my brother and his girlfriend are currently trying to put my niece to bed, but she is wailing.
Heidi is a little worried, not quite sure what to do.
Moonbootica, Jog On! |
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05.18.07 - 5:15 pm | #
Too wonky. Needs more gossip. And more cowbell!
Rmj, Vox Threaduli |
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05.18.07 - 5:15 pm | #
Removing the public eye from a Bill will not make it better. This is profoundly undemocratic sentiment.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:16 pm | #
Something Mitt's probably remembering today:
1843
"I prophesy in the name of the Lord God of Israel, unless the United States redress the wrongs committed upon the Saints in the state of Missouri and punish the crimes committed by her officers that in a few years the government will be utterly overthrown and wasted, and there will not be so much as a potsherd left."
Joseph Smith, prophet of God and founder of the Mormon church
Supreme Commander Thor |
05.18.07 - 5:16 pm | #
Bush can't run again but this [the immigration bill] could still be a great wedge issue for those who are, Rudy, Mitt, McCain etc.
Betcha Rudy and Mitt come out against it, though.
Culture of Truth | Homepage | 05.18.07 - 5:03 pm | #
Most certainly Fred Thompson is going to ring it like the liberty bell. He can't overturn it because it is actually highly desired by big business, but the wingers won't care about subtleties
Thompson will run, imho, on the BIG FENCE as if it is the holy grail that will Save America
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Tacitus Voltaire |
05.18.07 - 5:18 pm | #
Phew! Getting a baby to go to sleep just doesn't work sometimes.
Hysh-Wysh |
05.18.07 - 5:18 pm | #
I prefer Better than Ezra.
Gomez |
05.18.07 - 5:18 pm | #
I just don't see this bill in it's current form as worth anything.
I repeat: I doubt any of the illegals in my neck of the woods will be willing to pony up $5k for the priviledge of being deported.
Holden Caulfield |
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05.18.07 - 5:18 pm | #
I refuse to comment here because in 30 femtoseconds, Duncan Hack will post another thread.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii |
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05.18.07 - 5:18 pm | #
This is a profoundly flawed bill that will create a veritable slave class in America.
Attacking Democracy can't be justified by previous Republicans attacking Democracy. This isn't calling people names, or playing hardball. This isn't lying about what someone stands for. This is the fundamental mechanics of democracy. If you don't stand for that, you don't stand for this country.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:19 pm | #
my brother and his girlfriend are currently trying to put my niece to bed, but she is wailing.
Heidi is a little worried, not quite sure what to do.
Moonbootica, Jog On! | Homepage | 05.18.07 - 5:15 pm | #
If she's really wailing, run her on American Idol
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Tacitus Voltaire |
05.18.07 - 5:19 pm | #
Thompson will run, imho, on the BIG FENCE as if it is the holy grail that will Save America
He can't win the general election with this.
cheney_usa |
05.18.07 - 5:19 pm | #
Hey, how do you pronounce Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii ?
FireFox® |
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05.18.07 - 5:19 pm | #
my brother and his girlfriend are currently trying to put my niece to bed, but she is wailing.
I suggest John Bolton impressions.
cheney_usa | 05.18.07 - 5:17 pm | #
I think they want her to stop crying.
Bas-O-Matic |
05.18.07 - 5:19 pm | #
Thompson will run, imho, on the BIG FENCE as if it is the holy grail that will Save America
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Tacitus Voltaire | 05.18.07 - 5:18 pm | #
It's ideal. Like SDI, it'll be a bottomless trough for Boeing et al. The evildoers'll find ways around it, we'll have to plug those holes...it'll save lots of money from being wasted on healthcare and early education.
Phila |
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05.18.07 - 5:19 pm | #
I refuse to comment here because in 30 femtoseconds, Duncan Hack will post another thread.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii
Another 30 seconds, another fiddy cent.
Gomez |
05.18.07 - 5:19 pm | #
We should try to make it work as long as this rule holds true:
Something > Nothing.
However, if there is some stealth racist crap in there that sets the cause back, then kick it to the curb.
Dissento |
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05.18.07 - 5:20 pm | #
Ntodd, I don't think he's a hack. I just don't think he's capable of seeing this issue because he's too far divorced from the situation of most Americans.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:20 pm | #
Woo Hoo - I guess Michael Moore is running for President, or Congress, or the DNC, or something. I mean, why else would he be targeted?
JeffCO |
05.18.07 - 5:20 pm | #
You know, suddenly bush-hating freepers, Loud Obbs, and free-swinging LA cops aside, this is the first legislation i've seen in a long time where people are actually batting around ideas like we're all trying to do what's best for a functioning democracy.
Food suddenly tastes better, the air is crisp and clear, and i think i just lost 20 pounds.
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Fielding Mellish |
05.18.07 - 5:20 pm | #
Oh my god! Someone took NToddler seriously!
Holden Caulfield |
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05.18.07 - 5:20 pm | #
I will, of course, apologize if this bill emerges without a guest worker program. But with one, it should be a deal breaker for anyone who claims to support Labor.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:20 pm | #
Under the immigration reform law, do undocumented workers currently in the U.S. have some kind of priority vis-a-vis obtaining legal status? In other words, do they jump ahead of people who followed existing immigration procedures by applying and waiting (patiently and endlessly) for admission?
