I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
whoa
i need more caffeine.
Martha was sent to Camp Cupcake.
Frist will be sent to Camp Catkiller.
Buh bye, Presidential Candidate Frist.
Schweet.
A.
have we seen a republican go to the slammer yet? i guess kotlowski or whatever his name is is probably a repub.
Of all the posts not to start out with...
FRIST!!
I am soooooooooooo enjoying this Frist story.
...worse than Whitewater!
When I see the video of him being led away in cuffs, then I'll believe something will come of this, and not a moment before.
Never screw over a cat, Bill, they have strange ways of coming back and getting revenge when you least expect it.
So can someone do some screen captures of the upcoming movie starring Cybil Shephard...
MARTHA STEWART: PRISON BITCH!
Because surely there are going to be some stills requiring Senator Frists -- Ray Bolgeresque face.
Fuck you haloscum!
Buh bye, Presidential Candidate Frist.
Was just thinking that he prolly wanted to secure his money for a presidential run.
Too bad, Fristie.
Not.
liar? nah, he's a godly gop-type man. it's just a misunderstanding...my guess is that the questioner was unclear...just trying to make frist look bad...this will all blow over..
You want to know the best thing, to me, about these assholes taking themselves down in this way?
Not only are they exposed as lying scumbags and money-and-power-hungry bastards before the world...
They're not getting blow jobs.
H(I)CA
Yeah, this is one of the better stories of corruption this year.
It's getting some nice traction too in MSM-ville.
...worse than Whitewater!
Darryl Pearce
And nary a peep out of all those "accountable government" Republican types. Most likely because there aren't any.
So can someone do some screen captures of the upcoming movie starring Cybil Shephard...
MARTHA STEWART: PRISON BITCH!
Because surely there are going to be some stills requiring Senator Frists -- Ray Bolgeresque face.
Attaturk | Email | Homepage | 09.24.05 - 10:48 am
[snort][chuckle][guffaw]
Never screw over a cat, Bill, they have strange ways of coming back and getting revenge when you least expect it.
Stinky
Couldn't happen to a nicer guy.
Typing "Documented Liar" takes longer than simply typing "Frist." I, therefore, propose that, for the sake of efficiency, we simply use "Frist." After all, they mean the same thing.
Wow.
"oops"
Bill Frist anagrams to: BS ill rift.
where jeff gerth? jeff gerth? paging jeff gerth.
Regular (non-archive) Eschaton page is having technical difficulties.
I'd like to see that bastard on the sunday a.m. talk shows getting pounded on why he lied. Bet money he'll either not make any appearances where he'll be questioned, or he'll say he can't or shouldn't comment bec it is an ongoing investigation.
Bwaaahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Bwaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
Was just thinking that he prolly wanted to secure his money for a presidential run.
Too bad, Fristie.
Not.
pie
Personally, I think the Republican "family values" slime machine is behind it all since Fristy didn't play nice with preznit on stem cells.
Frist is going to go down hard, sold out by his own party's Judases.
The folks he's playing with make the Sopranos look like the Waltons.
Can Ken Starr run the investigation? He might enjoy having actually evidence against his quarry.
I'm bringing the Haiku project forward from downthread along with Filkertom's and my respective entries
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How about we tell who we are/why we're here in poorly-constructed haiku?
Just an idea.
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MisterX | Homepage | 09.24.05 - 10:13 am
Overweight folk-rock
comedian trying to
save the world and make everything scan.
=================================
Punk rock actor fury,
Choosing path not often trod
lives with wincing hope.
Bush sounds hung-over this morning.
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Well, I was told the reason Martha went to jail is because she lied, not strictly because she was involved in insider trading.
They better be measuring Frist for the jumpsuit right now.
OMG!
CNN just breathlessly cut to Bushco in a Colorado command center -- ROFL!!!
He looks like one of those Spittin' Image puppets!
Video of the President in Col. He looks 100 years old. I thought he went to bed by 8 P.M. each night.
I call "Martha Stewart" to the stand... Place your right hand here and repeat after me: ...
Personally, I think the Republican "family values" slime machine is behind it all since Fristy didn't play nice with preznit on stem cells.
What's funny is that these guys think they can buck the system and come out on top. Anyone who can't be controlled can't be president, it appears. No independent thinking allowed.
That's why we've been stuck with georgie.
Pissed-off stonerman,
too picky for his own good,
watching moonbats fly...
"...since Fristy didn't play nice with preznit on stem cells.
Frist is going to go down hard, sold out by his own party's Judases. "
That's about right, Stinky. The repugs gotta have someone/thing to hate and Frist and his embrace of stem cell research is a winner!
regards
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Does this mean Anne Margaret won't be coming ?
Bush sounds hung-over this morning.
How can you tell? That's like saying, "That road kill looks horrible."
an colorado command center???? LOL
They're not getting blow jobs.
filkertom
Bush, George
Tire and frail
Wrinkled and gray
Thin as a nail
He's got super-puffed eyes and a morning smokers voice.
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Gee, I went over th change the channel, and no georgie.
That was a short appearance.
Looks like georgie's bubble broke.
Aw.
Bush at NORAD
So once again the Commander in Chimp surrounds himself with military imagery to look tough. What next, Santa in desert camo fatigues, the Easter bunny in body armor!
It's all so transparently a fraud but the media and millions of Americans still buy it.
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Bush needs some fresh squeezed Gannon juice to pep him up. 
Somewhere there's a painting of Bush getting younger and younger. He can't even make a deal with the devil and not fuck it up.
"...Martha went to jail is because she lied, not strictly because she was involved in insider trading."
Tena,
I googled Ms. Steward and here's what it said..
"Stewart was found guilty on Mar. 5 of lying to the government and conspiring to hide the reasons behind her sale of stock in ImClone Systems"
Yeah, you're right. I wonder what kinda of 3-piece striped suits they'll issue him.
regards
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Somewhere there's a painting of Bush getting younger and younger. He can't even make a deal with the devil and not fuck it up.
Unrepentant Fenian | 09.24.05 - 11:01 am | #
best line of the am.
For those of us not in D.C today, here's a way to feel more involved.
http://www.internationalanswer.org/
Then click on the "join the demonstration from home" link.
