I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
¡Despida todos las Democratistas Invertebradas!
¡Meeeeoooooooowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwargh!
so.
Yay!
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Don't be surprised eef Broder experiences a bounce because of thees.
He's "The poise of the sheeple", joo know.
so.
Big cat thrown out at 2nd!
~So.
Holden's going to love that pony.
63 visitors online
Huh???
I'm always puzzled by the claims that Bush's approval rating has reached a new low, and then I read the article, and it says the new low is 34%. That doesn't sound so low to me---haven't polls found him in the high 20s? Maybe that was a different poll, I don't know.
Anything above 10% sounds high to me...
You know who does really nice 'mussen blogging? NTodd.
I think he's decided to give blogging a shot.
dead cats bounce too.
Duck and hometown blogging 
plus my niece's birthday weekend
"62 Visitors Online"
Great, so now the trolls know when they have a big audience.
then I read the article, and it says the new low is 34%.
New low for that specific poll, eh?
so.
60 Visitors Online
Counting haloscan clicks from Eschaton, not this thread?
Damn Holden.
Impeach Haloscan!
That pony looks like it is waiting to get picked up.
That pony looks like it is waiting to get picked up.
mer
On what charges?
Could I have that pony? I've broken my pig.
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Look who turned down the chimp for the world bank job:
http://agonist.org/jimbo92107/
20...world_bank_head
Luck, leaders and character flaws
Trip #1: Aldi
Got: 24 biscuits, 4 rolls of TP, box of Reese's Pieces
Now, for Trip #2!
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Allowing for windage, that's probably 27% in the real world.
That pony is a slut.
too bad NTodd didn't get the link. That's where I read about it earlier.
Where does he get all of these wonderful toys?
mer,
that's a Broder-pony looking for rough trade.
¡Oh, oh, oh, Sam Waterston!
¡Unity08 me!
¡Hard!
Pfui, some pipples and their politics...
so.
Hundreds of police in riot gear have deployed throughout the mostly deserted streets of Hyderabad after a bomb blast at a mosque.
Most shops closed for a daylong strike on Saturday to protest Friday's attack at the 17th-century Mecca mosque in the southern Indian city.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack that killed 11 people and the ensuing clashes with police that left five more dead.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...3D56AA514BF.htm
Yeah, thanks for the fucking link, Atrios.
I'm always puzzled by the claims that Bush's approval rating has reached a new low, and then I read the article, and it says the new low is 34%. That doesn't sound so low to me---haven't polls found him in the high 20s? Maybe that was a different poll, I don't know.
In Assmussen, it is a new low. You can't compare polling numbers from different firms.
Not that I would know. It ain't like I obsessively follow the poll or anything, or blog about it regularly.
I wish there was a blog that tracked Rasmussen, so I didn't have to myself.
Look who turned down the chimp for the world bank job:
http://agonist.org/jimbo92107/ 20...world_bank_head
1Watt, Hermit
Not that was funny.
Lots of folks, especially in Europe, are expecting that Bush will appoint his old buddy Tony Blair to that position.
Is there any chance of that?
Well, it might be a street ho(rse).
Not that I would know. It ain't like I obsessively follow the poll or anything, or blog about it regularly.
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You should. I'm getting the impression you need a hobby.
NTodd and Jeffraham
Not much but I gave you a click.
I wish there was a blog that tracked Rasmussen, so I didn't have to myself.
That would be wicked cool and I suspect very popular and highly-trafficked. I think that somebody should do that and maybe even add an arrow that shows direction of trends and stuff. But who has the capability? Alas, we are adrift in an Assmussenless Sea.
Not that I would know. It ain't like I obsessively follow the poll or anything, or blog about it regularly.
NTodd, Foremast
I complimented your 'mussen posts, but no one ever listens to me.
A Rasmussen 34% is a 28% when translated to the metric system.
ErinPDX: Not much but I gave you a click.
Your clicks are ALWAYS welcome!
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The ponies get prettier as the Chimp's numbers drop. Cool!
JP, perhaps by the end of the weekend I'll have a friggin map. Gotta do snack shack and other thrilling things.
