HULK SMASH!!!
Purrrr.....meow!......Purrrrrrrrr.
Atrios does not have a dysfunctional family where those kitties are concerned! They love each other!
Gee, I hope there's some of that kind of lounging-around action in my weekend!
ITMFA!
Vicki, that professor needs a mommy.
Kitties!
That's obscene!
Jesus wept.
Meow!
I add Curly to the Friday offerings.
.
Wiley! Gizmo!
Vicki, that professor needs a mommy.
Maybe so. He asked if he could call me, and I looked at him funny. I don't think that's such a good idea...although he is cute...wait, bad idea, all around.
Erin,
In response to your pop quiz last thread - it's JC of LDS, right?
"Where the hell are the singin' cats?!" -Paul Newman
Sorry for the open tag, peeps. Let's try that again.
Assistant to Rep. Ney Subpoenaed in Probe
3 Aides to Leave Republican's Staff
Associated Press
Friday, June 30, 2006; Page A19
An aide to embattled Rep. Robert W. Ney has been subpoenaed in the Justice Department's investigation of influence peddling in Congress, and three other aides are leaving the Ohio Republican's staff, Ney's spokesman said yesterday.
The subpoena for Matthew Parker, director of Ney's congressional district office, was issued by a federal magistrate in Washington.
KITTY KAVALKADE
ELO kitties, ELO kitties...
Cat & mouse. Cute
Oh I love sleeping Gizmo and Wiley pictures. They are so sweet.
Awwwwwwwww - thank Atrios. I needed this.
Somehow, "pussies on parade" suggested more.
You know, I've got a cat and 2 dogs.
John King on Graceland trip
I don't think that bottom pitcher should be allowed on a family site....
Awwww... cute pooties.
Playing cat and mouse games? You sure they're not Republicans?
~ Trendar.
Tarzan is in trouble!!!!
Vicki has children. One just graduated.
oh well.
Erin,
In response to your pop quiz last thread - it's JC of LDS, right?
Vicki
I read last year in Looking South, the online journal of southern politics, that the fastest growing denomination in the south is Catholicism. Otherwise, I agree that it is the LDS. That's been my understanding for the country as a whole, and I believe it is the single largest American export.
Aren't you proud?
Fastest growing religion in US - wicca
#1 religion in Oregon = "no religion" 21%
#2 Catholic 14%
#3 Christian 13%
#4 tie Baptist, Lutheran 5%
I love those cats! They seem to get along so well.
If you work 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, at the minimum wage, you earn $10,700 a year. Wonder why Congress needs a raise and these folks don't.
Was catnip involved in the production of those snuggling pictures?
You know, I've got a cat and 2 dogs.
NTodd, Living Pritsky
Eh. Old news......
I don't think that bottom pitcher should be allowed on a family site....
flory, Business Manager | 06.30.06 - 4:50 pm | #
Professional wrestling is SO homo-erotic.
plantsman,
No more kids for moi! I love them like mad, but I done my time in mommyland.
And that includes grown men who need mommies.
Playing cat and mouse games? You sure they're not Republicans?
~ Trendar.
Well, we don't see a "Democrats Hate Freedom" or "Cut'n'Getting Runs" signs so....
Those cats are so sleek and silky and happy.
Here is some multiculturality for you. Friday dog blogging with Keno
Keno
Wha is this? The Catma Sutra Illustrated?
'Cosby: Live' soon
dead at MSNBC
Rita Cosby
MSNBC personality Rita Cosby yesterday went from the floodwaters of Pennsylvania into the fire of 30 Rock.
After a grueling nine-hour meeting involving Cosby, her agent and top NBC News and MSNBC execs, the third-rated cable news network announced that her weeknight show, "Rita Cosby: Live & Direct," will be canceled in early July.
Instead she'll be the "primary anchor" of "MSNBC Investigates," a taped documentary program that will air at 10 and 11 p.m. She'll also lead a "Rita Cosby Specials" documentary unit, according to an MSNBC press release.
Cosby - who rushed back after anchoring her Wednesday night show in knee-deep water in Yardley, Pa. - told me she's pleased with her new gig, which initially will give her less nightly on-air presence than she enjoys now.
We just lost our oldest kitty this week. She came home badly beaten up, maybe hit by a car, developed infection, I had to take her to the vets for euthanizing. Bye to Mad Maxine. I wrote a song for her that will be on my next CD.
source:
http://www.religioustolerance.or...g/
chr_prac2.htm
+ their link to USAtoday for state details
http://www.usatoday.com/graphics...igion/
flash.htm
Aren't you proud?
Tena
Tena ~ Apparently not! According to Erin:
Fastest growing religion in US - wicca
#1 religion in Oregon = "no religion" 21%
#2 Catholic 14%
#3 Christian 13%
#4 tie Baptist, Lutheran 5%
Thanks for that, Erin. I'm glad to know it.
Eh. Old news......
Well, to some of us with a finger on the pulse of America, yes...
If you work 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, at the minimum wage, you earn $10,700 a year.
My first job out of college paid $10,800. In 1978. And it was not easy living on that amount as a single woman back then...
And that includes grown men who need mommies.
I've heard they're the worst kind.
Somehow, "pussies on parade" suggested more.
plantsman
Pervert.
That red sofa sets them off so nicely, too. Pretty, pretty cats.
Professional wrestling is SO homo-erotic.
steve simels
I think its the costumes, don't you.
Those HUGE.....belt buckles.....
Nice cats. So lazily insolent.
20 dead since June 23. Amazing how quietly we let our soldiers die, isn't it?
And then the question remains, what are they dying for?
#1 religion in Oregon = "no religion" 21%
#2 Catholic 14%
#3 Christian 13%
#4 tie Baptist, Lutheran 5%
ErinPDX
Well, if Ralph Reed does win his race, we're gonna be looking to move, and Portland just moved up on the list.
Woof!!!!!Woof!!!!!Woof!!!!
For those of you who don't speak
dog, Timmy is in trouble!!!!!
And then the question remains, what are they dying for?
Pussy?
I raise my 3rd glass of white wine to Atrios two very fine felines Wiley and Gizmo.
be sure to check out my gorgeous felines at my blog 
fantastic Friday Cat Blogging
Italy cruise through to the semi finals
My first job out of college paid $10,800. In 1978. And it was not easy living on that amount as a single woman back then...
Me too, only in 1982, flory!
And jac, I think Ralphie Reed will lose. Just a gut thing, but I think he loses. He's embroiled in some fundraising trouble at the moment.
But once you are in the LDS church, they make it extremely unpleasant to leave. And they incorporate all your dead ancestors, are they counting those?
I've met many ex-LDSers who keep quiet about the fact they've left the church.
Pervert.
Well, yes, but perhaps not in the way you think.
ronjazz:
so sorry about your kitty.
I approve of this thread
Wiley and Gizmo deserve salmon, bitches. Or turkee.
As for me, I will accept offerings of strawberry ice cream.
After a grueling nine-hour meeting involving Cosby, her agent and top NBC News and MSNBC execs
Is that the one with the terrible voice?
Lassie, you are sooooooooo full of it.
Somebody get that mouse away from the katz btw.
Yes, they're -damn- cute. That's how they get away with it.
#1 religion in Oregon = "no religion" 21%
#2 Catholic 14%
#3 Christian 13%
#4 tie Baptist, Lutheran 5%
What about pretending to be Christian?
Pussy?
NTodd, Living Pritsky
DON'T MOCK PUSSY, MOTHERFUCKER!
We just lost our oldest kitty this week. She came home badly beaten up, maybe hit by a car, developed infection, I had to take her to the vets for euthanizing. Bye to Mad Maxine.
So sorry to hear that. Truly.
The cats at Casa Jordan in Devizes, UK have such sleek coats and are as comfortable-looking as atrios' brood in Philly.
Well, to some of us with a finger on the pulse of America, yes...
NTodd, Living Pritsky
america has a pulse?
yeah, it's the red couch and the freindship of wiley and gizmo makes em interesting. as cats mature together they don't always remain so freindly.
Atrios, I realized you have already used your Wanker of the Day up, but this is simply amazing. Graceland joined Yalta in the annals of U.S. history with a visit today by President Bush and Japan's leader.
Yep, exactly the same as Yalta. No difference whatsoever. Wankers.
http://www.nytimes.com
i wonder if Atrios knows his cat shares his name with a British Grime Rapper/Producer
Wiley, real name Richard Cowie is a British rapper/producer from Bow, East London. He has made many releases, solo, and as part of groups, sometimes using aliases. Wiley claims to have created his own musical genre, which he calls "Eski", and which is largely associated with the Grime genre. "Eskimo", from which the genre takes its name, is probably the best known Eski track. Wiley was also a founding member of the Roll Deep crew. They released their debut album "In At The Deep End" in 2005 which has been certified silver (60,000+ sales), with two singles making the UK Top 40.
If you work 40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year, at the minimum wage, you earn $10,700 a year. Wonder why Congress needs a raise and these folks don't.
Hecate Malificent
And yet it's godlessness that is causing theft and violence.
How about being fucking broke and hungry? The goddamned minimum has been the same for how long now?
I just hate every stinking bit of this. Every stinking bit.
DON'T MOCK PUSSY, MOTHERFUCKER!
Only if they're powered by biofuels.
Heidi looks very interested in whatever she's reading. Is she about to work a Sudoku?
Is that the one with the terrible voice?
That's the one!
Is that the one with the terrible voice?
Snow, Stupid Grammar Nazi |
Throaty mcHuskington!
still here
Me too, only in 1982, flory!
Oh, sure. Rub it in you're younger!
the Ukraine came out attacking in the second half, playe quite well and made some pretty good chances.
Well, if Ralph Reed does win his race, we're gonna be looking to move, and Portland just moved up on the list.
jac
*shudder* I just got back from ATL (Cobb County specifically) and one thing I noticed about Ralph Reed's lawn signs was that they look a lot like Kerry Edwards signs from 2004.
But I think that part of the whole Voter ID law is to get rid of some of the minority and elderly voters to offset those he's lost because of his Abramoff ties.
plantsman, high praise indeed
Ronjazz, my sorrow and sympathy are yours: losing a loved one is never easy. Never.
