I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
So... it doesn't cause cancer anymore?
'cuz asbestos is tasty!
"So... it doesn't cause cancer anymore?"
Apparently it causes frivoulous cancer.
Why doesn't he mention *me*?
Frivolous asbestos pisses me off, too.
Mostly because of Peter Angelos, however.
You're irrelevant, OBL
tiny brutal self appointed rulers imposing their will?
hmmm
So... at ~42 after, who did they cut to (CNN) playing a crossword?
oh, that disease.
does he get paid by the smirk?
No one cares about me anymore. :-(
....and the monkey GOP clapped like hell.
That's irrelevant. What matters is that we "move forward corageously and honestly" in lying about social security.
Yeah, companies that expose people to asbestos are patriots.
People who die a slow, painful death from lung cancer hate America.
MMMmmmmmmm...... Fresh Asbestos!
Why doesn't he mention *me*?
Osama bin Laden
You're not frivolous enough.
frivolous asbestos claims?!
I knew there was a reason I put on a Simpsons DVD instead.
I still can't believe he got heckled. How heartwarming.
When i see Jenna and NotJenna wearing asbestos pajamas, then I'll believe it's not dangerous.
Let's face it: the state of our union is fucked.
Dick Cheney must have stuck that asbestos suit thing in there...
Back in the decades just before my rule when the English people were developing their textile industry, some liberal do gooders decided to campaign to have filters put on spinning machines in order to keep the cotton fibers out of the lungs of the young English children.
I believe this was in the town of Manchester.
What this liberal do gooder insolent fools and dreamers did not take into account was that if you blocked cotton fibers from filling the childrens' lungs (a laudable enough goal in and of itself) you would also block the same cotton fibers from filling the childrens' bellies.
Without these cotton fibers, the children did not have the illusion of feeling full and often cried do to their hunger. It seems the liberal do gooders of all ages are cruel in spite of their pretentions.
has he declared war on iran yet?
This is his "i wasn't really threatening you Saudis" moment.
democracy Mubarek style!
nope, Syria
Pull my finger.
Heh.
When i see Jenna and NotJenna wearing asbestos pajamas, then I'll believe it's not dangerous.
I'd rather see chimpy snort up a big 'ol gator tail.
That'd cinch it for me.
So we're invading SYRIA, or Iran? I'm getting mixed up.
how many "freedom"s is that? i just counted 3 more i think
One of the folks at Bush's fake Save SS shows complained a lot about asbestos lawsuits. This reminds me I have more research to do. 
First time I saw it, I thought it was "frivolous asbestos clams", which is way cooler.
OT, but this SOTU reminds me of the high school pep assembly where the cheeky piece of shit ASB president stood up and addressed the senior class to the laudatory sound effects of his buddies and the cheerleaders.
On to Iran!
both
uh oh here we come Iran
But isn't Halliburton ... nah, can't be.
This speech is a true triumph of the will.
Who did Bush wink at after saying that judges shouldn't legislate from the bench? Some nominee of his, I presume, to which the admonishment does not apply.
where can i get me some asbestos at?
All I can say is that I hate the whole loathesome bunch. I guess that means I "hate America", eh, Bill (pass the Falafel).
Fuck the whole Eurocentric bunch to hell!
Somebody mentioned heckling. What happened?
Let's face it: the state of our union is fucked.
Filibuster
In the ass.
beer good
"frivolous asbestos clams"
Taste like chicken! MMMMMmmmmm.
... My god, the flypaper theory is back. You stupid, stupid fuck.
I can't take anymore, it's time to hind under the covers and hope this is all a nightmare.
"Tay-ron."
Inked fingers being held up.
Purple fingers time!
Jesus, Joseph, and Mary, just how fucking stupid are all of these goddamned morons applauding this fucking idiot?
"The terrorists have chosen to make a stand in Iraq" - um, really? Looks to me like these are NEW terrorists, dipshit. Ones your stupidity and taunts has emboldened.
Had to shut it off, I couldn't take it anymore.
Yep, frivolous asbestos claims. Just like those frivolous claims of mutilated people in Iraq. They're just getting in the way of "freedom's march", to hell with all of them, sieg heil Schrubbenfuerher!
is he drawing a line in the sand for Iran tonight, too? help me help me help me. if i see any more pictures of dead or cancerous babies i'm just going to... what am i going to do??
George, you never call. You never write. It's like you've completely forgotten me. I'm hurt. Really. I am just hurt.
NOTES FROM THE STATE OF THE ONION, I MEAN UNION!
>>>>>>>READ MORE AT SUBURBANNOMAD.BLOGSPOT.COM
This speech is a true triumph of the will.
Quit it, you'll give Ann Coulter a hard-on.
Okay, how many Iraqi women were actually elected?
