MaxedOutMama

One Liners About Colonoscopies

• Doc, you are boldly going where no man has gone before.
• Can you hear me now?
• Are we there yet?
• You know, in Arkansas we are now legally married.
• Now I know how a muppet feels.
• If your glove does not fit, you must quit!
• Let me know if you find my dignity.
• You used to be an executive at Enron didn't you?
• Could you write a note to my wife saying my head isn't up there?

[31] "When the Son of man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, then he will sit on his glorious throne.
[32] Before him will be gathered all the nations, and he will separate them one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats,
[33] and he will place the sheep at his right hand, but the goats at the left.
[34] Then the King will say to those at his right hand, `Come, O blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;
[35] for I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me,
[36] I was naked and you clothed me, I was sick and you visited me, I was in prison and you came to me.'
[37] Then the righteous will answer him, `Lord, when did we see thee hungry and feed thee, or thirsty and give thee drink?
[38] And when did we see thee a stranger and welcome thee, or naked and clothe thee?
[39] And when did we see thee sick or in prison and visit thee?'
[40] And the King will answer them, `Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brethren, you did it to me.'

"It's an alarming amount," said George Huhn, a Venice-based commercial Realtor and foreclosure specialist. "One hundred and ten million in loans represents 25 percent of the bank's entire loan portfolio. Hello, has anyone got a flare gun?"

For Huhn, the problems at Coast, which had $676 million in assets and $568 million in loans as of the end of September, are just one more example of how hard the downturn in the residential real estate market is hitting the local economy.

The region already has witnessed the collapse of Avalon Homes and Jade Homes and a string of multimillion-dollar foreclosures on property owned by Neil Mohamad Husani's former partner Michael Tringali.

3. Inhoff is a fox guarding the henhouse.

He's been one of the booming voices of evil insanity in my state for decades. Every time he opens his mouth, he embarrasses and enrages anyone with a little common sense or a true concern for the environment.

When Mother Earth finally starts killing off her human inhabitants due to their own toxic despoiling of her once-splendid bounty, I hope people all across the nation remember what that SOB Inhoff did to harm our planet and every one of us when he was in a position to do so much good....

6. I certainly hope so

I really hope this shuts these ignorant right-wing motherfuckers up for good. Anyone who denies global warming should not only be stripped of their certification, but should also not be allowed to teach.

40. Good suppression of opposing points-of-view post
If you think that suppression of alternate arguments advances science, then let me tell you a little story about Galileo....

Any argument that relies on suppression and name-calling seems to me to not be able to punch on its own. Prolly seems that way to a lot of other people. Let the process work. No one argues about the sun rising tomorrow, because the evidence is manifest. Soon it will be so with climate change, too. (Already is, AFAIC.)

He who establishes his argument by noise and command, shows that his reason is weak.
- Michel De Montaigne

I'm sure you now think I am, to use your term, a denier. Actually, I'm emphatically the opposite. What I'm saying has nothing to do with climate change and everything to do with toleration of opposing points of view in the interests of good science. Skepticism is an indispensable element of the process. Squelch it at your (and our) peril.

24. It's high time we had some accountability in this country

These people are like Holocaust Deniers- or more like tobacco company "scientists" who for decades were paid off to deny the connection with lung cancer.

I might even go one step further, and start reviewing broadcast licenses. After a few were yanked, I suspect that upper management and senior editors might actually start to police themselves and take serial liars like John Srossel off our public airwaves.

9. Damn global warming n/t
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43. GW >>>>> widespread climate change/destabilization >>>>>
recordbreaking weather of all sorts: highs and lows, drought and flood.

But I think you knew that.

41. Not an easy question because everyone wants to support freedom of expression.

But the bottom line to me is that the cross has now become a political statement. It is not just an expression of Christianity--it is undeniably linked with conservative politics. The Christian cross now symbolizes a whole body of narrow thinking that many of us have come to reject, similar to the Confederate flag in that sense. The cross as a religious symbol has been abused--used for gaining political power and starting wars--not something Jesus would have gone along with.

So for that reason, a newscaster should not wear one. Nor should a teacher in public schools, and people in public service jobs should also be discreet with it. I don't think anyone objects to a small cross worn on a chain. But if it is big enough to be the first thing you notice, it's become a display of one's political affiliations. It's just not smart to risk offending a lot of viewers when you are in a "neutral" capacity in your job.

As keepers tried to woo Judy back into her cage, she rummaged through a refrigerator where chimp snacks are stored. She opened kitchen cupboards, pulled out juice and soft drinks and took a swig from bottles she managed to open.

