I'MMA LET YOU FINISH

for those with sundance, 'blogwars' is coming up at 7p


Blogwars, feh, not as much fun as YouTube wars.


What is blogwars?


Peace be with you! Here's to a better year in 2007.


GravatarHey, this James Brown guy is pretty good.

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Gravatarhere's the description:

In 2004, political bloggers came of age. They propelled Howard Dean from fringe candidate to front-runner. They took on Dan Rather and won. And they charted the course for the "swiftboating" of John Kerry. As the 2006 mid-term elections approached, bloggers were preparing for battle again. Filmmakers James Rogan and Phil Craig's sharp documentary examines how online democratic activism is shaping important elections by focusing on the decisive Connecticut senate race and Ned Lamont's challenge to incumbent Joe Lieberman.


GravatarKatPlay!
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GravatarSo.

Saddam is dead.

And it makes very little difference.

I assume that it's being arranged to have the noose flown to DC so Chimpy can have another infantile "trophy" to caress.


GravatarWhat is blogwars?
EkCenTriK | 12.30.06 - 7:00 pm | #


http://www.sundancechannel.com/ f...The+Film+Finder


GravatarWhat if America went to war in Iraq and Iran won?

U.S., Iran Praise Execution of Saddam
Dec 30 6:09 PM US/Eastern

By JENNIFER QUINN
Associated Press Writer
LONDON
Saddam Hussein's execution found the United States and Iran sharing rare common ground on Saturday, with both countries saying the hanging of the former dictator was in the best interest of Iraq, its people and the region.


GravatarMy butt itches


GravatarApprentice to Darth Holden

I think a correction is needed. Saddam is still dead.


GravatarBlogwars, feh, not as much fun as YouTube wars.
Buckeye, Blue State


"Or encounters with male whores."
-Pastor Ted


GravatarHere's that K2 clip that Wankrios can't be bothered with, proggers.
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Gravatarwithout wakeman?

you call this a party?


GravatarUh, Shrub. They ain't honoring a member of Congress for being a member of Congress. They're honoring a president of the United States! Get off of your fucking ass and get to Washington and pay your fucking respects, you pathetic little shit.


Gravatarpie, I think it's a virus. I'm going to go to the clinic if it doesn't break by tomorrow.

From below: take some Advil for the fever.

It will help. Promise.


GravatarWas it James Brown or James Baker who headed up that Iraq Study Group? I am a little behind on the news.


GravatarSo, Chimpy McFlightsuit arranges for the death of a 69 year old man.

Quel Heroisme!


Gravataryou call this a party?
Rmj


Not since Daddy took the Smileys away.


GravatarI assume that it's being arranged to have the noose flown to DC so Chimpy can have another infantile "trophy" to caress.
Apprentice to Darth Holden


He can put it with Saddam's pistol and his "Mission Accomplished" flightsuit.


GravatarIt's ecstasy when you lie down next to me.


Gravatar"Was it James Brown or James Baker who headed up that Iraq Study Group? I am a little behind on the news."

Well, it's hard to tell, but the ISG report was a real toe tapper.


GravatarI assume that it's being arranged to have the noose flown to DC so Chimpy can have another infantile "trophy" to caress.
Apprentice to Darth Holden


O ewww.


GravatarGet off of your fucking ass and get to Washington and pay your fucking respects, you pathetic little shit.

He's too busy being a sniveling, petty little wanker.


GravatarUh, Shrub. They ain't honoring a member of Congress for being a member of Congress. They're honoring a president of the United States! Get off of your fucking ass and get to Washington and pay your fucking respects, you pathetic little shit.
Snow


He insulted mah war! He gave aid 'n' comforts to the emeny. I ain't goin'. Send Dick. He's old, he's gotta get use t'funerals, And let my Dad go, since he don't 'preshiate that I killed that guy that tried to kill him after'n he was too much ofa pussy t'do it. I'm on vacation.


GravatarI ain't lyin' down next to Barry White, Not noway, not know how


Gravatarthe ISG report was a real toe tapper.

I dunno: somehow "Say it loud, we fucked up in Iraq!" doesn't have the same oooomph to me.


GravatarHe's too busy being a sniveling, petty little wanker.

Worst. President. Ever.


GravatarBush wants Laura to drive over Saddam corpse to prove her love for him.
"One more time Laura! C'mon, just one more time!"


GravatarPizza and Wings delivered.

Pizza and Wings destroyed.

er

Devoured.


GravatarGet off of your fucking ass and get to Washington and pay your fucking respects, you pathetic little shit.

Like the fucking brat is going to pay any respect to someone who dared to point out what a fucking loser he is.


GravatarGet off of your fucking ass and get to Washington and pay your fucking respects, you pathetic little shit.




I think the Ford Family is happy that he ISN'T there.


GravatarWorst. President. Ever.
pie


Pie, if that obscenity of a "library" ends up here, I swear I will pay a tagger $100 a week for the rest of my life and put it in my will until the money runs out - to tag that building every week with just those words.


GravatarI think the Ford Family is happy that he ISN'T there.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 0

wouldn't surprise me. Are Carter and Clinton there?


GravatarI assume that it's being arranged to have the noose flown to DC so Chimpy can have another infantile "trophy" to caress.
Apprentice to Darth Holden


Chimpy and Saddam have a lot in common - they both had two, useless spoiled kids, and then, well, there's the Rummy thing...


GravatarAnd for a big, fat, dead black guy, this Barry White seems to have a way with the chicks ...


Gravatar
Devoured.
EkCenTriK


Beef stew. I made it yesterday and I added a whole bottle of red wine.

Mmmmmm.


GravatarI assume that it's being arranged to have the noose flown to DC so Chimpy can have another infantile "trophy" to caress.

"Sir, wait. No. Now sir, you can't do that, sir, we have to preserve that for the Smithsonian. Sir, please don't, oh never mind."


GravatarI know Saddam's been dead for close to 24 hours now and that we should move on to other things, but I couldn't help make an observation that gave me pause.

One of my commenters just said that "it wasn't an execution; it was a performance", which just about perfectly says it all.


GravatarI'm wondering what kind of funeral W contemplates for himself, and who would attend.


GravatarHow about the noose winds up in Sen. Feliz Macacawitz's office?


GravatarGeorge: If you love me you'll do it.

Laura: But its so icky!

George: C'mon, you know you want to

Laura: Well, OK

George: Uhhnh, Uhhhnh, Uhhnh!

Laura: Can I let this Arab down off the rope now or should I run over him with the car?


GravatarI think the Ford Family is happy that he ISN'T there.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 0


It's past Chimpy's 7 p.m. bedtime, anyway. And the Ford family probably isn't serving booze.


GravatarWhere's the bar?


GravatarI'm wondering what kind of funeral W contemplates for himself, and who would attend.
Diane C.

Oh, there's one I'd go to. Just to make sure the lid was well nailed shut.


Gravatarfrom below:

I bet you're nobody's fool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5...h? v=5PrdGcINdDk
Buckeye, Blue State | 12.30.06 - 6:52 pm | #

I dunno, but I appreciate the love and affection
Bas-O-Matic | 12.30.06 - 6:57 pm


For This, you must die:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N...h? v=NP2Z7glIumg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O...h? v=OTDpM2kSPyg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q...h?v=Q4ePma- idCM


GravatarI think the Ford Family is happy that he ISN'T there.

I'm sure you're correct. As I said, Chimpy disrupts the proceedings with his ridiculous security crap, and it has to always be about him anyway. He has no respect for anyone, so it's quite fitting that much of the world feels the same about him.

Asshole.


GravatarMy butt itches
The Jester

and your fingers stink.


GravatarI'm wondering what kind of funeral W contemplates for himself, and who would attend.
Diane C.
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There was a movie made about that.

I believe it was called "I Spit On Your Grave."


GravatarLaura: Can I let this Arab down off the rope now or should I run over him with the car?

William Burroughs, thou shouldst be living at this hour!


GravatarIt's past Chimpy's 7 p.m. bedtime, anyway. And the Ford family probably isn't serving booze.

Well, NTodd showed up at Betty's door last night with a bottle of Ripple and some flavored condoms.


GravatarI'm wondering what kind of funeral W contemplates for himself, and who would attend.
Diane C. Barking-Mad


I hope his end comes in a way where the body is lost.


GravatarHullooooo!


GravatarI'm sure you're correct. As I said, Chimpy disrupts the proceedings with his ridiculous security crap, and it has to always be about him anyway.

Slumping in his chair, getting that nine-year-old-in-Church expression as he stares around looking for something shiny to look at. I sure the Kings wish they had thought up security excesses as a reason to leave him off the guest list for Coretta's services.


GravatarVinnie Vincent Invasion !!

seemed like the right time to say it ...


GravatarAm I an awful person to see all those steps and think a stumble here, a trip there


GravatarSlumping in his chair, getting that nine-year-old-in-Church expression as he stares around looking for something shiny to look at. I sure the Kings wish they had thought up security excesses as a reason to leave him off the guest list for Coretta's services.
Jim


Getting booed and hissed at...while Bill Clinton is cheered and treated like a rock star.


GravatarSlumping in his chair, getting that nine-year-old-in-Church expression as he stares around looking for something shiny to look at.

What a perfect description.


GravatarMichelle Pfeiffer? Mmmmm...Age of Innocence. And a double Mmmmm Mmmmm for Daniel Day Lewis.

I think it's the best Scorsese film ever. Gangsters, boxers, and taxi drivers be damned.


Gravatarhow did two-bit, half-wit ex-prez gerry ford get turned into a god?


GravatarBecause he's dead and hasn't begun to stink yet


Gravatarhow did two-bit, half-wit ex-prez gerry ford get turned into a god?

He's a member of an elite group.


Gravatarpolitics+death+cable teevee= apotheosis

Even Sonny Bono and some third string Kennedy got helicopter coverage of their funerals


Gravatarhow did two-bit, half-wit ex-prez gerry ford get turned into a god?
gary in f


He was a Republican.


Gravatarhow did two-bit, half-wit ex-prez gerry ford get turned into a god?

In the Age of Jingo, all Presidents are gods.


Gravatarhow did two-bit, half-wit ex-prez gerry ford get turned into a god?


When you got nothin' to celebrate, you'll celebrate anything.


GravatarHow old is Betty Ford?


GravatarHe was a Republican.

That too. But he got the last word re Chimpy and his stupid war. Not too shabby.


GravatarIn the Age of Jingo, all Presidents are gods.

Not even. Wait till Carter dies.


GravatarHow old is Betty Ford?

About 12 years older than dirt.


GravatarFord was kindof okay, and a welcome relief after Nixon and Agnew. At least he appointed John-Paul Stevens to the Supreme Court.


GravatarUgh there's Dick and Dole


GravatarChimp's dying words:

Condi, Condi, Condi!!!!


GravatarBetty Ford: Born, April 18, 1918 Chicago, Illinois


GravatarUgh there's Dick and Dole

You mean Dick and Dickless, right?


GravatarNot even. Wait till Carter dies.

Not to worry. Al Gore will be in the White House, and he'll make sure he gets a proper send-off.


GravatarAnd since when are presidential funerals on party night (Saturday). What's wrong with Tuesday?


GravatarAbout 12 years older than dirt.
Barndog,


For some reason I thought she was quite a bit younger than he was. Was I wrong?


GravatarI would imagine that Betty Ford is in her late eighties, early nineties as well.


GravatarWhen Carter dies, the MSM will do a separated at birth montage with Hitler and Neville Chamberlain. They can't stand that pious, hard-working fucker because he represents everything they are not.


