I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
!
Ass-on. Apply directly to the toches.
Good morning! Nearly rained out here.
GWDPA,
Fall-like here this A.M.
Lieberman website watch:
Looks like it's back up, in limited form. Doesn't mention Iraq or that he's a former Democrat. Doesn't mention why he didn't answer the hotel suite door when Sen. Dodd knocked earlier this week. Cheesy music in the video.
I think he's starting to look more like Cheney.
http://www.joe2006.com/
Ass-on. Apply directly to your Commander-in-Chief.
Wow. I think I killed two threads in a row.
I think he's starting to look more like Cheney.
Once he slaughters a class of young Democrats-in-training, his turn to the Dark Side will be complete.
One other thing about the video clip on the Lieberman website - it's labeled "JoeTV." WTF?
GWPDA,
Lookit where I'm going!
Atrios, I'm experiencing a new problem with your site, for some reason. For the last 24 hours, I have had to force refresh (Shift-left-click Refresh on the browser)to see your newest posts. For about 12 hours there, yesterday, it didn't show me a whole slew of posts until I manually forced the refresh.
I don't usually have this problem with Eschaton, and I haven't had it with any other blogs I visit.
I'm using Firefox 1.5.
What I don't get is why the reporters let Lieberman get away with it. Bush, I'm told, has a kind of low-key alpha-male dominance that creates an aura of submissiveness in the reporters trying to question him. But Lieberman? The man is a schmiel. He's a sanctimonious poseur -- Ralph Reed without the ruthlessness. Don't you just want to cram his words -- any of his words -- down his throat?
Something to read with your Saturday morning coffee.
Too many words. It hurrrrts!
Besides, I'm drinking green tea.
Lookit where I'm going!
Lucky puppy!
Bush, I'm told, has a kind of low-key alpha-male dominance that creates an aura of submissiveness in the reporters trying to question him.
"Top dog" pheromones.
Inherited from his mother.
We have decent weather even in central NC today...66 with light drizzle. It's very refreshing.
Re Lieberman,
What is everyone's opinion on how dems should be handling him (other than endorsing Lamont, of course)? It seems like this is turning into yet another thing where republicans and their surrogates (i.e., Brooks, Peretz, et al) control the conversation. This is an internal democratic party problem and I don't see or hear any democrats (save bloggers) saying anything about it.
Lookit where I'm going!
res ipsa loquitur
Wow.
I wouldn't ever come back from that.
reposted from below:
ql, I was just thinking about you last night. SP is rolling over (both ways), holding his head up, and trying to figure out how to skootch across the floor. He spends a lot of time on his quilt.
Oooo, res! When?
I reckon I know why Candy "Alistair" Crowley and Screwy Louie Dobbs are so pro-Joementum. They're hoping to not only get a big, wet, juicy smooch from Joementum, but Our Dear Leader as well.
Ass-on apply directly to your media whores.
Whenya goin' res? How long?
Morning, rational people.
And res, those pics look fabulous. Lucky puppy, indeed!
Molly Ivors,
The week before Very Definitely Not-EschaCon.
And because of the Tuesday "Terra!Terra!Terra!" the price of the tickets is dropping every day!
GWPDA,
The last week in September/first part of October.
I can't afford it. But I'm still going. If I wait around for the dollar to improve I'll never go.
What is everyone's opinion on how dems should be handling him (other than endorsing Lamont, of course)? It seems like this is turning into yet another thing where republicans and their surrogates (i.e., Brooks, Peretz, et al) control the conversation. This is an internal democratic party problem and I don't see or hear any democrats (save bloggers) saying anything about it.
All the Democrats with enough name recognition to get media time (even with it being Corporate Media) are DLC Democrats who themselves heartily endorsed the Iraq Clusterfuck.
As the D.C. Common wisdom is that Joe's downfall is the public trying to hold someone to blame for the Iraq Clusterfuck, and if we the politico and pundit classes don't defend Joe's Senateship, we're next, there are no leading Democrats saying anuything about Lieberman Arnold.
-
And because of the Tuesday "Terra!Terra!Terra!" the price of the tickets is dropping every day!
And you can buy lovely Italian toiletries.
SP is rolling over (both ways), holding his head up, and trying to figure out how to skootch across the floor.
Rosie now has an accomplice! If you see him looking all cute, but Rosie's nowhere in sight, they're taking cookies or cash from your purse.
The week before Very Definitely Not-EschaCon.
I think I got your email on that just as my hard drive crashed. But yes, we're in.
What is everyone's opinion on how dems should be handling him (other than endorsing Lamont, of course)?