Not an editorial, merely a question.
Scrool Trool, Manimal |
05.18.07 - 5:20 pm | #
Oh my god! Someone took NToddler seriously!
Must be new here.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii |
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05.18.07 - 5:21 pm | #
We CAN'T pass a bill!
The Freepi are IMPEACHING the President - he won't be able to sign it!
jac |
05.18.07 - 5:21 pm | #
What a shock - Tweety and his little friends all agree that Moore is Teh Suxor and Fred Thompson is The Shit!!!
JeffCO |
05.18.07 - 5:21 pm | #
"If at first you don't succeed, keep on suckin' til ya do suck seed!" - Curly
Troutski |
05.18.07 - 5:21 pm | #
there will not be so much as a potsherd left
Will this open an aggressive new potsherd market?
MP |
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05.18.07 - 5:21 pm | #
holden, I've been accused(rightly, often enough) of not giving someone the benefit of the doubt plenty of times today. I'll assume most peoples honesty unless they are clearly not honest.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:22 pm | #
we don't need freakin' H1Bs! The less H1Bs, the more money I get paid!!!!
different area codes |
05.18.07 - 5:22 pm | #
Woo Hoo - I guess Michael Moore is running for President, or Congress, or the DNC, or something. I mean, why else would he be targeted?
JeffCO
I will, of course, apologize if this bill emerges without a guest worker program. But with one, it should be a deal breaker for anyone who claims to support Labor.
soullite
Oh, definitely.
And it just WON'T WORK.
The people coming across the border are not going to sign up for a "Z Visa" and agree to work temporarily, then get sent back.
"In the May 16, 2006, edition of The O'Reilly Factor, O'Reilly claimed that The New York Times and "many far-left thinkers believe the white power structure that controls America is bad, so a drastic change is needed." O'Reilly continued: "According to the lefty zealots, the white Christians who hold power must be swept out by a new multicultural tide, a rainbow coalition, if you will." O'Reilly's comments came during a discussion of opposition by the Times and others to deploying the National Guard to help secure the border."
sekmet |
05.18.07 - 5:22 pm | #
there will not be so much as a potsherd left
is that a type of bong?
cheney_usa |
05.18.07 - 5:23 pm | #
My monitor just got another good washing thanks to this Wonkette comment:
"the 40 million unborn babies killed": wow, what haven't these little fuckers caused? good thing we killed them before they were born or they'd be wreaking destruction right and left.
get get get get, get over it
FireFox® |
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05.18.07 - 5:25 pm | #
NToddler is a special case, soullite.
He's like that mechanical horse outside the local Supermarket.
Holden Caulfield |
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05.18.07 - 5:25 pm | #
From Moore:
So there we were last week, spiriting a duplicate master negative out of the country just so no one from the government would take it from us. (Seriously, I can't believe I just typed those words! Did I mention that I'm an American, and this is America and NO ONE should ever have to say they had to do such a thing?)
I mean, folks, I have just about had it. Investigating ME because I'm trying to help some 9/11 rescue workers our government has abandoned? Once again, up is down and black is white. There are only two people in need of an investigation and a trial, and the desire for this across America is so widespread you don't even need to see the one's smirk or hear the other's sneer to know who I am talking about.
But no, I'm the one who now has to hire lawyers and sneak my documentary out of the country just so people can see a friggin' movie. I mean, it's just a movie! What on earth could I have placed on celluloid that would require such a nonsensical action against me?
This disturbs me.
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Today the White House said No to all of Dems' offered concessions on Iraq, effectively telling the Dem Congressional leadership to take its "surrender date" and shove it deep into its posterior. So now what?
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I think calls to Congresscritters supporting timetables, or impeachment are in order.
I'd like to point out that it's 2:30 on the West Coast and the number for Pelosi's district office is 415 556-4862.
bo |
05.18.07 - 5:26 pm | #
He's like that mechanical horse outside the local Supermarket.
Holden Caulfield
...I knew there had to be a good reason for not letting my kids ride on those things...
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Jack K, the Grumpy Forester |
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05.18.07 - 5:26 pm | #
Why are you Gaiigaiigaii now, NTodd? Gooey hairball in your slippers? Rodent offerings from the meadow?
Or is this a new anime fighting ninja judo samurai karate attack cry?
ellroon, Some Lady Commenter |
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05.18.07 - 5:27 pm | #
Who cares if non-white men lose hegemony in gummint and boardrooms? Why is this necessarily something to fear?
MP |
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05.18.07 - 5:28 pm | #
Stupid gnat-minds. There is nobody to "surrender" to, and sure as hell nobody to surrender to us.
Hysh-Wysh |
05.18.07 - 5:28 pm | #
Current thinking is that Bush will sign just about anything that emerges from the process, be it far to the left, or, as with the Sensenbrenner bill he approved last year, far to the right. He needs the accomplishment.
T.H.E. one accomplishment he'll have and one that pisses off his base.
"We" have been trying desperately to "surrender" Iraq to a disfunctional government that somebody deludedly thinks will sell us some cheap oil.
