks are on you? I'm there.

Several groups have marched in support of Occupy Wall Street. On Wednesday it was the Veterans Turn.

It looked something like this:

http://www.businessinsider.com/veterans-march-for-occupy-wall-street-2010-11

http://www.reuters.com/video/2011/11/02/war-veterans-join-occupy-wall-street-pro?videoId=224171339

Thank you Gentleman. You did me proud.

Your moneys no good at the Dew Drop Inn tonight and a few of you may want to stop over at The Comeback Inn and enjoy a weekends hospitality. It’s on the House.

As always my thanks and appreciation to our hosts for their time, giving me a little place to stand, a subject to comment on, a forum to put it in, and their indulgence when I don’t quite get it right or get a little off subject. I purely do appreciate it. Hope you’ll have a fine weekend and good fun among folks that you know and love. To my fellow participants keep well, keep safe, and keep the faith. We’ll make it. See you’ll next week

Drive-By hit G- 12 “What Kind Of Fool Do You Think I Am” by old Lee Roy Parnell in honor of this fellow named Herman crying in his beer over in the back room and we’ll get this little shindig started.

dude that came dressed for Halloween as a two-bit lawyer?

That would be the one Tom!

Drinks are on you? I'm there.

Pick you poison ... ;o)

Got tied up trying to get a Baseball story to Pat betty and almost missed It.........Tom turned out that two bit lawyer was a legal aide interning for the summer.

Buzz - make sure you hit C-4 'You're So Vain' in honor of Huggy Bear!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=b6UAYGxiRwU

Glad you made it Floyd! ;o)

Politics exceptionally sordid this week. But NOTHING in the news can get this Angelino down after yesterday's LA Times' wonderful headline:

"O'MALLEY WANTS DODGERS BACK"

Hey, Feisty, what do you suppose they do in the Romney household this weekend - fall back, then spring forward, then fall back again, then just pick a time at random and figure they'll be right at least twice a day?

And in case you missed my reply earlier, please tell da Bears they're more than welcome to not just snack on da "Iggles", but come back for seconds and thirds. And take a doggie bag for some leftover Michael Vick when they're done!

Uncle Redneck - Thanks for the video. I liked the signs they had about "I'm STILL serving my country". We owe them so much better for their service than what they get, and kudos to our lovely First and Second Ladies for their pretty much unheralded efforts in this regard the last few years.

Have a great weekend, everyone.

Again Fiesty congrats on asking the questions and getting them answered, relevant whether some like it or not. ; )

Pomegranate martinis sounds great right about now....send recipe my way if you get a chance! We are heading out to dinner somewhere???

A long week for sure and I must say the failure of the jobs bill yesterday was disappointing to say the least.

Cheers everyone and let's hope next week brings better news...but enough news to keep the terrific reporters here busy! Thanks for keeping us informed First Read.

BTW My day went terrible as we had a major appliance quit working so I'm outta here to get a drink and some good food.

IR and Fiesty -- Keep the trolls away, lol

And take a doggie bag for some leftover Michael Vick when they're done!

Thanks JoAnne!

And thanks again for your post this morning on where you were 3 years ago today!

It put a big smile on my face the entire day!

YES WE CAN - YES WE DID & YES WE WILL!

My day went terrible as we had a major appliance quit working

Thanks again DCIA - tell me it wasn't the washing machine, will ya?

Cheers!

I wish, just let me say it's a little chilly in my house right now! Yikes! A few thousand dollars later.....oh well better now than say Jan or Feb. What's football without a coat eh? LOL : )

OUCH!

My A/C went out in July last summer when we were in the middle of the heat wave with temps over 100!

To make matters worse, we had a storm that Friday night & lost power which in turn tripped our circuit breaker for our sump pumps!

Woke up to 6"s of water in my basement & NO AIR! GRRR!

I totally feel your pain...

Enjoy your dinner & libations!

I suspect Dominco is out checking poll sampling.

But hey you all catch the Obama Friday News Dump today? More fun from team "uh, yeah, you know when I said most transparent president ever and Bush was a big fat idiot for using executive privilege"

Yep - that nasty Solyndra Subpoena? Nope, now way no how.

Transparency - OUT.

Executive Privilege - IN!

Ah, but the poor guy is in kind of a pickle, what with all he said about Bush, so he just can't bring himself to say executive privilege. But we all know what he means, the big silly.

So come on gang let's all google Obama/executive privilege.

