I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
The very definition of lying partisan hack.
I don’t understand how anyone on the left can accord any respect whatsoever to David Brooks. His column today is an all too typical passel of lies and distortions about Social Security “reform”, although we should all get used to them because we’re going to hear them repeated constantly for the next couple of years. It starts with the frist paragraph, where Bobo, who has made a dubious career out of dividing us into invented red/blue stereotypes, does it again:
People who instinctively trust the markets support the Bush reform ideas, and people who are suspicious oppose them.
It gets worse from there. As usual these days, it’s less about how this “reform” would work or why it is deemed necessary, than to mis-characterize and dismiss Democratic opposition to it as “conspiracyism,” with a gratuitous reference to Michael Moore thrown in for pure hackitude. If you want a preview of the right-wing lie machine in action on SS, this has all the tropes.
On a side note, Brooks also makes two remarkable statements, one could be taken as a new aphorism for the Bushists:
...corruption is the price we pay for economic freedom...
and the other is probably the closest thing to truth in the entire article:
I may be a complete idiot...
The very definition of lying partisan hack.
I don’t understand how anyone on the left can accord any respect whatsoever to David Brooks. His column today is an all too typical passel of lies and distortions about Social Security “reform”, although we should all get used to them because we’re going to hear them repeated constantly for the next couple of years. It starts with the frist paragraph, where Bobo, who has made a dubious career out of dividing us into invented red/blue stereotypes, does it again:
People who instinctively trust the markets support the Bush reform ideas, and people who are suspicious oppose them.
It gets worse from there. As usual these days, it’s less about how this “reform” would work or why it is deemed necessary, than to mis-characterize and dismiss Democratic opposition to it as “conspiracyism,” with a gratuitous reference to Michael Moore thrown in for pure hackitude. If you want a preview of the right-wing lie machine in action on SS, this has all the tropes.
On a side note, Brooks also makes two remarkable statements, one could be taken as a new aphorism for the Bushists:
...corruption is the price we pay for economic freedom...
and the other is probably the closest thing to truth in the entire article:
I may be a complete idiot...
Fizzy Navydad, y'all.
Fizzy Navydad, y'all.
david brooks is my slave; we share a mutual affection.
david brooks is my slave; we share a mutual affection.
But Brooks does finally seem to be getting it:
"I may be a complete idiot"
Yes Bobo...you are.
But Brooks does finally seem to be getting it:
"I may be a complete idiot"
Yes Bobo...you are.
Did Bush at any point rub Kerik's bald head? Or does he only do that to bald black guys?
Video would be nice if he did.
Did Bush at any point rub Kerik's bald head? Or does he only do that to bald black guys?
Video would be nice if he did.
I, too, enjoyed his admission of idiocy.
I, too, enjoyed his admission of idiocy.
Both Bobo and Paul Krugman have written columns on Social Security in the past coupld of days.
Krugman, an economist that teaches at Princeton. Bobo is a nothing that does nothing.
Comparing the columns, Kruggie cites facts in his determination that the program is not in dire straits. Booboo
spouts bullshit such as "corruption is the price..."
BooBoo is considered by many to be the more factual of the two. I think I am having a lysergic acid diethylamide flashback.
Both Bobo and Paul Krugman have written columns on Social Security in the past coupld of days.
Krugman, an economist that teaches at Princeton. Bobo is a nothing that does nothing.
Comparing the columns, Kruggie cites facts in his determination that the program is not in dire straits. Booboo
spouts bullshit such as "corruption is the price..."
BooBoo is considered by many to be the more factual of the two. I think I am having a lysergic acid diethylamide flashback.
Wonder if O'Falafel will factor this in his defense of Xmas:
Toy Turndown
By Morgan Winsor
Statesville Record and Landmark
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Last year, Teasers adult night club in Statesville may have saved Christmas for hundreds of needy children in public housing.
Things are different this year. Jeff Bustle, owner of the club, says he’s been told by the Statesville Housing Authority that gifts collected at his business aren’t welcome.
“It’s really sad,” said Bustle, who has participated in toy drives for the past 14 years.
David Meachem, executive director of the housing authority, said he decided to reject the toys because of the criticism he received last year for accepting the donation....
Wonder if O'Falafel will factor this in his defense of Xmas:
Toy Turndown
By Morgan Winsor
Statesville Record and Landmark
Tuesday, December 7, 2004
Last year, Teasers adult night club in Statesville may have saved Christmas for hundreds of needy children in public housing.
