I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
No es cuestión de mala suerte. Sencillamente la mayoría de los gallegos ha votado que no quiere a Fragagá. Se llama democracia. Y en cuanto a gafes y listas se podría hacer una igual con la Espe Aguirre: Rajoy, Fraga, Madrid 2012, la credibilidad...
First to post in English...?
Mornin' moonbats.
We need to get these people out of power so I can sleep more than four hours at a stretch.
Hiya, filkertom!
Ahhhh, that's better. Can anyone help me out with the Spanish?
Bout time you lazy slug a beds woke up. It's been just Fielding and me for awhile now.
Rosie still teething?
its not my goddammed planet monkey boy!
Hey, NYMary!
Vicginia -- from Babelfish, so it's possibly dodgy:
It is not question of bad luck. Simply most of the Gallegos it has voted whom it does not love to Fragagá. Democracy is called. And as far as gafes and lists Aguirre could be done equal with the Espe: Rajoy, Fraga, Madrid 2012, the credibility...
I'm not a slug. I'm a sloth.
My older daughter sent me email to inform me that she is coming home after living abroad for two years. Sometime in August or September. LOL. She just assumes that she can move right back in with her friend, stay for nine months, then go off to grad school.
Well, I guess she can at that. But it will sure shake up QL's home, that's fer sure.
Thanks, filkertom -- the link is to latercerarepublica.blogspot --- doesn't seem to exist. Spanish politics? I'm too ignorant and it's too early.
This is why right wing blogs don't allow open threads.
If this doesn't get you moving, nothing will.
QL,
She's actually sleeping like a baby. It's stress that keeps me up. But no, teething seems to have receded with no real effect, so far.
Tell your daughter to check Craig's list for short-term sublets and jobs. They have a NY edition.
I'm not a slug. I'm a sloth.
filkertom
Hold yer paw up! We need to count the number of toes so we can classify you..
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QL -- wanna have some fun with her? Send her return mail telling her how much you're looking forward to seeing her, and providing the number to the local Extended StayAmerica.
QL -- well, at least they have a realistic grasp on the problem. Or, uh, not.
Fielding -- my paw has ten toes. So does my maw. She's more ticklish.
Wow, QL. Turn over a rock and look what's there. I have to admit, I never go to the RW blogs unless Atrios or someone links without making it clear that that's where the links are taking me.
QL -- aiee. See, this is why I went off a couple of weeks ago on my blog. I am astounded at the number of people in this country who, when confronted with adversity, turn to (at least blowing smoke about) violence as a first resort, not the last. What has happened to us -- and, I swear to god, if some insomniac troll says 9/11 I'll bust him in his virtual chops -- what has happened to us as a people that this sort of speech isn't reviled out of hand as evil and inhuman?
Our Oh-so-colorful local weather map.
You can get a pretty good look at Dennis by viewing the Key West radar, too.
This is why right wing blogs don't allow open threads.
Someone told me LGF's domain was pulled. Is that true?
As a Brit can I please ask what may seem to be a really stupid question but is Bill O'Reilly bit of a moron? And more importantly is he actually taken seriously by the general US public?
I found out I had Fox TV (yay me!) and caught his program yesterday about the aftermath of the bombings and the moron was going about how some in Britain were blaming America for the bombings?
Then he went on to do this factually moronic piece insinuating blame for the bombings on the British and other European governments 'lax' immigration policies which meant to him that the UK is flooded by Muslims from the Middle East and North Africa (even though most come from South Asia).
I quickly gathered in about 45 seconds that the man is anti-Muslim and anti-Arab
But seriously I have never seen so much twisting of the truth and bigotry ever in one program. I know that Fox News has a suspect reputation but this man was appalling.
Oh, dear.
We're officially getting dumber.
Like the ascension of George W. Bush did for America, the ascension of Ratzinger is pulling away the intellectual underpinnings of Catholicism, emboldening the freakiest fringes to speak out. And guess what? They're dumb. Go figure.
If this doesn't get you moving, nothing will.
QL in NY
It's always a stomach-churning shock to turn over a rock and find out how many creepy wingnut insects are lurking underneath. You don't even need to go to LGF - just look up a controversial movie on imdb.com and check out the discussion threads. Google "O.J. Simpson conspiracy."