Video of the President in Col. He looks 100 years old. I thought he went to bed by 8 P.M. each night.
Unrepentant Fenian | 09.24.05 - 10:55 am
There was a cartoon some years ago -- I don't think it was Jim Borgman, but it was someone in that style. It had seven pictures, with space for an eighth.
First was a fit looking "Richard Nixon: Before".
Second was a bent, decrepit "Richard Nixon: After".
Third was a strong, robust "Gerald Ford: Before".
Fourth was a beaten, mummified "Gerald Ford: After".
Fifth was a smiling, hopeful "Jimmy Carter: Before".
Sixth was a crumpled, wizened "Jimmy Carter: After".
Seventh was an ancient, nearly drooling "Ronald Reagan: Before".
So what did our Preznit say from the command center under the mountain in the Springs?
I really hope all of you aren't seriously getting your hopes up about Frist actually being held accountable for this. You're going to be in for a hell of a disappointment.
Of course, I'd be deliriously happy to be wrong...
Well, seeing Frist in trouble is all well and good. But the bigger scumbag is Bugman.
Don't forget Frist has been having financial trouble for a while now.
Frist's first critical decision, made in June 2000, was to take $1 million of the contributed money out of the bank, where it was helping earn up to $170,000 a year in interest, and invest it in the stock market.
Frist put the money into a mutual fund managed by the Charles Schwab investment firm, his campaign said. And that fund, which Frist's aides refused to identify beyond saying it was an index fund, quickly began losing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Frist's next crucial decisions came in November 2000. Having decided that this would be his last run for the Senate and knowing that by law he could not use his Senate cash in a race for president, Frist wanted to get back $1.2 million he had lent his campaign in 1994, when he first ran for office.
But Frist 2000 Inc., with just over $1 million available, didn't have enough money to pay Frist back and continue operating. Frist solved that problem by having his campaign take out a $1.44 million bank loan, at a cost of $10,000 a month in interest, and used that money to repay himself.
Assuming the new debt would have drained all the operating funds Frist 2000 had available, according to FEC documents. Yet that didn't happen. Even after taking out such a huge loan, Frist 2000 still looked rich on paper — much richer than it actually was.
That's because Frist made a third key decision — one that experts on campaign disclosure call highly questionable — to not report the new debt on the FEC paperwork filed by Frist 2000, as required by law.
Instead, Frist told the FEC that the $1.44 million loan was held by another committee he controlled, the Bill Frist for Senate committee, which had been around since his first race in 1994. That fund was virtually dormant by 2000, with just $50,000 in the bank.
has james carville said anything meaningful about what happened in la?
I call "Martha Stewart" to the stand... Place your right hand here and repeat after me: ...
And how very appropriate for Frist is Martha's new (trademarked, I'm sure) Apprentice catchphrase:
"You just don't fit. Goodbye."
What word from DC anyone?
Bush needs Botox in his haggard forehead.
Dr. Zira needs Botox on her ciggy lips.
You just don't fit. Goodbye."
That's what I said to Frist the last time he whipped out his pencil dick.
-Liddy Dole
"You just don't fit. Goodbye."
It's: "You just don't fit in. Goodbye."
Emphasis on "fit."
Frist was even a scumbag liar to the Humane Society when he adopted those cats for his sick Mengele medical experiments.
He needs to learn a lesson in mercy and humility only Bubba in Cell Block D can teach him.
By the way, Amtrak service to DC out of NYC has been delayed since at least as early as 6:40a.m. I left Penn. Station before 10 (got there at 9:30). There were lots of folks with signs for the march who had been waiting hours for the delay to pass. And there was also a very white, red-faced asshole who was trying to convince the cops that the protesters signs were "fire hazards." I shit you not. The cops did not take him seriously. The signs were still there when I left.
He needs to learn a lesson in mercy and humility only Bubba in Cell Block D can teach him.
I heard Bubba loved kitties, the old softie.
HOAP*
i wouldn't shed a single fucking tear if it should transpire that the long, lugubrious countenance of Sen. Frist, fixed in mortal rictus, should end up staring down from the business end of an old, dirty, rusty halberd on the wall of some crumbling hospital battlement...
*HOAP: Head On A Pike ™
I hope Frist gets skinned alive in prison. Asswipe.
the dc rally will be on cspan, 11:30 am et.
I wonder if any Democratic operatives would like to hire me to do a little background consulting on this topic... heh.
If you read the Yahoo! news story, you'll note the similarity between my name and a certain corporate spokesman -- something which, in a former life, provided many insights and entertainment.
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He needs to learn a lesson in mercy and humility only Bubba in Cell Block D can teach him.
I heard Bubba loved kitties, the old softie.
pie | Email | Homepage | 09.24.05 - 11:08 am
Ah-yup. With Ragin' Cajun Hot Sauce.
How goes, m'dear? House stuff okay?
Every time I see that worthless deserting sack of shit surrounded by men and women in uniform, I have to wonder, what is going through their heads, how can they control their justifiable, understandable impulse to grab him by his scrawny neck and choke the miserable life out of his cowardly, treasonous body?
Gimlet - doctors are not known for their investment acumen.
In fact, outside of medicine, most doctors are idiots. Frist has the lovely distinction of being an idiot in medicine and everything else, besides.
Hey, I missed the video of the Chimp this morning looking crappy. I'm jonesin' for a glimpse, anybody got a picture or videolink?
the dc rally will be on cspan, 11:30 am et.
jello | Homepage | 09.24.05 - 11:08 am
It will be very interesting, in light of the Corporate Media's recently regenerated notocord (I won't call it a spine yet), to see how much coverage it gets.
Even if by some miracle Frist is held accountable for his crimes, he'll end up in a gentlemen's club, not a real prison.
Pissed in NYC, do you know why Amtrak service has been delayed?
Gary -- word. Especially given what he and his cronies are doing to their families back home.
Ken Lay's on a golf course.
Halliburton's stock has tripled since 9/11
Tom DeLay's fundraising.
John Bolton's US UN Ambassador.
Robert's will be CJ of the SCOTUS.
Karl Rove's in charge of 100 Billion giveawy.
Frist get's roughed up a bit. So effin' what.
