Tammy Has Errands Open Thread

by Tammy on April 13, 2006
Posted in: Open Thread

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Charlotte Rampling, circa 1988, for obvious reasons

I have a few things to do this afternoon which will keep me away from my trusty Powerbook, so in the meantime, here’s your Open Thread where you Tammy Blog readers far and wide can post about whatever you would like. If you’re going to include a link in your comment please use www.tinyurl.com to shorten your link. Long links freak out Moveable Type and whack out the page design and layout. And we can’t have that now, can we?

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  1. XWL says:
    April 13, 2006 at 12:57

    (first let me get over the thought of sexing up Charlotte Rampling back in ’88 when I was just 19, what she could have taught me then, *sigh* OK, I’m done)

    May I humbly suggest that given current world events, (not to mention these other crazies) that it’s time to go with Ben Franklin’s flag suggestion, the Gadsden Flag (‘Don’t Tread on Me’ with snake).

    May I also point your readers to my post regarding the suggestion for a new US Flag coming from the left side of the blogosphere.

    That’s all, a bit of thought provocation, self promotion, and lefty window-licker derision for this open thread.

    One last thing, I thought I’d borrow from Pres. Bush’s 2002 State of the Union Address(for obvious reasons)

    ” But some governments will be timid in the face of terror. And make no mistake about it: If they do not act, America will. (Applause.)

    Our second goal is to prevent regimes that sponsor terror from threatening America or our friends and allies with weapons of mass destruction. Some of these regimes have been pretty quiet since September the 11th. But we know their true nature. North Korea is a regime arming with missiles and weapons of mass destruction, while starving its citizens.

    Iran aggressively pursues these weapons and exports terror, while an unelected few repress the Iranian people’s hope for freedom.

    Iraq continues to flaunt its hostility toward America and to support terror. The Iraqi regime has plotted to develop anthrax, and nerve gas, and nuclear weapons for over a decade. This is a regime that has already used poison gas to murder thousands of its own citizens — leaving the bodies of mothers huddled over their dead children. This is a regime that agreed to international inspections — then kicked out the inspectors. This is a regime that has something to hide from the civilized world.

    States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. By seeking weapons of mass destruction, these regimes pose a grave and growing danger. They could provide these arms to terrorists, giving them the means to match their hatred. They could attack our allies or attempt to blackmail the United States. In any of these cases, the price of indifference would be catastrophic.

    We will work closely with our coalition to deny terrorists and their state sponsors the materials, technology, and expertise to make and deliver weapons of mass destruction. We will develop and deploy effective missile defenses to protect America and our allies from sudden attack. (Applause.) And all nations should know: America will do what is necessary to ensure our nation’s security.

    We’ll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side. I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as peril draws closer and closer. The United States of America will not permit the world’s most dangerous regimes to threaten us with the world’s most destructive weapons. (Applause.)

    Our war on terror is well begun, but it is only begun. This campaign may not be finished on our watch — yet it must be and it will be waged on our watch. “

    (a final aside, anyone who claims that the removal of Iraq from the above list of three countries limits our options against the other two, is full of crap)

  2. predoc says:
    April 13, 2006 at 15:29

    Tammy, I’m glad you’ve provided an open thread, because I do have something I need to tell you. Beginning tomorrow, I will be unable to benefit from your insight for several days. You see, I work for a school system, and we break for spring next week. I’ll be traveling to a location (in Indiana, the heartland) that has no terresterial station with the wisdom to broadcast your radio show, and internet access is also unavailable. Now that you’re no longer carried via satellite, I have no avenues at all by which to hear you. Furthermore, cable is unavailable, so I will be unable to catch you on Fox News next Monday in your tailored blue blazer / Fredericks of Hollywood attire. I tell you this not so you’ll feel sorry for me, but simply to say please, pretty please with sugar on top, either return to satellite or archive your shows. Please. I beg of you.

  3. Airdale says:
    April 13, 2006 at 16:28

    Ms. Rampling was a most handsome woman indeed.

  4. jla says:
    April 13, 2006 at 18:36

    Your blog is metamorphosing into The Sun.
    If you paginated the topics you could feature a Pg. 3 Girl.

    Today was the anniversary of Thomas Jefferson’s birth, (unless you follow the Julian calendar and remembered the Sage o’Monticello on the 2nd).

    Yet, nary a word here about our second greatest-ever President.

  5. Tink says:
    April 13, 2006 at 19:07

    I just wanted to say Happy Easter and have a great weekend to everyone.

    Spring is in bloom, the weather is warm, and I’m looking forward to working in the yard and around the house tommorrow—while I listen to Tammy of course! I’ll be sure to turn my radio up loud so the neighbors can hear. :o)

  6. Talkin Horse says:
    April 14, 2006 at 02:03

    I seem to be an obsessive worrier by nature, and sometimes I think I’d better bury my head in the sand (à la South Park) just to keep from imploding. Is the news really threatening, or is it just presented in a sensationalistic way so as to raise our collective blood pressure? I need a few moments of escapism. Can someone arrange to send in Nastassja Kinski to bring me a plate of cheesecake and give me a Swedish massage? Is that too much to ask for? (The cognoscenti may note my obscure reference to the antics of one Giant Purple Snorklewacker. And this is fitting indeed, for without the assistance of the Giant Purple Snorklewacker in my closet, I would have long since been institutionalized.)

  7. mythusmage says:
    April 14, 2006 at 16:59

    Talkin’ Horse, the purpose of journalists is not to inform the public, te purpose of journalists is to sell ad space. The more readers they can garner for their medium, the easier it becomes to sell ad space. The more ads space that gets bought the more money the medium makes, and the larger the bonuses and paychecks journalists earn. So the next time you hear about some isolated bombing incident in Iraq, remember that it’s not your knowledge of the world the outlet was interested in, it’s the ads you looked at.

  8. bobster says:
    April 15, 2006 at 18:56

    I think one of the best things Osama can do to further his cause is to NOT attack us. At this point, the left, the media, the retired generals, the anti-christians, the professional politicians, the militant illegal aliens are attacking this country and it is eating its’ young. Osama doesn’t have to do anything to us, we are doing it to oursleves. In fact, one of the best things to happen is if we were attacked again. Then there would be unity, focus, patriotism and the moonbats would be silenced for a while again. Sad but I think it is true.

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