Things are different this year. Jeff Bustle, owner of the club, says he’s been told by the Statesville Housing Authority that gifts collected at his business aren’t welcome.
“It’s really sad,” said Bustle, who has participated in toy drives for the past 14 years.
David Meachem, executive director of the housing authority, said he decided to reject the toys because of the criticism he received last year for accepting the donation....
Sorry for the crappy editing. It's the acid.
Sorry for the crappy editing. It's the acid.
The funniest part is Brooks publishing such uninformed statements the day after Krugman filleted the idea, with information.
Gotta enjoy it where you can....
The funniest part is Brooks publishing such uninformed statements the day after Krugman filleted the idea, with information.
Gotta enjoy it where you can....
So the excuse for sending the troops to war unprepared is that a reporter fed the question to the soldier with the temerity to question D.R.? How DO they deflect criticism that way?
So the excuse for sending the troops to war unprepared is that a reporter fed the question to the soldier with the temerity to question D.R.? How DO they deflect criticism that way?
Ukraine's Yushchenko Poisoned by Dioxin-Doctors
Yuck:
Dioxin is formed as a by-product from industrial processes such as waste incineration, chemical and pesticide manufacturing and pulp and paper bleaching.
Ukraine's Yushchenko Poisoned by Dioxin-Doctors
Yuck:
Dioxin is formed as a by-product from industrial processes such as waste incineration, chemical and pesticide manufacturing and pulp and paper bleaching.
Now to be fair, I pretty much agree with his whole second paragraph. What part of that does he refute?
This is not 1932 anymore? Well OK, how about 1928?
Now to be fair, I pretty much agree with his whole second paragraph. What part of that does he refute?
This is not 1932 anymore? Well OK, how about 1928?
David Meachem, executive director of the housing authority, said he decided to reject the toys because of the criticism he received last year for accepting the donation....
Well, of course. It's the thought that counts, not the actual gifts. It's the idea of kids getting gifts from a nudie bar; not kdis getting gifts, that actually matters here, right?
Where's H.L. Mencken when we need him?
I'll retire to Bedlam....
David Meachem, executive director of the housing authority, said he decided to reject the toys because of the criticism he received last year for accepting the donation....
Well, of course. It's the thought that counts, not the actual gifts. It's the idea of kids getting gifts from a nudie bar; not kdis getting gifts, that actually matters here, right?
Where's H.L. Mencken when we need him?
I'll retire to Bedlam....
Sorry for the crappy editing. It's the acid.
Must be the acid- I didn't even notice.
Sorry for the crappy editing. It's the acid.
Must be the acid- I didn't even notice.
Not surprisingly, some gay marriages aren't going to work out. How is this for silly spin.
Opponents of gay marriage said the divorces, occurring so soon after the weddings, confirm that gay couples are not equipped for marriage.
And what does Britney Spears' 2 day marriage confirm about hetrosexuals?
Not surprisingly, some gay marriages aren't going to work out. How is this for silly spin.
Opponents of gay marriage said the divorces, occurring so soon after the weddings, confirm that gay couples are not equipped for marriage.
And what does Britney Spears' 2 day marriage confirm about hetrosexuals?
OOopps, sorry....forgot to close that. The Acid, lots of 'wake and drop' going around this morning I see.
OOopps, sorry....forgot to close that. The Acid, lots of 'wake and drop' going around this morning I see.
Meanwhile elsewhere in the NYT, this striking passage from the david Brudnoy obit:
To many, Mr. Brudnoy, a self-described libertarian whose conservative perspective could be heard weekly for nearly 20 years in 38 states and Canada, had become a symbol of graceful resilience. In 1994, after collapsing and nearly dying of viral pneumonia, Mr. Brudnoy revealed publicly for the first time that he had AIDS and was gay.
"It was the only time I ever saw him afraid," said Jon Keller, a friend of Mr. Brudnoy's and a former producer of his show. "He was afraid that the exposure of his homosexuality might damage his career. He asked me, 'Do you think they'll still love me if they know I'm gay?' "
Internalized Homophobia cuts very deep, boys and girls.
Meanwhile elsewhere in the NYT, this striking passage from the david Brudnoy obit:
To many, Mr. Brudnoy, a self-described libertarian whose conservative perspective could be heard weekly for nearly 20 years in 38 states and Canada, had become a symbol of graceful resilience. In 1994, after collapsing and nearly dying of viral pneumonia, Mr. Brudnoy revealed publicly for the first time that he had AIDS and was gay.
