I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Hammered!
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter[D-NY] throws gop an anvil:
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter Delivers Democratic Radio Address
Under Republican guidance, America has truly been put up for sale to the highest bidder
http://www.democrats.org/a/2006/
...resswoman_l.php
Celebrate good times, come on!
Tom DeLay: t(o.Ot)
A thin veneer of honesty is being restored to the Party of Values and God.
Praise Darwin and Malthus.
Redouble all efforts! Reinforce the talking points! Don't just kick 'em while they're down - batter them with the chair while putting the boot in!
The initiative, and the momentum, are only there so long. Grab hold or lose it.
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yaaaaaa!
buh bye!
wooohooo! 
let the games begin!
I wonder if DeLay had called on Dr. Frist first to see if he even had a slight chance of recovery.
He's caught his WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH!
WHANGDEPOOTENAWAH, n. In the Ojibwa tongue, disaster; an unexpected
affliction that strikes hard.
Should you ask me whence this laughter,
Whence this audible big-smiling,
With its labial extension,
With its maxillar distortion
And its diaphragmic rhythmus
Like the billowing of an ocean,
Like the shaking of a carpet,
I should answer, I should tell you:
From the great deeps of the spirit,
From the unplummeted abysmus
Of the soul this laughter welleth
As the fountain, the gug-guggle,
Like the river from the canon [sic],
To entoken and give warning
That my present mood is sunny.
Should you ask me further question --
Why the great deeps of the spirit,
Why the unplummeted abysmus
Of the soule extrudes this laughter,
This all audible big-smiling,
I should answer, I should tell you
With a white heart, tumpitumpy,
With a true tongue, honest Injun:
Tom Delay, he has Caught It,
Caught the Whangdepootenawah!
Is't the sandhill crane, the shankank,
Standing in the marsh, the kneedeep,
Standing silent in the kneedeep
With his wing-tips crossed behind him
And his neck close-reefed before him,
With his bill, his william, buried
In the down upon his bosom,
With his head retracted inly,
While his shoulders overlook it?
Does the sandhill crane, the shankank,
Shiver grayly in the north wind,
Wishing he had died when little,
As the sparrow, the chipchip, does?
No 'tis not the Shankank standing,
Standing in the gray and dismal
Marsh, the gray and dismal kneedeep.
No, 'tis peerless Tom Delay
Realizing that he's Caught It,
Caught the Whangdepootenawah!
(apologies to Mr. Bierce)
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Can I throw my hat in the ring? Tom always said how we much we were alike...
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Good frickin' riddance, Tom!
-from today's WaPo:
The Congressional Research Service's report rebuts the central assertions made recently by Bush and Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales about the president's authority to order secret intercepts of telephone and e-mail exchanges between people inside the United States and their contacts abroad.
Deceiving and lying again!
like Blunt's going to last very long as leader...if chosen.
Tom buddy,
So long, it's been good to know you
So long, it's been good to know you
So long, it's been good to know you
There's a mighty big war that's got to be won
And we'll get back together again.
. . . or mebbe not.
Clap for the Bugman!
So long, ya fuckin' gimp!
HUZZAH!!
Tom, we hardly knew ye...
If I...If I had a hammer
I'd send it to the slammer
and yet, i wonder. are they cutting out the cancer to ensure the patient's survival?
the dems need to keep this fresh until november...
along with all the other indictments, scandals, and law breaking!
Impeachment - NOW!!!
dave™
What he said!
Hopefully the press will do its job and investigate the ties of every candidate for Repub House leadership to Abramoff and similar gangsters.
This can't be good news for the Scottish golf industry.
Something tells me the door is going to hit him on the ass on the way out, too.
DeLay says he wants to be re-elected in november... delusional too! These bug fumes really messed the man up
I'd send it to the slammer
I'd hammer out a warning
To all of the Rethugs...
Didn't he already quit once? Does he mean it for real this time?
Moe Green is out of the Tropicana. My sons Mike and Fredo are taking over.
I wonder if Tom had any "heart to heart" conversations with "Duke" Cunningham while the latter was wearing a wire.
I think he quit because that phony, shit-eating smile he's been sporting the last few weeks was destroying his mandibles.
I'd send it to the slammer
I'd hammer out a warning
To all of the Rethugs...
watertiger | Email | Homepage | 01.07.06 - 12:55 pm | #
i'd hammer out justice!
like Blunt's going to last very long as leader...if chosen.
Yup. I hope they do pick him, so he can also resign in disgrace before November.
This can't be good news for the Scottish golf industry.
SteveNS
Hey Steve, you hear the news about all the golf course on PEI going bust? Seems they overbuilt. They'll have to go back to whoring out Anne.
Wonder if Chimpy will still be telling the press what a great guy DeLay is, and how he's an innocent man.
Or "Tom DeWho? Is he a friend of my cousin or something?"
This is not an accomplishment unless there is a Democrat ready to take his replacement's job. It is not enough to squash the individual roaches, the kitchen must be cleaned.
I wonder if Tom had any "heart to heart" conversations with "Duke" Cunningham while the latter was wearing a wire.
The timing of the two stories is interesting.
Didn't he already quit once? Does he mean it for real this time?
He only stepped down "temporarily."
This makes it permanent.
Didn't he already quit once?
He "temporarily" stepped down, and planned on returning to the role. The best laid plans of bugs and men....
*Sniff*
No more PermaSmile.
Partay!!!!!! The son of bitch is gone gone gone!
I never thought we'd see the day!
Bye, Tom. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out. Save it for the kicking you're due for.
He only stepped down "temporarily."
This makes it permanent.
Yeah, I realized that after I'd posted. Good news all around: GOP in disarray!
Wonder if Chimpy will still be telling the press what a great guy DeLay is, and how he's an innocent man.
he can just re-run the same 30 second comment he made when they hauled off scooter, and just over dub with the name "tom."
Carter has a point in the below threads. As the media is a branch of the GOP (paid for by Abramoff, in some cases?), what sort of insane spin will be put on this? Or stonewalling? And, what can be done to prevent the gooper media from hiding this until after the Congressional elections?
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These are the Republicans. He'll be back in some form or another. He knows where the bodies are hidden. They'll throw him a lifeline. Maybe he'll get the job as Neil Bush's tour guide or Rev. Moon's Abel United Nations strategist.
Didn't he already quit once? Does he mean it for real this time?
NTodd
OldManfromScene54 pointed out to me in the thread below that Delay just stepped down temporarily at first.
He was trying to get to trial or a plea before Congress reconvened, to save his position. Not going to happen.
Oh I loves me some Ronnie Earle.
No wonder georgie seemed off his meds yesterday.
I nominate Jean Schmitt. She'd get really good press and would make for must see TV. I believe that Pandora has finally opened the box.
Lovely morning, lovely news. If I'm reading clearly (somewhat doubtful), he was gonna be taken down by his own anyway -- and that's the beginning of the end. Let the Repug cannibalism begin!
This can't be good news for the Scottish golf industry.
Tom's legal situation doesn't seem to be reaching clarity," Rep. John Kline of Minnesota said in an interview.
It'll reach clarity when Tom's in prison!
cockroaches everywhere mourn the loss of their great leader. buh bye, Tommy Boy!
Hey Steve, you hear the news about all the golf course on PEI going bust? Seems they overbuilt. They'll have to go back to whoring out Anne.
Moe Szyslak
Hey Moe. I hadn't heard, but it doesn't surprise me. They based their whole tourism industry on golf for the past 5-10 years.
Shouldn't put all you eggs in one basket I guess.
And Anne should be sent packing, too. Hate that little pigtailed pain in the ass.
Tom DeLay - lobbyist for the exterminating industry.
the dems need to keep this fresh until november...
Don't drive to fast to the store to buy your champagne, this is probably going to go on into 2007 and 2008.
These are the Republicans. He'll be back in some form or another.
Hell, Newt was making presidential noises weeks ago.
...now if we can only get these skid marks out of the upholstery.
I wonder if Tom had any "heart to heart" conversations with "Duke" Cunningham while the latter was wearing a wire.
Oooooo I hope so! Pass the popcorn!
These are the Republicans. He'll be back in some form or another. He knows where the bodies are hidden. They'll throw him a lifeline. Maybe he'll get the job as Neil Bush's tour guide or Rev. Moon's Abel United Nations strategist.
Troutski
Let me spell this out for you, bubba - the Repugs do not want Delay back and that's one big reason he just resigned. That was all over the Dallas paper this morning - almost no one wanted Delay back in Congress.
thank you, thank you, thank you, whatever good spirits that watch over us, this is the best news I've had all week.
Damn, can't open the mead, I already took some codiene this morning....
but hey, a nice big bowl will work just as well, and I shall use my day of battling the Laundry Monster as rituals for removing the shit stains of the Republican party from our nation's underpants.
Or something like that.
Hell, Newt was making presidential noises weeks ago.
Yeah, but they were the same noises that Bush makes when he's taking a shit. Nothing to see there--
Huh. Speaking of spin "Tom's legal situation doesn't seem to be reaching clarity" - what!?!
Seems to me he's being cast off EXACTLY because it's clear where he's going.
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Hey, you can buy a troll on E-bay.
bodkin,
I recommend this.
apparently, it removes more than just urine stains!
Everybody take a deep breath -- ahhh! Doesn't it feel good to see these criminals getting their due?
What I don't understand is how the Republican Party thought they could completely get away with it. Yeah, gerrymandering, stealing elections, buying off politicians could keep them in power for awhile, but didn't they think someone would talk? That's why I keep expected Bush to say he ain't goin'.
but hey, a nice big bowl will work just as well
Oh it works better, sweetheart. And no hangovers.
That was all over the Dallas paper this morning - almost no one wanted Delay back in Congress.
Tena
And soon they will be telling him to leave the hot tub too.
Yee-haw!
Tom's legal situation doesn't seem to be reaching clarity," Rep. John Kline of Minnesota said in an interview.
Oh, that fuck chimed in?
I hope that you all know that Colleen Rowley (of FBI whistleblower fame) is running against him this year. If you find it in your heart, try and help her out.
What I don't understand is how the Republican Party thought they could completely get away with it.
I'm sure there were a lot of Nazis saying the same thing 12 years after they got into power.
So long, Screwie!
See you in St. Louie
DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
Bush World is the new Bizarro World.
he bugman still has time to join celebrity big brother house with george galloway.
Oh, here you are, Plum P.
I was waiting downstairs for the food to arrive.
I prefer my "french bread" toasted, with some butter to go with that glorious syrup. Thanks.
It's as if the GOP has been completely overtaken by a succubus.
NMRed, what did you do to yourself? I'm having hydrocodone and Soma with my coffee today, so no celebratory drinks here (but I'm content enough).
Also have that laundry-thing hanging over my head, bah.
My celebration will wait to see how the other Delay show drops: Redistricting.
Mr. Delay has done plenty enough damage to last generations.
DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
I guess they have different rules in Hell.
What I don't understand is how the Republican Party thought they could completely get away with it. Yeah, gerrymandering, stealing elections, buying off politicians could keep them in power for awhile, but didn't they think someone would talk?
Hubris. Groupthink. And they forget that not everybody is motivated 100% by greed and thirst for power. Somebody must've gotten uncomfortable along the line, and further attempts to buy them off failed.
Fin-a-lly!
DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
Hahahahahahaha. And he's a good christian, too. He makes the baby Jesus cry.
He's always acyed ethically ? Lying scumbag to the last. The Tom DeLay Wing of Hell is under construction.
Er, I meant "the other Delay shoe drops."
Where's my coffee?
DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
Except when, you know, he was taking bribes and kick-backs and gifts and all sorts of other illegal shit. Other than that, everything was above board.
What's next?
footloose - The guy is radioactive -
The Repugs want to get him as far from themselves as they can; but hell, I don't know what difference it makes now that Abramoff has pled out and Ney has been indicted.
Putting distance between themselves and Delay is not going to save their asses.
From CNN.com:
Missouri Rep. Roy Blunt, the party whip who temporarily has filled in for DeLay, was expected to run for majority leader.
Rep. John Boehner of Ohio, a former member of the leadership, is also likely to run.
Elections are likely the week of January 30, when lawmakers return to the Capitol.
Let the bribing begin!
I'm sure there were a lot of Nazis saying the same thing 12 years after they got into power.
No doubt (rewhore)...
DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
clearly your ethics are not our ethics!
DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
Hahahahahahaha. And he's a good christian...
I first read that as "he's a good comedian."
Hubris. Groupthink. And they forget that not everybody is motivated 100% by greed and thirst for power. Somebody must've gotten uncomfortable along the line, and further attempts to buy them off failed.
NTodd
They forgot the first rule from Scarface: Don't get high on your own supply.
Sure, dish out the bullshit, but be careful lest you start believing it yourself.
DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
You keep using this words. I do not think it means what you think it means.
DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
Well, I'm convinced. Nobody corrupt and unethical would ever lie about it.
I was watching (well, more listening to) History Channel program on the Mafia last night. It was amazing how like Rethug politics it sounded.
I got an email from Slaughter yesterday about the radio address. I forgot to forward it to my home computer, so I don't recall the specifics, but it's supposed to be broadcast on one of the cables channels this afternoon. If anyone else got the email, maybe they remember.
Gore/Slaughter 2008!
http://www.coleenrowley.com/
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like Blunt's going to last very long as leader...if chosen.
The GOP leadership game of one of musical chairs whereby all the participants are corrupt.
The party rank-in-file knew exactly what they were getting when they picked Delay as leader. They voted for and gave the stamp of approval to corruption.
That has to be part of the Democratic message in November.
They forgot the first rule from Scarface: Don't get high on your own supply.
I thought the first rule of Scarface was you don't talk about Scarface...?
bodkin, try some of that wondrous Alito Magic Oil. It looks like bird flu has mutated into chicken-hawk flu. Now one of stranger symptoms is siiinggginggg.
Mr. Delay has done plenty enough damage to last generations.
Uncle Smokes
Amen to that. The GOP is nothing more than vice machine. It took long enough, but they've been unmasked and there is no going back.
What's next?
Vicki
I predict a rain of shoes.
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I think it's time for the media to apologize to liberals. When each party elected its leadership at the end of 2002, they told us the Dems were committing suicide by electing Nancy Pelosi. But Tom DeLay was a proven leader, good for the party, etc.
Moonbootica - I think Delay has a slight (haha) misunderstanding of that term: ethical.
I doubt he's done one ethical thing in his whole miserable life.
Fucking Drudge.
Still bannering a Dem memo about promising to ask Scalito tough questions.
Meanwhile, he offers up a mild headline about the total, shameful collapse of the Architect of the Ruling Party in America
Fucking tool..
Holy Moly. Go away to work for a couple of hours and come back to "Bye, bye Delay."
More of this please.
Wonder if he's fuming or feeling self-pity?
I predict a rain of shoes.
I hope VV and Smitty get to see it...
Fucking Drudge.
Why even bother surfing there?
You keep using this words. I do not think it means what you think it means.
NTodd
I love NTodd's movie reference challenges masqurading as posts !
That would be Indigo Montoya!
DeLay's spokesperson said that this decision makes it clear that Rep. DeLay is dealing from a position of strength and will continue serving the Lord.
I hope VV and Smitty get to see it...
NTodd
Or Attaturk?
In a letter to rank-and-file Republicans, DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
And my shit tastes like strawberry iced cream.
Wonder if he's fuming or feeling self-pity?
mer
"Your tears of anguish sustain me." --Stewie Griffin
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Oh, it will be fun to see what the nutblogs (not to be confused with pecan logs?) do with this bit of news.
Oops, that should've been "cable news channels." Guess I should've slept in later.
bodkin, try some of that wondrous Alito Magic Oil.
Speaking of Alito...
heh heh.
I love NTodd's movie reference challenges masqurading as posts !
It's the only value I bring to the blogosphere.
That would be Indigo Montoya!
Indeed! Although there is no 'd' in his name.
DeLay's spokesperson said that this decision makes it clear that Rep. DeLay is dealing from a position of strength and will continue serving the Lord
...of Flies. Hail Beelzebub.
Sister,
Here is a link to Louise Slaughter's speech. It will be on C-Span at 2:50.
http://www.democrats.org/
I hope VV and Smitty get to see it...
NTodd
Or Attaturk?
No, that fez-wearing, genocidal-coverupping bastard doesn't deserve a rain of shoes.
Germany's Merkel says Guantanamo should be shut
BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel, in an interview published days before her first visit to the United States, said Washington should close its Guantanamo Bay prison camp and find other ways of dealing with terror suspects.
"An institution like Guantanamo can and should not exist in the longer term," Merkel said in an interview with the weekly magazine Der Spiegel published on Saturday. "Different ways and means must be found for dealing with these prisoners."
Merkel has vowed to repair ties with the United States, severely strained over the U.S.-led
Iraq invasion, which her predecessor
Gerhard Schroeder strongly opposed.
But there was no sign she would hesitate to speak out on issues where disagreement exists. Asked about her comments at a news conference later in the day, she said: "That's my opinion and my view and I'll say it elsewhere just as I have expressed it here."
More cold water: who would have thought, after Nixon's resignation and Ford's embarassing defeat by Carter, that a couple of young guys in the Ford administration would return to rule the world? (Cheney and Rummy.)
Who are the Cheneys and Rummys of today, who will return to haunt us in 20-30 years, and can we squash them now, before their carapaces have hardened to radiation-withstanding toughness?
Delay's gone. Great. I want to stomp on numbers 199 and 200 and 201.
There was an old race car driver whose advice was: whenever he saw an accident, everyone else slowed down, and he always sped up. Usually gained one car before the flag went up telling everyone to hold position. See an accident, step on the gas, gain ground. That's my motto.
i can't wait to see mr. atrios' headlines when they finally oust chimpy!
DeLay has always served the Lord, as has Abramoff, Cunningham, and all the little GOPers and Bushco.
The Lord Mammon.
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Indeed! Although there is no 'd' in his name.
NTodd
Inconceivable !
I have always acted as if I were acting in an ethical manner. But then, I'm not a very good actor.
DeLay's spokesperson said that this decision makes it clear that Rep. DeLay is dealing from a position of strength and will continue serving the Lord
Typo. Should read:
"DeLay's spokesperson said that this decision makes it clear that Rep. DeLay is dealing from a position of strength and will continue serving the Lord of the Rings."
Republican voters would be irreparably outraged at their Party, but the playoffs start this weekend.
In a letter to rank-and-file Republicans, DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
And my shit tastes like strawberry iced cream.
Buzz Bomb
Hmmmm...then we'll just skip the hot fudge and nuts, then, shall we?
Oh, it will be fun to see what the nutblogs (not to be confused with pecan logs?) do with this bit of news.
Silleigh
I, for one, will plug my huge nose, and delve into the netherworld.
I'll report later...
i can't wait to see mr. atrios' headlines when they finally oust chimpy!
her eyes
"You're going to need a bigger font."
They forgot the first rule from Scarface: Don't get high on your own supply.
I'm trying to picture Delay saying this line...
Tony Montana: Fuck Caspar Gomez! And fuck the fuckin' Diaz brothers! Fuck 'em all! I bury those cockroaches!
Maybe Senor Montoya is feeling blue?
Tony Montana: I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
Shame it happened to such a middle class guy.
So now it's back to that tiny apartment, where he'll whip up some mac and cheese and worry about he's going to pay this month's fuel bill.
Shame, really.
What's next?
Vicki
Unintelligible questions about 132 missing gorillas...
Iraq war could cost US over $2 trillion, says Nobel prize-winning economist
· Economists say official estimates are far too low
· New calculation takes in dead and injured soldiers
Jamie Wilson in Washington
Saturday January 7, 2006
The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
intern...1681078,00.html
The real cost to the US of the Iraq war is likely to be between $1 trillion and $2 trillion (£1.1 trillion), up to 10 times more than previously thought, according to a report written by a Nobel prize-winning economist and a Harvard budget expert.
The study, which expanded on traditional estimates by including such costs as lifetime disability and healthcare for troops injured in the conflict as well as the impact on the American economy, concluded that the US government is continuing to underestimate the cost of the war.
I wonder if Tom had any "heart to heart" conversations with "Duke" Cunningham while the latter was wearing a wire.
Richard
heh
"You're going to need a bigger font."
Speaking of which, why isn't there more coverage of the lady who was killed by a shark?
I, for one, will plug my huge nose, and delve into the netherworld.
I'll report later...
to boldly go where i can't bear to!
Tony Montana: I always tell the truth. Even when I lie.
And I never fuck nobody didn't have it comin'!
I, for one, will plug my huge nose, and delve into the netherworld.
You're a good man, Zap.
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"You're going to need a bigger font."
(Those laughing smileys just seem very articulate to me today.)
No, that fez-wearing, genocidal-coverupping bastard doesn't deserve a rain of shoes.
NTodd
May I remind you, sir, that he's has done more to further the agenda of shoe porn than any other poster at this site...(and watertiger, of course)
Don't bite the hand that feeds you, feller.
The remaining rats must be waiting for the ship to run aground so that they won't get wet.
"You're going to need a bigger font."
SteveNS | Email | 01.07.06 - 1:16 pm | #
i'm thinking bigger monitor.
Maybe Senor Montoya is feeling blue?
I honestly can't tell the difference between colors like indigo and blue. I'm a primary and secondary color man, and that's the extent of my ability to name and identify.
Speaking of which, why isn't there more coverage of the lady who was killed by a shark?
Was she white, wealthy, and pretty? About to be married?
How about the shark? White? Engaged?
Our viewers want to know.
Dems Charge GOP Has Corrupted Congress.
That's funny. I could have sworn various prosecutors have charged them.
[ waving a tiny hidden microphone at Tom Delay..]
"Say hello... to...my...little....FRIEND...!!!!!
Germany's Merkel says Guantanamo should be shut
And Abu Ghraib. They should tear it down, pour salt on the ground.
dang it haloscan ate my post, then wouldn't let me try again because it said I'd alredy posted that comment. LIARRRRRR!!!!!!
anyway, my back is screwed up from moving too many books. I'm supposed to let the hired movers do that, but I needed some room to pack more books, so I moved about 30 boxes yesterday, and woke up this morning regretting that decision.
Now I must go battle the Laundry Monster, which has been growing unopposed since a week before Xmas due to a broken dryer, and then a balky washer.
Hand me up my Clorox and Tide HE, I go to battle, squire!
here was an old race car driver whose advice was: whenever he saw an accident, everyone else slowed down, and he always sped up.
