A New Era

LOVE the photo!
Future woman holding up Yemaya!

PS “She had a hat”.
Hope youre enjoying an outstanding vacation, Murphy and family!!

Impressive resume for Martha Coakley.

Repost from downstairs for CJK:

good morning ((((((pumaland)))

CJK: I hope your around this morning, or today.

sorry, had to close up shop, that’s why I had to go:

In answer to your question: Yes, I’m very good with
spreadsheets, not as creative as DANCES, but accounting is
my Life’s work—bores the hell out of me,

Will send upstairs, if you don’t catch this quick enough

Good God…. please no Barney Frank… go Martha!

vwade 08.26.09 at 10:47 am

I’m sure the Kennedy Insiders have already hand-picked his successor, and I’m sure it won’t be a woman!

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I am sure you are right!

HP Boston 08.26.09 at 11:01 am

vwade 08.26.09 at 10:47 am

I’m sure the Kennedy Insiders have already hand-picked his successor, and I’m sure it won’t be a woman!

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I am sure you are right!

————————–I say this b/c the “party” will be behind their pick with all the “party” might they have in Massachusetts! We are the east coast of Chigago!

HP Boston
You have email.
Thanks, DWP.

My Goddess the Onslaught of sexism they will throw at Coakley will be terrible, another heartbreaker!
The dems in control of Mass have never “let” any woman become part of the leadership. For all the touting of progressive Democratic spewing…..women are not welcome.

Tht’s an IV drip in his arm

Ohhh I think Mary Jo sent him many a painfull kidney stone…woot woot

Byrd wants health bill renamed for Kennedy

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the only senator to have served longer than the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), mourned his friend Wednesday, saying his “heart and soul weeps.”

Byrd said he hoped healthcare reform legislation in the Senate would be renamed in memoriam of Kennedy.

“I had hoped and prayed that this day would never come,” Byrd said in a statement. “My heart and soul weeps at the lost of my best friend in the Senate, my beloved friend, Ted Kennedy.”

http://briefingroom.thehill.com/2009/08/26/byrd-wants-health-bill-renamed-for-kennedy/

Mornin’ PUMAs – isn’t it amazing how someone who was kicked out of Harvard for cheating, had a drunken party with his nephew resulting in the rape of a young woman, killed a woman & notified the cops a day later is now being lionized, adored all over the world, etc. etc. etc. – most telling statement was “he wasn’t considered teh sharpest knife in the Kennedy drawer but he grew into his position – bullshit – he just learned how to play the fuckin’ political game – he’s dead – let him go – the tv coverage is ad nauseum – will go watch the food channel and see if I learn how to cook something different – BTW – went to farmer’s market this am for fresh veggies – bakery that makes artisan breads has my favoritee – cranberry walnut raisin bread – yummy – but they also had a cheddar jalapeno round loaf – just tried it toasted – oh boy – good

Just heard on news that teddie is gonna be buried at Arlington – thought that was for military? when did he serve?

If I could vote in MA – I would vote for martha too – get the women in office…………………………if she were elected, ole teddie would probably roll over in his grave……..

Apparently there was a women’s rights demonstration in 1970, which probably pushed the Women’s Equality Day legislation in 1971.

http://www.nwhp.org/resourcecenter/equalityday.php

#26 Resolution, not legislation, to be exact.

Susie FYI

AMERICAN COMMUNITY SURVEY

Respondents are required to answer all questions on the American Community Survey (ACS) to the best of their ability. Response to this and other Census surveys is required by law (Section 221 of Title 13, Chapter 7, United States Code). This chapter also contains information regarding offenses and possible penalties. According to Section 221, persons who do not respond shall be fined not more than $100. Title 18 U.S.C. Section 3571 and Section 3559, in effect amends Title 13 U.S.C. Section 221 by changing the fine for anyone over 18 years old who refuses or willfully neglects to complete the questionnaire or answer questions posed by census takers from a fine of not more than $100 to not more than $5,000.

The Census Bureau may use the information it collects only for statistical purposes. Title 13 requires the Census Bureau to keep all information about you, and all other respondents, strictly confidential. Any Census Bureau employee who violates these provisions is subject to a fine up to $250,000, a prison sentence up to five years, or both.

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/SQuest09.pdf

Bush 41 on Death of Kennedy, a Public Service Award Recipient

George H.W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States, released a statement early Wednesday morning on the death of Senator Edward Kennedy

“While we didn’t see eye-to-eye on many political issues through the years, I always respected his steadfast public service – so much so, in fact, that I invited him to my library in 2003 to receive the Bush Award for Excellence in Public Service,” President Bush said.

