I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Today, I call on Lois to stop the attackes and tell us what specific plan she has to improve the lives of our fellow citizens.
Rings hollow, doesn't it? Baby.
First? Go Big John!
i suppose it's been noted, but andrew sullivan has endorsed kerry...
Well, Lois' first plan is to rid us of GOP POS Jim Gerlach...
I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down, but IS NOT THIS DAY. This day WE FIGHT! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you STAND MEN OF THE WEST!
Go John Go, send the fascists back to Mordor.
Andrew Sullivan can endorse whomever he wants, he's still an asshole for supporting the war.
Hi Vicki
This is screwy. Your democracy is broken.
Never posted song lyrics before, but
somehow this seemed appropriate.
Here comes the helicopter -- second time today
Everybody scatters and hopes it goes away
How many kids they've murdered only God can say
If I had a rocket launcher...I'd make somebody pay
I don't believe in guarded borders and I don't believe in hate
I don't believe in generals or their stinking torture states
And when I talk with the survivors of things too sickening to relate
If I had a rocket launcher...I would retaliate
On the Rio Lacantun, one hundred thousand wait
To fall down from starvation -- or some less humane fate
Cry for guatemala, with a corpse in every gate
If I had a rocket launcher...I would not hesitate
I want to raise every voice -- at least I've got to try
Every time I think about it water rises to my eyes.
Situation desperate, echoes of the victims cry
If I had a rocket launcher...Some son of a bitch would die
-- Bruce Cockburn
OT: Verbatim from the WH transcript today:
The President: "I'm going to take my jacket off." (Applause.)
I guess they'd cheer him if he said he was going to pull down his pants and take a dump.
http://www.georgewbush.org/deadl...adletteroffice/
Looks like the retardicans made a huge mistake and started forwarding interanl emails to .org instead of .com
I hope it's true!!!
OT, but I live in Cleveland and changed my address from my college one back to my hometown a few weeks ago...I just got a postcard in the mail from ACT saying my voter registration has an error that may prevent me from voting and it gave the number to Cuyahoga's election board. So I call and say ACT sent me a postcard only to have the woman tell me they are crazy and she doesn't know what they are doing...I ask her to check just in case, it seems I put the year I was born in as 2004. The woman even managed to sound incredulous when she asked if I hadn't received the postcard they sent. No ma'am, actually I did not. Bottom line, thank you crazies from ACT.
C'mon, that was really an SNL bit, wasn't it?
Hi krsaz! I'm tired today, wake me up!
Steve Simels, I heart Bruce Cockburn. And I love that song.
OT: Verbatim from the WH transcript today:
The President: "I'm going to take my jacket off." (Applause.)
I guess they'd cheer him if he said he was going to pull down his pants and take a dump.
What a card. Look ma, no radio transmitter device!
"I can talk all by myse...whoa!" (thunk)
A new low. And that's saying something.
Rock, go over to www.dailykos.com and read the diary "Repubs challenge 17K voters in Cuyahoga County, OH."
A link to the Cleveland Plain Dealer article on this is provided.
Sounds like they're calling people to go to the convention center to verify their voting information.
Steve: How/ where can I get that song??? My boyfriend would love it (he spent six months in Nicaragua with the Sandinistas when he was 19, bless his little socialist heart).
And, please excuse my ignorance, but tell me more about Bruce Cockburn.
There's not enough tar and feathers within the boundaries of Pennsylvania for those responsible for these ads.
Hey Vicki:
Re Rocket Launcher....
Once, after an excruciatingly painful
breakup, I decided I was going to make
a solo album about disgusting girlfriends --
all cover versions. I was gonna call
it "More Songs About Anger and
Embittered Self Pity." I forget a lot
of the songs I picked (although I
distinctly remember choosing Material
Issue's "What If I Killed Your Boyfriend")
and I happen to come across the title
of the Cockburn song, which I had not
at that point actually heard.
Imagine my disappointment when I found
out it was a political protest song.
Funny old world, innit?
What's an "attacke"
I am disgusted today and very glad that the election will be over in 1 week. These fucks are going to stop at nothing, we shall overwhelm them with numbers, the amount of people voting is going to be tremendous. Bush and Co may think they have it rigged, but numbers alone shall defeat them.
March on the polls and if they steal it, March on Washington.
TJ, Stealing Fire album. (*Do they call them "albums" anymore?)
Looks to me like there's going to be an avalanche of dirty tricks in a lame attempt to discourage voters or throw the election.
Yesterday our neighborhood was solicited by faux Democrats asking for cash for Kerry. I called the local Dem office...they said canvassing teams _never_ ask for cash. The spoofers didn't get any from me, even after the hard sell.
