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RetirinInFive commented on the blog post GOP Decides to Use Filibuster Power Democrats Gave Them
2013-02-14 09:36:00View | Delete

“No one could have predicted…..”
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post The War of Terror by Daveparts.
2013-01-27 08:25:31View | Delete

“…murdered by a lone nut with gun.”

While the angry lone nut is always preferable, the tragic, unexplained crash of a small plane is frequently a fall-back option.
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post Georgia US Senator Saxby “OBL Ad” Chambliss to Retire by Teddy Partridge.
2013-01-26 12:03:47View | Delete

Teddy and Dakine — yep, that was Raven. I wasn’t sure if it was appropriate to mention his name. Don’t know why he left us but I always felt a kinship with him. We served at the same time, he in SE Asia dodging bullets from hostiles, me in Northern Virginia, fighting off hostile hangovers.
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post Georgia US Senator Saxby “OBL Ad” Chambliss to Retire by Teddy Partridge.
2013-01-26 11:52:24View | Delete

Oh, wait…I guess that’s a noun. Sorry. (And apologies to Marion in Savannah who is most definitely not a Cracker.)
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post Georgia US Senator Saxby “OBL Ad” Chambliss to Retire by Teddy Partridge.
2013-01-26 11:50:17View | Delete

“Cracker,” which I have every confidence he will be.
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post Georgia US Senator Saxby “OBL Ad” Chambliss to Retire by Teddy Partridge.
2013-01-26 11:32:27View | Delete

I posted this yesterday on a similar thread.

Used to be an old time poster here, a Vietnam vet in Georgia, and his favorite modifier for chickenhawk Saxby was “odious.”
RetirinInFive commented on the blog post GA Sen: Saxby Chambliss to Retire
2013-01-25 14:04:21View | Delete

C’mon Marion — don’t pull your punches. Tell us how you really feel ;-)
RetirinInFive commented on the blog post GA Sen: Saxby Chambliss to Retire
2013-01-25 13:50:26View | Delete

Well, I’ll work on appropriate terminology.

I posted in homage to the former ‘Nam vet poster from Georgia who hasn’t been here for many years. His favorite descriptor for Saxby was “odious.”
RetirinInFive commented on the blog post GA Sen: Saxby Chambliss to Retire
2013-01-25 13:43:15View | Delete

Traitor is the wrong word. It doesn’t go far enough. Saxby was a Vietnam era Chickenhawk attacking a Vietnam veteran multiple amuputee.
RetirinInFive commented on the blog post Senate Democrats Really Don’t Want to Govern
2013-01-24 15:09:07View | Delete

“In other financial news, the futures market for political gridlock made a tremendous gain today following the actions of Senate Majority Leader….”
RetirinInFive commented on the blog post My Dad
2013-01-24 13:29:35View | Delete

Nice tribute, Chris. He will be missed. To commemorate the old days of his first posts — Caw! Caw!
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post John “Scarecrow” Chandley, RIP by Jane Hamsher.
2013-01-22 17:03:28View | Delete

From the old days when Scarecrow would post and the first reply would be — Caw, caw!” The old-timers, the new timers — we’ll all miss him. Condolences to his family.
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post The African American Army by David Swanson.
2013-01-20 11:09:31View | Delete

Thanks David. Please help me with a question, if you can. When I got out of the Army in early ’69, I recall reading a book called “Up Against The War” and a statistic from that reading has stuck with me all these years. The book said that the state of Michigan — with 5% [...]
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post The Illusion of Freedom by Daveparts.
2013-01-14 14:12:35View | Delete

Repetition is good. Three times. Maybe it’ll get through. Maybe not.

But as for thirty years, I gotta disagree. I’d say fifty. It all started with JFK and Dallas, imho.
RetirinInFive commented on the blog post Top 100 Richest People Now $241 Billion Richer
2013-01-03 15:46:44View | Delete

And the card reads, “Advance to Go. Collect $2.41 billion.”
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post Over Easy – Happy New Year! by KrisAinTX.
2013-01-01 17:43:08View | Delete

Hey, Tejan — glad I caught up to ya. Got back to last night’s thread too late to reply, and thus…..

Thanks for remembering after all these years. Boerne, TX in the spring/early summer is the wife’s goal for us. I’ll find you once we’re down there.
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post Hobo’s Lullaby by Daveparts.
2013-01-01 11:18:53View | Delete

As always, good stuff Mr. Parts. I always look for your posts in that right hand sidebar and you never disappoint. Cheers.
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post When You’ve Lost Ezra Klein … by Teddy Partridge.
2012-12-31 19:07:13View | Delete

Well, ‘ding’ to you too Peterr, but I don’t have sufficient mental acuity (nor the ambition) to read through 189 responses from ’07. I got as far as number nine, though, and it sounds right — here’s to you, Peterr.
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post When You’ve Lost Ezra Klein … by Teddy Partridge.
2012-12-31 18:55:31View | Delete

Hey — it’s the night to acknowledge old acquaintances from the past, no? So I offer up a toast (Seagram’s VO) and a toke (some very good herb that my neighbor got for me). Here’s to the FDL veterans — we’re too old to be considered Firepups.
RetirinInFive commented on the diary post When You’ve Lost Ezra Klein … by Teddy Partridge.
2012-12-31 18:27:28View | Delete

I’m principally a lurker now, Teddy, and now retired some two years. (See No. 49 above.) Thanks for asking. We old-timers appreciate the recognition.
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