“Ted Kennedy was a seminal figure in the United States Senate – a leader who answered the call to duty for some 47 years, and whose death closes a remarkable chapter in that body’s history.”

Kennedy was the first American to receive the Bush Award. In November 2003, the Massachusetts Democrat received the honor from the former president at the Texas A&M-based library.

“We are not here to celebrate a partisan ideology,” Mr. Bush said that evening, “but rather, the steadfast public service of a seminal figure in the U.S. Senate, and by extension, his remarkable family.”

The senator had, just before the award’s presentation, levied criticism at the 43rd and then-current president, George W. Bush, the son of the first President Bush.

Bush 41, as he is often referred to now, would make light of the senator’s comments at the award’s presentation when he asked Kennedy, “Be nice to my son, will you?”

http://www.kbtx.com/home/headlines/54903842.html

michelina 08.26.09 at 12:34 pm

I’m thinkin’ maybe PUMA PAC might start a legal fund for any who may ‘conscientiously object’ to filling out the questionnaires (unconstitutional invasion of privacy), so that we might be prepared to fight legal battles (e.g., bail) for those who might happen to be thrown in the clink ’cause they can’t pay the fine???

Do we know who’s actually paying for/attending/staging the 500 nationwide events to push Obamacare that Organizing for America has planned for the next few weeks? Is it Axelrove’s ‘former’ company, the one that still owes him a couple million bucks???

Also, can’t believe I just saw that Timothy Geithner is holding a ‘townhall meeting’ in DC next month, ‘Ask Timothy Geither,’ for which tickets are available. Have all cabinet members’ job descriptions been changed under the BO admin to have ’slick-talking Public Relations Manager’ as the leading qualification???

scarlet 08.26.09 at 12:02 pm

Byrd wants health bill renamed for Kennedy

Sen. Robert Byrd (D-W.Va.), the only senator to have served longer than the late Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.), mourned his friend Wednesday, saying his “heart and soul weeps.”

Byrd said he hoped healthcare reform legislation in the Senate would be renamed in memoriam of Kennedy.

“I had hoped and prayed that this day would never come,” Byrd said in a statement. “My heart and soul weeps at the lost of my best friend in the Senate, my beloved friend, Ted Kennedy.”
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and so it begins……
fucktards all

I hope the American public is smart enough to see through the bull shit screen…
obots excluded of course.. we already know they have shit for brains.

CJK: Does $9 trillion dollars in DEBT in the next
10 years answer the question??

CJK 08.26.09 at 12:39 pm

michelina 08.26.09 at 12:34 pm

I’m thinkin’ maybe PUMA PAC might start a legal fund for any who may ‘conscientiously object’ to filling out the questionnaires (unconstitutional invasion of privacy), so that we might be prepared to fight legal battles (e.g., bail) for those who might happen to be thrown in the clink ’cause they can’t pay the fine???
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I sure hope so. I came on this blog the day I got mine many months ago, (I can’t even recall when) and asked about the oh, so personal questions. I has a lot going on at that time, and was so pissed off I threw it, and the second one they mailed me in the trash. So put me on the list please, cuz they already have me on theirs

prplvette85 08.26.09 at 12:51 pm

and so it begins……
fucktards all

I hope the American public is smart enough to see through the bull shit screen…
obots excluded of course.. we already know they have shit for brains.

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The American public here at PUMA PAC is definitely smart enough, prplevette!!! We have to keep up the opposition, and never let up until HR3200 goes down in flames, taking BO’s PAI and his sychophantic supporters’ political futures with it…

PUMA PAC legal defense fund and cupcakes (with or without files) should definitely be available to all lovely, wonderful PUMAs!

I was a very young Fitzgerald not yet married when John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected president of the usa.
I was always proud that there was a president with my family name.
Or that I had his name, whichever, and remember exactly where i was when word came he had been assinated.
I never really was that fond of Teddy, but he did things that made me feel that way, it was never anything personal, I just didnt like how he handled himself sometimes. But, that said, I lost my mother to a brain tumor and that is no fun for any member of any family, it’s very sad. I did though find it odd that he came to North Carolina for his brain surgery when I thought for sure they had the best medical care in Massachusetts.
I know Duke Medical is known world wide, no telling how many people from other countries go their as well.
But, i still remember his endorsement of Obama, and to this day wish he had just not done that, but that’s just me. I do think people tend to over exaggerate some people upon their deaths and I have no doubts in my mind that he was a friendly guy, hell, he’s irish…but, I also know we will never live the kind of extravagant life he got to live and when you think about it, he was blessed with fortune. I’ve often thought had i been born into fortune i too would have been able to do more, so you really have to respect people who have it all and yet choose to serve, well, i hope with an honest heart. Rest in peace Ted.

