I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Guess that means another terrorist alert, then? I'll go grab the duct tape.
Why does America hate America?
Don't forget the double ply plastic.
W's not worried. He's just started to educate us on the wonders of his plan.
I wanna see his head explode. I figure it's bound to happen. The laws of physics demand it.
Bush's approval numbers have fallen the most among the demographic at whom his Social Security overhaul is targeted at
Heh heh, I'm just gettin' started, we're goin' 'round the country lettin' people know that I have a plan to reform Social Security...
RMJ,
You will please to remove yourself from my brain. It's crowded enough in there with all the voices.
(kissy face)
45%?
Bombs away, bitches.
The government is tottering. We must deal it the death blow an any cost. To delay action is the same as death.
-Vladimir Ilyich Lenin
The term "constipation of the brain" was specifically coined at Yale back in the 1960's to describe young George.
Wow, how can this be? All those people in the town hall meetings seemed to love the idea!
His poll numbers are down but we're still stuck with him another 4 years. At least we wont have to endure the constant terror alerts.
I get all happy about the polls and then I remember...
...no matter what we're stuck with the sumbitch for 4 more years. At bare minimum - the courts are screwed for my lifetime.
You will please to remove yourself from my brain. It's crowded enough in there with all the voices.
I don't think I'm permitted to go anywhere else.
The 59% who disapprove of his plan constitute a "focus group" and should be ignored. The 33% who approve are Honest Americans whose wishes should be respected. The remainder are the nonexistent women bloggers.
You people need to learn how to Interpret Statistics.
Ah, Icog -
once again we exhibit that fine louisianna optimism...
Bush's approval numbers have fallen the most among ...18-29 year olds
And that age cohort is just gonna LOVE his 'draft your ass to invade Iran' plan. Excuse me, it'll have a mendaciously Orwellian name like 'Freedom Service'.
Wow, how can this be? All those people in the town hall meetings seemed to love the idea!
Hoops McCann
George has that dumbing effect on people - like they're being stunned repeatedly with a nine volt cattle prod.
Thanks for the picture, we weren't feeling bad enough already.
His poll numbers are down but we're still stuck with him another 4 years. At least we wont have to endure the constant terror alerts.
Terror alerts are so 2004.
Hey look, it's a woman with gelatin for a skeleton being wheeled into Congress!
And look! Big Mac! And Slammin' Sammy Sosa!
Oh, and there is no more Terrorism. That's all over with now we've made the Middle East a secular democracy. That happened sometime last month.
"Although" nothing, this dip is because he's got the Nixonian blindness to try to sell dog food austerity to its very victims.
Wow, how can this be? All those people in the town hall meetings seemed to love the idea!
Hoops McCann
They're the same people. Bush's handlers have 'em bussed in, wherever he goes.
They change seats, he can't tell the difference.
Sharks are once again gathering off the coast of Florida.
when he dies i'm going to cry so hard--
for all that we have lost during his reign of terror.
Here's something else I don't get. Why do people(read "patriotic" fudgeheads)approve of government closing U.S. bases that affect American towns and cities economies and see no problem with outsourcing bases in Iraq. (14 being built)All our military over there when two birds with one stone (ugh) would be better for us-not Haliburton.
Oh, and there is no more Terrorism. That's all over with now we've made the Middle East a secular democracy. That happened sometime last month.
Totally!
*high five*
Let's go to the mall and max out the five or six credit cards we got in the mail today to celebrate, k?
You can always pay for your stuff laterz by refinancing your house. It's like an ATM!
How the hell is his approval that high? There really are a lot of morons in this country.
Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
Oh, he is SO going down in November!
Oh, wait...that's...it's....ah well, never mind.
Mars?
"We are forces of chaos and anarchy,
everything they say we are, we are!
and we are very proud of ourselves!
up against the wall!
up against the wall,motherfuckers!
tear down the wall!
tear down the wall!"
Jefferson Airplane
Let's kick the sonofabitch while he's
down!FORNICATE ARBUSTO!!!!!
this dip is because he's got the Nixonian blindness to try to sell dog food austerity to its very victims.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++======
This is exactly what I was going to post. And because he operates in such a bubble, he will continue with his town hall meetings and his ratings will continue to drop. What some people call commmitment, I call stubborness. Come June, when we invade Iran and/or Syria and impose a draft the poll numbers will fall even more. Look for more repukes deserting the sinking ship.
We may be stuck with the Chimp for 4 more years, or his numbers might keep sliding and his stink rub off on Repugs in Congress enough for us to get it back in '06. Voila - we are no longer stuck. We can impeach.
the morons that voted for the asshat aWoljr are
the real problem...
that little bastard never was that popular to begin with. he had to steal it in year 2000. and believe me, he stole it in 2004-diebold made the difference.
but what is the deal with people approving of how he is handling terrorism and homeland security??
he is fucking both up! he has very little correctly.
"Plan? I have no plan. I didn't say I had a plan, just a direction." --GWB
I love that picture of the coward Bush because it shows his true nasty evil nature.
If tomorrow all the things were gone
I'd worked for all my life,
And I had to start again
with just my children and my wife,
I'd thank my lucky stars
to be living here today,
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom
and they can't take that away.
And I'm proud to be an American
where at least I know I'm free,
And I won't forget the men who died
who gave that right to me,
And I gladly stand up next to you
and defend her still today,
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.
This is great. Now we just need Dean, Reid and Pelosi to sit on the Dems and don't let anyone go on meet the press and try to help Bush up. In fact, I think the best thing to do now would be to just haul off and kick him mercilessly while he's down. And we need to tie Joe Lieberman to a chair and but a rag in his mouth to make sure he doesn't bail Bush out.
his stink rub off on Repugs in Congress enough for us to get it back in '06. Voila - we are no longer stuck. We can impeach.
Thanks to anti-democratic gerrymandering, only about a dozen seats are truly contestable.
It's American Democracy™.
"Voila - we are no longer stuck. We can impeach."
--Tena
I second that. Do I hear a third?
Ahh...the trolls have found this thread, too...