And then the question remains, what are they dying for?
Apparently, sarin gas left over from the Iran-Iraq War.
Graceland joined Yalta in the annals of U.S. history with a visit today by President Bush and Japan's leader. DWD - Blogofascist and proud
Keeereyeist on a crutch. Watertiger's desk! STAT!
In homes with more than one cat, is it common for them to sleep on top of each other like that? Is that standard behavior?
They look so happy and content, if I can be anthropomorphic for a moment.
żWell what about a gato that blogs?
żDoes that no count?
Pfui.
Do no force me to bathe at joo dissmissively.
so.
ronjazz my thoughts are with you.
i am sorry about your kitty cat 
What about pretending to be Christian?
It's so difficult to get honest answers in that category.
Graceland joined Yalta in the annals of U.S. history with a visit today by President Bush and Japan's leader.
Did Yalta have a Jungle Room?
jac, I think Ralphie Reed will lose. Just a gut thing, but I think he loses. He's embroiled in some fundraising trouble at the moment.
Vicki
From your lips . . .
Casey Cagle has run a great campaign, mainly because his staff are all ex-Reed employees, and know how Reed thinks.
I was at a fundraiser for Cagle earlier this week, and they have polling showing Cagle up by 6-10 points. But other polls taken this week show him down by 2-4 points.
Reed's base voters are very disciplined, and they will turn out. We'll see.
The Democratic winner will be Jim Martin. Jim was my state representative before he moved into Roy Barnes' administration. He lives in the neighborhood, and is a great guy. And strangely enough, polls show him beating Reed.
I hope. I truly do.
"Graceland joined Yalta in the annals of U.S. history with a visit today by President Bush and Japan's leader."
did they put an ti the co-called war on terror?
cause otherwise that designation means bubkus
Peace out ronjazz.
Peace out ronjazz.
"Graceland joined Yalta in the annals of U.S. history with a visit today by President Bush and Japan's leader."
did something here make no sense?
Ronjazz:
Sorry about your kitty. Hurts like
the dickens, I know.
Relaxation with an attitude.
Hecate, my first real job paid $2.92 and hour. I banked $50 and did whatever we wanted to with the rest. Being first married it seemed amazing to have enough money to pay the rent and everything.
Times have certainly changed. I am not calling conspiracy but it is my honest (if mistaken) belief that inflation is a lot worse than my government says. Of course I would not trust them to tell me if it is raining. I would have to check.)
Ron, sorry to hear about your feline buddy's demise.
Someone made a point on the local Thom Hartmann show last week about Sen. Smith voting against the minimum wage to "protect business." T
The minimum wage in Oregon is $7.50. So using Smith's own logic, he is making Oregon-based businesses less competitive by voting against the national minimum wage.
The attacks on the press are part of a political effort by administration officials to use terrorism to divide America, and to scare their supporters to the polls again this year.
seriously, i hope the hell voters wake up and make the bushies pay, because they gave osama exactly what he wanted.
the Ukraine came out attacking in the second half, playe quite well and made some pretty good chances.
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek
Who are we down to? Did Germany beat Argentina? I didn't notice if you said earlier.
Graceland joined Yalta in the annals of U.S. history with a visit today by President Bush and Japan's leader.
Was this what Shrubbery meant by 'an interesting discussion' on missle defense?
Ronjazz, sorry to hear that.
"Graceland joined Yalta in the annals of U.S. history with a visit today by President Bush and Japan's leader."
did something here make no sense?
Remember when Tojo met with Stalin, Churchill and FDR to plan the future of post-war Europe?
Do no force me to bathe at joo dissmissively.
Eek!
Times have certainly changed. I am not calling conspiracy but it is my honest (if mistaken) belief that inflation is a lot worse than my government says. Of course I would not trust them to tell me if it is raining. I would have to check.)
I agree.
I do think it's a conspiracy to try to keep the lid on just how fucked up the economy is.
did something here make no sense?
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:03 pm | #
Wouldn't be the first time.
Remember when Tojo met with Stalin, Churchill and FDR to plan the future of post-war Europe?
NTodd, Living Pritsky
Didn't they meet at Disneyland?
did something here make no sense?
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek
Moon, nothing has made sense since November 2000.
Ralph Reed has exposure in the Abramoff scandal, does he not? We oughta mind-meld Josh Marshall
to do a "Dukestir" on L'il Ralphie.
Those cats are teh gay!!
Let me repost my kitty:
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...ith-
minion.html
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...t-
overlord.html
Because one can never have TOO much plush.
Moonbootica, I am pretty sure that GWPDA or even Arthur GWPDA knows more of this than I do but the conference between the Allies at Yalta was to prosecute WWII. This "conference" was a photo-op with the admittedly Elvis crazy PM of Japan. Not exactly the same thing.
Time to stomp the natives!
Was Yalta part of Elvis's '68 Comeback tour?
Was Yalta part of Elvis's '68 Comeback tour?
DWD - they've lied consistently about the job figures. They lied in the Social Security report.
They lie constantly. How is it not a conspiracy?
namestealing Hecate may be hazardous to your health.
wow, black cat almost as fat as markos the blogfascist
hey
Saskatchewanb and Oregon have a similar minimum wage
7.55 here
going up to 7.85 next
is gretchen pritzky still dead?
Hold on, I'll check...shit, she still is.
[sobs]
Remember when Tojo met with Stalin, Churchill and FDR to plan the future of post-war Europe?
NTodd, Living Pritsky
It really sucks the photographer was so bad he couldn't even get Tojo in the shots....
Oh, a name-stealer! How cute. (Messing with a goddess is a rough business, fella)
Didn't they meet at Disneyland?
Disneyland, Graceland...what's the difference? All I know is that when people go they, PEOPLE DIE!
Ralph Reed has exposure in the Abramoff scandal, does he not? We oughta mind-meld Josh Marshall
to do a "Dukestir" on L'il Ralphie.
plantsman
Josh has done a pretty good job following Little Ralphie. Steve Benen at The Carpetbagger Report has covered him well, too.
But it doesn't look like the Abramoff ties are going to result in an indictment. And Reed's voters are the prototype "liberal media" believers who will not believe anything negative about him.
did something here make no sense?
For some reason that reminded me of the video of the video of Pam poking her finger in her mouth while with her other hand she makes "koo koo" motions at her head.
That was classic. That and when her child says, "I think...." and Pam interrupts and says "I'll tell you what you think!"
Guffaw.
"Graceland joined Yalta in the annals of U.S. history with a visit today by President Bush and Japan's leader."
did something here make no sense? - Moonbootica, Buffy Geek
It's an American thing, you wouldn't understand.
Wait a minute, neither do I. Pure asshattery.
It really sucks the photographer was so bad he couldn't even get Tojo in the shots....
Kept cutting off the top of Tojo's head. You know that the Nips are freakishly tall...
Did you know that rhinos spray their droppings to mark their territory? Kinda like flaccid wimpy trolls who hope to make someone leap up screaming and scrapping their shirt...
Speaking of Hartmann, Erin, did you see this? Hartmann beats Limbaugh, O'Reilly in ratings!"
If you have the good fortune to receive Thom Hartmann's broadcasts in your area, please tune in. It's nothing like the "other" side. Hartmann is an intelligent, thoughtful man who gives a damn about the Constitution and the state of our nation, and he is a true voice of reason. You'll walk away pleasantly surprised after you listen to him compared to the right wing, bloviating gas bags that have dominated talk radio for far too long.
Democrats should use the argument that raising the minimum wage and enforcing it would reduce the number of illegal immigrants.
I made $1.89 an hour back in '72. Because my rent was $90 a month, gas was about 35 cents a gallon and food was cheap--and there wasn't so much shit to buy--I got along okay.
7.55 here
going up to 7.85 next
olexicon,
But that's in monopoly...er...Canadian dollars.
Oooh, I was just "doing the Gizmo."
Nice snooze.
Atrios, your cats are really fab.
Tena. I am not sure if it is allowed to post the score yet. But the Times has it front and center.
http://www.nytimes.com
(And it was a damned good game. Thrilling)
Didn't they meet at Disneyland?
In the Hall of Presidents, yes.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Today's troolz are reaching new depths of ugly.
Didn't actually think it was possible....
Tena Italy and Germany are through to the semi finals.
just got left England v Portgual and France v Brazil
World Cup Musings
is gretchen pritzky still dead?
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:05 pm | #
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The real Hecate, can you please please please put this fuckwith out of his (and ours, by virture of his breath) misery?
Democrats should use the argument that raising the minimum wage and enforcing it would reduce the number of illegal immigrants.
Dead Horse
I thought they already were. Do you just mean LOUDER?
The poor kid that died on the "Rock and Roller Coaster" at MGM-Disney in FL had a congenital heart defect, apparently.
But that's in monopoly...er...Canadian dollars.
The respectful term is Loonie.
We just lost our oldest kitty this week. She came home badly beaten up, maybe hit by a car, developed infection, I had to take her to the vets for euthanizing. Bye to Mad Maxine.
Oh, I am so sorry.
mer,
I did not add that my experience at $2.92 was also in '72.
And Reed's voters are the prototype "liberal media" believers who will not believe anything negative about him.
Actually, I'm going to dispute that. Whilel surely some Ralphie supporters are of the Kool-Aid drinking TFM ilk, they aren't all like that. And he's getting it from both sides now, Dems and Repukes are keeping his Abramoff ties in the headlines. I don't think he stands a chance.
y...er...Canadian dollars.
wet pants |
the canadian dollar is now almost worth a dollar
Litte do the kitty kats know they are they are living in a fucking dictatorship
Wake up kittys and fight the good fight against Bush!
Fresh Loud Obbs:
QUICKVOTE
Which of the following do you believe should be the first step in any immigration reform plan?
Border security
Employer sanctions
Amnesty
"Graceland joined Yalta in the annals of U.S. history with a visit today by President Bush and Japan's leader."
Wasn't this Cliff Claven's question on the Jeopary episode of Cheers?
Bush should meet Blair at SeaWorld!
they can get splashed in the first five rows
In the Hall of Presidents, yes.