I kinda like Gov.Bill Richardson's comments, especially the part about Joe should quit messing around.
Or, we could say "the voters determine the candidates."
If you see him looking all cute, but Rosie's nowhere in sight, they're taking cookies or cash from your purse.
Alas, too late!
Alas, too late!
Poor Molly.
I think I'll go back to bed. I haven't been sleeping for the past few nights. Maybe a little insomnia. Check back later this morning or early this afternoon.
GWPDA,
The last week in September/first part of October.
I can't afford it. But I'm still going. If I wait around for the dollar to improve I'll never go.
res ipsa loquitur
Will it still be beautiful on those beaches? Nothing is as unhappy as a cold beach, res - you should have sunny and blue skies and cheery!
What is everyone's opinion on how dems should be handling him (other than endorsing Lamont, of course)?
"The will of the voters of Connecticut" language should be specific. If I were Hillary, I'd be looking for a way to shift my position, at least.
Ass-on. Apply directly to the Joementum.
Ass-on. Apply directly to the Joementum.
Ass-on. Apply directly to the Joementum.
GWPDA,
Average water temperature in late summer is 27 C.
I don't expect to spend a ton of time lying on the beach, as I have a limited time there this trip. Next year I plan to go in mid-September and for a longer time, so more beach action for sure.
Joe has had his day. I voted for him on Tuesday but in November I will vote for Ned. Ned won the primary fair and square.
Joe should retire and my guess is that he will before November.
Why are the media so enamored of Joe? He's not good TV, unless you're an ALF or a Droopy Dawg fan.
Molly Ivors (and all the rest of you),
There will be an update email re Very Definitely Not-EschaCon next weekend.
Molly - We've been missing each other these days. I hear you're writing a book and that GWPDA is in it but not Vicki!
reposted from below
Remember during the Clinton administration, every time he went someplace some reporter was along toting up the cost to the taxpayers. They even complained when he and Hill took one two week holiday. Howsabout we add up how much it costs to run the fecking western WH?
ql in ny
Frost warnings for the northern Adirondacks!
There will be an update email re Very Definitely Not-EschaCon next weekend.
Oh, to attend EschaCon. Or a Not-EschaCon.
But Molly, Joe's easy to sleep to.
Could it be that the reason the media reports in the directions it reports is because the Republicans are superior at forcing a message? How much longer can we just whine about how unfair the media is instead of coming up with a strong message and a way to make sure that message is reported and resonates with the public? Let's face it. Much of the Democrat Party has been content to watch the Republicans implode over the past year or so, not offering anything much, not even meaningful talking points. (And those Dems who do like Russ are given no support by the Party because their message is considered by most to be on the fringe.) So it is little wonder that the media covers issues the way it does. We need to wake up and realize that a relatively small number of Americans are reading this blog or Kos or Crooks and Liars and figure out more effective ways of transmitting our message.
. Howsabout we add up how much it costs to run the fecking western WH?
It's got to be less than the cost of the 1600 Pennsylvania address. Why not shut that one down and keep the Chimperor in his little Versailles-on-Lubbock?
-
Howsabout we add up how much it costs to run the fecking western WH?
ql in ny
And what his social security deform jaunts around the country cost
And what his immigration reform jaunts around the country cost.
But Molly, Joe's easy to sleep to.
Listening to him attack Lamont is like attending a particularly contentious meeting of the zoning board of Scranton. Or a faculty meeting.
Joe has had his day. I voted for him on Tuesday but in November I will vote for Ned. Ned won the primary fair and square.
More like that, please.
plantsman, we got nearly a quarter inch of rain in the middle of the night - lightning and thunder the dueling Sky Gods and everything. Arthur was very, very good, but we did have to turn on all the lights and wait it out. Everything you want in a monsoon however - with the advantage of no lawn mowing today! Today is the day to roast and peel my chiles instead.
res
We're getting quite a few out-of-towners coming. Maybe we should arrange a little sightseeing outing on Saturday or Sunday. We could scoot by the Statue of Liberty on the SI ferry, or do a walking tour of lower Manhattan. Trinity Church, Wall St., Hamilton's grave.
ql,
We have. And this is my trashy romance novel, which I'm having fun with, rewriting various good and bad romances I've read. There's a formula here, if I can hit on it.
dissent, nearly half a million people check Daily Kos out, Lamont's message is strong and clear, Hillary's been doing some lovely plain speaking of late -- and it's too damn early for concern trolls.
GWPDA,
Are you guys down in rainfall? Does that much that fast do any good?
res -- dayum, that's a gorgeous place. I'm extremely jealous.