Cause see Bush used it regarding documents concerning a war - you know actual national security interests.

This here is Obama wasted $ 1/2 a billion, which he gave to his friend George Kaiser, which was facilitated by the DOE whore whose wife worked at the law firm that got a $2 million fee.

Seems like national security issues, right?

This most certainly is the Change we had been Hoping for, right?

Happy Friday. It really doesn't get more comical than this.

I'm solo tonite, so for dinner I decided to cook whatever was left in the refrigerator all in one meal, before going food shopping tomorrow. (I hate to waste food!) Worst.dinner.ever. I covered the whole thing with tons of ketchup, salt & pepper, assuming that would help.

It didn't. LoL.

I covered the whole thing with tons of ketchup, salt & pepper,

Tabasco Pat - it's the spice of life & good for the soul! ;o)

Worst.dinner.ever

Pizza sounds good right about now!

PS: Stinky you belligerent snaggle tooth troll - go find someone elses porch to CRAP on! You are NOT welcome on mine!

Romney the Con Man - He Ain't Kidding Anyone But Himself

Mitt Romney’s problem with the Republican Party is not just that he previously held liberal positions on a wide-ranging array of issues. That can be explained away, at least a bit, as pandering necessary to win votes in a Democratic state. The deeper problem is that Romney was promising behind closed doors to act as essentially a sleeper agent within the Republican Party, adopting liberal stances, rising to national prominence, and thereby legitimizing them and transforming the Party from within. Today’s Washington Post has more detail...

"Mitt Romney was firm and direct with the abortion rights advocates sitting in his office nine years ago, assuring the group that if elected Massachusetts governor, he would protect the state’s abortion laws.

Then, as the meeting drew to a close, the businessman offered an intriguing suggestion — that he would rise to national prominence in the Republican Party as a victor in a liberal state and could use his influence to soften the GOP’s hard-line opposition to abortion.

He would be a “good voice in the party” for their cause, and his moderation on the issue would be “widely written about,” he said, according to detailed notes taken by an officer of the group, NARAL Pro-Choice Massachusetts.

“You need someone like me in Washington,” several participants recalled Romney saying that day in September 2002, an apparent reference to his future ambitions."

That’s a very smart argument. Liberals have far more to gain by having a Republican advocate their views than by having a Democrat advocate their views. The article proceeds to detail meetings in which Romney told gay-rights activists the same thing:

• In an Aug. 25, 1994, interview with Bay Windows, a gay newspaper in Boston, he offered this pitch, according to excerpts published on the paper’s Web site: “There’s something to be said for having a Republican who supports civil rights in this broader context, including sexual orientation. When Ted Kennedy speaks on gay rights, he’s seen as an extremist. When Mitt Romney speaks on gay rights he’s seen as a centrist and a moderate.

Now, conservatives can live with this if they think that once in office Romney will have to watch out for his right flank at all times. "Having flipped, he could not flop without risking a conservative revolt," writes former Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson. "As a result, conservatives would have considerable leverage over a Romney administration."

That’s not crazy. It’s also possible to believe Romney was simply conning liberals all along — that’s something he has hinted at in debates, referencing the fact that he was running in Massachusetts. (He couldn’t oppose abortion in Massachusetts — he’s running for office, for Pete’s sake.) Of course the risk of nominating a con artist is that there’s always the chance he’s conning you.

nymag.com

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The Sting. Robert Redford & Paul Newman. Now these two con men you could vote for - easily.

Romney? He's corporate. It's where all the con men do their con jobs on we the people. One day he panders to the left. The next day he panders to the Tea Party crowd.

And thus is born OWS.

Feisty, yup - I'll have to remember that. Thanks.

Hello WEEKEND!

1. JoAnne, that was hysterical,...

2. Feisty, we have this great Stearns and Foster mattress and we always flip it when the clock changes,...so for those who flip their mattress - now's as good a time as any.

3. DCIA and Feisty, darn it you went and ruined a perfectly good "spin cycle" joke by revealing that it wasn't the washer.

4. Mr. Redneck, I am still at the office (darn SEC reporting and all); but do you think you and Buzz can load the jukebox up? I am looking at G14 - Because the Night (natalie merchant and the maniacs, if you please) and maybe a little something for the whining campaigner as he bids adieu to the city he can't wait to occupy - The Falling Kind by Vedera I think it is over at L3. Here's a sample of lyrics:

Should we even wonder why our hearts are torn?