Vicki said: Voila - we are no longer stuck. We can impeach.
I say: From your lips to the goddess's ears. Every day. Every thinking moment. I so want to see the perp walk. Please goddess.
FROM: Rove
TO: 101st Fighting Keyboarders
SUBJECT: President's Ratings
Type faster, you lazy bastards, or you're ALL off to Iraq when we restart the draft!
ALL of you!
Did you read what he said in Orlando?
It ought to bother people who speak the language that they can't understand his babbling.
And I do mean babbling.
Worst. President. Ever.
But the stats regarding infants and 9-year olds is much more encouraging...
Ooops - that was "Tena said:"
Goddess I don't want to get a cite wrong around here!
His poll numbers are down but we're still stuck with him another 4 years.
If he and the assholes in Congress keep spending "political capital" like they have been doing its not out of the question that the Dems get both houses back in 06 and then we impeach his sorry ass. (But not before we impeach Cheney first.)
Old Hat--if the Dems don't start contesting EVERYWHERE, we are going to be fucked forever. Regardless of the chance of winning or losing, that's how you build a party.
Not that I'm hopeful or anything. Sigh...
yeah I'm pretty sure that song was referring to WWll vets.
Greetings, all.
Bush has flushed his political capital and it's swirling in the bowl. The only problem is that he's taken such a huge crap on America, we've still got to keep pulling the handle.
How the hell is his approval that high? There really are a lot of morons in this country.
Hoyt C
When the question is "Do you approve of the way that His Holiness George W. Bush, his most Xian majesty, Light of the Aryans is doing his job," it sort of skews the results.
It's like Koponelli said. The elections are rigged. The repukes will only gain more seats in congress in 06.
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom
and they can't take that away.
Well, Bush has managed to do that, sadly.
Stop wrapping yourself in a piece of cloth, you loser.
Stand up for yourself.
Tucker:
From your lips to Karl's shapely ear...
proposal to create investment accounts under Social Security
Smells like Luntz. Tastes like chicken.
Voila - we are no longer stuck. We can impeach.
Was discussing this with my ConLaw professor the other day. This is a guy w/pics of Ronnie Reagan and -- get this -- J. Edgar Hoover -- on his wall. He says Fredo is impeachable over Iraq. Heh.
Toonscribe - Ha! just got vision of bushigan as tidy bowl man in toilet yelling, "Skipperrrrr!"
Evening You wonderful freethinking Monnbats!
From the lakes of Minnesota
to the hills of Tennessee,
Across the plains of Texas
from sea to shining sea.
From Detroit down to Houston
and New York to L.A.,
well There's pride in every American heart
and it's time we stand and say:
that I'm proud to be an American
where at least I know I'm free,
And I won't forget the men who died
who gave that right to me,
And I gladly stand up next to you
and defend her still today,
'Cause there ain't no doubt I love this land
God Bless the U.S.A.
It's like Koponelli said. The elections are rigged. The repukes will only gain more seats in congress in 06.
================================
You are right, but Hillary has been working on a bill that requires a paper trail in all federal elections. Let's hope it happens.
and defend her still today,
You signed up for Iraq yet?
That's Moooonbats!
Was discussing this with my ConLaw professor the other day. This is a guy w/pics of Ronnie Reagan and -- get this -- J. Edgar Hoover -- on his wall. He says Fredo is impeachable over Iraq. Heh.
So long as Delay has a seat in the House of Representatives, it will never happen.
How much is the 60 city tour costing anyway?
around $60 million is my guess.
"I'm a Monnbat, and I'm OK..."
Evening to you too, scout prime. But would you like to adjust that slightly?
The Dem strategy now has to be to keep this going. Why not a feint in the preznit's direction to encourage hopes that privatization is still in the cards? Keep the wrist-slashing going by any means necessary.
Looks like there's nothing to do but GO TO MARS, BITCHES!
Before I go, Mark Crispin Miller has got it right on target. There is some brain deterioration which is becoming ever more obvious in Georgus. Watch for the tragic announcement of early onset Altzheimers to be made shortly after 2008. Two in twenty years and our media doesn't seem to notice.
The troll thinks posting a song makes him a patriotic American.
Big talker.
Pathetic little man.
and I won't forget the men who died who gave that right to me... Yeah, the right to criticise the HELL out of my government if I feel the need to, unlike other countries where they haul you off to God knows where if you dare to open your mouth!
They will have a much harder time rigging an election if people really turn on them and it isn't even close. But if you really think there's no way out of here through the process, WGG, what are you going to do?
Res Ipsa - he's so impeachable over the war. I think he's completely impeachable over the Niger lie in the SOTU, as well. Oh fuck it, there are probably a hundred things that he could be impeached for and a special prosecutor wouldn't even have to manufacture anything.
Old Hat ...
The professor meant in terms of "Has Bush committed an impeachable offense?" -- not "Are there enough votes to impeach?"
WE need some figurative decapitations against the enemy. Do not forget who and what they are. Think of anyone you know who may be murdered by THEM. They will also murder you just as people like them have done, for thousands of years.
They want to turn the country into a feudalist fiefdom where the brainless are kept alive and god tells you how to use the toilet. This is how it was 100 years ago; and we ain't going back.
Legislatively we must display as much violent, emotionless bloodthirst as our enemies. If you get anything out of this little ramble, I hope the latter sentence sticks in your head, most importantly.
Fredo
Hail, Mary, full of grace ...
________
This land is your land, this land is my land
From California, to the New York Island
From the redwood forest, to the gulf stream waters
This land was made for you and me
...
In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.
Jeez...the dude needs to get a new barber. He's got pillow hair for days.
On the happy note of of w's ratings tanking, I bid you all goodnight.
We may be stuck with the Chimp for 4 more years, or his numbers might keep sliding and his stink rub off on Repugs in Congress enough for us to get it back in '06. Voila - we are no longer stuck. We can impeach.
Tena
I don't think that's out of the realm of possibility.
First, the Dems have a golden opportunity to pound home every failed policy Bush touted and tie that failure around the neck of every Rethuglican congressman during the 2006 election cycle.