I'm tempted to attribute it to an educational failure - it seems that we producing generations of idiots.
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Dear, dear Confused -- Faux News is all winguttery, all the time. O'Reilly is possibly the most clinical of their talking heads, but they're all completely up the ass of the Bush administration, and play to the most ignorant and knee-jerking reactionaries we've got.
(check out sweetjesusihatebilloreilly.com.)
" is Bill O'Reilly bit of a moron? And more importantly is he actually taken seriously by the general US public?"
Yes, and yes.
Really.
http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/col...apidAfterimage/
something for your morning amusement
Fielding -- do you think (as I sort of suspect) that this attack on the teaching of science is part of an effort to undermine critical thinking and analytic skills? In the long run, the stupider and less-critical people are, the easier it is for the creeps to manipulate them. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but the thought makes me nauseous.
OT (is that possible on an open thread?) the site we all love to hate, Little Green Footballs, has been MIA for the past twelve hours or so.
I suspect it's being 'sanitized' to appeal to corporate advertisers, as the "PajamaMedia" venture gets up and running. Wouldn't want GM or Bank of America to find out what those people really think, eh?
Fielding -- do you think (as I sort of suspect) that this attack on the teaching of science is part of an effort to undermine critical thinking and analytic skills? In the long run, the stupider and less-critical people are, the easier it is for the creeps to manipulate them. Maybe it's just a coincidence, but the thought makes me nauseous.
Virginia | Email | 07.09.05 - 6:44 am | #
i know you asked fielding but my answer is of course!
what has happened to us as a people that this sort of speech isn't reviled out of hand as evil and inhuman?
filkertom
I'm flashing back to the time of the Abu Ghraib revelations - "Wait, we're actually debating on the subject of whether or not to use torture?"
I wish more people outside of the blogosphere would realize that our friggin' national soul is at stake. Not quite as sexy as American Idol, I suppose. Aaaarrggh.
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moi -- that's fun! a bio-psych professor of mine once brought in a US flag in black, green and yellow; once you fixate on it for a while, then close your eyes, the opposing color kicks in and it looks red, white and blue.
what has happened to us as a people that this sort of speech isn't reviled out of hand as evil and inhuman?
I think these people were always there, but it was kind of understood that they were morons and to be ignored as being ignoranti (great italian word,kind of like Archie Bunker types). But somewhere along the line, education, instead of being admired has become reviled. We now admire the "common" person with "common sense" and the educated person is considered an elitist. It was a gradual process and I suspect teevee had a lot to do with it. How long will it be before we try and hide our degrees and our books?
Strangest thing I have noticed lately. People reading store circulars on the subways. Not books. Not magazines or newspapers. Circulars. Lotsa of pictures ya know.
Yep -- I just cannot grok the idea that we should be as evil as we want to be, because other people are bad. I thought we were supposed to be setting some kind of example! Why can't these people grasp that THEY are Osama Bin Forgotten's best recruiting tool?
Fielding -- word. I've lost friends because I dared to point out that, by supporting and defending and explaining away evil men and evil actions, they were themselves evil. Can't imagine why that pissed 'em off.
QL -- maybe it's at least partially reality overload.
Bout time you lazy slug a beds woke up
Woke up? I'm at work already!
Brit -- what these other fine filks have said. O'Reilly is a world-class shill, a propagandist who cloaks himself in a fingernail-thin veneer of objectivity, but also a proven liar, a bombastic rabble-rouser, a pompous egomaniac, and a hypersensitive bully. He is, in fact, pretty much worthless to any real debate about anything. Y'want psychoses? Check out his kids book.
Virginia,
Ugly radar, that. I lived im Miami for 7 years, and I don't miss it at all.
Yeah, Mary, we hate to wish it on anyone else, but we're glad we're only getting a glancing blow. (hah- blow!)
Add into the mix the people who have an education, but are not educated, and you have a recipe for disaster ala w. I too, find it amazing that we discuss the degree of torture allowable, having always believed torture was wrong. Just as you can't be a little pregnant, you can't have a little torture.