Dale Earnhardt?
"The situation is that Tom's legal situation doesn't seem to be reaching clarity,"
Oh, ya gotta love that.
May I remind you, sir, that he's has done more to further the agenda of shoe porn than any other poster at this site...(and watertiger, of course)
I cannot agree. Foot fetish, yes. Shoe porn? No, VV and Smitty are the ones who have put forth the greatest efforts in popularizing the most important artistic movement the world has ever seen.
Okay, my plan is to go away and work for another couple of hours. When I come back, the impeachment of the entire Republican party will have commenced. Deal?
I think it's high-larious how many "good friends" Bu$h has (Kenny boy, DeLie, Scooter, Abramoff...) who are under indictment or are convicted crimals.
Boosh and his law breaking pals are doing a heck of a job.
Spin points:
• He just decided to spend more time with his family.
• He concluded that he would be unable to effectively serve The People because of the diversion and distraction of needing to defend himself against baseless charges made by a partisan predator.
• This was a "smart" move politically, because it allows the Bugman to move out of the limelight and do the damage control necessary for his political rehabilitation without all of the attention that would drag him and his party down.
That's all of the absurd rationalization I can come up with off the top of my head right now.
Speaking of which, why isn't there more coverage of the lady who was killed by a shark?
Was she white, wealthy, and pretty? About to be married?
I'd still hit it.
"I don't like your kind of people. I don't like to see you come out to this clean country in oily hair, and dressed up in those silk suits, and try to pass yourselves off as decent Americans. I despise your masquerade; the dishonest way you pose yourself, yourself and your fucking family."
Senator Geary to Michael
Tony Montana: Fuck Caspar Gomez! And fuck the fuckin' Diaz brothers! Fuck 'em all! I bury those cockroaches!
Richard
Let's just hope the parallels continue...
Speaking of Abramoff, fun post from Bob Parry:
Most of the buzz around the Jack Abramoff case has been which members of Congress might get fingered by the Republican lobbyist in a Washington bribery scandal. But Abramoff and his associates also must worry about demands for their testimony in a gangland-style murder of a business rival in Florida.
Brian Cavanaugh, a prosecutor in Ft. Lauderdale, said late Friday that his office is making arrangements to interview Abramoff and two of his associates, Michael Scanlon and Adam Kidan, as potential witnesses in the 2001 murder of Konstantinos “Gus” Boulis, who had sold the SunCruz casino line to Abramoff and Kidan...
Abramoff and Kidan recently have pleaded guilty to fraud charges from the SunCruz purchase, which led to a bitter falling-out with Boulis. But lawyers for Abramoff and Kidan have said their clients know nothing about the murder.
While the prosecutors in the Boulis case were not involved in the plea bargaining that led to Abramoff’s guilty pleas in Washington and Miami this past week, Cavanaugh’s office does stand to benefit because the plea deals require cooperation with prosecutors on all cases.
Cavanaugh said Abramoff – as well as Kidan and Scanlon, who also have entered guilty pleas on fraud charges – will be questioned in the next couple of weeks about what they might know regarding Boulis’s murder.
As for how useful that information will be, Cavanaugh said, “It depends on whether we believe them or not. All these guys come with baggage...”
I'm reposting, and will again (hah!) until someone intelligent tells me whether I'm a tin-foil-hat nutcase or on to something. I really want to know. Is this a portent of impending economic doom, or a fable about a grassy knoll? Please?
Would anyone interested please check my thinking on this and let me know if it's on- or off-base?
Was she white, wealthy, and pretty? About to be married?
How about the shark? White? Engaged?
I don't know because there hasn't been wall-to-wall coverage of the incident. And therein lies the problem. We are suffering a dearth of shark attack story details, and I demand Atrios blog about it.
Speaking of which, why isn't there more coverage of the lady who was killed by a shark?
Turns out she just married a dolphin. Cell phone miscommunication, you see. Blame the family.
Brian Cavanaugh, a prosecutor in Ft. Lauderdale, said late Friday that his office is making arrangements to interview Abramoff and two of his associates, Michael Scanlon and Adam Kidan, as potential witnesses in the 2001 murder of Konstantinos “Gus” Boulis, who had sold the SunCruz casino line to Abramoff and Kidan...
When it rains, it pours.
lalalalalalala!
I love NTodd's movie reference challenges masqurading as posts !
It's the only value I bring to the blogosphere.
Nuh uh. You have pictures of critters too.
Well, I didn't have to look long...
From the freepers:
I say we wait...we wait until we find out what is up with Delay. If the Moonbats are successful at tearing down our leaders with nothing but innuendos and lies, they will do it again. We stand behind our leaders until there is solid proof that they have done wrong.
Period. No jumping ship on our side..we are the good guys.
Pure. Comedy. Gold.
Older than Dale, I think, but it could be. My dad told me the story when I was a kid.
"DeLay's spokesperson said that this decision makes it clear that Rep. DeLay is dealing from a position of strength
Yeah, somebody's big boot is on his back.
NMRed: My thoughts are with you. Go with Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Codeine might even make over-loads of laundry bearable.
I honestly can't tell the difference between colors like indigo and blue.
I'm working a job where they expect me to do color correction on a bunch of scanned-in fabric samples, so the scanned images match the physical samples when they're printed.
Are they in for a surprise!
Nuh uh. You have pictures of critters too.
Those black-and-white shots were also beautiful.
DeLay's spokesperson said that this decision makes it clear that Rep. DeLay is dealing from a position of strength and will continue serving the Lord.
For Lord read Lard.
Well, i've been on here all day, seems like. Offended several, opinionated foolishly to others.
For which i have to thank you all. Living in a scarlet patch of a very Red State, it's only by little subversive means like this that i get to have opinions. And communicate with people who want Delay gone.
got to go now, and thanks. Maybe i'll go out and look at the sky, and hope for more improvement.
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Period. No jumping ship on our side..we are the good guys.
Heigh ho!
Shame it happened to such a middle class guy.
So now it's back to that tiny apartment, where he'll whip up some mac and cheese and worry about he's going to pay this month's fuel bill.
Shame, really.
Culture of Truth
Instant replay service.
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Can we get a law barring convicted felons, even if later pardoned, from lobbying federal officials, please?
Starve the beast, as Grover would say.
Period. No jumping ship on our side..we are the good guys.
In some weird alternate universe, maybe.
Gee, Tom, we hardly ... No, we got to know you all too well.
Moonbootica - I think Delay has a slight (haha) misunderstanding of that term: ethical.
I doubt he's done one ethical thing in his whole miserable life. Tena - 1:10 pm
Well, not on purpose, anyway.
I have always acted as if I were acting in an ethical manner. But then, I'm not a very good actor.
tbone
Tbone brings up an intertesting bit of semantics:
DeLay said, "I have always acted in an ethical manner."
There's quite of difference between saying, "I have always acted in an ethical manner," and saying, "I have always been ethical."
The difference for Delay could be a possible maximum life prison term and a $10,000 fine.
I'm a primary and secondary color man, and that's the extent of my ability to name and identify.
NTodd
Well, duh. You're a heterosexual male, aren't you?
Zap -- for the thousandth time, the phrase "divorced from reality" fairly leaps to mind.
Now go throw out the hipwaders you were wearing, shower in some Clorox, and pull up a chair.
And here's another one (and I shit you, not)...
It would be a huge defeat to knuckle under to blackmail, lies, and propaganda and dump DeLay merely because the DNC and the MSN have decided to demonize him.
All that would accomplish would be to prove once and for all that Republicans are too weak to govern even from a majority position.
It would invite further frivolous indictments and press attacks. If you think things are bad now, imagine what how the DNC and the press would behave if the Republicans ceased fighting back.
Muslims and Democrats are like yellow dogs. Show them any weakness, and they will swarm all over you. Turn your back and they'll jump on it. Confront them, and they will back down.
Yep. They actually say shit like this...
Muslims and Democrats are like--
Love how they just gotta bring in the Muslims...
Delay is one of te meanest sons of bitches ever to tread this earth. You can bet he'll go down fighting. And if he has to drag his compatriots down with him, he will. Not out in the open, but you can bet we're gonna start hearing stories, unattributed of course, of more dirty dealing by those who engineered his ouster. This is gonna be fun.
Pass the popcorn please.
We are suffering a dearth of shark attack story details, and I demand Atrios blog about it.
NTodd
That's why I'm going back to KOS.
[Sorry...hadn't seen one of those sniffy "this blog sucks" comments for at least 12 hours, and I was jonesing.]
Well, I had my shower. My hair is awake, at least.
"He just decided to spend more time with his family."
Really? Are they in jail too?
If the Moonbats are successful at tearing down our leaders with nothing but innuendos and lies, they will do it again.
Oh, for fuck's sake. If it were that easy we'd have run all of them out of power years ago. The wingers really get their rocks off on the whole persecution complex thing.
It would invite further frivolous indictments and press attacks.
Black is white, up is down.
Thinking of a diseased mind. Too much fast food?
The difference for Delay could be a possible maximum life prison term and a $10,000 fine.
That whole very Cosa Nostra Florida casino boat episode that Abramoff copped to yesterday needs more airplay.
It resulted in a Mafia-style execution and I think DeLay knows a thing or two about it.
Well, I didn't have to look long...
From the freepers:
Thank you sir. Now go take a bath before you come back in here.
Love how they just gotta bring in the Muslims...
dave™
That is exactly why I posted this.
These rascist fuckers are soooo seperated from reality, it's scary.
Wimp. I'll never quit. Anybody want a cat?
Muslims and Democrats are like--
Love how they just gotta bring in the Muslims...
He would have said "Chinese", but realized they might stop selling cheap shit to WalMart if he did that.
Another example of a meth habit gone bad--
Bush has not been careful of who he picks as friends
I've been waiting for that mob hit story to resurface.
Lord, this is really going to get messy.
Yay!
I hear there are several plum positions opening up in the lobbying industry, so Tom should do fine after his current crime spree ends.
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Thanks, bigvic, for that link to Louise Slaughter's speech. It's really worth listening too.
Among the many delights of Eschacon I was meeting Rep. Slaughter. She proved once again she can hit 'em with a chair.
There's quite of difference between saying, "I have always acted in an ethical manner," and saying, "I have always been ethical."
Is the appearance of ethics itself ethical?
The Great American Question of Public Office Holders.
After all, we've never kicked people out of office for scandals as quickly as the British seem to (depending on the scandal, of course).
I know people who still think Nixon was done in by an evil cabal of liberals, Democrats, and "the media."
DeLay's message plays well with a diminishing base.
But that base has just about diminished to nothing.
About the size of W.'s, as a matter of fact.
"He just decided to spend more time with his family."
Really? Are they in jail too?
Little Boots
Someone write this down and save for future reference.
No jumping ship on our side..we are the good guys.
I hope they continue to have the same "we stand by our man" philosophy after the torrent of indictments. The number of implicated Republicans by November ought to be N, where N is a large number.
Someone write this down and save for future reference.
I bet his daughter Hot Tub Tillie is nrevous.
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter[D-NY] throws gop an anvil:
Congresswoman Louise Slaughter Delivers Democratic Radio Address
Under Republican guidance, America has truly been put up for sale to the hadenough
Thanks for this link. Congresswoman Slaugher has just framed the Dems response to the Rethuglican Sleeze.