Second, Bush's policies are proving to be amazingly unpopular, and any Rethuglican who toed or toes the line for Shrubbie stands to get his or her collective ass kicked, whether that's '06 or '08.
The Dems have been handed a gift. And if Rethugs sense that Americans increasingly see Bush as unpopular,even reviled, they're sure as hell not going to risk their own political neck to go down with him.
If I hadn't paid so much for my monitor, I'd like to crack the glass in that guy's face. I cannot stand seeing his damned image. Anywhere.
Holy shit, what is that crappy song the troll is mumbling? That's gotta be "country music", right?
Yeesh.
This is why Bush and the Republicans are grabbing onto Terri Schiavo's brain-dead body. This is all about feeding the Republican base, which is now made up largely of racists and godbotherers of the worst sort.
The Operation Rescue goons behind Schiavo's parents are not above outright lying to their followers. Check this out:
http://disc.server.com/discussion.cgi?disc=149495;
article=77960;title=APFN
Cheryl Ford RN
TERRI BEGAN TO CRY AND TRIED TO SAY "I WANT TO LIVE"
Fri Mar 18, 2005 16:44
64.140.158.50
from Cheryl Ford RN - Fight4Terri@aol.com
PRESS RELEASE:
MARCH 18. 2005
2:00 PM EASTERN TIME
ATTORNEY BARBARA WELLER TOLD TERRI THAT THEY WERE GOING TO REMOVE HER FEEDING TUBE , TERRI BEGAN TO CRY AND TRIED TO SAY "I WANT TO LIVE" ATTORNEY WELLER SAID SHE HAD A DIFFICULT TIME CALMING TERRI DOWN.
WE NEED PEOPLE TO SURROUND HOSPICE IN PROTEST TO JUDGE GREER'S RULING STATING HE WILL OVER RIDE FEDERAL SUBPOENA AND WILL REMOVE TERRI'S FEEDING TUBE IMMEDIATELY.
FOR THOSE WHO CANNOT COME TO FLORIDA...PLEASE CALL YOUR SENATORS. PLEASE DO NOT STOP YOUR CALLS.
ACTION BY THE PEOPLE MUST TAKE PLACE TO SAVE TERRI FROM JUDICIAL HOMICIDE.
JUDGE GREER IS WRONG AND IS NOT LISTENING TO CONGRESS.
Here's a March 17, 2005 CBS Evening News video link that has the pictures comparing a normal, living brain to Terri Schiavo's brain (the pics are at 1:26 through 1:29 in the 2:03 long video):
March 17, 2005 CBS Evening News story
The doctor's finger is pointing to a scan of a normal, healthy, living brain. The whitish-grey tissue is living brain matter, the dark outlines are cavities filled with spinal fluid.
The other scan, the one the doc's not pointing to, is that of Terri Schiavo's brain. As you can see, it's mostly not there anymore, and what is there is shriveled and dead. Everything else above the cerebellum, which controls heartbeat and breathing but not thought or feeling, is spinal fluid. Period.
This precludes the idea that Terri Schiavo could have done what the lawyer says she did.
Old Hat - So long as Delay has a seat in the House of Representatives, it will never happen.
Well, we'll just see how much longer Delay can avoid being indicted. The pressure has been pretty intense lately.
Delay has just announced that the congressional restaurant is renaming Freedom fries as Terri Shiavo fries. They will be basted in in some chicken soup to prevent them from being in a pure vegetative state.
The Dems have been handed a gift.
The problem is that they'll blush and say, "Oh, I don't deserve it," and the Republicans will yank it back and say "Psych!"
Happens every time.
I'm not holding my breath for this party to get its act together by then. I'd like for it to happen. But they're gonna have to convince me that they'll say, "That's not a damned gift,, that was mine to begin with, you worthless POS!"
Come on, even a troll knows Lee Greenwood is just another tapeworm feeding off a red state host.
Serious question... is there a single pro-Bush writer/actor/musician/comedian that doesn't suck ass?
No, I just remembered, he made that dumbass face everytime he was trying to think up something oh so clever during the debates.
MisterX - I think that piece of shit song is from a Ford truck commercial.
Well, we'll just see how much longer Delay can avoid being indicted. The pressure has been pretty intense lately.
I certainly hope so although I'm not sure the corporate medi--OHMIGOD! Big league ballplayers are taking steroids and there's a braindead woman in a wheelchair!
FROM: Rove
TO: FUCK YOU!
SUBJECT: Your Trolling
Sing louder, you pathetic faggot, or you'll be back to crusing the mens room at the D.C. Greyhound terminal where I found you!
OMG, Phoenix Woman.
Sick. Those assholes.
The problem is that they'll blush and say, "Oh, I don't deserve it," and the Republicans will yank it back and say "Psych!"
Now that Dean's in the DNC driver's seat, I actually hold out some hope that that won't happen.
The only requirement for Impeachment is having the votes needed. They impeached Clinton for no good reason whatsoever.
The coward Bush and his cronies knowingly told lies to take this country into an unnecessary war. If the Dems get the votes in 06 they should impeach.
Anyone interested in economics? If so, take a lookee here. Roach is no ding-dong. He's the chief economist for Morgan-fucking-Stanley.
For the love of anything that is holy, don't impeach Dubya without impeaching Cheney first!
Forty year-old women with cakes and carriages singing bible hymns
ain't fixing anything
Get your picket signs, go on strike, get a five cent raise; you're a champion now!
They're making model citizens out of your children,
Mapping personal growth through frivolousness; so seperated,
Yet drugged up to nowhereland. even love feels artificial,
Happiness, my loaded pistol.
In the '20s, I'da been a socialist in a Colorado coal mine,
But it's 2000-something and the rats love their mazes.
It's all so ethnospecific and opinionated,
Divided we take our antidepressants and make our appointments,
Let the dolphins die, but who's gonna save the humans?
- Sole
Does anyone live in WI? They got 2 feet of snow today. Wow.
Tena
What are people saying about Delay in Texas?
Is pressure on him building there??
Holy shit, what is that crappy song the troll is mumbling? That's gotta be "country music", right?