But seriously, let's go Krogering... for frozen 'za and beer! And some generic Claritin-D. It pays not to sneeze inside one's helmet, y'see.
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Lots of folks, especially in Europe, are expecting that Bush will appoint his old buddy Tony Blair to that position.
Is there any chance of that?
Diane C. Barking-Mad
That would be nice of him. Like leaving a twenty on the table beside the bed.
Remember, of the 34%, only 14% really, really like him. Whereas 47% really, really detest him.
Hola, Diane.
That was a grrreat post joo wrote for us on OBI last Sunday.
Mucha Gracias.
Abominable. Blind. Subservient. Ex-President Carter lambasts Blair for support
ErinPDX: JP, perhaps by the end of the weekend I'll have a friggin map. Gotta do snack shack and other thrilling things.
I'm ready when you are (and I'm already scopin' out the bigger scooters, in anticipation).
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Must go finish mowing the lawn. Saturdays are so exciting now!
fiery wreck...........
'British FBI' creates wanted list of 1,600 most dangerous criminals
A Rasmussen 34% is a 28% when translated to the metric system.
I suspect that one of the reasons somebody might've have started following Assmussen back in, say...the 2005 timeframe, would be that wingnuts were always citing it as proof of Bush's "real" popularity. The fact that even it is down to 34 is great, whatever inflation Scottie might engineer in his results.
America's coming left turn?
Moonbootica, Aunt
We want to go left, but somebody is hanging on to the wheel.
Jesus Mary and Joe Pepitone, but Haloscan is being a bitch today...
Moonbootica, your neice's pink birthday dress is so cute. I bet she loves it. Wings and all.
That pony has been around the block a few times, if you know what I mean.
Mucha Gracias.
¡El Gato Negro!
Aw, thank you El Gato Negro!
I was really quite honored to be invited.
Now, if I could just figure out how to transfer the Incivility Blog of Approval seal to Cab Drollery, I'd feel even happier.
Moonbootica, your neice's pink birthday dress is so cute. I bet she loves it. Wings and all.
mer | 05.19.07 - 2:29 pm | #
thanks yeah she likes dressing up
Remember, of the 34%, only 14% really, really like him. Whereas 47% really, really detest him.
I love that the Strong Disapprove is greater than both Approve ratings.
Also interesting that Assmussen stopped the alternative survey--or at least posting the clearly disturbing results--that asked questions the same way other polling firms did. That was, you guessed it, consistently lower than his usual survey and more on par with everybody else's.
The fact that even it is down to 34 is great, whatever inflation Scottie might engineer in his results.
NTodd, Foremast
Trouble is, and to his credit Rasmussen even mentions it, it's becoming more difficult to find respondents identifying themselves as Republicans.
Yeah, sure... I can take more cat pictures, if ya like...
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Not having any trouble with halo...what's up with that?
Trouble is, and to his credit Rasmussen even mentions it, it's becoming more difficult to find respondents identifying themselves as Republicans.
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the sulfery smell is hard to disguise
"... it's becoming more difficult to find respondents identifying themselves as Republicans."
--MP
ErinPDX: Not much but I gave you a click.
Your clicks are ALWAYS welcome!
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:24 pm | #
No flirting!
Trouble is, and to his credit Rasmussen even mentions it, it's becoming more difficult to find respondents identifying themselves as Republicans.
Yup, he changes his weighting every month, and it's been a steep decline on the R side. More are self-IDing as I, but there's growth on the D column as well. As somebody might have noted somewhere not here, it's likely you'll see the GOP approval go up as his base is reduced to only the certifiably insane and Pammy's breastessess.
Anchors aweigh!
Scooter, ho!
bbl
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Not having any trouble with halo...what's up with that?
ErinPDX | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:31 pm | #
Oh well, just rub it in why don't you..
Democrats have a real opportunity to run to Bush's right on immigration. They won't take it, of course.
Given Chimpy's track record with Blair, I doubt Tony will be offered the position.
http://news.independent.co.uk/
wo...icle2559994.ece
rub it in
rub it in
If we could count on fair elections and honest voting machines, the only poll we'd really need to pay attention to would be the one held the first Tuesday in November, every two years.