"It was the only time I ever saw him afraid," said Jon Keller, a friend of Mr. Brudnoy's and a former producer of his show. "He was afraid that the exposure of his homosexuality might damage his career. He asked me, 'Do you think they'll still love me if they know I'm gay?' "
Internalized Homophobia cuts very deep, boys and girls.
You know, I think Bobo is right saying that those who implicitly trust the markets believe SS reform Bush's way is a good thing.
The two kind of people who trust the markets implicitly are:
1. The Wall Street fatcats who CONTROL the markets and make all of their money off of gaming the markets.
2. Stupid, gullible people who would believe anything said by Bobo/Rush/GWB.
The Stock Market is the blue blood version of OTB. The only way to win is not to play.
You know, I think Bobo is right saying that those who implicitly trust the markets believe SS reform Bush's way is a good thing.
The two kind of people who trust the markets implicitly are:
1. The Wall Street fatcats who CONTROL the markets and make all of their money off of gaming the markets.
2. Stupid, gullible people who would believe anything said by Bobo/Rush/GWB.
The Stock Market is the blue blood version of OTB. The only way to win is not to play.
Idon't deny that many business and Wall Street types would like to capture the system for their own benefit.
Goddamn straight, Davey.
"The market" is really gonna shed a lot of tears when they invest Grandma's money companies like Enron and she's stuck eating catfood for the rest of her life.
People who "trust the market" to set them up for retirement either have a helluva lot of money and not much to lose, or they think Jesus is coming next week and they're not going to need to worry about things like trying to survive old age.
Idon't deny that many business and Wall Street types would like to capture the system for their own benefit.
Goddamn straight, Davey.
"The market" is really gonna shed a lot of tears when they invest Grandma's money companies like Enron and she's stuck eating catfood for the rest of her life.
People who "trust the market" to set them up for retirement either have a helluva lot of money and not much to lose, or they think Jesus is coming next week and they're not going to need to worry about things like trying to survive old age.
Detail on Yushchenko poisoning here:
http://tinyurl.com/3ulua
Detail on Yushchenko poisoning here:
http://tinyurl.com/3ulua
"People who "trust the market" to set them up for retirement either have a helluva lot of money and not much to lose"
Ehhrrrrrhmmmm..... those with a helluva lot of money and not much to lose do -not- put it into the 'market'. Trust me.
"People who "trust the market" to set them up for retirement either have a helluva lot of money and not much to lose"
Ehhrrrrrhmmmm..... those with a helluva lot of money and not much to lose do -not- put it into the 'market'. Trust me.
And now turning to the Department of Absolutely Nobody To Root For:
Helmart is being sued by Trevin Skeens of Brownsville, MD, for selling an Evanescence album that contained the word "fuck."
Link
And now turning to the Department of Absolutely Nobody To Root For:
Helmart is being sued by Trevin Skeens of Brownsville, MD, for selling an Evanescence album that contained the word "fuck."
Link
Artist rendition of -- Skull and arBusto -- here-
Props to Leon Ferrari---
Artist rendition of -- Skull and arBusto -- here-
Props to Leon Ferrari---
The outline of the problem is clear. When the Social Security program was created, there were 42 workers for each retiree. Now there are about three workers per retiree, and in 2030 there will be two.
Okay, does this Davey stat stink to anyone else? From 1946-1964, we had the highest birth rate in the nation. We now have a larger workforce, and more women working than at any time in our history. How did we decline so rapidly from 42 workers per retiree to just three??
Granted, people live longer now and there are more people who actually live to draw their Soc. Sec. But going from 42 workers to just three seems way, way fucking off...
The outline of the problem is clear. When the Social Security program was created, there were 42 workers for each retiree. Now there are about three workers per retiree, and in 2030 there will be two.
Okay, does this Davey stat stink to anyone else? From 1946-1964, we had the highest birth rate in the nation. We now have a larger workforce, and more women working than at any time in our history. How did we decline so rapidly from 42 workers per retiree to just three??
Granted, people live longer now and there are more people who actually live to draw their Soc. Sec. But going from 42 workers to just three seems way, way fucking off...
David Brooks is a brown hyena.
The brown hyena is perhaps the biggest mammal that makes most of its living off scavenging -- a rarity among land-bound life forms larger than insects. Even more surprisingly, it manages to make a living this way in an arid habitat without great herds of herbivores, where carcasses must be few and far between. It's easy to see why its range is now so limited; harder to see how it evolved in the first place. Perhaps it was not always as dependent upon carrion as it is now.
