Maybe I should have said...

Posted By: mythbuster on 2009-03-03
In Reply to: What do you mean by 'there's not 'there' there?...nm - mar

....all hat and no cattle? All flash and no substance? Watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat?

There is no *there* there - is a quote attributed to Gertrude Stein referring to Oakland, CA. Meaning: Looks nice but it's superficial, no heft, no meaning, a facade.

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Another Obama day.. Another Dow tank.. Where's your messiah now? - nm
- Wanna know what Obama stands for? - SM
  - This is just a horrible, horrible thing to say, I am speechless...nm.... - mar
    - May be horrible. Unfortunately, it seems to - be true... HUGE mistake.nm
    - Agreed. (nm) - Marmann
    - Till toward the end of this year when he has the...sm. - Just wait....
      - You go, girl! - mythbuster
  - Watch out.... - oops
- Thank goodness we got out of the market - doingokay
- That's because AIG got another $30B - Backwards typist
  - So Agree! My backside still burning over this one..........sm - Cyndiee
    - I feel bad for the companies that are being - Backwards typist
      - My husband and I have had the same 401K, of which 1/2 is.....sm - Cyndiee
        Hubby and I both lost $5K. Not much - Backwards typist
        Yup, you got company on that one!.....nm - Cyndiee
- he's hiding from Rush! sm - nm#2
  - Actually, I was TRYING to hide from Rush; impossible because...sm - Cyndiee
    - Rush Limbaugh, hardly the Messiah of the Rep. party. - Zville MT
      - And you know, Zville, as I recall, at one - MTfromLA
        Can I put a more common perspectiveon this?.....sm - Cyndiee
        Cyndiee, I am sorry, you are correct, we - MTfromLA
        Yes, that is true, BOTH parties have to...sm - Cyndiee
        My point wasn't that anyone used drugs or whatever. - Zville MT
        Never said he was addicted - only that he used the drugs - nm - Amanda
    - Are you saying C-Span is garbage now? - Backwards typist
      - Well said - I just gotta be me
        Excuse me, I am intelligent, I listen to all of it, and make my own opinions....sm - Cyndiee
        I wasn't talking about you in particular - I just gotta be me
        Okey dokey, was wondering, thanks for the post!..nm - Cyndiee
        Aacks Cyndiee - I guess I should have been more specific - I just gotta be me
      - Where in the WORLD did I say THAT? Please see message.........sm - Cyndiee
        Sheesh. Just asked a question. - Backwards typist
        where the heck does it say that?...please see message - Cyndiee
        You didn't say garbage, but I just thought - Backwards typist
    - oh, honey, I knew you'd be the first BHL to answer - nm#2
      - Thank you, sweetie... - MTPockets
      - Do you promise?.....nm - Cyndiee
- My "messiah" is Jesus, and he is with the Heavenly Father; the President.....sm - Cyndiee
  - Trained chimp? Hardly. But chimp, definitely. nm - OoohOoohOooh
  - Well, let's see... - mythbuster
    - And to go a bit further into history, Daddy Bush had to do Desert Storm.....sm - Cyndiee
      - You mean... - Mythbuster
    - THANK YOU !!!!!!!!! - I just gotta be me
      - Silly me, I forgot... - mythbuster
  - If he fails - an opinion
    - I think you wrote a wonderful post; but the "giving money to the rich,"....sm - Cyndiee
      - BRAVO!! - Marmann
      - Historically... - mythbuster
        What do you mean by 'there's not 'there' there?...nm - mar
        Maybe I should have said... - mythbuster
        Wow, and you can ascertain all that from 4 weeks in office? Amazingly rapid political analysis!..... - Cyndiee
        No 'there' there - north to home
      - Another thought - an opinion
        Can we give him more than 4 weeks to do all that? (And your points are well-taken :0)......nm - Cyndiee
        That's like saying... - why
        Not the same at all! The man inherited a national crisis,,,,,,sm - cyndiee
        Bush inherited.. - mythbuster
- Remember he said it was gonna get worse before it - got better? It took a long time for - sm
- We were already well on our way. - Don't see what
  - It doesn't make a difference... - Zville MT
    - It sounds like you are wishing....... - sm
      - Trying? Hardly! - Zville MT
        Problem is........... - sm
        But here is another question, if you make NO INVESTMENTS in the future....sm - Cyndiee
        I was screaming when W. went into Iraq. - Zville MT
        I WASN'T screaming when W went into Iraq!! - Marmann
        I totally agree with that, we need to put constraints on money spent....nm - Cyndiee
- Amen - to that.
  - What I am doing to help the economy - SG
    - Wow, now that was a wonderful post, how I wish.......sm - Cyndiee

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