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/How-GE-puts-the-government-to-work-for-GE-8154266-54820577.html

i will never buy a ge product, this is pure freaking unbelievable

From sistermoon #48 link:

The “intersection between GE’s interests and the government’s actions” is plenty crowded. GE is betting on climate change legislation, high-speed rail funding, electric car subsidies, embryonic stem cell grants, expanded federal health care spending, subsidies for renewable energy, defense contracts and continued financial bailouts.

GEPAC pays the tolls to make sure all this traffic gets through.

Thanks Scarlet – I’m still not gonna fill it out – 2nd time they sent survey to me – guess next will be the phone call or personal visit – not gonna answer them then either – have no money so can’t pay or won’t pay fine – will be in jail I guess waiting for cupcakes with files (not manila)

((((((pumaland))))

peace and joy to all

personal errands to run.

Wed Aug-26-09 08:22 AM

Chris Matthews just called President Obama the last Kennedy Brother. . .

http://demopedia.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132×8611840

I heard a clip of this on the radio.

scarlet 08.26.09 at 2:08 pm
Wed Aug-26-09 08:22 AM
Chris Matthews just called President Obama the last Kennedy Brother. . .
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Jesus…
hey, maybe that’s the reason he doesn’t want anyone to see his birth cert.

Hi Dances
How is smoke battle going?

Best to you and to all the x-smokers which makes you Women Who Smoke in Murphy’s words.

Howard Dean’s Town Hall: ‘Better Than Jerry Springer’

The meeting began with Moran telling the packed gym at South Lakes High School, “Dissent is as American as apple pie,” but reminding them that his staff had passed out copies of “Washington’s Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior” for a reason. “I respectfully ask we be as respectful and as civil as possible,” Moran said.

“God save America!” yelled one. “Shut up!” said another. “God save the Constitution!” screamed still another, followed by, “Shut up, you pig!”

“Obama Lies, Grandma Dies!” “Medicare for All!” A pink poster called out, “Obama Tell the Truth!” while hundreds of pre-printed placards from the pro-Obama group Organizing for America waved a different message: “Standing Together for Health Care Reform.”

Brad Tidwell, 22, leaned on crutches as he held a sign that read “Cripples Against Obamacare,” referring to the thick cast on his left foot.

“Mr. Potter,” draped in a white flag painted with a black gun and the words “Come and Take It,” …

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2009/08/26/howard-deans-town-hall-better-than-jerry-springer/

LOL

MamaPuma 08.26.09 at 2:16 pm
Hi Dances
How is smoke battle going?
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Funny you should ask…
I just came in from the field. Gave someone a dollar for a cigarette… sitting here dizzy (as an obot) and nauseous.

“Try. Fail. Keep Trying. Next time, fail better.”

How you be?

Bed shortage forces 4,000 UK mothers to give birth in lifts, offices and hospital toilets.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1209034/The-babies-born-hospital-corridors-Bed-shortage-forces-4-000-mothers-birth-lifts-offices-hospital-toilets.html

EXCLUSIVE: House quietly gives ‘bonuses’ to top aides

Says student-loan subsidies needed in hiring market

A month after they voted to punish some corporate executives for taking hefty bonus payouts, members of the House of Representatives quietly gave their own staffers a new potential bonus by making even their top-earning aides eligible for taxpayer dollars to repay their student loans.

The change, which took effect in May, means House employees earning up to $168,411, or the top level, are now eligible for government-funded subsidies to help pay down their student loans.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/25/exclusive-house-boosts-pay-top-aides/

Again, our senior citizens cannot get a cost-of-living increase.

scarlet 08.26.09 at 2:08 pm

The mere mention of this name makes me very nauseous! Ugh! And scarlett, if no-one has told you today–You do a fantastic job on the 411, because of your hard work the site is packed with information. Thank you

well, I found a survey on the matter, but not what I was looking for.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/08/20/082009_kennedy/

for those of you interested…

Sunshinelvr 08.26.09 at 3:23 pm
—–Thanks

You’re welcome, Scarlett. wow! I was thinking I was gonna have to tell my life’s story here to keep the blog going! Everybody ran away.

sunshinelvr <<<——slinking away, scuffing the rocks with my shoes……….