"My fellow Democrats and I have fought for an honest and open government, one that is led by Representatives who uphold the highest standards of integrity. We have fought for real oversight and real ethics reform in Congress. We have worked to restore integrity to Washington, to curb abuses of power, and to weaken the influence that lobbyists have over the legislative process.
"In the year ahead, Democrats will continue to demand independent commissions to investigate government waste and poor federal responses to emergencies.
"And we will fight for the rehabilitation of the ethics process in the House of Representatives. The House Ethics Committee, after a year of inaction, must get to work immediately to investigate pending ethics and corruption cases in the House, including those involving Members with ties to Jack Abramoff. This is a necessary first step to restore a high ethical standard to the Congress.
"As Democrats, we still believe that integrity should be the defining feature of our democracy, and we know that the American people believe that too. That is why under Democratic leadership, we will create the most open and honest Congress in America’s history.
Well done, Congresswoman Slaughter!!!
Really? Are they in jail too?
Little Boots
Actually's Delay's wife is at the very center of Abramoff's bribery efforts. If Jack testifies against her, she's in big trouble.
Muslims and Democrats are like yellow dogs. Show them any weakness, and they will swarm all over you. Turn your back and they'll jump on it. Confront them, and they will back down.
Notice how Muslims = Democrats.
Really? Are they in jail too?
Little Boots
Actually's Delay's wife is at the very center of Abramoff's bribery efforts. If Jack testifies against her, she's in big trouble.
Turns out she just married a dolphin.
I believe that Peggy Noonan wrote their vows.
OT, but Gilliard finds a very amusing story in that new James Risen book:
...my favorite story has to do with Iran.
First, the CIA has few contacts in Iran, since one of the officers sent her entire list of agents out, including to a double agent.
But then, there is the thing about the blueprints to the Russian nuke we gave them. Operation Merlin, it was called.
In February, 2000, a Russian scientist who had defected to the US, was sent to Vienna with plans for a Russian nuclear warhead to give to Iran. The idea was to give the Iranians flawed plans, so that they would spend hundreds of millions on a nuke, go test it and have it fissle.
Genius, right?
It is one thing to replace AK bullets with ones that explode, but it is on another planet of stupid to assume the Iranians would not check weapons plans coming over the fonce..
Now, if the error was subtle, it might have passed muster. But the CIA forgery was so obviously flawed that the scientist noticed it right away. But the plan continued.
So our Russian friend was set loose in Vienna and fumbles around until he finds the Iranian embassy. He hands them the plans, assuming there was some kind of payment involved, and leaves.
The problem is that the Iranians have contact with enough Russians to spot the flaws, correct it and now have viable plans for a nuclear warhead.
The best part? This may have been repeated with other countries.
Oh, for fuck's sake. If it were that easy we'd have run all of them out of power years ago. The wingers really get their rocks off on the whole persecution complex thing.
It's so much easier being a victim. That way they don't think anything of feeling sorry for themselves when they realize they're just a bunch of fuckin' dupes for the GOP lords they worship.
And if he has to drag his compatriots down with him, he will. Not out in the open, but you can bet we're gonna start hearing stories, unattributed of course, of more dirty dealing by those who engineered his ouster. This is gonna be fun.
I don't see Delie taking any falls for his fellow Repukes. If he has dirt on any of them, he'll be cutting deals with the prosecutor. We'll be hearing those stories in court.
Assuming that political power flips have the characteristics of an avalanche, we just saw the first boulder fall down the hill. Just don't stand near the bottom.
It resulted in a Mafia-style execution and I think DeLay knows a thing or two about it.
Max Planck
You know, when I made the Scarface reference, I had no idea how fitting it was.
[Eh, NTodd? ]
Among the many delights of Eschacon I was meeting Rep. Slaughter. She proved once again she can hit 'em with a chair.
sister of ye
She is my dream Rep. I'm so jealous of her constituents.
Muslims and Democrats are like yellow dogs. Show them any weakness, and they will swarm all over you. Turn your back and they'll jump on it. Confront them, and they will back down.
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More projection. I get the feeling that they avoid mirrors a lot.
"Actually's Delay's wife is at the very center of Abramoff's bribery efforts. If Jack testifies against her, she's in big trouble."
Good point. Wasn't her "job" something like calling up congresscritters and asking what charities they liked?
Jeff Flake won?
Wowza. Big celebration now of the incredible national influence in Snowflake! Root beers all around!
Well, not on purpose, anyway.
Little Brøther
Lord, this is really going to get messy.
Yay!
Tena
Maybe I'll invest in popcorn futures....
Muslims = Democrats
In the wingnut mind;
Muslims are the new commies.
Democrats are fellow travelers.
Note to all bugs.
RUUUUNNNN!
It's kind of like those endless Al Qaeda No. 3s or the Iraqi leadership deck of cards.
Next?
Frist?
Rove?
In the wingnut mind;
Muslims are the new commies.
Democrats are fellow travelers.
doug
And gays are pinkos.
Jeff Flake won?
They just wrote a new Bumper sticker for us.
GOP, the party of FLAKES.
I've been waiting for that mob hit story to resurface.
Lord, this is really going to get messy.
Some more from that Parry piece:
...Prosecutors alleged that in arranging the SunCruz deal, Abramoff and Kidan made a phony $23 million wire transfer as a fake down payment. In pursuing the casino deal, the Abramoff-Kidan group got help, too, from then-House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and Rep. Robert W. Ney, R-Ohio.
Abramoff impressed one lender by putting him together with DeLay in Abramoff’s skybox at FedEx Field during a football game between the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys. Ney placed comments in the Congressional Record criticizing Boulis and later praising the new Abramoff-Kidan SunCruz ownership team. [Washington Post, Sept. 28, 2005]
After the SunCruz sale, when tensions boiled over, Boulis and Kidan got into a fistfight. Kidan claimed that Boulis threatened his life. Two months later, however, Boulis was the one who was shot to death when a car pulled up next to him and a gunman opened fire.
Police have been investigating financial ties between the Abramoff-Kidan group and accused killers Moscatiello and Ferrari.
In a 2001 civil case, Kidan testified that he had paid $145,000 to Moscatiello and his daughter, Jennifer, for catering and other services, although court records show no evidence that quantities of food or drink were provided. SunCruz also paid Ferrari’s company, Moon Over Miami, $95,000 for surveillance services.
Kidan told the Miami Herald that the payments had no connection to the Boulis murder. “If I’m going to pay to have Gus killed, am I going to be writing checks to the killers?” Kidan asked. “I don’t think so. Why would I leave a paper trail?”
Kidan also said he was ignorant of Moscatiello’s past. In 1983, Moscatiello was indicted on heroin-trafficking charges along with Gene Gotti, brother of Gambino crime boss John Gotti. Though Gene Gotti and others were convicted, the charges against Moscatiello – identified by federal authorities as a former Gambino bookkeeper – were dropped.
Abramoff’s influence reached into George W. Bush’s White House, too, where chief procurement officer David H. Safavian resigned in September 2005 and then was arrested on charges of lying to authorities and obstructing a criminal investigation into Abramoff’s lobbying activities.
Rep. Ney and former Christian Coalition leader Ralph Reed were among influential Republicans who joined Safavian and Abramoff on an infamous golf trip to Scotland in 2002. Safavian is a former lobbying partner of anti-tax activist Grover Norquist, another pillar of right-wing politics in Washington and another longtime Abramoff friend. [Washington Post, Sept. 20, 2005]
Abramoff also has boasted of his influence with Bush’s top political adviser Karl Rove...
Popcorn guy! Over here!
And gays are pinkos.
Uncle Smokes
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Only pinkos? It seems to me gays occupy a larger section of the fear and loathing area of the repuke brain. Like dinosaurs.
I'm confused.
But he asserted, "I am the federal government!".
Does this mean there's no more federal government?
Abramoff’s influence reached into George W. Bush’s White House, too, where chief procurement officer David H. Safavian resigned in September 2005 and then was arrested on charges of lying to authorities and obstructing a criminal investigation into Abramoff’s lobbying activities.
"You know what capitalism is? Gettin' fucked!"
Snowflake Arizona. At the intersection of Snow & Flake.
Yes, Congresswoman Slaughter's speech was beautifully done and a pleasure to hear.
Now I understand why David Ehrenstein is always saying, "Sing out, Louise!"
Snowflake the dolphin?
Only pinkos? It seems to me gays occupy a larger section of the fear and loathing area of the repuke brain. Like dinosaurs.
Once more, it's projection. All you gotta say.
Freepers can't get anything right. Yellow dogs are sweet. It's the tri-colors you have to watch.
The House Ethics Committee, after a year of inaction, must get to work immediately to investigate pending ethics and corruption cases in the House, including those involving Members with ties to Jack Abramoff. This is a necessary first step to restore a high ethical standard to the Congress. - Rep. Slaughter
I'm so happy that she gave this speech before DeLay decided to step aside permanently.
The rethugs fought DeLays demise tooth and nail. (Remember the Shay's handful?). They were standing behind the corrupt DeLay because they knew they had the majority and the hell with ethics!!!!!
The voters need to be reminded of this repeatedly, lest they forget.
Only pinkos? It seems to me gays occupy a larger section of the fear and loathing area of the repuke brain. Like dinosaurs.
mena
Well, I was just making a cheesy pun--we indeed represent a significant part of the repuke unholy trinity: Terrorist trying to bring down the country, Democracts trying to betray it, and gays going after your children and God.
"Eek! Let the machine vote for me! Let the machine vote!" 
It's a magic moment for the Republican party.
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Does this mean DeLay loses his draft deferment?
Snowflake Arizona.
Oh, it's in the White Mountains. I still own a piece of land there. The house (a very small one) burnt down in the forest fires from a couple of years ago, so it's just an empty lot with a bunch of shoddy rebuilds all around it.
Predeictions for the coming year from von Hoffman in the NY Observer.
This one especially caught my eye.
March: Congress reaches a milestone. In secret session, it passes the first classified law. When asked how people can obey a law they don’t know about, House Speaker Denny Hastert says, “You’ll know when you break it, because we’ll be down on you like a ton of bricks.” The ACLU says that Classified Law No. 1 is taking the country in “a new direction.”
dave™
If Joe 24-pack doesn't understand the implications of your last post, then we need to form a more perfect Union.
Snowflake Arizona. At the intersection of Snow & Flake.
GWPDA
From your link:
Snowflake was founded in 1878 by Mormon land agent William Flake, and together in honor of Apostle Erastus Snow, the settlement became known as Snowflake...
The recently completed Mormon Temple sits atop the hillside overlooking the community, only one of two such temples in Arizona. The temple services the 35,000 members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS) whose home is in northeastern Arizona.
Mr. Snow and Mr. Flake were busy with their daughters, no?
Didn't matter. It didn't mean anything. When I was broke, I'd go out and rob some more. We ran everything. We paid off cops. We paid off lawyers. We paid off judges. Everybody had their hands out. Everything was for the taking. And now it's all over....And that's the hardest part. Today everything is different; there's no action... have to wait around like everyone else. Can't even get decent food - right after I got here, I ordered some spaghetti with marinara sauce, and I got egg noodles and ketchup. I'm an average nobody... get to live the rest of my life like a schnook.