I was just gonna ask who let in the crappy country music singer.
My daughter is in back of me now, singing it in a Moron-'Murican voice. They used to pipe that piece of shit over the PA system every Monday when she was in elementary school, and she despises that "song" to this day.
The Republicans will have to turn on Bush soon, because they have to start hyping up their next Presidential candidate.
This means feeding their base with all the things that W has failed to accomplish. Abortion is still going on, prayer in school has not happened yet etc etc.
Then the fundies can start getting all excited about the next big white hope that is going to solve all their problems.
The Dems have been handed a gift.
I guess you haven't read Reid's statement yet:
“I am pleased Senator Frist and I were able to pass the bill that protects the life of Terri Schiavo by allowing her parents to go to federal court. If the House Republicans refuse to pass our bipartisan bill, they bear responsibility for the consequences.”
Oncw again the Dems cave.
Four more wars! Four more wars!
Does anyone live in WI? They got 2 feet of snow today. Wow.
Res Ipsa Loquitor
Yeah I do and I was shocked when I got up this morning and saw all that snow.
I've got spring fever....let's get on with it, please.
This precludes the idea that Terri Schiavo could have done what the lawyer says she did.
A Xtian lying? Why that's unheard of!
Phoenix Woman- yes for normal people with normal intellect physiology makes sense. These people who want to save this poor woman from a normal death by scientific means are the ones who can't handle evolution.
Hey do I sense a catch 22 here?
scout prime ... But you guys do not get house-bound with that much snow, right? I mean, it's no big deal there?
1. Rightwingers start publicly complaining that poll takers have lefty bias.
2. Rightwing starts buying out the companies that run polls
3. Rightwing starts demanding fairness in the political slants of those working at the pollster companies.
4. Rightwing insists that all people taking polls indicate their political standing prior to asking the question.
5. Rightwing infiltrates organizations that cannot be bought out.
6. Rightwing begins denouncing those pollsters which they cannot either buy out or infiltrate as being lefty strongholds.
7. Rightwing starts making up their own pollster companies and then bribe or use political pressure to influence others to accept their pollsters over competitors.
8. Rightwing takes control of all polltaking organizations and companies. Then goes around bitching about how the liberals have taken control of all the polls.
9. In 2007 polls indicate that 95% of all americans favor allowing George W. Bush a third term.
Reality is a bitch ain't it?
MYOB'
.
Anyone interested in economics? If so, take a lookee here. Roach is no ding-dong. He's the chief economist for Morgan-fucking-Stanley.
The creepy part of that Roach missive was his closing on an optimistic note. I can't remember having read optimism from Roach, not in the past many, many years, anyway.
Here's another econ post, this from Roubini, on China: Ten Reasons why China should move its peg and pull the plug on the US reckless policies.
Dean could weigh in on the Terri Shiavo case and counter Frist.
Tell him!
http://www.democrats.org/chair/f...back/?
psc=front
Oh Christ, Reid went with Frist on the Schiavo bill. Go look at DKos (too lazy to link).
Looks like there's nothing to do but GO TO MARS, BITCHES!
They got oil there? Or gold that we can plunder to fund SocSec?
Harding! Harding! Harding!
What's the matter with you people?
Some 90 messages and no ....
Fuck Bush
Hoyt, my heart just sank into my feet. I feel so heavy.
scout prime - The Dallas paper has done a good job of reporting on Delay's problems. What's interesting is that I have not seen any letters to the editor supporting Delay. I know that Richard Morrison is keeping the pressure on down in Sugarland, but beyond that, I don't know what's going on.
Res Ipsa Loquitor
No it's no big deal. I dug my car out and went to work today. The roads were plowed already. We kind of got this snow thing down unless it's Really bad....then it's snowday!
Dean could weigh in on the Terri Shiavo case and counter Frist.
Hey, he's a doctor, so he could diagnose Terri remotely!
Hee hee. Numbers are down again, even with Freedom™ on the march in Lebanon and Syria and Egypt, and all the media bootlickers falling over themselves to ask if Bush was "right". (Here's a hint: No.)
So can we expect a terra alert, or another war? What's the betting pool look like?
Also, new stuff from Bobo's World:
Stupid Is As Stupid Does
The problem is that they'll blush and say, "Oh, I don't deserve it," and the Republicans will yank it back and say "Psych!"
Reid accomplishes the blush and meek mewling. Get ready for the Psych! folks.
mer, would you rather they argue about it in Congress?
What's the matter with you people?
Some 90 messages and no ....
Fuck Bush
Fuck Kerry AND the DemocRATS! Bush is my HERO! *smooch* He was right, you'll see. If only democrats could just be more reasonable.
From the Newsweek Poll:
Princeton Survey Research Associates conducted the Newsweek poll, interviewing 1,010 adults aged 18 and older on March 17 and March 18 by telephone.
I guess taking his mother on the road with him didn't help. Such a nice little white-haired old lady.
What the Hell???
At a news conference after the Senate session Saturday, Sen. Rick Santorum, R-Pa., chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, thanked the Democratic leadership for cooperating on an expedited procedure to consider the legislation. He singled out Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Carl Levin of Michigan as two who had reservations about the bill, but agreed not to use Senate rules or traditions to block its consideration.
The GOP is the Brain Dead Only Party.
To join, you have to blast your brains out.
the dems cave just for the sake of caving! the vast majority of americans support judge greer and schiavo's husband! the democrats will lose no votes if they do the right thing here.
the fanatics who want schiavo's feeding tube restored won't vote demacrat anyway!
goddamn losers! losing has become a habit with them.
If only democrats could just be more reasonable.
And kill themselves, to spare your bullets?
I'm proud to say I participated in the Newsweek poll. They called Thursday night. I was thrilled to slam Bush. After the political questions ended, I was asked a series of questions about religion, such as whether I believe in the Holy Trinity, and if I believe that Jesus really existed. That part of the poll freaked me out. I assume it has something to do with Easter.