Jay C.
they met at DUFF GARDENS?
Oooh, I was just "doing the Gizmo."
Gizmo has the best tummy markings EVER.
In the Hall of Presidents, yes.
Welcome to the Hall of Presidents.
is gretchen pritzky still dead?
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:05 pm | #
Lower than pond scum.
the canadian dollar is now almost worth a dollar
We're moving towards a cigarette-and-booze-based currency.
Ooh, I'm so excited - thanks Moon.
Go Italia!
Shall I link to that picture of the Italian team in underwear again?
I think Terry C originally gave me those links and I do drool over them regularly.
I've shown them to friends, who also drool.
how did Yalta get equated with Graceland?
Is there a human behind the rantings of PoliShifter?
Just read about the WSJ editorial, where they admitted Treasury leaked the story to them because the NYT already had it.
The outrage over the NYT publication of that "secret program" is officially dead.
Lord, talk about the gang that couldn't shoot straight. No wonder they prosecuted that one on FoxNews rather than in court.
Idiots.
And then the question remains, what are they dying for?
Pussy?
NTodd, Living Pritsky
"If I'm gonna die for a word, my word is poontang!"
the canadian dollar is now almost worth a dollar
olexicon,
I kid, I kid.
Hey, el Gato! Comment allez-vous?
To think that the minimun wage has only increased $3.26 in 34 years is outrageous.
Shall I link to that picture of the Italian team in underwear again?
Gaybo says yes.
Oooh, I was just "doing the Gizmo."
Nice snooze.
Now I'm thinking of a 'Friends' episode. So who was "doing the Wiley?"
Thank God it's finally raining here. This morning I shouted at the sky "WE NEED RAIN, PLEASE!!!" and apparently someone was listening.
I had no idea I was that powerful. How about:
"WE NEED LOTTERY WINNINGS, PLEASE!!!"
We're moving towards a cigarette-and-booze-based currency.
Jay C.
A currency I can believe in!
The psychopathic troll is back.
ronjazz,
Sorry. That's so sad.
BDG - why not post your contact info? Too much of a pussy?
Here's mine:
Nathaniel Todd Pritsky
215 Bog Rd
Cambridge, VT 05444
802.849.9836
If I don't answer, please leave a message.
Oh, my e-mail: blog@pritsky.net
Looking forward to hearing from you, pussy.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:12 pm
That is truly not cool here. If Vicki wanted that posted she would have done it herself, namestealer.
Maybe the Lords of Eschaton can take that one off?
To think that the minimun wage has only increased $3.26 in 34 years is outrageous.
mer
It's outrageous, truly. But it's one outrage in a long long list at this point.
The better question really is: is there anything that isn't outrageous anymore?
i think if we corner this bdg fuck we should start with his keecaps, no dancing with those!
"If I'm gonna die for a word, my word is poontang!"
Animal Mother
Wish I had that on DVD. Just on VHS now, and that's waaaaay downstairs...
1. Wiley and Gizmo are just too cute.
2. Saxby Chamblissis precisely the sort of dipshit Benjamin Franklin was referring to.
Fried Peanut-Butter/Banana sandwiches are sold at both Yalta and Graceland.
*no fun
Fried Peanut-Butter/Banana sandwiches are sold at both Yalta and Graceland.
plantsman, lowercase
No wonder Elvis died early.
I got minimum wage working for a 'friend' after the deplorable Army business. There were supposed to be such things as options and profit sharing, but oddly, no profits ever seemed to emerge. I became suspicious when I learnt that he was obtaining health insurance coverage for the employees - except me. Old, stressed, smokers didn't seem to be an advantage in the company health plan....
BDG - why not post your contact info? Too much of a pussy?
ah, I had forgotten who exactly it was.
is gretchen pritzky still dead?
bdg, you didn't make it through Joke-telling 101, did you?
the punchline is stale.
Atrios I have to ask, do your cats do ANYTHING else besides sleeping....with each other?
Talk about bohemian kitties! or narcaleptic kitties.
BDG will find my head in his bed.
i think if we corner this bdg fuck we should start with his keecaps, no dancing with those!
Now that he's confirmed he uses a Blackberry (which I suspected), we'll have an even easier time finding his kneecaps. Still, all the IP addy logging is important. BDG can join MafiaBoy and Kevin Mitnick in the anals, er...annals of history...
To think that the minimun wage has only increased $3.26 in 34 years is outrageous.
mer
I think it bears repeating to our NASCAR dad associates that the minimum wage was increased under Clinton, and Democratic proposals to increase it were repeatedly voted down by Republicans in Congress under Reagan and Bush Jr.
ronjazz, sorry
But I look forward to your new CD.
Why are troooooz so stupid?
Congenital or enviromental?
Discuss.
Oh, fabulous! Since y'all know where I live, party at my place!
OH yeah and I've told everyone I can think of about how raising the minimum wage would be a "free hand of the marketplace" way of battling illegal immigration.
speaking oif insane ramblings by incoherent haeteful people
BECK: Here's the -- here's the interesting thing. To me, is what he said about, you know, religion plays a role in everyday people's lives. If he's sincere, then that's -- that's going back to the -- my grandparents died Democrat. And even though they really were Republican, you know, Reagan Republican, they never would admit it, because FDR was a Democrat. But that's when the -- that's when the Democrats stood for the real, you know, average Joe.
CONN: Right.
BECK: They don't even understand it now. They are so Hollywood in their approach, it's like they don't even understand the heartland of America.
the punchline is stale.
watertiger
It never was funny to begin with.
the punchline is stale.
watertiger
It never was funny to begin with.
For the record, my mom is still dead, and no longer in pain. 15 days now. Thankfully, her stay in ICU was less than 24 hours. Since I'm a shitty Quaker, I hope BDG suffers longer than that.
"If I'm gonna die for a word, my word is poontang!"
Animal Mother
Wish I had that on DVD. Just on VHS now, and that's waaaaay downstairs...
NTodd, Son of Gretchen
You're lucky if you can find his novels in print. At least they are on line.
It never was funny to begin with.
I never said it was.
BECK: Two things. Two things here. This is why I like George W. Bush. When he says, you know, "I'm not going to jeopardize the safety of the American people," he'll throw the toaster into the -- you know, "Hey, Osama, here's a bath toy." He'll do it. And I like that about him. Us, he will protect. I really honestly believe -- that's the one thing I believe to the core of George W. Bush.
He understands that we're at war, and he's going to do what it takes to keep us safe and our families safe. The other thing is he understands that. I think there's a good portion of America that doesn't understand that they really truly don't understand we're at war, man. This is it, 1938, World War II, here we are.
2. Saxby Chamblissis precisely the sort of dipshit Benjamin Franklin was referring to. - Apprentice to Darth Holden
Didn't realize the word dipshit was that old.
BECK: They don't even understand it now. They are so Hollywood in their approach, it's like they don't even understand the heartland of America.
Yes, the Democrats ooze raw sex and starpower.
You're lucky if you can find his novels in print. At least they are on line.
Read a nice biog of him online, though the white text on black background hurt my eyes something awful. Sad story when you get down to it.
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:18 pm
Nice but wrong address.
We're moving towards a cigarette-and-booze-based currency.
Jay C.
Hahaha! I'll be rich, rich I tell you. As long as Mr. Tena doesn't notice I'm using his booze as currency, anyway.
Well, here I am babyblogging again.
At this rate, we should have an Atriot contact list before too long. That'll make EschaCon planning so much easier.
Thanks, Atrios.
For the record, my mom is still dead, and no longer in pain. 15 days now. Thankfully, her stay in ICU was less than 24 hours. Since I'm a shitty Quaker, I hope BDG suffers longer than that.
NTodd, Son of Gretchen
Your mother's big toe had more humanity in it than this mutated blob of excrescence.
Fried Peanut-Butter/Banana sandwiches are sold at both Yalta and Graceland.
plantsman, lowercase
Now you're making me hungry.
Yes, the Democrats ooze raw sex and starpower.
Jay C.
yes Democrats stand for equality
which is not what the heartland iof america is about, i guess
bo, it's the Circle of Poo.
Pippin is my contribution to Friday Cat Blogging.
Could this be the same troll that outted Thers?
Somebody that is mad because the superior intellect of an Atriot smacked down doughpants?
Why are troooooz so stupid?
Congenital or enviromental?
Discuss.
four legs good
Congenital would imply they were offspring with parents instead of the product of asexual reproduction.
Oooh, looks like BDG's back home in Toronto. Gotta forward some info to my peeps there...
Dead Horse,
No, that guy is out in Newport Beach.
the punchline is vile.
Nah, bdg's been here before. Just a sick fuck off of his meds.
Pippin is my contribution to Friday Cat Blogging.
Oooh! Tortie!
Oh, wait...looks like PPP (DSL or dialup) from Montreal. Driving home, are we?
No matter, we've got more datapoints. This is actually becoming almost fun.
Ooooh, can I be outed next? Please? Please?
.
Since I'm a shitty Quaker, I hope BDG suffers longer than that.
NTodd, Son of Gretchen
We ALL hope that.
No, that guy is out in Newport Beach.
watertiger
Has that kerfluffle settled down, or is paste still trying to pick on Thers and his wife?
Hecate, Brightly-Coiffed | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:18 pm
Can Atrios take that one off too?
Wait your turn, Jeffraham.
bdg is a sociopath and it creeps me out just a little bit
uantanamo ruling heralds US political showdown
By Patricia Wilson 1 hour, 42 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrats see the Supreme Court's Guantanamo ruling as repudiation of a power-hungry White House. Republicans say it shows how tough
President George W. Bush is on terrorists and voters will eat it up.
Both parties face a contentious political debate over the decision declaring military tribunals illegal as they look to capitalize on a national security issue ahead of crucial congressional elections in November.
"How do you go back to Chicago, Illinois, or Las Vegas, Nevada, and say 'You know what? The president is just being too mean to these people," said Don Stewart, spokesman for Republican Sen. John Cornyn (news, bio, voting record) of Texas. "That's a very difficult argument to make."
In Thursday's ruling, the nation's highest court found the tribunals, which Bush created right after the September 11 attacks for prisoners at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, violated the Geneva Conventions and U.S. military rules.