Democrats have a real opportunity to run to Bush's right on immigration. They won't take it, of course.
Why do they need to?
83 Visitors Online
If this count is of all visitors clicking on the Atrios-Haloscan link, rather than this particular thread, then it would count me as a visitor for each and any thread I was viewing.
If this count is of all visitors clicking on the Atrios-Haloscan link, rather than this particular thread, then it would count me as a visitor for each and any thread I was viewing.
Not likely, any more than the "X new comments" counter would indicate comments on all threads. Haloscan might suck ass in terms of reliability, but I doubt Jeevan is that dumb.
Democrats have a real opportunity to run to Bush's right on immigration. They won't take it, of course.
Why do they need to?
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they should do so under populist/labor rates grounds
they should do so under populist/labor rates grounds
rootless2 | 05.19.07 - 2:36 pm | #
Bingo
I went back a checked some old comment threads. They have the same visitor count as this one. Must be the number of people with the homepage open, not just the comment thread.
Democrats have a real opportunity to run to Bush's right on immigration. They won't take it, of course.
what do you have against W's Amnesty Plan?
Must be the number of people with the homepage open, not just the comment thread.
That's highly unlikely. Haloscan is a separate engine from Blogspot. If it is just a raw count of all current eyeballs, then it's about who has Haloscan windows open, not the homepage.
they should do so under populist/labor rates grounds
rootless2 | 05.19.07 - 2:36 pm | #
Bingo
pigboy | 05.19.07 - 2:38 pm | #
How is that "running to the right"? Sounds pretty damned lefty to me.
And if Bush is already losing on this issue, why change the strategy?
doesn't the pro-abortion Adulterer, Ghoulianni, also support the Amnesty Plan?
Okay, time for me to start getting my act together for my journey to Gomorrah on the Hudson, where as is my want of a Saturday I will join my satanic Commie pals in quaffing elitist chardonnay.
Talk to you all much later this evening, hopefully with a major buzz on.
Well, I guess showing the number of users reading Haloscan here overall makes some sense, but it would be more interesting to see it on a thread-by-thread basis.
Just picked a pint or so of strawberries, those that survived the big freeze after blooming early. Guess now I'll have to make shortbread. The rest of the plants bloomed after the freeze & are loaded with big green ones.
Interesting that Ol Ted Kennedy is making the same fucking mistake here he made with the terribly unpopular NCLB act.
The problem is that enuff dems are either approaching this from a bleeding heart liberal perspective or from a do favors to immigrant worker dependent business perspective to blur the difference.
If Jeevan can do funky things like telling us how many visitors are reading threads, you'd think he could put up a little New Thread Alert.
Adieu, adieu.
Off to the city, elitist chardonnay, yada yada.
Dig you all much later this evening....
they should do so under populist/labor rates grounds
rootless2 | 05.19.07 - 2:36 pm | #
Bingo
pigboy | 05.19.07 - 2:38 pm | #
How is that "running to the right"? Sounds pretty damned lefty to me.
And if Bush is already losing on this issue, why change the strategy?
NTodd, Foremast | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 2:40 pm | #
It does to me too. That's why I agreed. I must have missed something. But I do think pushing a stratagey that supported populist/labor is a great idea. The more Democrats can connect with working people and social progams that support everyone the better off they are.
Zogby used to be the schnizzle when it came to national political polling. Was it the 2004 debacle that sent him back to the minors?
34%, my ass!
34%, my ass!
Terry C - End Bush's Reign | 05.19.07 - 2:46 pm | #
You know he's in the 20's at best.
If Jeevan can do funky things like telling us how many visitors are reading threads, you'd think he could put up a little New Thread Alert.
NTodd, Foremast
He is actually very accommodating. I asked him yesterday if the scroll troll code could be implemented on the server instead of the client to stop the browser text bouncing, and he said sure, and then did it.
The problem is--
Your concern is noted.
If Jeevan can do funky things like telling us how many visitors are reading threads, you'd think he could put up a little New Thread Alert.
But then mer and I would have nothing to do.