And this is my trashy romance novel, which I'm having fun with, rewriting various good and bad romances I've read. There's a formula here, if I can hit on it
NO FORMULA ON PLANES!
NO BOOKS ON PLANES!
SCARY TURRSTS!
-
Just where is the "whiff", this "undercurrent" of anti-semitism in the campaign against Lieberman? I'd really like instances pointed out to me . . .
.
Hillary's been doing some lovely plain speaking of late --
I was thinking that calling out Rumsfeld is one way for her to recalibrate to the Lamont side of the line. She could legitimately argue that she thought it would be a limited invasion, handled competently. As that turned out not to be the case, she could shift position.
We have. And this is my trashy romance novel, which I'm having fun with, rewriting various good and bad romances I've read. There's a formula here, if I can hit on it.
Molly Ivors
want me to proof it. I'm pretty good at proofing other people's stuff.
We have. And this is my trashy romance novel, which I'm having fun with, rewriting various good and bad romances I've read. There's a formula here, if I can hit on it.
Molly Ivors
want me to proof it. I'm pretty good at proofing other people's stuff.
QL,
The feedback I'm getting is that most people want to sight-see during the day on Saturday (as opposed to some inside blog-related event). So it looks like the only organized events will be the Friday drink-thang, Saturday dinner, and Sunday picnic. So if you want to organize a sight-seeing thing for Saturday afternoon I can put info about that in the update email.
plantsman--
half a million people a day...big deal. the internet force has one 1 election so far--defeating a democrat incumbent for a more liberal candidate in a blue state. if you think the lamont victory is representative of the effectiveness of liberal blogs in america you are completely out of touch. and if you think that the media is just reporting the conservative side than either there is a big conspiracy or the democrats are not as successful at getting the message out.
i'm going running.
ql,
Hmmm, I'll keep that offer in mind, though it won't be an immediate thing. Thanks!
Wow, GWPDA, this monsoon season has been somewthing. I recall thunder and lightning in the Valley of the Sun being spectacular; Artur's doing well if he can hack it -- my Scottie girl would be freaking out! Have fun with your chiles, I certainly had fun with mine, and having that mess of frozen ones makes me feel like a well prepared squirrel, all set for the cooler weather!
GWPDA,
Are you guys down in rainfall? Does that much that fast do any good?
Molly Ivors
We only get 7" annual rainfall - and in the best years get about half that between the middle of July and the end of September. Quarter of an inch every couple of days puts us right on target. According to the paper, we're down 1.65" but there's time to make it up.
Molly Ivors,
I knew a copywriter back in the day who completely re-invented herself as a writer of romance novels. She makes a living at it, too. She writes those Harlequin-type books (although it's a different series).
What's the narrative for right wing Republicans trying to oust Lincoln Chafee? It somehow must be good for Republicans, bad for Democrats. Karl Rove is not a thug, he's a genius!
Just where is the "whiff", this "undercurrent" of anti-semitism in the campaign against Lieberman? I'd really like instances pointed out to me . . .
In Exodus, we learn that one of the great crimes of the captivity in Egypt was that Pharaoh forced the pundits to make brick-solid arguments without strawmen......
-
"There are all these things you’re trying to deal with in your own life — not enough insurance, family problems, your health problems," said Arey, who already knew McCusker. "And then day in and day out, we get to see the wreckage of our city and people’s lives. It’s not easy to handle."
Stress is keeping law enforcement officers in New Orleans and neighboring Jefferson Parish busy these days, as they answer many more calls than before the storm for domestic abuse, drunkenness and fights. Involuntary commitments to mental hospitals are up from last year, and suicides in Orleans Parish have tripled since Katrina.
http://www.firedoglake.com/
She makes a living at it, too.
That's what I hear. And I've read a lot and written a lot, so I think I have the basic idea. I'm shooting for a specific target audience.
In Exodus, we learn that one of the great crimes of the captivity in Egypt was that Pharaoh forced the pundits to make brick-solid arguments without strawmen......
-
Cynicus
(Too funny!)
that Pharaoh forced the pundits to make brick-solid arguments without strawmen......
I'm shooting for a specific target audience.
Molly Ivors
Molly Ivors,
There seems to be niche marketing of these things. I see young black women in the subway reading ones with black characters on the covers and Latina women doing the same thing.
Maybe you can specialize in Celtic ones?
Dissent's pontificate-'n-split is a neat trick.
