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chingalera says...

His hits came fast 'n furious when there was music that make fun of itself so hard....His schtick is dated but he's ingrained in musical satire with all of the greats-

Short List that pops to mind from as many eras I can muster without google:

Rosemary Clooney
Betty Hutton
The Residents
Spinal Tap
Shel Silverstein
Mrs.Alva Miller
Garfunkel and Oats
Tom Lehrer
Jimmy Fallon
Louden Wainwright Jr.
Biff Rose (I cheated)

List goes on but my brain won't...

Fallon kills me with this;
http://videosift.com/video/Neil-Young-Bruce-Springsteen-Whip-My-Hair

lucky760 said:

Weird Al's never disappoints (except with ~75% of the tracks on each of his last several albums).

Dr Hook - Freakin at the Freaker's Ball (live)

chingalera says...

"we take all kinna pills, to give us all kinna thrills"

-"Cover of the Rolling Stone", written by Shel Silverstein performed by Dr.Hook, 1973

Stormsinger said:

That's just conservative disinformation...I'm sure they'd -never- do drugs that didn't come from big pharma.

Shel Silverstein - Father of a Boy named Sue

9/11 Explosive Evidence: Experts Speak Out - Trailer

hpqp jokingly says...

Pssht, dontcha know? Larry Silverstein admitted that the WTC7 was taken down intentionally with explosives!!! Look, proof!!!!!!

>> ^Skeeve:

Not to mention, after all of that going off without a hitch, every one of the hundreds of ninja demomen involved kept their mouths shut and never told anyone.
The average person can't keep their mouth shut about office rumors and surprise parties; there's no way you could keep the thousands of people in on the plan all quiet.
>> ^ChaosEngine:
This is really getting a) old and b) laughable.
We are expected to believe that some elite group (who are these people btw? CIA? NSA? the illuminati?) managed to sneak tonnes of explosive into a building that was used daily by hundreds (thousands?) of people and no-one noticed or said anything?
Also if you've ever seen a controlled demolition site, it's covered in wires and cables and the explosives are strapped directly to the support columns. There isn't a single witness to this?
Finally, we're supposed to believe these same ninja demomen (presumably one-eyed black scots) are awesome enough to do all this but phenomenally stupid enough to make the whole thing look like a controlled explosion? They couldn't have detonated one side first and let it fall in a more chaotic and "believable" way?


9/11 Truth: What Happened to Building 7

sepatown says...

So Larry Silverstein is in on the biggest conspiracy of all time and the FIRST time he's interviewed about it, he slips up without any sort of stumble over words? No "Oh my god what have i just said?"? Whenever people bring this up i imagine his 'minders' (who are in on it) are just off camera talking amongst themselves.

Minder to Minder2: "Dude watch this. Larry's a pro. He and I've been practicing these answers all weekend. No matter what tricky questions they've got, he's just gonna knock'em right back out of the park."

Silverstein to camera: "... the smartest thing to do is pull it..."

Minder2 (goes pale): "What the FUCK did he just say? Did he just say 'pull it'?"

Minder (wets himself): "Oh God no! STOP the interview! Larry what have you done?"

Minder2 (into walkie-talkie): "RED ALERT! RED ALERT! The Cat is out of the bag! I repeat, the Cat is out of the bag!"

Shel Silverstein - Father of a Boy named Sue

Enhanced South Tower Image W/Explanation

rebuilder says...

>> ^choggie:
Why then, did Larry Silverstein, owner of the WTC compound, in need of asbestos removal and major repairs say "we had to pull it" when asked about WTC 7? Answer-He got sloppy on the record.


If you go look up the source, you'll find Silverstein doesn't say "we", he says the firefighters decided to "pull", in light of the terrible loss of life they'd seen already, and then they watched the building collapse.

I don't see how your claim makes any sense. What's your scenario here? Insurance fraud? Would Silverstein deliberately blow up his building to cash in on the attacks only to suddenly forget he did that and admit to it all on TV? Seriously? Or are you saying it was part of a plot to further enrage the American people to bolster the Bush administration? Why would they demolish the building in secret? Just saying it was too badly damaged by who-knows-what related to the plane crashes and it was seen as safest to just take the whole thing down would have been enough. I don't see how the claim it was blown up makes any sense - what's the motive?