Read a nice biog of him online, though the white text on black background hurt my eyes something awful. Sad story when you get down to it.
NTodd, Son of Gretchen
Yes. That was me. Sorry 'bout that. It is a bit hard on the old eyes I copy it and put it in Wordpad or some other program.
I made $1.89 an hour back in '72. Because my rent was $90 a month, gas was about 35 cents a gallon and food was cheap--and there wasn't so much shit to buy--I got along okay.
In '72 we paid $75 a month rent for a two bedroom frame house.
Those same little houses rent for $1000 a month now. I really can hardly get my head around that. I don't know anymore how anyone moves out of their parents' houses, and in fact, lots don't.
This is actually becoming almost fun.
Where in the World is The Fucknozzle bdg?
Why does it always seem the gray cat is doing something "sexual" to the black and white cat?
Since I'm a shitty Quaker, I hope BDG suffers longer than that.
NTodd, Son of Gretchen
i'm with you 110%
dem cats!
did i stay on topic?
Where in the World is The Fucknozzle bdg?
Follow the buzzing flies and the stench.
bdg is a sociopath and it creeps me out just a little bit
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek
I'd go one step further and call him a psychopath.
This is actually becoming almost fun.
You are a fascinating and awesome individual. I'm popping some corn; hope to watch this one all the way to done fucked and ruined.
Your mother's big toe had more humanity in it than this mutated blob of excrescence.
Even the big toe she broke three times? Prolly.
But seriously now, I'm curious what motivates our trolls in general, and this sick fuck specifically. How does one get off mocking the painful death of a beautiful, courageous, compassionate woman? What does that buy you? I honestly would like to understand.
creeps me out more than just a bit~
Has that kerfluffle settled down, or is paste still trying to pick on Thers and his wife?
Flares up from time to time, but it's settled down a bit.
No matter, we've got more datapoints. This is actually becoming almost fun.
NTodd, Son of Gretchen
NTodd, Internet Sleuth.
In '72 we paid $75 a month rent for a two bedroom frame house.
Those same little houses rent for $1000 a month now. I really can hardly get my head around that. I don't know anymore how anyone moves out of their parents' houses, and in fact, lots don't.
Tena | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:24 pm | #
If times get tough, I'm moving in with you.
said Don Stewart, spokesman for Republican Sen. John Cornyn (news, bio, voting record) of Texas. "That's a very difficult argument to make."
It isn't that hard, Cornyn. See first you extract your head out of Chimpy's anus. Then you actually think for a second.
Then your head explodes and we are done with you.
that crazy-assed beotch Melanie Morgan is back on MSNBC on Hardball --
she's accusing the Supreme Court of being full of "activist judges, because of their 5-3 ruling.
Rev. Sharpton aptly pointed out her hypocrisy for having loved the same Supreme Court for their Bush V. Gore ruling in the 2000 election.
it's impossible not to notice that Ms. Morgan's lip enhancements are rather lop-sided... ahem.
I'm curious what motivates our trolls in general, and this sick fuck specifically
A shitload of self-loathing and not a whole lot of intelligence.
Kitties of love and understanding.
If times get tough, I'm moving in with you.
rorschach
God I'm tempted to say "bring it on," but we all know that big trouble follows anyone who is dumb enough to say it.
Has that kerfluffle settled down, or is paste still trying to pick on Thers and his wife?
A certain Dogtown from the Inland Empire has tried to revive the kerfuffle, to no avail. If he doesn't deliver my Post-It Notes, however, there will be hell to pay.
Yes. That was me. Sorry 'bout that. It is a bit hard on the old eyes I copy it and put it in Wordpad or some other program.
Ha! That's just what I did, because I really wanted to read it. It might have caused a brain tumor, but it was worth it...
But seriously now, I'm curious what motivates our trolls in general, and this sick fuck specifically. How does one get off mocking the painful death of a beautiful, courageous, compassionate woman? What does that buy you? I honestly would like to understand.
This one is diseased, NTodd. Nothing to understand. Just squash it like a bug. I'll be munching on popcorn with Vicki, if she'll share.
also, probably some physical and/or mental abuse from one or both of his parents.
My former landlord, who is quite persnickety about all her neighbors towing the legal line, employs illegals almost exclusively at her nuresery, and thinks nothing of it. Because I don't care to harm her workers, I did not tell ICE. Sometimes, the evil thought did cross my mind.
possibly the wanker of the week:
http://wcco.com/topstories/
local..._180133016.html
Moon: I agree; (s)he seems to derive pleasure from hurting people in as personal a way as possible. That's not the same think as trash-talking an ideological opponent.
your rpeunlican spin in full
And Republicans believe the Supreme Court has dealt them another winning hand, especially with voters in middle America.
"The president's fighting and killing terrorists and we think he has to be more gentle?" Stewart said. "The Democrats are making a gigantic mistake by going out and talking about what will be translated into English as the president is too tough on terrorists."
Republican consultant Scott Reed said the court's decision served to "remind everybody what it was like right after 9/11."
"I think in raw politics, it is a net positive for Bush to bring clarity and remind people we're in this war," he said.
I'm curious what motivates our trolls in general, and this sick fuck specifically
Seriously. That's stuff a person can never take back. 10, 20 years from now, when our dear friend trollykins looks in the mirror and remembers this?
If he doesn't deliver my Post-It Notes, however, there will be hell to pay.
I'm still waiting on my new stapler.
she's accusing the Supreme Court of being full of "activist judges, because of their 5-3 ruling.
Wingnuts want dead jurists who just lay there and take it up the ass.
How does one get off mocking the painful death of a beautiful, courageous, compassionate woman? What does that buy you? I honestly would like to understand.
They are sociopaths.
Jezebel, I'm damned near a socialist! There's enough popcorn for everyone - even the lurkers! Come one, come all! Watch NTodd take down bdg!
I lived on a ridiculously small teaching fellowship--fortunately they kept us overworked enough to not notice so much. Also, there were Friday department parties at which we could get at least one full meal of finger foods and 50c drinks.
It'd be no fun at all living on minimum wage today I think.
NTodd, Internet Sleuth.
I'm hoping BDG will keep it up until September (no priapism jokes, please) so I can sic my InfoSec students on him. Quite frankly, they know a shitload more than I do because they live this--particularly the one I have get all the cool stuff from BitTorrent for me.
Ntodd,
I honestly believe that some people just need to put people down to feel superior. It isn't that they want to hurt someone else so much, but rather, they feel empowered by someone else's pain.
IOW, it is not you who is the intended audience. It is similar to masturbation but without the gratification.
I honestly would like to understand.
NTodd, Son of Gretchen
A very fearful self-loathing person who thinks vunerability equates weakness. He gleefully attacks what he thinks are chinks in the armor, completely unaware that to acknowledge pain and loss makes you stronger. He thinks to get a reaction is to win. He lacks compassion, self-awareness. He can't even see that what he does defines him, and there is nothing to respect.
He is a craven coward in every sense of the word.
If times get tough, I'm moving in with you.
rorschach
God I'm tempted to say "bring it on," but we all know that big trouble follows anyone who is dumb enough to say it.
Tena | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:26 pm | #
Oh my, yes! Heh...
No troll has yet seen fit to "out" me. I suspect they're just waiting for the day Atrios links to me, then they'll pounce!
So I'm safe.
Since I'm a shitty Quaker, I hope BDG suffers longer than that.
You don't mean that. Nor do you have to. Such humanity as puddin' has shown can only be rewarded in teh duck pits.
Which one is bdg? I went to the woods for a few days and lost my troll-a-dex.
They are sociopaths.
That hated their own mother.
Project much?
"I think in raw politics, it is a net positive for Bush to bring clarity and remind people we're in this war," he said.
olexicon
Brilliant and devious plan, losing that case.
I'll have to remember tha tone.
But seriously now, I'm curious what motivates our trolls in general, and this sick fuck
specifically. How does one get off mocking the painful death of a beautiful, courageous,
compassionate woman? What does that buy you? I honestly would like to understand.
Is this the same psycho scumbag who
once posted as Vicki, and said she
was dying of cancer?
But seriously now, I'm curious what motivates our trolls in general
Hatred of a free, liberal democratic America.
Melanie Morgan just thanked Chris Matthews for having her on her show saying that after her appearance on his show last Friday, "many liberals... tried to force me off your show".
Then Matthews had the gall to chime in with, "this time, on this subject Melanie, (the NYTimes banking info article), i agree with you".
Ugh.
Q Did you hear the Prime Minister say anything this morning, like, I really want to go to the jungle room?
MR. SNOW: No, I haven’t, but I’m sure he’s anticipating it as eagerly as the rest of us are.
Q Is the President wearing anything Elvis-y?
MR. SNOW: No. Neither of them is wearing Elvis-y regalia. That has been only staffers who have been reduced to wearing bad sunglasses.
Why does it always seem the gray cat is doing something "sexual" to the black and white cat?
Perhaps you should tell us.
I'm curious what motivates our trolls in general, and this sick fuck specifically
A shitload of self-loathing and not a whole lot of intelligence.
Is that an Adlerian or Rogerian analysis?
Jezebel, I'm damned near a socialist!
Can you be a socialist and a blogofascist all at the same time?
*shrugs, plops on the couch next to vicki and reaches for the popcorn*
Wait. It's happy hour around here. Time to relocate home and break out the refreshments.
Canadian beer, of course.
See you all soon.
Argentina ups the ante in new battle over Falklands
Ewen MacAskill, and Uki Goni and Oliver Balch in Buenos Aires
There are three perennial passions in Argentina: football, the tango and the country's claim to the Falkland Islands, Britain's South Atlantic outpost. Even the build-up to Argentina's World Cup game against Germany today failed to entirely deflect attention from what in the last few months has become the hot political issue.
In the latest of a series of provocative moves - at least as seen from the Falklands and the Foreign Office - the Argentinian parliament yesterday established a special commission to investigate how to win control of the islands that the Argentinians refer to as the Malvinas.