For anything to matter we need an adversarial press and a congressional majority. We have neither.
just sayin'
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So what did our Preznit say from the command center under the mountain in the Springs?
Tena
President seemed out of it. Stalted sentences. He came to see how Northcom did its business. Very odd indeed.
President is out of it and the VP is in Surgery. If I was a conspiracy buff I'd be wondering about a coup right about now. Remember how the Soviets locked Gorby up in his home?
When everyone is looking towards TX the military is got something in the works.
Hiya, filk. Not really.
Whatever. He'll still be able to play golf with Delay before running for Pres in '08.
Where's Nelson Muntz when you need him?
At very least, Bush could color his hair. He can't fix looking like a monkey, but he could do something about looking like his mother.
Frist, DeLay, Rove
lots of ankle bracelets
coming your way
has james carville said anything meaningful about what happened in la?
jello
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You had me at meaningful. All you needed to add was, Ever?
Off topic:
'Possible coverup underway in New Orleans over the toxicity of the waters to prevent having to make oil, gas, and other industries have to clean it up'
http://tinyurl.com/c755p
"If this is a cover-up, what purpose would it serve? Well, for starters, if water and sediment is declared to be no dangerous, it doesn't have to be cleaned up. If they did admit to levels of benzene and toluene and other chemicals, guess who could be held liable? Oil and chemical companies! I'm willing to bet a few CEOs are calling their buddy, W, about it. Mayor Ray Nagin is playing a part too by not questioning these findings for a second, and happily sending people back into the city. A real Mayor would stop reinhabitation, and ask for all findings to be independently verified. After all, this is the same Administration that told us they were 100% sure Saddam had WMD."
MYOB'
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Jeez, never in my life did I think I'd be rooting for a military coup.
pie -- sigh. Ah well. At least it's almost apple cider time.
It's not the insider trading, it's the lying.
He needs to learn a lesson in mercy and humility only Bubba in Cell Block D can teach him.
My big orange male tabby is named Bubba. He'd love to take a bite out of Frist's ass.
but he could do something about looking like his mother
Hahaha. He sure as hell doesn't resemble his father.
Jeez, never in my life did I think I'd be rooting for a military coup.
BlakNo1 | Email | Homepage | 09.24.05 - 11:14 am
As long as they turned it over to "the rightfull winner of the previous election" or something. Although I suspect the actual result would be full-blown civil war. There's way too many BushCo fans out there with guns, machismo, and two-digit IQs.
Insider trading?
C'mon folks, you only go to jail for that if you're a DEMOCRAT!
Martha palled around with Hillary during the Clinton years, and she was never forgiven for it.
Frist and DeLay, like Pol Pot, will live out their days without ever having to face the shame of all their crimes against the American people.
...unless of course either of them makes a serious attempt to win the Presidency....but I doubt it. I think they'll just take the money and run.....
At least it's almost apple cider time.
Yes, and I have to say it looks like another great year for Michigan apples.
Ya read my mind filk. I don't think it would work unless they immediately turned over power to a civilian authority.
Jeez, never in my life did I think I'd be rooting for a military coup.
BlakNo1 - - 11:14 am
brother, believe me, you don't want that...
the military has NO soul...
pie -- I have to pass this on. The Apple Spice Donut Holes at Busch's are great. Worth every calorie. [/local shopping tip]
brother, believe me, you don't want that...
Scroll up and read the proviso. I certainly wouldn't want them to retain power.
Every time I see that worthless deserting sack of shit surrounded by men and women in uniform, I have to wonder, what is going through their heads, how can they control their justifiable, understandable impulse to grab him by his scrawny neck and choke the miserable life out of his cowardly, treasonous body?
Gary Frazier
That is a real fucking mystery, is it not?
I mean, for fuck's sake. How can actual soldiers deal with this little chickenhawk.
I've had them. You're right.
he'll end up in a gentlemen's club, not a real prison.
Most white collar criminals end up in minimum security federal pens. However,
all prisons are "real," believe me.
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It will be very interesting, in light of the Corporate Media's recently regenerated notocord (I won't call it a spine yet), to see how much coverage it gets.
filkertom
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i mentioned this earlier, i was shocked when fox news ran this anti-war ad yesterday morning. click homepage.
Oh, how I need to get with some Dems on this story. I know, firsthand, how impossible it is to spell "HICA" without HCA.
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brother, believe me, you don't want that...
the military has NO soul...
WoodyGuthriesGuitar(aka
True True True True and I thank you.
Military coup = not cool.
More haiku...
Bleak crumbling empire
steeped in fear and self loathing
may yet save itself
he'll end up in a gentlemen's club, not a real prison.
Most white collar criminals end up in minimum security federal pens. However,
all prisons are "real," believe me.
Tena
True, but it won't be OPP, I can tell you that!
It's not the insider trading, it's the lying.
Horatio
lol. yeah that's what martha got busted for.
Possible coverup underway in New Orleans over the toxicity of the waters to prevent having to make oil, gas, and other industries have to clean it up
If the companies released legally allowable concentrations, they should be able to defend themselves regardless of whether it is now deemed toxic.
Tena, I'd be happy if I thought he would even end up as Noriega's roommate. Unfortunately, I don't.
Blak -- yeah, but the problem is, which civilian authority? A lot of us think Kerry won the last election, but it was close enough to steal, and no one at all would be happy with the carnage that would likely ensue.
Now, if BushCo could be arrested en masse, that might work. After Hastert, that would be Ted Stevens (R.-AK).
New meme for N'Awlins, if Texaco has its way
Toxi-City, USA...
It's not the insider trading, it's the lying.
Horatio
What kind of example are our senators setting for the children? This country needs its leaders to uphold a much higher moral standard...
/Clenis-wringer
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Mer: I spoke to a woman who was obviously going to the march (make that was). She said she was on a train for two hours, just sitting there and then they had everyone get off. They told the folks who were waiting that it was an electrical repair between the NYC and Trenton, NJ stations. She said that it sounded "elective," i.e. not an emergency repair. Folks on the other blogs are saying that it was a repair to the overhead electrical lines. I hope this helps.
So, who will be the first to be indicted, the Senate Majority Leader or the House Majority Leader?
I'm thinking the gentleman from Tennessee is getting all the press now, but the prosecution has a head start on the gentleman from Texas.