David Brooks is a brown hyena.
The brown hyena is perhaps the biggest mammal that makes most of its living off scavenging -- a rarity among land-bound life forms larger than insects. Even more surprisingly, it manages to make a living this way in an arid habitat without great herds of herbivores, where carcasses must be few and far between. It's easy to see why its range is now so limited; harder to see how it evolved in the first place. Perhaps it was not always as dependent upon carrion as it is now.
Re: MallWart being sued over music with a fuck in it.
Jeebus, Trevin Skeens [plaintiff in this misbegotten adventure]! Why don't you just round up the local pitchfork and torch brigade and storm the local Wally World and be done with it? You know you want to.
Re: MallWart being sued over music with a fuck in it.
Jeebus, Trevin Skeens [plaintiff in this misbegotten adventure]! Why don't you just round up the local pitchfork and torch brigade and storm the local Wally World and be done with it? You know you want to.
I hardly ever read Bobo's Bullshit--but I felt masochistic this AM.
"Historic returns" of 4.6 percent--my ass...and what happens if the stock market tanks when I turn 68 or whenever the hell I can retire and my "historic returns" are more like huge loss. I know the Republican response--too bad, you lose--eat dog food and die (decrease the surplus population.)
But even more annoying--what's this shit that Pelosi apparently said about entering into negotiations without any preconditions (or something like that)?!! Now she's running up the white flag in advance of this major assault on the safety net? It's bad enough we can't count on any red state senator to be faithful to Social Security. Et tu Pelosi?
I hardly ever read Bobo's Bullshit--but I felt masochistic this AM.
"Historic returns" of 4.6 percent--my ass...and what happens if the stock market tanks when I turn 68 or whenever the hell I can retire and my "historic returns" are more like huge loss. I know the Republican response--too bad, you lose--eat dog food and die (decrease the surplus population.)
But even more annoying--what's this shit that Pelosi apparently said about entering into negotiations without any preconditions (or something like that)?!! Now she's running up the white flag in advance of this major assault on the safety net? It's bad enough we can't count on any red state senator to be faithful to Social Security. Et tu Pelosi?
I have "faith" in the market, you bet.
I also bank on playing roulette.
Mr. Luck will decide
Who makes dough on the ride.
The losers, you just fucking forget.
I have "faith" in the market, you bet.
I also bank on playing roulette.
Mr. Luck will decide
Who makes dough on the ride.
The losers, you just fucking forget.
Oh, OK, I got my answer about where Davey gets his stats - places like the National Centre for Policy Analysis Web site:
The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation.
I also saw this same drivel was repeated on other web sites, like conservativetruth.org
Oh, OK, I got my answer about where Davey gets his stats - places like the National Centre for Policy Analysis Web site:
The NCPA's goal is to develop and promote private alternatives to government regulation and control, solving problems by relying on the strength of the competitive, entrepreneurial private sector. Topics include reforms in health care, taxes, Social Security, welfare, criminal justice, education and environmental regulation.
I also saw this same drivel was repeated on other web sites, like conservativetruth.org
Meanwhile, back in the USSR:
In an apparent reversal of decades of U.S. practice, recent federal Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations bar American companies from publishing works by dissident writers in countries under sanction unless they first obtain U.S. government approval.
The restriction, condemned by critics as a violation of the First Amendment, means that books and other works banned by some totalitarian regimes cannot be published freely in the United States.
"It strikes me as very odd," said Douglas Kmiec, a constitutional law professor at Pepperdine University and former constitutional legal counsel to former presidents Reagan and Bush. "I think the government has an uphill struggle to justify this constitutionally."
Several groups, led by the PEN American Center and including Arcade Publishing, have filed suit in U.S. District Court in New York seeking to overturn the regulations, which cover writers in Iran, Sudan, Cuba, North Korea and, until recently, Iraq.
Violations carry severe reprisals -- publishing houses can be fined $1 million and individual violators face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
"Historically, the United States has served as a megaphone for dissidents from other countries," said Ed Davis of New York, a lawyer leading the PEN legal challenge. "Now we're not able to hear from dissidents."
Yet more than dissident voices are affected.
The regulations already have led publishers to scrap plans for volumes on Cuban architecture and birds, and publishers complain that the rules threaten the intellectual breadth and independence of academic journals.
Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has joined the lawsuit, arguing that the rules preclude American publishers from helping craft her memoirs of surviving Iran's Islamic revolution and her efforts to defend human rights in Iranian courts.