More asbestos! More asbestos! More asbestos!
/Simpsons
Seriously though, not cool. My husband's uncle died of asbestosis 3 years ago. He was only 54. The family's still devastated. We all are. That shouldn't happen to anyone. And fuck Bush and his stone-cold heart.
TheOtherWashington, hope it's roomy under those covers, because a lot of us would like to join you there.
Jeebus H Christ..did you see those idiots waving their purple digits around? They looked like morons
Here's a motherfucker who would've flunked out of Yale if it weren't for his dad, and he's lecturing us on how the world works.
The most underserving man ever to hold the office, bar none.
Purple fingers time!
Central Scrutinizer | Email | Homepage | 02.02.05 - 9:55 pm | #
Jesus, Joseph, and Mary, just how fucking stupid are all of these goddamned morons applauding this fucking idiot?
Vinnie | Email | Homepage | 02.02.05 - 9:55 pm | #
I think you answered your own questions.
Asbestos...you want fries with that?
The dems need to tie the purple fingers bs right to the purple heart bs at the Repub convention. Odious naked symbolism for political gain.
*cough* *bullshit* *cough*
He's trying out his new Jimmy Stewart "Don'tcha see? Don'tcha see?" voice.
New freedoms unveiled tonight:
"Freedom from dfiscal sanity," "freedom from honest government," "freedom from that nasty ole truth," any more?
FDR would be right proud.
"frivolous asbestos claims"
I didn't think it was possible but this motherfucker just sank a lower with. My grandfather died at 55 from asbestos cancer from working in a Dow Chemical boiler room for years. My grandmother, now twenty years without her husband lives on with burdening her kids, because of her asbestos settlement.
It's personal.
I wish Bush would tell my father to his face that his asbestos claim is frivolous. Obviously no one in Bush's family ever had to worry about dying from Mesothelioma.
Gee, how come that soldier is applauding? Could it be he can't? I wonder if he would if he could?
This Iraqian is a Monica Lewinsky lookalike!!
I don't even fucking believe this.
Yeah, as soon as I caught the asbestos thing, I composed my summary of the SOTU.
NOTES FROM THE STATE OF THE ONION, I MEAN UNION!
>>>>>>>READ MORE AT
LJLY
Stop shouting at me.
Nice story. When does the reality part start?
Correction: "...without burdening her kids..."
Seven paragraphs to go, people. Hold the line.
wtf? This is too freaking surreal... tell me this isn't happening?
Okay we won the war if you say so chimpy. can we come home now?
asbestos killed warren zevon.
I'm worried that when I go downstairs I'll find my family members who are watching this reduced to glowing embers, kind of like the final scene in "Time Bandits." Or maybe it'll be more like "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."
Holy fuck, is that Monica? Quick get the blue dress.
As I said before, the Democrats should have dyed their middle fingers purple, and showed Bush some solidarity.
Okay, how many Iraqi women were actually elected?
Directly elected? None. The vote was a proportional representation system. Every third name on each party's list had to be a woman, under the rules drawn up for this election.
Not that it matters if the women turn out to be social conservatives who support the submission of women. Iran's vice-president is a woman, and many women sit in Iran's parliament with the conservative parties.
Was that Leona Helmsley?
all you asbestos victims need to just suck it up and walk it off and pull yourself up by your own bootstraps and blah blah blah
NOTES FROM THE STATE OF THE ONION, I MEAN UNION!
>>>>>>>READ MORE AT
LJLY
Stop shouting at me.
I don't understand the handle - they're really not doing anything in an LJ-like manner.
I find it interesting that there
have been no troll infestations on
this or the previous thread.
I can only presume they're
too busy jerking
off over the speech.
"...the hopes of Iraqis." Has this dude ever met one other than Chalibi?
Guess who rode roughshod over asbestos claims for Haliburton companies? Right, that would be THE BIG DICK! These punks don't even try to be subtle.
Is anything he says related to reality in any way?
whats with the nazi salute with 1 finger raise in ink??????
I can only presume they're
too busy jerking
off over the speech.
Probably have the hose from the Shop-Vac attached to their schwanz, so they have both hands free to clap.
never, filkertom, never. Why start now?
"The Iraqis are ready to shoulder all the security burdens of our country?"
Raise your finger if it's inked.
(Looking around.)
Thought not.
So when are we leaving? Answer: the check is in the mail. The dog ate it. I won't climax in your mouth. etc.
Uh,how about a big group of extremists then?
Or was he talking about the small group of Neocons?
My god, the immigration clock in Toronto is up 10% just during the past 60 seconds of this speach...
I guess it's time to remodel the "Western White House" (aka bush's brush pile) in asbestos-chic.
fucktard
Hey, that reminds me. Who's sitting in Chalabi's seat this year? That's the pump and dump seat.
