A number 4 combo with pepper jack please
Suzie-Q and I were on our way back home from our favorite fast food place. It is the one where the employees are always pleasant and are quick to respond that it was their pleasure to serve you if you should offer them a thank you. They will grab your tray if you are finished or drop by your table and offer to refill your drink. Their spicy chicken deluxe sandwich with pepper jack cheese along with waffle shaped fries is very good and Suzie-Q loves their milkshakes. It is the place where the owner stated unapologetically that he accepted the Biblical definition for marriage. It is the place where the planned liberal boycott had the reverse affect. I reckon the moral of that story is that you should not try to come between us and our chicken sandwiches and maybe what we believe as well.
You cannot change hearts or minds with a bludgeon. In Denver they are still applying the philosophy that says if you have them by the short hairs, or some other part of the anatomy, their hearts and minds will follow. The Denver City Council, while ruling over its piece of the serfdom of legal pot heads, has decided to block Chik-fil-A’s bid for a concession at the Denver airport because their owner accepts the Biblical definition of marriage. There is nothing like a little liberal fascism to make America work better.
Anyway we were sitting at a traffic light, yes we do have some of those in Wild and Wonderful, in our overly computerized automobile. Have you read any of the stories about hackers taking control of automobiles? Makes you pine for the days before all of that stuff. That is a discussion or another day perhaps, while we are considering how to survive the apocalypse.
There we were at the light. I reached over and grabbed my drink from the cup holder, which is too near the gear shift, to get that last swig of watery coke from the bottom. I only got air when I pulled on the straw. So I did what you do. I grabbed the straw and started poking around in the ice. I poked so well that the straw went right through the bottom of the cup. I became aware of this about the time the remnants of the icy drink made contact with my groin. It is safe to say at that point the cooled front seats became unnecessary. A least we were stopped at the light and Suzie-Q came to my rescue. Besides, we still had time at the light because when the light changed the guy in front of us was fully engaged with his smart phone. I did not honk the horn, but the several cars behind me that did not make the light certainly did. Technology is making great contributions to our daily lives, is it not?
The bottom falling out of that drink cup made me think about Mrs. Clinton’s presidential campaign. What do you reckon Slick Willie and Barry O talked about during their golf came? Willie was either in the begging mode or he was explaining about the things he knows that Barry O does not want the rest of the world to hear about. And Barry probably countered with I know some stuff too. Whatever transpired, it does not appear to have altered the Rainbow house war on the Clintons. The golf course summit apparently did not result in a peace deal. Maybe they should have brought along Genghis Johnny. He is such an accomplished negotiator. Just ask him.
The progressive media is so zeroed in on the establishment Republicrats trying to torpedo Trump and Cruz that they are willfully ignoring the battle to the death in their own beloved party. Chris Matthews has noticed. As the tingle leaves his legs, he declared that if Hillary drops out of the election he will shut down his television program. Hey Chris here’s a little acronym for you from my younger days. WHOGAS!
Anticipating the Biden Warren ticket? As I said before, be wary of the one who swoops in to save the party. The same goes for the pachyderms. Let us just hope that when the parties finish taking one another out that we are not left to cast another meaningless vote. If that happens then another acronym is appropriate. BOHICA.
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BOHICA indeed. I’m still convinced that Jeb Bush is the GOP insiders’ pick for the ticket just like Bob Dole, McCain and Romney were, and Trump has made them shit themselves! I see the boycott that the left has called for on that chain as a guarantee that I won’t have to endure the presence of smelly-assed anti-American liberal fleabags in there while I enjoy my meal. Even better, that chain has become the Number One fast food chain in the USA since the left screeched about it!
Your car is the reason I still drive a dinosaur, JD, and probably will for some years to come. Remember that ‘cash for clunkers’ deal a while back? I’ll bet some of those who fell for that are regretting their decisions now.
AS TO the coming elections, this is going to be a circus of epic proportions. I may have a TV line installed by the time it begins to heat up next spring, but over the winter, I believe there will some things happen that will shift the attention away from Trump and onto the real issues. Just a gut feeling, nothing else.
Don’t touch that dial. The best conflict is yet to come.
Oh, yeah – if Chris Matthews had TNT for a brain, he wouldn’t have enough to blow his nose.
To your first point, re the chicken joint. Smdh.
I know I’m not going to win any friends around here but I’m a “pro gay marriage” “foxhole atheist”.
But above all I’m a diehard capitalist American that loves Freedom. And waffle fries.
Just goes to show that some people never leave the sandbox.
Roh-Dog, no one here is going to slam you for your beliefs, as long as you respect the beliefs of others. For example, you favor gay marriage and are a self professed foxhole atheist. I don’t have a dog in the gay marriage fight, as neither my wife or I play for that team, and the only time I was in something resembling a foxhole was in SERE, where I was too cold and hungry to have much theology in mind.
Now the poo-throwing monkeys who show up here on occasion are fair game.
Oh, it’s no worry, Roh-Dog. I’m a self-professed hippie leftist douchebag, but I’ve yet to get into a spat with any of the posters here for fact that the vast majority of us are adults who can have a rational conversation on things.
And that why I keep coming back! I’d rather have an intelligent conversation about differences than be subject to the banality of group-think.
Hey, watch who you’re calling an adult…
Those are fighting words to some of us sworn adolescents…
I did say “vast majority”.
As long as you cover your sector of fire during the fight, we don’t care if you pray to Budda, any of the gods of Shinto or the Hindu religion, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, or to your weapon’s magazine in hopes that it doesn’t need to be swapped when they are close enough to throw grenades at us.
We are fairly open in our beliefs, and only engage with lethal snark when people get terminal stupidity.