In a further wrinkle, even if publishers obtain a license for a book -- something they are loathe to do -- they believe the regulations bar them from advertising it, forcing readers to find the dissident works on their own.
"It's absolutely against the First Amendment," fumed Arcade editor Richard Seaver, who hopes to publish an anthology of Iranian short stories. "We're not going to ask permission (to publish). That reeks of censorship."
Meanwhile, back in the USSR:
In an apparent reversal of decades of U.S. practice, recent federal Office of Foreign Assets Control regulations bar American companies from publishing works by dissident writers in countries under sanction unless they first obtain U.S. government approval.
The restriction, condemned by critics as a violation of the First Amendment, means that books and other works banned by some totalitarian regimes cannot be published freely in the United States.
"It strikes me as very odd," said Douglas Kmiec, a constitutional law professor at Pepperdine University and former constitutional legal counsel to former presidents Reagan and Bush. "I think the government has an uphill struggle to justify this constitutionally."
Several groups, led by the PEN American Center and including Arcade Publishing, have filed suit in U.S. District Court in New York seeking to overturn the regulations, which cover writers in Iran, Sudan, Cuba, North Korea and, until recently, Iraq.
Violations carry severe reprisals -- publishing houses can be fined $1 million and individual violators face up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
"Historically, the United States has served as a megaphone for dissidents from other countries," said Ed Davis of New York, a lawyer leading the PEN legal challenge. "Now we're not able to hear from dissidents."
Yet more than dissident voices are affected.
The regulations already have led publishers to scrap plans for volumes on Cuban architecture and birds, and publishers complain that the rules threaten the intellectual breadth and independence of academic journals.
Shirin Ebadi, the 2003 Nobel Peace Prize winner, has joined the lawsuit, arguing that the rules preclude American publishers from helping craft her memoirs of surviving Iran's Islamic revolution and her efforts to defend human rights in Iranian courts.
In a further wrinkle, even if publishers obtain a license for a book -- something they are loathe to do -- they believe the regulations bar them from advertising it, forcing readers to find the dissident works on their own.
"It's absolutely against the First Amendment," fumed Arcade editor Richard Seaver, who hopes to publish an anthology of Iranian short stories. "We're not going to ask permission (to publish). That reeks of censorship."
The RNC Talking Point on how to defend Rummy:
BLAME THE SOLDIER.
The RNC Talking Point on how to defend Rummy:
BLAME THE SOLDIER.
Every time I think it's *safe* to get back into the Market, Bu$hCo dows something else stupid to change my mind. Don't tell anyone my mattress is stuffed.
Every time I think it's *safe* to get back into the Market, Bu$hCo dows something else stupid to change my mind. Don't tell anyone my mattress is stuffed.
Friday night Kerik poops out.
Saturday presnit finally has the damned physical everybody's been yellin' about.
I knew they were waiting for an appropriate time.
Friday night Kerik poops out.
Saturday presnit finally has the damned physical everybody's been yellin' about.
I knew they were waiting for an appropriate time.
woowoo!
woowoo!
Good one, Lime Rickey, as always.
Good one, Lime Rickey, as always.
hey dave- I can't get my tinfoil hat adjusted properly enough this morning to divine WTF their motive was in prohibiting these publications. I know it's something nefarious, because it's coming from the Bush administration, but what?
hey dave- I can't get my tinfoil hat adjusted properly enough this morning to divine WTF their motive was in prohibiting these publications. I know it's something nefarious, because it's coming from the Bush administration, but what?
How many folks know about the dozens of PATRIOT II protocols embedded in the Intelligence Reform bill?
I knew when they passed the thing that there would be elements in the legislation which were designed to fuck the people, because nothing comes out of this fascist GOPhucking Congress that does NOT contain provisions to FUCK THE PEOPLE, reduce thier liberties,m and restrict their freedoms...
We need to fuck these people UP!!!, fuck them in ways in which they bear some pain for the ways they fuck with us. Just throwing these GOPhuckers out of office (which aint gonna happen anyway) imposes no hardship. They need to pay, it must COST them something...We need to fuck them UP
How many folks know about the dozens of PATRIOT II protocols embedded in the Intelligence Reform bill?
I knew when they passed the thing that there would be elements in the legislation which were designed to fuck the people, because nothing comes out of this fascist GOPhucking Congress that does NOT contain provisions to FUCK THE PEOPLE, reduce thier liberties,m and restrict their freedoms...