Thanks for the link..I can not bear to turn any radio or TVEE on for at least 2 weeks…the dribble and drone of the MEN kissing ass is disgusting! Teddy 24/7 will drive me bonkers…

I say throw the bums out…..Patrick wii never be elected again. I want a woman in charge..I bet the drapes will be cleaned and rehung and she wll drive or ride in a Hybrid. Lead by example not hogwash!

Congressional Research Service: Illegal Aliens Can Receive Benefits Under House Health Care Bill

http://news.prnewswire.com/DisplayReleaseContent.aspx?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/08-26-2009/0005083496&EDATE=

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Tuesday, the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the “research arm” for the United States Congress, issued a report validating an analysis by the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), that illegal aliens would be able to receive benefits under the House health care reform bill, America’s Affordable Health Care Act of 2009 (H.R. 3200).
The report, Treatment of Noncitizens in H.R. 3200, states definitively, “H.R. 3200 does not contain any restrictions on noncitizens – whether legally or illegally present, or in the United States temporarily or permanently – participating in the Exchange.”

you know MJ’s funeral is supposed to be the 3rd…wonder how they will manage all the ’star’ coverage? Cause you know these 2 funerals are BIIIIIGGGG news.

The National Women’s History Project (NWHP)

Celebrate Women’s Equality Day – August 26th
http://www.nwhp.org/

WOMEN’S EQUALITY DAY, 2009
- – - – - – -
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the_press_office/Presidential-Proclamation-Womens-Equality-Day-2009/

To vote for Martha Coakley for MA senator – go here – scroll down – bottom right corner:

http://www.politico.com/

Got bored with watching the foodies cook so started reading a book called Black Hills by Nora Roberts – like her books – her women are always strong, independent women – anyway – came across this quote in her book:

‘The penis is here to stay, so those of us without them must learn to appreciate, exploit, ignore, and/or utilize them, depending on our own needs and goals.’

I like that and IMO fits with our female PUMAs………………

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NikkisMom 08.26.09 at 4:45 pm
Yes thanks I have known about them andhave watches some great documentary film describing their forays.

Susie1945 08.26.09 at 5:00 pm

Got bored with watching the foodies cook so started reading a book called Black Hills by Nora Roberts – like her books – her women are always strong, independent women – anyway – came across this quote in her book:

‘The penis is here to stay, so those of us without them must learn to appreciate, exploit, ignore, and/or utilize them, depending on our own needs and goals.’

I like that and IMO fits with our female PUMAs………………

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Love it I read a lot of Nora’s books too.

Skipper reads this blog sometimes I hope she likes the info on the Whales………… I bet she has been on a whale watch.

HP Boston 08.26.09 at 5:49 pm
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MamaPuma 08.26.09 at 4:58 pm
I was thinking that the “girl” in orange has a DISTINCT resemblence to Murphy. What do you think?
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In so many more ways than just appearance. Her brilliance, kindnesses, and insight are mindblowing. She also means what she says, and says what she means. It’s almost uncanny.

I’ve been watching Whale Wars every Friday night. The season just ended with the Australia police waiting at the dock when the Sea Shepherd docked. The Japanese whalers sicced them on the Sea Shepherd.

Know why the right whale got it’s name?
It was such a slow swimmer that the whalers considered it the right whale to hunt. Sad isn’t it.

Yikes, there’s been a rash of celebrity deaths lately.

BigCatLover 08.26.09 at 6:03 pm

I watched that too, are they going to continue?. Was a collection taken up on the dock for some aid or something..missed that part….
It is not that I LOVE the whales I find them fascinating.

Dinner is being requested by the boy scout, bbl.

SandyLF
Good for you! keep it up!
Dances – don’t let one cig stop you from stopping. I want to got to North Carolina next year with Murphy, SisterPUma, Susie etc and you can come too. But you have to be alive and smoking kills. What fun we will have!
Congrats and best wishes to all the quitters.

The governor of Massachusetts is a tiny bit better than obama but just a tiny bit. When you start at the bottom, that step up is still way below the curb as in in the gutter. He announced today that if MA changes the law passed in 2005 to remove the power to appoint a senator if one dies he will sign that new law. Good lawd! That do this shit without red faced embarassment.

I would like to see a law passed that requires elected officials to wait until the party chooses a candidate before they can endorse one. I think that Murphy gets credit for this idea but it is a wonderful one.