Considering the millions Jeevan gets for keeping this free service up and running, I'd say the least we can do is throw him a cookie every now and again.
He is actually very accommodating. I asked him yesterday if the scroll troll code could be implemented on the server instead of the client to stop the browser text bouncing, and he said sure, and then did it.
That's cool. 'cept now I s'pose that means you can't go into the source to see what was posted!
I think Immigration Reform is really tricky because nearly all of us are trying to deal with a 20th Century problem in a 21st Century context where national borders, perhaps even nations, are becoming increasingly irrelevant.
The problem is--
Your concern is noted.
dave™©
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then why are they falling for the same trick again?
But then mer and I would have nothing to do.
You could still damn each other.
You know he's in the 20's at best.
pigboy
I really believe he's less popular than Nixon. Back then folks were very energetic and publicly conspicuous about their politics than now.
Shrub's loathed.
As noted, the interesting about the poll, is that once people turn on w, they turn with a vengeance. He will soon be polling as well as Hitler. And with 3/4 of a million dead people to his credit I don't think the analogy is that far off.
34%, my ass!
Terry C - End Bush's Reign | 05.19.07 - 2:46 pm | #
You know he's in the 20's at best.
pigboy
Damn straight. Assmussen loves to give him that extra 10%.
That's cool. 'cept now I s'pose that means you can't go into the source to see what was posted!
NTodd, Foremast
Yeah, I thought of that too. On the upside, the refresh payload is generally much smaller.
That's one nappy-headed horse.
And with 3/4 of a million dead people to his credit I don't think the analogy is that far off.
ql in ny |
He wants to make Hitler look like a piker.
That's why he won't admit his vanity war is lost.
You could still damn each other.
Maybe we would form an alliance and damn you.
"Capital bequeated to man by other living beings"
He will soon be polling as well as Hitler.
Hitler, like Saddam, always did very well in elections...
Dont giv up me bruthers. Onli too weaks
ago deer leeder was 40%!!! He will rise
agin!!!
Maybe we would form an alliance and damn you.
It's been done.
Back then folks were very energetic and publicly conspicuous about their politics than now.
MP
And the media at least PRETENDED to do their job.
"Maybe we would form an alliance and damn you."
--spinoza
Not sure about an alliance, maybe a temporary truce.
OT--NPR had a story yesterday about an AP study to determine which state had the most "typical"demographics, i.e. the demos most closely matching the national norms
The 5 named criteria were race, age distribution, income distribution, urban/suburban/rural proportions, and education levels.
I'd always heard that Ohio was most typical, but the AP top 5 were, in order. Illinois, Oregon, Michigan, Washington and Delaware. Illinois was a bit too wealthy and urban, but not seriously out-of-sync anywhere.
They also named the least typical. I guessed Hawaii--who else has so many Hawaiians? Not to mention Japanese, Chinese and idle millionaires.
But it was West Virginia: too white, too old, too poor, too ill-educated
NPR phoned a WV journo, who wasn't surprised. He said that parents with kids even hlalfway on the ball encourage them to go to college out-of-state. The kids rarely look back.
And the media at least PRETENDED to do their job.
Terry C - End Bush's Reign
Very cogent point.
Dont giv up me bruthers. Onli too weaks
ago deer leeder was 40%!!! He will rise
agin!!!
Redd
Anyone who likes Bush is NOT our "bruther."
Not sure about an alliance, maybe a temporary truce.
Truces are gay.
Back then folks were very energetic and publicly conspicuous about their politics than now.
And much of America hadn't fully bought into the fucking Ayn Randistan Milton Friedman Ronnie piece of shit on the hill Regan model of America.
Speaking of Saddam, the Discovery Times Channel keeps running a commercial about a "telemovie" it's doing on the Hussein Family.
We KNOW how "fair and balanced" THAT will be.
I will blog on that AP study later Space. I think states that are demographically representative should have first crack before Iowa and New Hampshire in picking a president.
'kay, if you see the visitors number drop by 1, it's just me going to the store. I need something to soak my liver in before dinner.