We need to fuck these people UP!!!, fuck them in ways in which they bear some pain for the ways they fuck with us. Just throwing these GOPhuckers out of office (which aint gonna happen anyway) imposes no hardship. They need to pay, it must COST them something...We need to fuck them UP
Ralph,
Have you noticed how fat and bloated Chimp has gotten? Duh! And his face is blotchy and downright scary. Hmmm.
Ralph,
Have you noticed how fat and bloated Chimp has gotten? Duh! And his face is blotchy and downright scary. Hmmm.
I can't get my tinfoil hat adjusted properly enough this morning to divine WTF their motive was in prohibiting these publications.
Just the usual control of information they don't want you to hear about - like positive developments in Cuba, complaints about American imperialism from Iran, etc etc etc...
I can't get my tinfoil hat adjusted properly enough this morning to divine WTF their motive was in prohibiting these publications.
Just the usual control of information they don't want you to hear about - like positive developments in Cuba, complaints about American imperialism from Iran, etc etc etc...
Semper fubar- I am wearing my tinfoil this morning. How about shutting up anyone in Iraq from publishing war memiors without US consent?
Semper fubar- I am wearing my tinfoil this morning. How about shutting up anyone in Iraq from publishing war memiors without US consent?
We need to fuck them UP
konopelli |
My favorite line of all time.
No Peace.
We need to fuck them UP
konopelli |
My favorite line of all time.
No Peace.
Have you priced catfood lately? We're all going to be gumming the corn husks that are used to cover the floors of rabbit hutches.
Have you priced catfood lately? We're all going to be gumming the corn husks that are used to cover the floors of rabbit hutches.
First question to Bobo on McNeil last night asked his opinion on Rummy's press conference: "Great, just great blah blah blah. The troops have a chance to ask their questions blah blah blah."
It finally dawned on me: He's bucking for Scottie's job.
First question to Bobo on McNeil last night asked his opinion on Rummy's press conference: "Great, just great blah blah blah. The troops have a chance to ask their questions blah blah blah."
It finally dawned on me: He's bucking for Scottie's job.
Every time I think it's *safe* to get back into the Market, Bu$hCo dows something else stupid to change my mind. Don't tell anyone my mattress is stuffed.
bigvic
My spouse is self-employed and was encouraged by our CPA to invest in a Roth back in 97 or 98. The fund was very reputable, run by an old money New York family, and touted to be a great long-term investment - very solid, very stable.
Well, it's now worth $500 less than when it was purchased seven years ago.
Our matress literally would have given us a far better return on that money.
Every time I think it's *safe* to get back into the Market, Bu$hCo dows something else stupid to change my mind. Don't tell anyone my mattress is stuffed.
bigvic
My spouse is self-employed and was encouraged by our CPA to invest in a Roth back in 97 or 98. The fund was very reputable, run by an old money New York family, and touted to be a great long-term investment - very solid, very stable.
Well, it's now worth $500 less than when it was purchased seven years ago.
Our matress literally would have given us a far better return on that money.
Jeffers:
Where do I recognize you from? Do you comment on BOPnews?
Jeffers:
Where do I recognize you from? Do you comment on BOPnews?
I gotta repeat my nasty comment from the Kerik thread:
I hope this will help bring Rudolph Sleaziani DOWN.
I gotta repeat my nasty comment from the Kerik thread:
I hope this will help bring Rudolph Sleaziani DOWN.
suggests we all jettison Michael Moore
Ralph Nader cost the Democrats the election in 2000.
Michael Moore cost the Democrats the election in 2004.
suggests we all jettison Michael Moore
Ralph Nader cost the Democrats the election in 2000.
Michael Moore cost the Democrats the election in 2004.
Rudolph Ghouliani you mean???
Rudolph Ghouliani you mean???
New Kerik thread
New Kerik thread
Michael Moore cost the Democrats the election in 2004.
Beinart's rioght
eat shit--you know, the stuff under your fingernails--and expire, you worthless piece of feces...
Michael Moore cost the Democrats the election in 2004.
Beinart's rioght
eat shit--you know, the stuff under your fingernails--and expire, you worthless piece of feces...
Re W's appearance change - maybe someone is slowly poisoning the Chimpster with dioxins? God, what an awful effect that stuff has had on Yashchenko. I only saw it on low res TV before, but there's before and after pics on the CNN page. Mercy!
