http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ 2010-07-30T10:34:51-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/ http://squeezethepulp.com/w/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2008-01-27T15:47:33-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:a_carnival_hand_is_here_jan_20_2008?rev=1201466853&do=diff A Carnival Hand Is Planning Northern Carrboro I read with great interest the article in the latest Carrboro Citizen, from our supposed planning guru, Mr. James Carnahan. He needs to spend more time riding around the area he is planning. There are many questions raised by his little “happy letter” text/html 2008-01-20T16:01:06-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:a_carnival_hand_is_planning_northern_carrboro_jan_20_2008?rev=1200862866&do=diff Carnival Hand Is Planning Northern Carrboro I read with great interest the article in the latest Carrboro Citizen, from our supposed planning guru, Mr. James Carnahan. He needs to spend more time riding around the area he is planning. There are many questions raised by his little “happy letter” text/html 2008-01-27T15:45:50-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:a_drive_to_annex_heritage_hills?rev=1201466750&do=diff Heritage Hills and Laurel Springs Carrboro Annexation Petition, They Need Sidewalks Too! I think it is a crying shame that, while downtown Carrboro is getting a second sidewalk on the other side of Greensboro Street, lovely communities such as Heritage Hills and Laurel Springs have none!! I was so outraged by this social injustice that I have started a petition to ask Carrboro to annex these two neighborhoods. With the social-justice act of doubling of property taxes that these two neighborho… text/html 2008-01-18T22:00:35-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:a_message_for_joe_capowski_aka_weaverguy?rev=1200711635&do=diff Message for Joe Capowski aka Weaver Guy Joe Capowski, the Weaver Guy, said on 2008/01/03 19:47: “Cosmo, you don't seem to be allowing my posts to be visible to those who go to the site. Can't stand the heat? What about those STP archives...any journalistic cred that you and your TM (transcentental meditation?) pals want to imply you have really is called to question by not allowing the archives to be accessible.” text/html 2008-01-26T11:48:13-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:a_petition_to_the_carrboro_boa_to_annex_heritage_hills_and_laurel_springs-they_need_sidewalks?rev=1201366093&do=diff Heritage Hills and Laurel Springs Carrboro Annexation Petition, They Need Sidewalks Too! I think it is a crying shame that, while downtown Carrboro is getting a second sidewalk on the other side of Greensboro Street, lovely communities such as Heritage Hills and Laurel Springs have none!! I was so outraged by this social injustice that I have started a petition to ask Carrboro to annex these two neighborhoods. With the social-justice act of doubling of property taxes that these two neighborho… text/html 2008-01-27T15:35:26-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:a_serious_moment_jan_18_2008?rev=1201466126&do=diff A Serious Moment for Rogers Road I know my rants are usually way over the top, stupid, outrageous, etc. If you don't believe me, just ask my spouse! This topic is serious, folks: Write your local papers and commissioners about siting the new transfer station on Eubanks Road. The more people that speak out the better we will be heard. Here is a letter I sent to the Daily Tarheel, Herald Sun, Carrboro Citizen, News and Observer and Chapel Hill news, as well as all of the County Commissioners… text/html 2008-01-21T18:43:07-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:a_simple_explanation_for_pinhead_orange_progressives-why_i_fight_the_transfer_station_at_eubanks_jan_19_2008?rev=1200958987&do=diff This message is for all of the posers that somehow think a white boy like me has something under his sleeve as far as wanting to get rid of the landfill operations on Eubanks. For all you closet racist, I-did-a-senior-thesis-on-the-Rogers-Road-area-therefore-I-care-type, latte sipping, trust fund living, non profit working posers out there, here it goes. Nomex or not. text/html 2008-01-02T15:47:37-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:apologists_corner?rev=1199306857&do=diff Apologist's Corner This page is to honor (or “out”) the apologists who post their pearls to this site. Of course, I will include a flaming response in response to their apologies! 1/1/2008- Wow, business is booming!!! Here is my first victim! Excuse me while I change into my nomex. Of course, my flames are in bold. text/html 2008-08-29T09:30:57-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:arch?rev=1220016657&do=diff text/html 2008-01-12T08:42:29-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:buying_local_food_or_buying_it?rev=1200145349&do=diff Wow, a local couple wants to buy “only local” food........ In concept, this appears to be a noble cause. Save the planet (which one? Saturn? Uranus?) etc. by buying locally and reducing the environmental impact of food production. Unfortunately, in spite of what the N and O 1/9/08 article says, and what the local couple wishes to do, buying locally is not necessarily more “eco”. I challenged the reporter but didn't get much more than a “huh?” for a reply. Don't think she got it.… text/html 2008-01-31T17:06:02-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c38h-2?rev=1201817162&do=diff Cowpies prove the hazards of political inbreeding This just in, from our friends at Orange Poseurs: [Houston...] ”Submitted by Joe Capowski on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 10:07am. About two years ago, as part of the heavy discussion of the annexations into Carrboro of the northern neighborhoods, I wrote a post. It is relevant to the theme of this thread “what you get for your taxes depending on exactly where you live”. Since our cast of characters has changed somewhat, I restate the old post: I v… text/html 2008-02-16T14:52:33-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h7?rev=1203191553&do=diff The Sky Isn't Falling, But the Ceiling Is!! Back in June of last year, an article ran in the Chapel Hill News regarding some ceiling tiles at Chapel Hill High School that had been painted by the science classes to memorialize what they have learned. text/html 2008-01-30T17:09:18-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h8-1?rev=1201730958&do=diff Carrboro BOA Wants More Car Parking to Fulfill its Vision of a Walkable and Bicycle Friendly Community Boy, if this ain't confusing. After all the talk about walkability, bicycle friendly, etc. etc. literally ad nauseam, now there is a development that is being proposed that purportedly does not have enough parking???? What the heck is going on here? text/html 2008-02-28T17:53:09-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h810?rev=1204239189&do=diff Non-Breeding Chapel Hill Town Councilman Busts "Dense Pearls" of Wisdom in Another Councilman's Face In a “strategic planning” (or cumbaya, see Phictionary) session the other day, there was some actually logical discussion starting about whether or not “dense development” aka “mixed use” aka trustafarian (see Phictionary) playgrounds were the best way for Chapel Hill to go. text/html 2008-02-29T17:23:49-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h811?rev=1204323829&do=diff Local Water Utility AWA$HA in Cash Thanks to the Drought and Bad Planning So now, Owasa is going to be “Awasha” in cash after announcing “stage three” restrictions, in a desperate attempt to reduce water consumption and/or raise money in their service area. To me, stage three is a “number 1” plus a “number 2” metaphorically if not mathematically speaking. Here's why: text/html 2008-03-01T21:42:34-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h812?rev=1204425754&do=diff Inside the Convoluted Mind of an Orange Progressive, A Local Eco-Poseur Builder Constructs a House of Cards, Recyclable, Of Course There's no better look at the contorted perspective from which an OPie views the world than this special bit of logic from OWASA apologist and profiteer, builder Marc Marcoplos. ”Wow - that link to Squeeze the Pulp alerts us to the smear campaign they are gearing up toward Bernadette Pelissier. In a bizarre rant, they sought to blame her for everything they… text/html 2008-03-09T17:06:57-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h813?rev=1205096817&do=diff Carrboro BOA Sez Walk, Don't Run, Children! In yet another astounding discussion amongst the Carrboro Boa, the “problem” of having foot races in and through Carrboro was slithered about at a recent meeting. It seems that walking is of course fine, but running is not. Kind of like driving and parking in the eyes of the BOA. text/html 2008-03-09T20:43:27-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h814?rev=1205109807&do=diff Cyberwanker Alert! Someone Dislikes The Pulp! Press the Image to Hear a Gofy Salute Array I just love it on chilly evenings when a OPie cyberwanker chooses out of the goodness of his heart to share his cumbayah (see Phictionary) love with those, such as Cosmo, not wise enough to see their brilliance. text/html 2008-03-12T09:49:14-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h815?rev=1205329754&do=diff Solving Homelessness in Chapel Hill, Cosmo style! Maybe Chapel Hill can hire UNC students to do this! Problem Solved, just ask Doctor Cosmo! “SAN DIEGO - A community activist thinks a few couch potatoes, strategically placed on sidewalk benches in