.
plantsman, we were a little bit early this year - about three weeks, but it was great to bust the 118F. I just paid that month's APS bill and my hand and my checkbook are hurting - but now, I think we'll be okay. Doug on the other hand, keeps sending up these mildly horrified queries about heat, water, HEAT.... I don't think he's quite adjusted yet - and I didn't realise that Vail was so close to Huachuca. No wonder he's a little hot.
And then he said, "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here."
James Patterson is a good object lesson in slam-bam thriller writing. Shortest chapters in the universe, and an odd fixation of late with human/avian hybrids, but great plane/beach fare -- back when you could take pulp novels on planes.
Maybe you can specialize in Celtic ones?
I'll wrap up the lout market.
I do hear it's quite hard to break into, however. (The biz, not the lout market.)
Dissent's pontificate-'n-split is a neat trick.
It saves all that pesky arguing.
Coming to a blog to argue that blogs are meaningless is so meta.
Dissent's pontificate-'n-split is a neat trick.
Beats the hell out of hang around and harrass, too.
Cynicus! Freakin' brilliant! Tell me that was your own...even if it wasn't.
In short, many political reporters assume that, from both a policy and political standpoint, Democrats are weaker than Republicans on national security issues.
The latest terror plot against Americans was intercepted by the Brits. While Bush, of course, was on vacation, just as he was in Aug. 2001 when he ignored a PDB entitled "Bin Laden Determined to Attack U.S."
Adding insult to injury, Bush knew about the plot for days and did absolutely nothing to stop anyone in America from boarding a plane with deadly explosives concealed in something as innocuous and hard to detect as a sports drink.
But ole Bush has other priorities - Can't let the prospect of a commercial airplane blowing up over a densely populated American city spoil an afternoon of bike riding and brush clearing at the ranch.
I don't know what's more disgusting - Bush's callous attitude towards average Americans or the press's inability to figure him out.
That's what I hear. And I've read a lot and written a lot, so I think I have the basic idea. I'm shooting for a specific target audience.
My wife and the 16 y.o. daughter seem to be addicts to 'paranormal romance', which is apparently romance books with magic and vampires and werewolves and such. And lots of explicit sex scenes, apparently.........
-
Good morning, batses!
Let's see what I'm reading over my coffee...
In short, many political reporters assume that, from both a policy and political standpoint, Democrats are weaker than Republicans on national security issues.
I posted this below, but it's worth a repeat.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/
1...artner=homepage
Note the tidy anti-union shiv.
This should go over like a lead balloon..
August 12, 2006 at 05:27:10
Three Cheers For Ned Lamont - Maybe Not When You Know Where He Stands
But just who is Ned Lamont, and why should anyone think if he's elected in November Connecticut will have a man in the Senate representing them and their interests? Opportunistically, he decided to run as a single-issue candidate and just ordinary guy. But despite the man-of-the-people persona he tries to portray, Lamont is a 52 year old millionaire entrepreneur who founded Lamont Digital that builds cable TV systems for universities and gated communities. He's also a fifth generation Lamont to have attended the elitist Phillips Exeter Academy prep school followed by Harvard and Yale's School of Management for his master's degree. Does that trio of schools sound familiar? Well, almost, because George W. Bush attended the elitist sister Phillips Andover Academy followed by Yale and then Harvard for his MBA.
http://www.opednews.com/
articles...ers_for_ned.htm
Molly Ivors,
Speaking of louts, how is yours feeling?
GWPDA, it takes getting used to. The summer we moved we landed in an apartment in Scottsdale.
It was so hot and so bright, I was scared of the outside during the day! I adapted, of course; but first I became close friends with my landlady's mynah bird and the concept of a "studio tan."
res,
It's a virus, apparently, so nothing to do but wait it out. He's sleeping a lot.
new poll for 08
http://www.liberalrapture.com/
upper right hand corner...
Vote!
Coming to a blog to argue that blogs are meaningless is so meta.
Molly Ivors - 9:59 am
mebbe even post-meta...
moanin' batzes!
coffee and bacon scents permeat casa WGG this am...
rained last night
you should SEE the weeds here...in the desert it doesn't take much water to get the growin goin'
.
I think the Dems are finally catching on to this "weak on security" bullshit. And to that I say, Finally!
Some inspiring words from an interview with Norman Podhoretz in today's WSJ:
"Mr. Podhoretz is having none of it. 'I always knew they didn't like this policy, the Bush doctrine,' he says, speaking of increasingly vocal antagonists like George Will and William F. Buckley. 'They had doubts about it going in, and not just because it violates in their view conservative principles but, you know, it's hubris, it's Wilsonianism, it goes beyond the limits of power, it's nation-building, and so on. But for reasons of solidarity or because they were not willing to join with the left or the far reaches of the Buchananite right, they were careful, they voiced their doubts only through hints or veiled asides. So when they came, so to speak, out of the antiwar closet, I certainly was not all that surprised.