Hysh-Wysh |
05.18.07 - 5:30 pm | #
Today the White House said No to all of Dems' offered concessions on Iraq, effectively telling the Dem Congressional leadership to take its "surrender date" and shove it deep into its posterior. So now what?
He's fucked. No way is this not his baby.
pie |
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05.18.07 - 5:31 pm | #
bo, I was going to post that but knew you'd be less likely to be called a concern troll. - ErinPDX
Seething Webb, Love. Just 'cause.
bo |
05.18.07 - 5:31 pm | #
Pie, don't gloat. It's likely to piss off sizeable portions of our base too. Many haven't forgiven them for NAFTA, now they drag out a guest worker. The Democratic party has all but declared war on labor. Even if the unions won't do anything, most of our supporters aren't rich. Don't expect them to be excited about a guest worker program that won't do anything to hurt illegal immigration.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:31 pm | #
watertiger, I hope your haid is better today.
pie |
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05.18.07 - 5:31 pm | #
CNN
Relatives arrested for cellphone 'honor killing'
Four people have been arrested in connection with the "honor killing" last month of a Kurdish teen that was captured on cellphone video, authorities tell CNN. Two of those arrested are relatives and police are also searching for the victim's cousin. Dua Khalil, 17, was dragged into a crowd in a headlock and stoned to death in Iraq's Nineveh province. The killing was videoed and broadcast around the world -- throwing 'honor killings' into the public eye. http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/me...ling/ index.html
I'm sick of this fucking planet.
Lumpenprolitariot |
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05.18.07 - 5:31 pm | #
Food and fuel supplies are reportedly running out in the central Iraqi city of Samarra because of a curfew imposed after an insurgent attack 12 days ago.
Four babies are said to have died in the city's hospital because of a lack of fuel to power their incubators. Two elderly patients have also died.
Residents have called on US and Iraqi troops to end the restrictions and allow humanitarian aid into the city.
But only some aid deliveries have been allowed through after intense searches.
Please, Mr. Allawi, take this pile of shit off our hands. But you must give us some oil.
Hysh-Wysh |
05.18.07 - 5:32 pm | #
MP, if this bill opened up board rooms and professional associations, I would be more likely to support it.
soullite
After looking at the Republican field of '08 contenders for the Big Chair, my comment was directed at the underlying, though obvious fear permeating that Party.
MP |
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05.18.07 - 5:32 pm | #
hello folks
I read the comments at the link on the last post and found this..
Hans_Auff says:
There must be a pic somewhere's of the Dry Drunk Guy smacking one on the cheek of his now deposed El Presidenta bud. Put that on a billboard in the heartland and sit back and watch the fun.
That would be a very good idea to check into.
You know the nuts would go crazy.
Does anyone know if there is one?
I agree. He could blame democrats for one veto, but if they keep sending him bills and he keeps vetoing them, it's not going to end like the government shutdown. People will know right where to place the blame.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:32 pm | #
Wasn't it closer to around 3:30? Not to be pedantic or anything.
Oh yeah, it just felt like 5. Fortunately, I didn't oversleep this morning and made it to the Resort to pick up the Dogz on time.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii |
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05.18.07 - 5:32 pm | #
It's likely to piss off sizeable portions of our base too.
Is this the one Kennedy authored or a different one?
pie |
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05.18.07 - 5:32 pm | #
Wasn't it closer to around 3:30? Not to be pedantic or anything.
You people worry me.
Culture of Truth |
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05.18.07 - 5:32 pm | #
Who cares if non-white men lose hegemony in gummint and boardrooms? Why is this necessarily something to fear?
MP
The white male hegemonists fear it - almost as much as they fear teh scary vagina!!!
madamab, cranky |
05.18.07 - 5:33 pm | #
A silverback gorilla has escaped from its enclosure and run amok at Rotterdam zoo in the Netherlands, police say.
Witnesses reported seeing the gorilla, a dominant male, climb the enclosure's wall and attack a woman. Her condition is not clear.
Space, I believe the media would hold working mothers to be responsible for everything. First, they require two incomes for a family to even try and make a go of it, then they blame mothers when it doesn't work out well.
Scum. The elite in this society are nothing but scum.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:35 pm | #
It's amazing how much trouble one particular specie of perverse, hairless ape can cause, in only a few thousand years.
Hysh-Wysh |
05.18.07 - 5:36 pm | #
Time for an earworm.
"..groove is in the heart..."
Gomez |
05.18.07 - 5:36 pm | #
Wolfowitz squeezed out.
You don't want to know what I'm picturng.
pie |
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05.18.07 - 5:36 pm | #
Scum. The elite in this society are nothing but scum. soullite
Ewwww! Wolfowitz pinched off! Gonna need a lot of charmin . . .
Hysh-Wysh |
05.18.07 - 5:37 pm | #
what is wrong with these people. do they think like Broder that CDR. Codpiece is going to miraculously get his groove back and soar to 35% approval rating?
And do this by persisting on a war that 65% of Americans hate and hate more every week?
The man is despised and has NO credibility.
His VP has less credibility. His handpicked DOD guy just self destructed at the world bank and ditto AG AG.