"Iraqis are determined to fight for their freedom"
good to know, maybe our soldiers can stop doing their dirty work.
Usually, when I get fucked like this, it's at least good for a smoke afterwards.
Eh, well, guess I could go smoke some asbestos or something...
all you asbestos "victims" are just faking it.
"... our military situation is adapting to circumstances...."
Yeah, that's one way to put it.
You have an amazingly patient and tolerant king. He is not, after all, obligated in any way to explain himself to the people and yet he does!!! Marvelous. He rules the Arabian savages with an iron hand and yet treats his own people with kindness and deference. Truly a great man. Offering you personal retirement accounts!!! This is Herr Bismarck's concept of social welfare delivered to the people along with the freedom to chose or reject it. My God, it is close to socialism and yet your King is of the political party that defeated socialism. My admiration knows no bounds. I salute King George.
"...the hopes of Iraqis." Has this dude ever met one other than Chalibi?
You don't remember when he would work those Iraqi guys who had their hands chopped off by Saddam into, like, every interview he did?
asbestos killed warren zevon.
Atrios
OK, I'm sober again. Sad.
HESIOD!
A-HAH! We're fuckin' stuck there. Iraq is now the 51st state.
Purple ink?
Wouldn't it be more appropriate for Republicans to dip their extremities in red ink?
Mesothelioma, Mesopotamia, nothing much to either one.
If asbestos claims are frivolous, then why, when I had the asbestos tile removed from my house last week, did everyone involved wear freaking hazmat suits?
And why, even with the entire house wrapped in plastic, was the toxic smell evident twenty yards away? Just curious...
asbestos killed warren zevon.
I thought that was just a line in Factory.
Hey, there's the pullout-from-Iraq timetable! Someday, someday!
I guess it's time to remodel the "Western White House" (aka bush's brush pile) in asbestos-chic.
fucktard
chica toxica
I agree, let's outfit Bush's phony Crawford ranch with some asbestos ladden insulation - I mean, it's so safe...
Reid is speaking after this, right?
Cheney has to kill off all those men and women his company poisoned.
Then they will kill off those pesky soldiers who are too damaged to fight anymore.
These men are totally amoral and urevil.
"We sent our soldierrs up the creek without a paddle and by god the canoe floated!"
>>>"Iraqis are determined to fight for their freedom"
Raise your finger if it's inked.
All of our fingers will be inked when they require fingerprinting of all citizens...
We'll do everything we can for them except pay for their meals whilst in hospital.
"Iraqis are determined to fight for their freedom"
Like G.I. Joe!
A real American Hero!
And now you can get Islamic Extremist Hostage G.I. Joe!
I didn't know asbestos killed Zevon... I thought it was the smoking or drinking... how the hell did he die of asbestos/ mesothilioma (sp?)?
OOOOOOH!!! Johnny got his gun!!!!
I resent being labeled "frivolous."
I am serious.
As for the stupidity of the "liberal media" argument, um, do we need more proof?
It should not be a fucking applause line to say you'll help the troops recover from the war.
Especially when those at Walter Reed are paying for their meals.
"Iraqis are determined to fight for their freedom"
But please, please don't try this at home!
I thought smoking killed Warren Zevon.
I wish Howard Dean were speaking in front of a Big College campus crowd after this instead of Harry Reid.
Bush and Cheney want you all to know that ASBESTOS IS GOOD in HELL, of course. Got to get with the program, ya know.
this is sick
"I find it interesting that there
have been no troll infestations on
this or the previous thread."
Fucktards don't want to get purple ink on their keyboards.
Couldn't help it... tuned in for two sentences... the smirk, omigod, the smirk!!! My skin is literally crawling.
I thought smoking killed Warren Zevon.
Maybe it was a combo platter.
Karl Rove sez: "Gold Star Moms make excellent props!"
You could at least applaud the people you claim to honor, Chimpy.
Hug scripted?
Wake up Janet and Bill Norwood; you're son died for NOTHING!!! Let's just see how "free" Iraq is in 10 years. I feel sorry for them, and I understand the desire to believe their son died for a "just cause." But they didn't.
welcome to the future
Awww, so true. I forgot about that.
asbestos killed warren zevon. It was the cause of his cancer. RIP, Warren. You were a good soldier.
I know a woman who died of mesothelioma. It was heart wrenching.
And due to asbestos.
She was the mother of six children. Her husband lives across the street from me. She died far too young. And it was very painful.
Porpoise? Unitas? huh?
Who the fuck attacked freedom??
welcome to the future
Future gonna look a lot like 1930. Or maybe 1933...
... Crap. Must go. Have a good night, y'all.
Shouldn't he have burst into flames when daring to invoke FDR? WHile wanting to gut SS?