And much of America hadn't fully bought into the fucking Ayn Randistan/ Milton Friedman/ Ronnie piece of shit on the hill Reagan model of America.
spinoza Neque lugare, neque in
My thoughts exactly.
What is that, an Eddie Van Halen pony?
Not to downplay the peeps today, mind you, but there was a draft back then, so the war meatgrinder was chopping into the middle class a bit more than was tolerable.
Speaking of Saddam, the Discovery Times Channel keeps running a commercial about a "telemovie" it's doing on the Hussein Family.
It would make a good sitcom: Everyone Loves Saddam, or something like that.
What is that, an Eddie Van Halen pony?
attaturk
It's Valerie Berti-neigh-li.
Trouble is, and to his credit Rasmussen even mentions it, it's becoming more difficult to find respondents identifying themselves as Republicans.
Found them.
The few Republicans I know--fairly wealthy--really don't like Bush. But they are still looking for a candidate to protect their tax breaks.
L'il Bush pilot:
http://www.youtube.com/p.swf?
vid...wFEsvlTqEuBLubl
There are 93 of us, eh? Party!
Saddam Hussein telemovie?
so not a comedy then....
The few Republicans I know--fairly wealthy--really don't like Bush. But they are still looking for a candidate to protect their tax breaks.
mer
MITT can't WAIT to get his HANDS on Washington.
Because he's going to cut all "unnecessary" NON-MILITARY spending.
Another fucking Ronnie Reagan.
Saddam Hussein telemovie?
so not a comedy then....
Moonbootica, Aunt
Definitely not.
And all the actors talking in POSH British accents.
There was a NYC bang up between "The Hippies" and the "Hardhats" not far from where watertiger went to school at Columbia. And the Chicago Democratic Convention, and the multi-city riots of '68.
People really did take it to the streets back then.
speaking of new lows, Duncan is at number 33!!!
down the tube go the atriot fucknozzles
Saddam and Sons
here was a NYC bang up between "The Hippies" and the "Hardhats" not far from where watertiger went to school at Columbia. And the Chicago Democratic Convention, and the multi-city riots of '68.
The police are also better at crowd control. I am not sure the 1968 Chicago democratic convention riots could happen these days.
What is that, an Eddie Van Halen pony?
Looks more like Poison to me.
The ruler of Dubai has announced the creation of a $10 billion fund to promote education in Arab countries.
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, who is also the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates, made the announcement at a World Economic Forum meeting in Jordan on Saturday.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...60C3D7C8AA3.htm
Most politicians and DC pundits continue to misunderstand the immigration issue...In fact, polling consistently shows that most Republicans favor an open and welcoming immigration policy that welcomes all except national security threats, criminals, and those coming to live off the US welfare system.
HAHAHA!
And Bush doesn't pay attention to polls.
speaking of new lows, Duncan is at number 33!!!
down the tube go the atriot fucknozzles
BDG | 05.19.07 - 3:07 pm | #
Of course, honesty compels me to add that I'm a world class idiot.
Over there, they say the Sunni led by their dear leader, Saddam, amount to about 20% of Iraq
Over here, they say the neocon white male race led by their dear leader, w., poll between 28% and Rasmussen 34%
Both groups have the guns.
Why should Bush worry? Unless his military takes him to task for his incompetence, democracy is in the tank.
hey moon.........how's the jew-hating going today?
Trouble is, and to his credit Rasmussen even mentions it, it's becoming more difficult to find respondents identifying themselves as Republicans.
95% of republican congressmen still *support* him and his policies.
That's the fucking problem.
"95% of republican congressmen still *support* him and his policies.
That's the fucking problem."
--pie
And hopefully, it will be their problem come 2008.
Let's see now - 'bdg' is in Toronto, right?
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The police are also better at crowd control. I am not sure the 1968 Chicago democratic convention riots could happen these days.
spinoza Neque lugare, neque in
I dunno, man. I think politicians learned that the draft is the other "third rail" in US politics.
If you think you might be called up, without your input, to die or be maimed for a really silly foreign policy, even today's crowd control techniques wouldn't be enough.
Let's see now - 'bdg' is in Toronto, right?
They let him out to use the computer at the *home*.
34%???