Give him a bill that funds the troops but not the war.
That is why you have the power of the purse.
peterboy |
05.18.07 - 5:37 pm | #
"Hey, I'm sick of you people!"
- Gaia
watertiger
Do you guys know that sci-fi series where the earth (Gaia) was sentient and had almost unlimited power to create whatever she wanted on her surface? I believe it was a trilogy by one of the female sci-fi writers...
madamab, cranky |
05.18.07 - 5:38 pm | #
Ewwww! Wolfowitz pinched off! Gonna need a lot of charmin . . .
Hysh-Wysh
How's about a Courtesy Flush.
Gomez |
05.18.07 - 5:38 pm | #
I see Wolfowitz more as a large pustule.
watertiger |
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05.18.07 - 5:38 pm | #
It's amazing how much trouble one particular specie of perverse, hairless ape can cause, in only a few thousand years.
When you have a population and technology that grow exponentially, its easy!
AvoidingWork |
05.18.07 - 5:39 pm | #
Conclusion: No reason to summarily fire all those selfish bitches just yet, but something to keep in mind
Space
cnn should start off the grand 'fire the bitches' movement by shitcanning all those chicas samantha bee punked the other night
linda |
05.18.07 - 5:40 pm | #
Two things: The guest worker program is more corporate pork, in essence. Thus it's a non-starter. People in boardrooms need to be lined up and shot, not coddled.
Secondly, Moon, a question for you.
The many alternate names for the conflict that occured on the North American conflict betweeen 1861 and 1865 was prominent in the last thread. My question to you is, what do you folks back in the UK call the conflict on the North American continent between 1775 and 1783? On this side of the pond, it's "The American Revolution" or "The Revolutionary War". What say you redcoats?
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
05.18.07 - 5:40 pm | #
Via Raw Story:
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"What you're likely to see, it seems, (is) something that includes benchmarks but benchmarks that don't have teeth," a House Republican leadership aide told RAW STORY Friday, speaking on condition of anonymity. "I call them dentures."
The aide predicted the compromise legislation would resemble a proposal offered earlier this week by Sen. John Warner, R-Va., which would establish benchmarks for progress in Iraq but would allow the president to waive consequences -- such as cuts in foreign aid to Iraq -- associated with meeting those benchmarks. Warner's amendment was supported by 52 senators.
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Please call Congresscritters and encourage them to not back down on a meaningful withdrawal timetable.
Again, Pelosi's district office: 415 556-4862
bo |
05.18.07 - 5:40 pm | #
I see Wolfowitz more as a large pustule.
watertiger
If you pick on him, he won't go away.
Gomez |
05.18.07 - 5:40 pm | #
Did Chimpy's mention of hurricane season have anything to do with the problems within NOAA?
(Cookie for Haloscan)
Snow, Propter Hoc |
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05.18.07 - 5:40 pm | #
Do you guys know that sci-fi series where the earth (Gaia) was sentient and had almost unlimited power to create whatever she wanted on her surface? I believe it was a trilogy by one of the female sci-fi writers...
I do know of a trilogy written by John Varley where Gaia was a living being orbiting Saturn who had living creatures of her own design living inside her. And that she could create just about anything she wanted. Would that be pretty much the same?
Supreme Commander Thor |
05.18.07 - 5:41 pm | #
Apprentice, Finally someone as extreme as I am!
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:41 pm | #
They call it "the American War of Independence" cos it wasn't really a revolution in that King George III was still King of England after it was over.
The Old Man From Scene 24 |
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05.18.07 - 5:42 pm | #
Witnesses reported seeing the gorilla, a dominant male, climb the enclosure's wall and attack a woman. Her condition is not clear.
Dazed, confused, but sated.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
05.18.07 - 5:42 pm | #
I've long thought it would be a good idea to colonize the moon. Or, possibly, storing nuclear waste there. Clearly, One or the other. Right now, it's just sitting there.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:43 pm | #
Pardon the repost but I think this is important. (and I am an army of one)
Yesterday I wrote about Bush's guilt for this war. I did it casually but the thought has consumed me. It has been with me ever since. This war. This damnation of reason and diplomacy. The sad farcical tragedy is Bush's war. There is not a doubt in my mind that it is his. He wanted it. He promoted it. It is his. If he wanted to stop it tomorrow, he could. All he has to do is say the word and the healing in Iraq could begin. The soldiers could begin making plans for coming home. The Iraqi government - as lame as they are - would have to look around and go, OMG! We had better do something.
But he will not. Even today the Dems offered him everything he wanted (against most of our wishes) and he disrespected them. At this point what do the American people owe this petulant asshole? Not a damned thing.
Let him have his war but take away the funding and the troops and the trappings of the USA. If he wants to fight it, let him take HIS money and his FRIENDS' money and hire their own army (there is one there now I believe) and fight on. He can hire General Cheney to lead the troops into battle. He can fly a plane and bomb all of the women and children he would like to. He can stroke his manhood while telling his wife of the babies he blew up this day.
But let him do it alone and without sanction. I am tired of the charade. I owe him nothing. It is a war I never wanted and fought to prevent. Now, I fight to end it. Let it end now with a whimper from the lips of the miserable failure.