Plenty of countries abolished slavery before we did.
Well the whole asbestos thing is a big deal for Cheney. When he was CEO of Halliburton they aquired another company that turned out to have huge asbestos liabilities. A lot of people thought Cheney had really screwed the shareholders... I'm sure he's been chimpwhispering ever since.
Imperial communism? WTF is that?
So there is your Chalabi-seat person.... a gold star mom who needs to believe her son died while razing Fallujah for something.
I ask you, do you feel safer because we leveled that city and created enemies that will hate us for generations?
Nope. He died from Mesothelioma which is caused by asbestos. Snarky comments in obits about him not quitting smoking pissed me off.
smalfish ~
Thanks for the e-mail.
I'm on it.
Take care. Heart goes out to you.
Maybe if the Chimp had spent 20 years of his life inhaling asbestos instead of cocaine, he would think twice about calling those lawsuits "frivolous"
Weepy moment, introducing the parents of Marine killed in Fallujah.
Killed by WHO, YOU BASTARD.
Fuck. Fuck, fuck, fuck.
So. I guess I'm not going to be getting my country back soon, huh?
OOOOOH Joey got a kiss!!!!!!! Faggots!!
I wonder how many US soldiers will die from exposure to asbestos they inhaled from bombing in iWaq?
I ask you, do you feel safer because we leveled that city and created enemies that will hate us for generations?
Hey, you can't make an omelette without shooting an automatic weapon at everything remotely egg-like in sight.
So, all through that, I learned nothing about the actual state of the Union.
was that totally nececarry?
Goddamnit, they ARE frivolous!
Bush has grabbed hold of the third rail--this is the time to stand on what we believe. If we cant beat him on this, we have nothing.
This has to be the HIGH water mark of this conservative swing!
I am serious.
Asbestos Clam | Email | Homepage | 02.02.05 - 10:04 pm | #
Asbestos Clam:
How the heck are you?
Vicki,
I know a guy who died of this illness and it was protracted and painful. Horrible. These bastards knew of the bad health effects for decades and hid them from the public to protect their profits. Sick.
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Killing people gives Bush a huge boner. I am convinced he loves having that life-death power, like a skid row alcoholic delighting in his cheap rotgut wine.
Oh, wait a minute
best make up job on old joe stalin that i have ever seen.
will we go as meekly as did those that old joe sent to siberia?
OK
LET'S SEND THE BITCH SOME ASBESTOS
THEY'LL HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE FUCKING WHITE HOUSE
.
Plenty of countries abolished slavery before we did.
Including Russia.
What lettuce king said.
.
Nope. He died from Mesothelioma which is caused by asbestos. Snarky comments in obits about him not quitting smoking pissed me off.
Atrios
Atrios,
Once again, the media got it wrong. That is why I love your web site so much...you call the media on their bullshit.
I am a Zevon fan, saw him a couple of times. I thought he was a brilliant writer. But you're right ~ the obit I read said that smoking claimed his life.
Thanks for bringing it to our attention.
I think woowooboi could take lettuce king.
So, all through that, I learned nothing about the actual state of the Union.
Yes. I feel like I drank so much, but still feel so empty inside.
What a let down
OOOOOH Joey got a kiss!!!!!!! Faggots!!
So, ... Lieberman is the underage kid Bush gave AIDS years ago?
I'm confused.
.
Plenty of countries abolished slavery before we did.
Including Russia.
Sir this is incorrect. Russia employed slave labor in the 1920s and 1930s. You lie to defend your communist ideology against your gallant warrior King George.
You are a despicable little man.
It;s all downhill from here. THis is Nixon II redux. Scandal after scandal, death overseas in a losing war, failure on SS, etc will be the way it goes.
Big blow job for Dick
Nope. He died from Mesothelioma which is caused by asbestos. Snarky comments in obits about him not quitting smoking pissed me off.
Seriously, was that line "kicking asbestos in the factory" about where he was exposed?
Yes. I feel like I drank so much, but still feel so empty inside.
What a let down
What were you drinking?
.
Killing people gives Bush a huge boner. I am convinced he loves having that life-death power, like a skid row alcoholic delighting in his cheap rotgut wine.
Oh, wait a minute
Yep.
And he's got the right generals for it:
At a panel discussion in San Diego Tuesday, a top Marine general tells an audience that, among other things, it is "fun to shoot some people."
I didn't realize that Warren Zevon's cancer was mesothelioma.
So now Cheney goes back into his bunker and we have six more weeks of winter?
It wasnt Russia in the 20s and 30s.
got your back NTOdd!
Russia employed slave labor in the 1920s and 1930s.
...and Taco Bell uses slave labor today.
Would you care to lick the evil out of my stool in the morning?