Images on Radio-Canada of the anti-war demos in Paris and London: beautiful sunny day, lots of people.
Blair is in more shit than ever, but , after being elected for a 3rd therm, HE's going to decide himself when he'll leave the power to Gordon Brown. I hate Blair so much! He will have a lot of problems at the upcoming Labour Conference about the war... but the snake will managed to get through easy, the "gros tas de merde!"
Pictures of the Bored Prince, day 2
Awright, I'm off to get morning foodstuffs, rendezvous with a friend to return some borrowed stuff, then I'm off to Tuckahoe to paint a room. Then, back to the west for laundry, and pre-party prep.
Have a perfectly kickass day, folxes.
♥
Pictures of the Bored Prince, day 2
Attaturk
The Chairman of the Bored.
WaPo deperate for him to get his "swagger" back.
Some real haiku....
Anti-war protests
covered by the media
in a perfect world
Chimpy and his brood
fly to the stricken lands and
mock the floating dead
It happens I'm straight
But I would still kiss Jon Stew-
art full on the mouth
Besides, I guarrantee that Frist will be at or near the top of Chimpy's post-term pardon list, and I'm sure any legal proceedings can easily be dragged out until 08-09.
rorschach - True, but it won't be OPP, I can tell you that!
True, dat, and it won't be a hole in the ground, either.
If he goes anywhere. They could just fine him, like they should have done with Martha - but by god, they better not. They better put those prison jumps on him - Martha went. Frist can by god go.
"I hope this helps."
--Pissed in NYC
Thanks, I guess I'm so paranoid at this point that I assumed they were "accidentally on purpose" finding ways to keep folks from getting to D.C. for the march.
Whoops. Stuff happening (nothing bad, just sudden). Gotta go. Excellent day, all!
Wow. I just saw the piece on CNN of Miserable Failure at today's briefing.
You're right. He does look like shit.
BTW: Check out the sweater bimbo on the broadcast...sheesh...I miss John Chancellor.
Why does Max Planck look like Buster Keaton?
What is the point of getting excited about particular instances of unethical Republican behavior coming to light when none of the misdeeds of the past five years have led to criminal proceedings?
As usual, I'm more than happy to be proven wrong...
Thanks, I guess I'm so paranoid at this point that I assumed they were "accidentally on purpose" finding ways to keep folks from getting to D.C. for the march.
mer -- 11:28 am
i gotta say, i'm not reassured that you're not quite correct in your fears...
can bush pardon himself?
Don't forget, Frist lied when he said that he didn't do a bogus diagnosis of Terri Schiavo -- a diagnosis that her autopsy refuted:
http://thinkprogress.org/index.p...ndex.php?
p=1106
wasn't he always a liar? and we is a pussy too...didn't he go on the senate floor and lie about richard clark?
can bush pardon himself?
Nope.
can bush pardon himself?
jello
Nah, that's his successor's job.
Although with this Supreme Court, you never know. Executive power in a time of war, and all that...
I'm thinking the gentleman from Tennessee is getting all the press now, but the prosecution has a head start on the gentleman from Texas.
Gentlemen, Gentlemen, where, where?
and we is a pussy too...
What do you mean we, white man?
Jeez, I take time out to get another cup of coffee and pour a bowl of cereal for my daughter and Atrios posts three new threads. Either I'm slow or he's really, really fast.
And fuck Frist in day-glo orange.
I predict a Medal of Freedom for the good doctor.
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The organizers are mostly from the radical, America-hating fringe while the overwhelming majority of the crowd are surely either hippie wannabes or honorable citizens simply gathering in peaceful protest against a very controversial war. One wonders, though, how the Post would cover a pro-war event sponsored by similarly radical groups?
If you don't commit some kind of white-collar crime, you don't get your 109th Congress participation ribbon at the end-of-session pizza party.
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assumed "we" was a typo for "he". no?
"Frist is going to go down hard, sold out by his own party's Judases.
The folks he's playing with make the Sopranos look like the Waltons.
Stink"
my thinking also...wonder who it is? the wh? rove? frists apparent primary opponents? at any rate, they'll smear him enuf to damage but not ruin him, make him even more of a toady...my only hope for a real investigation is from a state, not the feds...
How much "monitoring" of hurricanes is normally done at NORAD?
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Lay off the guy. Does the Right wing ever go after the left when high-profile Democrats get busted for inside trading? I did not think so! But I do not think, so?
Ha. From the WaPo...
"The security detail will include the area around the National Book Festival, which will be on the Mall between Seventh and 14th streets.
Book festival spokeswoman Audrey Fischer said organizers of the fifth annual event, which will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and is free and open to the public, are working with Park Police to ensure that there is appropriate crowd control in light of other events on the Mall.
First lady Laura Bush, who hosts the event each year, will have a breakfast for the featured authors at the White House this morning, but organizers are unsure whether she will make an appearance at the festival, Fischer said."
So, there you have it, the Laura2005 is not programmed for carbon based interaction.
Bill Frist can and should now be referred to in the press as "Senator Bill Frist, documented liar."
Can be; won't be. They won't call santimonious Bill a liar even if he gets convicted of perjury or lying to the Feds.
To borrow a pun from Skippy, it harkens back to another Republican's never prosecuted insider trading.
C-Span coverage is starting.
How much "monitoring" of hurricanes is normally done at NORAD?
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Agent Orange
Can you redesign the missile defense curtain to protect against hurricanes?
Oops, that should have been, "To borrow a pun from skippy..."
The Chairman of the Bored.
You do realize that this is the actual title of a 1950s novel, yes?
Anyway... meanwhile, I am watching Eddie Izzard's Dress to Kill. And it is raising my spirits.
And at the word "IMPEACH" the crowd goes wild!
Rita is now a cat. 1
has james carville said anything meaningful about what happened in la?
jello
You had me at meaningful. All you needed to add was, Ever?
Cleveland Bob
that's amazing. twere me, i'd be so outraged, you couldn't shut me up.
I'd hoped to join the anti-war protest today, but I've come down with the creeping crud and am staying home sniffling. Anyway, it just wouldn't be as much fun giving the finger to the White House knowing that Wimpy Chimpy has fled to Colorado to avoid any awareness of the protest.