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05.18.07 - 5:43 pm | #
Secondly, Moon, a question for you.
The many alternate names for the conflict that occured on the North American conflict betweeen 1861 and 1865 was prominent in the last thread. My question to you is, what do you folks back in the UK call the conflict on the North American continent between 1775 and 1783? On this side of the pond, it's "The American Revolution" or "The Revolutionary War". What say you redcoats?
Apprentice to Darth Holden | 05.18.07 - 5:40 pm | #
I think its called 'The American War of Independence', at least thats what I see in textbooks over here
Moonbootica, Jog On! |
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05.18.07 - 5:43 pm | #
Hannity called [Hitchens] a pseudo-intellectual.
Heh. Did he say "sway-dough" ?
SteveLG |
05.18.07 - 5:43 pm | #
"soulite" is a great pseud. It sounds like some kind of counter material like formica.
DWD, I believe the primary reason to start the war was to funnel money into the coffers of his campaign contributors. He doesn't believe in the war, it's just going to end up being profitable for him.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:44 pm | #
DWD, Very well said.
Ralphie |
05.18.07 - 5:45 pm | #
I do know of a trilogy written by John Varley where Gaia was a living being orbiting Saturn who had living creatures of her own design living inside her. And that she could create just about anything she wanted. Would that be pretty much the same?
Supreme Commander Thor
OMG, Supreme Commander. You are teh awesome!! That's exactly what I was thinking of!!! What a great series.
madamab, cranky |
05.18.07 - 5:45 pm | #
thank you, Arabella. Most people say bad things about my name.
And yes, it does.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:45 pm | #
OMG, Supreme Commander. You are teh awesome!! That's exactly what I was thinking of!!! What a great series.
Actually, I can turn to my left and all three books are right there at arms length. I haven't read them in a while, but I've been through "Titan" "Wizard" and "Demon" about 2 dozen times.
Supreme Commander Thor |
05.18.07 - 5:46 pm | #
To the Old Man from Scene 24 and the irrepressible Moonbotica, thanks.
Names of wars pretty much depend on where you sit, I find it an interesting bit of historical fluff. We here in the US tend to be very provinical about names of wars, the many European conflicts that spilled over onto North American in particular. For example, what everyone else seems to call "The Seven Years' War" is "The French and Indian War" over here.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
05.18.07 - 5:47 pm | #
Soullite - your name is brilliant.
If you get a gravatar, I'll bet it will totally rock.
Tony Blair may have emerged as a surprise contender to replace Paul Wolfowitz as president of the World Bank, but the former finance ministers of Afghanistan and Nigeria are both seen as more credible candidates.
Ashraf Ghani, chairman of Kabul University, is a likely option if President Bush decides to break with tradition and appoint a non-American. A former World Bank economist, Ghani left in 2001 to help rebuild the Afghan economy after the war of 2001 began.
"soulite" is a great pseud. It sounds like some kind of counter material like formica.
Or something you might wash your spiritual unmentionables in.
"Unmentionables." Wasn't that a charming old euphemism, in its day?
SteveLG |
05.18.07 - 5:47 pm | #
eh. Did he say "sway-dough" ?
SteveLG
No, he pronounced the "p"
Jim |
05.18.07 - 5:48 pm | #
"Unmentionables." Wasn't that a charming old euphemism, in its day? - SteveLG
What the hell's wrong with "skivvies"
?
bo |
05.18.07 - 5:49 pm | #
I think that the deserting coward started that war because he could, and because his cronies in the Awl Bidness wanted to get their greedy mitts on that sweet, sweet crude flowing out of Kirkuk.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
05.18.07 - 5:49 pm | #
LMAO, SteveLG. Yes, that too I suppose.
A charming turn of phrase, and an inherent contradiction.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:49 pm | #
"Unmentionables." Wasn't that a charming old euphemism, in its day? -
Actually, I can turn to my left and all three books are right there at arms length. I haven't read them in a while, but I've been through "Titan" "Wizard" and "Demon" about 2 dozen times.
Supreme Commander Thor
There are some books that require regular re-reading, and those are mighty fine...in fact, I think it's time for a re-visit.
madamab, cranky |
05.18.07 - 5:50 pm | #
Apprentice, okay, you're right. There's a strong possibility the 60 year old child started the war to prove he had the power to. I'm sticking to my afore mentioned motive for the rest of them though.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:51 pm | #
There are some books that require regular re-reading, and those are mighty fine...in fact, I think it's time for a re-visit.
Now that I'm thinking about them, I'm thinking the same thing.
Supreme Commander Thor |
05.18.07 - 5:51 pm | #
Loud Obbs is right on time:
QUICKVOTE
Do you believe that the U.S. border with Mexico should be certified as secure before even considering changing any part of U.S. immigration law?
Yes
No http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/....dobbs.tonight/
I love this. Someone found my blog by Googling for "how to get more armpit hair".
Echidne of the snakes |
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05.18.07 - 5:52 pm | #
Rumsfeld Redux
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"He's considering a lot of things but he wants to remain engaged in public policy issues and is in the process of creating a foundation that would involve teaching and research fellowships for graduate and post-graduate students," Larry Di Rita, Rumsfeld's former Pentagon spokesman, told Bill Gertz in his weekly "Inside the Ring" column.