'They've declared defeat, basically,' he continues. 'What can I say? I think they're wrong. I think Iraq has gone not badly but well, is not a disaster or a crime or a delusion, but what's more is a noble, necessary effort.'
Mr. Podhoretz attributes the troubles of reconstruction as much to our own irresolution as to what he calls 'the recalcitrance and obduracy of the region.' 'The only reason in my opinion that we're having as much trouble as we're having in Iraq is that we're not getting intelligence. You cannot fight a revanchist insurgency and certainly not one that uses terrorist tactics without good intelligence . . . and you can only get that kind of intelligence by squeezing it out of prisoners. That's all there is to it.'
Both domestic opposition and the international community, unhappily, are 'defining torture down. The things they're calling 'torture' now have never been and have no business being considered torture.' He keeps on: 'It is an effort to disarm us that's succeeding to a frightening extent. No, it's worse than that. They're trying to make it impossible to fight terrorism. . . . Every weapon that's been developed to protect us from terrorism, and the Iraqis from internal terrorism, is under assault.'"
Cynicus! Freakin' brilliant! Tell me that was your own...even if it wasn't.
Ah, so far as i know it was spur-of-the-moment nonsense from me. But considering that whole country has looked very Twilight Zone for the last 6 or so years, who knows......
-
new poll for 08
http://www.liberalrapture.com/
upper right hand corner...
Vote!
sockmonkey | Homepage | 08.12.06 - 10:03 am | #
I know who voted for Gore/Clinton
Well, almost, because George W. Bush attended the elitist sister Phillips Andover Academy followed by Yale and then Harvard for his MBA.
Big difference between Mr. Ned and Our Dear Leader here is that Mr. Ned didn't have to buy his sheepskins like Our Dear Leader.
Ass-on apply directly to the Joementum.
It would appear that the law of unintended consequences applies to the left as well as the right. The image of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson standing behind Ned Lamont at his post-election rally is a GOP wet dream. I don't disagree with the outcome of the election, but now we're stuck with a divided Democratic Party. This is bad.
Well, at least it isn't a strep infection. Those can lay you out, but good!
Sigh, just because all the media want to talk about is a single issue doesn't mean that single issue is all a candidate is running on. There is a huge difference between the media narrative and the whole story. Just as the media knows when someone is handing them a line, we are becoming more aware of when the media is laying down on the job.
It would appear that the law of unintended consequences applies to the left as well as the right. The image of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson standing behind Ned Lamont at his post-election rally is a GOP wet dream.
I shall wring my hands on my fainting couch accordingly.
Well, the GOP is its own worst enemy on this "Dems are weak on national security" meme.
The polls show 60% want to get out of Iraq, and a majority want a new Congress, preferably a Democratic one (and three months ago, that was considered impossible by all the Beltway pooh-bahs; now it's seen as nearly inevitable).
And are the brave new Dems driving this? They're still figuring out that Lamont's win means they can be an opposition party again.
The GOP has the media in its pocket, and still it's losing. How lame is that?
Well, at least it isn't a strep infection.
At least you can treat those.
He's also a fifth generation Lamont to have attended the elitist Phillips Exeter Academy prep school followed by Harvard and Yale's School of Management for his master's degree.
all this means is that Lamont's family have had their money long enough to have developed a 'genetic' social conscience, as opposed to the arriviste, nouveau-riche, trailer-trash Bushes...
Coffee, bacon, and moist creosote bushes. No finer perfume exists!
Well, almost, because George W. Bush attended the elitist sister Phillips Andover Academy followed by Yale and then Harvard for his MBA.
Big difference between Mr. Ned and Our Dear Leader here is that Mr. Ned didn't have to buy his sheepskins like Our Dear Leader.
Ass-on apply directly to the Joementum.
An Enquiring Mind | 08.12.06 - 10:04 am | #
The only reason I posted that is I don't want us to make anyone a saint that cannot be questioned. What I want is an elected official that follows the will of the people who put him there.
I shall wring my hands on my fainting couch accordingly.
Molly Ivors
I'll fetch the smelling salts, m'dear.
I know how the GOP can give one a fit of the vapors.
“We’ve spent about three-quarters of a billion dollars in research on emerging types of technologies in explosives,” Mr. Chertoff said.