'Cause that would be cool.
.
It wasnt Russia in the 20s and 30s.
got your back NTOdd!
Send lawyers, guns and money, indeed.
More about mesothelioma:
CLICK HERE
It's worth repeating:
What company bought the company that got stuck with all of those asbestos lawsuits?
Oh, yeah. Halliburton.
There's a story there.
LET'S SEND THE BITCH SOME ASBESTOS
THEY'LL HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE FUCKING WHITE HOUSE
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I honestly think that's a good idea.
Now this is a better topic.
My GrandDad was riddled with cancer right before he died. He didn't smoke, and had quit drinking in his early thirtys. He was filled with cancer. An absestos settlement netted him a few grand, like maybe three or four. It didn't cover the expense of dying. Because dying cost money.
As usual the only winner in Bush's admin is business. And they all know who voted them into office. Business. The voters are secondary.
Sir this is incorrect. Russia employed slave labor in the 1920s and 1930s. You lie to defend your communist ideology against your gallant warrior King George.
Sir, it is absolutely correct. Russia under Alexander II freed the serfs in 1861. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics employed slave labor, which included my family, thank you.
Thanks for playing.
It wasnt Russia in the 20s and 30s.
Well, it wasn't 'slavery' either, but that wasn't stopping me.
.
people think zevon died of lung cancer because of smoking.
BUT ... malignant mesothelioma is most commonly associated with asbestos, but has also been linked with irradiation and exposure to other chemicals and nonasbestos dust and fibers.
Nothing frivolous here ...
Well, of course it's a good idea, Patrick!
Remember the "fruit cake" campaign?
.
It wasnt Russia in the 20s and 30s.
got your back NTOdd!
Spasibo, pyotr!
Sorry, link didn't post, here it is again.
Mesothelioma
people think zevon died of lung cancer because of smoking
He wouldn't be the first entertainer to die because of his audience's sidestream smoke.
As much as I hated playing 3 hour gigs twice a week in an open air venue in Austin, it saved my lungs (since I am not a smoker).
Sweat beats cancer any day.
.
"birth tax" first time I've heard that, but it's a good way to frame the debt issue.
First time I've seen Reid, he's a bit milk-toast, but I like that term.
Awww, sweet fucking shit, I wish the Dems would be BOLD and Strong. Let's hope Pelosie is better.
I am glad you caught it, my wife and I looked at each other when he said this and nearly fell to the floor. I guess asbestos is no longer dangerous. Cancer, no biggie when you have FREEDOM.
somebody better be running some commercials tomorrow of asbestos victims' trying to breathe while numbnuts rants on how frivolous their concerns are...
Spasibo, pyotr!
Zanas!
Pivo!
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First time I've seen Reid, he's a bit milk-toast, but I like that term.
I love listening to Reid speak in the Senate. Almost as I love listening to Byrd, whose floor speech on Gonzo The Torturer I missed today--anybody catch it?
Yes. I feel like I drank so much, but still feel so empty inside.
What a let down
What were you drinking?
.
Grand Moff Texan
kahlua and milk (my bed-time drink of choice.
Let's hope Pelosie is better.
Hell, she's got more balls than that Parliament of Whores combined.
Or, as a local lesbian band once wrote: "she's got so much cunt, she doesn't need balls."
Either way.
.
chica toxica: contrary to your name, I cannot fault you on your bed side humor.
But red wine warms the insides.
So does chartreuse.
So does benedictine.
.
Cancer, no biggie when you have FREEDOM.
Freedom cures cancer!
Pivo!
Ah, I have fond memories of going on "pivo hunts" around Moscow (when we weren't waiting in line for the worst vodka ever at the state store). Total grey market kinda a deal in restaurant kitchens. Discovered a great place not too far from where we lived on Profsoyuznaya Ulitsa (Trade Union Street). Then we taught the Soviets how to play "beer die" (a game indigenous to my alma mater, Colby College).
I loved Warren Zevon myself, Vicki - saw him once and it was one of the best shows I ever saw. I thought he died from smoking, too.
This is a huge change -
Sir, it is absolutely correct. Russia under Alexander II freed the serfs in 1861. The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics employed slave labor, which included my family, thank you.
How dare you refer to Russia as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
How dare you give this legitimacy to the murderers of my cousin Nicky and his family.
I fail to see why you have such hostility to your gallant warrior King George? Why do you think that vanquising the savage Arabians is a bad thing? Your King George will go down in history as George the Slayer of the Tyrant Saddam.
Why is that a bad thing? Would that somebody like brave King George had destroyed the foul tyrant Lenin before he murdered so many of my relatives in Russia.
you remember of course, that halliburton under cheney merged with some company that was then litigating the asbestos claims. halliburton lost and is saddled with those claims, so this is just another big fat payback to them.