AS TO Chris Matthews saying he’ll shut down his show, I say “DEEDS, NOT WORDS”. Remember all the snotnosed liberal celebrities that promised they’d leave the USA if GW Bush got elected? Not a one of them did what they said they would.
Bit of trivia for you API.
That was the motto of 2/22 Infantry, 1st BCT, 10th Mtn Division when I was with them back in the 1990’s.
off topic, but triple deuce and 3-17 Cav hated each other back in the mid 90s. I remember quiet a few fights with the grunts, lol.
I too frequent my local awesome-chicken-sandwich establishment, not because of their politics, but because, as I once told one fat cow as I was standing in the line in the mall waiting to order and she was shouting at me for daring to give them my money because of bla-bla-bla…. “Lady, I don’t give a flying fuck if they were into supporting Dwarven Slavery, THIS SHIT IS DELICIOUS!!”
According to Baggins and Baggins, dwarves are made such that even magic rings won’t enslave them.
Chris Matthews is a shitbag.
When it comes to the “fast food – $15 an hour” argument, those kids at Chik-Filet are the only ones who may deserve it. The rest of the fast food places oughta be paying ME to put up with their arogant, clueless staffs.
Go Trump. (I also voted for Perot…)
I deployed to A-stan as an E4 and got paid far less than the $15 an hour those fleabag slugs are demanding. Given the automation available to fast food franchises these days I’m sure we’ll hear and see this more often: “YOU’RE demanding $15 an hour to cook fast food? Meet your replacement, they just finished the installation, *BEEP, *CLICK*, *WHIRrrrr*… Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!”
It wouldn’t be too difficult to get kiosks to take orders, but they still need people to cook the food & bag it up.
…So we’re probably looking at very expensive hamburgers in those cities, fewer stores, or both. Probably the latter as labor is a large proportion of any food establishment.
Not anymore Casey, the latest cooking robots package the food as well. I remember eating at a McGunk in the late nineties that had a robot cooking fries, it took them from the freezer, cooked and dumped them as well, and the packaging was done by a person, something mechanically done nowadays. Said machines won’t slack off, call in sick, or quit without notice!
Say what you will about Trump, he stirred the pot. It needed to be stirred. Things have become stagnant and you know what happens when a pond becomes stagnant, don’t you? One astute observer elsewhere has said the radical right has been rising in Europe (and here) for a while and is no longer holding back.
I think Trump’s an arrogant attention hog, but he is serving a purpose that even he can’t see.
Buckle your seatbelts, boys. It’s gonna be a bumpy ride.
I concur Ex-PH2, the mainstream GOP has been ignoring a lot of issues while trying to become “Democrat light” and Trump has been like a lit flare thrown into a pile of dry brush!
I was ambushed by a Boy Scout troop in front of the Commissary the other day- my co-worker and is the Scout Master- and I bought a huge box of microwave popcorn packets.
I think it was a wise investment, as this is going to be good.
Trump is -politically speaking- a waste of time, but he can be entertaining. I cite his reaction to some dimwit “journalist” who tried to argue with him about the term “anchor babies” in evidence.
That’s one thing I liked about Gingrich; he was willing to push back against attempts to frame the narrative.
And in a related note: Marine General has problem with Chinese takeout.
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2015/08/23/retired-four-star-general-jailed-over-chinese-takeout.html?comp=7000023317843&rank=3
Poor guy’s cheese is slipping off his cracker.
Eh, that’s a army general. Marines don’t wear rank insignia on their k-pots or camo covers.
What gives here? 4 stars to a man accumulate a pretty substantial amount of wealth when they hang up the uniform (apart from their pension). From what I understand job offers pour in by the dozens from Fortune 500s, defense establishments, think tanks, and academia…I don’t think they even have to bother with a resume. Guys like Ray Odierno & Bill McRaven sign million dollar job offers even before the ink dries on their retirement paperwork. Seems like GEN Livesey for whatever reason must have fallen on hard times (divorce, financial mismanagement).
Mugshot…terrible getting old.
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/retired-4-star-general-food-fight-delivery-man-article-1.2330367
That’s not just age. Poor bugger looks like he climbed in a bottle and stayed there.
“It is the place where the owner stated unapologetically that he accepted the Biblical definition for marriage.”
Actually, if you read 1 Corinthians 7, Paul talks about how it’s better NOT to marry. How is that for a biblical definition? ?
As for me, I’m single but am lusting after our female VA nurses (I’m a VA Volunteer on weekends). They are the greatest and work in a very stressful environment. I can’t say enough good about our nurses. And they appreciate this old retired Army MSG coming in to help out as needed.
All of this realization came about because the bottom fell out of your drink? Watch out peoples of high city, fast food joints won’t have proper beverage holders until well after the election if I have anything to say about it. This ice cold wisdom is desperatly needed!
Don’t blame modern tech for everything, JD. Especially when it’s used by idiots. That’s not the machine’s fault.
“iPhones don’t annoy people. Jerks annoy people.”
Maybe it’s time to go back to cooking our own food??
Supposedly the superb taste in those sandwiches is due to a pre-cooking marinade in pickle juice. I don’t care if flying monkeys piss on the meat if that’s where the taste comes from.
In other news, Jack in the Box is banning not just open carry but all concealed carry on their premises… damn, and I used to love my annual Ultimate Cheeseburger.
USPS just on an appeal on the same subject – be aware that even driving onto USPS property carrying concealed is now illegal. Highly ironic given the original meaning of the term “going postal” – it was the USPS workers, not customers, who were cause for alarm.
Maybe I should have went during happy hour, I had an expectation for the food to be great, but it was just satisfactory what I liked the most was the COCONUT SHRED SHRIMP, I had also got the pretzel chicken combo, not bad, but as most of the sandwiches at a restaurant are for me it was too messy to eat. Also there’s only street parking.