Wow, that makes me feel safe, especially knowing that al Qaeda can blow up an airplane for the cost of a couple of mail order chemicals, an airline ticket and a 99 cent bottle of Gatorade.
At least you can treat those.
Molly Ivors - 10:07 am
strep with a buncha tykes around, though, mightn't be real pretty, i imagine...
But just who is Ned Lamont, and why should anyone think if he's elected in November Connecticut will have a man in the Senate representing them and their interests?
So vote for Joe "Plain Old Joe" Lieberman, born in a log cabin, self-educated with books filched from the elite prep school's trash, not a dime to his name, and with a proven record of representing the interests of his voters by ignoring the little fact that they threw him out on his ass.
Gawrsh, Mickey, how inspirin'!
-
At least you can treat those.
Thers' sentiment, exactly; I'd guess. Get well soon!
Lamont's family have had their money long enough to have developed a 'genetic' social conscience, as opposed to the arriviste, nouveau-riche, trailer-trash Bushes...
I've been wondering what happened to noblesse oblige, ya know?
Dissent's pontificate-'n-split is a neat trick.
That's because the trool's point is bullshit. Not necessarily the lefty blogs' effect on the political scene, but the silliness about the media only reporting the conservative side and the fact that the left is out of touch.
Wrong.
The image of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson standing behind Ned Lamont at his post-election rally is a GOP wet dream.
Yes, those wet dreams appear to be translating into great poll numbers for them, too. Sort of a double-the-pleasure type thing.
Lamont is a 52 year old millionaire entrepreneur who founded Lamont Digital that builds cable TV systems for universities and gated communities.
...a company which, unlike those of the current White House resident, has not collapsed, gone bankrupt or destroyed lives....
but now we're stuck with a divided Democratic Party. This is bad.
by divided you mean like the Shavio issue that "divided" the country?
Joe and Kerrey vs the Democrats. Yup, a huge split there.
You must be a MSM headline writer.
I've been wondering what happened to noblesse oblige, ya know?
Molly Ivors
A) Unamerican. We are a classless society, you know. (Please, no snide remarks.)
B) That's so pre-9/ll.
C) What are you, an elitist?
The image of Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson standing behind Ned Lamont at his post-election rally is a GOP wet dream.
it't take a real racist asshole to try to make political points off such an image, wouldn't it?
what kind of low-life, fucking sleazeball would ....erm...yeah, we're talkin' Pukes here, aren't we...
LIsa Meyer's report where guys blew open the back end of a Nissan with a peroxide bomb was NOT
encouraging.
At least you can treat those.
Molly Ivors
Make the boy drink a lot of water. A lot. Flush out the bad shit and give the immune system something to work with.
A) Unamerican. We are a classless society, you know. (Please, no snide remarks.)
B) That's so pre-9/ll.
C) What are you, an elitist?
Oops. Busted.
But ole Bush has other priorities - Can't let the prospect of a commercial airplane blowing up ..... spoil an afternoon of bike riding and brush clearing at the ranch.
Not to mention "taunting" people who can't keep up with his 100F runs. [If he likes to exercise in the heat so much, I've got this little war in Iraq he could go particpate in.]
BTW Is anyone in the so-called mainstream media questioning why, if this was such a viable option for terror, no one in our gazillion-dollar DHS anticipated it?
[Heck, I'm still waiting for someone to question the item I mentioned a few days ago -- How two Dearborn men could be detained in Ohio just because they had lots of cellphones and cash in their car.]
But ole Bush has other priorities - Can't let the prospect of a commercial airplane blowing up ..... spoil an afternoon of bike riding and brush clearing at the ranch.
Not to mention "taunting" people who can't keep up with his 100F runs. [If he likes to exercise in the heat so much, I've got this little war in Iraq he could go particpate in.]
BTW Is anyone in the so-called mainstream media questioning why, if this was such a viable option for terror, no one in our gazillion-dollar DHS anticipated it?
[Heck, I'm still waiting for someone to question the item I mentioned a few days ago -- How two Dearborn men could be detained in Ohio just because they had lots of cellphones and cash in their car.]
Concerning New Orleans, my home town:
My daughter just returned from six weeks there, working with two post-Katrina agencies. I spent a week there with her at the beginning, and a day before we drove back to Chicago.
There were two obituaries Wednesday morning, people under the age of 35, whose cause of death was not listed. I infer suicide. In addition, one of the top Times-Picayune photographers went nuts and begged the police to shoot him. The cops reacted well; they are now used to people trying to commit suicide by cop. The photographer was subdued without harm to anyone, and is now being treated for depression.