Re W's appearance change - maybe someone is slowly poisoning the Chimpster with dioxins? God, what an awful effect that stuff has had on Yashchenko. I only saw it on low res TV before, but there's before and after pics on the CNN page. Mercy!
Have you noticed how fat and bloated Chimp has gotten? Duh! And his face is blotchy and downright scary. Hmmm.
bigvic
I too, have also noticed that Miserable Failure has chunked out of late.
It's gotta be all the deep fried puppies he and Big Time are eating for breakfast. Rummy actually prefers a nice kitten tartare.
Have you noticed how fat and bloated Chimp has gotten? Duh! And his face is blotchy and downright scary. Hmmm.
bigvic
I too, have also noticed that Miserable Failure has chunked out of late.
It's gotta be all the deep fried puppies he and Big Time are eating for breakfast. Rummy actually prefers a nice kitten tartare.
dave, vioblee -- thanks for the tinfoil fodder. I'll chew on that for awhile.
dave, vioblee -- thanks for the tinfoil fodder. I'll chew on that for awhile.
Re: the Yushchenko poisoning; I wish I could remember whether it was here or dailykos and search isn't helping, but right after the story hit the western blogs, someone took one look at the photos and said "Chloracne. Dioxin poisoning. Unique to that." I thought they must be wrong because the news/the doctors he consulted in the west were talking about viruses et al and it seemed like dioxin would be easy to detect. But apparently not!
Re: the Yushchenko poisoning; I wish I could remember whether it was here or dailykos and search isn't helping, but right after the story hit the western blogs, someone took one look at the photos and said "Chloracne. Dioxin poisoning. Unique to that." I thought they must be wrong because the news/the doctors he consulted in the west were talking about viruses et al and it seemed like dioxin would be easy to detect. But apparently not!
and I don't think you can clear dioxins out of a body. It goes into the fatty tissues and stays there. You'd have to probably soak a body in choroform to get it out. I wonder how it was administered? I'll bet the CIA has its ears perked up to that.
and I don't think you can clear dioxins out of a body. It goes into the fatty tissues and stays there. You'd have to probably soak a body in choroform to get it out. I wonder how it was administered? I'll bet the CIA has its ears perked up to that.
I'll bet the CIA has its ears perked up to that.
I'll bet a buck they perfected the technique at Langley...
I'll bet the CIA has its ears perked up to that.
I'll bet a buck they perfected the technique at Langley...
Junior's starting his PR blitz (guess right before the holidays is a good time to roll out a new product) about the "grave and gathering" and imminent threat a bankrupt SS sytem poses to our children and grandchildren. We can't wait to act until the threat results in the form of a mushroom cloud of bounced SS checks. These guys are so predictable....same codewords, same bs they spouted with their PR blitz for Iraq War. I am sure the media is fooled by this blitz.
I just want to know just who they will use this time to hold up a vile of rubber SS checks in front of the committee that will give authority for Junior's case for the need to Destroy Social Security in order to Save it presentation. Perhaps they will recruit the Dicken's character,the Ghost of Christmas Future to do the work.
The article citing Junior's radio address on this matter is short and sweet. It is something anyone who followed the roll out for the Iraq War could easily have predicted and written. Just wonder what other domestic axis of evil Dubya will be citing in his SOTU speech this year, Social Security, Employer sponsored Health Care,and Middle Class?
Best part of the article is the crap about can't leave our children and grandchildren with a bankrupt SS system? Really Junior like you give a damn. I guess it is okay to saddle them with financing trillions of dollars of government debt....effing Idiot.
Sorry for the rant...I really do despise the media and our pReznit. Bill Moyers had it right when he said,
"I'm going out telling the story that I think is the biggest story of our time: how the right-wing media has become a partisan propaganda arm of the Republican National Committee. We have an ideological press that's interested in the election of Republicans, and a mainstream press that's interested in the bottom line. Therefore, we don't have a vigilant, independent press whose interest is the American people." ( Moyer's quote found thanks to Maru over at WTF is is Now)
Junior's starting his PR blitz (guess right before the holidays is a good time to roll out a new product) about the "grave and gathering" and imminent threat a bankrupt SS sytem poses to our children and grandchildren. We can't wait to act until the threat results in the form of a mushroom cloud of bounced SS checks. These guys are so predictable....same codewords, same bs they spouted with their PR blitz for Iraq War. I am sure the media is fooled by this blitz.
I just want to know just who they will use this time to hold up a vile of rubber SS checks in front of the committee that will give authority for Junior's case for the need to Destroy Social Security in order to Save it presentation. Perhaps they will recruit the Dicken's character,the Ghost of Christmas Future to do the work.