Meanwhile the hypocrites as going deep down 'n dirty on the negative advertising. A certain rethug named Mike Slattery running for NY assembly has so far sent out four mailings paid for by the NY GOP organization that are simply defamation.
NO RALPH IN OHIO
Posted on Tue, Oct. 26, 2004
Click here to find out more!
Court won't put Nader on ballot in Ohio
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to put independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader on the ballot in the battleground state of Ohio.
Ya know, I've been wondering something. I wonder how many average Americans have ever actually visited MoveOn.org. I mean folks who aren't the political wonks we are. I was talking to my mother the other day and she mentioned the "Hitler ads" MoveOn "sponsored". I told her the real deal about that whole affair. Now, she may disagree with her redheaded son's political leanings, but she knows her oldest wouldn't lie to her. She honestly did not know anything about the site, much less the issue.
The smears work, though, and remember: if liberals fight back, it hurts people like Adam Nagourney's feelings.
Is it me, or does Bush appear dumb all the time ?
Thanks, Vicki, yes they still do.
TJ:
He's sort of the Canadian Jackson
Browne, a sort of folk-rocker with
(if memory serves) a vaguely spiritual
bent, which is partly rocket launcher
packs such a wallop.
You can also get the song on this
greatest hits collection --
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obido...=glance&
s=music
TJ, Stealing Fire album. (*Do they call them "albums" anymore?)
Vicki Stein | Email | Homepage | 10.26.04 - 3:55 pm | #
Hell, I still call 'em "records". And excellent suggestion on Stealing Fire, a top-notch album. However, a little added info: look for the 2003 reissue from Rounder. It's got bonus tracks and better sound.
dailykos has got more on the GOP voter intimidation effort--it seems that one of those "dead letter" emails contained a list of black voters who will be targeted for challenges on election day. The bastards aren't even bothering to deny it--they've gone completely power-mad.
Steve,
I'd love to hear that cd! That's a great idea! There are songs, seared into my heart, that, when I hear them, immediately bring up intense memories from the past. All inspired by former boyfriends. It's funny how something that happened twenty years ago can be replayed so vividly in my mind in the here and now through music.
Well, here's hoping most of my former boyfriends are doing well. I hope they're all voting for Kerry, but I'm not immune, I dated a few assholes in my day, and I'm pretty sure that at least a couple will vote for Bush.
Just for the record, I'm never dating a Republican again, or at least not until the party gets is shit together and proves to me, through acts, not words, that it has abandoned the causes of wing nuts, neocons, and fundies.
Do they call them "albums" anymore?
...I don't see why the term 'album' should go by the wayside. It means a collection of musical compositions. The word has nothing to do with the media.
And you are right krsaz, the Dems will win by voters swarming the polls.
Is it really the time, days before the election, to announce a new policy towards Taiwan?
Secretary of State Colin Powell has angered Taiwanese officials and lawmakers by making unusually strong comments denying that the island is an independent nation and suggesting Taiwan should unify with China
Will Evelyn get her homework done? More from the Dead Letters:
-----Original Message-----
From: Mary Jane Aurdal [mailto:czarina@whidbey.com]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 2:02 PM
To: dullain Ehrlich [mailto:dullainehrlich@wsrp.org]; 'Donald Povia' [mailto:dpovia@georgewbush.com]; Jon Seaton [mailto:jseaton@georgewbush.org]; 'Peter Abbarno' [mailto:peterabbarno@wsrp.org]
Cc: kathryn@jenniferdunn.org
Subject: Re: Volunteer Recruitment
Hey, Dullain, you gotta admit that when we start a campaign to oust Kerry and elect a Republican President in 2008, Evelyn will have all her homework done .... Meanwhile, she seems to be a "permanent fixture," as in "this whole campaign will fall apart without her."
-- anonymous
-----Original Message-----
From: dullain Ehrlich [mailto:dullainehrlich@wsrp.org]
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 12:28 PM
To: 'Donald Povia' [mailto:dpovia@georgewbush.com]; Jon Seaton [mailto:jseaton@georgewbush.org]; 'Peter Abbarno' [mailto:peterabbarno@wsrp.org]
Cc: kathryn@jenniferdunn.org; 'Mary Jane Aurdal'
Subject: Volunteer Recruitment
This is what Evelyn has had HER VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR doing this past week. I sincerely do not know how we are going to make numbers if this is what our BUSH/CHENEY 2ND CD CO-CHAIRPERSON is doing. The entire campaign and election will be long gone before, if ,anything is ever accomplished by Evelyn. We have now lost another week. I cannot do it alone. This is an outrage. We have only 12 weeks left and here another week is lost with another Chart. Any suggestions? Dullain
Is it me, or does Bush appear dumb all the time ?