"How do you go back to Chicago, Illinois, or Las Vegas, Nevada, and say 'You know what? The president is just being too mean to these people," said Don Stewart, spokesman for Republican Sen. John Cornyn
Donnie, it's just become a whole lot easier to agrue that Chicken Caesar is an arrogant and incompetent, and that the people supporting him are unprincipaled Viagra-dependent goat fuckers.
IOW, it is not you who is the intended audience. It is similar to masturbation but without the gratification.
that crazy-assed beotch Melanie Morgan is back on MSNBC on Hardball --
she's accusing the Supreme Court of being full of "activist judges, because of their 5-3 ruling.
You know, I just don't see how we're ever going to solve this problem.
Eventually we're going to end up with a shooting war here.
Brilliant and devious plan, losing that case.
I'll have to remember tha tone.
Jay C.
apparently heartland values are the same as the values of nazi germany or stalinist russia
Is this the same psycho scumbag who once posted as Vicki, and said she was dying of cancer?
steve simels
Sounds like the same signature or MO. You could be a profiler.
Watch NTodd take down bdg!
It won't just be me. That's the thing to understand about distributed computing. The fuckwit has left a trail across the Internet that GLOWS, and all the people he's visited are helping me collect data. He thinks he's clever, but in the pantheon of hackers (NB: I hate that term) he is a mere mortal.
The same network that has supported me and Dad during our trials is helping now in a very tangible way. It's 1 troll against dozens, if not hundreds, of people. Not good odds for our fuckwit friend.
Is this the same psycho scumbag who
once posted as Vicki, and said she
was dying of cancer?
steve simels
Originally, I thought that was Jade, but I think I was wrong. It wasn't Ted, because Ted's too articulate. So maybe it was bdg.
killing them -- do you honestly think I would give a rat's rear-end how the editor who leaked that information dies? Do you think I actually CARE if he or she goes slowly, banging away on the prison bars or is extinguished immediately? The answer is NO. I DO NOT CARE.
on this issue Chris Matthews stands with Melanie Morgan. that's what he just said.
Melanie Morgan just thanked Chris Matthews for having her on her show saying that after her appearance on his show last Friday, "many liberals... tried to force me off your show".
Then Matthews had the gall to chime in with, "this time, on this subject Melanie, (the NYTimes banking info article), i agree with you".
FUck you tweety.
Ass-sucking piece of crap.
Huh huh huh. Spinoza said "roger".
I'm still waiting on my new stapler.
watertiger
In the meantime, if you could move your desk down to the basement, that would be great!
Is that an Adlerian or Rogerian analysis?
spinoza
Not sure about that but a good rogering is bound to leave him addled when he gets it, and he's gonna get it soon.
How would tweety like it if a democratic administration was telling his show what they could or could not broadcast?
The Republicans forget we KNOW what liars and lousy stewards of the country's business they are.
Arthur J. GWPDA, el perro solamente con Integridad™.
I salute joo.
żHow ees jour new doggy-pool, umm I mean Hot-tub?
so.
on this issue Chris Matthews stands with Melanie Morgan. that's what he just said.
He's a dumb fuck.
I have a confession to make --
I was gay.
we are legion!
On the issue of Melanie Morgan (and now, Tweetie): I heard worse when Earl Warren was Chief Justice. Lived through worse when my East Texas high school integrated.
Been there. Done that. The lunatics will always be with you, and seldom do they stay on the fringe.
one last news item before i go...
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Then Matthews had the gall to chime in with, "this time, on this subject Melanie, (the NYTimes banking info article), i agree with you".
That Keller should die a horrific death in the gas chamber?
I love how Wiley puts his paw around Gizmo.
yeah, it's the red couch and the freindship of wiley and gizmo makes em interesting. as cats mature together they don't always remain so freindly.
charley
Maybe they're siblings. Our neighbor's cats cuddle like that. They're litter mates. |
What did he do to NTodd?
Been there. Done that. The lunatics will always be with you, and seldom do they stay on the fringe.
Yeah, but when have we ever had so many of them in positions of power and authority?
IOW, it is not you who is the intended audience. It is similar to masturbation but without the gratification.
the Promethius(sp) of porn?
What does that buy you? I honestly would like to understand.
What does that buy you? I honestly would like to understand.
usually, short-lived relief from the debilitating frustration caused by one’s inability to feel anger and/or disappointment towards one’s own parent who may or may not have nurtured all the necessary emotional skills needed to not grow into a fucking juvenile moronic blackheart…
Originally, I thought that was Jade, but I think I was wrong. It wasn't Ted, because Ted's too articulate. So maybe it was bdg.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I think bdg is Ted.
If not, they are both Psychopaths:
http://www.oregoncounseling.org/
...Personality.htm
There's only two things in the world that smell like me.
And one of them is me.
Maybe the trolls are upset over this?
"Democrats have opened up a 16-point lead on the question of which party is best equipped to tackle the nation's most urgent challenges," a new Bloomberg/Los Angeles Times poll finds. In addition, in the generic poll, voters now favor Democrats over Republicans in contests in their congressional districts by 49% to 35%.
Key finding: "Republicans seem to be in worse shape now than Democrats were at a similar point in 1994 going into an election that cost them control of Congress."
she's accusing the Supreme Court of being full of "activist judges, because of their 5-3 ruling.
You know, I just don't see how we're ever going to solve this problem.
Yeah, great point. I've thought about this, too. I can't get behin the thought process of anyone who buys into that "activist judges/strict constructionist" bullshit because it, in my opinion, is an example of brainwashing. It's impossible for me to trust people who can't form their own opinions. The frames "activist judges" and "strict constructionists" are the direct result of a Heritage Foundation think tank. I think most people who use those terms loosely don't understand the Constitution.
The Anti-Earl Warren Billboards I saw as a kid were pretty awful.
Then Matthews had the gall to chime in with, "this time, on this subject Melanie, (the NYTimes banking info article), i agree with you". - voxpopgirl
It ain't journalism. It's talking head pro wrestling.
here in Britain Judges and the House of Lords are the only things standing between our civil liberties and NuLabour
[mumbling]
gonna set the building on fire.
[/mumbling]
The Atrikitties are brothers, yes. That "porn" you're seeing is true Philly (brotherly love)
Originally, I thought that was Jade, but I think I was wrong.
Whew. That was one pyscho dude. I love pushing his buttons.
Boy I'm glad my shitty little Texas town wasn't in East Texas.
We didn't go through that shit integrating. Honestly, it just happened.
I do however, remember the "Impeach Earl Warren" days. I'm not saying it was heaven where I grew up - it sucked. I never go back there - I refuse now that both my parents are dead. I hated it then, I hate it more now. Have no reason on earth to cross that city limits line.
I would consider overturning Roe to be an "activist' act. Would Melanie Moron? I think not.
Does Tweety even to what she was referring when he told her he agreed with her? Somehow, I doubt it.
peace and humptiness forever
Okay, I need to go deposit some checks so a certain miriam will have plenty of money to spend in Germany next week while I stay here and slave away...
Later, batties.
In the meantime, if you could move your desk down to the basement, that would be great! - Rmj, Uncredentialed
Wait a minute, the stairs are great cardio.
To hell with the cats.
How's the steam iron?
.
Maybe they're siblings. Our neighbor's cats cuddle like that. They're litter mates. |
geoduck
my 20 pounder who looks like wiley likes to kiss and lick his 8 pound black sister (runt). but i've had a lot of cats, up to 5 at a time and they can be down right anagonistic to one another, and usually are.
somehow these days i'd rather talk about cats.
The same network that has supported me and Dad during our trials is helping now in a very tangible way. It's 1 troll against dozens, if not hundreds, of people. Not good odds for our fuckwit friend.
NTodd, Son of Gretchen
Good. I wish you all godspeed and the very best of good hunting.
Get that bastard.
Morgan's such an irrational screamer, and I do think the market for those is cooling down.
Okay, I need to go deposit some checks so a certain miriam will have plenty of money to spend in Germany next week while I stay here and slave away...
Later, batties.
rorschach
you hiring a dominatrix while she is gone?
Yeah, but when have we ever had so many of them in positions of power and authority?
four legs good
When have we not?
It is, for better or worse, a representative government.
Senators Kyl and Graham can kiss my ass.
watertiger sez:
gonna set the building on fire.
Okay.
.
The frames "activist judges" and "strict constructionists" are the direct result of a Heritage Foundation think tank. I think most people who use those terms loosely don't understand the Constitution.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
"Activist jurisprudence" is rhetorical device. Strict contructionists are not so bad, it's a legitimate means of constitutional interpretation. It's the originalists that are controversial.
Why does Bush care so much about trying these Gitmo prisoners in a military tribunal? I know he likes to win but what is he afraid of here?
How's the steam iron?
Heh. Notice how there are no photos of the mantelpiece.
One one of these threads I half-heartedly invited Vicki's stalker to show up a local marital arts tournament I was attending, just to let it prove if it had any so-called balls. Posted the time and place more as a lark. Needless to say, I showed up, it didn't. As it turns out, I got a silver medal (men's advanced division) -- so it knew where to find me.
So, the Treasury Dept of the Executive Branch leaked the secret NYT story to the WSJ?
Okay, I need to go deposit some checks so a certain miriam will have plenty of money to spend in Germany next week while I stay here and slave away...
So...gonna be alone for a while, yes? You know, I've got some JetBlue credits...
Strict contructionists are not so bad
Antonin Scalia?
OK, I'm leaving words out too frequently and not catching all of them. Time to get more booze.
żHow ees jour new doggy-pool, umm I mean Hot-tub?
so.
ˇEl Gato Negro!
Grande, gracias. I found the steps the other day, and I see the Two Legs has installed the automatic cover, so, you know how the old saying goes....
Okay, I need to go deposit some checks so a certain miriam will have plenty of money to spend in Germany next week while I stay here and slave away...
So...gonna be alone for a while, yes? You know, I've got some JetBlue credits...
NTodd, Son of Gretchen | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:44 pm | #
My interest is piqued...
Strict contructionists are not so bad
There. Is. No. Such. Thing.
Strict contructionists
I think that the term "strict constructionist" has been taken out of context by the likes of Rush and Hannity to imply a conservative, moral superiority akin to God, guns, and life. That is what I don't like.
That Keller should die a horrific death in the gas chamber?
