HULK SMASHED
Kerning is for corn isn;t it?
And your Supremes chipping away at the constitution at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com
16 Months, how many deaths is that? they want more more more.
Take that, Huggy!
I called sheets.
Thanks, Attaturk.
Poor McSame.
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Fuck McSame.
but....but obama is a furrin' policy moron because he doesn't say "kill them all!"
Digby, anyway.
Moe Szyslak
It looks like The Rude Pundit's name is a widely published thing, too.
Uncle Smokes
Glad to hear that, and sorry to be alarmist. (I can't believe that I was suspicious of the mighty NYT)
Shouldn't that be "time horizon"?
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Why that Maliki, what a cut and stayer ...or something.
Maliki is a terrorist.
This proves it, Obama's One o' Them Towelheads.
/Gramm
No, Al-Maliki does not need fiction.
It worked!
I have prepared a bucket of extremely hot water and cleaning fluids, along with a scrub brush in anticipation of the anger and frustration from listening to Nancy P. The best scrubbing my kitchen floor will get!
The Speaker makes me Scrub!
Maliki is a whiner.
Aspirational goals, my ass.
By Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
July 19, 2008
On his trip to the Middle East and Europe, Barack Obama hopes to reassure Americans that he has the foreign-policy expertise to keep the nation safe. Images beamed back from Jerusalem, Berlin and other cities next week will show him meeting heads of state with all the formal trappings of summitry.
If the all-but-certain Democratic nominee avoids mistakes, the intense news coverage -- three network anchors will accompany him -- could ease voter doubts.
shorter corporate media: as a democrat, if obama says ONE bad thing or misspeaks ONE policy, he's toast!
I have prepared a bucket of extremely hot water and cleaning fluids, along with a scrub brush in anticipation of the anger and frustration from listening to Nancy P. The best scrubbing my kitchen floor will get!
camelot
I save my weeding for those kinds of moods.
I can't wait to hear what McCain says about this!
Speaking of weeds, I will be back after proper attention to the garden. Enjoy.
Good morning.
Why hasn't anybody put Kit Seelye in a sarcophogus yet?
Say Billy - wish you could've been with us for Mellencamp /Lucinda Williams last night.
Fuck, they tore down the old Pine Knob.
shorter corporate media: as a democrat, if obama says ONE bad thing or misspeaks ONE policy, he's toast!
It will be interesting to read the foreign press on Obama.
Good morning, gang. Long time no see. Except for the rampant evil in our alleged government, how ya doin'?
Sorry, Maliki, but that time horizon is not general enought, despite "slight changes."
Anyway...let's see. Given the tradition (started with FDR) of a new president's "first 100 days" being the most productive, let's say a plan is laid out by the end of that period.
The 16 months would commence on April 30, 2009, give or take few days.
The withdrawal would be complete around the end of August, 2010, in time for mid-term elections!
Speaking of weed, I will be back after proper attention to my bowl
Fried yer tacos, Ruth...
If you wanna get your blood pressure up, the WaPo has the editorial for you:
How Big Are Those Bundles?
Barack Obama's failure to practice what he legislates
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...8071802595.html
filk man! Howzit going?
how ya doin'?
filkertom
Mostly glad to see you back! Howaya?
Nah, Gromit; Took my BP meds, saw the title, stayed away.
Good morning filkertom.
I left out a crucial comma, filkertom.
I am mortified 
Of course, I meant:
Mostly, glad to see you back!
John McCain, whose disclosure of bundlers had been sketchier than Mr. Obama's, told the campaign finance groups it would add employer and occupational information to his list of bundlers, promising monthly updates and saying he would include in the totals the amounts bundlers raised for the Republican National Committee to benefit the McCain campaign. The Obama campaign did not reply to the groups' letter.
Spin. Spin. Spin.
Maliki sings:
Beyond the time horizon
Waits a beautiful day
Good bye to troops that backed me
Now all I've got's Iraqi's
I feel the time horizon
Will be when we say the war's won
Beyond the time horizon
When we're rid of the dim son.
Huh. I just got here, but it looks like the rain's stopped so I'm going to bike to the gym.
Oh, and "The Dark Knight"? AWESOME.
Spin. Spin. Spin.
Sung to the Byrds "Turn, Turn, Turn"...
My mother used to order from Der Spiegel catalog.
Glad to hear that, and sorry to be alarmist. (I can't believe that I was suspicious of the mighty NYT)
Gromit, dirty hippie scientist
Oh, I thought that, too, when I read the op-ed. The piece seemed to be a little too comfortable with disclosing actual identities, but I guess we blogfolk have conditioned ourselves to be protective of on-line personas and privacy.
filkertom! What a pleasure! And honor!