Di Rita went on to say the foundation would focus on promoting "continued U.S. engagement in world affairs in furtherance of U.S. security interests."
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The only return to public life I want to see him make is wearing handcuffs. Same for that asshole Di Rita.
bo |
05.18.07 - 5:52 pm | #
Certified by who?
Bush will become The Certifier.
cheney_usa |
05.18.07 - 5:52 pm | #
oy -- a michael powell, described as a 'democratic strategist' is on hardball and does he ever look the epitome of k street whore.
linda |
05.18.07 - 5:52 pm | #
Certified by who?
Lumpenprolitariot
Maybe they could have that fat gross Republican from South Dakota collect some fluids for certification.
Jennifer |
05.18.07 - 5:52 pm | #
There's a strong possibility the 60 year old child started the war to prove he had the power to.
"Inside the Ring". Heh, that's so NToddian.
bo |
05.18.07 - 5:53 pm | #
RUMSFELD FOR WORLD BANK!
watertiger |
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05.18.07 - 5:53 pm | #
Certified by who?
The Committee for State Security of course. Michael Chertoff, Chairman.
Snow, Propter Hoc |
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05.18.07 - 5:53 pm | #
Certified by who?
Lumpenprolitariot
That audit firm that keep the Oscar envelopes secret.
jac |
05.18.07 - 5:53 pm | #
I love this. Someone found my blog by Googling for "how to get more armpit hair".
Echidne of the snakes
Echidne,
I would have been more impressed if the search would have been, "How to get more hair on your ass."
That is a semi-popular guy "thing." Like, "You ain't got a hair on your ass if you can't do . . . ."
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05.18.07 - 5:53 pm | #
Certified by who?
The same guys who swore up and down on a stack of Bibles that the Iraqis were trying to obtain yellowcake from Africa, and that Saddam did indeed have nukes that could be remotely launched to hit Muncie, Indiana with pinpoint accuracy.
out into what's left of the dreary day.
watertiger |
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05.18.07 - 5:54 pm | #
Apprentice, okay, you're right. There's a strong possibility the 60 year old child started the war to prove he had the power to.
"Two years before the September 11 attacks, presidential candidate George W. Bush was already talking privately about the political benefits of attacking Iraq, according to his former ghost writer, who held many conversations with then-Texas Governor Bush in preparation for a planned autobiography. 'He was thinking about invading Iraq in 1999,' said author and journalist Mickey Herskowitz. 'It was on his mind. He said to me: 'One of the keys to being seen as a great leader is to be seen as a commander-in-chief.'. . . "
-- Russ Baker, GNN, Oct. 28, 2004
madamab, cranky |
05.18.07 - 5:54 pm | #
You finance the countries you have; not the countries you wish you had.
Zap Rowsdower |
05.18.07 - 5:54 pm | #
Are there people who seriously think we're in danger from terrorism over the border? Mexicans are likely to notice a guy speaking arabic or farsi, I seriously doubt many smugglers want the kind of trouble that would bring down on them.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:55 pm | #
Someone found my blog by Googling for "how to get more armpit hair".
well?
Never really though about that. Maybe cutting it a lot would help?
Echidne of the snakes |
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05.18.07 - 5:55 pm | #
RUMSFELD FOR WORLD BANK! - watertiger
You'll burn in Hell for that, child.
bo |
05.18.07 - 5:55 pm | #
You finance the countries you have; not the countries you wish you had.
More like: "You spend the money you have, not the money you wish you had."
Sorry, poor countries.
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05.18.07 - 5:56 pm | #
oy -- a michael powell, described as a 'democratic strategist' is on hardball and does he ever look the epitome of k street whore.
linda
Colin Powell's son? Former head of the FCC? Republiwhore? THAT Michael Powell?
madamab, cranky |
05.18.07 - 5:56 pm | #
my niece is finally asleep
Moonbootica, Jog On! |
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05.18.07 - 5:56 pm | #
I don't know of any method to increase your bodies growth of hair. I'd assume something topical, to insure you get the right area.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:56 pm | #
Apparently my stalker has surfaced again. Came by the office while I was out and left his card. I've never met the guy.
I thought this shit would be over by the time I got old.
Jennifer |
05.18.07 - 5:56 pm | #
I don't know of any method to increase your bodies growth of hair.
soullite
Turning 40 was pretty effective for me.
And I should probably leave it there.
jac |
05.18.07 - 5:58 pm | #
Apparently my stalker has surfaced again. Came by the office while I was out and left his card. I've never met the guy.
Call the police. Alert your building security not to let him in.
Nothing pisses me off more than stalkers. Fuckin' creeps.
Zap Rowsdower |
05.18.07 - 5:58 pm | #
Apparently my stalker has surfaced again. Came by the office while I was out and left his card. I've never met the guy.
Call the police, Jennifer.