GravatarSo the pathetic little petulant wimp in chief is going to be a no-show for this Ford thing?


GravatarThank You Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers

All this has to be such a strain for someone her age


GravatarOops - Dr. B. posted the answer to my question and I must owe her something for that.


Gravatarblogwars is actually pretty good. it's fun to see the faces behind the blogs. the guy behind dumpjoe and 'the kiss' is a retired truck driver and had never worked with a computer before. he said he didn't know you could push f5 to refresh -- he was shutting his computer off each time. lol.

kos, john amato, john avarosis, chris bowers, malkin, the ol' perfessor are all in it


Gravatardamn, wish I knew where that stray dog is, pouring rain. Haven't seen him since morning. Fed him a big breakfast.


GravatarIt's awfully odd -- as I watch the shrunken figure of Betty Ford, attempting with great dignity at 88 to be stoic and alert, and watch the young military pall-bearers in their prime, I can't help thinking all this pomp and pageantry for Gerald Ford is in some way happening because we, as a people, are so bereft of leadership and honor in the current day -- that Ford is being elevated beyond his actual status to compensate for the benighted Bush's deep failure.


Gravatarkos, john amato, john avarosis, chris bowers, malkin, the ol' perfessor are all in it
lind


If I was feeling particularly snarky, I might say something about how nice it is of the A List to let us peasants enjoy their little game.

O thank you, kind masters!

;lol:


GravatarOh Christ Rummy delayed by snow storm...what a wanker


Gravatarplantsman, have a case of Sprite Zero - on me.

I'm certain you may have nailed it right there.


Gravatarthat Ford is being elevated beyond his actual status to compensate for the benighted Bush's deep failure.
plantsman


A lot of truth to that, isn't there. We (not us, but the country) are nostalgic for non-crazy mediocrity. If only we (not us) would get it through our collective marble noggin that we really can change these things.


GravatarBut dang, a NOCTURAL presidential funeral...and on a weekend? That's whack. Given him a proper sendoff on a Tuesday!


GravatarI just updated the live cam page on my bloggie to give you Nashville weather conditions, so you'll know whether or not to 'spect me at lunch.
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GravatarI can't help thinking all this pomp and pageantry for Gerald Ford is in some way happening because we, as a people, are so bereft of leadership and honor in the current day -- that Ford is being elevated beyond his actual status to compensate for the benighted Bush's deep failure.
plantsman, lowercase


Possibly we make heroes because we feel we need them, that this era has lost the honorableness of former glories (but were they really former glories?). Ford was merely the latest iteration.

I like the "comments since you started typing" counter.


GravatarDid Nixon lie in state?


GravatarAbout 12 years older than dirt.
Barndog, Dirty Damm Hippy


I actually admire her, she had the courage to talk about things that were taboo at the time - her own struggles with breast cancer and substance abuse, removing the stigma associated with them.

And she didn't kill a kid, like Pickles.


GravatarIf only we (not us) would get it through our collective marble noggin that we really can change these things

First thing we need to do is, convince that 50+% of the electorate that doesn't vote - that their vote in fact would make a difference.


Gravatarwe are watching obeisance not to ford, but to the "Presidency".


GravatarI have a great deal of respect for Betty also


GravatarI can't help thinking all this pomp and pageantry for Gerald Ford is in some way happening because we, as a people, are so bereft of leadership and honor in the current day -- that Ford is being elevated beyond his actual status to compensate for the benighted Bush's deep failure.
plantsman, lowercase


I think you've hit the nail on the head.


GravatarDid Nixon lie in state?

Nixon lied in state, out his ass and throughout his career.


Gravatar
A lot of truth to that, isn't there


Yes. We've been largely leaderless for the last 6 years, and that is finally getting through to people and it makes everyone want to look for leaders everywhere.

It's really sad, this state of affairs.


Gravatarplantsman, you're right. the MSM would like to have a monarchical form of govt. in the U.S. look how they used to drool over news about the Brit royal family, as if to say .... if only we could have a royal family here to endlessly cover

having a king means never having to think. but you get to dress up in funny clothes and go to lots and lots of posh parties. that's all the MSM losers want from life. they crave it like a crack addict.


GravatarI believe Mr. Ford will be lying in state in the Capitol Rotunda until Tuesday.


GravatarDid Nixon lie in state?
scout prim


I was thinking about that too. Wasn't his funeral held at his library? Clinton and the ex-prezzes showed up, and most of the cong leadership, etc, but I don't think it was an official State funeral.


Gravatarscoutprime - O I love Betty. Jeez - how can you not? She was just great.


Gravatarof the A List to let us peasants enjoy their little game.

tena,
yeah, it covers all the recognizable names. i think it's a very good primer for people who don't understand 'em.

but, believe me, if you get a look at the guy behind dumpjoe, he's one of us -- sitting in his lounger with his laptop on the other side of his rather considerable belly.


GravatarThere was nothing glorious about Ford. He was monkey that flew out of Nixon's ass. He was a moron.

And a criminal.

His biggest cowardly crime? Keeping his mouth shut about the Bush crimes in Iraq until his death.

A pussy to the end.


Gravatarlinda - I'm sure that's so - all of it.


It was just snark.

[smile]


GravatarSeeing Curly and LE spat-fightin' warmed my heart so, I'm glad the little feller is fitting in, and glad that most of the moonbats' animals are in their proper places.


GravatarDid you guys miss me? I was offline for several days visiting friends in Canada, just south of Detroit.


GravatarIt just occurred to me that something is conspicuously missing from this thread ...

Atrios is the Jefferson Davis of Emoticon Love.

there. fixed it.


Gravatarwe are watching obeisance not to ford, but to the "Presidency".
gary in fl



Fucking brilliant comment, there, gary. That's exactly what it's about.


Gravatarobeisance not to ford, but to the "Presidency"

... of men with R's after their name. Wanna know the real meaning of civility, decency, and respect for the presidency? When Clinton dies, turn your radio crank to the radio crankers at WABC. (You can tape the hatefest on FOX.)


GravatarA pussy to the end.

Don't agree.


GravatarI can't help thinking all this pomp and pageantry for Gerald Ford is in some way happening because we, as a people, are so bereft of leadership and honor in the current day -- that Ford is being elevated beyond his actual status to compensate for the benighted Bush's deep failure.
plantsman, lowercase


perfectly stated. i was thinking something similar earlier today when i heard that tweety and keith olbermann were co-hosting the ford funeral. and you just know that tomorrow's programs are going to be back to the hagiography.


GravatarHis biggest cowardly crime? Keeping his mouth shut about the Bush crimes in Iraq until his death.

In all fairness, I think failure to speak up is more an issue for which the media and current office-holders should be held accountable, as opposed to a 93-year-old man who's been a private citizen for 30 years.


GravatarO I love Betty. Jeez - how can you not? She was just great.
Tena


More class than Nancy, Bar and Laura combined.


GravatarWhen Clinton dies, turn your radio crank to the radio crankers at WABC. (You can tape the hatefest on FOX.)
CowAnotherCow | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 7:31 pm | #


I remarked to Mr. Tena the night Ford died: "Just wait til Clinton dies - it will be wall to wall Monica."

Yep.


Gravatarscoutprime - O I love Betty. Jeez - how can you not? She was just great.

Yes, she was. What a life. I'm surprised she outlived him. At least he was a decent husband.


GravatarDid Nixon lie in state?
scout prime

I don't think he could ever stop lying.


Gravatarplantsman: Seeing Curly and LE spat-fightin' warmed my heart so, I'm glad the little feller is fitting in, and glad that most of the moonbats' animals are in their proper places.

I'm just glad that Maxx got home, and that LarryElvis feels up to being feisty with Fat Man.
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GravatarA million times worse than Rick Wakeman on Ice -- at least they were talented, professional musicians acting horribly:

Genesis' 22 minute apocalyptic tale "Supper's Ready," here re-done and re-created by a fan (who plays the music and, well, sort of sings) and made into "an original motion picture" using really, really chintzy computer graphics.

http://ygraine.membrane.com/genesis/


GravatarI'm just glad that Maxx got home, and that LarryElvis feels up to being feisty with Fat Man.
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Jeffraham Prestonian


You and me both.

Whew.


GravatarI see the Vatican denunciating the hanging of Saddam Hussein.

I see the Anlicans denuncating the hanging of Saddam Hussein.

I don't see Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson denunciating the hanging of Saddam Hussein.

I don't see any US Protestant leader of note at all denunciating the murder of Saddam Hussein.

Can anyone still make the claim that Amerika has 'Christian' values?

What a sick venal nation.


Gravatarobeisance not to ford, but to the "Presidency"

... of men with R's after their name. Wanna know the real meaning of civility, decency, and respect for the presidency? When Clinton dies, turn your radio crank to the radio crankers at WABC. (You can tape the hatefest on FOX.)
CowAnotherCow | Homepage


I disagree, Cow. I think it more than likely that Jimmy Carter will be the next to die, and he will be the first Democratic president since Johnson to do so.

I think we'll see the same pomp and circumstance, even if not the same coverage. I hope I'm wrong about the coverage, however.


GravatarIndeed I think Betty is a helluva woman. Don't know what you folks think of drug treatment centers, but one helped me save my own cocaine addicted ass.


GravatarI can't fault Betty Ford. I only wish my own mom had had the succesful treatment Mrs. Ford got for breast cancer. Betty was cured!


GravatarI think GHWB will be dying any day, now, to be honest.
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Gravatar the media and current office-holders should be held accountable, as opposed to a 93-year-old man who's been a private citizen for 30 years.
Stinky


Yes but.... he's getting all this attention and hoopla, and his remarks would have gotten some attention and provoked discussion, because he wasn't just a private citizen. I think he owed it to the country to speak up.

Then again, as I think of it, if he had said that loudly and publicly, it would've been a more clear and forceful denunciation of this was than Clinton has made thus far.


GravatarOh, gag me. Fat Denny on my teevee. Why can't the fucker stand up straignt?


GravatarAs long as Ford is news, the word 'impeachment' is news. Let's remind people how easy it can be!
http://www.boomantribune.com/sto...12/28/162147/ 78


GravatarDiane C. - I think you're right. I know when Ann Richards died, she lay in state in the Rotunda here and god, the people came from everywhere and stood in line forever to see her.

I think no matter who it is, the same protocol will be followed. The media is something else again.

I will bet you anything that Monica is the chief topic with the Big Dawg dies.


GravatarHis biggest cowardly crime? Keeping his mouth shut about the Bush crimes in Iraq until his death.

In all fairness, I think failure to speak up is more an issue for which the media and current office-holders should be held accountable, as opposed to a 93-year-old man who's been a private citizen for 30 years.
Stinky | 12.30.06 - 7:32 pm | #
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Everyone wants to cut slack to everyone. And then bitch about fucking rotten the world is. Gerald Rudolph Ford was one of the reasons. He pardoned a war criminal who killed more than a million people and started two secret wars against two neutral, innocent nations: Cambodia and Laos.


GravatarShitty how that worked out the same way for my Mom, plantsman.

She wasn't cured either.


GravatarYes but.... he's getting all this attention and hoopla, and his remarks would have gotten some attention and provoked discussion,

Extremely doubtful.


GravatarI hope that Denny's doesn't eat the general dude who is helping Mrs. Ford.


GravatarWhen Clinton dies, turn your radio crank to the radio crankers at WABC. (You can tape the hatefest on FOX.)
CowAnotherCow | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 7:31 pm | #

I remarked to Mr. Tena the night Ford died: "Just wait til Clinton dies - it will be wall to wall Monica."

