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It’s one of the less-well-known programs instituted by FDR during the Depression – hiring out-of-work sign and barn painters and sending them out with maps, big cans of yellow paint, and HUGE brushes…it’s remained a line-item in the budget to this day, because there’s always a Senator or congressperson who can be counted on to tack its funding onto a bill for funding schools, or child nutrition, or something else that people don’t want to vote against, lest they be seen as ogres.
/tinfoil hat
hahaha I love the html tag: /tinfoil hat.
…and yet we still can’t see Rhode Island :)
We are, indeed, invisble from space. This is devastating. But RI-ers cling to the fact that our state has the longest name of all of ’em. Nyah nyah …
Ricki – I think you’re understating the extent of it. If you look carefully, you’ll see that even the Canadians are in on it. World’s longest undefended border my ass.
What about M-A-S-S-A-C-H-U… uh… S… Is it one ‘S’ or two?
Never mind.
The official name of Rhode Island is:
State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
That beats ’em all.
Well, actually, in 1952, the U.N. got involved and there are now international standards…even down to the particular shade and formulation of paint.
I know it’s pathetic that I am clinging to this so-called victory. hahahaha
I will also now quote the theme-song to a very popular “come to RI for a vacation” commercial seen on an endless loop in the tri-state area:
“We’re the biggest little state in the Union
Rhode Island …
Rhode Is-LAND…”
The outrageous scandal lurking in all of this is the unbid contracts given to Halliburton(I know, Sheila, I’m treading on thin water)to paint our coastlines. For anyone willing to do the research, it becomes obvious that Halliburton’s quoted estimates seemed reasonable until it was revealed that the tides force that work “to be redone EVERY DAY” at a cost to trillions and trillions of dollars to the American taxpayer. As a contrast, the outlining of Cuba, for example, is only redone once a month using special polymers that last much longer than the inferior products chosen by Halliburton–thus ensuring this ongoing fee bonanza. In addition, Cuba utilizes citizen groups who often ‘volunteer’ to do the work, or contract to do it at greatly reduced prices. Of course, those who refuse to volunteer are usually ‘reassigned’ to other ‘opportunities,’ but that is a minor quibble.
Plus, your mayor can beat up anybody else’s mayor.
George –
hahahahaha
Buddy!!!
DBW – excellent “use” of quotation “marks” throughout.
This is gearing up to be a scandal of crop circles potential.
DBW – clearly they’re oil-based paints, too.
hahahahahaha!!!!!!
Sheila,
I fell IN LOVE with the Little Leaguers from Cranston during the Little League World Series regionals. Ohmigod, those accents! It was cuteness overload. Too bad they got beat by Maine. Boooo.
Lisa – oh my God, Cranston!!! The. Best. Accent. It is very different from all of the rest of Rhode Island – distinct, I would recognize it if I heard it in the middle of the Gobi desert. “Excuse me, are you from Cranston, Rhode Island?”
The friend of mine from the story in the post below this one is from Cranston.
It was so cute how, when they were being introduced, all their blurbs said, “Favorite team: Boston Red Sox.”
And one of the boys’s dad owns some pizza parlors in that neck of the woods, Tomasini’s or something like that. It was so cool to think, “I bet Sheila and her friends have eaten there.”
Tomasini’s!!!
I cannot even hear the name “Tomasini’s” without hearing it in a thick RI accent (which I do not have, by the way.)
Y’all are completely scientifically illiterate! This satellite picture was taken at 3:45 AM not PM… If there really was yellow painted borders you wouldn’t be able to see them (the sun’s on the opposite side of the planet).
Obviously, they’re using some sort of phosphorescent or RADIOACTIVE paint. I can’t imagine what enviornmental damage is being done to both plant and animal life, and probably causing serious health effects to those people living near the borders. (Which by definition means ALL the people of RI)…
This is no laughing matter, SHEILA! hahahaha, indeed!
Paint chips are delicious. I’m just saying.
You guys are all so stupid. Everybody knows Xenu drew those with a big, yellow magic marker when he dropped the thetans off 75 million years ago.