Howya feeling?
Hey, BD, WillVenus! Not bad in the grand scheme, although the summer definitely is not what I planned. I tore my left quad tendon last month, and two surgeries later (one for something unrelated but they had me so by gum they was a-doin' it) I've been in physical therapy for the past several weeks. I hope to be walking again, with assistance at least, by the middle of next month. Shot my gigs to hell, though. And I literally just got back online this past Thursday night, and only with dial-up at that. Remind me to tell you how badly AT&T sucks -- oh, wait, you knew? 
My mother used to order from Der Spiegel catalog.
Mine too. It was exciting when the order came.
I am just not feeling that Dark Knight thrill. I am a Spidey girl, I guess.
Kit Seelye
Eric Alterman, now a senior fellow for Media Matters for America, further noted in the October 21, 2002, issue of The Nation that "Katharine Seelye's and Ceci Connolly's coverage turned out to be so egregious that the two were singled out by the conservative Financial Times of London as 'hostile to the [Gore] campaign,' unable to hide their 'contempt for the candidate.' "
Sad that she's still getting paid.
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although the summer definitely is not what I planned
Fucking life, always getting in the way of the best laid plans.
Why, I outta....
I just want you back to what you were doing, filk. No more, no less.
Better and better, Gromit, though I'm still gonna be out of it for awhile. Dunno how much I'll be on for the next few weeks, but I'm online again, and DAMMIT I've missed everybody.
I understood the not-comma perfectly, Venus, no prob. You might want to check out the Spectacular Spider-Man animated on the Kids' CW this morning, which is actually pretty darn good and true to the Lee-Ditko spirit.
Bet Nuri doesn't read MoDo.
Totally OT, but
King Lincoln Bronzeville v. Blackwell
Psssst.
That's gonna be my "Carthago delenda est" for a while.
Fuck, they tore down the old Pine Knob.
I would have loved to be there, big boy.
Back in 74 when I visited Lansing with a friend, Santana played at Pine Knob.
After months of stubbornly ridiculing his positions, the last week has seen McBush adopt Obama's positions on talking to Iran, beefing up troops in Afghanistan, and a timetable (uh, 'time horizon') for withdrawing from Iraq. The specific length of which Maliki now endorses.
So when can we see the ad pointing out that you can stop wasting lives, time, and money by electing Obama?
Sad that she's still getting paid.
And still obviously trolling for dirt among progressives.
I'm not sufficiently caffeinated to determine if the fact that they sent Seelye rather than MoDo is a good or bad thing.
When is a non-endorsement an endorsement?
Asked if he supported Obama's ideas more than those of John McCain, Republican presidential hopeful, Maliki said he did not want to recommend who people should vote for.
"Whoever is thinking about the shorter term is closer to reality. Artificially extending the stay of U.S. troops would cause problems."
holy shit!!!
that's big news.
i've been watching how the press has constantly framed this trip as a chance for obama to fuck up...it's almost like they are waiting to pounce, or it's layed on with so much condescension they act like he's so unsophisticated he'll make some major gaff like pissing in some potted plant in a palace somewhere.
this after 7 years of the most ignorant, embarrassing fuckwit of a president we've ever had...
Billy - 'twas the first time in my LIFE of going to Pine Knob I ever sat in the actual ampitheatre seats.
We were actually a few rows down from the yellow line seats. - in front of the sound booth.
I felt like actual royalty!
"U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama talks about 16 months. That, we think, would be the right timeframe for a withdrawal, with the possibility of slight changes."
Yay!! - as the chimp once wrote - "Let Freedom Reign".
Kewl, Barndog! That sounds great!
Fucking life, always getting in the way of the best laid plans.
Why, I outta....
I just want you back to what you were doing, filk. No more, no less.
Barndog, w/ringing ears | 07.19.08 - 8:39 am
I appreciate the outrage on my behalf, amigo. But don't sweat it. It sucks, but it's gonna be one of those hey-this-is-pretty-darn-good-lemonade-ya-made things. I have found out I have a lot more friends than I ever imagined possible, and they have done some pretty incredible things for me. I've lost some weight, I'm getting physically stronger for the first time in years, and I'm gonna be healthier coming out of this than I was going in. And, as it's not suitable, I'm finally going to get out of my crappy little apartment.
And I'm starting to get back to writing music. So it's all good -- just clumsy and awkward for a few months.