Those of you who are there, yell extra loud for those of us who aren't.
Hey, I missed the video of the Chimp this morning looking crappy. I'm jonesin' for a glimpse, anybody got a picture or videolink?
You can see some stylin' stills over at Attaturk's!
Go Cynthia!!
Hey, I missed the video of the Chimp this morning looking crappy. I'm jonesin' for a glimpse, anybody got a picture or videolink?
Here's pictures of Lord Happy Pants
rep mickinny there and speaking...looks like at least 1 dem has showed up..
rorscach - we have the Dressed to Kill DVD - I bought it for Mr. Tena for Christmas last year.
It's great.
frists apparent primary opponents? at any rate, they'll smear him enuf to damage but not ruin him, make him even more of a toady...
he's already announced he's not up for re-election, preparatory to a Prez run in '08...
i can only hope his leprosy kicks in and his nose falls right the fuck off his ugly, gaunt, sepulchral face...
Mer: I know what you mean, but I don't think you or I are paranoid. I diaried the delay at Kos (it is recommended there) and someone in the comments noted that the DC Metro is doing maintenance work and service is affected. Now I'm sorry, that is just more than odd.
Frist a proven liar? I must say, I am shocked. Shocked that that facade is finally cracking, that is...
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rorscach - we have the Dressed to Kill DVD - I bought it for Mr. Tena for Christmas last year.
It's great.
Tena
Again, you prove yourself intelligent and wise. I, however, am listening to Izzard speaking about the "henge."
And cracking up.
i can only hope his leprosy kicks in and his nose falls right the fuck off his ugly, gaunt, sepulchral face..
sounds like the GOP presidential campaign for 2008 has already started and folks "unknown" in the republican party are already taking out opposition.
a preemptive strike on frist about insider trading indicates that someone out there considered him a serious candidate......follow the power, who gains most from frist's revelations?
in the senate its lott, santorum wont gain as much since he is not going to be the senate leader.
maybe its a little bush operation to help lott as payback for lott's support of the bush administration's actions during the katrina hurricane.
i can only hope his leprosy kicks in and his nose falls right the fuck off his ugly, gaunt, sepulchral face...
I'm sure MoveOn is already preparing a tv ad just in case Frist is candidate in 08. And if the ad is as good as the new one they have about Bush "mislead", Frist is toast!
WGG - have fun with GWPDA at the fair today.
[it's not even raining in Dallas. ::::sigh::::; we could have made it home.]
i can only hope his leprosy kicks in and his nose falls right the fuck off his ugly, gaunt, sepulchral face...
Chang will catch it!
"...since Fristy didn't play nice with preznit on stem cells...Frist is going to go down hard, sold out by his own party's Judases. "
I think Stinky is right on. And of course, they (party Judi's) will be vocal in all interviews blaming the Dems and Media for the "witch hunt" on poor Mr. Frist. I thinks there is someone Roving about in this financial revelation.
There is just no end to this evil empire, is there.
Organizers of Saturday's protest in Washington against the war in Iraq say they expect a crowd of more than 100,000 people.
Not newsworthy. Better to air conjectures about possible hurricane damage.
yet more testimony of how we are treating iraq as a free fire zone.
"I don't know how many innocents I killed with my mortar rounds," Mr Viges, who served with the 82nd Airborne Division, said during a presentation this week at American University in Washington. "In Baghdad, I had days that I don't want to remember. I try to forget," he added
http://news.independent.co.uk/
wo...ticle314735.ece
[it's not even raining in Dallas. ::::sigh::::; we could have made it home.]
Tena
It is not yet raining here in Austin either...
WGG - have fun with GWPDA at the fair today.
we'll be a missin' ya...NMRed's comin' down from Santa fe, too...
mebbe next year???
but when you and Mr Tena begin your return next week, call me...we'll have lunch/dinner...i'll email ya my fone#...
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I'm loving the "evacuees=suckers" meme that's going around right now.
Not.
I'm loving the "evacuees=suckers" meme that's going around right now.
Not.
Howzit hangin' down there, Meander?
Has anybody got news this morning about Agave and Chris/tx? Did they went through Rita OK?
We're fine, Jay C. -- we left Houston on Weds night, and arrived (outside of) Austin at 1pm Fri.
I posted a little of the story to my blog (homepage).
Quite frankly, I don't know how I'm feeling. Having run away from, what was effectively, nothing at all.
I am still upset with the heavy sentence that Martha Stewart was given. She hurt only herself, if she did lie. I have always believed that she should have been heavily fined. If Frist doestn't receive the same scrutiny, and unfair, unrealistic punishment, we are all going to have the proof we've known all along, that Martha Stewart was being punished for being a Democrat, who supported her party.
Woody - I might come down early just to see you - I'll see.
'Cause if I wait until Saturday morning, there isn't going to be time. His plane gets in at 11:35, and I'll pushing it to get there by then. Doubt I do.
But next year I'm going to the fair, by golly.
Thanks, Atta.
You rawk.
Huff Post's got a very moving, very direct new QT of an ad from Gold Star Families for Peace. Siomething uncannily strong about women speaking truth to power.
Don't wait for actual reports. Make wild assumptions about damage.
Now if Michigan can just get rid of this tongues-speaking cult leader repub senate candidate.
http://greatscat.blogspot.com/20...-
candidate.html
Michigan Atriots, there has to be more dirt on Butler out there. Surely he didn't swindle all those millions just from poor folks he brainwashed at his 'church'?
Bianca missing
McLellan shits bricks again
Chimp in the ozone
The bastard's toast.
Oh god, this makes me happy!!!!!
Cindy Sheehan on CSPAN, live, now.
OT-- I live near DC and I heard on CBS national news that the turnout for the march was "sparse" in DC -- this was 10 a.m. Shortly after the national news, the 24 hours news station this report played on had a live report from DC, and the reporter said there were thousands there already.
First, I was surprised to hear it mentioned on national radio, and second, I think the CBS guy was using Bush talking points.
I also saw Bush on TV this morning. I agree he looked exceptionally bad.