CaptJack thinks that politicians abuse thier access to the press when they endorse candidates. They are on our dime and should not make announcements other than private ones.

Sandy LF 08.26.09 at 6:27 pm

Good luck …soon you will not be huffing due to NO puffing!

Larry King Live ———–I have to have a drink before I can look at stupid ole Larry, he appers as Larry King dead,looks like a corpes.

Hi PuMAs

Just a drive by, feeling funky today.
A year ago today in Denver I watched as the last ounce of respect for the Democratic party drained from my body. After a back door deal, they dragged Hillary out onto the convention floor and she handed what was rightfully hers to him, unqualified, inexperienced Him.

Sitting amongst the confetti and the balloons I felt what belonged to her and to to us was stolen.
I said to Nancy Pelosi” This is the day the Democratic party will live to regret” and I walked out and never looked back.
A year later it is not far from the truth.
Bars open and drinks are on me.

Murphy, arms wide open, woman

FLBarbara – that’s why I feel so kinda crappy today – how could I forget a year ago – fucktards – good thing teddie’s funeral is sat – only two days more of the adoration shit – wonder if the Pope will come? didn’t he buy his way back into the church after divorcing his first wife Joanne after 24 years? My mother was excommunicated when she divorced my biological father cuz he tried to strangle my sister who was crying – fuckin’ church, fuckin’ dems, fuckin’ universe – bbl

Senator Kennedy’s marriage was annulled after 11 years. I know a lot of Catholics who have had their marriages annulled and they didn’t have to pay anything.

Divorce is not a reason for excommunication from the Catholic church nor is remarriage after a divorce. Divorce does not affect one’s status in the Catholic Church. They remain full members and may continue to receive the Sacraments.

gojoyknocks 08.26.09 at 8:31 pm

Deadgirl, HP, BCL
http://www.barharborwhales.com/default.php
Offer still stands.
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Dueling whale watching tours. LOL. It’s up tp HP and DG, but I’d love to see Bar Harbor. Is it a long drive from Boston.

BigCatLover…5 to 6 hours. I just realized your name is big CAT lover. I’ve been reading Big cat lover.

I received this from the Alice Paul Institute today . . .

Today we celebrate 89 years of women’s right to vote in the United States, and honor the brave women who fought almost one hundred years for a voice in the government. Beginning in January 1917, suffragists of the National Woman’s Party, led by Alice Paul, picketed the White House through the chill of winter and the heat of the summer. In June, groups of suffragists were arrested for the crime of “obstructing sidewalk traffic” and were sent to prisons and workhouses. 168 women went to jail between June and November, and endured hunger strikes and forced feedings daily. It was these efforts which led the passage of the 19th Amendment on August 26, 1920. And the struggle for equal rights continues to this day.

Please take a moment today to reflect on Alice Paul and all the women who continue the fight for women’s equality.

Happy Women’s Equality Day from the board and staff of the Alice Paul Institute!

Happy Women’s Equality Day!!! Thank you, Alice Paul!

And thank you, Murphy!!!! A woman to work for, Martha Coakley! There is a goddess!

And I am not wasting any tears for the likes of a “vibrant” young….woman….I have another name for a female angling for a married man. May they settle it in whatever afterlife they deserve.

HP, GoJoy, BCL

I am game for whale watching anytime anyplace anywhere! I have not seen the Fundy Humpbacks in a while, though who is to say they are not hanging down here on Stellwagen Bank too! There are some frisky whales out there – they come to the boat and interact with the people who are loud and excited, the whales spy hop and slap and appear to get a kick out of performing and the crowd reaction to it. Though my last trip, a Humpback got much too close for comfort, it went from exciting to scary, and then to hilarious, in a rapid sequence. The most common phrase heard, by all sexes, ages etc was “Oh My &od!!!” over and over.

11 years ago I ran away from home chase whales in the North Atlantic, and these wondrous creatures are becoming my escape possibly. Mostly though, they have me on my toes, trying to figure out if they are trying to communicate with us, and if so, what are they communicating? When a whale pops up within a few feet of you, and regards you with its eye in which you can see great intelligence you get this lump in your belly that does not go away. Watch this film of a Humpback-people interaction. I think I have met up with this particular whale before. But it might be as simple as being habit shared amongst the whales.

Enjoy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CKXD0alh5o

I am a big supporter of Sea Shepherd and lifelong supporter of GreenPeace – due to a family friend amongst us year-round boat dwellers, being an Anti-Whaling activist. I think our Navy should be deployed to blow the Japanese whalers out of the water. Sayonara CS’s!!!