So when can we see the ad pointing out that you can stop wasting lives, time, and money by electing Obama?
you'd think it would be a no-brainer....you'd think
Congratulations, filk.
filkertom-- Physical therapists are good people. Try to do what they tellya.
That sounds great!
It did. And, hence the reason my ears are still ringing. All the more worth it, IMO.
Someone here said Mellencamp only played 45 min at Shea stadium the other night?
Show went on at 7:30 w/ Lucinda Williams, and JM started at 9 sharp. We left at 11:30.
My PT after my ACL rebuild was awesome!
"So when can we see the ad pointing out that you can stop wasting lives, time, and money by electing Obama?"
no. the mccain/chimp camp has eliminated a major obstacle for getting elected in 2008: the public's scorn for iraq and the bush belligerent fp.
so now they are free to run on typical gop fare: guns, god, racism, taxes, homophobia, etc.
you'll get the 'experience' of mcsame but none of the evil liberal social agenda....
I am glad you are better, Filkertom.
I'm picturing you with a leg cast in traction...but clutching a guitar at an awkward angle, singing up instant songs about the nurses with cold hands.
And, as it's not suitable, I'm finally going to get out of my crappy little apartment
YAY!!! I hope so, Brother.
If it's physical, it's therapy.
filkertom you need to be ready for next years Eschacon.
And we miss you around here.
Obama may be the first man to end a war while he was still just running for office.
Obama may be the first man to end a war while he was still just running for office
Now THAT will piss off some republicans.
Morning, kids.
Not quite, Unc, but close. I'm actually having my friend Leslie bring the guitar in today, so I can get those muscles going again.
PT people coming soon. I just wanted to FINALLY touch base with you all. Sorry it's been so long -- I'll try to be back tomorrow or Monday. Hugs all around.
Molly!
Obama may be the first man to end a war while he was still just running for office.
This would be good news for the GOP!
Or so would say the MSM
OT: that dude on Moyers last night, he made greenspan look and sound like a fucking idiot. good thing he gets no play in public policy, can't have someone with a clue and who truly cares with any real power, no fucking way.
(((filk!!)))
My favorite zombie!
Molly!!!!1
HBK!
I'm dropping Marce at the bus station a bit later to get the 11:10 to NYC--should put her there 3ish. You'll adore her--she's just as she seems on the threads, plus calm and lovely and generous.
Obama may be the first man to end a war while he was still just running for office.
"Now he'll really be uppity...er, we mean, arrogant"
- Bill Kristol, Chuckles Krauthammer, Fred Hiatt, etc.
I looked quickly at Spiegel Online -- look again later.
16 months strikes me as more of a time-ottoman.
Brilliant Post, Atta!
Molly -- so the car is dead?
This may be what makes Huggy snap.
Morning peeps.
Not even 9:00 a.m. and I've done my housework and exercise for the day. I'm supposed to be retired, ya know.
So happy to hear filk is on the mend.
V4V,
Well, Marce's mom's mechanic will come up and fetch it and give it the old college try, but a 21 year old imported transmission might be a bit hard to come by.
Molly is Marcellina going back up there tonight or on to Pa.?
This may be what makes Huggy snap.
Well, that and the price of acorns.
AFAIK, she's spending the night in NYC and then heading back down to PA on Sunday.
Obama may be the first man to end a war while he was still just running for office.
Newton Minnow
Part of Eisenhower's 1952 campaign was a pledge to get us out of Korea, which he fulfilled...sort of...we are technically still in a state of war with North Korea with plenty of troops there (though reduced to prop up Iraq).
When the idea that Iraq could follow the "Korea model" is bantered about, I wonder if the history truly comprehended.
When I hear that idea, I hear another euphimism for endless war.
How's trolloping?
RE: Food prices: The cast/crew party last night was at one of those pizza places where the prices are on painted signs mounted behind the register. Except all the food prices were covered by notices explaining that, because of the rapid rise in the cost of food, these prices were no longer accurate. If you wanted a real menu with actual prices, you had to request it.
Better get on those tap-dancing lessons for Rosie.
well it's one two three
what are we fighting for
who cares
i don't give a crap
next stop is old iraq
What did Marce think of the show?
How's trolloping?
Not as fun as it sounds. Maybe I need to drop the "sanctimonious" part.
Funny thing - coming back from Blissfest, the wife grabbed a large bag of Peanut M&M's for the ride home.
Which, in Levering, MI - the cost was $2.39.
At Kroger the other day, I noticed the same bag was $3.89.