Big deal. Does anyone think that Bush and his Administration really give a fuck?
The only thing they give a fuck about is not getting their agendas through and not getting their way politically. Last I checked, the Democrats, aside from some nice posturing and some hearings, haven't done much to stop them.
Oh, by the way, Pie, where are those indictments and impeachment procedings about which you once attacked me when I recently said that I believed that the Democrats would not bring them about?
How about a 20% approval rating? Chimp boy is probably saying, in the privacy of his Oval Office, "Bring it on," while he and Cheney snicker all the way to the bank.
And hopefully, it will be their problem come 2008.
They've tied themselves to a boat anchor and they're already 100 ft underwater.
where are those indictments and impeachment procedings about which you once attacked me when I recently said that I believed that the Democrats would not bring them about?
You're too impatient. There aren't enough votes for impeachment...yet.
I want this done right.
via C&L:
Andrews now believes that it is time to turn over Iraq to the Iraqis and bring our troops home. Last month, he voted for legislation in the House that included a timetable for withdrawing troops by March, 2008. It passed 218-202, but was later vetoed by the President. I'm still skeptical that the war can be brought to an end before Bush leaves office, but he's much more optimistic. Andrews believes that after Labor Day, there will be a veto-proof majority in favor of legislation like the one the House passed last month. He noted that what Republicans are saying at the podium in front of the cameras is different from what they're saying in the halls to their colleagues. While only two Republicans voted for the legislation last time, he thinks up to 60 will eventually flip thanks to the relentless pressure and fear for their political careers.
http://www.bluejersey.com/showDi...do?
diaryId=4764
Let's see now - 'bdg' is in Toronto, right?
I think he's in a state of idiocy.
That may be in Toronto, maybe not.
While only two Republicans voted for the legislation last time, he thinks up to 60 will eventually flip thanks to the relentless pressure and fear for their political careers.
Self-serving cowards. That's supporting the troops all right.
GWPDA, did Arthur get his prezzie yet?
What is that, an Eddie Van Halen pony?
attaturk
I see where the Red Rocker sold 80% of his Cabo Wabo to-kill-ya line for $80 million smackers.
Take that Eddie and Alex Van Headeache.
heh...heh...heh...
Gordon Brown should take part in a series of head-to-head television debates with opposition leaders, Sir Menzies Campbell has said.
The Liberal Democrat leader told the BBC's The World Tonight he wants a public showdown after the chancellor was elected Labour leader unopposed.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_po...ics/
6671931.stm
The Liberal Democrat leader told the BBC's The World Tonight he wants a public showdown after the chancellor was elected Labour leader unopposed.
Boy, that's sad.
I want this done right.
pie
Yes. And even without impeachment, Rove's Republican juggernaut is collapsing into splinters with each passing day.
Afternoon, all.
Forgive me if this has been posted before, but Jimmy Carter's pissed.
http://www.optonline.net/News/AP...6&
categoryId=20
Ok, guess I'm new to all this - when did the # visitors show up?
The former US President Jimmy Carter lambasted Tony Blair for his "blind " support of the Iraq war today, saying it had been a "major tragedy for the world".
The outgoing Prime Minister's relationship with President George Bush appeared to have been "subservient" and "abominable", according to Mr Carter.
In an interview for BBC Radio 4's Today programme, Mr Carter speculated that Mr Blair could have made a crucial difference to American political and public opinion by distancing himself during the build-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
http://news.independent.co.uk/
wo...icle2560259.ece
Moon - new Who, true?
Trip #2: Kroger, O'Reilly Auto Parts
Got: NGK spark plug and socket (under $3!), sixer of SNPA, two frozen 'zas and generic Claritin-D.
Fun was had by all!
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But others, including some friends and admirers, saw the seeds of Wolfowitz's demise in the arc of his 34-year Washington career ...
Wolfowitz, they concluded, should never have been in charge of a multinational institution owned by more than 180 governments and with 10,000 employees.
"At the World Bank, you're not as well protected" as in government, said Fred Ikle, a veteran national security official who brought Wolfowitz to the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency in 1973. "You don't have somebody above you who will endorse what you want to do."