Enhanced South Tower Image W/Explanation

choggie says...

....and that was not a plane that hit the pentagon (show the films confiscated)..and the burning WTC 7 simply HAD to come down!!! After all, it was on fire...we always drop buildings into their own footprints that have been burning for over 5 hrs in the U.S....especially ones with so much cool government spook shit in them, and especially ones with the NY office of Emergency management, IRS, Secret Service, and SEC...

Yeah yeah yeah, "The heat from the uncontrolled fires caused steel floor beams and girders to thermally expand, leading to a chain of events that caused a key structural column to fail." blah blah blah....

Why then, did Larry Silverstein, owner of the WTC compound, in need of asbestos removal and major repairs say "we had to pull it" when asked about WTC 7? Answer-He got sloppy on the record.

Any one of the simple questions swept under the rug of time and apathy should be vigorously and publicly questioned.

Charlie Sheen's Video Message to President Obama

Payback says...

>> ^EndAll:
Some things to consider:
To add to the convenience, Silverstein had the towers insured against terrorist attacks so that not only would he get to stop paying for the lease, he would even get most of his down payment back.


Anyone who owns a building that was not only targetted by terrorists, but HAD AN ACTUAL TERRORIST ATTACK ATTEMPTING TO DESTROY IT BY BLOWING UP A VAN IN THE PARKING GARAGE, would be stupid NOT to insure against terrorists.

Charlie Sheen's Video Message to President Obama

EndAll says...

Some things to consider:

The towers had asbestos issues.

The insurance companies were held not liable in a prior to 911 court case for the asbestos removal, people don't realize sections of those towers were to become uninhabitable very shortly for being uninsurable.

Can you imagine the symbol of power to the world in NYC being a uninhabitable empty building?

The office that got hit in the Pentagon was the same office where they were conducting the investigation into the 2.3 trillion missing from the defense department that Rumsfeld announced on Sept 10... no more investigation.

Cheney had bought Dresser Industries in 1998 and that made Halliburton responsible for their asbestos abatement.

Halliburton Pays Dearly but Finally Escapes Cheney's Asbestos Mess

The World Trade Center was also a huge asbestos liability and realistically held very little value due to the overwhelming costs associated with the removal of said asbestos. It's funny how it all ties together, isn't it? http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/003500.php

It was well-known by the city of New York that the WTC was an asbestos bombshell. For years, the Port Authority treated the building like an aging dinosaur, attempting on several occasions to get permits to demolish the building for liability reasons, but being turned down due the known asbestos problem. Further, it was well-known the only reason the building was still standing until 9/11 was because it was too costly to disassemble the twin towers floor by floor since the Port Authority was prohibited legally from demolishing the buildings.

The projected cost to disassemble the towers: $15 Billion. Just the scaffolding for the operation was estimated at $2.4 Billion!

In other words, the Twin Towers were condemned structures. How convenient that an unexpected “terrorist” attack demolished the buildings completely.

WTC Building 7 was a part of the WTC complex, and covered under the same insurance policy. This 47-storey steel-framed structure, which was NOT struck by an aircraft, mysteriously collapsed 8 hours later that same day into its own footprint at freefall speed — exactly in the manner of the Twin Towers.

Halliburton was legally responsible for the WTC's asbestos problems. It would have been fought out in court but Halliburton might lose. They couldn't do a controlled demolition because of the asbestos. Of all the buildings in NYC, this one was the one whose demolition would be most advantageous for the vice president of the United States. And the first responders paid the price, on 911 and later.

To add to the convenience, Silverstein had the towers insured against terrorist attacks so that not only would he get to stop paying for the lease, he would even get most of his down payment back.

He also claimed entitlement to be paid the 3.6 billion insurance sum twice, arguing that the towers were destroyed in two separate attacks. This resulted in a long court battle and resulted in him eventually collecting his billions.

In short, privatizing the lease of the property and making sure all physical evidence was quickly destroyed by recycling the steel allowed Silverstein to collect on the insurance policy instead of having to go through lengthy forensic analysis over who or what really knocked down the towers.

It doesn't prove a conspiracy but is again one of those important coincidences to take place for the whole thing to play out plausibly.