I post Jefferson Airplane and some
low life,chickenshit,chickenhawk troll bastard sullies the water w/
lee greenwood?these people wouldn't
recognize good music,real social
comment,or intellectual gravitas if
you drug them out into the street and
beat them with a copy of"Catch 22!!"
Which, come to think of it,would be a good start.FORNICATE ARBUSTO!!!
MYOB ...
You know what I expect? That about the time they begin to realize that Frist will never be president (in part because he is too physically repulsive) BushCo will say something along the lines of, "Well, we really didn't 'win' the presidence in 2000. That was a unique situation with the court being involved and all. Therefore, Fredo can run for a third term!" Wheeeeeee!!!!!
This country has no opposition party, we are completely on our own, boys and girls.
It is simple: the Democrats will let the GOP get the brain dead lady BUT this INSURES the GOP can NEVER EVER CUT MEDICARE.
See? It is THAT FUCKING SIMPLE.
Thank you. They are SMART.
Well, that's one way to look at it, Elaine.
Don't know if it will work, but ya never know.
BUT this INSURES the GOP can NEVER EVER CUT MEDICARE.
Bullshit. The Republicans don't make deals; they take hostages.
RealTexan, what plays in Peoria?
I wish the Dems had stayed out of it, but how do you keep this from escalating? The media is all over this like a bad rash, looking for anything that will boost their ratings.
Who suffers? Not Terri, who can't, not her parents, who revel in the attention.
*My baby girl*
The doom and gloom of some posters pretending the Democrats are giving in all the time pisses the hell out of me.
Talk about naive!!!
In this case, a mere four days after trying to cut MEDICAID hugely, the GOP demands a brain dead woman be given medical care!
We can now beat them over the head about this! They can NEVER demand Medicaid cuts. This is going to save many lives!!
Thank you.
It is simple: the Democrats will let the GOP get the brain dead lady BUT this INSURES the GOP can NEVER EVER CUT MEDICARE.
Sure Elaine, tell me some more fairy tales.
evening, freethinkers. atrios sure was busy today, what did i miss?
i'm sorry to say i had to leave halfway decent chicago for snow covered WI today, of course the first nice weekend day i'm out of town...
I just can't beleive Congress putting all this energy into a woman in a vegetative state.
What a waste.
Hoyt C., take your doom and gloom somewhere else.
Fuck. I'm sick of listening to people like you. I'm not giving up.
You do what you want.
I love that his numbers are sinking. I just still can't figure out how he won the election...
Amusing Condi Photo
The GOP itself knows they can't cut Medicaid now. They gave up. They will go back to running up the debt another trillion. This door is closing too. All the doors are closing on them, rapidly.
They are losing ground, they are desperate and the real rulers will get annoyed with them if they raise taxes. The Dems will NOT raise taxes. The GOP has to do this. Revenge!
Did anyone watch Hardball?
elaine, the republicans are easily brazen enough to turn right around and cut medicare. just watch!
Bullshit. The Republicans don't make deals; they take hostages.
monica_nyc | Email | Homepage | 03.19.05 - 8:14 pm | #
So good it had to be said again.
When will the fucking Dems learn? They have no spines, and they stand for nothing. Even with the polls showing 80/90 against Delay and his band of idiots, they still cave.
It is over folks....
Right after the election, before the ignoble ignaugaration, Bush was below 50% popularity.
I said back then, "This is the fucking first time in my life I have seen this".
He didn't win the damn election. It was stolen.
Hey! "Lifestyles of Eschaton Trolls" is on. Check your local listings. It is often listed as "COPS".
It is over folks...
Go kill yourself, sally.
Bullshit. The Republicans don't make deals; they take hostages.
Don't be so down on our Republican colleagues. Bush made me an offer I couldn't refuse. He's my hero, by the way. *kissy face with Bush*
I'm disgusted with Reid for going along with this shit. Just when I was starting to like him....
Look, the Democrats have to play along, they run nothing.
BUT THEY WARNED THE GOP no medicare or medicaid or vet cuts for health. Zero. Nada. It is now officially off the table, see?
We won.
IF the GOP votes to cut, we slam them in the damn elections that I pray will have paper ballots.
pie
Give us some good news, I'm all ears...
Good news folks Terri might get to live!!
Love you resorting to kindergarten like tactics on the photo...ghee that's the only one you could find of the President?...
Good work Atrios keep it up I am counting on you!
It is over folks...
Go kill yourself, sally.
pie
I hope you don't think I am a troll Pie?
I am just so pissed off at the Dems for doing a deal on this.
Reid is running a very good strategy here.
The gloomer and doomers here: worry about WWIII if you want to be scared. We are very near to having this horrible war.
All else is but paper in the fire.
Hey flint ...
How was the rally? Are you watching "Duck Soup?" I saw your message from this AM regarding my "hedonistic cavort." So far it's amounted to blowing off my homework, getting a manicure, and eating popcorn and Coke for breakfast and ice cream for dinner. Not very crazy, I know, but it's a start.
Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I can see the only thing voted on today was allowing the Senate to meet tomorrow to consider this legislation.
Letting the thugs have their special session is a smart move. However any Dem who does not abstain from the final vote is as brain dead as Mrs. Schiavo.
Hey Elaine ...
Take a look at the link I posted upthread to a piece by Stephen Roach.
Liddy Dole's auxilary nipple wafts across the wrinkled skin of the night. Like a miniature eggplant, it is in a persistant vegetative state.
Elaine
BUT THEY WARNED THE GOP no medicare or medicaid or vet cuts for health. Zero. Nada. It is now officially off the table, see?
Was a deal made to that effect? I'm still getting caught up.
well elaine at 8:19, i can agree with you there, he did steal the election-for the 2nd time! and the democrats didn't say boo!
i am fucking sick and tired of these people caving. the american people are on the side of common sense on this schiavo issue and the dems caved anyway! it has become a habit.
Dean could weigh in on the Terri Shiavo case and counter Frist.
She must have film negatives of dirty things they've done...
Evening, freethinkers
Minority parties can't muscle things they have to leverage them and tonight we won a HUGE leverage that we will use, you will see.