Physically the city is doing all right, excellent even in the well-to-do parts that suffered very little water damage. (Yes, I know large swathes of the city are bombed out, and only about half the population is back.) Emotionally, they're in terrible shape. I saw it in lots of people; they're just fragile as hell. If they get through this hurricane season, they have a chance.
I was glad Nagin was reelected, but most of my friends are exceedingly disappointed by his lack of leadership.
So vote for Joe "Plain Old Joe" Lieberman, born in a log cabin, self-educated with books filched from the elite prep school's trash, not a dime to his name, and with a proven record of representing the interests of his voters by ignoring the little fact that they threw him out on his ass.
What I'm hoping for is something more in line with a John Cornyn, wealthy but represented the people's interests.
“We’ve spent about three-quarters of a billion dollars in research on emerging types of technologies in explosives,” Mr. Chertoff said.
Mr. Chertoff, please break down that 'three-quarters of a billion' figure. How much of that 'research on emerging types of technology in explosives' is for countering/detecting improvised munitions, and how much was just plain, old-fashioned R&D improvement on better cluster bombs, land mines, etc & so forth?"
pfui.
-
You must be a MSM headline writer.
It's only marginally better than "Joe vs. The Volcano"--which I predict we'll see before November.
You must be a MSM headline writer.
It's only marginally better than "Joe vs. The Volcano"--which I predict we'll see before November.
And lots of explicit sex scenes, apparently.........
-
Cynicus
And here I am reading Fiasco!
So now we have to field two diametricly opposed scary Ned images being shopped.
Scary image Number 1.) Ned is a millionaire who went to fancy schools JUST LIKE W!!!!
Scary Image Number 2.) Ned had those ulra-freaky-lefty-darkies Sharpton and Jackson ON THE PLATFORM!!!!
Now what we need is a Hitler salute while wearing a Che T-shirt, ohh ohh and him and George Michael with a Jane Fonda RealDoll, yeah that ought to do it.
not a racist comment in the slightest. You'd have to be living under a rock not to know that most Americans see Sharpton and Jackson as fringe hucksters.
Time to start shouting for all Americans to hear: Iraq is a failed state. This will be more effective than the civil war meme.
From Wikipedia:
Failed state
A state could be said to "succeed" if it maintains a monopoly on the legitimate use of physical force within its borders. When this is broken (e.g., through the dominant presence of warlords, militias, or terrorism), the very existence of the state becomes dubious, and the state becomes a failed state. The difficulty of determining whether a government maintains "a monopoly on the legitimate use of force" (which includes the problems of the definition of "legitimate") means it is not clear precisely when a state can be said to have "failed".
And here I am reading Fiasco!
I hear the sex scenes in that aren't so good.
Last poll result I saw credited Lamont with uniting Democrats.
Obviously that's the problem...
Ah yes, "the Democratic Party is dangerously divided," with only 79% of Democrats nationwide saying they're glad Lieberman lost.
Concerning New Orleans, my home town:
Talk about an ongoing tragedy and we are supposed to believe if the French Quarter has recovered everyone is just fine.
The poor are getting screwed down there, as is the middle class working people.
Ah yes, "the Democratic Party is dangerously divided," with only 79% of Democrats nationwide saying they're glad Lieberman lost.
A statistical dead heat!
Ah yes, "the Democratic Party is dangerously divided," with only 79% of Democrats nationwide saying they're glad Lieberman lost.
A statistical dead heat!
pigboy -- It's bigotted to suggest that it's impossible to come away with a sense of character and integrity having attended elite schools. In my experience it's not easy, but possible . . . There's a strong progressive line in Lamont's family tree.
.
I'll let finer minds than mine detail how absolutely racist that statement was, and why it must be called out every time it's repeated. Only white mens' mistakes can be forgiven?
but now we're stuck with a divided Democratic Party. This is bad.
You are a silly son of a bitch. If you're going to flame as a concern trool, at least make the effort to post realistic points.
But you are a trool, so the idiotic points you make are to be expected.
The only reason I posted that is I don't want us to make anyone a saint that cannot be questioned. What I want is an elected official that follows the will of the people who put him there.
pigboy
Geez, sorry I missed Mr. Ned's beatification and canonization. Any idea where I can find sum pitcheers of it? I sure would like to see it.
What I'm hoping for is something more in line with a John Cornyn, wealthy but represented the people's interests.
You'd have to be living under a rock not to know that most Americans see Sharpton and Jackson as fringe hucksters.