CNN.com's top headlines, after Rita:
• Palestinians say 4 militants killed by missiles
• Cheney in surgery for aneurysm
• Cardinal breaks conclave vow of secrecy
• Iraq issues arrest warrant for British troops
• Psychologist: Lynndie England 'like a little kid'
• Gunbattle at robbery suspect's hideout
• Surfer repels shark with punches
• 'Dumb and Dumber' robbers sentenced
Protest? What protest? We're going to stick with the shark story.
Huff Post's got a very moving, very direct new QT of an ad from Gold Star Families for Peace. Siomething uncannily strong about women speaking truth to power.
plantsman
one of things that adds to the power is how accessible these women are. they're honest, everyday, working class people. impossible to dismiss "hippies" or "socialist radicals". i can see conservatives, especially women, saying that could be me. i could lose my husband in this war.
Ok, found coverage on CSPAN. Turnout looks pretty paltry, talking points nonwithstanding.
Ok, found coverage on CSPAN. Turnout looks pretty paltry, talking points nonwithstanding.
soldiers, on their days off, would go to the prison tent to break the arms and legs of detainees, to let off steam.
amazing what we have become.
Woohoo! This is good news!
CEA - watching the stream and apparently the people from NYC haven't gotten there yet - they are saying there are a whole lot of people on the way.
oldwhitelady
Greetings owl. How are things in the other Columbia?
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Good grief. Talk about a lack of a focused message. Palestine! Iraq! Labor! Halliburton! Gulf States! Cuba! Stop War! Justice!
Hey, this guy is pretty good. The first one I've seen who seems to know how to speak to a crowd!
Can we non-military members of the citizenry bear the shame of what our "religious" "faith-based" society has become? Mental health benefits for all returning veterans. Or we're all in danger.
Brian Becker, by the way. National coordinator for ANSWER. Well-spoken and not quite as hopelessly hippy-dippy or whiny as the average speaker at this kind of event. Can you tell I'm frustrated yet?
For those who cynically commented on Bush being at NORAD, he's just announced that Lake Charles was "hit hard".
Steadfast leadership in a changing time!
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Who sang Down By the Riverside? Who was that woman? Damn.
Damn I didn't know Galloway was going to be there.
I'm goin' to lay down my sword and shield...Down by the riverside
that song was brilliant.
gospel song turned anti-war ballad. plus evoked new orleans.
Galloway is incredible.
Love this guy -
Down by the Riverside has always been an anti-war anthem. At least since Vietnam.
Neocons
Telling lies
Thirsty for oil
Americans die
ah, before my time.
Boy the helicopters are sure buzzing the demonstration.
LINK TV will also broadcast live beginning at 3 eastern time.
It seems to me that every few minutes when the cameras pann back out to the crowd, the crowd gets a bit bigger each time.
LINK TV will also broadcast live beginning at 3 eastern time.
Ah, that will be the concert. I hope I catch Steve Earle and Joan Baez.
For those who cynically commented on Bush being at NORAD, he's just announced that Lake Charles was "hit hard".
Steady fastership in a leading time!
Gosh ,I just love when he makes one of his pronouncements like it's on a tablet from god
and we've all already seen it on TV.
KEEP UP, Chimpy!
Sure am surprised that the trains from NYC aren't running.
It seems to me that every few minutes when the cameras pann back out to the crowd, the crowd gets a bit bigger each time.
EkCenTriK
My stream is funky on this slow dialup, but yeah, it looks like that to me too.
Who sang Down By the Riverside? Who was that woman? Damn.
Evelyn Harris
"building a henge, are we?"
you ARE indeed an omnivore, ror!
I think the partner and I have that dvd memorized...
Typing "Documented Liar" takes longer than simply typing "Frist." I, therefore, propose that, for the sake of efficiency, we simply use "Frist." After all, they mean the same thing.
Omnes Omnibus
How I miss "macros" on HaloScan. So many keystrokes could be saved.
Galloway is incredible.
Galloway should be a synonym for wonderful truthteller, not incredible. Norm Coleman is incredible, in another sense of course. Prevents confusion
Still nothing about the demo on CNN.com. I checked the main page, the US page and the politics page.
Time for the movement to adopt Dixieland Jazz. Do You Know What It Means (To Miss New Orleans) or the St. James Infirmary Blues would run rings around these warmed-over 1960's protest songs.
Karin--surely you don't expect CNN to acknowledge these events? After all, they make Chimpy look bad!
Shout it, lady, don't drone it.
Boy, I'm trying to figure out this gravatar thing and I am completely lost.
Woot made me a cool gravatar, but is is in .ART form, and I don't know how to convert it.
So I tried downloading something from the internet, and even though it's a JPG, it downloads as .ART.
Anyone have any advice for an old, computer illiterate coot like me?
yes, but FAUX has the anti-anti war coverage here......
Go Ramsey Clark!
Okay, so I have a bad habit of making reference-heavy, hit-and-run comments.
But really, I just finished Erich Fromm's "Escape From Freedom." Don't bash me for not reading it sooner. I'm young.
The thing is that, after reading it, I actually feel pity for neo-conservatives. As opposed to unbridled hatred.
They are sad, sad people.
And that's all I got right now.
Morning, sallyh
Not looking like a paltry turnout to me.
From the AP
In a hitch for some coming to the protest, 13 Amtrak trains running between New York and Washington were delayed for up to three hours Saturday morning for repair of overhead electrical lines. Protest organizers said that held up thousands coming to the rally.
Also
At a rally at the U.S. Navy Memorial put on by Protest Warrior and other groups supporting Bush's policy, demonstrators denounced Sheehan as a mother exploiting her son's death.
"If I were to die in Iraq, I wouldn't want my parents to be like Cindy Sheehan," said Army National Guard Spc. Julie McManus, 20, of Drexel Hill, Pa., who was among more than 100 people holding signs. "I'd be ashamed of them."
Hey Lavalamp--need me to Irish up that coffee?
Vickie, I'm not sure this will work, but you might try changing the .ART to .jpg
It's looking bigger than it was an hour ago, but CSPAN is mostly close shots so I can't really tell.
Karin--those trains delayed by accident?
I think not.
Damn. Go, Ramsey Clark.
When will Smirky the Wonder Chimp swoop in for the rescue?
Woot made me a cool gravatar, but is is in .ART form, and I don't know how to convert it.
http://www.irfanview.com
Free and easiest conversion evah. After install, double click on the file to open, then SAVE AS in *.jpg.