Dean knows this, Pelosi knows this, Reid knows this very well.
We held off the wolves on the medicaid cuts by ONE VOTE MARGIN. Now they can't ravage it in committee or the screams will be deafening.
"YOU ARE KILLING SICK PEOPLE".
Love you resorting to kindergarten like tactics on the photo...ghee that's the only one you could find of the President?...
I don't like your anti-American attitude, troll. Are you making fun of our Dear Leader? I could plant so many kisses all over that adorable face of his!
Bush is my hero, if you didn't already notice... *smooch*
Stop looking for bad news, Hoyt.
You think someone can wave a magic wand and, suddenly, all will be right? Talking like a loser insures that you will be one, dearest.
See ya later.
Just. Look. At. That. Face.
Our dear leader.
(reaches for bottle...)
Dean could weigh in on the Terri Shiavo case and counter Frist.
She must have film negatives of dirty things they've done...
Uh, I was actually responding to this:
I just can't beleive Congress putting all this energy into a woman in a vegetative state.
PS--Is this another ignore the trolls day? I keep forgetting...
miramonkey is back!!
let the Repugs have her. They should pay for her upkeep from their personal accounts. Terry Shiavo represents the Red States better than anyone else.
"Deaf, dumb, and blind kid, sure plays a mean pinball!"
Oh I knew who could help her!!
http://www.alexchiu.com/
Connect the dots folks - it could be the reason that Reid et al went along is that it reminded the Rethugs that they have the power under Senate rules to block idiocies like this, and will all the time if Frist et al use the "nuclear" option to prevent cloture on judicial choices.
The overall Senate rules - allowing any Senator to stop action at any time - are not going to be changed, so this just emphasizes the catastrophe that will result if they try this.
Yes, I am horrified by the lack of leadership outrage over this, but my guess is that this is a big picture tactical step, in order to keep the judiciary from becoming even worse than it is already.
NTodd, nice pics on your blog today.
and also to the intruder w/the unhealthy,unnatural lee greenwood
fetish:unquestioning patriotism feeds
facism and dictatorships.Look at history,dummy.and P.S.greenwood has a one song career,and 9/11 was the best thing that ever happened to him.
Like Bush,he needed it to survive.
Remember,you can fool some of the people all of the time.People like you.
Now here's a slant I haven't heard yet.
Bush and Delay push through tort reform legislation, part of which limit medical liability. So, what would have happened to Schiavo's malpractice award under the new Republican legislation, and would she have been on the tubes without it?
Anyone know the details of the award and her treatment? Let's ask the deeper, more meaningful questions about Republican ethics and morality, like whether it even exists.
The Dems win NO POINTS for intervening where they shouldn't. See? IF the Repugs want to smash into this matter, LET THEM ,they run the joint.
The Democrats only have to step aside and say, be my guest. See?
Then the GOP is stuck holding the bag: they just made PRIVATE MEDICAL DECISIONS THEIR BUSINESS. This means, they cannot let children be thrown off of medicaid!!!! They cant cut it.
This is a victory for us. Geeze.
It is over folks...
Go kill yourself, sally.
Nothing to see here, move along.
When Kerry was refusing to fight back during the campaign, we got the same kind of den mother sunshine blown up our asses about Kerry the closer.
Harry Reid's job is to unify the party. Give em heck Harry!
Just. Look. At. That. Face.
That face, that face, that beautiful face!
Stop looking for bad news, Hoyt.
I really wasn't looking for it, I was just stating the obvious. Guess I should just think happy thoughts, like the Rubes?
Ripley - thanks, you sexy moose, you... 
on the tubes [this long]
Elaine, I hope you are right. All day folks have been saying Dems shouldn't get involved. I agreeded with them. Now this.
Yes, if Bush had his way and you can't sue doctors, Terry would have died a pauper long long ago.
And they want to cut Medicaid further!
She is a win/win for us: the right to sue as well as the right to medical care!
Pie and Elaine
Reid may be playing some form of subtle political strategy, but I don't see it. Is there any real quid pro qup between Schiavo and Medicaid? The rethugs are quite capable of legislating that someone be kept alive -- and then refusing to pay for it. Look how they want to force every foetus to be brought to term and then cut every freaking program that would help the child (now that it is born). I agree with the statement: the rethugs don't make deals, they take hostages.
Just. Look. At. That. Face.
Our dear leader.
(reaches for bottle...)
bottle? Only if I cracked off the bottom, first.
Otherwise, I'd reach for my 10 oz. boxing gloves.
Bush had his way Elaine. They passed that legislation, didn't they?
NTodd
Nice pics.
What kind of dog is Cairo?? Stunning face.
cannibalism
So six percent voted for him, and a few months later -- despite the fact that he's been the same asshat he's been for his first term -- they're unhappy.
Gah.
The whole country goes ape shit over this issue and then...
WE GET NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE. See?
Hammer hammer hammer hammer. Don't be negative. Don't be pro death.
Laugh.
Wow. Everyone MUST LIVE. To do this, we need NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE. Every life is precious.
Go out and try that line. Smile. We can win this fight. Hahahaha.
I wish I could believe that this is a tactical decision by the Dems.
Time will tell, but the repugs have just managed to join themselves to the Democrats on an issue that has less support than SS. If it blows up in the Repubs face they can say "Dems agreed with us”
And as for the Repubs honouring any deal, would you buy a car from Delay?
Damn it.
Delay was just on CSPAN saying Michael Schiavo Refused to get treatment for his wife.
That is a bald face lie!
Fuck how does he get away with this.
What kind of dog is Cairo??
She's a basenji/German Shep mix. A perfect mix of both. Well, I might be biased...
By the way, my Republican penny pinching father in law is furious with the GOP about this business.
"They will tax me to keep her alive" he said. To be consistent, he added, I am to put him out of his misery if he is braindead. I didn't say anything about being brain dead voting for Republicans...he hates Bush, by the way.
Bush stole the election. Even my Repub F in L says so.