Then we taught the Soviets how to play "beer die" (a game indigenous to my alma mater, Colby College).
My good friend taught Muskovites to say "FOGAR," which was a magical incantation from my alma mater (The University of Texas).
Then they threw him in jail for "aggravated hooliganism."
I am not making this up.
.
How dare you refer to Russia as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics?
Sorry. I've been playing the SOTU drinking game.
"frivolous asbestos clams"
They're some other gay friends of Spongebob.
When 59,000,000 people vote for a stupid moron,who are the morons??
I find this Jewish lady parliamentarian tedious and shrill. Those people have an unhealthy hostility towards men and soldiers and gentlemen of all types. She should be silenced.
GAF was another of those companies with the asbestos claims, them and Johns-Manville, both headquartered in NJ.
Plenty of countries abolished slavery before we did.
Including Great Britain--just think, if we had lost the Revolution, abolition would have come to us about 3 decades earlier.
Would that somebody like brave King George had destroyed the foul tyrant Lenin before he murdered so many of my relatives in Russia.
Oh, and I would like to point out that Darling Nicky killed lots of my people in the pogroms. That said, I sorta feel sorry for Nicky. In over his head. Not unlike another imperialist we know...
When 59,000,000 people vote for a stupid moron,who are the morons??
Who is the more foolish? The fool, or the fool who follows him?
Yes. Yes. This boy journalist Christopher Matthews knows his place indeed!!!
He knows that it is his place to praise his King in the most effusive and affectionate terms he finds appropriate.
He is a good man. He knows his place, nothing like that horrible Polish sailor scribbler.
Anybody watching Sully on CNN?
Darling Nicky killed lots of my people in the pogroms.
I thought she was just a sex queen ( I guess you could say...)
Oh, and I would like to point out that Darling Nicky killed lots of my people in the pogroms.
You would compare the worth of Hebrew getto dwellers to the Tsar's family?
You sir are a Democrat of the worst stripe.
Halliburton finalizes $4.17 billion in asbestos settlements
But re "frivolous asbestos claims," with all his humanitarian posturing, I'm amazed that Bush would come out and say something so openly cynical in his SOTU address.
But I admire the Democrats. I can't remember a single other time when the opposition party expressed displeasure openly during the SOTU address. Maybe that means the Democrats have started to FIGHT!
I DARE the President to tell the Parents of Elizabeth Clancy that asbestos lawsuits are frivolous. I DARE the bastard.
http://www.asbestostruth.com/our...ies/
clancy.html
ok, I'm late to the party. What happened to smalfish?
and the link doesn't work, smal...
Gen. McCaffry and Sen. McCain both giving blow jobs on NBC about the Bushboy speech. They both thought it was a "home run!"
I'm still waiting to hear someone repudiate assheads speech.
Oh, Sen. Boxer is on!!!
My father-in-law died from mesothelioma, a cancer of the lining of the lungs caused by asbestos. Because he worked for a living, pipe-fitting, unlike King George who wouldn't know a days work if it bit him.
Asbestos makes George laugh, because, you see, it's got the word "ASS" in it.
See: ASS-bestos!
George loves a good joke. He just laughs and laughs...
.
Bushboy: open checkbook and open ended war in Iraq?
Asbestos lawsuits are frivolous?
Social Security is bankrupt?
Even a depraved moron like Bushboy should know better.
I thought she was just a sex queen ( I guess you could say...)
I love what she does with magazines.
You sir are a Democrat of the worst stripe.
You insult my honor, so I must challenge you to a duel. Or a nice game of whist.
Why did the American electorate inflict Bushboy on themselves for another four years?
Wasn't one disastrous war and $1 trillion in new debt and the gutting of Medicare in his first term enough?
CBS poll says that 80% of their scientifically selected group approve of Bushboy's plans enunciated in his speech tonight!
Sen. McCain is lying for Bushboy on CBS now. Man does he suck!!!
The Goopers are a scourge on America.
Bushboy, McCain, it doesn't matter who it is. They all lie. They all suck!
I am quite impressed with that family who offered their child to Bush. They remind me of good Spartan parents, who are happy to send their son to die to fight the Arabian savages. Would that you Americans had more such honorable people. I see underemployed young people all the time. The young man who made my espresso drink this morning was quite unpleasant. Is it really better to waste one's life making 8 dollars an hour instead of dying for one's country? We have plenty of young people but not enough parents willing to send them to die. Huzzah for those brave parents tonight.
Olympia Snowe: Stop with the dye job already! We know you're older that Zeus.
Don't forget Steve McQueen who died from mesothelioma--probably got it from the asbestos suit he wore during his race car years.
CBS poll says that 80% of their scientifically selected group approve of Bushboy's plans enunciated in his speech tonight!
