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10/20/2012

Texan Humor on Obama

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 9:02 am



Good stuff via William Jacobson. This was taken on Old Granbury Road, just a couple of miles from the house where I grew up:

The picture-taker tells Professor Jacobson:

I took the photo on Granbury Road in Fort Worth.

Ironically, we were headed to a debate between Texas State Senator Wendy Davis (D) and her challenger Texas Representative Dr. Mark Shelton (R).

I insisted my husband turn the car around so I could snap the picture for you.

Love it.

10 Responses to “Texan Humor on Obama”

  1. Greetings:

    And as a real Texan might say, “Big cart; no groceries.”

    11B40 (5f72b2)

  2. FYI, from a link at Drudge:

    Rupert Murdoch, other potential buyers eye L.A. Times

    News Corp.’s Rupert Murdoch is said to be in early talks to buy the L.A. Times and the Chicago Tribune from Tribune Co.

    By Meg James, Los Angeles Times, October 19, 2012

    “With Tribune Co. expected to emerge from bankruptcy soon, News Corp. Chairman and Chief Executive Rupert Murdoch is looking to acquire two of its trophy properties — the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune.

    Tribune Co.’s debt holders — two investment firms and a bank — will become majority owners of the company after it exits bankruptcy, which could happen by year’s end. News Corp. executives have had preliminary talks with these debt holders about acquiring the Los Angeles Times and Chicago Tribune, according to two ranking News Corp. executives and others familiar with the situation.

    These people cautioned that talks are in the early stages, and that a deal is by no means certain. Other potential buyers have expressed interest.

    Murdoch heads the world’s largest news company, which includes the Wall Street Journal and the Times of London.

    Acquiring the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Tribune would give him strong footholds in the nation’s three largest media markets: New York, Los Angeles and Chicago.

    Murdoch’s lieutenants say he has long wanted to buy The Times. On trips to Los Angeles, he is known to mark up the newspaper with a Sharpie pen to illustrate how he would design pages.

    News Corp. and Tribune Co. have existing business ties. Tribune owns 23 television stations, including nine that carry the programming of News Corp.’s two broadcast networks. Tribune stations in San Diego, Sacramento and five other markets are Fox network affiliates.

    The Los Angeles Times also prints more than 100,000 copies of the Wall Street Journal that are distributed in Southern California, and the Tribune prints the Journal in Chicago.

    Still, regulatory concerns and potential rival bids could stand in the way of an acquisition by a Murdoch-controlled publishing company.

    Federal Communications Commission rules prevent owners from owning a newspaper and TV stations in the same market. News Corp. owns two Fox stations in L.A. and two in Chicago.

    The FCC has been considering eliminating the rule, and has granted exceptions in the past, including a waiver that has allowed Tribune to operate both KTLA-TV Channel 5 and the Los Angeles Times.

    Murdoch isn’t the only one eyeing The Times, which by itself could fetch as much as $400 million, according to industry insiders…”

    ropelight (3a4234)

  3. rope….
    I just posted a link to a NewsMax story on the Murdoch/Times situation over at the “Big Election” thread.

    I think it’s funny that the LAT thinks it is worth $400MM!

    AD-Restore the Republic/Obama Sucks! (2bb434)

  4. — Park it against a light pole and call it a Volt.
    Runs on one horse’s-ass power.
    — Shovel-in-the-dumpster ready.

    Icy (f0cfbd)

  5. You didn’t build that! A fact you can be proud of.

    Icy (f0cfbd)

  6. I’ve been there many times, too. This is classic Texas humor and I find it hilarious.

    DRJ (a83b8b)

  7. When mentioning “Texas Humor”, I think of a story I heard where a Texan said that then-candidate Obama was a “post turtle”. He went on to say a “post turtle” is a land turtle that you see sitting on top of a fence post while driving down the road with its 4 legs dangling over the side of the post- you know it doesn’t belong there, it doesn’t have a clue as what to do, and you wonder who the person was that put it there.

    MD in Philly (3d3f72)

  8. Well, what can I say? There is a very nice Cadillac in my neighborhood with a “Biden 2008” sticker. Now, what on heaven and Earth could make a person want to see that grinning poltroon be President?

    There is blind partisanship, and then there is utter insanity.

    Simon Jester (72c2e8)

  9. That’s not an Obamamobile, This is an Obamamobile , although, like the Obamaphone, he had nothing to do with it, and it started during the Bush Administration. (but I think it’s not in Texas, and maybe has been forgotten, or hasn’t been discovered, in Berkeley, California.)

    Also, there’s no government subsidy.

    Sammy Finkelman (047868)

  10. From the CNN story:

    “It’s like your own home, your own apartment, your own room,” she said, showing off the 7-foot-long living space on wheels. “No one else can come in here but me.”

    Gardenhire is talking about her makeshift home called an EDAR, which stands for Everyone Deserves A Roof. The units are being distributed to homeless people in the Los Angeles area by the Everyone Deserves A Roof nonprofit organization.

    It’s the brainchild of “Revenge of the Nerds” movie producer Peter Samuelson, who has spent much of his life working with charities to help impoverished children.

    It’s a 501(c) They’ve actually helped very few people. Each one costs about $475. (Custom made, probably and not imported) They were designed by people at the Pasaadena Art Center College of Design

    Here’s their home page: http://www.edar.org You can donate and/or get on their mailing list.

    “EDAR is my first step to the American Dream – Brenda, EDAR user, Los Angeles.”

    See also the LA Times of Dec 10, 2008:

    Upgrading from a cardboard Box for the homeless: The EDAR, a cross between a shopping cart and a pop-up camper, is a step up. By Martha Groves

    Sammy Finkelman (047868)


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