Thanks Virgina and Vaara for your responses. I checked out the website and and the post below and other sites about Fox News contributors response to the bombings and erm 'gob smacked' is the polite response.
I know that Freedom of speech is important in any democracy but from the sentiments I have seen expressed by Fox News contributors and their viewers I can't but feel slightly uneasy that such nasty and bigoted views have the power to influence millons of Americans.
I am sorry if that view offends anyone!
But it's off to Google for me to learn more about Fox News and Co.
Thanks again for your help.
Fielding -- do you think (as I sort of suspect) that this attack on the teaching of science is part of an effort to undermine critical thinking and analytic skills?
I wrote a long answer to this only to see Haloscan (get failed).
Which I guess is better than (get stuffed).
Long story short, yer durn tootin'.
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Virginia -- ohhh, what a delightful weather map. My dad's in Deltona. Peachy.
QL and the absolute brilliance of making W (rich, ivy-league educated spoiled brat) look like jes' folks, while scorning Kerry (rich, ivy-league educated veteran) as an effete, spoiled rich kid. Making it appear as though a C student is better prepared to run the most powerful nation on the planet.
filk -- we're gonna be fine, just a little wind an rain. We DID move all the lightweight deck furniture, but as long as the tornadoes stay away it'll be no big deal.
Virginia -- understand. It's just that so many of the houses down there seem so flimsy. I'm used to two-story beasts with basements, and all the ranch housing (never mind the trailer homes, thank God he doesn't live in one of those) look to me as if one good wind would knock 'em over.
Hey, DWD!
and the absolute brilliance of making W (rich, ivy-league educated spoiled brat) look like jes' folks
Which shows you how gullable the American public is. How quickly they forgot his father. And why is he the only one in his family to affect a drawl? He's as phoney as they come.
I have to wonder exactly WHERE mobile homes are a good idea. I understand that there's a dearth of affordable housing, and it's the only option some folks can afford. But there was a tornado warning one day, and the NWS was actually telling people who could not find a reinforced building to lie down in a ditch rather than stay in one!
QL -- are you ignorning me for a reason, or am I not saying anything interesting enough to respond to?
C.B.: Just imagine the Sun in television form, and you pretty much have FOXNews.
Oh my Filkertom you shouldn't have posted that link for ‘The O'Reilly Factor for Kids: A Survival Guide for America's Families’.
I am so tempted to buy that book second hand of course) just for what seems to be the absolute comedy genius value of that book.
If any media figure wrote a book like that in the UK and did it in all sincerity as O’Reilly had they would be laughed off their news desk. (I hope).
Also from the look of his other book ‘Those Who Trespass’ I think Bill has ‘issues’ that he needs to resolve with his therapist, such anger can’t be good for the man!
Morning, DWD.
I mentioned the amazing frequency of wingnuts in imdb comment threads earlier. As an example, I happened upon the threads for "The Hebrew Hammer" because I was looking up Adam Goldberg's credits to find out what else he'd been in beside "Saving Private Ryan."
About half of the threads have anti-Semitic cliches so jaw-droppingly offensive and stupid you'd think you had wandered into an Indiana Klan meeting circa 1926.
"Do Jews say the Pledge of Allegiance?"
"Why do Jews hate Christmas?"
Plenty of mention of "Jewish supremacists."
And this is about a stupid little "Naked Gun" type fluff satire.
America's youth, folks. Tomorrow belongs to them.
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Virginia -- I'd be fine with a mobile home (I refuse to use the asinine terms "prefabricated" or "manufactured homes", they mean "modular") in an area with no particularly bad weather. Unfortunately, that rules out a lot of the US. Anyplace you have the potential for high winds or flash flooding, you're just begging for trouble in one of those things.
Just imagine the Sun in television form, and you pretty much have FOXNews.
Yeah great analogy Vaara, I was just thinking that but who in Fox News is the page 3 stunner with the great breasts? (O;
Well, Brit, if you do, get it off amazon.co.uk -- save on shipping, doncha know. 
Yeah, I almost wish it was a movie, so we could have an MST3K party with it. Except that I suspect some of my friends would get migraines.