Henry Hill, Goodfellas
Poor old Delay - now all he has to look at are the walls of his tacky little old apartment.... No more expensive and overly-sauced food paid for by other people, no more visits to golf resorts, no more champagne baths for his little girl....
How quick does he turn, btw?
How quick does he turn, btw?
GWPDA
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Quicker than a cockroach.
Poor old Delay - now all he has to look at are the walls of his tacky little old apartment...
GWPDA
Will he get to sit with Bush on Trent Lott's new porch?
Poor old Delay - now all he has to look at are the walls of his tacky little old apartment.... No more expensive and overly-sauced food paid for by other people, no more visits to golf resorts, no more champagne baths for his little girl....
If and when he gets over his current legal issues, he'll be working on K-street.
QL - time to go buy a shotgun yet?
In February, 2000, a Russian scientist who had defected to the US, was sent to Vienna with plans for a Russian nuclear warhead to give to Iran. The idea was to give the Iranians flawed plans, so that they would spend hundreds of millions on a nuke, go test it and have it fissle.
So, ultimately, the missile that was supposed to fissle became a fissile missle, eh?
Little Bro - google "gizzoogle".
Mr. Snow and Mr. Flake were busy with their daughters, no?
Moe Szyslak
Snowflake's where the decent folk are found. Down the road is Show Low, where the gamblers live the high life.
NotAssrocket comments on how difficult it is to be in love with Chimpy
Love is a hurtin' thing
Snowflake Arizona. At the intersection of Snow & Flake.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
Just down the road from Winslow, Arizona. Such a fine sight to see.
Muslims = Democrats
I still remember this little conference from my misspent conservative youth. Hosted by Paul Weyrich and I think Grover Norquist during the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.
Anyway, the theme was that the right should see Muslims not only as natural allies in opposing Soviet expansion, but as allies in the social issues. Together, rightwing Muslims and Christians could beat gays down, keep uppity women in their place, and hang drug users and any other "undesirables."
But now it's the Democrats who can't wait to link arms with Muslim fundamentalism, right?
Hi Mena.
I wonder, with all the work left undone by the Congress, if they shouldn't you know, like GET BACK TO FUCKING WORK, now that they don't have to wait for Delay to return. They are taking another three weeks before returning. We should be hammering them on this, non-stop, 24/7.
The idea was to give the Iranians flawed plans
This is an example of how xenophobia, causes real problems. What they thought of Iranians blinded them to the real possibility that the Iranian would be able to harvest the flawed plans of real information. They underestimated how smart Iranians can be.
If and when he gets over his current legal issues, he'll be working on K-street.
doug,
That's the beauty of this. Without Delay and Abramoff, what "K" Street? Now if we can only get Norquest.
I'm amused by the effectiveness of the K street project. A lot of dems who might have taken dirty money were kept away from the trough.
Sweet,sweet irony.
I wonder, with all the work left undone by the Congress, if they shouldn't you know, like GET BACK TO FUCKING WORK
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That's a little unreasonable, isn't it? They're still enjoying their holiday break! 
Glad to see all the interest in that post from the great Robert Parry.
My New Year's resolution is to visit his Consortium News site more often. Parry's a solid reporter, and while he doesn't post as frequently as a blogger, his work is always hard-hitting and well worth waiting for.
In the 2000 election, most US muslims voted Republican. Nowadays, I wonder who has the lower Bush approval rating-- blacks or Muslims. Both are more than the margin of error for the poll, iirc.
How quick does he turn, btw?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
See my post upthread.
Just down the road from Winslow, Arizona. Such a fine sight to see.
It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford...
"Who are the Cheneys and Rummys of today, who will return to haunt us in 20-30 years"
And I used to think Alan Simpson was a Sleazebag.
Snowflake's where the decent folk are found. Down the road is Show Low, where the gamblers live the high life.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
Hee.
I have a friend who goes on regular golfing boondoggles to Show Low.
Just down the road from Winslow, Arizona.
I've stood on that corner!
And I used to think Alan Simpson was a Sleazebag.
Luke
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He was.
CATS!!
Just sayin'
Popcorn guy! Over here! | dave™ - 1:37 pm
Popcorn? Even the excerpt you selected is hot dog or nacho-class fare.
I wonder, with all the work left undone by the Congress, if they shouldn't you know, like GET BACK TO FUCKING WORK...
ql in ny
*Gasp* Language! Don't say four-letter words like "WORK," Quilt Lady!
Well, I've gotta go for now, which is good because it seems everytime I do, some new nail is struck in the GOP coffin.
Take care now, y'all!
I'm amused by the effectiveness of the K street project. A lot of dems who might have taken dirty money were kept away from the trough.
Sweet,sweet irony.
That f@#king dollar coin guy
I was just saying the same thing to Mr. Tena. They worked their asses off to close Democrats out of the system at every single turn. They are screwed - they cannot now claim that Democrats actually had some power and could actually be bribed.
Give me a fucking break.
It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford...
slowin' down to take a look at me..
No more expensive and overly-sauced food paid for by other people, no more visits to golf resorts, no more champagne baths for his little girl....
No corporate jet for his next arraignment. The poor guy might even have to fly coach! Gasp!
"The Republican Party has been taken over by the succabus."
Stinky, the republican party IS the succabus.
BTW, not sure what made me feel older recently... looking at the release date of the Marx Bros. "Duck Soup" as I put it back in the Netflix envelope and realizing it's a 73-year-old movie, or listening to Jackson Browne's "Running on Empty" and calculating his age from the dates ("...in '65, I was 17") and thinking that no one hitchhikes anymore...
The poor guy might even have to fly coach!
Hopefully he'll fly in cargo with the corpses of our dead servicemen...
Winslow, birthplace of Dick Kleindienst, only native speaker of Apache to serve as US Attorney General.
It's a girl, my lord, in a flatbed Ford...
Tena
Slowing down to take a look at me.
I wonder, with all the work left undone by the Congress, if they shouldn't you know, like GET BACK TO FUCKING WORK
I read somewhere -- prolly here -- that they're gonna have exactly 65 working days this year before they all take off to run for re-election.
Even the excerpt you selected is hot dog or nacho-class fare.
Hell, let's make it a big fat brat and an icy cold 40 ouncer!
Hopefully he'll fly in cargo with the corpses of our dead servicemen...
NTodd
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It would be fitting, and he could wrap himself in a flag.
OT as hell, but interesting to the spelling impaired.
http://osteele.com/archives/2005...s/2005/12/
aargh
And gays are pinkos. | Uncle Smokes - 1:36 pm
From your mouth to some Higher Force's ear!
Try telling that to Log Cabin Republicans.
Her Eyes:
Thanks for commenting on mine. Appreciate it.
Hey mena - Now I'm ready! (wineglass in hand) Here's to the good news!
They extended their break because of Delay - he thought he could force his situation to a trial or plea and go back to being majority leader. I don't get that, since they didn't want him back anyway, but it may be that was the deal he made when he stepped down the first time.
This long break is bogus. But what the fuck - I am not all that anxious for the Repugs in Congress to get back to fucking us over.
The inspirational movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is on FLIX right now, btw. Talk about perfect timing!!
"The Republican Party has been taken over by the succabus."
Sorry, Incubus is the male demon, and it is mainly a boys club. The Coulter types, however...
Another good one from Parry: How Rotten Are These Guys?
The separation of the Bush political machine from organized crime is often like the thin layer of rock between a seemingly ordinary surface and volcanic activity rumbling below. Sometimes, the lava spews forth and the illusion of normalcy is shattered.
In the weeks ahead, a dangerous eruption is again threatening to shake the Bush family’s image of legitimacy, as the pressure from intersecting scandals builds.
So far, the mainstream news media has focused mostly on the white-collar abuses of former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay for allegedly laundering corporate donations to help Republicans gain control of the Texas legislature, or on deputy White House chief of staff Karl Rove for disclosing the identity of a covert CIA officer to undercut her husband’s criticism of George W. Bush’s case for war in Iraq.
Both offenses represent potential felonies, but they pale beside new allegations linking business associates of star GOP lobbyist Jack Abramoff – an ally of both DeLay and Rove – to the gangland-style murder of casino owner Konstantinos “Gus” Boulis in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 2001.
These criminal cases also are reminders of George H.W. Bush’s long record of unsavory associations, including with a Nicaraguan contra network permeated by cocaine traffickers, Rev. Sun Myung Moon’s multi-million-dollar money-laundering operations, and anti-communist Cuban extremists tied to acts of international terrorism...
No corporate jet for his next arraignment. The poor guy might even have to fly coach! Gasp!
The Old Man From Scene 24
Toldja he was just a reg'lar middle class guy, didn't I?
{/tweety}
Rich, despotic Muslims = George Bush
http://www.electablog.com/oharm.html
The inspirational movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is on FLIX right now, btw. Talk about perfect timing!!
I liked Mel Gibson's version better.
Zap? Can't that cat of yours afford matching stockings?
I guess this means ol' Tom knew quite well what would happen if those guys got their 50 sigs and forced an election. Or maybe they already
Winslow, birthplace of Dick Kleindienst, only native speaker of Apache
Kleindienst. Sounds very first nations, don't it?
Afternoon, my fellow moonbats and free thinkers!
From your mouth to some Higher Force's ear!
Try telling that to Log Cabin Republicans.
Little Brøther
Paula Poundstone characterized them best: "I disapprove of my own lifestyle!"
[Lingering lurk phase now complete. Bye bye!]
Someone who's got the time, patience, and writing ability to make a good story out of this should be able to write a great movie script, from the current GOP follies.
Zap? Can't that cat of yours afford matching stockings?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
I figured the poor thing got the handmedowns, and one always had a hole in it.
I was just saying the same thing to Mr. Tena. They worked their asses off to close Democrats out of the system at every single turn. They are screwed - they cannot now claim that Democrats actually had some power and could actually be bribed.
Give me a fucking break.
Tena
Oh, but Tweety would have you think otherwise. He's trying to make this a Jackoff/Hilary scandal.
I've stopped watching that tick-brained, partisan hack. I'm getting this information from downstairs.
I figure the Republican Party has just polarized into three camps.
1. Those who are sweating in their shorts and settling their personal affairs.
2. Those who are tainted by association who loudly decry Delay and his type and begin their own witchhunts.
3. Those who have no association and are not corrupt who along with the Dems and Independents put the mechanisms in place to take care of category number two when the witchhunts have finished.
This should be fun to watch. Oh yeah, what a great television season, BSG, StarGate and the Republican Implosion.
Zap? Can't that cat of yours afford matching stockings?
GWPDA, yclept Irate Scholar
They're stubborn folk, dem cats...
Kleindienst. Sounds very first nations, don't it?
flory
Yep. Seems to me his pop ran a store up there by the Rez. Dick grew up drinking, smoking and playing poker - made it thru Harvard Law too.
T2--wish i had more to offer.
i am a bit of a tin foil hat, i'm afraid.
Together, rightwing Muslims and Christians could beat gays down, keep uppity women in their place, and hang drug users and any other "undesirables."
I'm sure these items are still very much on the right wing wish list...
Tweety = bottom feedin' GOP whore
Now if people would start tying in the radical clerics and the talking heads, it would be a sweet package.
I'm sure these items are still very much on the right wing wish list...
Absolutely. Only the Muslims have switched to the undesirables category.
I picture Delay a few years from now like the character from "Naked Lunch", breathing into cracks in the wall and watching the dead cockroaches drop out.