an upscale shopping district, will keep transients on their feet and on the move. text/html 2008-03-13T18:58:42-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h816?rev=1205449122&do=diff Local Developer's Support Group (aka Sierra Club) to Deliver "Crowning Blow" to Environmental Justice Next Monday Night, the local Developer’s Support Group aka the Sierra Club (you know, the eco-fascist, global whining, don't actually do anything but feel good about all the happy talk, poseur group, just stay over in the Phictionary for a while, you'll get the point) will have its equivalent of “America's Next Top Model” show. text/html 2008-03-18T10:37:02-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h817?rev=1205851022&do=diff Local Ecoposeur Club Meeting Sweeps Monday Night TV Ratings - Media Coverage Today Overwhelming Um... no dense pearls of wisdom in the papers. Everyone musta been busy watching the National Geographic special on “The Mating Habits of Orange County Weasels”. text/html 2008-03-30T14:48:23-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h818?rev=1206902903&do=diff Earth Hour makes HUGE difference in Glow-ball Whining [?350x350] Did you catch the “Earth Hour” that was celebrated “glow-bally” of course? Everyone turned off their lights for an hour to fight global whining... er, I mean warming. Of course, the cumbayah (see Phictionary) hour included bonfires and candle light, which while really ”neato” are less efficient and more carbon loading than regular electric lighting. Ugh, EcoPoseurs can be so tiresome with their dire lack of technical edu… text/html 2008-04-01T15:34:20-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h819?rev=1207078460&do=diff Chapel Hill Town Council Unveils its New "Unaffordable Hosing" Tax Policy The Chapel Hill Town Council must've changed its battle cry from ”Affordable Housing” to ”Unaffordable Hosing”. What is a Town Council to do in times of extreme and/or exceptional financial drought? Cut costs?? No! Postpone projects? Are you nuts? No!! What the Chapel Hill Town Council does is apply an “unaffordable hosing” (see Phictionary) to its property tax paying minions! text/html 2008-04-11T06:18:30-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h820?rev=1207909110&do=diff Katz Scratch Fever!!! Press the Image to Hear the Parasitic Fungal Political Discourse Array I've seen lame before, but the print ad that parasitic fungal expert and, quite appropriately, former head of the Orange County Democratic Party, Barry Katz ran in a local paper recently, criticizing Kinnaird and puffing up Carey takes and bakes the propane cake! (See Hot Orange Katz Ad.) All he does is list a bunch of supposedly important things that Kinnaird hasn't done, while snowballing you abo… text/html 2008-04-11T14:57:24-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h821?rev=1207940244&do=diff Kinnaird Canard Serves Up Fruity Advice, Comparing Apples to Orange. Talk About Misinformation on the Home Equity Tax! Local politico State Senator Ellie Kinnaird, aka the Paris of the Piedmont Prophetess, (you know her) has whipped off a memo to the steno pool (local media editors) about the ”misinformation” surrounding the proposed land transfer tax. (See Hot Orange Home Equity Tax Story|.) Maybe Miss Ellie thinks that she can still just wave her wand and have a new tax appear without … text/html 2008-04-11T14:01:06-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h822?rev=1207936866&do=diff Carny Hand Barks "Walkable Northern Carrboro", Maybe He'll Visit Some Time Carny Hand is at it again. What's the buzzword he and the Boa are applying to Northern Carrboro? Walkable! Yes, that warm and fuzzy word used by people who drive to their planning meetings. text/html 2008-04-27T14:10:33-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h823?rev=1209319833&do=diff We May Not Have a Pot to Pelissier In If Growth Continues, But We Have Happy Talk in Chapelboro!! Cosmo's Lonchera... Hey Sparky, Some Pollo Asado? Cosmo just got a fresh load of carbon chains, what with the easing of the home heating market up north. Nothing like a good score of blue rhino! Hmmm let's see, what should I flame? Emboldened by a fresh “flammo” belt, there's plenty of content to browse in Cosmo’s favorite real estate advertiser and bird cage liner (Chapel Hill News) which … text/html 2008-05-07T19:43:21-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h824?rev=1210203801&do=diff Orange Progressives Trip on Transfer Tax... End of an Error?? Cosmo hopes all of you went out and voted in the primary yesterday, May 6th. If you didn’t, then “ferme la bouche”. Cosmo doesn’t waste propane on non-voters. In which direction should Cosmo spread his love? Where should he bust his very own dense pearls of wisdom ‘a la Cool-Aid Councilor