I guess I am a snobby, out-of-touch elitist, but I want my president to be at least as smart as me, preferably smarter. He or She will have to face issues unthinkably more complex than parsing an undergraduate's grammar (I'm flipping back & forth between this and grading papers), and so needs good critical thinking skills.
The five-year-old had a science unit in kindergarten: they had little lab journals to write down their observations of nature and draw conclusions from them, which I thought was pretty neat. But science is under attack generally, leaving us with just emotion. In that sense, the "new spiritualism" is just anti-intellectualism gussied up with God. Don't think; feel. All of GWB's supporters, isn't that their thing? They know he's not smart, but they trust his gut?
From his morning's NYTimes:
But the madness that is truly terrifying is not that of the terrorists. It is our own. The only "purpose" the London bombings can be said to have is to puncture the veneer of civilization, to show us what the terrorists hope is the madness that lies behind it. That ordinary life merely disguises the ferocity, the irrationality, of human nature is a common enough trope in the modern world. It crops up again and again in literature and the movies, and in our own fears. It crops up as well in the religious fervor of our times. The blasts that echoed through the Underground and across the quiet squares of London were meant to show us how little we can rely upon the edifice of normality and, in turn, how little we can rely upon ourselves. The purpose of terrifying us is to turn us loose among our own emotions, to undermine our ability to reason with ourselves and with each other.
"why do Jews hate Christmas?" is so mind-numbingly stupid (fortified with extra straw) as to be funny.
afternoon atriots
I see no wiley and gizmo alas
oh well Fuck Bush and his enablers!
In the midwest we refer to mobile home parks as "tornado magnets". It seems like a disproportionatly high percentage of tornados hit one.
confused Brit,
I read through most of the comments before heading out onto the web to see what fresh stupid stuff is out there: but your comment stuck.
Bill O'Reilly is a buffoon. A puesdo intellectual of the worst stripe. He pretends to know things he does not and forgets things that he knows perfectly well - giving his audience a patina of credibility covering his shilling for the conservatives a base.
But the problem is a larger one. Anti-Intellectualism in America is doing a fire-sale business. When Richard Hofstadter wrote his book, the anti intellectualism he cited was token and ineffectual. Now, things are really getting strange.
First of all, the voice of Christianity has been taken over by people who are cynically religious: that is, if it serves their ends, they are religious; if it does not, the dictates of the teaching are simply forgotten. These people take the Old Testament, the Christmas Story, the Easter Story, the Pauline Missiles, and Revalations at their Bible.
All of the words of Christ admonishing people to love and respect and honor and tolerate are quite frankly simply forgotten. They have replaced the message of love with a message of hate. The have replaced tolerance with jealousy and kindness with greed. It is a pitiful situation that tends to cast aspersions on all of those who believe and may have a backlash at some point.
The other issue, perhaps even more critical, is that Americans have equated education with training and have eschewed thinking for getting ahead .
(and on and on. Hell, I am just gettin warmed up and have not even read the papers....)
No boobs on FOXNews (of the mammary variety anyway), but there's plenty of titillation (heh) to be seen on Murdoch's FOX network.
I'm a bit out of touch WRT teevee in the Homeland, but based on what I read, FOX (the 'normal' teevee network, not the news channel) routinely reaches new levels of crassness, all in the name of 'entertainment' and, lately, 'reality TV').
It's redeemed by The Simpsons, but only just.
QL -- are you ignorning me for a reason, or am I not saying anything interesting enough to respond to?
Virginia
Eeek. I made a faux pas on a blog. No, not ignoring you. Actually find your posts quite interesting and spot on. You've said it so well, I don't have much to add, except, if people have a problem with reality overload, they could possibly read a novel instead of the news.
Years ago, someone told me I read too much, that they preferred to live life, instead of read about it. I was much younger and lots more timid, else I would have explained that through reading, I had the pleasure of living many lives, instead of being limited to just my own.
All of GWB's supporters, isn't that their thing? They know he's not smart, but they trust his gut?
This American Life had a long-running interview before the election with a doctor in (i think) Ohio. He was undecided but leaning Bush. Ira Glass kept checking in with him; he would cite policy issues and utter lies; the guy would disagree with the issues and acknowledge the lies, and still say (without much conviction) that he still felt like Bush was the better candidate. Or maybe just that he couldn't vote for Kerry. Incomprehensible.