Echidne of the snakes |
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05.18.07 - 5:58 pm | #
my brother has started working for JP Morgan Chase, he's a trade analysis administrators, which is to do with fixing trades where errors take place and special trades
Moonbootica, Jog On! |
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05.18.07 - 5:58 pm | #
Jac, not to offend, but I doubt anyone wants to hasten the approach of that milestone.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 5:58 pm | #
right in the heart of the capitalist system heh
Moonbootica, Jog On! |
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05.18.07 - 5:59 pm | #
The smartest, most devastating scenario is the nuke in a shipping container that goes off in Philly, or Seattle, or Long Beach.
No cross country transport from Nogales to Omaha needed.
And Richard Clark's recounting of fucktard and the Dark Lord demanding he find links between the 9/11 hijackers and Saddam no matter how much it needed to spun from whole cloth is more than enough reason for me to think that they wanted to invade Iraq all along, to get the unrestricted access to the oil. After all, isn't the "We willing bend over and submit to your magnificent cock" oil bill the highest priority these assholes have for the Iraqi Parliament?
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
05.18.07 - 5:59 pm | #
Jennifer,
Fingerprints on the card, maybe.
bo |
05.18.07 - 6:00 pm | #
Jac, not to offend, but I doubt anyone wants to hasten the approach of that milestone.
soullite
[sob] four months away [sob]
and I'd BETTER not grow any more frickin' hair!!! Jeeeeeeebus!!!
madamab, cranky |
05.18.07 - 6:00 pm | #
Al kinda looks like he should be on the quarter or something in this cover shot. I mean, if he had a ponytail with a ribbon.
I'm not scared so much as pissed off. Because, like I said, I'm old enough that I shouldn't be having to deal with this type of shit anymore. Secondly, my boss seems to think it's a big joke, since the first time we figured out I have a stalker was when the guy chased him down in the post office parking lot almost a year and a half ago, after he saw our company logo on my boss' jeep and assumed it would be me driving. Boss even suggested that maybe I should call him and go out with him. My reply was that that might be the only thing that would work to get rid of him.
Jennifer |
05.18.07 - 6:01 pm | #
Jac, not to offend, but I doubt anyone wants to hasten the approach of that milestone.
I've decided to stay 30.
Snow, Propter Hoc |
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05.18.07 - 6:01 pm | #
maybe we should gang up the freepers and impeach the son of a bitch.
Lumpenprolitariot |
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05.18.07 - 6:01 pm | #
Jennifer,
Fingerprints on the card, maybe.
bo
I was gonna say that, but then I thought maybe I'd been watching too much CSI...
madamab, cranky |
05.18.07 - 6:01 pm | #
I haven't even hit 30 yet. 25 for life!
soullite |
05.18.07 - 6:02 pm | #
An alleged mafia godfather who had been on the run for a year was arrested last night in a Lancashire flat on suspicion of four murders. Italian police had been searching for Gennaro Panzuto, 32, since he disappeared after a mob war between rival clans in Naples that led to the deaths of 20 people in three months, police said.
Detectives in Italy, in collaboration with the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency traced Mr Panzuto to a flat in Preston after telephone calls made by his family from public phone boxes to Naples.
Damn skippy. CSI the mother fucker's ass. Like, now. My wife had to live with that shit for some years. Finally found out who it was (he was doing the same type of thing to others). A good talking-to by the cops straightened his ass out.
joycamp, corporate hustler |
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05.18.07 - 6:03 pm | #
If Canadians were sneaking over the boarder to pick tomatoes, mow laws, and work construction, nobody would complain.
They speak English, eh?
And a lot of them are white.
My reply was that that might be the only thing that would work to get rid of him. - Jennifer
Add a call to a laywer to deal with your frickin' boss. He's gone into harrassment country himself.
I was gonna say that, but then I thought maybe I'd been watching too much CSI... - madamab
With me it's either too much "Murder, she wrote" or maybe "Spin and Marty".
bo |
05.18.07 - 6:04 pm | #
As much as I admire Jennifer from afar (after all, who in their right mind would not admire the coiner of "The Clenis") it wasn't me.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
05.18.07 - 6:04 pm | #
They call it "the American War of Independence" cos it wasn't really a revolution in that King George III was still King of England after it was over. | The Old Man From Scene 24
Are you my high school history teacher? I was about to write almost exactly what you did, because he made a big deal about just that distinction. It may have been "revolutionary" in a broad sense, but it wasn't a Revolutionary War.
He was a great teacher; he introduced us, high-school freshmen, to concepts like "critical thinking" and logical reasoning mixed in with the history stuff. Current events, too.
Little Brøther |
05.18.07 - 6:04 pm | #
Hmmm. Maybe I could just give the card he left to the cops and let them give him a call or trace the number and show up at his office or whatever. That might work.
Jennifer |
05.18.07 - 6:04 pm | #
and I'd BETTER not grow any more frickin' hair!!! Jeeeeeeebus!!!
I need someone to invent special tweezers with a built in light and magnifying glass to get those fuckers.
ErinPDX |
05.18.07 - 6:04 pm | #
A Minnesota man's on-air proposal to his former wife on "The Jerry Springer Show" has landed him in Anoka County Jail.
The man, who was convicted of trying to strangle her in 2005 when they were still married, had been under a judge's order not to have contact with her.