Whereas Bush and Cheney are more mainstream.
plantsman, lowercase -- what statement are you talking about?
.
Didja see that eruption in Volcanoes Park in Hawaii? Leapin' Lava flows! Awe inspiring.
The canard about how damaging the presence of Sharpton and Jackson on the platform behind Lamont was.
Obviously that's the problem...
Rmj, Street Credentialed
Exactly...the Dems are looking good, time to bring them down a peg or four.
Actually, all of this blathering by the extremists in the GOP (read, "GOP") about a "hard" turn to the left by the Dems will play REEEAAAAAL well with Joe and Betty Normal.
Thats right folks! You just keep calling regular folks (Uhm...the MAJORITY OF AMERICANS) "radicals" and see how that plays.
Oh and, if I were an incumbent from either party this year, I would update my resume.
At least you can treat those.
Molly Ivors
there's been a nasty virus going around the office. Seems to hang on for awhile. Everyone complains of being really, really tired.
Better the Rev.s Al and JJ than the Rev.s Pat and Fat Jerry. Oh, that's rite. Rev. Pat can leg press 2K lbs.
Gee, I wonder if haloscan limits the number of times a troll can change his nym in one thread.
What I'm hoping for is something more in line with a John Cornyn, wealthy but represented the people's interests.
Ok, i'm an old man, with an old-school dream of what America is. And from that, i sorta had this notion that the candidates present themselves, and from those the people picked those who best represented their interests. Not the best possible, but the best available. And they went on from there, continually tuning to try to get this awsome responsibility of self-governance right.
Connecticut had a primary. they had 2 candidates, and picked the one that better represented their interests. Now they go on to the actual election and pick the candidate who best represents their interests.
The fact that the system is being gamed by a candidate who best represents an unholy blend of his self-interests and certain lobbies' interests is not how it was supposed to work. But the guy who DID pass the first hurdle ought to be given at least some provisional approval as being 'some' of the people's CHOICE.
-
Gary Bauer couldn't successfully flip a Bisquik pancake as I recall.
Everyone complains of being really, really tired.
That's this one. The boy slept the clock around the other day.
But they gave Thers codeine to help him sleep, which makes no sense at all to me. All he does is sleep.
Concerning New Orleans, my home town:
Talk about an ongoing tragedy and we are supposed to believe if the French Quarter has recovered everyone is just fine.
The poor are getting screwed down there, as is the middle class working people.
pigboy - 10:15 am
Republican congress-fuck Richard Baker, from Baton Rouge: "We finally managed to clean out public housing down there, with God's help."
i was and am very uneasy about the focus on 1) Mardi Gras, and then 2) the Jazz Fest in the media when there are still thousands of homes destroyed and unlikely to be rebuilt...
i lived 10 years in RedStick, and I LOVED NOLA...
not a racist comment in the slightest. You'd have to be living under a rock not to know that most Americans see Sharpton and Jackson as fringe hucksters.
gastrognome
As opposed to say, Boots, Cheenee, Frist, Rheumy, et. al.? Of course, these asshole criminal don't work from the frnge.
Crawl back under your rock, simpleton. You're out of your league here.
You'd have to be living under a rock not to know that most Americans see Sharpton and Jackson as fringe hucksters.
Say rather:
You'd have to be living under a rock not to know that most racist, white "Americans" regard Sharpton and Jackson as 'uppity niggers..."
wank owls
Here's what I wonder: If the 'thugs have succeeded in "catapulting the propaganda" marrying iraq to terra-terra-terra, is it possible to argue stridently enough to counteract that? In other words, fear is their big issue, and they're going to make us run on it.
It seems that they key is not to let them define what the issues are. I know it's not possible to ignore it, but I would like to see a lot more emphasis put on actual issued that people care about -- let them counter these with something substantial beyond Cut and Run, Lamont-al-quaeda-candidate, etc.
(I didn't get much sleep, so if this is sub-incoherent I apologize. Maybe somebody can clean it up for me.)
Whereas Bush and Cheney are more mainstream.
pie
I'm glad we think alike...
WoodyGuthriesDolchstossblog
Republican congress-fuck Richard Baker, from Baton Rouge: "We finally managed to clean out public housing down there, with God's help."
these guys give god a bad name or god is one real stupid mean spirited fuck. either way it is about the lamest excuse for not doing their job and worse it justifies the suffering of the poor and the victims of a horrible tragedy.
It's the year 114,550,000 AD.
Liberals are still screaming about Jew Lieberman.
So let's review
Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Lieberman Sharpton Jackson
Characters Remaining:
Commenting by HaloScan