Well, the production itself isn't too bad, but it's my least favorite G&S.
Just calculated...From Eisenhower's inauguration to the ceasefire with North Korea: 6 months and 1 week.
Molly should I get the couch ready?
Which means the bag in Levering may have had that not-so-fresh feeling.
HBK, I think this part of the plan has been operative for some time, so arrangements are probably in place. But it couldn't hurt.
Which means the bag in Levering may have had that not-so-fresh feeling
It was less than a couple weeks on the shelf old.
I watch that shit also.
Just calculated...From Eisenhower's inauguration to the ceasefire with North Korea: 6 months and 1 week.
Uncle Smokes
"Eisenhower didn't know how to win wars."
- John McCain
Hmm. Our Kroger-analogue is generally good at prices. But I haven't been there in a while.
Say Billy - wish you could've been with us for Mellencamp /Lucinda Williams last night.
Sounds great. I would LOVE to see Lucinda.
Let's just say that the crappy operetta at the beginning of Topsy Turvy--that's the one we're doing.
Fun for me, as the properties person--lots of swords and shackles and armor. But Gilbert at his most annoyingly patriarchally retrograde.
"Eisenhower didn't know how to win wars."
- John McCain
Ike had to spend all his time asking for the Brit and Russkies to help him.
Morning,
Time Horizon is the biggest joke since Bush.
Testing theory upthread:
tercio7 wrote:
Wash Post is a member of the 90% Democrat Media and accepts the Democrat lie that a person with no relevant experience, Obama, is qualified to be President of ANYTHING.
7/19/2008 8:08:48
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tercio7, maybe you hadn't noticed, with all your hyperventilating, but both Bush and Maliki have adopted Obama's plan of getting out of Iraq.
Making Obama the first president to end a war, even BEFORE he's elected.
Stick that one in your pipe, and smoke it.
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Nobody at work at the MSM sites, no trace of the Maliki comments.
We also had pizza for dinner last night-a splurge because Mr. K got one of those refunds from Circuit City-you know, if you buy something and find it later on a a lower price, they give you money back?
Obama may be the first man to end a war while he was still just running for office
Newton Minnow | 07.19.08 - 8:47 am | #
Now THAT will piss off some republicans.
Barndog, w/ringing ears | 07.19.08 - 8:48 am | #
This theory, to give credit where it is due.
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Have gas prices gone down at the pump?
"Eisenhower didn't know how to win wars."
- John McCain
Attaturk
Thanks, Attaturk...I didn't know about that "I know how to win wars" crap.
The mind boggles.
MSNBC said don't expect gas prices to come down for "several weeks".
NPR not mentioning this in their weekend reports. Just saying this trip could be perplexing for Obama in that he will have to watch his step. Right wing media could use this trip against him. What a corporate tool NPR has become.
Have gas prices gone down at the pump?
Not here. They've been bouncing between 4.10 and 4.20 for a couple of weeks.
It would be pretty funny if Huggy Bear had to keep talking about winning the war while Chimpy withdraws troops. As long as they come home I don't care - which is precisely the difference between DFH's and Rethugs.
TPM has actual timely news today.
Yes, wholesale gas prices have definitely gone down. Whether it will be immediately reflected at the pump is another question.
NPR not mentioning this in their weekend reports. Just saying this trip could be perplexing for Obama in that he will have to watch his step. Right wing media could use this trip against him. What a corporate tool NPR has become.
hilldick
I have heard this repeatedly - he had better watch his state because a misstatement here could be fatal - repeated on CNN and MSGOP as well.
The idea that the Corporate Media is the enemy is exactly right. They constantly minimize the Dems and fluff the Republicans. Constantly.
So who will be the first ones in the corporate media to write: Obama visits Afghanistan, war still rages on. How will this failure be treated by the electorate?
Yes, wholesale gas prices have definitely gone down. Whether it will be immediately reflected at the pump is another question.
I've noticed a pattern around where I live. On Tuesday the price is up about $4.25 or so. Then Thursday evening, Friday morning, it drops to about $4.18, then by Friday night it's $4.15.
Been doing that for about three weeks now.
Gotta get those humps out on the weekend shopping, you know.
Not here. They've been bouncing between 4.10 and 4.20 for a couple of weeks.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 07.19.08 - 9:13 am | #
In downtown Columbus, down to 3.899 from 4.04 earlier in the week. Gas is usually cheaper here than other places, btw.