Kleinschmidt? text/html 2008-05-10T19:53:01-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h825?rev=1210463581&do=diff The Smell Is Killing Me! Cowpies, Please Dry Up and Blow Away! Press the Image... and There's Nothing There! There is nothing so sad as a political washout and black bagger trying to stay in the game. Sad Joe has done it again. Tears are welling up in my eyes. I wish I had nothing better to do, like our friend Joe. Got consulting?? text/html 2008-06-01T16:01:59-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h826?rev=1212350519&do=diff "Genius" of Local Progressivism Hits Cosmo From Every Direction! Press the Image to Hear Cosmo Dance to the Progressive Beat Array Fresh from a 350 mile, high cylinder density, carbonaceous trip to the mountains of NC, Cosmo had some time to ponder the state of things in his beloved Orange County. What with sooo many local Orange Progressive geniuses contributing to the local weal for the past twenty years, why Chapel Hill and Carrboro must be running like the proverbial Swiss watch. text/html 2008-08-09T12:07:25-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h827?rev=1218298045&do=diff Orange Progressives' Feel Good Poseur Chickens Come Home to Roost. The Hen House Needs a Cleaning! Press the Image to Feel the Funky Chicken Beat Array My, my, my - how time flies! Cosmo's summer is almost over, and it feels like it only began yesterday! text/html 2008-02-03T11:59:08-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h83?rev=1202057948&do=diff A D'Ope Slap A newly anointed Orange Progressive Political “analyst” has come up with a mind numbingly BRILLIANT way to end poverty: Eradicate Capitalism!! Wow, why didn't I think of that?? What a total Orange poseur this person is. In typical Orange Progressive fashion, while wanting to end capitalism, she owns two houses (see “rentier” in the phictionary). Is she renting out a low-income housing unit that was obtained from her Opie buddies several years ago? If so, sounds like a capitalis… text/html 2008-09-04T12:28:19-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h830?rev=1220545699&do=diff The Carrboro Vibe.. or Catching a Buzz in Carrboro Press the Image to Catch the Vibe Array So now that the “gentrification” of downtown Carrboro is in full swing (having started with all those now complaining about gentrification), there is much talk about keeping the Carrboro “vibe” during the transformation. text/html 2008-09-07T12:38:18-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h831?rev=1220805498&do=diff Palin Impales OPies OPies Show True Colors... Envy Green Cosmo thinks the Republican vice presidential nominee is really kool, not as in “Carrboro Cool-Aid cool”, but in the general sense. Known widely as “the hottest governor from the coldest state”, Mrs. Sarah (no maiden name) Palin has really made the upcoming elections interesting. text/html 2008-02-10T16:57:42-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h84?rev=1202680662&do=diff For Providing Your Feedback to Cosmo, Log In and Go to the Sidebar and Push "FEEDBACK for Cosmo" ⇒ Bling Bling Bros. Bunkum & Bailout Circus! Ladies and Gentlemen: In the center ring, we have a new show, the eco-poseur, almost-got-a-degree-in-architecture, dense building, creekside clear cutting, tax exempt business owner, Carnival Hand aka Mr. James Carnahan, chairman of the Carrboro Planning Board!!! text/html 2008-10-19T12:56:24-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h840?rev=1224435384&do=diff Cosmo Grateful For Opium Pit Voting Guide Press the Image to Hear Opium Pit Praise Array So, Cosmo was sitting around one day this week wondering for whom he should vote. Hmmm... the choices are many-democRAT, republiCAN, Independent. That's a fat joke. The politically nauseous “Indy” paper is so lame that the “Indy” has never endorsed an independent candidate in the history of Carrboro or Chapel Hill. Democrats only! text/html 2008-11-02T20:35:33-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h841?rev=1225676133&do=diff Carrboro Cat Fight Ahead!! Press Either Image To Hear About CIA Attack Animals Array The geniuses of the Carrboro Board of Aldermen (BOA) have undertaken and dealt handily with the issue of dogs indiscriminately dumping in Alderman's yards (only Alderman have the privilege of dumping in your yard), by passing yet another useless ordinance. Useless, of course, unless you are the town attorney, who gets paid by the hour to handle the mindless paperwork generated by the BOA for this land… text/html 2008-11-20T20:17:43-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h842?rev=1227230263&do=diff Really folks, it is simple. Which is probably why no one in charge has thought of it. Just like during WWII when Americans pulled together and put their Country