T2, getting obnoxious:
Anyone think the Fed stopping reporting M3 could be an indicator of bad things to come? Anyone? Economists? MBAs? Bueller? Anyone? Visit my page if you care.
We hate to see ya go
We hate to see ya go
What the fuck are ya waitin' for?
We hate to see ya go!
Delay/Abramoff were so successful because it was organized corruption that not only benefit the greedy fuckers who were on the take, but "The Party" in general. Now its busted open its going be one huge nest of cockroaches scurrying in all directions.
Bt the way, any trolls come by yet?
Or are they waiting for the mimeographs on this one?
Together, rightwing Muslims and Christians could beat gays down, keep uppity women in their place, and hang drug users and any other "undesirables."
This is ONE "uppity woman" that plans on putting up one helluva fight.
I ain't going gently into that good night!
"going be one huge nest of cockroaches scurrying in all directions.
The Old Man From Scene 24 "
My thinking as well. There is a horrific beauty watching sharks feed on one another.
Toldja he was just a reg'lar middle class guy, didn't I?
Tweety's recent apologetics for these fucks are so laughable that the only conclusion is that he is neck deep in their shit. We already know that he was involved with an Abramoff "charity". I wonder how many expensive golf trips to Scotland he has taken in recent years, or how many visits to luxury boxes at ball-games he has made, or how many free meals he has recieved at expensive inside the beltway restaurants. Does Tweety own a house that he probably shouldn't be able to afford? It's time to find out what the real deal is with this "journalist". The same goes for the other GOP water-carriers in the media.
"I have always acted in an ethical manner,"
"I have always acted in an ethical manner,"
"I have always acted in an ethical manner,"
"I have always acted in an ethical manner,"
"I am not a crook"
hehehehe
from imdb:
Mr. Smith's great speech:
Just get up off the ground, that's all I ask. Get up there with that lady that's up on top of this Capitol dome, that lady that stands for liberty. Take a look at this country through her eyes if you really want to see something. And you won't just see scenery; you'll see the whole parade of what Man's carved out for himself, after centuries of fighting. Fighting for something better than just jungle law, fighting so's he can stand on his own two feet, free and decent, like he was created, no matter what his race, color, or creed. That's what you'd see. There's no place out there for graft, or greed, or lies, or compromise with human liberties. And, uh, if that's what the grownups have done with this world that was given to them, then we'd better get those boys' camps started fast and see what the kids can do. And it's not too late, because this country is bigger than the Taylors, or you, or me, or anything else. Great principles don't get lost once they come to light. They're right here; you just have to see them again!
beautiful!
Bt the way, any trolls come by yet?
Oh, please!
I was SO sick and tired of that AnnieLimpy cunt last night.
Not only stalks and namesteals but says THE most retarded shit imaginable.
I don't understand this fixation she has about my weight, since the twat has NO idea WHAT I look like.
And, you know what - I get an annual physical and a clean bill of health every year.
I'll take the word of my doctor over a 7th grade dropout who probably works at WalMart and who is so devoid of a life that she has to get her jollies by bothering people smarter than she is.
If she has to make herself feel better by projecting her loser-ass life onto me, she's pretty fucking pathetic.
That is, if she IS a woman.
The tRo0lz are silent so far...my guess is they're standing by the fax machines...
Even if DeLay eventually makes it to K Street, he'll be watched like a hawk, and a least some of those with whom he wants to do business will always be looking over their shoulders.
I liked Mel Gibson's version better.
I can't believe Frank Capra wouldn't crucify "Mr. Smith" on the floor of Congress.
Little Bro - google "gizzoogle". mena - 1:49 pm
Well, mena, I did what you asked and wound up here.
It seems different from the normal page is some way, but so far I haven't been able to put my finger on just what the difference is.
See what you think.
The tRo0lz are silent so far...my guess is they're standing by the fax machines...
Buzz Bomb
Their sorry asses aren't even out of bed yet!
Mr. Smith would have to take a baseball bat and brass knucks with him to Washington.
Just to get this bunch's attention!
Hey, OT, but important: a significant majority of Americans thinks warrants ARE necessary for spying...
They are screwed - they cannot now claim that Democrats actually had some power and could actually be bribed.
Why would they have to? Joe Sixpack isn't going to be paying enough attention to absorb that kind of information, and the last thing the media wants to do is actually inform anyone, anyway. It's the mavericks, the renegades, the outliers and independents that will do the job, if it's doable at all. Tweety and Timmy are going to do what's best for Tweety and Timmy. They, after all, have much more at stake here than us mere civilians...
That ActForLove gal has been photoshopped, btw. This site explains how it's done, and once you see it, you see it everywhere. Our gal, for example, has had shadowing strategically placed around her breasts.
I should go clean up the place...
'Til later,
ZR
If she has to make herself feel better by projecting her loser-ass life onto me, she's pretty fucking pathetic.
That is, if she IS a woman.
Terry C, Sick of Bush Co.
You know, Terry, I don't usually wish physical harm on anyone (even tRo0lz), but I do wish it were possible for you to find that bitch and slap the shit out of her!
Hey mena - Now I'm ready! (wineglass in hand) Here's to the good news!
FeralLiberal | Email | 01.07.06 - 2:01 pm | #
==
Woohoo! I'm never waking up today!
Little Bro - I like Wanka of tha Day.
("...in '65, I was 17") and thinking that no one hitchhikes anymore...
dave™
Thank the goddess, you have two years on me. Well, that certainly puts a spring in my step!
That ActForLove gal has been photoshopped
I like the original version of the girl better. She looks somehow more kissable.
You know, Terry, I don't usually wish physical harm on anyone (even tRo0lz), but I do wish it were possible for you to find that bitch and slap the shit out of her!
Buzz Bomb
Oooooh, so do I!
I would do to her what her mama should have done to her YEARS ago.
Open up a BIG can of Whoop-Ass.
I read somewhere -- prolly here -- that they're gonna have exactly 65 working days this year before they all take off to run for re-election.
flory
Nice work if you can buy it.
We hate to see ya go
We hate to see ya go
What the fuck are ya waitin' for?
We hate to see ya go!
Terry C, Sick of Bush Co.
To the tune of "Farmer in the Dell"?
That ActForLove gal has been photoshopped, btw. This site explains how it's done, and once you see it, you see it everywhere. Our gal, for example, has had shadowing strategically placed around her breasts.
Moe Szyslak
Don't care! You could tell me she's a double amputee and I wouldn't care!
Seeing Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" again over the holidays, I was struck by just how emblematic the evil Mr. Potter is of today's Republican party. The GOP wants to turn the entire USA into one giant "Pottersville".
Wing-nuts must cry after watching that movie's "unhappy" ending.
Delay/Abramoff were so successful because it was organized corruption
Yes, and it was part of the overall strategy to take over the country, and is totally tied into the whole framework of the takeover.
They took over K Street, with their Project, shut Dems out there. Bush/Rove, in the meantime, wiretaps everyone and knows the Dems weaknesses and their next moves. It's one huge criminal enterprise.
Money from Delay/Abramoff; muscle from Bush/Cheney/Rove - they thought they had it sewed up forever.
I especially like this little bit from DeLay's "dear john" letter:
History has proven that when House Republicans are united and focused, success follows.
Define "success," please.
You could tell me she's a double amputee and I wouldn't care!
Although Ntodd will care, as it reduces the opportunity for shoe porn.
We hate to see ya go
We hate to see ya go
What the fuck are ya waitin' for?
We hate to see ya go!
Terry C, Sick of Bush Co.
To the tune of "Farmer in the Dell"?
Doozer, (truncated)
Yassah - das the one!
Wing-nuts must cry after watching that movie's "unhappy" ending.
Richard
I really deeply love that movie - it still works for me even after seeing it god alone knows how many times.
But I have to say, I really love the SNL ending, where they all go back to Potter's office and kick the shit out of him.
Define "success," please.
watertiger
==
Getting what you want. Duh!
Seeing Capra's "It's a Wonderful Life" again over the holidays, I was struck by just how emblematic the evil Mr. Potter is of today's Republican party. The GOP wants to turn the entire USA into one giant "Pottersville".
Wing-nuts must cry after watching that movie's "unhappy" ending.
Richard
Wingnuts don't watch movies like that.
Too busy watching John Wayne and Chuck Norris and Sly and AHnuld!
No one gets blown up in "Mr. Smith."
You can all speculate to your heart's content, but when the facts finally come out, you will be greatly surprised by what you will see.
Wing-nuts must cry after watching that movie's "unhappy" ending.
I cry, but for different reasons.
Seeing how Delay has a date in court, I wouldn't mind donating for the cause....how much do you think it'll cost to have a fat lady singing to him when they haul him off to prison?
You can all speculate to your heart's content, but when the facts finally come out, you will be greatly surprised by what you will see.
So it's not a fact that DeLay is out of power?
T2
I think you better wait for another thread. It's too much fun ragging on Delay, finally.
An editorial in today's Washington Post truly blisters Pat Robertson's pasty ass for his Ariel Sharon comments:
A sample:
As Ariel Sharon lies hospitalized and critically incapacitated by a massive stroke, Mr. Robertson, one of America's best-known religious extremists, and his Iranian counterpart -- no slouch when it comes to religious demagoguery -- suggested that Israel's prime minister had it coming.
Delay is not the only leadership change going on... and some of them provide much better examples.
You can all speculate to your heart's content, but when the facts finally come out, you will be greatly surprised by what you will see.
tbrosz
WHATever!
That ActForLove gal has been photoshopped
and there was nothing wrong with her to begin with...
jeeezis! it's a sorry state of affairs when a human being isn't even supposed to look human, but someone's idea of perfect.
Not trying to be a smart ass.
But WHY would people who are drop dead gorgeous NEED dating services, etc.
Hasn't the world ALWAYS been their oyster? They can pick and choose.
That ActForLove gal has been photoshopped
==
She's still nowhere near as hot as Fireman Bill.
Mr. Robertson, one of America's best-known religious extremists...
Not quite "Radical cleric Pat Robertson", but getting closer!
WSJ:
Mr. Hastert and other Republicans had accepted the arrangement by which Mr. DeLay temporarily stepped aside last year, and Mr. DeLay maneuvered to win the dismissal of charges or gain an acquittal by early February. But Mr. Abramoff's guilty pleas appear to have changed the political environment for Republicans 11 months before the midterm elections.
"The situation is that Tom's legal situation doesn't seem to be reaching clarity," Rep. John Kline of Minnesota said in an interview.
DeLay spokesman Kevin Madden said Friday that his boss "appreciates that a majority of his colleagues recognizes that he remains committed to fulfilling his responsibilities as majority leader and that he'll be quickly exonerated in Texas."
What a difference a day makes.
About two years ago I heard an interview with deLay in which he stated that the major difference between the Republicans and the Democrats was that the latter were stupid. He must have really believed that. It's the only explanation that makes sense in how he lived his political life and in explaining his current dilemma. He just assumed everyone thought like him but others were too stupid to do what he did.
My heart pumps piss for the reptilian bully boy.
To the tune of "Farmer in the Dell"?
Alright, now that I have that song running through my head, can somebody me what "the cheese stands alone" means?
Fuck you, DUMBya
(Where's Gary R?)