Snow, Stupid Grammar Nazi
yeah, i took it out of context.
but she's clearly batshit insane, and he has her back anyway, that's the point.
Needless to say, I showed up, it didn't.
Because it's a pussy.
watertiger -
Seriously good writing.
.
my 20 pounder who looks like wiley likes to kiss and lick his 8 pound black sister (runt). but i've had a lot of cats, up to 5 at a time and they can be down right anagonistic to one another, and usually are
When we had our full compliment of 4, the relationships were very interesting. The first two were litter mates, a male and female. Then we got two more males. All the males were neutered, the female spayed. The female was the brunt of every other cat's irritation. There was something odd about her - her mother tried to kill her. She was the runt, but she was so tough that she more than held her own with those 3 males who regularly tried to beat the shit out of her and steal her food. She outlived all but one of them. Of course - she was not a very good pet, either. I wasn't fond of her anymore than the boys were, but what are you going to do? I had her her whole life - almost 22 years.
you hiring a dominatrix while she is gone?
DWD - Blogofascist and proud | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:42 pm | #
Now there's an idea...
My interest is piqued...
Is that an interest in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
We didn't go through that shit integrating. Honestly, it just happened.
That's unusual. Even Austin resisted integration until the '80's. I was living there when developers ran ads touting their neighborhoods as (per the visuals) plainly white and with schools with blacks or Mexicans in them.
"Safe," in other words. This in response to the reality that Austin had to integrate it's schools, and stop keeping the people in east Austin on the east side of I-35.
'Course, the schools in east Austin still sucked when I moved away 13 years ago. In that, Austin didn't change. And it's the "liberal" city in Texas.
on my 4th glass of white wine
i love you people!
spork,
merci. Of course, the Rude Pundit says it so much more . . . eloquently.
watertiger -
Seriously good writing.
I second the pronged-spoon's compliment. That piece was excellent. And righteous, and righfully so.
My interest is piqued...
Is that an interest in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?
NTodd, Son of Gretchen | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:46 pm | #
compound interest, baby. And it rolls over, believe you me.
You wouldn't believe what I'm hung like.
Strict contructionists are not so bad
Antonin Scalia?
Well, we were referring to sexual behavior. Nothing about pubc hairs and coke in the Constitution.
Of course, the Rude Pundit says it so much more . . . eloquently.
Beg. to. differ.
Strict contructionists
That is the single most misleading term that the Right throws around. They use it to mean people who fucking twist the meaning of the constitution out of all understanding. They actually turn the thing inside out. And they call that "strict construction." That is a big fat conservative Lie.
I think I'll have another glass of vino.
on my 4th glass of white wine
i love you people!
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek
And we love you, too, ya sweet little thing!
I've yet to consider a cocktail.
Beg. to. differ.
aw.
[kicks at the dirt]
Senators Kyl and Graham can kiss my ass.
watertiger
The S.Ct. said such tribunals must conform to the rule of law. Which is what Bush wanted to eliminate, and didn't.
The fact that the Court handily disposed of the jurisdiction over habeas from Gitmo issue, leads me not to worry about this.
But Graham and Kyl are still idiots.
Ntodd,
what makes this entire distasteful episode so distasteful is that everyone who has reached a certain age has a story to tell.
Mine was one of my mother's heart surgery - never recovering - visiting every day - holding hands and crying for a month.
But the thing is, everyone has these experiences. Very few of us have a good meal, a cigar and coffee, and expire peacefully before the blazing hearth content with our lives and ourselves.
So when someone attacks these shared personal experiences it is best to remember that you are not the target: their hatred of themselves causes them to seek a victim to assuage their own pain.
Pathetic, really. But good hunting none-the-less.
the pronged-spoon's
Heh.
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What really pisses me off about Obama yakking on religion and all of the associated BlogWind is that everyone assumes religion=Christianity. There are other faiths in America. And the Baptist vision of America is vastly different from the Catholic vision of America, yet the Blogheads and Obama treat it all the same.
Shit, the protestants and Catholics can't even agree how to get into heaven. The Baptists don't want the Mormons even called "Christian" What the fuck is all this talk about "Christianity"?? The participants can't even agree on the definition.
That's the problem with Obama and the blogoids.
Looks like the cats are Styling in Free Form Napping and the Sofa Slalom.
Strict contructionists
That is the single most misleading term that the Right throws around.
Odd how they always seem to forget Amendments IX and X...
Why does Bush care so much about trying these Gitmo prisoners in a military tribunal? I know he likes to win but what is he afraid of here?
Luke
One of the first things that Shrub did - or had done for him - after the junta took power, was to declare that the title "Commander-in-Chief" only applied to the President of the United States. It could no longer be used by the CinC of a theatre or by any military officer.
Shrub is desperate to play soldier, for whatever reason that may be, he is desperate to pretend to hold legitimate rank and be accorded military dignity. Thus, his interest in having his anger and viciousness be played out under what he imagines are military circumstances. That's my evaluation anyway. He has no concept of civil law, he has no respect for civilian conduct or remedies and it's only thru the military that he thinks he can have what he deserves - complete control of everything the way he wants it to be.
Thus, Gitmo.
RMJ - Oh our schools sucked so bad that it was amazing that there wasn't more trouble. We integrated in 1966. My high school sophmore year was the first year. It really didn't cause a problem that I was ever aware of. It didn't. It just happened.
I'm sure much was said away from school that I didn't know about, but as far as official problems or large scale unhappiness - there wasn't any.
Later bats, my bro is here to pick up the twinsters.
Later bats, my bro is here to pick up the twinsters.
Very few of us have a good meal, a cigar and coffee, and expire peacefully before the blazing hearth content with our lives and ourselves.
That's how I plan on going out, with Beethoven's 9th blaring in the background.
You will reach a point in your life when it dawns on you that you are attending a lot more funerals than weddings.
yeah, i took it out of context.
Well, I'll read the trannie, but I don't see how you took that out of context. People asked for her not to be booked on MSNBC because of what she said about Keller and that is clearly what she was referring to.
my 20 pounder who looks like wiley likes to kiss and lick his 8 pound black sister (runt)...somehow these days i'd rather talk about cats.
charley
Me too. first:
1) reasons to be glad I don't have expanded cable = Mathews.
2) NTodd - I agree w/ 4Legs - they sound like a sociopath. Good hunting.
My cat looks like wiley also, with some white paws & a white ruff. He is very noisy & cuddly.
And RMJ, you remind me that I need to send some money to Jim Pederson so as to help him defeat Kyl. Pederson's polling nearly within the margin of error at the moment.
I wasn't gonna drink tonight, but y'all are making me re-think that decision.
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RMJ,
my quarrel is with these idiots trying to pass legislation that is politically expedient, without any thought to the consequences.
A slavish adherence to the White House line.
Tena-well, the trouble at our school was largely because it was "Robert E. Lee High School." And the Rebels were the mascot; Dixie was the fight song; they had a huge Rebel flag to drag on the field at football games.
And one year later, they had to give it all up. Which was largely because the atmosphere of the school was so ugly. Lots of racists who loved that "Confederate" shit.
JP we should figure out a way to have a virtual jam session.
OK, I'm leaving words out too frequently and not catching all of them. Time to get more booze.
Snow, Stupid Grammar Nazi
see, i'm like you, except i'm only forgetting letters. but i'm not a grammar nazi, obviously.
but on the booze thing...
And we love you, too, ya sweet little thing!'
Yes we do, Moonbootica. I count my lucky stars regularly that you started hanging out here.
I'm serious. I've told so many people about you - how damn brilliant you are and how enjoyable it is to have you around.
my quarrel is with these idiots trying to pass legislation that is politically expedient, without any thought to the consequences.
A slavish adherence to the White House line.
watertiger
Oh, I agree.
I'm just not surprised enough to be motivated to your level of response. But I don't mean to be critical because you are.
Did Rmj say Confederate shit?
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I grew up in Teaneck, NJ, a town that
integrated, voluntarily, as early as
the mid-50s.
Which is not to say there were no
racial problems. A white cop shot
a black kid in the back in 1990, and
the veneer of liberality and tolerance
kind of collapsed for a while. Tore
the town apart, actually.
There's an absolutely brilliant,
heartbreaking book about it:
COLOR LINES, by Mike Kelly (no,
not the dead SOB).
Tena | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:54 pm | #
*blushes*
I am also glad I started to post here regularly
Brilliant Post, watertiger; even without pictures!
And giving a coarser alternative was thoughty, too.
RMJ - Oh well, hell, there was a Robert E Lee Junior High in my town - I have no idea how they handled that, to be honest with you. I never heard that there was a big problem, but it's crazy as shit to have schools named after Confederate generals, no doubt about it, and I think every little stinking town in Texas has at least one.
I was in high school when we integrated. There was only one then and it went easily. It did - we actually bent over backwards as students to try to make the kids bused in feel at home. I don't think they did, for quite some time, and I felt somewhat bad about that. Then I quit going to school and basically caring what the fuck happened there. But that was later.
I am also glad I started to post here regularly
Moonbootica, Buffy Geek | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:55 pm | #
As am I!
Is your grandfather's BBQ party early or late, Mooboo?
Senators Kyl and Graham can kiss my ass.
watertiger
Watertiger,
I'll post this here for benefit of the rest. Not sure about it's accuracy but the entry at Wikipedia has more...
Alleged whitewashing
According to a recent study, “Aspects of his biography had been played down when America had needed a clean German hero.”