Just for the record, I'm never dating a Republican again, or at least not until the party gets is shit together and proves to me, through acts, not words, that it has abandoned the causes of wing nuts, neocons, and fundies.
Vicki Stein | Email | Homepage | 10.26.04 - 4:05 pm | #
Funny you should mention that. For whatever reason, my ex-fiance has been on my mind lately. I haven't heard from her in a long time - I told her to quit calling me after she'd gotten married and was on her second kid - but she was an old-school Republican, like her parents. She wasn't particularly religious and didn't carry any of the "I hate different people" vibe a lot of the GOPranos carry - which makes sense, as she was the child of Chinese-Japanese immigrants and has a gay brother - but she was all for the strong defense/fiscal responsibilty/get government off our backs stuff. In short, we did not see eye-to-eye when it came to politics, especially since I was MUCH more radical back then.
She supported Bush in 2000, though she prefered McCain. I do wonder what the dear girl thinks these days...but between you and me, I ain't gonna call her up to find out.
Is it me, or does Bush appear dumb all the time ?Chico |
I saw some clips of the Chimp/Laura interview with the Good Morning America guy (I don't watch the morning shows, don't know his name). Honestly, he reminds me of my dad who is almost 80 and not senile, but definitely not in tune with all around him. That kind of wild eyed looking around, real big eyes like he's really really trying to concentrate, looking over at Laura for reassurance, her just kind of patting him. Really, it's terrifying.
Steve,
Have you heard Sons of the Never Wrong? I love the song "My Last Boyfriend" on the "One if By Hand" cd. Well, actually, I love the vocal arrangement. My daughter finds the song annoying.
Vicki:
I recall I was gonna include a great
punk thing by Tonio K, a you dumped
me song called "H.A.T.R.E.D."
I believe the relevant lyric was
"Well I wish I was as mellow
As for instance Jackson Bronwne.
But 'Fountain of Sorrow' my ass,
motherfucker,
I hope you wind up in the ground."
Speaking of Taiwan - and us telling a fellow democracy to go fuck itself so we can stay in good with a repressive communist country - has the U.S. ever really recognized Taiwan's independence from China? I dated a third-generation Taiwanese girl back in college, and if I recall correctly, this little bit of incongruency stuck in her kinfolk's craw big time.
Any help here?
Bruce Cockburn is a bit more than vaguely spiritual, Steve. He's what I would call an extremely dedicated Christian - he actually believes in all that "peace on earth" stuff, and has done a lot of political work in South America and Canada to fight the oppressive dictatorships that the U.S. government always seems to find so appealing. Don't know about the Jackson Browne comparison, though - Bruce started out as a stone folkie and has evolved over the years into an excellent guitarist - his electric guitar work on Stealing Fire is magnificent. Much more left than Jackson, and less navel-gazingly narcissistic.
My college sweetie was the proverbial
rock-ribbed Republican. Nonetheless,
she liked LSD and sex (not necessarily
at the same time) which I found confusing.
Eschaton
Proud member of the Free-Based Community.
Backslider,
I must confess...my last boyfriend is a political junkie. We broke up a couple of years ago. Long distance ~ he lives on the west coast. I was at a party last weekend. I'm very good friends with his sister-in-law (she wanted us to get married), and she was "strongly suggesting" (cocktails involved) that I call him to talk about the election.
I'm so itching to, just to see what he's thinking, but alas, I refrain. I don't want to wake the sleeping dog.
Commie Atheist:
I stand corrected about Cockburn.
Thanks.
Just for the record, I'm never dating a Republican again, or at least not until the party gets is shit together and proves to me, through acts, not words, that it has abandoned the causes of wing nuts, neocons, and fundies.
Vicki Stein |
New girlfriend - a real doll, right?
I nearly WEPT when she forwarded me on of those Kerry-bashing emails.
She thought it was cute, is all.
Good luck with that, Meander!
LA Beer:
Free-basing is so '80s. Crank is where it's at.
Bump it, baby.
steve simels,
Unfortunately, the ex-fiance didn't care for my fondness for expanding my conscience through nature's own bounty. Couldn't smoke at her place - where we stayed when we were together - and if I lit up at my pad, I'd get the same look I got when I told her I was going out on the road with a band for three days. Needless to say, it wasn't a look that said, "Okay, darling one, do enjoy yourself." As for the second part of your ex's good points, well...that took awhile, but she finally came around. Put it this way: her husband, when I met him, said "Thanks".
Vicki,
Man, I wouldn't get in touch with any of my ex's for all the grass in Guatemala. There's a reason they're all "ex" girlfriends.
My email to Gerlach - this is my brother's CD.
Yo Jimbo,
Quit hiding behind the NRCC's attack lie/sleaze about F9/11 and Hezbollah against your opponent Lois Murphy.