Why our image is based on this broken city?
Should we ask ourselves why our lungs breathe in sickness?

Innocence is seen as weakness, laughter at as naïve.
And it's these things that hold you down when they're supposed to keep you safe and sound.

And it's these things you claim to believe don't let them be the ones you forever try to please.
It's a scene that leaves you cold but why choose anything else and lose your place in line? May I ask one thing, how do you think this will work out?

You are no more well-liked than those who have been betrayed
And it's these things that hold you down when they're supposed to keep you safe and sound and it's these things you claim to believe don't let them be the ones you forever try to please
Look at you now Look at you now
And it's these things that hold you down when they're supposed to keep you safe and sound. And it's these things you claim to believe don't let them be the ones you forever try to please.

Okay, Thanks Dom, Mark and Ali - Great week, and to a good weekend that it sounds like some of you will be working through,...don't you just love campaign season?

I'm making some sausage, kale and cannelini bean soup,...Feisty, can you get the cornbread? It's a Fall crisp, soup kind of night. Pat, there's plenty if you get hungry later!

Thanks Clara. Sounds delicious!!

I love a good game of tennis. I love it even more when libbies play it. The running all over the court of republican candidates is absolutely hilarious. Each day it's a thrill to watch who is going to get knocked over the net. Romney, Perry, Bachman, Cain, Gingrich, Santorum.... so many to choose from... so many ways to knock that ball back.

While the libbies are playing their game of who can dis who the hardest, the White House is falling apart... and the libbies aren't even recognizing it. Of course, the libbies have all the main stream media on their side.... many television networks, papers, magazines... these bastions of liberal information to feed the hearts and minds of liberaldom... Meanwhile back at the farm... the real world moves on. Obama has serious problems and the liberals don't even see it... Couldn't have happened to a better socialist leader. Tick tock liberals.. tick tock.

We have no Week Ahead This Week, no GOP Iowa straw poll and no GOP Debate. What's up?

btw, there's a funny cartoon over @ The Obama Diary - a couple is watching tv and they see on their screen -

Coming up: The next GOP Debate and the Mrs. says - Why do the Republicans keep running these Obama campaign commercials? LoL.

[It really doesn't get more comical than this.]

That's why First Read keeps you around, Jr...good job!

Mark in SoCal, it is true!!!!

Peter O'Malley. Fred Claire. Steve Garvey. Orel Hershiser. All Dodger greats, and in the last week, all became prospective LOS ANGELES DODGER owners.

The Dodgers may have drawn minimal interest the last time they were put up for sale, but the field figures to be deeper and more competitive this time around.

It would be great if the groups work together or join forces eventually! The sooner the ownership issue is ended, the faster the Dodgers can start winning again!

GO DODGERS!

Hi miked,

Yeah, baby, there is cautious optimism in Dodgerville. SO encouraging to see those great names being put forward as prospective owners. Hell, I'd be happy to see Mark Cuban buy the team! We have a very good nucleus and with good ownership and a good general manager (see ya, Ned.......) the Dodgers can go all the way. 1988 was so, so long ago.....

I live an easy 20 minutes from Dodger Stadium. I drive right past the Stadium Way exit off I5 to and from work. It is easy for me to go to Dodger games, and I do frequently - except this year, painful as it was, I stayed away all season.

Mark,

I'm from Reno, now live in Vegas (most of my Reno friends are Giants fans (yeah, I know like dogs sleeping with cats, but all bets are off when the teams face each other then it get's nasty). Every time one of them visits us in Vegas we make them watch a tape I have of game 1 of the 1988 series against Oakland! lol!

Every season we try and catch at least one Dodger game in LA. Now that the Dodger's take their spring training in Glendale, AZ we plan on vacationing there every Spring. We saw a Dodger/Cubs preseason game last March at the new stadium they share with the White Sox! What a great venue, I recommend you try it too!

I was living in LA that year and I will never forget that series. Kirk Gibson pumping his arm as he rounded the bases. So awesome,...

Republicans have their script; they just need to pick the person to deliver it. It will portray Obama as a failed leader who backs away when challenged and who doesn't understand what it takes to create jobs and spur business investment.

Excuse me, but don't these GOP/TP presidential "hopefuls" need to be somewhat qualified, and at least somewhat scandal-free? And just as important, don't they need to run FOR something? No one is interested in unfounded bashing of an opponent. We want to know what solutions Teapublicans stand for.