Karin--those trains delayed by accident?
I think not.
My God, Bush is a failure at being a Fascist too. He can't even get the trains to run on time.
Thanks, mer. I tried that and it won't work.
I'm just frustrated, have been trying to figure this out all day to no avail.
Sally-at least the Amtrak late arrivals will be able to attend the concert, since this thing will go on all day. It'd be a bitch to get there and miss the whole thing.
Omnes--okay, you made me laugh!
Ramsey Clark using the "I" word. I'm surprised the snipers haven't gotten him yet.
Karin--yes, but I don't put it past Chimpco to frustrate efforts.
Thanks Meander. Am trying it now. Woot made this thing for me weeks ago and I haven't been able to figure it out. I'd like to honor his efforts by at least using it!
I think not.
Sallyh
Yah - way too convenient - they pick a Saturday to do that?
Riiiiight.
hey all. so where are good pics of the protest? i know better than to look for them on the teevee...
and i found my cat sleeping on the computer when i came back from breakfast. so any comments with my name in the last two hours are all hers.
Yes, 100 cheeto-eaters need equal time from FAUX.....
Why I won't vote for Bloomberg.
1. The hate convention
2. The arrest of Cindy Sheehan
3. The trains not running from Penn Station to DC.
The last two tin foily hat. Maybe, but too much of a coinky dink for me.
Omnes--okay, you made me laugh!
Sallyh
At your service, Madame. [doffs cap and bows]
QL--and there are no coincidences in Bushworld.
Chi-Dyke - No TV, I'm streaming it and this dialup is so slow that the stream is unfocused.
It looks like there are more people showing up all the time.
Thanks, sallyh, but no. There's been enough real pre-noon imbibing going on in my household as it is, so I'll take a pass on the virtual.
Lavalamp--might make cinnamon buns today. The weather is cool and nothing says fall like giant cinnamon buns.
atta -- those photos are really interesting. could chimpy and chertoff be more uninterested -- actually, chimpy looks pissed that he's there. and look at the uniformed men -- none are sitting near bush; they don't look the least engaged with him. pat lang made an interesting comment at his site that the military doesn't speak to bush except to answer his questions.
Jeez, never in my life did I think I'd be rooting for a military coup.
Be careful what you ask for. Remember that the military is infiltrated with crazies who think they're warriors for jeebus.
We surely don't want one of THEM in charge.
As for chimpy. I grew up with an alcoholic father. There is no way, NONE, that chimpy isn't drinking again.
The strain has cracked him.
There is nothing he fears more than being exposed as a fraud and a failure- which is precisely what's happening now.
It looks like there are more people showing up all the time.
time for the famous DC park police to start under-estimating the crowd! At the last gay rights march I went to, they only counted about a third of the people there
I heart Margaret Prescott!
2. The arrest of Cindy Sheehan
Definitely NOT tinhat, IMO.
Lots of other reasons, too, like the refusal of the Central Park permit last August & the recent mass arrests of the Critical Mass bike riders.
At least Chimpy can't be any less competent when he's pounding Beam than when he's sober.
Vicki, if you want to email it to me, I have a program called maclink that will convert most graphics to another format such as a tiff or jpeg.
Lavalamp--might make cinnamon buns today. The weather is cool and nothing says fall like giant cinnamon buns.
I have to tell you that I am totally pissed that the hurricane miissed us completely. Totally pissed.
Instead of cooling things off and giving us some much needed rain, it's going to be 101 again tomorrow.
AND I CAN'T FUCKING TAKE IT ANYMORE.
"Senator Bill Frist, documented liar."
Don't forget cat-killer...
And speaking of cats...as the Church of the Middle Ages blamed cats (widely recognised at the time as the devil's familiars) for the plague, Pope Evil Rat will soon release a document of "instruction" aimed at smearing homosexuals with the heterosexual Chruch's 1,000 year-old difficulty with pederasty.
Isn't Rove Catholic? Is he advising yet another mortal who confuses their own self with that of God?
4Leggers--to me, Chimpy just looks bored and disengaged. He doesn't give a flying fuck about the hurricane. If anything, he's pissed that he missed a cool photo op.
oops, spoke too soon. cspan on now. looks like the typical myriad assortment of lefties. sigh. would that i could've gone.
4Leggers--to me, Chimpy just looks bored and disengaged. He doesn't give a flying fuck about the hurricane. If anything, he's pissed that he missed a cool photo op.
No, he has that desperate, "I wanna run out of here right now and have a big slug of jim beam" look on his face.
Trust me on this.
The strain is killing him.
atta -- those photos are really interesting. could chimpy and chertoff be more uninterested -- actually, chimpy looks pissed that he's there. and look at the uniformed men -- none are sitting near bush; they don't look the least engaged with him. pat lang made an interesting comment at his site that the military doesn't speak to bush except to answer his questions.
That's interesting.
Bush always looks like he is bored, petulant and that he feels put upon by having to be there.
"I think I need a bathroom break?"
CEA--dunno. He's got launch codes. Judgment's the first thing that flies out the window in alcoholics.
sheets, peeps.
George Bush says that God talks to him. I guess that's better than a six foot invisible rabbit, but not much.
Bush always looks like he is bored, petulant and that he feels put upon by having to be there.
He never really understands what's going on.
So of course he's irritated.
And he's jonesing for a drink.
Lotta helicopter buzz--police or press?
sean- a couple of good letters to the editor in the NYTimes today on that topic.
To the Editor:
Why doesn't the church bar priests who have sex with children? That would be less controversial and more to the point.
To the Editor:
Re "Vatican Expected to Exclude Gays as New Priests" (front page, Sept. 22):
Presumably, the Roman Catholic Church's concern about gays in the priesthood stems from a desire to protect children from sexual abuse by priests. If that is true, then it would be wise for the church to look at the data before deciding on a plan of action.
Reliable studies show that pedophiles (those adults who sexually abuse children) are overwhelmingly heterosexual. In fact, homosexuals are statistically underrepresented as those who sexually abuse children.
What is forgotten in all of the hysteria about priest sexual abuse is that pedophilia is about a sexual attraction to children (most often, regardless of their sex) and about access.