first, here is what everyone needs to do: Go out and buy an AMERICAN car if you are going to buy a car. text/html 2008-11-27T13:31:20-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h843?rev=1227810680&do=diff Well, these are truly sad times for the aging hippies that live in Orange County. Now that the evil satan otherwise known as George Bush is going to vacate the White House, and a new liberal savior has been anointed into his position, there is no longer any national cause for an Orange County liberal to crow about. text/html 2008-02-10T16:54:43-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h85?rev=1202680483&do=diff What this County Needs is a Tax on Dumb! Okay, so let me get this straight. The county commissars have had since last summer to figure out if they wanted to list both options (local sales tax referendum and a local transfer tax referendum) on the upcoming November 2008 ballot or to list just one of these. This is Orange County so de rigeur they appoint a citizen commission to help study this momentous decision. This is Orange County, so de rigeur they pay no attention to their appointed … text/html 2008-02-11T17:01:53-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h86?rev=1202767313&do=diff Stop the Presses! Perdue Not Chicken About Changing Energy Goals! On WRAL this morning Purdue Energy Plan Gubernatorial hopeful Beverly Perdue announces a goal to stop building coal plants in NC by cutting energy consumption by 50% in NC, through “efficiencies”. Of course, Ms. Perdue does not offer any actual data to support the feasibility of this goal, no references to alternatives to be used, nor does she say whether it will be 50% of today's energy or 50% of energy at some future date.… text/html 2008-02-17T06:07:28-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h88?rev=1203246448&do=diff City Schools Goes Begging for Money- Why Oh Why? Will There Ever Be Enough School Funding in Orange County? City school funding in southern Orange is amongst the highest in the state, yet I get email spam about a Chapelboro “school foundation”. What's that? It's a fundraising plea for the city schools. What's the deal here? Are the Chapelboro schools really that desperate for money? Our municipal taxes, about half of which go towards school funding, are so high already, why is this sort … text/html 2008-02-21T12:58:50-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:c3h89?rev=1203616730&do=diff Commishes Exhibit Creative Navigation, Rubber Telephone Polls You Can Run Over Without Political Damage Press on Image to Hear Ground Control Array Just when I think that the Commishes have plumbed “Orange progressive” silliness to its lowest possible depths, I watched the BOCC run head on at full speed into a telephone poll. To my utter surprise they bounced off that poll without a scratch, except for the TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS of “scratch” coming out of your tax paying wallet. You know the s… text/html 2008-01-27T15:03:24-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:carrboro_boa_wants_more_car_parking_to_fullfil_its_vision_of_a_walkable_and_bicycle_friendly_community?rev=1201464204&do=diff Carrboro BOA Wants More Car Parking to Fulfill its Vision of a Walkable and Bicycle Friendly Community Boy, if this ain't confusing. After all the talk about walkability, bicycle friendly, etc. etc. literally ad nauseam, now there is a development that is being proposed that purportedly does not have enough parking???? What the heck is going on here? text/html 2007-12-23T20:21:11-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:cy_2007?rev=1198459271&do=diff December text/html 2008-01-01T12:48:16-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:discussion?rev=1199209696&do=diff To Add Your Thoughts, Log In and Type In the White Box Below text/html 2008-02-16T15:37:00-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:flaming_infernally_high_school_costs?rev=1203194220&do=diff CHCCS Goes Begging for money- Why oh why? Will There Ever Be Enough School Funding in Orange County? City school funding in southern Orange is amongst the highest in the state, yet I get email spam about a Chapelboro “school foundation”. What's that? It's a fundraising plea for the city schools. What's the deal here? Are the Chapelboro schools really that desperate for money? Our municipal taxes, about half of which go towards school funding, are so high already, why is this sort of begg… text/html 2008-01-27T15:39:04-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:global_misinformation_again?rev=1201466344&do=diff Skating Past the Facts Big news in today's local (Raleigh) paper: Headline reads “Antarctic Ice Loss Linked to Global Warming” - a typical fear mongering headline. Hmm, let's read the story- “The