Keeper Ann Rademacher says Judy went into the bathroom, picked up a toilet brush and cleaned the toilet. ... Judy wrung out a sponge and scrubbed down the fridge.

It took a couple of tries, but the zoo sedated the chimp, who fell asleep on top of the refrigerator with half a loaf of cinnamon-raisin bread she had pulled out of the freezer.

I don't reject the criticisms of Kirstin's article. I object to the self-righteous tone of the criticism. Sometimes I make mistakes in articles that I write, and sometimes I leave big gaping holes in stories, and it feels terrible when someone slashes me to ribbons over it. From that perspective, I feel sympathy for Kirstin Downey.

Based on this post, I have a hunch that if Tanta were a Red Sox fan, and she ran into Bill Buckner at the grocery store, she would scream invective at him instead of treating him kindly.

I occasionally have worked for people who talk like Tanta. They start out by telling you a long story from the distant past about how stupid a colleague was, then they tell a long, long complaint about how stupid a current colleague is. I think most of us have had to deal with self-aggrandizing bores such as this. That's how Tanta comes off in this post. Most likely this is an unfair characterization. But that was my visceral reaction to Tanta's rant, because for several years I had an editor like that, and I'm sensitive to that sort of person.

Frankly, I think there are more worthy targets -- such as anyone who works for the National Association of Realtors -- than a well-meaning reporter who had a bad day. I met Kirstin Downey last year at an FTC hearing on exotic mortgages -- had lunch with her, in fact -- and I think she understands the subject. I find the holes in this article inexplicable. I don't like to see her demonized, when there are plenty of people out there who are more deserving of vituperation.

A rapid drop in the cost of oil from above $60 per barrel to near $51 per barrel in the last two weeks has begun to push the cost of gasoline lower at the pump, according to AAA’s daily, on-line Fuel Gauge Report (www.aaafuelgaugereport.com).

AAA said today the national average price of self-serve regular gasoline has dropped about 5 cents in the last week to $2.229 per gallon, and prospects look good for even lower prices in the weeks ahead, AAA said today.

The key to lower prices will be an oil price that remains near its present level or moves even lower in the days and weeks ahead, AAA said. Oil and gasoline inventories have been growing for months, and attempts by oil producing countries to scale back production in an effort keep prices up do not appear to be working.

President Hugo Chavez said on Saturday the country's entire energy sector had to be nationalized, reinforcing his socialist revolution.

He said Venezuela was "almost ready" to take over the foreign-run oil projects of the Orinoco Belt run by heavyweights such as Chevron, Conoco Phillips and Exxon Mobil, that produce about 600,000 barrels per day.

Growth in Consumer Non-Revolving:
Sep: 0.5; Oct: -3.4; Nov: 3.0
Growth in Consumer Revolving:
Sep: 4.3; Oct: 4.2; Nov: 11.9
Total Consumer Credit Growth:
Sep: 1.9; Oct: -.06; Nov: 6.2

A judge has called on police to take action after a court was unable to prosecute a man who entered a woman's house in Lancashire.

Dean Marie, 40, went into the house in Padiham, put on women's clothing and performed a sex act on the woman's bed, Burnley Crown Court heard on Tuesday.
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He said the defendant had "intruded appallingly on someone's privacy" but the only power he had was to bind him over for the sum of £100 to be of good behaviour for a year.

Credible news reports matter because the press possesses the public trust and therefore they have a charge - a duty - to do all they can to ascertain that the information they pass on to the nation is as accurate as it can be.
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The credibility of reports - of reporters, newservices, papers and networks - matters because honest journalism is all that stands between any people and tyranny.

A former college student who posed as a Turkish heir and persuaded sophisticated investors to pour millions into a nonexistent hedge fund was released on bond Friday.

Hakan Yalincak's release on $1.1 million bond until his Feb. 14 sentencing followed three unsuccessful bond requests.
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"This has been a learning experience," said Yalincak, who pleaded guilty in June to bank and wire fraud and faces up to 50 years in prison.

Over the year, health care employment increased by 324,000, with gains spread throughout the component industries.
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In the past 12 months, food services added 304,000 jobs, accounting for most of the over-the-year increase in leisure and hospitality employment.
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Employment in financial activities was up by 153,000 over the year; job gains occurred in insurance (46,000) and in credit intermediation (62,000), which includes commercial banking.
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Employment in transportation and warehousing continued to trend up in December. Over the year, the industry added 106,000 jobs.
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After increasing by 295,000 in 2005, construction employment was little changed in 2006. Over the year, gains in non-residential speciality trades and in heavy construction were largely offset by a decline in residential specialty trades.
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Over the year, manufacturing employment fell by 72,000 with declines widespread throughout the component industries.