If priests are overwhelmingly abusing boys, it is not about their being homosexual but about that being the population to which they have access.
Further, women have far lower rates of sexually abusing children than men do. So if the church were really serious about protecting children from sexual abuse by priests, gays would not be excluded from the priesthood and ordination would be extended to women.
I wonder how many will show at the "pro war" protests.
And how many of our trolls do you think will go?
"I think I need a bathroom break?"
'cos the Beam's hidden in the towel dispenser.
fom what we know so far, frist's unlikely to be convicted. proving he had inside info, even if he obviously did, is difficult.
as for his statements about not knowing the securities in his blind trust -- OK, he lied. but he lied to reporters, not federal investigators. so he's clear there.
but if the media gives this the right coverage, he's finished as a presidential wannabe.
schiavo raised doubts about his judgment. his handling of the stock sales confirmed it.
it's his version of gary hart cruising with bimbos on a boat named monkey business.
if his judgment's that fucking lousy, do we really want him as president?
bye, bye -- frist. you're history.
new thread upstairs!
Now, I know Dr. Frist very well, and I can tell you that I know in my cholesterol-clogged heart that he would never do anything as un-Christlike as to break at least two Commandments just for a couple of bucks.
You see, the those stocks were in what is called a ‘blind trust.’ That means that he could not honestly manipulate them in any way. That trust is just as blind as that poor Terri Schiavo woman was NOT blind, as Dr. Frist correctly diagnosed.
This is obviously another MIRACLE by our Lord, increasing the purse of those who conduct themselves in the Godly Republican way. God’s been busy the last five years, too, I’ll tell ya.
BTW, from the time I’ve spent in Michigan, I can tell you that there ain’t gonna be any dusky senators out of THAT state for a long time, way after the Rapture.
You’re all going to Hell, too.
As for chimpy. I grew up with an alcoholic father. There is no way, NONE, that chimpy isn't drinking again.
fourlegsgood: Me, too. My dad was an alcoholic, too. And my ex was for the first 15 years of our marriage (I liked him better when he was drinking).
Someone brought up a good point on BartCop. Since the National Enquirer was sued so many times, they're very careful about what they print these days.
I believe that he IS drinking.
i think youre right fourlegs. i hope cheney and rumsfeld can control him if/when he melts down.
You’re all going to Hell, too.
Jerry Fall Well
Won't be any room in hell - Satan will have to build a whole new wing to house Bush and all of his supporters!
i hope cheney and rumsfeld can control him
Blind leading the blind.
"Since the National Enquirer was sued so many times, they're very careful about what they print these days"
Yes, Carol Burnet made them a much better tabloid. I have noticed that when they do a "serious" article, they do not B.S. like they used to. Everything is so damn surrealistic including the fact we might cite the Enquirer as a news source. The times are a'changing.
I meant to say "no dusky senators, no matter HOW Godly they may be, even with big piles of in-God-we-Trust-inscribed cash."
Your'e still going to Hell, though.
Your'e still going to Hell, though.
Jerry Fall Well
Er, I think not!
Buh bye, Presidential Candidate Frist.
Schweet.
A.
Athenae
Buh bye, Senate seat.
Just when I think they reach bottom, they dig the hole deeper. Unfortunately, I still know some people who vote for the corrupt jokers. Reflex, I guess.
I don't think doing away with celibacy would end the pedophilia.
People who have sexual attraction to children are NOT going to be satisfied with a sexual relationship with an ADULT.
But I think the celibacy requirement is bullshit.
They don't want to drop the celibacy requirement because they would have to drop the ban on birth control.
Bill Maher cited the Enquirer as a source last night.
End times.
"Greedy People Beget Greedy People"
Frist family genealogy.
good morning again folks.
I'm sitting in a 'store front' legal office on 6th & Broadway here in LA, courtesy of a law school chum who called me out of the blue this morning.
She lives out this way and picked me up and then she parked in her only space behind this ancient building.
While I don't think we'll have the same size crowd as DC, things are really getting busy down here. There are cops everywhere and Sophy has a bunch of carnations she intends to pass out to them on our walk over to the rally site.
Egad, I feel like I'm 25 again!
I'll look for you Sallyh.
The Senate majority leader is a crook.
Karl Rove, who runs the White House, is a crook.
The bugman, who runs the House, is a crook.
So why does Roberts get a pass?
sean- a couple of good letters to the editor in the NYTimes today on that topic.
Karin, thanks.
Here, within the geographic bounds of the Diocese of Covington in quasi-rural northern Kentucky, Benedict’s church will begin paying the largest settlement in US history for the molestation of more than 700 children during a 50-year cover-up of these crimes by the Diocese.
Benedict’s allegedly God-inspired broad brush becomes absurd here in Kentucky when examining the settlement dispersal rules hammered out between the Church and the lawyers for the abuse victims.
Claimants will be grouped into four categories, based on the nature and severity of the abuse. Compensation will range from $5,000 to $450,000 each.
One pales when considering the awkward parsing Church fathers will utilize to spread this thin butter of absolution over the widest area possible of the very course bread of their sins.
Bill Frist can and should now be referred to in the press as "Senator Bill Frist, documented liar."
Like we didn't know this already.
"From viewing this brief 3-year-old videotape, my medical opinion is Terri Schiavo is responsive".
"I never made any diagnosis".
So Sen. Frist has no connection to HCA, right? HCA has consistently been a top contributor to Frist's senatorial campaigns. Hmmm. I'm confused and I am a former securities analyst. How blind can a blind trust be if the "blinded" person can give directives to sell holdings? Seems like if the trust is truly blind, a) the owner should not have the power to direct investment decisions and b) should not know what holdings the trust even has at any given point.
Republicans: "Unless and until you get us other oath, it means nothing."
"Good luck trying, though, because we've got most of the prosecutors and the judiciary on our payroll."
now now, its not time to play a blame game, we've got um, PR events to stage around texas so we can cancel them for lack of clouds.
This kind of thing gives me heartburn.
FRIST:
F-ck-ng
Republican
Insider
Stock
Trader
I'll be following the left's interest in this case as soon as I'm satisfied they've fully explained the actions of Teddy K re Ms. Kopechne's last breaths. Hoo-ah!
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