WASHINGTON - A majority of Americans want the Bush administration to get court approval before eavesdropping on people inside the United States, even if those calls might involve suspected terrorists, an AP-Ipsos poll shows.
Over the past three weeks, President Bush and top aides have defended the electronic monitoring program they secretly launched shortly after Sept. 11, 2001, as a vital tool to protect the nation from al-Qaida and its affiliates.
Yet 56 percent of respondents in an AP-Ipsos poll said the government should be required to first get a court warrant to eavesdrop on the overseas calls and e-mails of U.S. citizens when those communications are believed to be tied to terrorism.
Agreeing with the White House, some 42 percent of those surveyed do not believe the court approval is necessary.
"We're at war," Bush said during a New Year's Day visit to San Antonio. "And as commander in chief, I've got to use the resources at my disposal, within the law, to protect the American people. ... It's a vital, necessary program."
According to the poll, age matters in how people view the monitoring. Nearly two-thirds of those between age 18 to 29 believe warrants should be required, while people 65 and older are evenly divided.
Party affiliation is a factor, too. Almost three-fourths of Democrats and one-third of Republicans want to require court warrants.
Cynthia Ice-Bones, 32, a Republican from Sacramento, Calif., said knowing about the program made her feel a bit safer. "I think our security is so important that we don't need warrants. If you're doing something we shouldn't be doing, then you ought to be caught," she said.
But Peter Ahr of Caldwell, N.J., a religious studies professor at Seton Hall University, said he could not find a justification for skipping judicial approvals. Nor did he believe the administration's argument that such a step would impair terrorism investigations.
"We're a nation of laws. ... That means that everybody has to live by the law, including the administration," said Ahr, 64, a Democrat who argues for checks and balances. "For the administration to simply go after wiretaps on their own without anyone else's say-so is a violation of that principle."
The eavesdropping is run by the secretive National Security Agency, the government's code-makers and code-breakers.
Charles Franklin, a political science professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, said most people think that the eavesdropping is aimed at foreign terrorists, even when the surveillance is conducted inside the country.
"They are willing to give the president quite a lot of leeway on this when it comes to the war on terror," said Franklin, who closely follows public opinion.
Some members of Congress have raised concerns about the president's actions, but none of those lawmakers who have been briefed on the program has called for its immediate halt.
She's still nowhere near as hot as Fireman Bill.
Yes, why are we not getting equal numbers of hot guys, huh?
can somebody me what "the cheese stands alone" means?
That f@#king dollar coin guy!
It's limburger????????
"The situation is that Tom's legal situation doesn't seem to be reaching clarity," Rep. John Kline of Minnesota said in an interview
I think it's become all too clear what Cockroach Tom's legal situation is...
Mr. Robertson, one of America's best-known religious extremists...
Not quite "Radical cleric Pat Robertson", but getting closer!
Doozer, (truncated)
I won't be satisfied till he's referred to as "that batshit crazy asshole."
Why would they have to? Joe Sixpack isn't going to be paying enough attention to absorb that kind of information, and the last thing the media wants to do is actually inform anyone, anyway. It's the mavericks, the renegades, the outliers and independents that will do the job, if it's doable at all. Tweety and Timmy are going to do what's best for Tweety and Timmy. They, after all, have much more at stake here than us mere civilians...
Doozer
Well the real test is going to be who gets indicted and who doesn't, so it should get very interesting.
That's why they called him..
...the leader of the house!
Vrrooom, vroom!
But WHY would people who are drop dead gorgeous NEED dating services, etc.
although it is somewhat true that attractive people are seen more favorably in certain situations, they too, are only human after all, with the same frailties as everyone else.
in addition, i find people are attractive from the inside out. i've seen drop-dead gorgeous people that are not so attractive once you've gotten to know them. and the reverse is also true. the average ordinary plain joe/jane becomes infinitely more appealing once you see their heart.
just my 2 cents.
"They hate us for our freedoms."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10740935/
(How many more of them will be lose before we become them?)
You can all speculate to your heart's content, but when the facts finally come out, you will be greatly surprised by what you will see.
At this point, if we found out that Tom Delay feasted on the hearts of ritually slaughtered newborns, I would barely raise an eyebrow.
the average ordinary plain joe/jane becomes infinitely more appealing once you see their heart.
==
That's because you have one.
"How many more...will WE lose..."
stupid fingers.
OK, so, Delay, Abramoff, Ney, Indian casinos, poor dead Gus, the Florida mob, yadda yadda...where
's RICO? Seriously. I know they can't do it with a political party involved, especially the one in power, but if anything ever screamed RICO, it's this mess.
Na Na Na Nah
Na Na Na Nah
Heyyy hey Hey
Goodbye
DeLay's career...as dead as Terri Schiavo.
"They hate us for our freedoms."
So, we must surrender all of our freedoms.
How...fucking...backwards...is..THAT?
Well the real test is going to be who gets indicted and who doesn't, so it should get very interesting.
Tena
But...but...in Tweety's hacky world, only Hilary should get indicted. Bad Hilary! Bad! And those other guys? Yeah, them, too. Whatever.
Oh, and people really like Bush.*
/*Tweety
Pottersville and Bedford Falls exclude the middle, as does Capra's work in general. You can't live in either place, for better or for worse.
Me, my fantasy was always a second floor apartment over a good bookstore, across the street from a ham-and-eggs place where the watresses call you 'hon', down Main a half a mile or so from the train to the Big City...
Echidne -- hardcore recidivists often assume that they're smarter than everyone else. It's one of the big obstacles to get around in serious rehabilitation.
It's also why law enforcement people often find it useful to be what they call, "Columbo dumb."
That's because you have one.
mena | Email | 01.07.06 - 2:38 pm | #
aw shucks! (blushing furiously)
takes one to know one, my bloggie lib friend.
ot, but i couldn't agree more with her:
Kate Beckinsale Labels NFL 'Poofy'
Beckinsale Slams 'poofy' American Football.
British actress KATE BECKINSALE is relieved her husband LEN WISEMAN hates American football, because she thinks the sport is for girls.
THE AVIATOR beauty believes the US sport is too feminine and gentle, compared to football and rugby in her native England.
She says, "Len's not into American football. I'd have a hard time if he constantly had to watch girls' fucking rugby bollocks. That's what I call American football.
"It's like rugby except they wear armour and scream a lot. It's completely poofy. (They do) the gayest dances when they score.
And Beckinsale also has no time for baseball, which she compares to the English game rounders - a sport normally played by girls, which features small bats.
She continues, "And their other national sport? Rounders. Which is a girls' game. The prosecution rests."
http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/ent...t/
124332004.htm
You can all speculate to your heart's content, but when the facts finally come out, you will be greatly surprised by what you will see.
tbrosz
Care to elaborate? This is the same shit you've posted several times before.
Na-na na-na...Na-na na-na...hey hey hey.....GOOOOOOOOOOBYE!
And take Reed and Norquist down with you, ya slimy fuck.
He just assumed everyone thought like him but others were too stupid to do what he did.
That sort of mindset is pretty common amongst the corrupt. One way of trying to rationalize your blatantly immoral actions is the meme, "It's OK because 'everybody' does it!".
The reason you have a career is so you can date within it. I'm in IT but all there is is Steve Jobs and thousands afflicted with Asperger syndrome. Don't choose IT. Biological sciences, however, are hot.
Me, my fantasy was always a second floor apartment over a good bookstore, across the street from a ham-and-eggs place where the watresses call you 'hon', down Main a half a mile or so from the train to the Big City...
ProfWombat
Well that's a really nice fantasy, ProfWom. Except I read it fast and thought you wrote "where the watercress call you 'hon.'" And then I had to think about if that would be a fantasy or a science fantasy...
Not quite "Radical cleric Pat Robertson", but getting closer!
Doozer, (truncated)
I won't be satisfied till he's referred to as "that batshit crazy asshole."
Terry C, Sick of Bush Co.
And the eyecatching part of the print edition editorial is the title actually reads:
Robertson ♥ Ahmadinejad
In a letter to rank-and-file Republicans, DeLay said, "During my time in Congress, I have always acted in an ethical manner within the rules of our body and the laws of our land. I am fully confident time will bear this out."
Yeah, and Rush Limbaugh isn't a pill popping, fat ass, hypocrite, bigot.
Terry C, sweetie-- and I do not call you "sweetie" lightly-- even as a doubting Trollshunner I enjoy watching you regularly engage trolls.
It is like watching a really good skeet-shooter at work.
But I urge you consider filtering out any abominable and reprehensible personal insults and jeers flung by these buzzards.
You shouldn't even have to acknowledge, must less respond to, such scurrilous personal attacks.
(Actually, that part of your exchange is more like watching someone burn out a tick infestation with a lit cigarette. Kind of like indoor skeet shooting, in a way.)
I hope it's clear that I'm not faulting or criticizing you in any way. I just think it's a shame that you need to expend energy against cheap shots from low-lives.
Because one of the nice things here is that we recognize what a splendid group of good-looking, intelligent, talented, and convivial folks we truly are.
On average, anyway.
Me, my fantasy was always a second floor apartment over a good bookstore, across the street from a ham-and-eggs place where the watresses call you 'hon', down Main a half a mile or so from the train to the Big City...
ProfWombat
==
Now that's what i call a great fantasy. Can I come over?
ya know, I'm relieved that the Republican leaders put back the date of the beginning of the session until the end of January.
The less time these corrupt bastards get to fuck around with new nasty legislation and payoffs, kickbacks that they are so famous for can only be of benefit to our nation.
it's also likely that Ney and possibly others will be hit with actual indictments, new investigations that will seep into the pubic consciousness as the month goes on.
Then the Dems can hit 'em hard, saying we were ready to come back and work on the great problems and opportunities that face our nation, but the corrupt Republican leadership was more concerned with the welfare of 1/2/3 of their now indicted leaders than that of the American people.
It might help with the creation and passage of actual tough legislation to curb the worst of the excesses of the money for somethin' culture in DC.
All in all it's good, it's good... if we use this to demand and create some honesty and transparency in the gov/lobbyist/corporations nexus.
Hey, an Irish Washerwoman can hope, can't She?
(just finished catching up, now it's time to do the sorting and get ready to watch the afternoon game. back later)
You can all speculate to your heart's content, but when the facts finally come out, you will be greatly surprised by what you will see.
tbrosz
Care to elaborate? This is the same shit you've posted several times before.
Billy B
Yeah, it's sounds like nothing so much as the kind of shit that a kid with a bloody nose he deserved yells at the one who gave it to him - "Just wait - you'll get yours."
Delay the sacrifice that isn't...
he still a creationist in the culture of corruption defined as successful lobbyist
where is that skank Mary Matalin
look for everybody does it from that whore ==
The farmer in the Dell:
Circle Game:
Ten children (or more) join hands and dance around the FARMER, who stands in the center of the circle as they sing. At the end of the first verse,the FARMER chooses his WIFE, who joins him inside the circle. At the end of the next verse, the WIFE takes a CHILD, and so on, until the last verse when everyone is in the circle except the CHEESE, who stands alone. Whoever ends up being the CHEESE becomes the FARMER for the next round.
British actress KATE BECKINSALE is relieved her husband LEN WISEMAN hates American football, because she thinks the sport is for girls.
Well, I saw The Aviator and I would be hard pressed to call Kate Beckinsale much of an actress. That accent was the worst. So there!