Thers calls southern trailer parks "hurricane bait".
QL -- Whew!
DWD - I was trying to remember who made the brilliant observation that the fundies had thrown out the Gospels and were operating on the OT and Revelation. I'm thinking now it was you.
What you said. It's probably the single scariest thing that's going on in our culture, overall. Once people are unable to THINK once and for all, we are permanently fucked.
Suicide bomb theory after 'anxious passenger' report
Theories that a gang of suicide bombers was behind the onslaught against the capital's transport system had not been ruled out by investigators last night, although senior police officers stressed that no evidence had been discovered to support this.
Early reports quoting US intelligence officials suggested that at least two of the tube blasts - probably the first, at Aldgate, and the last, at Edgware Road - were caused by bombs placed on the floor of the trains and triggered by timing devices.
DWD - As usual, you've said it far better than I could ever hope to.
btw - last weekend, I spent almost all my time putting together a monster quilt I had started months ago. I realized about 3:00 p.m., on Monday that I was really happy getting the work done and seeing it all coalesce into what Mr. QL described as a magnificant piece of work. First time that has since the election.
This is a lovely way to start the morning, but I've gotta go get some breakfast. I'll catch all you fine folk later.
No boobs on FOXNews..
vaara
This prompts another rant (need.. more.. coffee..).
I watched "Saving Private Ryan" on TNT over the 4th of July weekend. Uncensored, with plenty of "cocksuckers," "assholes," and other assorted linguistic delights. Arms were blown off, guts hung out, and guys bled to death with the appropriate level of screaming and coughing up blood.
Yet you have to subscribe to Cable to be exposed to the truly scary sight of a woman's nipple.
Where the Hell are our priorities?
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And another thing . . .
I am sorry, this is really irritating me this day. QL was talking about people reading less and less. The cynical publishing companies have - if not conspired - at least acquiesced to the dumbing down of American Society. Books for the last two decades or more are not seen as entities in and of themselves, but rather as products to be marketed. Whether the book has merit or not is really not that important.
I honestly used to like Stephen King. The last dozen or so books are cliche driven predictable pablum for his fans. Now I am not sure that you understand the ramifications of this but let me explain a bit. There is a limited amount of money to pay authors for their books. When you are giving Stephen King and Dean Koontz and others like them big money - tens of millions of dollars - that reduces your budget for both publishing and promoting new authors or authors with a different point of view.
My book is a perfect example: while the book has been almost universally liked by those who have read it; without a budget to promote it, it will languish about indefinitely.
Yet, if Paris Hilton wrote a children's book about being born wealthy, it would be published and promoted.
We like to blame the society when the truth is that it the mentality of always seek profit when we should be concerned with both making a profit and a difference.
Have a good one, filkertom!
Unemployment fell to 5% in June, the lowest level since September 2001, as employers added 146,000 payroll jobs, according to the Department of Labor. The May jobs figure was also revised upward to 104,000.
Fielding -- and SOMEONE in this "overwhelmingly Christian" nation is buying MILLIONS of copies of those horrendous video games involving murdering hookers, etc. To say nothing of the number of 8-year-olds who watch Springer alongside their parents. Moral Values my fat white ass.
Quilt Lady, but isn't a special feeling to have finished something you have worked long and hard on? I know when I finish a book, it gives me a feeling euphoria that is extremely hard to explain.
It is the end of a period of time and the beginning of stage where you step back and examine what you have done: with the knowledge that, while not perfect, it is a damned good thing!
Congratulations: enjoy the feeling. (And your quilts are exceedingly lovely . . . but you knew that.)
Virginia, not sure if that is an original thought . . .
146,000 payroll jobs, according to the Department of Labor. The May jobs figure was also revised upward to 104,000.
On a forecast of 195K, and when we need, what, 140K to stay even?
BOOM!