As for building 7, lets keep in mind that all paperwork for SEC investigation of ENRON and WorldCom were destroyed in its collapse, and the cases had to be abandoned. How much that was worth personally or in cold hard cash is up to anyone's guess.

http://whatreallyhappened.com/WRHARTICLES/wtc_payment.html http://www.freewebs.com/inside-man/

peggedbea (Member Profile)

rottenseed says...

I think I read a children's book with the same storyline as what you just told me. Maybe it was a Shel Silverstein poem...either way you shoulda taken a trip into uncle touchy's naked puzzle basement...

In reply to this comment by peggedbea:
i saw my vagina tell you her san diego story.
i have no distinct feelings toward san diego either way but, im going to tell you one of my san diego many stories.
1999. 17 year old bald headed bea is in love with a beautiful schizophrenic crusty gutter punk from san bernardino.
they go to san diego together. they are guttering around town late at night after dark. stoned. theyre in a field somewhere around town, like a large field in between an office building and a hotel. i have no idea where really. at the back of the field there seems to be just a random shortish iron fence. whatever. sit down to drink their malt liquors. then they get busy with the doin its. mid doin its some fucking train full of windows and people comes out of nowhere and drives by. right on the other side of that iron fence that were right next to. we could clearly make out several faces so we know they could also probably clearly make us out.

the best part is that im bald and boyish and were doin it doggy style, so hopefully they thought it was 2 dudes going at it. hopefully it was horrifyingly inspirational to them. hopefully this story is also horrifyingly inspirational to you. i strongly encourage ambiguous teenage sex all over the streets of your fair town.

youre welcome.

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rougy says...

Favourites

1) Season - Spring, while the blossoms and leaves are still budding
2) Place in the world - Amsterdam
3) Children's book - "Where the Sidewalk Ends" by Shel Silverstein
4) TV Series - Northern Exposure
5) Word - zesty
6) Film - Year of the Dragon
7) Curse - shitstain
Creature - The Faun
9) Past time - beers and shots in a Denver dive bar with musician friends
10)Person - Anais Nin or Shophie Scholl

Which one?

11) Dog or cat - both, but I prefer taking a walk with my dog
12) Sweet or savoury - both, but I'll take steak before chocolate
13) Cereal or Toast - both, Lucky Charms must never be underestimated
14) Tan or pale - pale
15) Shoes or barefoot - shoes, due to tender feet
16) Desktop or laptop - desktop for work, laptop for fun
17) Drive or walk - walk whenever possible
18) Drama or comedy - both, but good comedy is hard to find
19) Sex or food - fooooood
20) Futurama or Simpsons - The Simpsons is my #1 weakness

The Sift

21) Your fave personal submission - Blondie - Dreaming
22) A great comment on one of your vids - can't say; everyone here has their moments
23) Most off the wall member - quantumushroom; at least choggie had a heart
24) Favourite user name - too many; many clever names here
25) Your most used channel - not a channel guy
26) Personal dumbass moment - blowing my top or misunderstanding a post
27) Best avatar - they're all good - the avatar really frames the way you hear a comment being said in your head
28) Partner in crime - none, unfortunately
29) Do people offline know of your sift problem - no
30) Idea for the site - a way to subscribe to comments on a specific thread

About you

31) Where do you live - a hell-hole called Roswell, NM
32) Smoker/non-smoker - love the weed, hate the tabacco
33) Left or right handed - ambidextrous, right dominant
34) Hair colour - is thin a color?
35) Relationship status - a single liberal stuck in a conservative desert
36) How tall - sixish.
37) Children - no, unfortunately
38) Ever had an operation - no, thankfully
39) Best feature - generally patient and usually considerate
40) Use four words to describe yourself - complex, loner, creative, sensitive

If you could...what, who, when etc

41) Bring a famous person back from the dead - Henry Miller, with the hopes we'd be beer buddies
42) Give 50 grand to any charity - something for the children of Iraq
43) Send someone on a one way ticket to the moon - Bill O'Reilly
44) Relive a moment in your life - when I met a certain girl in college and fell in love
45) Have a superpower - precognition
46) Find out one thing you've always wanted to know - who pulled off 9/11
47) Have the opposite gender deal with something you have to - can't say, we've both got it rough in our own funny way
48) Be president for one hour - arrest the Bush Administration and launch an investigation into their activities
49) Delete a period in history - the Spanish Inquisition
50) Achieve one thing - publish a great book that was loved by all who read it

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