Yep.
Tena | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 7:32 pm

Let's make sure when that happens that we have taken back a great deal of the media, so they can actually talk about the good things that Clinton actually did.


GravatarI'm just glad that Maxx got home, and that LarryElvis feels up to being feisty with Fat Man.

Me too.

LarryElvis is a cute little fucker. Wait until he's 100%.

Siamese are busy littlel kittens. That might be why he ended up in the shelter.


GravatarNP: "Pink Thing," XTC, Oranges and Lemons
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Gravatar"Everyone wants to cut slack to everyone."

Unless they're Democrats. Then they want to cut their throats.


GravatarDon't former prez's plan their funerals in advance?


GravatarYep.

The real river of puke will begin, of course, when Pantypee and Orally start up that whole "now he was the president and we owe him respect and he did some fairly good things--mostly because Newt Gingrich and [toesucking scumbag] Dick Morris forced him too--

BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT"

and the Drano stream of purulent hate commences.


GravatarI'm recommending to everyone, the most proper way to honor Jerry Ford.

On the national day of mourning? Go to a football game. Play a round of golf. Enjoy it. Not a damned thing wrong with that, not at all.


GravatarEveryone wants to cut slack to everyone. And then bitch about fucking rotten the world is. Gerald Rudolph Ford was one of the reasons. He pardoned a war criminal who killed more than a million people and started two secret wars against two neutral, innocent nations: Cambodia and Laos.

I have said nothing good about Ford and I've said repeatedly that we wouldn't be in the mess we're in if he hadn't pardoned Nixon. If Nixon had gone to jail, Reagan and Bush I might have thought twice about Iran/Contra. If they hadn't gotten away with that, we wouldn't be where we are right now.

Presidents who break the law have so far avoided paying any real price. And we're paying the price for that.


GravatarOh, gag me. Fat Denny on my teevee. Why can't the fucker stand up straignt?

Gravity.


GravatarBarndog, it's often like that; cancer for a lot of folks is hideously relentless. Mom popped on her wig and decided to live in the time she had, I admired that. Your pain bearable?


GravatarI've been over in the Right Wing of Blogistan asking if they got off on the neat snuff movie Dubbya made for them.


GravatarAnd there's Pat Schroeder - how nice.


Gravatarfourlegsgood: Siamese are busy littlel kittens. That might be why he ended up in the shelter.

He was a "second-chancer" -- that is, he was originally adopted from NHA, and returned, when the landlord hit the fan.
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GravatarOh, gag me. Fat Denny on my teevee. Why can't the fucker stand up straignt?

Gravity.
NTodd, No Smileys, No Peace

He's developed a leak?


GravatarI've been over in the Right Wing of Blogistan asking if they got off on the neat snuff movie Dubbya made for them.

And their answers were no doubt predictable.


GravatarExtremely doubtful.
pie


Yes, it is. Until he died, he was just Gerald Ford, for heaven's sake. No one gave a shit. Really. He went into retirement and disappeared.


GravatarGetting drunk is a great way to honor the Fords. That's what Dubbya's doin' right now.


Gravatar"Oranges and Lemons" is such a good album!
Even "The Loving."


GravatarGod, that Jon Anderson video is fucking terrible. He sings like a natural Alvin and the Chipmunks, but he's a pussy too. And the hands waving in the foreground look like store windo mannequins with their arms up and some stage hands are waving the torsos back and forth beneath the camera view.

1982 was a horrible horrible horrible year. Just because of this alone.


Gravatar"And their answers were no doubt predictable."

Oh yes. Lots about how much they "pitied" me.

"Pity" is the Neo-Fascist version of compassion.


GravatarAnd there's Pat Schroeder - how nice.
Dr. Barmp



Dr. B. I still am very fond of her and wouldn't mind seeing her in the WH one damn bit.

She's rather practical, and that's rather nice after a fucking visionary who has no grasp of reality whatsoever.

Ah well.


Gravatar3
David Ehrenstein: Getting drunk is a great way to honor the Fords. That's what Dubbya's doin' right now.

Beer, the lack of cable, and the hope of payday in less than a week are all that're keeping ME alive...!
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GravatarBet it urks blonde bimbo Katie to have to cover Ford instead of creaming her panties over Saddam's hanging.


GravatarTena's right, criminal Presidents must pay, otherwise there is no healing or forward movement.


GravatarI'm watching Blog Wars and now hate Lieberwhore more than ever.

What the fuckity fuck was Connecticut thinking?


GravatarHe went into retirement and disappeared.

There would have been much wailing and gnashing of teeth about criticizing a president in *time of war*.

You're either with us or against us.


GravatarYour pain bearable?

Not really, more tolerable than anything. The Dilaudid I was taking has become almost non-effective. Same for the Neurontin - it was knocking me out at bedtime, but not anymore. The narcotics are overruling my body's ability to sleep and be calm.

I was in bed asleep a whopping 2 hours last night, before I woke like I'd slept 10. A wonderful time I'm having. Although, I am using the awake time to work on my Appeal Review.


GravatarShe's so cute, and she's exceprted my bloggie twice in December.
.


GravatarAnd there's Pat Schroeder - how nice.

Is she crying yet?


GravatarPresidents who break the law have so far avoided paying any real price. And we're paying the price for that.
Tena | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 7:38 pm | #
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Despite being from Texas, Tena is 100 percent right.

JUST FOOLING !!!!!

:ha ha: :ha ha:


GravatarBetty and Jerry Ford were married for 58 years. I don't believe I would have the strength to even stand up, if my partner of 58 years were suddenly gone.
.


GravatarHow does one pardon crimes that have not yet been charged?


GravatarOh yes. Lots about how much they "pitied" me.

Little minds.


GravatarPat Schroeder


GravatarFord is dead. What shall we honor him for? Pardoning Nixon? Being the first U.S. President to lose a war? Holding his tongue about the Iraq invasion?


Gravatar:ha ha: :ha ha:

Someone's cruisin' for a bruisin'.


GravatarAw, Barndog, I'm sorry to hear that. Somebody around hear should be getting decent sleep -- we're worthy.


GravatarHow does one pardon crimes that have not yet been charged?

By being obviously guilty.


GravatarWhat the fuckity fuck was Connecticut thinking?
HoneyBearKelly


did you catch the first comment in the opening minutes:

'someone had the audacity to think they could do a better job than a sitting democratic senator'


GravatarIf my penis is large do I get a pardon for being a crook?


GravatarBetty and Jerry Ford were married for 58 years. I don't believe I would have the strength to even stand up, if my partner of 58 years were suddenly gone.

I've seen more than one woman do it, Dr. B. Many more than one.

I don't know either, but they do.


GravatarAnd, oh, look! Mrs. Ford is going to strike Mr. Cheney.
.


GravatarOH SWEET JESUS WHAT EVIL THING HAS SADLY, NO! LOOSED UPON THE WORLD!


Gravatar
'someone had the audacity to think they could do a better job than a sitting democratic senator'
linda


Fucking outrageous.

Ugh.


GravatarAnd, oh, look! Mrs. Ford is going to strike Mr. Cheney.
.
Dr. Barmpot Shouty-Crackers

Go for his crotch, Betty!


GravatarSee you guys later.


GravatarHow does one pardon crimes that have not yet been charged?

The Pardon power doesn't specify, so it's been interpreted as a pretty blanket authority to immunize people against, you know, Justice.


GravatarBTW, I really like the refresh feature haloscan has added.


GravatarIf my penis is large do I get a pardon for being a crook?


It does help, and if you wield it well, there's no telling what could happen!


GravatarDO NOT LEAVE. REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.
.


GravatarBetty should knee Big Time in the groin.


GravatarLater, pie!

Have a great evening.


GravatarIf my penis is large do I get a pardon for being a crook?
The Jester

No, but you can use it to scratch your ass.


GravatarAnd where is the President of the United States?


Gravatarnbc, abc, cbs, cnn, foxnews, cspan. All have live tributes to former President Gerald R. Ford.


GravatarDenny Hastert looks to equal 4 Bettys


GravatarDick Cheney at the side of Ford's widow.


GravatarIf my penis is large do I get a pardon for being a crook?

What does "large" mean? I've noticed that guys sometimes are a tad unclear about that.


I want my laughies, dammit.

;lol:;lol:


GravatarAnd where is the President of the United States?

Presidentin' from a safe location away from...people.


Gravatarnbc, abc, cbs, cnn, foxnews, cspan. All have live tributes to former President Gerald R. Ford.
willow


Which is why I'm watching Court TV.


GravatarBetty Ford looking good for a 90 year old woman.


Gravatar"Oranges and Lemons" is such a good album!
Even "The Loving."
plantsman, lowercase


I'm a big fan of Black Sea. And Mummer.


Gravatardamn, wish I knew where that stray dog is, pouring rain. Haven't seen him since morning. Fed him a big breakfast.
1watt Annoying person


Does not sound like he will be a "stray" dog much longer.


GravatarI'm getting ready to watch season 2.b of Galactica.

yay!


GravatarBetty Ford, proof that truly beautiful people age gracefully.


GravatarAnd this fucking bitch Malagangang needs to DIE.


GravatarIt is rather stunning that Bush is not present.

Is his father there?


GravatarDenny Hastert looks to equal 4 Bettys

She's better not get too close to the buffet table, or he might mistake her for an appetizer.


GravatarSomeone's cruisin' for a bruisin'.
pie | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 7:45 pm | #
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truth be known, i have to take the blame for Herr Dumbass and his homicidal family. GHWB was born in Milton, Mass. a few miles from where I'm from and they've got the goddamned striper snagging peninsula down in Kennebunkport, not too far where i live today. texas is off the hook as far as this Earthly scab is concerned. they're solid yankee, blue blood, robber baron, New England. uggh ....


GravatarBetty Ford looking good for a 90 year old woman.
willow


Indeed. I bet she's rather have her kids next to her


GravatarI hope Betty makes it through this difficult time.


GravatarThe lady who became curlytech's second official customer has dyed her hair purple. I admire this, as I admire the fact that she shaved her head in solidarity with a friend who's undergoing chemotherapy.
.


GravatarBetty Ford looking good for a 90 year old woman.
willow


Well, that's what a clean conscience and not killing a kid will do for ya.


GravatarAnd where is the President of the United States?
Which one? Al Gore who presumably would have won re-election in 2004 or John Kerry who refused to fight Ohio vote fraud?


Gravatarjesus god, can't even go, make and eat some dinner without 3 or 400 new comments. Atrios' comment threads are so lame.


GravatarBetty and Gerry really loved each other.


GravatarI'm getting ready to watch season 2.b of Galactica.

Ahem. It's "BSG2.5" in the parlance of our times...


GravatarDoes not sound like he will be a "stray" dog much longer.
____league

jus cause I made him pancakes & bacon?


GravatarI just turned on CNN. That's a pretty nice funeral for Saddam. But why is Betty Ford there?


GravatarMost of my penile largeness is in the 4th dimension, but it is still large


GravatarHolding his tongue about the Iraq invasion?

He did not hold his tongue: the interview giving Ford's candid opinion against the war was embargoed by dubya.


Gravatarlocal pbs has bluegrass.


GravatarAtrios' comment threads are so lame.

He has the worst, least popular comment threads on the intertubes.


GravatarIt is rather stunning that Bush is not present.

I do too. The whole disruption factor notwithstanding, he's attended other similar functions.