The same poll indicated that 81% of their selected group also approve of poor people stewing their children. The remaining 19% think a ragout would equally serve.
Isn't cancer just a bunch of terrorist cells? (Rimshot!)
Isn't cancer just a bunch of terrorist cells? (Rimshot!)
I thought cancer was just another word for 'nothing left to lose'.
Re frivolous asbestos. Now, give the Prez a break. He could be right. There's different kinds of asbestos--chrysotile, amosite, tomdelayite. . .there *could* be the harmless variety *frivolite.* Maybe if people would just send their suspicious ceiling tiles and wallboard to the Crawford Lab. . .
Who needs lungs anyway?
I thought cancer was just another word for 'nothing left to lose'.
This brings to mind Ed Abbey's great quip regarding the sickness that is capitalism:
Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell...
"The Factory" can't be autobiographical--the narrator was born in '63, much later than Zevon. But I'm wondering where Zevon was exposed to asbestos--anyone know?
CBS poll says that 80% of their scientifically selected group approve of Bushboy's plans enunciated in his speech tonight!
The same poll indicated that 81% of their selected group also approve of poor people stewing their children. The remaining 19% think a ragout would equally serve.
Free association on the numbers, but everyone should go read American Leftist's find--an article from 1967 touting the success of elections in Vietnam (!) in which 83% of the registered voters voted, thus giving legitimacy to the gov't and fulfilling a huge part of LBJ's plan...
It's real, and so fucking relevant it's eerie...
McQueen worked in a shipyard in the last year of WWII, when they sprayed asbestos liberally on anything that didn't move, and only then painted it gray.
Lots of mesothelioma anywhere there were naval shipyards -- Boston (Charlestown, East Boston, Quincy Fore River) is particularly hard-hit.
"The Factory" can't be autobiographical--the narrator was born in '63, much later than Zevon.
I didn't mean it was autobiographical, but did he already know he had the disease when he recorded the album (what was that, 1987)? I wonder if it informed his lyrics.
rorschach,
I also realized I had heard this speech before, from LBJ. I'm sure someone can find a South Vietnamese in 1970 saying exactly the things Bush quoted from Iraqis concerning freedom and elections.
So.........Jenna and Not-Jenna are going to be working at ripping out asbestos, sans any protective gear? Just to show us all? I mean, asbestos claims are.... frivolous!
Oh yeah, I forgot about Halliburton'S FRIVOLOUS asbestos liability. That explains that seeming nonsequitor.
Warren Zevon did not know he had cancer in 1987. He only found out about a year to 18 months before he died -- on his first visit to a doctor in many, many years.
My dad---who died of asbestos related lung cancer in September--will be very happy to learn that his illness was "frivolous."
I'm not much for cussing, but when I heard that, the only thing I could think of was goddamnmotherfuckingsonofaassfacebitch.
I am still so stunned that 59 million people thought this man worth of being their dogcatcher, let alone president.
What a dick.
WZ didn't need second-hand smoke from his audience. He apparently smoked like a chimney. But he died from mesothelioma, commonly associated with asbestos and other particulates.
He talked about it on his last appearance on Letterman. Dave gave Warren the entire show. It was one of the great moments in TV history, IMHO.
First time I saw it, I thought it was "frivolous asbestos clams"...
I was thinking "frivolous asbestos suits", which is what I dearly wish that every Republican wears each and every day. . . .
Cheers,
I worked for two summers for a lawyer who specialized in representing businesses against asbestosis suits. Some of them are frivilous--like the people who might have asbestosis or mesothelioma, but sue companies where they only worked for two days...A lot of small businesses have been forced into bankruptcy due to these claims, but then, a lot of people have died or are living sub-par lives because these same businesses did not provide them with the facts or proper safety equipment. Oh what am I saying? The market is God and businesses only do Its bidding. Silly me.
Plenty of countries abolished slavery before we did.
We were second to last in the Western Hemisphere. Did Dubya really trumpet our alacrity and initiative in banning slavery???
Cheers,
So.
Um.
Why does he think he gets to decide whether a lawsuit is frivolous or not?
Where did he go to law school?
I predict Mark Lanier, the Houston lawyer who represented more than 200 Halliburton clients whose exposure to asbestos resulted in mesothelioma, a type of cancer, won't be asked by the liberal media to give his thoughts on "frivolous."
This commenting is really cheering me up! Seriously! I'm trapped in Arizona which may as well be the real Western White House. This stuff is so good I saved it to a text file so I can read it tomorrow and laugh again. Gotta save up some yuck time to pull out in crises, you know, when we contemplate social security. Or remembering that these fwads hold incredible power these days.
My grandad was killed by asbestosis. My dad has asbestosis.