Is there any real quid pro qup between Schiavo and Medicaid? The rethugs are quite capable of legislating that someone be kept alive -- and then refusing to pay for it. Look how they want to force every foetus to be brought to term and then cut every freaking program that would help the child (now that it is born). I agree with the statement: the rethugs don't make deals, they take hostages.
This is exactly how I see it. If that makes me naive, oh well.
Fuck how does he get away with this.
No one reports anyone calling him on his lies.
Like I was saying, isn't there a pary and thrust political side to this?
On the one hand you want to limit malpractice awards for poor women like Terri. On the other, you want force costly medical treatments on to the family.
Come on, they can't have it both ways.
PRAVDA, go fuck yourself.
You don't have any more control of the current situation than the rest of us.
But bitching gets you nowhere, kid.
And no third party has a chance in hell in the current climate.
And as for the Repubs honouring any deal, would you buy a car from Delay?
If it works long enough for me to accidentally run him over in the parking lot...
This is very funny to me.
The news overseas isn't funny. Condi went to Japan to boast about how the Japanese and we will fight China in WWIII. This is life and death and virtually no one here cares.
THIS is what we should be talking about tonight. It is being talked about in Russia and China, by the highest officials.
People who can eliminate our cities in an eyeblink if they suspect we will do a sneak attack on them.
Bush can do this.
WATCH OUT.
PRAVDA, go fuck yourself.
Get lost den mother.
Elaine Supkis -
I hope you're right but logic doesn't work with them. All they have to do is raise the terror level or work gay marriage into it.
Here's a link with the language of the proposed S653 Frist and Reid spoke about:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/qu...y/z?c109:S.653:
Res Ipsa:
Rally wet but well attended.haven't seem any estimate yet...
as for the movie-Imagine this pentagon discussion
General!Our men are being killed in open warfare!
Groucho:"Then have them dig trenches!
Wait,we don't have time to dig trenches!Here,go out and buy some ready made!Gettum this tall so the soldiers won't have to wear pants!"
And as for the Repubs honouring any deal, would you buy a car from Delay?
I wouldn't buy a car from anyone whose hair can't move and that cuts a pretty wide swath through all of Congress.
Reid may be playing some form of subtle political strategy, but I don't see it.
Well, if he told you what he was doing, it wouldn't be a super-secret strategy, would it?
I'll wait and see at this point.
Night, everyone.
I'm proud to say I participated in the Newsweek poll. They called Thursday night. I was thrilled to slam Bush. After the political questions ended, I was asked a series of questions about religion, such as whether I believe in the Holy Trinity, and if I believe that Jesus really existed. That part of the poll freaked me out. I assume it has something to do with Easter.
Jake
You can sign up at Zogby Online to participate in their online polling - not the bogus Internet kind that can be freeped but an actual link they e-mail you and you log on to a survey with a UserID.
When Bush's numbers go down, people die. The Terry dust up is just circus, the bin missing Laden link will activate and another attack will happen which will be blamed on Syria or Iran.
Then the World War will escalate. They already want the draft and are slowly working up to it, note the extending the enlistment to 40 despite 50 million Americans saying they want war.
Everything is unravelling and 90% ratings come from war war war only you need a provocation like the Maine blowing up, etc.
Bush will do this.
ust. Look. At. That. Face.
Our dear leader.
(reaches for bottle...)
bottle? Only if I cracked off the bottom, first.
watertiger. Heh.
"Slowly, I turned...."
Get lost den mother.
No way, Jose.
Lose the anger, kid. It's sapping your brainpower.
Come on, they can't have it both ways.
uh oh | Email | Homepage | 03.19.05 - 8:37 pm | #
If cognitive dissonance is no problem for your supporters, you can always have it both ways.
Went to the Troops Out Now protest in Central Park and there was a counter protest by Bush/Cheney supports who love the war. The only strength that Bush really has is war and terrorism. When people focus on other issues, his approval rating naturally goes down. But the only thing I am worried about is the Reagan principle. Remember most Americans disagreed with his stand on most issues, but they liked him anyway.
There's an old Soviet saying: there is no news in Pravda, and no truth in Izvestia.
He singled out Democratic Sens. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Carl Levin of Michigan as two who had reservations about the bill, but agreed not to use Senate rules or traditions to block its consideration.
It's called "hanging the albatross around the neck"...
Lose the anger, kid. It's sapping your brainpower.
If your not angry, your not paying attention. (or your braindead)
We are nearly at the Hubbert Oil Peak. Want to freak out?
Do so over THAT. Whine about THAT. That is what is really scary and what is really not being addressed by anyone practically.
Are YOU ready for the Great Die Off?
I doubt it.
The Great Die Off won't be quiet, either. I expect nuclear war to happen when it happens.
The memory of keeping brain dead people alive will be a fairy tale to our grandchildren unless we immediately go into a crash course of building solar energy units on every home and eliminating gas guzzlers entirely and totally.
a counter protest by Bush/Cheney supports who love the war.
Did you hand out enlistment forms to them? Theres a shortage of troops to fight Bush's stupid fucking war so they should be willing to "Support The Troops" by signing up.
Yea, many people are against his positions on domestic issues but they like him as a person. Yech.
you're...you're...you're
Braindead. Heh.
BTW, if you like that picture...
nice button, dave
As usual, Gilliard nails it.
no point in fighting each other, I say.
If some of us have lost hope and want to talk about it, okay. I do myself from time to time, on bad days.
OTOH, can't give up, can we?
Next time they ask about our S.S.
plan I'd love to see one of our guys say"We had a plan in place until you morons dismantled it and gave the trust fund to the rich.Remember the surplus?we had plans for it you know!"
I have a little countdown timer on my Mac for the moment W is out of office barring any unconstitutional tricks.
At the time I am posting this there are 1036 days, 14 hours, 15 minutes and 12 seconds until Jan 20th 2008
no point in fighting each other, I say.
If some of us have lost hope and want to talk about it, okay. I do myself from time to time, on bad days.
OTOH, can't give up, can we?
Sarah Deere
All true, but I just want to see The Dems get off their weak backsides and stand up for an issue. No backsliding, no crap deals, just stand up for what they believe in. I could pick 100 people from this site who could do a better job than any of them.