overall loss is a tiny fraction of the miles-deep ice” and I like this one “Martinson said researchers do not have enough data to say for certain that the process was set in motion by global warming”........WHAT? I thought they were “linked”!!! Isn't that what the story title says? More facts op… text/html 2008-08-29T09:21:03-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:intro?rev=1220016063&do=diff [Array] I am Cosmo flamer, lord of the manor, firehead extraordinaire. Woot! Woot! Woot! In earlier times you might have known me in my guise as a mild-mannered facility engineer, able to enter buildings in a single bound. But with so much media misinformation surrounding what affects our lives here in Orange County, I have exposed myself to all. I am Cosmo flamer, verbal slayer of hypocrites and poseurs, nemesis of Orange Progressives. text/html 2008-01-27T15:38:19-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:nc_warn_takes_the_eco-poser_cake_jan_16_2008?rev=1201466299&do=diff NC WARN Takes the Eco-Poser Cake According to a full page ad in Wednesday the 16th's Raleigh paper, “AVERTING CLIMATE CATASTROPHE MEANS STOPPING DUKE ENERGY'S GLOBAL WARMING MACHINE” Wow! Now that is really a ridiculous statement. Hmmm.... Let's all burn our houses down now and get it over with! No, that would increase global warming. Where’s a good mud hut when you need it! text/html 2008-01-27T15:47:39-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:parking_walkable?rev=1201466859&do=diff Carrboro BOA Wants More Car Parking to Fulfill its Vision of a Walkable and Bicycle Friendly Community Boy, if this ain't confusing. After all the talk about walkability, bicycle friendly, etc. etc. literally ad nauseam, now there is a development that is being proposed that purportedly does not have enough parking???? What the heck is going on here? text/html 2008-01-27T15:40:11-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:pearls_of_wisdom_from_the_founder_of_orange_tribal_politics?rev=1201466411&do=diff Pearls of Wisdom from the Founder of Orange Tribal Politics On another, much better and more sensitive and caring Tribal type of blog site, one of the participants said: “I am really amazed. It's like they created a platform to amplify the worst of the old STP and threw out the rest! Why? text/html 2008-01-12T08:23:01-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:poser_exposer?rev=1200144181&do=diff A page in which all of the posing is exposed for what it really is. Exposure of the facts optional bunch in Orange County. January 9, 2008 Ahh, my first example, and the timing could not be better. Chapel Hill just had some sort of love fest meeting about getting green, cutting carbon, etc. etc. The usual eco-junk. (NB: Most will drive their cars to this love fest). Here is the story: text/html 2008-11-27T13:25:45-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:sidebar?rev=1227810345&do=diff Who Is Cosmo Flamer? ⇓ To Select a Cosmo Rant Please Highlight One of the Topics Below With your Mouse and Press To Contact Cosmo and Rant Back, Be Sure to Login, Then Press Right Below “PhD”: FEEDBACK for Cosmo! Orange County Hippies and Trustafarians Struggle to find a cause text/html 2008-11-15T13:58:42-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:start?rev=1226775522&do=diff You have arrived in the Flamepit, Squeeze the Pulp's land of fire and brimstone. I am Cosmo flamer, lord of the manor, firehead extraordinaire. Woot! Woot! Woot! (The Squeeze the Pulp editors are grateful to Cosmo for presenting his unique brand of political satire. His appearance is not an endorsement of any views presented elsewhere at this website. He didn't ask us to give this disclaimer, if he had, then he would have demanded.) Array text/html 2008-01-07T18:46:22-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:students_for_your_next_assignment_please_compare_and_contrast_chapel_hill_north_and_chatham_county_line_big_box_store_developments?rev=1199749582&do=diff Hmmm......Let's see, teacher: 1. There is NOTHING the residents of Orange County can do about Carolina North. It is a State owned facility, usufructing is not an option. Whine all you want, they can and will build whatever they want. Ever notice how that is what has happened on the central campus? This piece of property is no different from a legal standpoint. So, go to your meetings, have your “green” input etc, but the bottom line is that they have NO reason to listen to anyone. text/html 2008-01-29T12:39:02-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:students_our_next_social_studies_assignment_will_be_to_compare_and_contrast_the_two_local_political_johns_and_how_they_help_their_people?rev=1201628342&do=diff “Students, our next assignment in Social Studies is to compare and contrast the