I think it's crass and shows very poor breeding, which follows. And it's a break of protocol, I'd think.

Sulky little motherfucker that he is.


GravatarThat Shrub is not in attendance is evidence of his vile puerility. As if we needed any more. I'm beginning to think that he's nothing more than a sock puppet himself - and incapable.


GravatarIs his father there?

I don't think so, I didn't see any former Preznit there. They were all there when St. Ronny Raygun died I think.


Gravataroh man, there's a segment on the fdl lieberman blackface blow-up that is disgusting. lieberman's sanctimonious denunciations of it are sickening. ugh, i despise him. how the hell, indeed, did the citizens of connecticut re-elect him.


Gravatargerry ford, a giant of a man, almost a god.


GravatarNTodd, did you get to leave VT? Stupid question probably.


GravatarWTF is happening????


GravatarWhen Clinton dies, turn your radio crank to the radio crankers at WABC. (You can tape the hatefest on FOX.)
CowAnotherCow


May Big Dog live a looooooooong time -and continue to vex and confound his detractors on the right.


GravatarAhem. It's "BSG2.5" in the parlance of our times...
NTodd,


Yeah yeah remind me that I'm old and lame.

*sniff*


GravatarDick Cheney is getting fat.


GravatarSomething just happened....


GravatarDid someone faint????


GravatarWho fell? I hope it wasn't Mrs. Ford.


GravatarIt is rather stunning that Bush is not present.

He's probably got his nose in a snit, with ole Ford giving him a verbal hickory stick with those "I wouldn't go to war with Iraq" comments.

All for the best, the Fords don't want Chimpy's drunken lame-ass there, anyway.


GravatarFord was un zero a la izquierda.


GravatarHe did not hold his tongue: the interview giving Ford's candid opinion against the war was embargoed by dubya.
What I read was Ford gave permission to publish his comments only after his death. Either way it is a sad commentary that a former President, especially one who has experience with quagmires, couldn't or wouldn't put in his two cents.


GravatarHey, did I tell you poinkies that my daughter got a 4.00 at university last semester?


GravatarNot Mrs. Ford, sadly not Cheney


Gravatarscout prime: Did someone faint????

The question is, did someone fart?
.


GravatarCheney must have blinked his inner eyelids and let some of the death ray out.


GravatarI think it's crass and shows very poor breeding, which follows. And it's a break of protocol, I'd think.

Sulky little motherfucker that he is.
Tena |


Like mother, like son.


GravatarAtrios' comment threads are so lame.

He has the worst, least popular comment threads on the intertubes.
NTodd

And he never links to NTodd...


Gravatarmer - nah, leaving tomorrow early AM. Decided not to deal with the snow since tomorrow's weather is crystal clear.

And somebody please remind me to finally get my tires swapped. I've held off on buying new snows because, well, we haven't had any snow to speak of.

D'oh.


Gravatarx Either way it is a sad commentary that a former President, especially one who has experience with quagmires, couldn't or wouldn't put in his two cents.

It wouldn't have made one little bit of difference.

And isn't there a kind of gentlemen's agreement between expresidents and sitting presidents that exes don't criticize sittings?


GravatarTed Stevens will speak first.


GravatarIs Our Bill there? Or Our Al? Mr. Carter?


GravatarI hope that person, unless it's Kissinger, is okay. Nothing quite like getting ill on national television.


GravatarWhat I don't get is why did Gerry wait to protest the Chimps policies posthumously? He would have made one hell of a difference if he and Carter got on TV together and told the Chimp he was full of shit.


GravatarDon't forget that sordid, blow-job giving Monica
has recently graduated from The London School of Economics, her stock will only rise over time.


GravatarI am not watching tv. What is happening? Some pre-event to the Ford funeral?


Gravatar"It's a closed room" - Wolf

Yeah, it's a bit more voluminous than most Wolfy.


GravatarDEAD PRESIDENT PRON!


GravatarThe Giant game starts at 8.

They better wrap this shit up.


GravatarTed Haggard is coming up next.


GravatarWhat I don't get is why did Gerry wait to protest the Chimps policies posthumously? He would have made one hell of a difference if he and Carter got on TV together and told the Chimp he was full of shit.
The Jester


The usual reason given for that unwritten rule about ex presidents not criticising the current president is that the exes don't have access to all the security/intelligence reports and therefore don't have all the data upon which decisions are made.

In this case, however, and as we all well know, said reports were obtained directly from the vice president's anus, so I guess that isn't a valid excuse this time.


GravatarI'm gettin' my hungry on...

Finally!

I had the B&G around noon.
.


GravatarI, for one, do not mind seeing the vagaries of life intrude on this scripted moment. We've had far too much phony choreography of late, and too lite reality. Chuck Schumer standing next to Frist was a bit jarring, tho. I hope the old gent is okay, too.


GravatarIf the Giants win, are they in, or does something else have to happen too?


GravatarLaura is keeping Bush at home in his crib because he's having one of those "cranky baby" days ... probly a bit colicky.


GravatarTed Stevens?

NO!!!!!!!!!!


GravatarDon't forget that sordid, blow-job giving Monica
has recently graduated from The London School of Economics, her stock will only rise over time.


She certainly makes my stock rise...


GravatarAll for the best, the Fords don't want Chimpy's drunken lame-ass there, anyway.
Stinky

http://thumbsnap.com/v/jCdVrNxt.jpg


GravatarNFL Fooball tonight? Woo-Hoo!


GravatarWhat I don't get is why did Gerry wait to protest the Chimps policies posthumously? He would have made one hell of a difference if he and Carter got on TV together and told the Chimp he was full of shit.
The Jester


At the beginning of the Iraq War? Are you kidding? It would not have done anything but cause the media to screech about Carter and Ford as traitors. And they would have.

Look, Ford deserves a lot of coals heaped on his head for pardoning Nixon. I don't care if you kick him around on the basis of the hold he put on the statement, which I agree was pretty chickenshit. But I can't get too excited about the possibility it might have made a difference. Sorry, I just don't think anything would have.

But certainly, Gerry Ford wouldn't have had any impact. Even with Jimmy Carter thrown in. Especially with Carter thrown in, actually.


GravatarTed Stevens, a voice to nowhere.


GravatarIf the JETS win tomorrow they are in the playoffs.

When you're a Jet,
You're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette
To your last dyin' day.


GravatarIf the Giants win, are they in, or does something else have to happen too?

I think something else has to happen too.


GravatarNP: "Willie's Knee," Softworks, Abracadabra.
.


GravatarDick Cheney is getting fat.
willow


Getting?


GravatarThe usual reason given for that unwritten rule about ex presidents not criticising the current president is that the exes don't have access to all the security/intelligence reports and therefore don't have all the data upon which decisions are made.

It turns out that isn't entirely true. George "Give Iranians Arms To Hold Americans Hostage Longer" Bush apparently reads the PDB more often than his son.


GravatarTed Stevens is a wanker.


GravatarGerald Ford did not support the war.


GravatarOk, I'm off to watch the DVD I'm not cool enough to name correctly.

See y'all later.

{{mwaah}}


GravatarFainter....Probably attention seeking by Kissinger


GravatarHuh, was that Kissinger dozing off next to Greenspan?


GravatarWhen you're a Jet,
You're a Jet all the way
From your first cigarette
To your last dyin' day.
The Kenosha Kid


Here come the Jets
Like a bat outta hell
Someone gets in our way
Someone don't feel too well...


GravatarOk, Attaturk. This post should belong on your xxx site! I'm having to fan my face because of the damned mental image!
http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.c...ddams- body.html


GravatarDiane C. Barking-Mad | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:00 pm | #
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Diane, as our Emoticon-Hating Host most aptly illustrated in a post yesterday, Ronald Wilson Reagan had no problem ripping Bill Clinton apart when Clinton was president. same old same old. do as i say, not as i do. fucking liars, all of them.


GravatarChrist, for the Titans to get in, they have to beat the Pats, AND SF has to beat Denver (haaa!), Steelers have to beat Cincy (I can see that), and KCMO has to beat Jax (I can see that, too).
.


GravatarAnd isn't there a kind of gentlemen's agreement between expresidents and sitting presidents that exes don't criticize sittings?
Tena


Unless the sitting president is Bill Clinton.


GravatarTed stevens says Ford woke us from outr long national nightmare.


GravatarG'night all. My stinky fingers and ass are very tired and have to go to bed. I apologize for my Bushian bed time but I'm exhausted after a very tough week.


GravatarTed Stevens is a wanker

Not quite.

Ted Stevens is a senile blot on the nation.
He needs to die too.


GravatarTed Stevens ruins the whole thing.


GravatarApparently Ford gave several interviews under the condition that the information would remain private while he was alive so he could be completely candid. Iraq was no the only thing he talked about.


GravatarTed stevens says Ford woke us from outr long national nightmare.
donny


Er, jack?

The folks here who ARE watching it don't need you to translate for them.

And I'm not watching it because I'm not interested.


GravatarOk, Attaturk. This post should belong on your xxx site! I'm having to fan my face because of the damned mental image!
http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.c...spot.c...ddams- body.html
ellroon


I'm just mean that way.


GravatarBut certainly, Gerry Ford wouldn't have had any impact. Even with Jimmy Carter thrown in. Especially with Carter thrown in, actually.
Tena

Colin Powell and Gerald Ford's statements may have been able to make a difference before the invasion. Perhaps not. American bloodlust for Arab blood even if they had nothing to do with 9/11 was overpowering at that time.


GravatarHere come the Jets,
Yeah! And we're gonna beat
Ev'ry last buggin' gang
On the whole buggin' street!
On the whole!
Ever!
Mother!
Lovin'!
Street!
Yeah!


GravatarTed Stevens is quite the rousing orator.


GravatarDid Gerry ford vote for Roosevelt?


GravatarDo you agree that Betty Ford is one of the most remarkable First Ladies to ever grace the White House?

Ted Stevens says she is.


GravatarApparently Ford gave several interviews under the condition that the information would remain private while he was alive so he could be completely candid. Iraq was no the only thing he talked about.

Oh no, his giving a blow job to Nixon got out?


GravatarOnly Democratic Presidents have to behave themselves because they are weak and feeble and lie. Republican Presidents can be rude and negative about everybody because they speak the truth all the time.


GravatarRonald Wilson Reagan had no problem ripping Bill Clinton apart when Clinton was president. same old same old. do as i say, not as i do. fucking liars, all of them.
Doug Watts |


And I STILL Nooners wrote that Op-Ed piece FOR her god.


GravatarDid Gerry ford vote for Roosevelt?
donny


well he had 4 chances


GravatarTed Stevens, really an outstanding public speaker [/snark]


GravatarBut certainly, Gerry Ford wouldn't have had any impact. Even with Jimmy Carter thrown in. Especially with Carter thrown in, actually.
Tena


Exactly. The reality is that no one would have given a damn what Ford thought when he was alive. And the GOP wingnut faction would have thought nothing of denigrating him, like they did with Goldwater, who was the very father of modern conservatism.


GravatarSorry, still SAY


GravatarThank god that's over.


Gravatariggy stone, memorably said: All politicians lie.


Dogs bark, horses neigh, and politicians lie. (two of the last three clauses are my own)

it is our business as citizens to catch them at it, and embarrass them for it...
.


GravatarAieeeeeeeee!

Denny's the Hutt!


GravatarDennis Hastert now up. Pork belly futures on the rise.