Mr Schiavo should be permitted to exercise his legal rights & end this 15 year long family tragedy
But if the Dmes in the Senate can somehow triangulate this into a national Health Service, I'm all for it
sally, agreed.
However, I am among those who let it get this far, this bad.
I did not pay enough attention soon enough.
I am ashamed of myself. And I know that much of my rage stems from a feeling of impotence because the rethugs have such a head start - and it comes from frustration and, in some measure, my own guilt.
And I can't/don't want to do what the rethugs do - or maybe what I mean, the WAY they do it.
Sarah
you should not have to do anything, that is what Democrats get paid for.
But for the last 10-15 years they have not earned their money.
Uh, Ntodd--
i'm not sure, but I think it's the other way 'round...
Sally,
Maybe.
I, being older, had a difficult time adjusting to using a computer. Took me a while, and I finally figured out why. It was because I wanted/expected them to be like toasters or washing machines.
Well.
Once I got over that, I made increasingly incremental progress.
I think gov't is like that too. I can just vote once and never give feedback. I need to keep an eye on my congresspeople, act locally whenever I can, all those mundane things that take time and effort that I get too complacent and lazy to do.
So, yes, it's their job, but it's my job, too, IMHO.
Consider Great Britain at the turn of the 20th Century: the greatest empire the world had ever seen. And they, at the height of their arrogance of power, start a war in South Africa "to teach those bloody Boers a lesson."
50 years later, Great Britain is a second-class power with a teetering economy, low standard of living, offered a seat at the Big Boys table out of politeness, , and thought of as charming, quaint, and colorful.
Think it can't happen here?
It's happening.
As long as money rules politics in this country all issues are always in play.Constant tug of war Between
money and people.As long as $$$= free speach(the supreme court says so)we will be at a disadvantage.
We must make up for it with creativity and humor.And the truth.It can be a powerful weapon when spoken loudly.But nothing in this country is ever really settled.
You gotta fight every day or lose!
< Forty-five percent of all Americans approve of the way he is doing his job >
So what will it be THIS time ? They've tried the 'scuba diving al-Qaeda terrorists', the 'crop-duster al-Qaeda terrorists', the 'knapsack wearing subway al-Qaeda terrorists', and the 'crossed the Mexican border and on the way to your house al-Qaeda terrorists'.
The only thing left is gay al-Qaeda terrorists who want to get married and then blow themselves up in a church.
Nuke a gay,unborn,baby Alqaida seal,freeper for Christ.
And Fuck Bushistas!!!!
Josh, tee hee!!!
mY photo sew prety; laurra sez she suck me cok tonite aftern Pretzel chokin g.
i'M the K ing ov teh wurld. Sew fuck y'all. KaRl tels Me one day i reech heaven so i obEy his an the Lrod.
God blses ameruca an d fuk all libruls. on ly georGe nose jezus the crhist.
geor ge
So Bush's approval ratings are falling? I think the question begs, so what?
With war in Iran looking more possible all the time in spite of warnings about Iran having the bomb ALREADY, and the continuing drumbeat for a draft, it looks like the population that voted to have their sons and daughters die in Chimpy War, because they were scared of all the alleged cornholing going on with "Gay Marraige and All" hysteria that burned over the bible belt like a range fire extending from Lake Superior to the Gulf don't give a tinker's damn if Bush is at 25% or 75%.
Learn it right now. Not until sis or junior comes home in a box from the "Chimpy Wars" is any of the "Amurikan" public going to give a damn.
I miss mediawhoresonline. That photo brings back fond memmories. Nice to see it used again, and so apt still.
Who branded the lower half of Bush's face with that pink triangle? God, he looks like Tinky Bushie!
Hello !?! Smug and cocky doesn't work so well with a unibrow and a beak.
Jesus, if he flared his nostrils any more, he could scratch his medula oblongata with his fist.
JEFFERS:"The laws of physics demand it."
U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said yesterday the Army was working as fast as it can and supply is dictated by ``a matter of physics, not a matter of money.''
Jacksonville, Florida-based Armor Holdings last month told the Army it could add armor to as many as 550 of the trucks a month, up from 450 vehicles now, Robert Mecredy, president of the company's aerospace and defense group said in a telephone interview today.
``We're prepared to build 50 to 100 vehicles more per month,'' Mecredy said in the interview. ``I've told the customer that and I stand ready to do that.''
http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/...wiRg&
refer=home
What some people call commmitment, I call stubborness.
I'd call it monomania and delusions of grandeur. it isn't ordinary stubbornness, which is sometimes a virtue. George Bush isn't just an ideologue; he's one of those people (like Caligula) who wields power over others just for the thrill of forcing submission. He's a nutcase, in other words.
And it's all there in his early bio: distant father fixation stony stern mother figure, fuckup child.
Plus he's ignorant, and now his opinions go unchallenged. Imagine a malevolent Archie Bunker with real power.
the demoRATS are paid by big business just like the rethugs...
Nader certainly has a point (about dems and thugs being different names for the same thing - corporate shills!) - and those points ring true in times like these - there was no PROGRESSIVE missive in Reid's and demorats following the thug lead on the schiavo case!
There should be RAGE at the demorats for slunking down to the neanderthalic decision to keep an amoeba-brain alive with machines.
I look back at clinton passing NAFTA and GATT and think to myself - are demorats good for america either?
demorats, in their lap-dog will to pander to the basest of mericans: the idiots, have become GOP-lite...and that shit stinks!!!
My Symphathy to all of you in the good old USA.
You won Idiot of the Century Award for voting this Idiot back in.
Nixon looks better each and every day.
Don't blame Bush too much for signing a Right to Die bill in Texas.
I doubt he remembers.
Hopefully Bush will keep trying to swindle folks out of their SS. It'll be good for Dems by 2006.
Dems should talk about as the fact that Bush is trying swindle old folks and try all those Republican hype tatics.
Bush is a pro-corporate - anti-people Prez and Dems should hammer it home the way Republicans hammer all their BS.
Characters Remaining:
Commenting by HaloScan