If you wanna say those things then have the balls to stand up and say 'em. Don't hide behind the NRCC attacks and then come out with the hypocritical statement about Murphy's campaign being negative.
So you're trying to tie her to Enron and Hezbollah? What a joke you are and how desperate you've become.
I can't wait for my brother and his wife to cast their votes for Murphy - that's two votes in the 6th CD that you're definitely not getting.
Mike Dean
Philadelphia
Backslider:
Despite how it is reported in the states, Taiwan (Republic of China) does not claim to be independent of China. If they did, the PRC would almost certainly invade. The ROC not only does not claim to be independent, but on their maps, they claim not only all PRC territory including Tibet, but also Outer Mongolia.
Better get yer hip-waders on — the mud seems pretty thick out there. Wow!
I just called and was VERY polite. I told them that I was sitting on the fence and his ad accusing the other side of dirty campaigning was disingenious, both sides were campaigning dirty.
I then said that I expect more of Congressman Gerlach.
Folks if YOU call be sure to find out where specifically Gerlach is running.
The campaign asked me where I saw the ad and where I live.
Was not ready for that. I told them I saw the ad in Pittsburgh which freaked out the campaign headquarters (I could hear "are we running an ad in the Pittsburgh market?" in the background.
Anyway CALL you will be able to talk to a human.
Story breaking at dailykos.com--
In Wisconsin, President Bush spoke at a high school today. I called the school first to verify this before posting this...
but evidently students were told that if they wore Kerry shirts, buttons, etc, they would be sent home or suspended. After parent(s) complained, the principal provided an "alternate" activity of watching a movie and the students were not allowed to see the President's speech.
This is in a public high school, paid for by our tax dollars, I might add.
Unbelievable....is this how we "leave no child behind??"
Shit!!! Oh well we should no longer be surprised by anything the other side does.
We KNOW they are AMORAL SCUM.
Enoch,
Far out, thanks. So both groups claim to be the head dogs, then. Knowing what little I know about 20th century Chinese history, I'd hate to think what'll happen when one side or another decides to dispense with semantics.
Yes. Bush does appear dumb. Mostly because he's lazy and cultivates instinct without feeding his mind with anything in the way of testing reality. Apparently, he thinks he really did learn all he needed to know in kindergarten.
Bruce Cockburn is an amazing human being - always speaking up for the rights of all american native peoples - north and south.
Definitely call the office. Apparently they are completely unequipped to deal with any calls on the topic.
Fitzpatrick's number is 267.880.1250
ugh. i've had just about enough of gerlach. his television commercials (which I'm being inundated with) are completely over-the-top insane. i drive by his northern chester county office every morning and i've come so close to egging his front door, it's not even funny. he is hateful.
The PRC and ROC have this mutual reconquest thing. The ROC is actually armed well enough by the US to keep them away (keeping in mind the PRC's inability to deploy a blue water navy, other means of keeping the PRC from trying anything, etc). The ROC imprisoned a general at one point for getting drunk and saying, look, we're not fucking conquering the PRC, that's crazy. But you play "Survivor" with the insipid crazy landlords who brought about Mao with their greed and that's the kind of thinking you get, a Pacific Miami. Not that Beijing is that much better.
Speaking of Taiwan - and us telling a fellow democracy to go fuck itself so we can stay in good with a repressive communist country - has the U.S. ever really recognized Taiwan's independence from China?
Taiwan has never declared independence from China. Both the People's Republic of China ("China") and the Republic of China ("Taiwan") still each, IIRC, purport to be the government of China, and that they believe the little tiff will be settled peacefully one day and they can go back to being one big happy country.
In the case of the ROC, this is mostly because if they declared independence, the chance of the PRC invading or attacking would go way up -- in fact, crises have been caused by rumors that ROC leaders might be considering do something that would appear to be begin to shade toward hinting at independence.
What really bugs a lot of people in the ROC about US policy is that the US used to recognize the ROC as the one legitimate government of China -- they even had the seat on the Security Council -- but switched and recognized the PRC instead as the One China.
Of course, at the same time, the US has made all kinds of commitments to protect the ROC, so its not at all a consistent, logical, or rational policy. Its all a matter of expedience.
cmdicely and Backslider:
Said better than I could myself - Taiwan independece is a fact; but covered up by legalese to keep both the ROC die-hard happy and the Taiwanese from being invaded. It has been 15 years since I lived there, so maybe things have changed. Independece was a dirty word then and they were in the middle of the first open elections.
I really think that's a prerequisite for being a Repuke these days: you have to be whiney candy ass who can dish it out, but can't take it!
Bush does appear dumb.
APPEARS dumb???????
Characters Remaining:
Commenting by HaloScan