Gravatarwhy do i have to come home from a perfectly good date/party/night to really, really bad news? dammit. i was just feeling high on life. i hate this shit: capitalism. /end bitching/


GravatarHastert is slobbering.


GravatarOh God, Hastert's theory about the "right man for the right time" sure has been blown all to shit at the present hasn't it?


GravatarTKK you said "if".

Your lack of faith is disturbing.


GravatarTed Stevens, really an outstanding public speaker [/snark]

I'll have a beer, please.


GravatarWhy on earth would they have Hastert talk?


GravatarDo you agree that Betty Ford is one of the most remarkable First Ladies to ever grace the White House?

I'll drink to that!


GravatarDenny needs a cake, a pie, and a doughnut.


GravatarWouldn't it be nice if nobody showed up for Bush's funeral?


GravatarHere come the Jets,
Yeah! And we're gonna beat
Ev'ry last buggin' gang
On the whole buggin' street!
On the whole!
Ever!
Mother!
Lovin'!
Street!
Yeah!
The Kenosha Kid


Russ Tamblyn

WEst Side Story was on the teevee the other night. Couldn't stay up past 1 am to see the whole thing.

One of my favorite flicks.


GravatarDenny's speaking because it's the House


GravatarAnd I STILL Nooners wrote that Op-Ed piece FOR her god.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:06 pm


if it weren't for raygun, peggy nooner'd be covering agricultural events of the East Jesus (NE) Argus-Light


GravatarI think the only thing that would have happened if Ford had spoken out would have been the constant questioning of his mental health 'til his death.


GravatarDo you agree that Betty Ford is one of the most remarkable First Ladies to ever grace the White House?

I'll drink to that!
George Johnston


A thousand times better than the 3 Repug First Ladies who came after her.


Gravatarit is our business as citizens to catch them at it, and hang them up by their heels over a slow fire for it...
.
Woody


fixed yer typo, pardner.


GravatarDenny needs a cake, a pie, and a doughnut.
Attaturk | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:09 pm

All at once.


GravatarMomma come here quick
And bring me my lickin' stick ...

Godfather of Soul, deciding it's the right time to whack the fuck out of Ronald Reagan's empty, racist, lying ass, pompadoured head.


GravatarWhy on earth would they have Hastert talk?
ellroon, hair afire

He makes Cheney look thin?


GravatarWell, I believe it's time for me to head on off as well.

Have an enjoyable evening.

If you get tired of the oratory, I have Bonus Critter Blogging up.


GravatarHastert on Ford:

Quiet dignity and sound judgement.

Yeah, something of which you know nothing.


GravatarDang! It's been dark for almost two hours, and it's STILL 60°F outside!
.


GravatarDenny's speaking because it's the House
scout prime | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:09 pm

House of Pancakes?


GravatarAnd I STILL Nooners wrote that Op-Ed piece FOR her god.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:06 pm

if it weren't for raygun, peggy nooner'd be covering agricultural events of the East Jesus (NE) Argus-Light
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar


You betcha!


Gravatar'kay, 'mout.

l8rh9rs


GravatarCheney's eulogy will be a tour de force.


Gravatarfixed yer typo, pardner.
chicago dyke - 8:10 pm


i'd take your correction any TAHM, dhalin!


GravatarWas it James Brown or James Baker who headed up that Iraq Study Group? I am a little behind on the news.
spinoza |

Baker. The one that don't FEEELL
good.
Why'd he think that he would?


GravatarTed Stevens, Denny Hastert and then Dick Cheney.

That's a lot of bad speakers and by-passes there.


GravatarGodfather of Soul, deciding it's the right time to whack the fuck out of Ronald Reagan's empty, racist, lying ass, pompadoured head.
Doug Watts


James Brown ain't in hell.


GravatarCheney's eulogy will be a tour de farce.
lanny

Fixed your typo.


GravatarA thousand times better than the 3 Repug First Ladies who came after her.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08

She is human; the others are Cylons.


GravatarCheney's eulogy will be a tour de force.
lanny


Of arrogance, meanness, stupidity and plain assholery.


GravatarLet us not forget a moment of rebuke for Agnew


Gravatari hate this shit: capitalism. /end bitching/
chicago dyke |

damn woman, chill, you'll give yourself a heart attack.


GravatarI think jack is having a psychotic personality break.


GravatarLet us not forget a moment of rebuke for Agnew
scout prime


Don't get me started on THAT SOB!


GravatarCheney will now talk about how much Ford supported the war in Iraq...


GravatarAre any Republiscum good public speakers or do they just simply buy support?


GravatarI think the only thing that would have happened if Ford had spoken out would have been the constant questioning of his mental health 'til his death.

yeah, i think ford's opinion if made public at the time would have been utterly ignored. he was never looked at as an influential foreign policy master; and besides he'd had no record as making any notable statements since his presidency. his time was spent golfing. all this cable talk about the booby interview, giving it some weight is due to ford's death and the chatterbox desire to build him up.


GravatarA thousand times better than the 3 Repug First Ladies who came after her.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08
......................................
She is human; the others are Cylons.
George Johnston - 8:13 pm


she's a fucking junkie, and owned it...she deserves some props for it
.


GravatarThe Ford Kids look like they REALLY like Dick [/sarcasm]


GravatarLet us not forget a moment of rebuke for Agnew
scout prime

Imagine if he hadn't been indicted? It would have been President Agnew!!!??? !@#$%^%&


GravatarDarth Vader speaks!


GravatarJames Brown ain't in hell.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08 | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:12 pm | #
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one of the percs of heaven is you get a season's pass to go down to hell whenever you want and whack the fuck out of all the evil, rotten bastards slothering around down there in their own lying guts.

that's what i meant to say. my bad.


GravatarI think Bush was afraid to come, because there would be mention of RESIGNING, of a FAILED PRESIDENCY, and of IMPEACHMENT ... and all heads would turn and look at him...


GravatarAre any Republiscum good public speakers or do they just simply buy support?
The Old Man from Scene 24


Their base isn't very bright.

Don't need to be a great speaker - just need to tell the wingtards what they want to hear.


GravatarAnd where is the President of the United States?
The Old Man from Scene 24 |

He's not going 'cause he's pissed at
Gerry for dissing him on the war.

Chimpy to self:"That'll show him!"


Gravatarone of the percs of heaven is you get a season's pass to go down to hell whenever you want and whack the fuck out of all the evil, rotten bastards slothering around down there in their own lying guts.

that's what i meant to say. my bad.
Doug Watts


I LIKE that!


GravatarWouldn't it be nice if nobody showed up for Bush's funeral?
ellroon, hair afire

Nah, make a kegger and let everybody take turns pissing on him.


GravatarAnd where is the President of the United States?
The Old Man from Scene 24


Yes, is Gore there?


GravatarI think Bush was afraid to come, because there would be mention of RESIGNING, of a FAILED PRESIDENCY, and of IMPEACHMENT ... and all heads would turn and look at him...
ellroon, hair afire

ROTFLMAO!


GravatarWhen they return to Washington from their Texas vacation on Monday, Bush and first lady Laura Bush plan to pay their respects to Ford while he lies in state at the Capitol.

Yet Chimpy McFuckwit flew back to DC from one his numerous vacations early to sign that ridiculous Schiavo bill.


GravatarI will shake a tower, now.

Not on the live webcam.
.


GravatarCheney's eulogy allowing the tears to flow.


GravatarCheney talks about a "gentlemen's manners"

Oh, that's rich.


GravatarI wanna know who fainted


GravatarCheney's eulogy allowing the tears to flow.
lanny


Go fuck yourself, jack.


GravatarYet Chimpy McFuckwit flew back to DC from one his numerous vacations early to sign that ridiculous Schiavo bill.
The Old Man from Scene 24 | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:17 pm


he's pro-life...terri schiavo wasn't demonstratably 'dead' yet...


GravatarGood grief Cheney is almost as bad as Stevens.


GravatarCheney essentially calling those imposing judgment on Nixon as being "full of Malice"

He just can't help but be an ass.


GravatarI wanna know who farted.


GravatarDinner.


GravatarCheney talks about a "gentlemen's manners"

Oh, that's rich.
Attaturk

Hitting someone in the face with a golfball is far more gentlemanly than hitting them in the face with a load of buckshot.


GravatarCheney's eulogy allowing the tears to flow.
lanny | 12.30.06 - 8:18 pm


yeah, cheney wouldn't be anywhere close to where he stands today if it weren't for doofus jerry ford...
/


GravatarGee... I guess I'm full of malice then.


GravatarI hope this ends soon. It's just too much for Mrs. Ford to listen to these fools.


GravatarIt wasn't up to Gerry to do the forgiving...Dick


GravatarThe faintee is described as an "elderly man" by the AP.


GravatarCheney preemptively requesting that people in the future not hang him.


GravatarCheney, 'It is far from the worst fate that a man should be remembered for his capacity to forgive.'


GravatarEvening, all.

Anybody been irked since last night?


Gravatarheart attack calling. brb, or l8r. be excellent 2 each other, bats.


Gravatarcheney, not being a human, but being wholly composed of a primordial, elemental pre-luciferan void-like evil, has no problem showing up at some dead guy's funeral and lying his fucking ass off and then going back stage and sucking down a highball of human blood from a freshly killed U.S. soldier in Iraq.


GravatarCheney is putting them to sleep.


GravatarCheney preemptively requesting that people in the future not hang him.
Attaturk

I hear he prefers to be shot in the face.


GravatarAgain, Cheney paints the Democrats as malevolent in going after Nixon.

God I hate that fucker.


GravatarHell hath no fury... How did that grab you, Gentlemen?


GravatarYet Chimpy McFuckwit flew back to DC from one his numerous vacations early to sign that ridiculous Schiavo bill.
The Old Man from Scene 24


Chimpy's long off to bed with his nippled bottle of Popov.

Surprised Cheney hasn't dozed off yet...


GravatarStole this pic from a Watertiger commenter:
Cheney getting just a bit ahead of the boy king:
http://rantsfromtherookery.blogs...ead-of- boy.html


GravatarFor all who were never indicted.


GravatarThat li'l cam is pretty cool. I can see the rain between the liberry and The JFK Center.
.


GravatarSeriously couldn't they have found better speakers? this is embarrassing.


GravatarBetty Ford thinks to herself, "how I looooooooooathe Cheney"


GravatarJesus Christ! We are two deaths to 3,000. Will Tony Snow say 3,000 is "a number," too?

Fuckety fuck fuck fuck.


GravatarJesus Christ! We are two deaths to 3,000. Will Tony Snow say 3,000 is "a number," too?

Fuckety fuck fuck fuck.
res ipsa loquitur

Well, this will be a semi-colon, not just a comma, but less than an exclamation point.


Gravatargod, look at that gluttonous buffoon hastert sitting next to that poor woman. how atrocious. fuck protocol, the family should have insisted on friends or family sitting next to mrs ford.


GravatarNP: "Country Colors," Steve Morse, High Tension Wires
.


GravatarDenny's ate one of the flowers on that wreath.


GravatarCheney is putting them to sleep.
willow


I wish someone would put HIM to sleep.


GravatarAfter thirty years in the rehabilitation business, I'm sure that Mrs. Ford is well familiar with the presentation of enablers, dependency and addiction. And I'm sure she knows who is who....


Gravatargod, look at that gluttonous buffoon hastert sitting next to that poor woman. how atrocious. fuck protocol, the family should have insisted on friends or family sitting next to mrs ford.
linda


Jabba's last hurrah.


GravatarYeah, Betty Between Hastert & Cheney, Jerry dies but it's his widow that suffers.