(Sorry, maybe I should go back to bed, you know? But while on the subject . . . )
A View to a Contradiction
There is a problem in American society that is seldom mentioned. Certainly there are the obvious problems precipitated by an incompetent administration pursuing policies built on the firm foundation of dandelion fluff and wishful thinking; but this is different. We are a society that is increasing fighting among ourselves. All of us are aware of the disconnect we are experiencing between Americans. This is hardly news. What is different about my proposition is this: Not only are we fighting ideological wars among different parties and viewpoints, but, increasingly, we are fighting within ourselves.
Religion in society is a good place to start this small essay. There are those who are honest Christians and Catholics. They do their best to follow the teachings of Christ and are kind and reverent and the other attributes covered in the Scout Pledge. Then there are the crazies. To them, they know the answers: they are saved and to hell with you and anyone who is not like them. The problem is: they are both full of shit.
If their ardor was real, why are there all these cable porn channels flying into their homes? Why is their sole connection to the internet spending as much time cruising for porn as it is for cruising scripture? Why are liquor sales up periodically, when they know that wine and strong drink are mocking? And what is with all of these casinos? Used to be one had to fly to Las Vegas or Atlantic City to taste the sin of gambling: now gambling emporiums are nearly everywhere. In my peculiar situation: I can drive about ninety minutes in three directions to find them. (Course, in the near future this problem will be rectified - plans are underway for a local casino.)
What about TV? Who is watching Paris and Nicky Hilton trashing up the place? What about the sins of gluttony, avarice, lechery, lasciviousness, greed, lust: hell that is our modern television fare to a tee, isn’t it?
So, my supposition is that Americans are becoming more and more troubled by the firmament of faith they profess and the depths of sin they plumb daily. As time goes on, the disconnect becomes larger and larger. At some point, the rectification of the beliefs will have to be attempted. Perhaps that is the reason for the increased amount of zealotry in our society. But as their zeal increases, their guilt over seeking pleasure increases as well leaving a person torn asunder by contrary messages.
I am a Christian: I am killing innocent children in God’s name
I am a Christian: I believe that starving people are none of my business
I am a Christian: I believe revenge is MINE
I am a Christian: The earth belongs to me to do with what I will.
And on and on. At some point the incongruity will be adjusted. Maybe now is a good time.
Move to limit backlash against Muslims
The first indications of a possible backlash against British Muslims came yesterday with reports of suspicious fires at a mosque in Leeds and a Sikh temple in Kent, as police confirmed that tension around the country was increasing.
Meetings were being held across Britain as the authorities and communities moved to limit any backlash.
Police said about 70 incidents against minorities had been recorded. They ranged from the suspicious fires to two possible assaults, verbal abuse and threatening calls
On a forecast of 195K, and when we need, what, 140K to stay even?
I thought we needed 250,000 to stay even?
Unemployment fell to 5% in June, the lowest level since September 2001, as employers added 146,000 payroll jobs, according to the Department of Labor. The May jobs figure was also revised upward to 104,000.
Gee, if the economy is finally recovering from the last time chimpy screwed it in the ear, it must be about time to do something stupid like enact another 500 Billion tax cut for useless rich bastards.
Or maybe we could just toss 100 Billion down the crapper and invade Syria.
Chimp E. Coyote. Super Genius.
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Moon -- I was married to an Iranian immigrant when the hostages were taken in Tehran. It was really swell - there was a local deli that had a sign in its window: We do not serve Iranians.
We had the same backlash here after 9/11 of course. My English friend was just positing that Muslim immigrants in the UK were more integrated into society and hoping that you wouldn't experience the same thing. Criminy.
On a forecast of 195K, and when we need, what, 140K to stay even?
BOOM!
Virginia
Unemployment fell to 5% in June.
BOOM!
I thought we needed 250,000 to stay even?
QL in NY
Unemployment fell to 5% in June.
But I'm not convinced of what "unemployment" means. Does it mean, "new unemployment insurance claims?" Because that's just meaningless in a climate where long-unemployed people have exhausted their benefits. And does it include underemployed people as employed? Does it include people working 2 or 3 part-time jobs without benefits to make ends meet? In some societies employment carries with it a certain expectation of a decent standard of living, not the opening of another WalMart employing people for 28 hours a week with no health insurance. That would assume, of course, that work is valued instead of wealth . . . oh, never mind.