DancesWithPumas 08.26.09 at 10:09 pm
I think you get funnier the less you smoke…….

LOLOL Dances “walked out with this table runner… made of rocks!”

You CRAZY Lady now. Stay away from Animal Shelters, exp. the felines heh!

My mom quits all the time. When she was younger and her temperament in full bloom, all it would take for her to fall off the non-smoking wagon, was someone to piss her off. I swear my asshole stepfather did it on purpose as he could not bear to see her live a healthier lifestyle while he lived his life his in the gutter(Think Nicholas Cage in “Leaving Las Vegas”).

Table runner made of rocks… heehee (if I keep this up, I can guess what I am getting for Christmas from Dances

LOL DG
Yeah, it’ll be the Puma version of the perpetual gift of fruitcake. There’s only one on the planet, it just keeps getting passed around.

Evening Pumas – quick stop tonight

vwade

Re the email you received with video to pass on about immigration law, yesterday, – passed it on to my husband without checking it myself first, for lack of time (big mistake) and he, with better eyes, could read the ticker at the bottom about Attorney General Alberto Gonzales…… So, that Lou Dobbs video was from the Bush era. That was about the Bill being discussed in 2006 – so beware – it is not current

NikkisMom 08.26.09 at 4:53 pm
To vote for Martha Coakley for MA senator – go here – scroll down – bottom right corner:

http://www.politico.com/
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As of just a few minutes ago when I voted, Martha Coakley still had only 3 percent of the votes on that link! PUMAs needed ASAP!

Dances….. Just for YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4GQEWT51kBA&feature=related I do hope you enjoy! CJK… I voted earlier…. Oh, and Dances…. If anyone can set thier mind to do something…. IT’S YOU!!!!

(((Dances)))

Sending ya some gum know…

Hey Dances, now that you have filled in the details, it sounds nice, like a Zen rock garden for your table!!!

I am still trying to find a Zen waterfall for my room, and a tiny one for my desk at work. When I was looking at some with my friend, he told me “aren’t you afraid the tinkling water will make you need to pee a lot more???”

something more to worry about… can’t even find a zen water bubbler without some wise guy telling me it will make me pee more… sheez… no rest in this world.

a long time ago, I got a tiny zen garden for my desk for Holiday gift. It was a little “litterbox” that came with a tiny rake and a little bag of sand. You rake little patterns in the sand like the japanese gardeners do. I have not seen many of those since moving away from California, so I settled for a tiny one. It was an amusing distraction when occupied with a long boring conference call.

DG
Here’s teh link to the recycled baseball bats carry-on chopsticks… will go very nicely with your fountain and christmas gift.

oops
http://www.tahoemountainsports.com/store/snow-peak-carry-on-chopsticks.shtml?gdftrk=gdfV2276_a_7c322_a_7c857_a_7cSP_d_CHOPSTICKS

how zen of me…
be here now

my luck I’d slip on wet river rock and get impaled on the two chopsticks strapped around my neck.

How in the world have I lived this long without one? Counter top? Center panel in a mosaic table? Deadly weapon to drop on the neighborhood burglar from the stair landing?

waterpanther 08.26.09 at 11:09 pm
How in the world have I lived this long without one?
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Eggsactly!!!!
UNtil I got it home and i was like…
w..t…f………..?

Now… if only I had a beach house…
beach house shabby chic

To everyone who is NOT smoking I take my hat off to you !! Keep it up !!

Hardest thing I did was quit smoking. A friend of mine who smokes keeps telling me he’s no quitter ……. yeah, I am a big quitter.

KEEP IT UP MURPH AND DANCES……. who else is in the midst of stopping?

I moved on. I do not like Teddy Kennedy and I will never forgive him for calling Hillary Clinton a racist on the floor of the Senate after the election. I do not like women killing drunks who have no respect for anyone or anything.
The Kennedys are has beens and not worthy of the attention he is recieving.

HP GJ and BCL – from above, I can do a whale watch after Labor Day week. I am working each of the next ten days, and then I am running up to Provincetown for Whales and Waves for the three day weekend.

I come home and NAP (and I NEVER nap) every afternoon through evening, to stay healthy through these long work weeks that really will never end for two weeks…

And with that, I bid you all adieu, I have been up for two hours this evening. My bed is my friend, my luscious overstuffed friend. (no not THAT kind of friend, not time for monkey business

DeadGirl… Sweet dreams and take care of yourself… sending you strength and good thoughts…

Goofs
Sandy LF and Puma Rhythm too

Dances,

Thank you for adding them, didn’t mean to forget them… Go Sandy LF and Puma Rhythm!!!!!