In a story that's, well, straight out of Springer, Thomas Michael Glynn's probation officer saw the proposal while it was airing, including a bleeped-out back-and-forth between the man and his girlfriend - who is different from the ex-wife/fiancee/domestic abuse victim - and took action.
Glynn, 32, whose most recent address was in Askov in Pine County, was arrested on a warrant this week and appeared Thursday in Anoka County District Court on charges he violated his probation.
His criminal record dates back to 1997. It includes misdemeanors and gross misdemeanors ranging from domestic abuse to theft by check, records show. He is on probation in lieu of serving a 21-month sentence after being convicted of assault by strangulation, a felony. The couple divorced after the assault.
The terms of Glynn's probation include not leaving the state without permission and having no contact with his ex-wife, Shannon Jean Glynn, 30, of Andover.
I'd laugh if it weren't so sad/pathetic/dumb/pathetic/pathetic...
Zap Rowsdower |
05.18.07 - 6:04 pm | #
Jac, not to offend, but I doubt anyone wants to hasten the approach of that milestone.
I've decided to stay 30.
Snow, Propter Hoc
No offense taken - I tried Snow's method, but "Clap Louder!" is no more effective at anti-aging than at war.
So I just act like a 12-year-old, and it balances out.
jac |
05.18.07 - 6:05 pm | #
I was gonna say that, but then I thought maybe I'd been watching too much CSI... - madamab
With me it's either too much "Murder, she wrote" or maybe "Spin and Marty".
bo
Detectives in Italy, in collaboration with the UK's Serious Organised Crime Agencytraced Mr Panzuto to a flat in Preston after telephone calls made by his family from public phone boxes to Naples.
I'm sorry, but the bolded part sounds too much like Graham Chapman is in charge of it.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
05.18.07 - 6:05 pm | #
I wonder how many times President AWOL as uttered "war president" - dozens I'm sure. And "president in wartime", etc. - dozens more.
That's what infuriates me so. It's not that the man is a complete arrogant moron so much as it is that he is a fucking PUNK. He's the biggest punk-ass bitch I've ever seen. I can't look at his punk smirk without wanting to slap that shit right off of his face.
Jennifer |
05.18.07 - 6:10 pm | #
thats funny, for years on AOL my name was soulessStarlight.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 6:10 pm | #
I tried Snow's method, but "Clap Louder!" is no more effective at anti-aging than at war.
It is working for me.
Snow, Propter Hoc |
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05.18.07 - 6:11 pm | #
"psuedo" means "I don't want some irate winger hunting me down and knifing me".
At least, that's what it means to me.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 6:11 pm | #
Arabela, I was young, thought it was a statement about how society prizes the empty and vapid, yet shiny things in life. Now, I think I was just being pretentious.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 6:12 pm | #
That's what infuriates me so. It's not that the man is a complete arrogant moron so much as it is that he is a fucking PUNK. He's the biggest punk-ass bitch I've ever seen. I can't look at his punk smirk without wanting to slap that shit right off of his face.
This is because he knows, barring an overturning of the entire social structure, he will get away with his crimes, and he knows that they are crimes and he doesn't care because he can get caught and still not face punishment. His worthless harridan mother will protect him from his father who still has a sliver of morality left in him, unlike any of his loathesome offspring.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
05.18.07 - 6:13 pm | #
"Clap louder" creates chaos in my 80 year old mother's building. All the bedroom lights and TV's go on and off, on and off, on and off.
apprentice, I'm still clinging to me "Random psycopath" theory.
It states that everyone has some chance of getting their due, all it takes is for them to piss off one wrong person. I use this to justify to myself how many sick fucks the world has, and how they must serve some sort of purpose.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 6:14 pm | #
"Clap louder" creates chaos in my 80 year old mother's building. All the bedroom lights and TV's go on and off, on and off, on and off.
gwb:drf
Arabella Trefoil
Usually, I prefer experiencing the bouquet of my elitist Chardonnay from the glass rather than my nostrils. But thanks.
joycamp, corporate hustler |
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05.18.07 - 6:17 pm | #
I want to live just long enough to see his head on a pike, and I will look up into his lifeless eyes and wave, just like this *waves with waggling fingers*.
catalexis Cmdr. re-ed camp 6 |
05.18.07 - 6:17 pm | #
lol, I should take off and do something productive. You all have a pleasant evening.
soullite |
05.18.07 - 6:17 pm | #
Hitchens may be a drunk, but he's forgotten more than Hannity will ever know.
Lime Rickey |
05.18.07 - 6:18 pm | #
That's why I love "soulite."
It's an morphing of youthful ennui to mature irony.
Can't explain the whole thing, but it's totally awesome.
These Israel firster sloths are celebrating the destuction of our republic.
They desire the average white American to fight in Iraq, and yet capitilate on his own soil. Sacrifice his life for Israel why his family has it's lifestyle taken away under the hands of these usurist scumbags.
Shabbez Goyim shout Progress! To the third-world Amerika!
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05.18.07 - 6:26 pm | #
Now that I'm thinking about them, I'm thinking the same thing.
Supreme Commander Thor
Sorry I missed out on that conversation.
Gaby's description of the buzz bombs in Wizard is some of the most outstanding prose in science fiction. I get chills everytime.
LittlePig |
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