Unemployment fell to 5% in June.
Of course, it's easy to come up with figures like that when you don't count underemployment and people who have stopped looking for work. Check out the household employment numbers. That gives a more accurate view. And don't forget that projected layoffs took a major jump.
BOOM!
nameless troll
Ah, a clever plan. Since Chimpy screwed up our economy worse than any President since Hoover, just put on the rose-colored glasses and an improvement equal to a bad month under Clinton is suddenly an amazing triumph.
Following the same principle, if Bush attends a foreign conference without actually shitting his pants in public, he's a dignified statesman.
If he manages to read a speech with only minimal prompting from his electronic cheat box, he's a dazzling intellectual.
Don't you idiots get a bit embarassed worshipping at the altar of the stupidest, most unremarkable man ever to hold the office of POTUS?
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I just started reading "The Working Poor" by David K. Shipler. Should be required for every congresscritter. And fuck H & R Block.
Italy sets date to pull troops out of Iraq
Italy's prime minister, Silvio Berlusconi, yesterday confirmed that he would start pulling his country's troops out of Iraq within two months.
Speaking at the G8 Gleneagles summit, Mr Berlusconi said the withdrawal of the first of Italy's 3,000 troops would start in September.
"We will begin withdrawing 300 men in September," he said, adding that the decision would depend on the security situation on the ground.
Coalition of the ever decreasing.
Not only are many of our fellow Americans woefully undereducated, "mis"-educated, really, they are also arrestable, thanks to our insane laws regarding marijuana.
Stoned, stupid, overworked, and their butts can be planted in jail anytime. The perfect citizenry for the Bushista ages.
Damn hell-o-scan! G'morning all! If this posts.
I prefer the formulation "poor, pious, stupid, and scared."
When you consider that the four horsemen of the Bushocalypse are: unfettered corporatism, theocracy, faith-based science education, and total control over the media -- well, "poor, pious, stupid and scared" sums up their vision for America pretty well. (If I do say so myself.)
As a Brit can I please ask what may seem to be a really stupid question but is Bill O'Reilly bit of a moron? And more importantly is he actually taken seriously by the general US public?
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ....
Oh, what a great way to start the day, thanks, I needed that laugh!
Yes, he's a moron, and more than a little bit.
Is he taken seriously? Not by anyone we take seriously. Let us never forget that Westwood One actually had to PAY radio stations to carry his loser radio show. His ratings continue to tumble.
Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain folks ....
Dang, y'all can't tell on my Gravatar, but it says "It's not fascism when WE do it!"
I've never actually seen anyone complain that others writing popular books are keeping people from buying my scribblings.There are two instances in fiction that I can recall offhand.In "Youngblood Hawke" (Herman Wouk) a literary critic named Quentin Judd attacks Hawke-who's jus a big ole country boy-for writing those 'great sloppy stories ' .Also in "Atlas Shrugged" by you know who-struggling author Balph(correct spelling) Ewbanks suggests that the number of copies of any title printed should be limited to allow other writers a chance to sell their wares.You're in heady company.
I take it archpoet is sleeping in on his/her vacation?
FUCK ALLAH!
Following the same principle, if Bush attends a foreign conference without actually shitting his pants in public, he's a dignified statesman.
Of course, Fielding, he did bump into the nice policeman with his bicycle-- but such things happen when the training wheels are taken off too soon.
I know it's a minor occurrence in a maladministration steeped in iniquity and corruption, but the thought of Dubya veering into a pedestrian while presumably furiously pedaling his bike seems to showcase the appalling double helix of his ineptitude and utter sociopathic recklessness.
As I mentioned previously-- my late dad, an Archie Bunker type, would've dismissed Dubya as a "nincompoop" on the basis of such embarrassments.
The media couldn't stop blithering about Jimmy Carter's alleged confrontation with a rabbit while out jogging, or Clinton's stops at McDonald's during his exercise.
Oh shit, this is a dead thread... 'nuff said!
mourning--
any missing white girl reports?...
Just don't stand there, do something.
This is really cute and funny with pictures:
"Apple to Become a Fruit-Centered Phone Carrier"
"V-shaped Voodoo Violin"
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