actions of our own two beloved Political Johns.” Here is Johnny's (a junior at Carrboro High) response to the latest assignment. “Well, as all concerned citizens know, some capitalist pig developers are going to run all of the Latino folk out of the Buckhorn Road Flea market and build an evil mall with evil stores like Wal Mart and other nefarious profit driven companies” text/html 2008-01-26T11:39:54-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:students_our_next_social_studies_assignment_will_be_to_compare_and_contrast_the_two_local_political_johns_and_how_they_help_their_people_jan_25_2008?rev=1201365594&do=diff Here is Johnny's (a junior at Carrboro High) response to the latest assignment. “Well, as all concerned citizens know, some capitalist pig developers are going to run all of the Latino folk out of the Buckhorn Road Flea market and build an evil mall with evil stores like Wal Mart and other nefarious profit driven companies” text/html 2008-01-28T08:56:42-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:taco_man?rev=1201528602&do=diff Taco... Taco... Man... I Want to be a Taco Man! Press below on the blue highlighted phrase for a special presentation. [Taco Taco Man] And Now An Important Message... This is such an important life or death issue, I am glad the BOA has stopped working on less important things such as the budget to deal with the Taco Trucks. Aren't you? text/html 2008-01-27T15:41:37-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:the_new_stp?rev=1201466497&do=diff The NEW STP!!! 25 December 2007 Blam! Game over, flat tire. Sorry apologists, you will have to find somewhere else to apologize for our local government, this site is no longer available to you. Go apologize at some other site. I can think of one, if you don't get edited too heavily. Pass the kool aid, please!! text/html 2007-12-25T16:30:16-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:the_toyota_preenis_and_other_eco_junk?rev=1198618216&do=diff I remember reading a couple of weeks ago in the newspaper about a fellow who got 96 PMPG or people MPG by commuting with 8 people in his 12 MPG Suburban. Interesting concept, I like it! Anyway in today's paper there were several Eco-Wankers (obviously who owned a Toy Prius or similar posemobile) who were shaming him for driving such a bad, evil, american car. One even said they get 200 PMPG when they carry 4 people in their little car. Of course, these Opiates failed to point out that to carr… text/html 2008-01-27T15:41:14-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:the_toyota_preenis_and_other_eco_stuff?rev=1201466474&do=diff Toyota Preenies & Other Eco Stuff [Fill'er Up!!!] I remember reading a couple of weeks ago in the newspaper about a fellow who got 96 PMPG (or people MPG) by commuting with 8 people in his 12 MPG Suburban. Interesting concept, I like it! Anyway in today's Raleigh paper there were several Eco-Wankers (obviously who owned a Toyota Prius or similar poser eco mobile) who were shaming him for driving such a bad, evil, american car. One even said they get 200 PMPG when they carry 4 people in thei… text/html 2008-01-27T15:40:43-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:there_s_a_new_kid_in_town?rev=1201466443&do=diff There's a New Kid in Town There is a new local news reporter, Andrew Dunn, with a great blogsite. This is the newest and best source for local news. He seems like a straight-up guy. Check out his blogsite! <http://maraudingreporter.blogspot.com/> text/html 2008-01-27T14:57:56-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:this_just_in_town_of_carrboro_changes_laws_to_allow_taco_trucks._very_important_and_groundbreaking_work_afoot_here._lord_knows_they_pay_sales_taxes_right_so_we_must_defend_this_piece_of_economic_development?rev=1201463876&do=diff Taco... Taco... Man... I Want to be a Taco Man!!! This is such an important life or death issue, I am glad the BOA has stopped working on less important things such as the budget to deal with the Taco Trucks. Aren't you? Of course, all the non-profit working, trust fund having, Opies have started whining about the plight of the Taco Trucks, which are VIOLATING THE LAW. Now they want to eliminate anonymous complaints of this sort, change the law (remember the really free anarchist market?). … text/html 2008-01-28T17:52:29-04:00 http://squeezethepulp.com/w/fp:why_a_white_person_fights_the_transfer_station?rev=1201560749&do=diff This message is for all of the posers that somehow think a white boy like me has something under his sleeve as far as wanting to get rid of the landfill operations on Eubanks. For all you closet racist, I-did-a-senior-thesis-on-the-Rogers-Road-area-therefore-I-care-type, latte sipping, trust fund living, non profit working posers out there, here it goes. Nomex or not.