What real and viable plan does the GOP/TP have "to create jobs and spur business investment" that we haven't done for the past 10 years plus with complete failure? Which one of these candidates has foreign policy credentials other than Huntsman or consistency other than Ron Paul? Come on!

The lack of trust toward government is no greater than the lack of trust of Wall Street and Big Business. And the negative view of politicians is greater for Teapublicans in congress than for any other branch or Party. The REAL reason pundits are predicting a close 2012 election is because just like the Teapublicans in congress, their supporters have a pact and nothing else matters to them.

Come one fellow Americans, of course it is a pact -- Even more than unconstitutional pledges to outside lobbyist Norquist. At what other time in history has one Party voted unanimously against everything? There has always been at least some dissent, either to represent constituents (e.g., Republicans in Maine or Democrats in the south) or at least voting one's conscience.

Zero votes, 100% of Teapublicans against 100% of legislation is a dead give-away that the GOP/TP is playing politics at the expense of our country. It's deplorable, even treasonous--Throw the uncompromising Teapublican anarchists out.

Why worry about any republican qualification? After all, Obama had NONE! At least most of the republicans have had a lot more experience than Obama could ever dream of. Qualification questions from an Obama supporter is rather a mute point.

Love baseball. Thanks, I'll check it out.

Thanks for the two buck, excessivelyperky, and welcome to the Dew Drop Inn. Come back when you can stay, won't you?

Steve,

Here's wishing you a nice weekend too!

And thanks for mentioning Veteran's Day on November 11th! My husband and I do a lot of volunteer work for Veteran groups and will be very busy in the next week.

God Bless!

A veteran is someone who at one point in his life

wrote a blank check made payable to: The United

States of America for an amount of - up to and

including his life ! Author unknown

I'm a veteran and proud of it !!!!

Veteran's Day, November 11, 2011 Help honor those who honor the USA!

SteveH: Want to list for me what "high crimes and misdemeanors" this President has committed? Or is it simply that he is a Democratic President, of color and you and your ilk can't stand it?

Quit using veteran status. A fool is a fool. Doesn't matter if he or she served or not. Real vets, who love this country, support this President.

Oh, Stevie, one more thing: You have to be INVITED to the Dew Drop Inn.

Gave you the star vote George Hayduke. VietNam Vet here. Honor to all veterans!

Thank you to all who have served; but service should not be partisan.

My daughter has friends who are twins who will be 11 on 11-11-11,...they are doing a Golden Birthday celebration.

Also, their school is celebrating the veterans. Should be a good week.

Outstanding, Clara!

newdogday, I would guess 'Stevie', like me would not accept any invitation to the dew drop inn except to confirm that feisty's face would stop a wild boar in its tracks and her voice could cut down a tree! And please confirm that I can't be accepted into her fan club. I still have a soul and want to keep it!

Real Vets support the Executive Office, just not the current occupant!

I will toast your thoughts next week George Hayduke! And long live peaceful disobedience to corporate tyranny!

Poor little Jimmy: what you don't know is that your post makes you part of Feisty's Troll Club. Those poor little fellows who follow Feisty around, largely because they are afraid of powerful women. It is always amusing to see the little guys, they simply can't handle that Feisty is as popular as she is, as quick with a thought and with rapier wit. All the singular graces that the Troll Club lacks. But, I see Jimmy, that you aren't even "Feisty worthy", she will not deign to notice you, which I know drives you crazy.

As to the Dew Drop Inn? There are bouncers. We are very selective about who comes in, though we have some folks on the right that have been welcomed many times. You just won't be one of them. Pity, that.

To be welcome at the Dew Drop Inn, you must be capable of thoughtful debate. So, I am afraid you don't qualify.

As to vets? The ones worthy of respect are those who remember why they fight. To insure freedom for all, agree or disagree. I guess you fail at that too!

This President is the Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. Do not forget that.

newdogday, now I understand... you are both a carrot top wannabe and her lapdog all wrapped up in a bundle of socialist crap and confusion, lol. Do you clean up after her too pray tell :)

Thanks anyway though for acknowledging her new moniker: 'carrot top' , named after the comedian whose style is to get folks to laugh at him, not with him! You must be her prop, eh? Vet? My arse!

Oh my, little Jimmy, still trying I see. You must be very upset to only be able to come up with the banal things that we generally see from the trolls, including "socialist". Someday, one of you will figure out what that word actually means and use it correctly.

But, thanks for validating what I said. You are very bothered by powerful women.

And remember, this President is Commander of Chief and you owe respect.