Oh shit. Are there any empty volcanoes on the eastern seaboard where I can hide?
Nobody is safe from the sinister galactic overlord. He will find you.
It wasn’t Xenu! Xenu is imaginary.
It was the Flying Spaghetti Monster!
Imaginary??
Bill, Bill, Bill, you’re … you’re glib, Bill.
Let me teach you the history of FSMism.
I don’t know what’s scarier Xenu, or the fact that I actually can follow this conversation intellegently.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
Bill, if the pastafarians are right, woudn’t the state borders be painted in spaghetti sauce?
If Xenu is imaginary, how do you explain all these thetans using my body as a host organism? HOW?!?!?
If that is what He decided to use, yes. However, the Flying Spaghetti Monster, peace be upon him, made the decision to go with large, cable like bands of spaghetti. Yellow food coloring was added for clarity.
It can all be found in Capalini 5:31-37.
Hey, don’t you try and supress my religious freedom!
Gasp!
You just said the word “suppress”.
No, I only typed it. It doesn’t count if you don’t say it out loud.
Maybe I’d better consult my ABLE auditor to see if I don’t need to get sec checked to protect myself from being aberrated by taking large doses of Cal Mag. I wouldn’t want anything to have a bad effect on my Clear Certainty Rundown. You know, just in case.
Absolutely. I absolutely know what you mean.
Maybe you need to spend the weekend in a Purification Rundown. Better be safe than sorry.
I’ve already got a niacin run planned for lunch.
Excellent.
Bring concealer, so you can cover up the black sores before you return to the office – (which is probably full of SPs who wouldn’t understand).
All proven and irrefutable medical science aside, those aren’t from the niacin and I’m insulted that you would even suggest that they were.
Ok, all this Slim-Fast has gone to my head — I thought Emily typed “host orgasm”, which made me think she’s purporting to be some sort of sex therapist. . .for Thetans.
It is clear that you have a long way to go before you reach clear.
Who, me? I’m too glib to be clear.
Clearly!
Lisa,
I was referring to thetan porn, actually. It’s quite arousing, once you get used to the weird noises.
I think that should be a shirt:
Front: I :heart: Thetan Porn
It can’t be the giant spaghetti. The lines run along the coasts, and that volume of water would just yield limp, soggy, overcooked noodles.
No, we are dealing with something far more devious. Who do we know that can function on land and water, and also has a fetish for neon orange? That’s right.
Aquaman.
I always knew that freak was evil.
I know I should be concerned at the clear indication of an imminent attack by Genghis Anemone and his hordes of clone warriors massing along the northern shorelines…
but I can’t stop looking at the colliding galaxies..
These Pastafarians….do they smoke oregano as part of their religious practice?
peteb – we definitely need Aquaman (even though he’s a loser) to check up on any advancing anemone armies. We already know that they have a Qaddafi-esque general heading them up over the pass … we must be very watchful.
Second of all: that photo is absolutely mind-blowing. I even got tears in my eyes when I looked at it! Man!!!
Does this take the cake for WEIRDEST. COMMENT. THREAD. EVER?
And Bill, last I heard you were a devoted follwer of the Hypnotoad. So quickly swayed by FSM heresy…I would’ve expected better of you. ;-)
Hm, Dave. It makes perfect sense to me.
But that’s only because I’m OT IV and you are not.
Aquaman can scout ahead..
There’s more info on the galaxies image here
and a BBC report here
they’re saying that we only have 5 billion years left before the same thing happens to the Milky Way and Andromeda..
Anyone got a corkscrew?
I most definitely didn’t mean to imply that “weird” was bad.
And if I remember correctly, according to that Tom Cruise summary flash animation intro to Scientology, at the fifth level they teach you how to get extra lives in Contra. I knew that already (since high school, actually), so I must have naturally started at the fifth level or higher. A good thing, too, because that game was just impossible to beat otherwise.
Ooooh. Pretty.
Just think – all those stars in the sky, and Xenu has to be from one of them.