GravatarJesus, you people are watching Ford's send off?

Ain't you got nothing better to do?


GravatarI'm getting sick and tired of all this American shit.


Gravatari>Jesus Christ! We are two deaths to 3,000. Will Tony Snow say 3,000 is "a number," too?

A comma.


GravatarI can't see from here, but can I assume Cheney his wearing his best Parka-Beer-Hat-and-Oven-Mitt Serious State Occassion Ensemble?


GravatarAnd now a black man shows the three idiots how to speak in public.


Gravatardamn, there are some old fucking people in that hall just refusing to go.


GravatarJerry dies but it's his widow that suffers.
Attaturk |


I don't know if there is any role worse than wife of a politician


GravatarI need a shower.

Off to shake a tower.

brb
.


GravatarChrist, the evil just seeping through this thread from you guys watching the tele is creeping me out.

I've got to listen to Miles Davis' Sketches of Spain and turn some clay into serviceable drinking vessels.

Cheers. youse fokes R funnn.


Gravatardamn, there are some old fucking people in that hall just refusing to go.
linda


Evil people linger...unless you hang them.


GravatarI do want to see Cheney empty a 40 of absinthe over Agnew's grave after this, intoning "For all the bruthas that didn't make it."


GravatarI just switched over for a minute.

Dole looks like he was exhumed just for this occasion.


Gravatar"For all the bruthas that didn't make it."
driftglass


LOL!!!!


GravatarBush is obviously too drunk to show up.

Hastert should have beens speaking about "the right fuckbuddy at the right time."


Gravatarwhat did betty do to earn our respect?


GravatarAwop bop aloo lop. Alop bam BOOM!


GravatarChrist, the evil just seeping through this thread from you guys watching the tele is creeping me out.

Doug Watts

Evil people are being discussed.


GravatarCheney trying to act human


GravatarWhere's the presnitwit?


Gravatarwow, betty ford does look terrific. what a remarkably composed woman.


GravatarBetty's not even looking at Cheney.


GravatarWhat did Jerry do to earn our respect?


GravatarBetty gets the FUCK AWAY from Cheney as fast as she can. Good for her.


GravatarBush stunned to find hanging Saddam didn't fix Iraq:
http://rantsfromtherookery.blogs...t-fix- iraq.html


GravatarCheney trying to act human
scout prime


Fails.


GravatarBush really didn't show up?

Did they give an excuse?


GravatarThat was sad


GravatarBetty made Rehab fasionable.


GravatarMrs. Ford now all alone.


GravatarJesus, you people are watching Ford's send off?

Ain't you got nothing better to do?
angryspittle


I'm not watching it.

I'm not down with Republican canonization.


GravatarThank the Lord that her son got her out of there.
.


GravatarDid they give an excuse?


he's on vacation. I guess it's hard to arrange flights at the last minute this time of year, so... regrets.


GravatarBush really didn't show up?

Did they give an excuse?
steve simels


Too busy trying to unFuck Eye-rack.


GravatarYou know, Betty Ford does not look in too bad shape for an eighty-eight-year-old broad.


GravatarI'm getting sick and tired of all this American shit.
lanny | 12.30.06 - 8:26 pm


you are entitled to your opinion...

most of us are merely weary of all the FASCIST shit...
.


GravatarI can't see from here, but can I assume Cheney his wearing his best Parka-Beer-Hat-and-Oven-Mitt Serious State Occassion Ensemble?
driftglass | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:26 pm

ROTFLMAO!


GravatarCheney trying to act human
scout prime

Fails.
Shaw Kenawe


Miserably.


GravatarEvil people linger...unless you hang them.
Attaturk


well, the camera was panning alan greenspan and henry kissinger when i had that thought...


GravatarWhat did Jerry do to earn our respect?

He sent me a Vermont Teddy Bear holding a little "WIN" button that said "Pardon Me" when you pulled the string.

I thought everyone got one?


GravatarBush had another hard 3 hour work day


GravatarBush really didn't show up?

Did they give an excuse?
steve simels | 12.30.06 - 8:30 pm |


He was too drunk to find the Capitol.

What was your excuse on Thursday night, bub?


GravatarBush really didn't show up?

Did they give an excuse?
steve simels



Passed out drunk someplace.


GravatarCheney practically pushed her out the door.


GravatarYou know, Betty Ford does not look in too bad shape for an eighty-eight-year-old broad.
res ipsa loquitur | 12.30.06 - 8:31 pm | #


Hey now!


GravatarOh dear God, they let Frist tend to the guy who passed out?

He must be dead now.


GravatarBetty made Rehab fashionable.
David Ehrenstein - 8:30 pm


Mark Foley will be SOOOOOO grateful...
./


GravatarI loved it when he said "I'm a Ford, not an Edsel."


GravatarThere's Mrs. Greenspan


Gravataroh hell, bill frist got to play doctor to some 80something former congressman who collapsed at the service ... lol


GravatarBush really didn't show up?

Did they give an excuse?
steve simels


Past his 7 p.m. bedtime.


GravatarBush had another hard 3 hour work day
scout prime | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:32 pm

Along with his naps, brush clearing, and biking... it's hard work trying to think of a strategy for creating a plan to show there can be a plan for getting unquagmired....


GravatarWhat was your excuse on Thursday night, bub?
res ipsa loquitur | 12.30.06 - 8:32 pm | #


Familial duties, alas.

How was the food?


Gravatarmost of us are merely weary of all the FASCIST shit...
.
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar


You said it, my friend.


Gravatarhe's on vacation. I guess it's hard to arrange flights at the last minute this time of year, so... regrets.

They will fly him over on AF1 later.

He will look down and say "Wow. New Orleans looks a lot better that people say."


GravatarWow! Look at all the Republicans looking at the dead Republican!


GravatarOh dear God, they let Frist tend to the guy who passed out?

He must be dead now.
res ipsa loquitur | 12.30.06 - 8:33 pm

Nah, he's alive. His eyes are following the balloons...


GravatarWolcott: "What happens in Iraq stays in Iraq. A flag-draped coffin is acceptable viewing only if a dead president is inside."


GravatarThe Bush's are known for being a small-minded, thin-skinned clan.

In addition to being a bunch of drunks, thieves, liars and skanks.


GravatarThere's Mrs. Greenspan
scout prime


Looking more embalmed than Jerry Ford.






AS usual.


GravatarWell at least Betty didn't hump the casket.


GravatarWolf talks about what the 3 eulogys had in common.

Strangely doesn't mention the one trait they had is they all sucked and were delivered by awful human beings.


GravatarWhat did Jerry do to earn our respect?

he was presimadent for what, a couple of weeks...

oh, oh, oh, yeah, yeah, i know i know: and he put our long national nightmare behind us...


GravatarBush was too busy playing with his new bible action figures he got for Christmas.


GravatarEvil people linger...unless you hang them.
Attaturk


actually, now watching people exit, i realize many of them are sitting congressmen/senators.

oh, and jeff greenfield is a putz.


Gravatar Dec. 29, 2006 - In a highly unusual move, Sen. Barbara Boxer of California has rescinded an award to an Islamic activist in her home state because of the man’s connections to a major American Muslim organization that recently has been courted by leading political figures and even the FBI.

Boxer’s office confirmed to NEWSWEEK that she has withdrawn a “certificate of accomplishment” to Sacramento activist Basim Elkarra after learning that he serves as an official with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). After directing her staff to look into CAIR, Boxer “expressed concern” about some past statements and actions by the group, as well as assertions by some law enforcement officials that it “gives aid to international terrorist groups,” according to Natalie Ravitz, the senator’s press spokeswoman.


Heh.


GravatarGerry Ford, The last modernist President.


Gravataroh, and jeff greenfield is a putz.
linda

No Shit


GravatarGreenspan has just gotta do it doggy style so he won't have to look at that crater face.


GravatarLooks like the Giants are again playing like a team playing to get their coach fired.


GravatarHeh.
Anonymous


Yes.


And?


GravatarHow was the food?

The food was good.

The company was better.

P.S. Rosie did an outstanding rendition of "A Bushel and a Peck."


GravatarGreenspan has just gotta do it doggy style so he won't have to look at that crater face.
angryspittle


andrea's been totally sand-blasted.


GravatarGerry Ford, The last modernist President.
lanny


Gerald Ford: Someone I hadn't thought about until 3 days ago.


GravatarLooks like Kissinger has found himself a boy-toy


GravatarGreenspan has just gotta do it doggy style so he won't have to look at that crater face.

That's reserved for the times Andrea won't wear the Ayn Rand mask.


GravatarNo Shit
scout prime - 8:36 pm


Hey roomie!!!!

didja see all our snow???


GravatarThe Women's Channel has the movie Sybil with Joanne Woodward and Sallyh Field. They just showed joanne torturing the young Sybil in a barn.


GravatarAny word from the 3000 troops that Gerald Ford's silence helped send to the afterlife ahead of him?


GravatarGreenspan has just gotta do it doggy style so he won't have to look at that crater face.

Nah, they never touch, both sending gametes into the hot spa: Greenspawn.


GravatarGreenspan has just gotta do it doggy style so he won't have to look at that crater face.

Nah, they never touch, both sending gametes into the hot spa: Greenspawn.


GravatarGerald Ford: Someone I hadn't thought about until 3 days ago.
Shaw Kenawe


You too, huh?


GravatarWGG..Jeeezazzzz

We don't have any.


GravatarWomen love that movie Sybil.


GravatarThat's reserved for the times Andrea won't wear the Ayn Rand mask.

Oh Lordy, that is wrong on so many levels.


Gravataroh, and jeff greenfield is a putz.
linda
No Shit
scout prime | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:36 pm | #


Said it before, but -- I don't know what happened to him. Back in the 70s, in his Nat Lampoon days, he was as smart and funny as all get out.

PJO'Rourke was always a putz, but not Greenfield.


GravatarYou too, huh?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08


Terry C,

Howaya? Happy New Year, doll.


GravatarGerry Ford, The last modernist President.
lanny - 8:36 pm


that was Wilson, mebbe Coolidge...imho


GravatarWomen love that movie Sybil.
keily


Please refrain from speaking for me, douchebag.


GravatarWolf goes and apologizes for Bush not being there.

Fucking a' what a tool of the White House.


GravatarYou too, huh?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08

Terry C,

Howaya? Happy New Year, doll.
Shaw Kenawe

Fine, thanks.

Happy New Year to you and yours!


Gravatarhow to turn a dim-witted buffoon into a national icon? we're watching.


GravatarBush working hard on deciding...yeah right


GravatarMSGOP just showed 1975 footage of Helen Thomas asking Ford about the end of the Nam and what have we learned from it?--- He sed that "we have already learned the lessons of VietNam..."

Whoa.


GravatarHow does Wolf sit comfortably?

I mean, after all those times, he's bent over and spread 'em for the GOP?


GravatarThe Women's Channel has the movie Sybil with Joanne Woodward and Sallyh Field. They just showed joanne torturing the young Sybil in a barn.

Somewhere in a Kennebunkport attic there's a mouldering toy chest with the words "Preznit Nuculer" written on the inside in angry purple crayon.


Gravatarblitzer saying 'it must have been a difficult decision' not to be in washington for the ford funeral to suzanne malveaux re bush's absence. why is woof making assumption and excuses for bush. bush didn't give it a second thought. in fact, i bet he laughed at the idea that he should return 2 DAYS EARLY FROM HIS VACATION to play funeral host.