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I know how to win Thumb Wars.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l...h?
v=lJ06RKGcPBI
barndog. how was the mellencamp gig last night? saw him up in fargo a couple of years ago. best. concert. ever.
thunder,
Life is cheap in Ohio.
(ducking)
Actually, we live on the PA border, and the closest station is the cigarettes and fireworks outlet. But their gas does not seem significantly less expensive than ours. So much for the gas tax argument.
The media brigade following Obama will seek out any soldier willing to sneer at Obama and the week's narrative will be "How can he be Commander in Cheif if the troops don't respect him?"
Maliki's statements to Der Spiegel make the MSM's plans inoperable.
Good morning, bats.
I think I'm suffering from morning-after syndrome. Like, what the hell was I thinking last night?
how was the mellencamp gig last night?
I remember the days of Van Halen, Aerosmith and the like - where Pine Knob was thrashing.
I'll just say, they tore it up. I've never seen so many people know the words to so many songs. People from 8 to probally 80.
An entirely great performance. I'd recommend it highly - however, they are going overseas later this year for a few months.
All a-Twitter?
Catch the wave that's sweeping the country!
Learn why Huggy Bear is the MANLY CHOICE for president!
(No, even I couldn't make this shit up.)
Twitter? NOOOOOooooo! I haven't even got the hang of Facebook yet.
I know! Think about how *I* feel!
An entirely great performance. I'd recommend it highly - however, they are going overseas later this year for a few months.
Barndog, w/ringing ears
Saw them in GR a couple of years ago: excellent then as well.
you can bet a smirk dollar that the rat wang gang are plotting missteps for the Obama trip. the media limbaugh will come up with something that will dominate the news for the next two weeks. something negative for dems. you can take it to the indymac.
The other day Mika Btfsplk said Obama would be accompanied by "Military Veteran republican Senator Chuck Hagel and Democratic Senator Jack Reed."
This is Reed's bio, which took 0.04 seconds to find thanks to the Google:
After graduating from West Point and receiving an active duty commission in the United States Army, Reed attended the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University where he received a Masters of Public Policy. Reed, an Army Ranger and a paratrooper, served in the 82nd Airborne Division as an Infantry Platoon Leader, a Company Commander, and a Battalion Staff Officer. He returned to West Point in 1978 as an Associate Professor in the Department of Social Sciences.
http://reed.senate.gov/biography...raphy/
index.cfm
Actually, we live on the PA border, and the closest station is the cigarettes and fireworks outlet. But their gas does not seem significantly less expensive than ours. So much for the gas tax argument.
Molly Ivors | Homepage | 07.19.08 - 9:18 am | #
There's cheap gas in western Md. along I-68, too, btw.
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Maybe Mika said "military veterans" but you couldn't hear the "s" because Huggy's cock was in her mouth.
This quote from Al-Maliki was put up on this blog over an hour ago, and major "news" sites don't have it up yet.
I guess Obama has the better "Time Horizon".
And Maliki just got moved to the No Fly List.
This quote from Al-Maliki was put up on this blog over an hour ago, and major "news" sites don't have it up yet.
plantsman
They're waiting for an unnamed (Republican) operative to spin it for Drudge.
For instance, I can tell you that the federal excise tax on gasoline is 18.4 cents. NY state taxes are about 32 cents, PA is about the same. So add that to the Bloomberg gas price of 3.17 per gallon & you're already at almost 3.68 Then add markups by middleman, and delivery charges, and you can see the gas retailers are not making that much.
Here's a chart of gas taxes, state by state.
It's good that Obama will have Hagel & Reed flanking him on this trip.
A couple of selected reasons why Huggy Bear is the MANLY CHOICE for president:
7. Obama is married to a bitter, angry lawyer who became “proud” of her country for the first time this year. McCain’s wife is a beer heiress who founded an organization to provide MASH-style units to disaster-torn world regions. Did I mention that she’s a beer heiress?
[...]
9. The name John McCain sounds like “John McClain,” the action hero played by Bruce Willis in the manly Die Hard series. “Barack Obama” sounds like the kind of elitist villain John McClain has to outwit and defeat.
Of course, this is from the publication that gave us K-Lo, so consider the source ...
I think Twitter is weird -- I wouldn't like having every message I send available on the intertoobz.
Twitter is not for me, either.
It's good that Obama will have Hagel & Reed flanking him on this trip
Maybe he won't need a company of Marines to guard them like McStain, Liberfuck and Graham.
So beer heiress good, ketchup heiress, bad?
I think Twitter is weird -- I wouldn't like having every message I send available on the intertoobz.
And why is that?
-NSA supervisor #3851
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