I don't find Bush fucking funny.
It should be said that someone with preliminary asbestosis ought to stop the fuck smoking straight away, to get as many years out of their life as possible.
Which means I want Bush to start huffing on asbestos. And stealing Laura's Marlboros.
Really. I want that fucker to die a painful, painful death after this.
LET'S SEND THE BITCH SOME ASBESTOS
THEY'LL HAVE TO SHUT DOWN THE FUCKING WHITE HOUSE
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I honestly think that's a good idea.
Patrick Meighan
Yeah, once a week or so for the rest of his term.
Most asbestos claims are by people who have not actually had any health problems... they are only afraid of them occurring in the future.
I really hate frivolous asbestos
That's not cancer. They're freedom cells. Why do you hate America?
Two points--one a repeat from earlier posters...
1) yes, Halliburton obtained a company that is facing massive lawsuits for giving Asbestosis to an entire town (not kidding). The town is somewhere in Montana, near where they mined the stuff.
2) Bush said a very similar thing a few weeks ago, so I'm wondering if they really are going to continue pushing this. I think its really odd and it will only help to shine light on Cheney/Halliburton shenanigans. In any case, Halliburton really does seem to own this administration--just surprising how transparent they are about it.
From my days at public health school I remember two interesting facts. Not aware of any genuine new information in the area:
1. Mesothelioma is an extremely rare cancer (unlike, say, ordinarly lung cancer)
2. Just about the only strong causitive agent for mesothelioma is asbestos fiber.
Frivolous suits? The only one I see is the one on the lying bugger's back.
Most people with mesothelioma smoked. That doesn't mean their smoking, or their cancer, was 'their fault'--about half of adults smoked in the 40s and 50s, while the asbestos companies and tobacco companies both marketed their products aggressively, while publicly denying adverse research findings, the truth of which they were well aware.
Cancer isn't always someone's fault. Shit happens. But in the case of mesothelioma, the evidence is so strong that it, in fact, is someone's fault that it's reasonable--the legal standard is 'preponderance of evidence'--to place the burden of proof on those who exposed people to what was known to them to be toxic.
How do those who celebrate the 'free market'--a mythical beast if ever there was one, by the way; always place quotation marks around it--suggest that such egregious behavior be contained in a civilized society?
I read somewhere that one person a day dies from asbestos, but I think that was in Canada only.
Justice is distorted, and our economy is held back, by irresponsible class actions and frivolous asbestos claims.
George W. Bush
State of the Union Address, 2/2/05
Halliburton losses hit $602m on asbestos claims
The Scotsman newspaper headline, 2/3/05
My uncle just died last year from his "frivolous" mesothelioma. Hope his family can benefit from a "frivolous" lawsuit. BIGTIME!
Jeebus H Christ..did you see those idiots waving their purple digits around? They looked like morons
aurora borealis
They are morons.
"...the hopes of Iraqis." Has this dude ever met one other than Chalibi?
He never met Chalabi, don't you remember?
As the grandson of someone who died of asbestos related health issues - I am deeply offended (as if the Chimperer hasn't done enough to offend me). I wrote the Presnit to tell him this as well as to point out how his emphasis on tort "reform" is contrary to his rhetoric about having an "ownership" society (you own it, you have responsibility for it).
Lani Guineer (sp?) said a few things that were taken out of context and she was crucified in the media for it (because she's a black, Jewish woman). Is anyone even gonna say anything about this horrendously callous statement?
I didn't include this in my letter to his royal hiney, but what I wanted to say was "you think asbestos claims are so frivolous - why don't you inhale a bunch of the stuff and get back to me in a decade or two".
Without these cotton fibers, the children did not have the illusion of feeling full and often cried do to their hunger. It seems the liberal do gooders of all ages are cruel in spite of their pretentions. - King Leopold
When reactionaries talk about the "perverse effects" of reform, they oftentimes do reach this low!
"frivolous asbestos claims?"
Warning: I'm going to say something really nasty about this President.
I hope he's diagnosed with mesothelioma.
I hope he has to have a lung taken out.
I hope he has to undergo chemotherapy.
And because I'm not completely nasty, I hope he survives. I don't want him to die; just to suffer.
Then we'll see how "frivolous" he thinks it is.
(Also, it'd be interesting to see if experiencing chemo would change his perspective on medical marijuana.)
"Frivolous asbestos claims." Good grief.
everybody should send bush a piece of asbestos.
What? Mesotheleoma? Just walk it off!
Snap out of it!
my first wife's father used the megabucks he made off mesothelioma litigation to buy up half the rugs in Kurdistan.
it's getting harder and harder to know who to hate.
oiC, there was audible opposition to Clinton too. But I'm glad the Democrats are supplying it this time, as long as they don't have control.
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