“In contrast to the leftist and communist resistance, his status as a Protestant minister fighting for freedom on a Christian platform and his principled disobedience to an unjust regime made him highly useful to governmental propaganda agencies, which turned him into a martyr for the cause of democracy.” “He was presented by the American press as the spokesman for a different Germany and the hope for a better future.” “Niemoller had become an ‘American hero.’” However, “his star began to sink rapidly when his other pronouncements and his past … caught up with him.” For example, “he agreed with his Lutheran brethren about the inadvisability of introducing democracy in Germany... Pastor Martin Niemöller, later himself to be persecuted by the Nazis, never made a secret of his strong, racial anti-Semitism. In his Sätze zur Arierfrage in der Kirche ('Theses on the Aryan Question in the Church') of November 1933, he opposed the introduction of the "Aryan paragraph" in the Protestant church on doctrinal grounds, but takes care, nevertheless, to opine that Jews had done great harm to Germany; he also indicates that the baptized Christians of Jewish origins are personally distasteful to him. [7] As late as 1935, Niemöller goes out of his way to preach hatred against the Jews: "What is the reason for [their] obvious punishment, which has lasted for thousands of years? Dear brethren, the reason is easily given: the Jews brought the Christ of God to the cross!" [8]
The author, Professor Werner Cohn, states: "I lived as a Jew under the Nazis in the very years that he [Martin Niemöller] told his Dahlem congregation that we Jews were race aliens, and also that we deserved what we got, having murdered Christ. I lived not too far from his church, and his name was mentioned in my home.”
In September 1939, ten months after Kristallnacht, Niemöller volunteered, "to fight for Adolph Hitler’s Germany".
This offer to serve the Nazis was made by a man whose famous words, uttered after the defeat of Germany, so appeal to us. This offer to serve the Nazis "in any capacity" was made by a man who, when "they came for the Jews", failed to speak out because he was a common variety of anti-Semite. This offer to serve Hitler "in any capacity" was made by the man who, "after they came for me", spoke out for himself by offering to bear arms for them, for those who, had they won the war, would have searched the earth to kill every Jewish man, woman, and child. What darker example of the power of nationalism is there than Niemoller, a Christian minister, ready in the name of Germany to drink from the cup of genocide?
I'm just not surprised enough to be motivated to your level of response.
Eh, I just felt like snarling. It was either that or go to the gym, and I'm just too tired to go to the gym.
ErinPDX: JP we should figure out a way to have a virtual jam session.
Well, I do have a GuitarPort (tried unsuccessfully to sell it for $50 the last couple of months, hrmph), but the broadband is going bye-bye next week. The condo benefactor had Comcast come by and look into his hitchhiker yesterday, and instead of enabling encryption, they've put software on his PC, and anyone else trying to use it is redirected to a Comcast spyware page. 
And, the landlord is moving across town next Wed-Thu; I'm healing him, of course.
So... we'll see.
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Austin is still a dreadfully segregated city...
That's my evaluation anyway. He has no
concept of civil law, he has no respect for civilian conduct or remedies and it's
only thru the military that he thinks he can have what he deserves - complete
control of everything the way he wants it to be.
Thus, Gitmo.
GWPDA, Yclept y Yrate | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 5:50 pm | #
That about sums it up, yep.
plantsman it is after England World Cup Game
so if we win it will be a double celebration
Wonder if that little lady screws in her Stars 'n Bars dress for hotness?
Mi>A slavish adherence to the White House line.
The thing that bugs me -obviously - is that the GOP *admits* these things are merely political.
They. Admit. It.
Yet according to the "news"...well, this isn't news apparently.
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Aww, what cuties!
(psst...Atrios' cats are gay. Pass it around)
RMJ - You know, LIttle Rock just about tore itself apart integrating and we watched that. I think it was an object lesson for our school administrators. As far fetched as that kind of seems to me, it must have been. I know the parents of my friends wanted very desperately to avoid that kind of thing because it was so very deadly and confrontational and just destructive.
Atrios cats only listen to Kos.
Animal Mother,
I was not aware of that.
Fascinating.
I like strict construction of certain aspects of the constitution. The Bush legal theories with respect to some constitutional interpretation seems to be based on rather loose or "activist" constructions, but I'm not an attorney, just a pro wrestler.
More Peance and Freeance Kool-Aid.
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The United States should act fast to boost a transitional government in Cuba when President Fidel Castro's rule ends and get advisors on the ground within weeks, a U.S. government report recommends.
The report, which was ordered by President George W. Bush and is due to be released next week, also recommends a new U.S. "democracy fund" for communist-run Cuba worth $80 million over two years to boost opposition to Castro.
In addition, the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba, suggested yearly funding for Cuban democracy programs of $20 million until Castro's "dictatorship ceases."
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Would someone please teach these shitheads some useful life skills, like brewing poteen.
I know I'm late, but it looks like love.
Did Rmj say Confederate shit?
Some things are just *wrong*.
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MENA!
Well, then, I hope England win. But if they don't, the festivities (and beverages) should heal the pain.
In any case, have a wonderful time! And I am also glad you post here. It illuminates my existence!
Heh. I picked a good night to start reading the "Plot Against America" by Philip Roth.
Goddamn these motherfuckers to hell.
Okay, now y'all have done it -- convinced me that without beer and shotgun, I'm just not worth talking to. So, I'll brb.
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{{{Jeffraham and Curly!!!}}}
watertiger sez:
Eh, I just felt like snarling
And this is different how?
.
RMJ - You know, LIttle Rock just about tore itself apart integrating and we watched that.
It wasn't just Arkansas that went through mindless convulsions trying to turn "all deliberate speed" into a snail's crawl. A Virginia county's public school commission in the 50's actually "disbanded" rather than submit to integrated public education.
RMJ - You know, LIttle Rock just about tore itself apart integrating and we watched that.
If you're ever in LR, check out the museum set up in what was a gas station next to Central High. It's a very good monument to the people who forced integration and endured the bile of the racist fucks who opposed it.
Then drive through the nearby neighborhoods. Poor, and black, and with houses literally falling down. How far we haven't come, alas.
Animal Mother,
I was not aware of that.
Fascinating.
watertiger
Just googled into that myself a few weeks ago. It is interesting. The truth of his poem is immutable in any case. I guess some people join if they can't beat them. Others die for what they believe in.
watertiger:
Have you read that piece in the
current New Yorker about Will
Goldfarb, the avant-garde pastry
guy (or as the author puts, an
advocate of the New Gastronomy)?
Pretty amusing stuff.....
Hey Jeffraham, I'm talking to you!
Okay, now y'all have done it -- convinced me that without beer and shotgun, I'm just not worth talking to. So, I'll brb.
Bring me back some IPA and a few shotgun shells!
Does anyone here feal that in the coming years we are going to be forced to react to Barack Obama the same way we are forced to react to Lieberma?
Am I the only one here who did not take part in all the Obama cheerleading in 04'?
Am I the only one here who could sense that Obama might someday cause as much or more trouble for the democratic party than he was going to solve?
Am I the only one here who did not care for the speach he gave at the convention because he seemed more preacher than pragmatist?
Am I the only one here who was not so desperate to push back against the fundies that I would embrace anyone of their apparant ilk just because he called himself a religious democrat?
MYOB'
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Does anyone here feal that in the coming years we are going to be forced to react to Barack Obama the same way we are forced to react to Lieberma?
Am I the only one here who did not take part in all the Obama cheerleading in 04'?
Am I the only one here who could sense that Obama might someday cause as much or more trouble for the democratic party than he was going to solve?
Am I the only one here who did not care for the speach he gave at the convention because he seemed more preacher than pragmatist?
Am I the only one here who was not so desperate to push back against the fundies that I would embrace anyone of their apparant ilk just because he called himself a religious democrat?
MYOB'
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plantsman, i have my fingers crossed.
i mean i won't have a nervous breakdown if we don't win
RMJ - You know, LIttle Rock just about tore itself apart integrating and we watched that.
It wasn't just Arkansas that went through mindless convulsions trying to turn "all deliberate speed" into a snail's crawl. A Virginia county's public school commission in the 50's actually "disbanded" rather than submit to integrated public education.
I don't s'pose anybody remembers "busing" in Boston...
Hey WT! What up? I just had a nice lunch with an old student. Missed the game, darnit.
NTodd--slowly but surely, I am assembling a care pack for the Pritskys.
Right now, it's too hot to do anything but siesta, however.
People asked for her not to be booked on MSNBC because of what she said about Keller and that is clearly what she was referring to.
Snow, Stupid Grammar Nazi
well, i don't think matthews wants to see bill keller gassed, just willing to do anything to raise his profile. the sad state of politcal discourse in this country.
conversely i will say i always thought al sharpton a self agrandizing media whore, but he is actually very intelligent and quite charming, with a good ability to drive a point home and a sagacious ability to analyze the political landscape. not exactly my impression of ms. morgan
It just occurred to me that I've been hanging out here for more than 3 1/2 years.
I really need to get a life.
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Nervous Breakdowns are vastly over-rated. Glasses of wine are miraculous!
Hey, I've taken more pics with my new camera. You are thrilled.
Amigos,
one of ˇlas Tres Angelas del Gato Negro! has raised almost $100,000 een just eight days.
Another has surpassed her fundraising expectations completely.
Today ees the last day to get those all-important early donations een.
Jour hard-earned dolares, they almost count for double over what they weel later, even compared to the last days of the campaign.
Please, eef joo even can spare ten or twenty dolares, now ees the time to do so.
I promeese no to ask again until late August, and eef joo donate, I weel even tell joo a story, an adventure of ˇEl Gato Negro!
Cleeck on the leenky theengs, or at homepage.
Muchas gracias.
so.
Nervous Breakdowns are vastly over-rated. Glasses of wine are miraculous!
plantsman, lowercase | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 6:07 pm | #
I've had both, and much prefer the latter.
I don't s'pose anybody remembers "busing" in Boston...
NTodd, Son of Gretchen
The busing thing came two decades after the Brown opinion, and rekindled the Lost Cause once again.
Snacktime! Fresh cherries await!
Oooooh, anybody in DC, stop by the Smithsonian and say hey to the Albertans! There's gonna be displays of:
Agriculture, ranching, energy/oil sands, conventional drilling and
operations, forestry and sustainable resources, and
Crafts - Western and regional art, contemporary and First Nations and
Ukrainian, Francophone and First Nations Dancing! (I don't know what francophone dancing is.) And Sports! Ice hockey, ice-skating, ringette and outdoors (fly fishing, mountain
guide, cold weather adaptation). All in one place!
Look for the plaid flannel display! Jammy doughnuts!
simels,
laughed my way through it. talk about pretentious!
have you had a chance to read the piece on David Addington? It's stomach-churning.
It just occurred to me that I've been hanging out here for more than 3 1/2 years.
I really need to get a life.