GravatarWomen love that movie Sybil.
keily | 12.30.06 - 8:39 pm | #


Oh great, the black goat of the woods with a thousand young is back.


Gravatar"Evil people linger...unless you hang them."

I know who I'd like to see hung.


GravatarHuh, we're a Nation In Mourning.

And here I am in khaki


GravatarBush working hard on deciding...yeah right

Yes, right: between the Wild Turkey and the Jack Daniels. Tough call, Scout. Tough call, indeedy.


GravatarPeople waiting to view Ford...No equipment, no food, no water

Sounds like New Orleans


GravatarGood evening, Moonbats. Did I miss anything?


GravatarOh Lordy, that is wrong on so many levels.

I usually shoot for being wrong on at least three levels.


GravatarWolf goes and apologizes for Bush not being there.
I plan on attending the Bush funeral. You will recognize me. I will be wearing the party hat. Either that or Cheney's ski cap.


GravatarWolf goes and apologizes for Bush not being there.

Bush always has had someone to make apologies for him. Speaking of which, was Poppy there?


Gravatar"Evil people linger...unless you hang them."

I know who I'd like to see hung.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere


So would Laura.


GravatarAnd here I am in khaki
Attaturk


I have my Black Blogging Pajamas on


GravatarI know who I'd like to see hung.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere | 12.30.06 - 8:42 pm


that'd be somebody OTHER than whom you'd wanna see hanged?


GravatarMy BBJ's are quite flattering and slimming too


Gravatarwhy is woof making assumption and excuses for bush. bush didn't give it a second thought. in fact, i bet he laughed at the idea that he should return 2 DAYS EARLY FROM HIS VACATION to play funeral host.

Plus, Ford said something mean about the boyking, so the boyking wants to show how unimportant Ford was. He pretends that he went to bed while they executed Saddam and he pretends that there's no funeral going on in DC. Fine. I love it when the Republicans hate on each other.


GravatarGood evening, Moonbats. Did I miss anything?
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator


Ford is dead and Bush is busy.


GravatarI have my Black Blogging Pajamas on

Yes, the Ninjaroos are comfortable.


GravatarPJO'Rourke was always a putz, but not Greenfield.
steve simels


he so typifies a stereotype of a smug, upper west side 'liberal'.


GravatarSallyh, would that be your significant other?


Gravatari bet he laughed at the idea that he should return 2 DAYS EARLY FROM HIS VACATION to play funeral host.

He could have got back on AF1 as soon as the funeral was over and flown back to his bott... er... "ranch" if he wanted to.


GravatarI know who I'd like to see hung.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere
that'd be somebody OTHER than whom you'd wanna see hanged?
WoodyG'sGuitar, rogue scholar

You make it sound like a capital offense...


GravatarGood evening, Moonbats. Did I miss anything?
hecate,


Saddam: still dead. Currently being shown around hell by recent arrivals Milton Friedman, Jeanne Kirkpatrick, and Auguste Pinochet.

Fredo: still president, but curiously absent, owing to what is suspected to be a bender.


GravatarIs the Gerald Ford lovefest over yet?

I maintain that pardoning Nixon was the worst thing he could have done.


GravatarI have my Black Blogging Pajamas on
scout prime


I'm in burgundy satin. It is the holidays, n'est pas?


GravatarI plan on attending the Bush funeral.

Not I. But I do hope to visit his grave. And I'm a witch; you generally do not want me visiting your grave. Just sayin'


GravatarAnd here I am in khaki

I'm in plaid myself. You guys should get some taste.


GravatarWolf goes and apologizes for Bush not being there.

Did G. Gordon Liddy show up dragging a nuke saying "My life for yours!" yet?


GravatarI know who I'd like to see hung.
Sallyh, Grandmere Poissonniere


a good number were sitting in the rotunda a few minutes ago.


Gravatarhow to turn a dim-witted buffoon into a national icon? we're watching.
gary in fl


The same way they turned a dim-witted buffoon into a preznit.

The media should be so proud of themselves.


GravatarFord is dead and Bush is busy.

The only way that the boyking ever got busy was behind a Burger King bathroom.


GravatarOh dear God, they let Frist tend to the guy who passed out?

He must be dead now.
res ipsa loquitur |

Died while Frist was waiting for the videotape........


GravatarNot I. But I do hope to visit his grave.

I'll bring a 6-pack.


GravatarWoody--cut a drunk girl some slack, wouldja?


GravatarNot I. But I do hope to visit his grave

They'd better use astroturf. Can't kill that.


GravatarNP: "Prison of Love," Robben Ford and the Blue Line, not sure which album.
.


GravatarDied while Frist was waiting for the videotape........
Flint


damn, i really miss the emoticons ... lol


GravatarNot I. But I do hope to visit his grave. And I'm a witch; you generally do not want me visiting your grave. Just sayin'
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator

Cool. We can get into a pissing match there.


GravatarI have my Black Blogging Pajamas on
scout prime


I'm wearing my tradiitinal pre-New Years outfit.

Space helmet, jockey shorts, and a cape.


GravatarI'm wearing my tradiitinal pre-New Years outfit.

Space helmet, jockey shorts, and a cape.
steve simels


So that was YOU!


GravatarSpace helmet, jockey shorts, and a cape.
steve simels


HeeHee


GravatarWASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Rep. William Broomfield, 84, collapsed during President Gerald R. Ford's Capitol funeral ceremony Saturday night.



never heard of him.


GravatarNot I. But I do hope to visit his grave.

I'll bring a 6-pack.
The Old Man from Scene 24

Better make it a kegger. Out of respect, you know.


GravatarI'm wearing my tradiitinal pre-New Years outfit.

Space helmet, jockey shorts, and a cape.
steve simels


As they say in Italia:

Lui fatto una buona figura!


GravatarTo give credit where it's due, Cheney's quite a decent speech-reader.

Evil motherfucker. Decent speech-reader.


GravatarI suspect this will be my first ever 7000+ hit month... I'm already over 7000, so I guess this WILL be. Actually.
.


GravatarConyers accepts responsibility for ethics violations
By Jonathan E. Kaplan and Jackie Kucinich

Rep. John Conyers (D-Mich.) has "accepted responsibility" for violating House rules by requiring his official staff to perform campaign-related work, according to a statement quietly released by the House ethics committee late Friday evening.


GravatarSpace helmet, jockey shorts, and a cape.
steve simels

which one's on your head?


GravatarTo give credit where it's due

You're a big man, SteveLG.


Gravatarblitzer saying 'it must have been a difficult decision' not to be in washington for the ford funeral to suzanne malveaux re bush's absence. why is woof making assumption and excuses for bush.

Blitzer does that ALL the time. He has no friggin idea what's going on at that ranch. Wolfie, Bush wouldn't show up if Poppy bought the farm right now.


GravatarI was thinking today about them hanging Saddam, what a cruel way that is to kill someone. I don't feel terribly sorry for him; even if half of what they say is true, he was a big shit. But I was thinking how there are so many important things that we haven't figured out how to do:

Control our population

Live with the other creatures of the Earth

Contact other planets

Deal with each other on a basis that doesn't involve exploitation.

But we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.


GravatarOutta here, alas.

Hope to rejoin you all in an hour or two.

Keep it clean in my absence.


GravatarWASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Rep. William Broomfield, 84, collapsed during President Gerald R. Ford's Capitol funeral ceremony Saturday night.



never heard of him.


This concludes our showing of "Brokeback Mountain II: The Golden Years."


GravatarTo give credit where it's due, Cheney's quite a decent speech-reader.


he was terrible.


GravatarHere's what it says for Broomfield at Voter info services

Term started unknown
Term ended 31-Dec-1992

How do you not know when a term started???


GravatarFord signed the Helsinki accords but yet the media turned his so called debate gaff, 'There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe' into a fatal error.


Gravatarwhich one's on your head?

Hee hee!!!!!

I miss the damn emoticons!!!


GravatarWASHINGTON (AP) -- Former Rep. William Broomfield, 84, collapsed during President Gerald R. Ford's Capitol funeral ceremony Saturday night.



never heard of him.
The Old Man from Scene 24 | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 8:49 pm

That's why he collapsed. One way to get in the newspapers...


Gravatarjohn | 12.30.06 - 8:51 pm


Yeah...he accepted responsibility.


Something the Repugs won't do.


GravatarWe can get into a pissing match there.

You piss. I have other plans.


GravatarControl our population
Live with the other creatures of the Earth
Contact other planets
Deal with each other on a basis that doesn't involve exploitation.
But we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator


Will you please run for president? Please? No one else grabs my heart.


Gravatarhe was terrible.
The Old Man from Scene 24


Fine. I'm not going to say two nice things about Cheney during this lifetime.


GravatarBut we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.

Now there's an ugly thought for the end of another year.

True, but oh so ugly.


GravatarI was thinking today about them hanging Saddam, what a cruel way that is to kill someone. I don't feel terribly sorry for him; even if half of what they say is true, he was a big shit. But I was thinking how there are so many important things that we haven't figured out how to do:

Control our population

Live with the other creatures of the Earth

Contact other planets

Deal with each other on a basis that doesn't involve exploitation.

But we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator

Ain't no money in it.


GravatarBroomfield:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Wil...m_S._Broomfield


GravatarIf everyone drinks a lot of beer before going to the Bush funeral....


GravatarYou piss. I have other plans.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator


I hope to all that is holy that I live long enough to join George in pissing on W's grave. It'd be an honor to go to jail for that.


GravatarThe skier tribute is pretty cool


Gravatarswitched to Hitch's Foreign Correspondant on TCM-- why should I have a bit of a crush on the 1940 George Saunders--- must be that snide, evil little snicker of his


GravatarFord signed the Helsinki accords but yet the media turned his so called debate gaff, 'There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe' into a fatal error.
jon - 8:52 pm


you'll have noticed that nobody has since asked any candidate any 'geographical' questions?


GravatarFord signed the Helsinki accords but yet the media turned his so called debate gaff, 'There is no Soviet domination of Eastern Europe' into a fatal error.
jon


Well, the media has more than "made up" for it since then, haven't they?


GravatarBut we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.
Which is why karate lessons are a waste of time.


Gravatarswitched to Hitch's Foreign Correspondant on TCM-- why should I have a bit of a crush on the 1940 George Saunders--- must be that snide, evil little snicker of his
aeon_flux


Rebecca!


Gravatar
Well, the media has more than "made up" for it since then, haven't they?
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08


Damn. Terry nails it again.


GravatarIf everyone drinks a lot of beer before going to the Bush funeral....
ellroon, hair afire |

Really should be held at Busch Gardens.


GravatarBut we sure have figured out lots and lots of ways to kill each other.
hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator


as a species, that's our 'specialty'
/


GravatarI hope to all that is holy that I live long enough to join George in pissing on W's grave. It'd be an honor to go to jail for that.
Dr. Pedant |


Thus the building of mass internment camps. Chimpy knows there are a lot of people with that same mindset.


Gravatarswitched to Hitch's Foreign Correspondant on TCM--
aeon_flux


I'd love to watch that, but the kids are playing DDR with the TV.


GravatarWikipedia already has Broomfield passing out on his bio.


Gravatarswitched to Hitch's Foreign Correspondant on TCM-- why should I have a bit of a crush on the 1940 George Saunders--- must be that snide, evil little snicker of his
aeon_flux

Rebecca!
Shaw Kenawe


All About Eve


GravatarFor Cuckoo Bananas grave a flaming bag of poo would be more apropos, n'est pas?