Hi PUMAS. Trying to catch up on the thread. It looks like everyone is doing really good on their stopping smoking. Good job!

uh oh
someone just shoot me now!!!!!!!!!
http://asoftplacetoland-kimba.blogspot.com/2009_07_01_archive.html

Well, I will give my 2 cents on the Kennedy’s…. Life and what ONE accomplishes is earned! NOT, Just because of a family name….No…. Zero….. What (HE) yes, Ted did to Hillary is unforgetable!!!!!!! What a piece of shit! He (Ted) sold his soul to the devil for political gain…. He Screwed all the American People and what they stand for…. After-all, Hillary Won the Popular Vote……. Oh, isn’t that what we call Democratic Process!…. I hope he rotts in Hell…… Yes, I am a little frustrated tonight…. After, being with the slime bags (Rep) party for most of the day….. Fighting HR 3200…. I have a meeting with Ken Calvert on Friday…… This HR bill MUST not pass…. Yes, we are all in agreement with the need to change the way Health Care is in America…. But, we DO NOT NEED THE GOVERNMENT RUNNING OUR HEALTH CARE….. Those slimy pieces of crap who call themselves Dems are already feeding off of TK Death and he isn’t even buried Yet….. UGH!!!!!

Casper Cat,

Quick you need to go hose yourself off… icky…

Casper Cat,

Ma’am yes ma’am…

Hello?

Hello sheila7…

Hillary Is 44 sums up pretty well my feelings about the death of Ted Kennedy:

http://www.hillaryis44.org/2009/08/26/the-death-of-ted-kennedy/

I’m mostly lurking tonight… Still love my (((pumas))) just in a grumpy mood…

Puma-SF,

Thank you so much for sharing the link to Hillaryis44. It was beautiful and said it much better than I every could have. That was exactly how I felt last night when I first read that TK passed… Wonderful…

They really expressed what we were all thinking. They nailed it.

I read an article that if he had only not killed Mary Jo he would have been president. Darn, I really wanted a murderer for president. He didn’t even have the effing decency to report the accident until the next day.

Then again, he could have been drunk AND in shock? or maybe he had an alcohol induced blackout?

Dances: He could have been all of that but he had to have told his story to someone. I understand the concern about his alcohol level but where was his humanity. There was a woman in the car. How did he get home? He was Ted Kennedy even if he was drunk he would have gotten away with. Why not worry about Mary Jo? It says a lot about the man.

Puma-SF
agreed.

Sorry, had to step out for a moment…. Just wanted to say….After, the tragic DNC Meeting (May 31, 2008) when the DEM party Hy-Jacked the election…. To pave the way for their Selected choosen one….. I left the Dem Party…… Never will I go back……… I will do whatever I can to NOT elect Dems to office who support that piece of shit BO…… NEVER!!!!!!!! Now, on a good note…. I am making progress in my community on the Vote NO on HR 3200…. Hope to have good news on friday…. Ok, enough about that….. I just want to say to all of you trying to quit smoking … My Hat is off to all of YOU…. I send you my best wishes and Hugs to help you through the recovery process… I have never smoked… But, alot of my family and friends do/did…. so, I understand the challenge ahead of you….. Just remember, we are here supporting YOU and take it one day at a time…….

Just heard Obama will deliver the eulogy fo Ted Kennedy.
I guess as. Chris Mathews said “the younger Kennedy brother”

okay, fer real…
goodnight.

Goodnight PUMAS. Keep up the good work all the pumas that are quitting smoking. One day at a time and you can do it.

Night, Sheila7

Night ((FL Barbara))

Nighty-night (((((((Pumas)))))))

Many pumas have speculated for some time that some of the more outrageous ‘anti-healthcare’ protestors were Democratic plants who were operating under the guise of the Lunatic Right in order to implement Rule 13 of RfR- ” Pick the target , freeze it , personalize it and polarize it .”
Alinsky explains the effects of this action lie in the ” conviction that all the angels are on one side and all the devils on the other.”
Obama was successful in implementing this very basic tactic in the primaries (bumper sticker vandals in Fla. etc. etc.)
It would be very interesting to check the background of some of the RW protestors that keep appearing all over the country at various Town Halls to see which side is REALLY sending them on a cross country protest spree ..
Anyway , A Democratic operative got caught vandalizing the Colorado Dem. Headquarters ..
He wasn’t cought until AFTER the DNC had already pinned it on RW anti-healthcare nuts …
Wake up , folks – some people learned NOTHING from the primaries ….