You can all speculate to your heart's content, but when the facts finally come out, you will be greatly surprised by what you will see.
tbrosz
Yes, we will be surprised to find even one stinking republican who hasn't fellated chimpy, stolen from the taxpayers, cheated on his wife with his mule, and taken money from murderers and other assorted criminals.
tbrozs still full of shit, vague generalities. C'mon, kid, where are your "facts"?
I won't be satisfied till he's referred to as "that batshit crazy asshole."
Terry C, Sick of Bush Co.
I'd settle for "In other news tonight, Pat fucking Robertson said..."
Yeah, it's sounds like nothing so much as the kind of shit that a kid with a bloody nose he deserved yells at the one who gave it to him - "Just wait - you'll get yours."
The funny thing is that, in this case the bloody nose, is self-inflicted.
An unrepentant Delay vowed to fight for reelection even in the face of his Texas indictment, saying, "I have always acted in an ethical manner." What else would you expect from a man who compared himself to Jesus?
For the details, see:
"Delay Down, Not Out."
Ms. Beckinsale can bag on US football all she wants, but she better back off of baseball. Bitch.
hey mena: you're welcome anytime you're not at, say, the live music or poetry slam before twenty-odd people at the pub three blocks away...
i thought kate beckensale was a computer graphic in that movie. in the trailers she looks surreal.
where the watresses call you 'hon', down Main a half a mile or so from the train to the Big City...
ProfWombat
If would ever fly into Albuquerque, stop at the Waffle House on your way out of the airport on Yale ave. Carol, the waitress with the silver grey wig and heavy southern accent will call say hi, yall and call you Hon.
Say Hi, for us.
1st time we ate together, besides Cervantes, was there with her.
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Prof Wombat - Cool. You'll never even see me. I'll either be at the pub, the diner, or the bookstore.
And take Reed and Norquist down with you, ya slimy fuck.
John Gillnitz -2:43 pm
let's drown 'em in a bathtub full of their own runny shit...
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Me, my fantasy was always a second floor apartment over a good bookstore,
Nice little phantasy, Wombat... Wouldn't want something to happen to it, do ya?
The very slight modification is that there's a door from the pantry that leads to stairs that go directly into, not the bookstore, but the old Carnegie library stacks. And everybody's completely forgotten it's there.
So we've won another one. What's next. Rove or Scalito getting borked?
AvengingAngel - I love your blog.
I think you're wrong about Delay - he's out.
He's never coming back - even in Sugarland they aren't that dumb.
and where's the money for a campaign going to come from, now? Who'd give him anything?
where the watresses call you 'hon', down Main a half a mile or so from the train to the Big City...
ProfWombat
Well, as long as you're not the waitress, life will probably be peachy.
Bedford Falls ... exclude[s] the middle
I disagree. Stewart's home is solid middle class. So is his mother's, and his in-laws'. Then he finances homes for the lower class, too. Sounds great by me.
Rove or Scalito getting borked?
ql in ny- 2:55 pm
though no one deserves the fate of Borking more, i'm willing to bet $20 (payable in drinks at the next EschaCon) that Fascalito is confirmed to the Court...mebbe not unanimously, but 70-30 or some number like that...
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So's anybody bettin' on DeLay's wife gettin' nailed for all that loot she's been takin?
British actress KATE BECKINSALE is relieved her husband LEN WISEMAN hates American football, because she thinks the sport is for girls.
Kate should be made aware that American football players started wearing "armour" in the early part of the 20th century because players were actually getting killed with alarming frequency (19 college and high-school football players died during the 1905 season, according to a book I own).
hey GWPDA: you left out the real, honest-to-goodness card catalog, rows and rows of smooth-sliding woodenn drawers full of things you had never dreamed of looking for, but send you scurrying off into the stacks...
I kept hearing yesterday that the Dems weren't planning on filibustering Alito. Why not? What are they not understanding?
Let the Rs go nuclear. Worst case scenario, Alito winds up on the bench, but detested, and we get to shut down the Senate in response. Who wouldn't want to ensure an asterisk next to his name instead of letting him slip slimily on without overt resistance?
Pottersville and Bedford Falls exclude the middle, as does Capra's work in general. You can't live in either place, for better or for worse.
ProfWombat
The middle class grew because of the reforms of the Democrats and FDR. The middle class grew in numbers after WWII because of the GI bill, among other things.
"It's a wonderful life" gives us a little peek at how it all started, too - with the building of affordable housing.
And for those who think it is only political junkies who are getting this, think again. If filters down. The trials should be getting underway sometime over the summer. In NY you have six months from indictment to trial. Unless both sides agree to postponments, but the court's will not postpone indefinitely.
An AP article in the Houston Chronicle includes another example of WH flip-flopping:
After repeatedly maintaining that President Bush continued to support DeLay, the White House pivoted abruptly on Saturday, issuing a statement that endorsed DeLay's move. "We respect Congressman DeLay's decision to put the interests of the American people, the House of Representatives and the Republican Party first," said Erin Healy, a spokeswoman for Bush.
British actress KATE BECKINSALE is relieved her husband LEN WISEMAN hates American football, because she thinks the sport is for girls.
I would love to see Len see if he could take a forearm shivver from say, Ray Lewis, and then comment on football being "girly".
And Kate should pay attention to guys like the Raiders' great former center "00" Jim Otto, who has no knees and is a cripple working in their front office. The worst injuries aren't to the teeth, like she wants.
though no one deserves the fate of Borking more, i'm willing to bet $20 (payable in drinks at the next EschaCon) that Fascalito is confirmed to the Court...mebbe not unanimously, but 70-30 or some number like that...
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You're on.
Senators are spooked by naked grab for power by the executive at their expense. This time,that will be the topic, not just abortion. Otherwise I'd agree with you.
And no downers today. We won one.
ql: I said it was a fantasy, didn't I?
T2: I wasn't referring to economic class. No place is either Sin City or an ideal community...
Whence T2? Are you involved with MRI?
Plus, I actually was at the game and saw Jack Tatum hit Daryl Stingley. My first-ever letter to the editor was in the Oakland Tribune a couple days later. (I was in H.S.)
So's anybody bettin' on DeLay's wife gettin' nailed for all that loot she's been takin?
1watt Hermit |
I'm so old. I remember when scumbags didn't get their families involved in their nefarious activities.
sheets
And no downers today. We won one.
ql in ny
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Oh yes please. I'll second that. Realizing we won one, and realizing just how long it's been.
(19 college and high-school football players died during the 1905 season, according to a book I own).
TR, an avid sportsman, considered banning the sport at that time for that reason.
The very slight modification is that there's a door from the pantry that leads to stairs that go directly into, not the bookstore, but the old Carnegie library stacks. And everybody's completely forgotten it's there.
GWPDA,
In my case, the door opens to a fully stocked fabric store. New deliveries weekly.
Shit, I need gray fabric, and don't have any. Crap.
Yeah, it's sounds like nothing so much as the kind of shit that a kid with a bloody nose he deserved yells at the one who gave it to him - "Just wait - you'll get yours."
tbrosz reminds me of Grover Dill, Scut Farkus' toadie in A Christmas Story.
ql in NY. Have you ever read the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell?
Ms. Beckinsale can bag on US football all she wants, but she better back off of baseball. Bitch.
mena
Far canal. Let's see one of them li'l Rounders girlies go after a Nolan Ryan fastball--"caint hit what ya caint see!"--or a Ken Holtzman curve--"sucker!"...
In Delay's case the system worked just as it is designed to work. It served the interests of the corporate elite and the rich.
And no downers today. We won one.
ql in ny - 3:04 pm
downers?
you mean like the story in the NYT today that 80% of fatal torso wounds suffered by USer troops in Iraq could have been prevented if the Marines & Army'd bought and deployed the right body armor?
or the fact in the same story that a company in South Carolina (Lindsey Graham's bailiwick) won a sole-source contract for a vehicle called the Cougar which, for several reasons having to do with official malfeasance, it cannot figure out a way to build?
i tried, but i guess i'm just a 'downer' kinda guy...sorry 'bout dat...
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Absolutely, Doozer.
Ms. Beckinsale can bag on US football all she wants, but she better back off of baseball. Bitch.
mena
Baseball is about as exciting as watching paint dry!
And ALL pro athletes are overpaid prima donnas.
I liked when the NYPL (or was it Chicago or SFPL?) put all their card catalogue drawers up for sale, with the cards in them. For those whose very best favourite was Paa-Pab or Law-Laz or even War-Was....
I won't be satisfied till he's referred to as "that batshit crazy asshole."
Terry C, Sick of Bush Co.
I'd settle for "In other news tonight, Pat fucking Robertson said..."
Doozer, (truncated)
Best yet:
"Pat Robertson Dies"
Complete this sentence:
"The British are feared the world over for their domination in the sport of ________________"
ql in NY. Have you ever read the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell?
SHG have stickhorse will trave
Nope, is it about quilting?
ql in NY. Have you ever read the play Trifles by Susan Glaspell?
SHG have stickhorse will trave
Nope, is it about quilting?
ql in ny | Homepage | 01.07.06 - 3:16 pm | #
quilting plays a very important role in the text. I'll get a link for it if you'd like to read it. We are doing in as a One-Act in competition in March.
On average, anyway.
Little Brøther
THanks for the thoughts, my friend.
But trolls like AnnieLimpy and Gordon:
They are like cancer and stalkers.
Ignoring them does not make them go away.
They keep it right up.
The only thing to do with people like that is to ban them. They lend nothing to the discussion and all they do is launch personal attacks against people they don't even know.
I wish they would get a horrible disease and die!
"The British are feared the world over for their domination in the sport of ________________"
heh.
QL, here's the link.
http://itech.fgcu.edu/faculty/wo...ra/
glaspell.htm
You can all speculate to your heart's content, but when the facts finally come out, you will be greatly surprised by what you will see.
tbrosz
Care to elaborate? This is the same shit you've posted several times before.
Billy B
Yeah, it's sounds like nothing so much as the kind of shit that a kid with a bloody nose he deserved yells at the one who gave it to him - "Just wait - you'll get yours."
Tena
Bottom line: They got nothing!
Baseball is about as exciting as watching paint dry!
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*STICKING OUT TONGUE AT TERRY*
Whence T2? Are you involved with MRI?
On my blog, I go by the name Thersites. But here, there already was someone by that name. I experimented with alternatives like "The Other Thersites" and "He Who Must Not Be Named Thersites" etc., but it still was too confusing, so I stripped it down to T2 for Thersites2.
What's MRI?
At least for a few weeks . . . we won't have to smell his farts stepping into the elevator DeLay exits from.
He will not be missed.
The man is a cancerous boil on the body politic.
Best yet:
"Pat Robertson Dies"
Followed by the line "The coroner's verdict of heart failure did not entirely account for the charred condition of the remains."
(what happened to a Bad Radical Cleric in an old Heinlein story from whence this line is stolen.)
Delay is merely a symptom of a profoundly corrupt system that serves the interests of the corporate class and the rich to the exclusion of everyone else.
The fact that someone such as Delay could rise to the top tells you all you need to know about the fraudulent nature of democracy in this country.
I guess Sleazeball Tom FINALLY heard the footsteps headed in his direction. Not only is he an unethicaljerk, he is also pretty deaf!
What was it that Matha and the Vandellas sang about "Dancing In The Streets?"
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeehaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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