The article citing Junior's radio address on this matter is short and sweet. It is something anyone who followed the roll out for the Iraq War could easily have predicted and written. Just wonder what other domestic axis of evil Dubya will be citing in his SOTU speech this year, Social Security, Employer sponsored Health Care,and Middle Class?
Best part of the article is the crap about can't leave our children and grandchildren with a bankrupt SS system? Really Junior like you give a damn. I guess it is okay to saddle them with financing trillions of dollars of government debt....effing Idiot.
Sorry for the rant...I really do despise the media and our pReznit. Bill Moyers had it right when he said,
"I'm going out telling the story that I think is the biggest story of our time: how the right-wing media has become a partisan propaganda arm of the Republican National Committee. We have an ideological press that's interested in the election of Republicans, and a mainstream press that's interested in the bottom line. Therefore, we don't have a vigilant, independent press whose interest is the American people." ( Moyer's quote found thanks to Maru over at WTF is is Now)
David E - thanks for posting about Brudnoy's passing. I've never been to Boston but enjoyed listening to him when he wasn't talking about politics. Sorry to hear of his passing, although I had read a few days ago that he was gravely ill.
David E - thanks for posting about Brudnoy's passing. I've never been to Boston but enjoyed listening to him when he wasn't talking about politics. Sorry to hear of his passing, although I had read a few days ago that he was gravely ill.
A Call to Action - Help the Innocent Iraqi Civilians who have been caught in the crossfire
They aren't just 'collateral damage'. They are real humans, and they need our help. If this isn't our responsibility, then who's is it?
A Call to Action - Help the Innocent Iraqi Civilians who have been caught in the crossfire
They aren't just 'collateral damage'. They are real humans, and they need our help. If this isn't our responsibility, then who's is it?
It's called shitty vetting. I am certain they figured "Bush Campaigner, NYPD head cop, baldy, mustache, talks tough"... what could go wrong?
Well, as we know, lots.
It's called shitty vetting. I am certain they figured "Bush Campaigner, NYPD head cop, baldy, mustache, talks tough"... what could go wrong?
Well, as we know, lots.
Michael Moore cost the Democrats the election in 2004.
true, true
Michael Moore cost the Democrats the election in 2004.
true, true
Check out the Kentucky Democrat at http://kydem.blogspot.com
Check out the Kentucky Democrat at http://kydem.blogspot.com
How does a fucking cop like Kerik end up with stock options worth 6.2 million without sucking some serious cock? Nanny problems my ass.
How does a fucking cop like Kerik end up with stock options worth 6.2 million without sucking some serious cock? Nanny problems my ass.
"To many, Mr. Brudnoy, a self-described libertarian whose conservative perspective could be heard weekly for nearly 20 years in 38 states and Canada, had become a symbol of graceful resilience."
I was not a fan. I remember him as a race-baiting, fag-bashing (long as it wasn't HIS friends) windbag. An example of the kind of formerly fashionable casual racism which infected the white gay population in the seventies and a stalking horse of the decline of fairness on talk radio. I don't think that Jay Severin's career is entirely unrelated to DB's.
Whilet there are no kind people the world would be better off without there are many smart people who we can spare.
I will never understand why we are supposed to lie about someone just because they get sick and die. He certainly wasn't very nice to other people who got sick and died of AIDS.
Listen, people, all of you. We are all going to die. It isn't something that just happens to the good. It is an insult to the truth to make believe otherwise.
"To many, Mr. Brudnoy, a self-described libertarian whose conservative perspective could be heard weekly for nearly 20 years in 38 states and Canada, had become a symbol of graceful resilience."
I was not a fan. I remember him as a race-baiting, fag-bashing (long as it wasn't HIS friends) windbag. An example of the kind of formerly fashionable casual racism which infected the white gay population in the seventies and a stalking horse of the decline of fairness on talk radio. I don't think that Jay Severin's career is entirely unrelated to DB's.
Whilet there are no kind people the world would be better off without there are many smart people who we can spare.
I will never understand why we are supposed to lie about someone just because they get sick and die. He certainly wasn't very nice to other people who got sick and died of AIDS.
Listen, people, all of you. We are all going to die. It isn't something that just happens to the good. It is an insult to the truth to make believe otherwise.
Happy birthday Big John!!! Glad you were born (12/11/43)!
Happy birthday Big John!!! Glad you were born (12/11/43)!
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