Dave J – you are clearly a suppressive person.
The best thing about the Flying Spaghetti Monster religion is that people can express their differences by What Sauce Would Cover Him, like, say , Pestolians vs. Puttanescites. This is a clearer and easier to understand comparison than between Anglicans and Episcopalians, for example.
And the Shaky Green Can of KraftPrayers only enhances Him!
Dave,
Don’t belittle my faith! I was deceived by the Hypnotoad and his powers.
Hey, reading this thread over, I thought of a most astonishing question of astounding theological significance:
If the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations is invisible from Space, does that mean that Rhode Islanders escape the notice of Xenu?
“…you are clearly a suppressive person.”
Cool. Though in all honesty, that’s actually not what most immediately comes to mind if asked what I’d like to share with Brooke Shields. ;-)
The fact that you can think it is cool that you are not clear is so so not cool.
Yeah, Dave. Don’t make me sick Jenna Elfman on you. She’s one vicious bitch.
Dharma is, indeed, one of our fiercest advocates. Her goal is to ‘clear the planet’ and make all SPs ‘scurry’ away from her. (yes, I am quoting).
She wants to make SPs “scurry away”.
Mmmkay?
She’s one vicious bitch.
Shut yo’ mouth!
No, yer ma!
“AIDS is not a disease. It’s a state of mind.”
-Jenna Elfman.
If we want to clear this planet, we’ve got to know and apply this tech. It’s just a rule. It just is I can’t even emphasize it enough. It’s just truth. You can’t go beyond truth, it just is if you want to Keep Scientology Working, you need to do the PTS/SP Course. Either that or you could be dead. You pick. — Jenna Elfman
But why is it true, jenna?
her answer: “Because it JUST IS.”
Okay. Thanks.
“apply this tech” Whaaaaaa? That sentence doesn’t even make sense?! What tech?
I know … it’s groupthink double-talk. Meant to obscure, and cohere the group.
Here’s the “scurry” quote I mentioned earlier:
Jenna speaks to those who want to suppress her religious freedom:
“Please just try and attack me. I welcome it. Now that I’m willing to confront them, they scurry away They scurry, because I’m willing to confront them.”
The response I was going for was, “But I’m just talking about Jenna!”, followed by my response of, “Then I can dig it.”
My fave celebrity Scientology quote is from Leah Remini:
“If somebody is going to get turned off about something because of what they read or heard, then that person’s not smart enough to even enter a church. If you’re really against something, then know what you’re against.”
Yeah, you know, those people who get turned off after learning about a subject by reading up on it are just so stupid.
Btw.. How are Tom and Katie’s wedding plans coming along?…
Or are those pesky Thetans still complaining about the seating arrangements?
I hear conflicting stories. She wants them to slow down, apparently – maybe have a nice ceremony in her hometown (just goes to show you that she has NO IDEA of the cult she is getting into) … she was seen shopping for a condo by herself, in Los Angeles, and apparently she was mostly interested in the security of the place … but then – I’ve also heard that they are still inseparable. He wants the wedding to be soon, and he wants it to be at the scientology center in hollywood.
There was the article in Star Magazine that basically said that, but tabloids are never reliable. “A source close to the couple” could be someone who saw them pass by while they were eating at Denny’s.
I always love going to the market and looking at the different rags – one declaring “BRAD AND ANGELINA ARE FINISHED!!!” right next to one that says “BRAD AND ANGELINA’S SECRET WEDDING PLANS.”
..she was seen shopping for a condo by herself, in Los Angeles, and apparently she was mostly interested in the security of the place..
I’d like to think that that version is closest to the true account.. it would be the most sensible move she’s made in the last year.
Which version did the Star magazine’s source push, Emily?
That Katie’s backing off. You can read the whole article here.
“She must be wishing she and Tom could slow down their race to the altar while they get to know each other better.”
That “must be” is somewhat worrying in terms of assessing the story.. and the same source says -“”Katie is a smart girl” – Hmm.. let’s hope so.