World's tallest tower in Dubai shut down after visitors were trapped in elevator 124 floors up

I have claustrophobia. I do not take elevators unless I have to; above ten floors I’m forced to get in one. The main reason I am a law abiding citizen is that I would be horrified to be put in a cell. If I had to be rescued from a elevator stopped between floors I’m positive I would be getting out before the women and children. I’m not sure how badly I would be acting if I had been trapped in this elevator.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Visitors on the observation deck of the world's tallest tower heard a loud boom, then saw dust that looked like smoke seeping through a crack in an elevator door 124 floors above the ground. The 15 people inside were trapped for 45 frightening minutes until rescuers managed to pry open the doors.
Because the elevator was apparently stuck between floors, rescuers had to drop a ladder into the shaft so those inside could crawl out. On the observation deck, about 60 more people were stranded and some began to panic. Read More

MercObama

Has the spell been broken (melted)? Mr Ajami explains

The Everly Brothers

When a person gets older sometimes we think most things were better when we were younger; of course that is mostly not true.  But then things like this come along to prove me wrong.

Concentrate on today

At 67 3/4’s, I don’t make too many long term commitments.  The ‘One’ is a little younger than I am but my advice to him is he shouldn’t either.

When you have nothing else to say!

IRRELAVENCY

 

Which Do You Care About More: 'iTablet' Announcement or the State of the Union?

• 5% (533 votes)   Obama, of course! This is about fixing America -- who cares about yet another expensive gadget.
• 41% (4,091 votes)  Apple, of course! Invention and innovation will fix America. Wake up, Mr. President.
•  13% (1,299 votes) Both, of course! This might be technology that changes our lives, and I want to know what Obama has up his sleeve this time.
• 39% (3,956 votes)   Neither, of course! Just another gadget, just another Obama speech. Maybe I'll go see Avatar -- again!
• 2% (164 votes)  Other (post comment).

Total Votes: 10,043

America Rising Part 1

America Rising Part 2

 

New Blogging Rules

Filed under: Uncategorized — cavemaster @ 7:23 AM Edit This

I have two Blogs now, 'Thoughts Pondered' and this one ‘Dave's Thoughts’. A lot to ponder and a lot to think about. Dave’s Thoughts will be known here a ‘DT and Thoughts Pondered will be known as TP. DT will be mostly political i.e. shining the light on the Obama Administration; doing the job the MSM, other than Fox, refuses to do.

TP will be more reflective, letting the deeper thoughts bubble up to the surface from my, formerly fertile brain. There might be some politics thrown in but mostly on my own political philosophy and maybe how I have arrived to it.

This will end my explanation of my new Blogging ground rules. Now on to pondering.

Missing You by Imogen Heap

Don't cry for me, America

They want to take from the rich and give to the poor; been tried, doesn't work (USSR), that second 'S' stands for 'Socialistic'.

They want to take over all our 'healthcare'; been tried, doesn't work (Europe).

They want to put us so far in debt with all of these 'social programs', they are going to bankrupt us so bad we are going to look like Argentina.

Speaking of Argentina, here is a story that sounds kind of familiar; unfortunately, a little too close to home.

Another thing. The people obama has around him are pretty smart, obama might not be but they are. The people in the administration know what they are doing and with all this history staring them in the face, they know what the out come will be. Why are they doing this? I think is it quiet obvious. They want to make us into another Argentina, for some reason. And in those old familiar words by HRC 'and you know what I'm talking about'.

When are the American people going to wake up!

We are just being inundated by racists. They are not even hiding behind every tree anymore.
Below is the video that goes with this story

Police May Scrap Entrance Exam: Report

Racism rearing it’s ugly head; again.

And as of last year, one in four patrol officers, in Chicago, were African-American, but just one in 12 Lieutenants were of color.

As usual, there seems to be more to the story.  here

'After a lot of thought...'

Chris Dodd will be retiring. I guess he doesn't have the b***'s to stand for election and take his medicine from the Connecticut voters. It started with his shenanigans with Ted Kennedy (see the waitress sandwich) and lately with being a 'friend of Angelo' and all that mortgage help that gets you. And then there is this (see racists).

Hypocrisy: The whole thing was an
embarrassingly outrageous debacle! Let me be
clear, I couldn’t care less
what either man said, but the double standard is
shockingly obvious. When
was the last time you heard anything more about Chris
Dodd or Robert Byrd?

from La Shawn Barber. Democrats are very seldom held accountable.

We're taking our Country Back!

A few words could be taken out but the over all message is right on.

Lets 'get her done'

Berkeley's Unbearable Whiteness of Science

The racial madness that has left-wing America in its thrall finds its apogee
in the Berkeley, California public schools. Berkeley High School is now poised
to eliminate science laboratory classes because ''science labs were largely
classes for white students.'' " Eric Klein writes
in The Easy Bay Express: Continue Reading >>

What an anti-climax: G-spot is a myth

"All that effort for nothing, boys.."

From The Sunday Times

January 3, 2010

While 56% of women overall claimed to have a G-spot, they tended to be younger and more sexually active

Lois Rogers

A sexual quest that has for years baffled millions of women — and men — may have been in vain. A study by British scientists has found that the mysterious G-spot, the sexual pleasure zone said to be possessed by some women but denied to others, may not exist at all.

The scientists at King’s College London who carried out the study claim there is no evidence for the existence of the G-spot — supposedly a cluster of internal nerve endings — outside the imagination of women influenced by magazines and sex therapists. They reached their conclusions after a survey of more than 1,800 British women.

“Women may argue that having a G-spot is due to diet or exercise, but in fact it is virtually impossible to find real traits,” said Tim Spector, professor of genetic epidemiology, who co-authored the research. “This is by far the biggest study ever carried out and it shows fairly conclusively that the idea of a G-spot is subjective.”

In the research, 1,804 British women aged 23-83 answered questionnaires. All were pairs of identical or non-identical twins. Identical twins share all their genes, while non-identical pairs share 50% of theirs. If one identical twin reported having a G-spot, this would make it far more likely that her sister would give the same answer. But no such pattern emerged, suggesting the G-spot is a matter of the woman’s subjective opinion.

While 56% of women overall claimed to have a G-spot, they tended to be younger and more sexually active. Identical twins were no more likely to share the characteristic than non-identical twins. continue reading>>

We forget history at our own Peril

Saul Alinsky and the Rise of Amorality in American Politics

President Obama worked for Alinsky organizations and taught seminars in Alinsky tactics and methodology during his "community organizing" period in Chicago. Michelle Obama echoed Alinsky’s words in her speech at the Democratic Convention.

Michelle Obama:

“Barack stood up that day,” talking about a visit to Chicago neighborhoods, “and spoke words that have stayed with me ever since. He talked about “The world as it is” and “The world as it should be…”

And, “All of us driven by a simple belief that the world as it is just won’t do – that we have an obligation to fight for the world as it should be.”

Saul Alinsky, “Rules for Radicals,” Chapter 2:

“The means-and-ends moralists, constantly obsessed with the ethics of the means used by the Have-Nots against the Haves, should search themselves as to their real political position. In fact, they are passive-but real-allies of the Haves … The most unethical of all means is the non-use of any means … The standards of judgment must be rooted in the whys and wherefores of life as it is lived, the world as it is, not our wished-for fantasy of the world as it should be.“

via New English Review . . .