http://www.breitbart.tv/update-democrat-official-very-wrong-about-who-vandalized-colorado-party-hq/

The way cnn, nbc, abc, and msnbc are portraying ted kennedy, im surprised they havent asked the catholic church to make him a saint

I have a confession to make. Ready? I have a river stone bath mat. It has black stones and it feels heavenly when I step out of the shower. I sometimes stretch my feet on it while I brush my teeth. I love it. My mom and kids tease me about it. My husband sees it as proof that I am a little ‘unique’ (but lovable).

normapapuma 08.27.09 at 8:52 am
That poll is rigged..still at 3% and I have voted 10 times!

http://www.nypost.com/seven/08272009/postopinion/opedcolumnists/blinded_by_a_life_of_privilege_186623.htm?&page=1

excerpt:
Of course, Kennedy is now endlessly lauded for his support of “women’s rights,” i.e., abortion. But into the 1970s, before the Roman Catholic Church’s influence began to wane, he was a traditional, pro-life New England Democrat.

Here was his take on abortion in 1971: “Wanted or unwanted, I believe that human life, even at its earliest stages, has certain rights which must be recognized — the right to be born, the right to love, the right to grow old.”

There’s a story, perhaps apocryphal, that in his first Senate campaign in 1962, Kennedy was shaking hands at a factory gate during a shift change. A haggard worker began berating him about how he’d never worked a day in his life.

As the legend had it, at that point another salt-of-the-earth blue-collar type leaned in and told Kennedy, “Never worked a day in your life, kid? You ain’t missed a thing.”

But in fact he had. Yesterday, the tributes kept mentioning his commitment to the “working class.” He fought for, as President Obama said (on Martha’s Vineyard, of all places), “an America that is more equal and more just.”

But more equal and more just for some people than for others. When it came to the white-ethnic working class from which his father came, Kennedy just plain didn’t get it. Whether it was court-ordered busing in Boston in the ’70s, or the affirmative-action policies that stymied the careers of so many of his family’s traditional voters, Kennedy never grasped the depth of the blue-collar frustration as he veered left.
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This morning, a WOMAN on NECN called Teddy a “champion of women.”
Please!

Carr’s piece doesn’t even touch Kennedy’s meddlings in the primary last year, or his attempts to install his niece into HRC’s senate seat.

murphy, thanks for not posting a Kennedy gush-fest.
enough already.

“A new era”-perfect.

Norma
Martha had to keep her senate plans on the QT or she risked being accused of disrespecting the King.

#222 perse
I hope she goes all out now! Women need to be more aggresive (in a good sense.) Let’s go women!

I know someone here (can’t remember who, sorry) posted info the other day but if anyone didn’t see it this is absolutely DISGUSTING.

Saudi Child Bride Turned Back Over to 80-Year-Old Husband

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,543060,00.html?test=latestnews

You have every right to fire me – Crowd cheers

Claire McCaskill:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhvfmkHWNCM

Claire goes to Jefferson City:

http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=342482

I hope Coakley can be in the running I will vote for her…but I will never vote for a Dem or a repub again. And never a man…I will be voting less and enjoying it more!

Good morning ((((PUMALAND)0

Had doggie duty yesterday afternoon,

(((CJK, Goofsmom))))—sent info to action center:

Dances, you have mail.

honora 08.27.09 at 8:57 am
I have a confession to make. Ready? I have a river stone bath mat.
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Last night I was thinking about making one to put IN my bathtub.
I think your bathmat must be an instant shiatsu massage for you.

Hey, got an e-mail from our beloved ObamaSun. Talked about how heart broken him and Michelle were over Uncle Teddy’s death, blah blah blah. So I sent back a response that said:

You and Michelle should be heart broken that old Teddy’s gone. Since you wouldn’t have gotten as far as you did in the primaries without his help and backroom politics with the good ole’ boy network. Please unsubscribe me from this drivel. Sincerely, an Ex Democrat.

Well, I actually think someone read this, because two minutes later, they send the same thing to me again. Just to piss me off I think. So, I unsubscribe again!

Also, read a poll this morning that said ObamaSun is loosing Independent support big time. They had all the excuses except for the correct one….he’s not Hillary.

the Reid story is just an urban legend, but still funny