==
I was just explaining you all to my old student. He's thrilled that I'm no longer computer illiterate.
Right now, it's too hot to do anything but siesta, however.
Siestas are not to be misunderestimated. We're still living off casseroles and other care packages, so take yer time, darlin'.
And Sports! Ice hockey, ice-skating, ringette and outdoors (fly fishing, mountain
guide, cold weather adaptation). All in one place!
Look for the plaid flannel display! Jammy doughnuts!
GWPDA, Yclept y Yrate | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 6:08 pm | #
Hey, no curling, no deal.
At the health club a lady on the treadmill next to me was learning Ruassian by listnening to tapes. She's going to Russia in Sept wit a group of good churchgoing Lutherans, to look into how they can help those orphaned Russian girls. They get the short end of the stick, she said. We hope to teach them to help themselves, and the orphanages...
What for, I thought. Did you know Moscow has the highest cost of living of any nation in the world?
No! She was not surprised, adding that those Russians are so corrupt.
We seem to be doing a prety good job of allowing corruption to take over this country, I suggested.
The Russians pay bribes like we pay taxes, she added.
The wealthy pay bribes here to elect more Repubs so they won't have to pay taxes.
Oh I hope the democrats win in November, she exclaimed. I'm taking my 10yr old grandson to a dem fundraiser the 22nd. He likes politics a lot. He was the only democrat in his class.
Her activism is well-intentioned, but when will the Russians start sending their church ladies here to help those who've fallen thru the cracks?
Let's have free fourth!
watertiger:
Have you read that piece in the
current New Yorker about Will
Goldfarb, the avant-garde pastry
guy (or as the author puts, an
advocate of the New Gastronomy)?
Pretty amusing stuff.....
steve simels
New Gastronomer: Homaru Kantu
http://www.becomingachef.com/
res...restaurants.php
I have never laughed so much at a course presentation.
The busing thing came two decades after the Brown opinion, and rekindled the Lost Cause once again.
Max Planck
Well, the high school integration I was talking about was in 1970.
Austin went through it in the '80's.
And now we've abandoned it altogether. Lots of de facto segregation these days.
Then drive through the nearby neighborhoods. Poor, and black, and with houses literally falling down. How far we haven't come, alas.
Baby, I don't have to - we have those in Dallas. Tell me about how far we haven't come. I know it. I see how some people "live" and I cannot fucking believe this is supposedly America. There's just no excuse for it. There wasn't any excuse for it when Clinton was president, or Carter, or Reagan or Bush I, or anyone else and yet it has been that way since forever.
When the hell are things going to change?
Things do change socially - I see many more mixed race couples and groups of young people together than I ever used to. But there is no excuse in this country whatsoever for anyone to live in the kind of abject, killing poverty that is everywhere. It's a crime against humanity.
The busing thing came two decades after the Brown opinion, and rekindled the Lost Cause once again.
It was weird for me because I took 'busing' very literally as a gradeschooler. I liked riding on the bus, so I really didn't see what the big deal was. Then Mom explained the racist aspects, and I was pissed.
Hey, I've taken more pics with my new camera.
What'd ya get?
Is it one of those horrible digital thingies?
.
my quarrel is with these idiots trying to pass legislation that is politically expedient, without any thought to the consequences.
A slavish adherence to the White House line.
What's worse, is that they just fall over each other trying to be the biggest suckups.
Pathetic.
Nervous Breakdowns are vastly over-rated. Glasses of wine are miraculous!
Truer words . . . never spoken. Sheets.
I think MYOB pretty much nailed
it on Obama. I think he's a real
Trojan Horses Ass.
IMHO.
Hey, I've taken more pics with my new camera. You are thrilled.
Actually, yes. That black-eyed susan with the spider is quite lovely.
Superman Returns: 4/5 stars. It has even grown on me on reflection.
Marsden, Routh, Bosworth, Spacey excellent.
The kid? Bad. Jake Lloyd bad.
...y tambien, I must point out, thees candidada who raised 100k een 8 days, she ees la Democratista een one of the reddest red-states around.
Pipples, los Republiculos should be verrry concerned for 2006, no?
so.
Right now, it's too hot to do anything but siesta, however.
Si.
I know, I know...I'm creeepy crawley.
Cut me some slack already.
have you had a chance to read the piece on David Addington? It's stomach-churning.
I hate that arrogant fucker.
Todd,
mail call!
The kid? Bad. Jake Lloyd bad.
Dialogue bad. Very very bad. Groan out loud bad.
It just occurred to me that I've been hanging out here for more than 3 1/2 years.
I really need to get a life.
spork_incident
There are worse places to hang. This joint is just lousy with smart, passionate, witty, caring folk - many of whom I'd be proud to call friend in "real life."
Well, the high school integration I was talking about was in 1970.
Interesting thing about the busing opinion. Lewis Powell was the 1973 swing vote for the decision. He was a Nixon nominee, I believe. My L.S. alma mater's main building is named in his honor. A Southern boy. Go figure.
“In a speech Monday sponsored by the conservative Federalist Society…Scalia criticized those who believe in what he called the ‘living Constitution.’ ‘That’s the argument of flexibility and it goes something like this: The Constitution is over 200 years old and societies change. It has to change with society, like a living organism, or it will become brittle and break. But you would have to be an idiot to believe that.’”
Scalia hates Jefferson because Jefferson hated judges.
"I am certainly not an advocate for frequent and untried changes in laws and constitutions. I think moderate imperfections had better be borne with; because, when once known, we accommodate ourselves to them, and find practical means of correcting their ill effects. But I know also, that laws and institutions must go hand in hand with the progress of the human mind. As that becomes more developed, more enlightened, as new discoveries are made, new truths disclosed, and manners and opinions change with the change of circumstances, institutions must advance also, and keep pace with the times. We might as well require a man to wear still the same coat which fitted him when a boy, as civilized society to remain ever under the regimen of their barbarous ancestors."
-- to Samuel Kercheval, July 12, 1810
That's my evaluation anyway. He has no concept of civil law, he has no respect for civilian conduct or remedies and it's only thru the military that he thinks he can have what he deserves - complete control of everything the way he wants it to be.
well of course i agree with GWPDA, but aren't there also questions of rules of evidence and TORTURE?
which of course "we" don't do.
File under barely legal.
That stuff is almost kitty porn.
What'd ya get?
Is it one of those horrible digital thingies?
Fucking film dinosaurs. Got a D200.
"It just occurred to me that I've been hanging out here for more than 3 1/2 years. I really need to get a life."
--spork_incident
I have been here at Eschaton since the beginning.
I do miss the days when a thread that got a mere 50 posts was considered 'exploding with debate.'
I read the board almost daily, but post perhaps once a day at most on most given days.
I do not consider this a waste of time. I am not a koolaid drinker by any standard. I have a family that requires my time more than anything else so I do not get involved or try to involve myself with the close-nit familiarity of the other board members. The community aspect of the board is the one thing I don't need. I have one of those already and don't need another one.
But in terms of coming here all the time and making this place the focus of one's life, I think it's better than going to a church!
MYOB'
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I really have to post a picture of my Russian Blue, Smokey, curled up in the forelegs of my yellow Lab Buddy.
well of course i agree with GWPDA, but aren't there also questions of rules of evidence and TORTURE?
which of course "we" don't do.
charley
why, that's "justice," son.
Whattayew got against justice, huh?
Those kitties are just too much.
Every time you cat blog I get a great laugh, because I have a twin for your black and white one, along with two Siamese, who obviously think themselves superior.
It's a lot of fun to watch. They have a rock/paper/scissors thing going...the big Siamese tortures the runt B/Whitey, the B/Whitey tortures the other Siamese, and the smaller Siamese tortures the bigger one.
It isn't the size of the dog in the fight.
"it's only thru the military that he thinks he can have what he deserves - complete control of everything the way he wants it to be."
Thanks, GWPDA. That was an interesting interpretation. I suspect he is right that this is how he can have complete control of everything, unfortunately, and he has been trying from the beginning to get that. I wonder if this is what "he thinks" or is a deliberate neocon plan.
Does anyone else wonder if Atrios just rents these cats? I mean it's really rare that you see them other than Friday afternoon. For whose blog do they pose on other days? Is there a cat blog-booking agency? Could I make my fortune creating one?
My mind spins at the possibilties, like the dancers whom the "real" attaturk once outlawed.
I LIKES them kitties!
two Siamese, who obviously think themselves superior.
"We are Siamese if you please.........."
Oh I love sleeping Gizmo and Wiley pictures. They are so sweet.
Awwwwwwwww - thank Atrios. I needed this.
Tena | Homepage | 06.30.06 - 4:50 pm | #
Tena, I'll second what you said -- I'm Friday tired and unable to think too clearly.
Shrub is desperate to play soldier, for whatever reason that may be, he is desperate to pretend to hold legitimate rank and be accorded military dignity. Thus, his interest in having his anger and viciousness be played out under what he imagines are military circumstances. That's my evaluation anyway. He has no concept of civil law, he has no respect for civilian conduct or remedies and it's only thru the military that he thinks he can have what he deserves - complete control of everything the way he wants it to be.
The shitstain deserted from the fucking Air National Guard, and he still wants to play soldier.
He SHOULD be in the business of making little rocks out of big rocks at Levanworth.
Showofffs!
Is the mouse on the couch for them to play with?
Atrios,
Do you like vacuum the chair/couch/ottoman where Gizmo amd Wiley are gonna be photograghed before you snap the picture? Because I could knit a sweater off of any piece of furniture I have with the fur I get from my three (now four with the new kitten) cats and one dog. At any time of day or night.
They don't shed much or what? Their surroundings are always so pristine-looking!! And cuuuuuuuute!! Ooooooweeeeee!!
damn you two get a room
Makes me sad--- my cats used to cuddle together like that. The younger one has been lonely since the older one died. They really did love each other.
Atrios, have you got a webcam in our living room again? We have both those cats, and the same red chair.
Bloody liberal cat plagiarists.
I absolutely love the kitty pics. I could look at these two all day. Are they litter mates? They are so bonded. Makes me really miss my friend, the Zig. Lost him last year. He was 23.
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