GravatarEU Massively Behind US In Noncommercial Cancer Research Funding

A Plos Medicine article reviews the sources of cancer funding in the European Union and the United States and finds Europe is greatly lagging in per capita spending in cancer research from funding sources which are not for-profit businesses. The US federal government's National Cancer Institute alone (not the only source of cancer research funding at the federal level) spends more than two and a half times the total spent by all non-commercial sources for cancer research in Europe.


GravatarI don't like Dick Cheney -- but I honestly have to say, hie eulogy for Gerald Ford was the finest thing I have heard him publicly say.


GravatarI have my Black Blogging Pajamas on
scout prime

I'm in burgundy satin. It is the holidays, n'est pas?
Shaw Kenawe


Fur coat over a merry widow here.


GravatarDon't know if any of you can see it, but right now in Mid Michigan, there is an awesome ring around the moon.

Happens to be right over my house.


GravatarTerry Schiavo to sit on Ford's face--Bush cuts short vacation. More at eleven.


GravatarI'd love to watch that, but the kids are playing DDR with the TV.

Great movie. Hitch saw the future in that one.


GravatarY'all are made of sterner stuff than I if you can watch that horrorshow. But I appreciate the chance to do so vicariously.

Where's the Unitard™? Why, no doubt busy crafting the Great Leap Forward-- whoops, I meant the "New Way Forward".

I never heard of this Broomfield dude either, but if he croaks, there'll probably be another boomlet of fawning hagiography and Special Coverage for his funeral.


GravatarFur coat over a merry widow here.

Well hello pelty...


GravatarOT, but how many here have seen Saddam's hanging to the end? I've only seen stills, don't want to see the video, but was curious if it is out there already...


GravatarFor Cuckoo Bananas grave a flaming bag of poo would be more apropos, n'est pas?
HoneyBearKelly

How about a Lying Sack of Shit?


Gravatar"Big Lebowski" on TCM.


GravatarRebecca!
Shaw Kenawe

All About Eve
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08


...the way he sticks his hands in his jacket pockets and "tut tuts"


GravatarDon't know if any of you can see it, but right now in Mid Michigan, there is an awesome ring around the moon.

Too overcast, but I did see a double rainbow last week.


GravatarWhat are you doing to get stronger?


GravatarFor Cuckoo Bananas grave a flaming bag of poo would be more apropos, n'est pas?
HoneyBearKelly


It's an old story, and possibly even one I've told here before, but Hunter S. Thompson always said when LBJ was president, he (Thompson) wanted to throw a bag of rats over the White House fence as a comment on the Johnson administration.

When Nixon was elected, Thompson decided against a similar gesture on the grounds that Nixon probably liked rats.

W probably likes poo.


GravatarI don't like Dick Cheney -- but I honestly have to say, hie eulogy for Gerald Ford was the finest thing I have heard him publicly say.
plantsman, lowercase


I thought so too.

You have to wonder who wrote it... it was really quite decent.


Gravatara crush on the 1940 George Saunders---

joel mcrae aint bad, either.

"i'd like you much better with you clothes on.

oh, you like those intellectual types ..."


Gravatar"Tomorrow we come back and cut off your chonson!"


GravatarI've not paid any attention to the funeral at all. But I just read at Americablog that Scowcroft, Paul O'Neill and Cheney are honorary pall bearers. That's lovely. No wonder W is scarce.


GravatarOT, but how many here have seen Saddam's hanging to the end? I've only seen stills, don't want to see the video, but was curious if it is out there already...
ellroon, hair afire


I refuse to watch that.

I will leave that to the wingnuts whose lives are so empty that they get off on someone being hanged.


GravatarDon't know if any of you can see it, but right now in Mid Michigan, there is an awesome ring around the moon.

I went out to look, damned near drown.


GravatarFur coat over a merry widow here.
res ipsa loquitur


Stop it. There are fragile old men present.


GravatarWhen Nixon was elected, Thompson decided against a similar gesture on the grounds that Nixon probably liked rats.

W probably likes poo.
Dr. Pedant

Nixon WAS a rat.

W IS poo.


GravatarAll I am wishing for right now is that neither Poppy nor Bar pop off before Jan. 2009. Can you imagine the stage-managed monstrosity that would be, all the talking head wailing about the sitting president's parent and former president/first lady dying while he's in office? Five days of Dubya standing resolute and squinty, with everyone supposed to feel sorry for him. It makes me ill just to imagine it.


GravatarI've not paid any attention to the funeral at all. But I just read at Americablog that Scowcroft, Paul O'Neill and Cheney are honorary pall bearers. That's lovely. No wonder W is scarce.
Neponset


That explains a lot.


GravatarScowcroft, Paul O'Neill and Cheney are honorary pall bearers
Honorary pall bearer? Does that mean, like in the Viet Nam War, they got someone else to do the heavy lifting?


GravatarWeird, isn't it? Asssigned to say bye to an old friend, and he aces it.


GravatarI go off on a two week World of WarCrack binge and when I come back, haloscan has new functionality. Next thing you know it will inform us of new Sturgid Owls.


GravatarNixon WAS a rat.

W IS poo.
Terry C, Gore/Clark 08

Word.


GravatarStop it. There are fragile old men present.
SteveLG, proudly pre 9/11


Oh please. I bet I'm older than you and I'd be delighted to go out thinking of res and her fur coat. And everything else.


GravatarNP: "Down In The Cockpit," XTC, English Settlement
.


Gravatar"super-size me" starts now!


GravatarAll I am wishing for right now is that neither Poppy nor Bar pop off before Jan. 2009. Can you imagine the stage-managed monstrosity that would be, all the talking head wailing about the sitting president's parent and former president/first lady dying while he's in office? Five days of Dubya standing resolute and squinty, with everyone supposed to feel sorry for him. It makes me ill just to imagine it.
Miranda

Don't know about Poppy, but Bar's too nasty to die.

She sucks the life out of everyone else.


GravatarDamn.
Somebody put the Stephanie Miller song in my head.

You're a lying sack of shit
You're a lying sack of shit
You're a stinking, steaming, lying, scheming sack of liquid shit.
(plink, plink)


Gravatar"Tomorrow we come back and cut off your chonson!"/i>

aquatic wildlife.... hee


GravatarYou are goin' to Hell...

Sarah Silverman, or no?
.


GravatarYou're a stinking, steaming, lying, scheming sack of liquid shit.
(plink, plink)
HoneyBearKelly


I've always been a fan of Harry Nillson's

You broke my heart
You tore it apart
so fuck you
Just fuck you


GravatarSturgid Owls.
nyclept |

Less threatening than Turgid Owls.


GravatarDon't know about Poppy, but Bar's too nasty to die.

(AP) News coming in indicates that the Barbara Bush, the president of Bush 43 and wife of Bush 41 has died of a stroke while sitting on top of her illegal housemaid.


GravatarHoot! Hoot!


GravatarAnd Tiki Barber carries the Giants on his back.


GravatarPeople who attend Barbara Bush's funeral will be using onion eye drops beforehand.


GravatarI bet I'm older than you and I'd be delighted to go out thinking of res and her fur coat. And everything else.
Dr. Pedant


I didn't mean me.


Gravataroh cool -- inherit the wind tonight on nyc's pbs station.


GravatarDon't use the safety word frivolously!
.


GravatarGood evening, bats. Just back in from my last Philly walkabout...


GravatarPleasantville on.


GravatarHonorary pall bearer? Does that mean, like in the Viet Nam War, they got someone else to do the heavy lifting?

Seriously, Cheney could not lift anything heavier than a forkful of filet.


GravatarYeah, What the fuck is with this NFL channel shit? How the hell do you get it?


GravatarPeople who attend Barbara Bush's funeral will be using onion eye drops beforehand.
pie

What could one say at Barbara Bush's funeral? "This turned out rather nicely for them."?


GravatarTiki Barber, so far 10 carries 123 yards.

Let's see Brian Kilmeade do that!


GravatarJust a quick fly by, have to depart for Anchorage in a few hours.

Anymore days like yesterday, and I'm gonna start feeling old.

Hope everyone is well, kits and cats too.


GravatarBabs Bush will have a quiet ceremony attended only by her immediate family and Marvin.


GravatarPleasantville on.
Shaw Kenawe | Homepage | 12.30.06 - 9:10 pm | #


That's all well and good, but Captain Jack Sparrow has my full attention at the moment.


GravatarWould you stop talking about owls? I rush upstairs, hitting my shins on the bannister, and refresh, get bumped off into the tubes of mystery, refresh again and find no new thread, come back here and the yellow bar has disappeared.....


GravatarBarry, everyone's fine at the moment.

Fly safely.


GravatarBabs Bush will have a quiet ceremony attended only by her immediate family and Marvin.
Attaturk

As long as immediate family doesn't include Jenna and NotJenna...


GravatarDon't use the safety word frivolously!

Mizrahi!


GravatarWho the fuck gets the NFL channel?


GravatarWell at least they show Ford's flag-draped coffin. Which is more than our fallen soldiers get. Maybe Snarley Dick should go give a nice speech at one of their funerals.


GravatarI've not paid any attention to the funeral at all. But I just read at Americablog that Scowcroft, Paul O'Neill and Cheney are honorary pall bearers. That's lovely. No wonder W is scarce.
Neponset | 12.30.06 - 9:02 pm |


This isn't his funeral, that's on Tuesday. This is some other terribly long ceremony related to his body arriving to lie (lay?) in state.

So on Tuesday, there'll be even more of this crap.

And the drunken frat boy will be there.


GravatarBarry!

Happy New Year!


GravatarAs long as immediate family doesn't include Jenna and NotJenna..

Depends on the terms of the trust fund. If they have to show up to get their $$$$$ they'll be there.


GravatarMSNBC is showing highlights from "Supersize Me."

In other news, Saddam and Gerald Ford are still dead.


GravatarSo on Tuesday, there'll be even more of this crap.

And the drunken frat boy will be there.


That one's in Michigan?


Gravatarrelated to his body arriving to lie (lay?) in state.

It's "lie," just FYI.


GravatarBabs Bush will have a quiet ceremony attended only by her immediate family and Marvin.
Attaturk


yo, what are you implying there?
i've never heard anything about marvin, except for that very unfortunate driveway accident that resulted in the death of his maid....


GravatarAnd the drunken frat boy will be there.
Buckeye, Blue State | 12.30.06 - 9:14 pm

They'll have to stuff him between Cheney and Hastert to keep him upright...


GravatarWho the fuck gets the NFL channel?
angryspittle


I'm in NYC so they're showing the game on the local NBC.

Some cable providers are having a free preview.


Gravataryo, what are you implying there?

Was thinking the same thing.


GravatarI really have the tunes cranked, since my neighbors do, too.

Fun!
.


Gravatari've never heard anything about marvin, except for that very unfortunate driveway accident that resulted in the death of his maid....
linda


He's an owner of the company that handled security for the WTC and hired John O'Neill.

I find that somewhat interesting though I'm not sure why.


GravatarI'm in Carson City and nobody offers it. Missed some damn good games so far.


GravatarSome cable providers are having a free preview.

Yeah, I am getting everything: 10 different HBOs, Showtime, (a couple of) Cinemaxes, TCM, etc.


GravatarJeff,

How's the new job going? How's Curly adjusting to the new kitty?


GravatarBarry!

Happy New Year!
res ipsa loquitu

hell he's probably crossed the date line 3 times by now. Had a happy each time.


GravatarThat one's in Michigan?

National Cathedral then on to Grand Rapids.