About 1.3 million persons (not seasonally adjusted) were marginally attached to the labor force in December, 337,000 fewer than a year earlier.

One of the first things that a new LO gets asked to do is to do a stated income deal where it is obvious that the borrower does not make that income. Many brokers will do whatever they can to get a loan done and make their commissions, and will often encourage their LO's to do that and sign off on the deal. Typically, the broker will look at the borrower's debts and then determine what the income needs to be to support the loan. The deal gets submitted and approved, and the Lo makes his or her commission.

Now, suppose that the loan goes south in the first year, which often happens if the income can not support the loan and other debts. If the borrower files a BK to discharge other debt, the loan gets looked at, and the borrower's tax returns are requested by the court. They also request a copy of the 1003 package, and compare incomes. If there is an obvious difference, the borrower gets investigated for loan fraud, which is punishable by jail time. The loan officer and the broker also can and do get prosecuted, and if the borrower says that the loan officer told him what to put down for the income, the LO can also go to jail. How do I know this? I have watched I know buy a house going "stated" and then filed a BK within the first year. The trustees requested her tax returns and her 1003 and noticed the big discrepancy in incomes. She is now facing prosecution and the loan officer and mortgage broker have been called in by the prosecutor as well. As it stands now, all three are looking at being charged with committing loan fraud, and all three are looking at jail time.

The moral of this story is to think twice before signing off on a stated income deal when you know the income is not there. This is a felony offense and nothing that you want to get involved with.

NSA numbers:
Nationally: Oct: 103.0; Nov: 89.5; Nov 05: 96.8; YoY: -9.4%
Northeast: Oct: 88.4; Nov: 70.2; Nov 05: 76.9; YoY: -8.7%
Midwest: Oct: 92.4; Nov: 81.5; Nov 05: 90.8; YoY: -10.3%
South: Oct: 115.0; Nov: 99.5; Nov 05: 107.4; YoY: -7.4%
West: Oct: 106.7; Nov: 97.1; Nov 05: 110.7; YoY: -12.2%

I agree with mf***** in principal that banks shouldn't offer stated loans to wage earners, but especially here in Cali, it's damn near impossible to qualify someone for a purchase or a refi if they're wage earners. It's kind of either that or no market for lenders.
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I'm just saying out here in California. The home values are sky-high for any stated W-2's.
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d1 please clarify.... how do home value and doc type correlate ? I am going to sell my house to you for more because you are going stated
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no, he is saying what has already been echoed here, and is a legitimate problem

home prices in San Diego are out of whack compared to median income
so if all stated wage earners in San Diego have to go FULL DOC, there won't be enough apartments for all the new renters...

Lennar (Charts) also said it has "not yet seen tangible evidence of a market recovery." And it announced it would sell much of its interest in a joint venture known as LandSource, which owns a major amount of undeveloped property near Los Angeles.

The ongoing weakness in the home building market will cause Lennar to take a pretax impairment charges of $400 million to $500 million due to the revaluation of some of its assets.
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Including those value adjustments and write-offs, Lennar said it will post a net loss per share between 88 cents to $1.28, compared to the net income of $3.54 a share a year earlier.

Us: How do you think O.C. will differ from the nation or state market?
Leslie: Because of the greater-than-average inventory of unsold homes on the market, sellers in Orange County will need to be especially motivated and realistic if they are really interested in selling in today’s market. There is a lot of competition, so only those homes that are priced to sell and are in excellent condition will sell quickly.

Us: What events might change your outlook, pro or con?
Leslie: A recession or spike in mortgage rates is the most obvious negative scenario for housing.

... there are many things about 2006 that we will not want to remember. This was the year in which the members of the United States Congress, who do not bother to read the actual bills they pass, spent weeks poring over instant messages sent by a pervert. This was the year in which the vice president of the United States shot a lawyer, which turned out to be totally legal in Texas.

Also there were many pesky problems left over from 2005 that refused to go away in 2006, including Iraq, immigration, high gas prices, terrorism, global warming, avian flu, Iran, North Korea and Paris Hilton. Future generations are going to look back at this era and ask us how we could have allowed Paris Hilton to happen, and we are not going to have a good answer.

2007…no predictions. The world is too crazed. Anything can happen.