Another former colleague who served with Wolfowitz in four administrations said that "the kinds of problems he got into were predictable for anybody who really knew Paul." Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the source voiced admiration for his intellect but said Wolfowitz "couldn't run a two-car funeral."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
wp...d=moreheadlines
Except into the ditch.
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Chimpy's favourite Islamist cleric may have cancer
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/
20070...Cd3w7HKTpJw24cA
I like Jimmy Carter
when did the # visitors show up?
I noticed it this morning. Could have been added last night though.
from Gummo's link to Carter's comments:
Carter also lashed out Saturday at British prime minister Tony Blair. Asked how he would judge Blair's support of Bush, the former president said: "Abominable. Loyal. Blind. Apparently subservient."
heh!
Moon - new Who, true?
JeffCO | 05.19.07 - 3:23 pm | #
yep
Moon - new Who, true?
JeffCO | 05.19.07 - 3:23 pm | #
yep
Moonbootica, Au
Yay!
Woo hoo! When does Torchwood come back?
but said Wolfowitz "couldn't run a two-car funeral."
Ouch.
Heckuva job.
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - In a rare attack in Afghanistan's relatively calm north, a suicide bomber detonated himself next to German soldiers shopping in a crowded market on Saturday, killing three of them, along with seven Afghan civilians, officials said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/
worldl...6645833,00.html
Woo hoo! When does Torchwood come back?
JeffCO | 05.19.07 - 3:25 pm | #
in the autumn
And don't forget: I have cats.
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Hiya kids! What's shaking?
Carter may be america's best ex-president ever.
(A weird category, I know.)
Good afternoon.
Absolutely gorgeous day here, and I'm sitting in the house, reading and playing with pots and pans.
I like Jimmy Carter
bill
To take back a phrase worn out to the threads by the drippingly unctious stooge Sean Hannity, he's a great American.
I noticed it this morning. Could have been added last night though. pie
Ah - I see an NToddler comment aroudn 4:30AM. Presumably it's the number of viewers, not commenters? Plenty of lurkers!
in the autumn -Moonbootica, Aunt
Dang.
Plenty of lurkers!
I always suspected as much.
I fuckin' detest that idiot, Roger Daltrey.
He hasn't shown a lick of talent to me in decades, and now he's steaming off about my boyfriend.
hey moon.........how's the jew-hating going today?
BDG | 05.19.07 - 3:11 pm | #
See, it's post like that one that account for my reputation as the Dorothy Parker and Noel Coward of my generation.
Hiya kids! What's shaking?
Molly Ivors
Your booty?
If I've honked my horn more than 5 times, aside from announcing my presence in front the the homes of people I was picking up when I was younger, I'd be surprised.
LOL.
That's actually the most obnoxious example of horn honking that I can think of. Get out of the car, lazyass.
Hiya kids! What's shaking? Molly Ivors
Saw Tim Finn do an hourlong set at a little bar room last night - mostly his latest Imaginary Kingdom and some Split Enz stuff. All for a fin (natch)! Talk about aging well....
the drippingly unctious stooge Sean Hannity, he's a great American.
That is the perfect description of Hannity. "Drippinlgy unction stooge."
Your booty?
Not after seven hours of yard work.
Hey, Vicki! See this.
I always suspected as much. Molly Ivors
I swear I haven't been in NY in over 2 years!
So, I go to the parts counter @ O'Reilly, and hand the dude a piece of paper with the spark plug number, BPR7HS. "I don't have one, but I got one that's a direct cross for that." He hands me the plug, and it's a BPR7HS.
WTF?
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hey pie!
I saw! I love it. I think he gets more smokingly hot with age. He looks like a man who can save the planet!
See, it's post like that one that account for HIS reputation as the Dorothy Parker and Noel Coward of my generation.
Sheesh.
Plenty of lurkers!
Actually, I thought there were lots more. I was quite intimidated this a.m. thinking 10,000 would see my typos.
More good news from Time's website:
Donald Rumsfeld's Next Move
The former Defense Secretary is making plans to set up a foundation for citizens who want to get into public service
Good grief.
Rog Daltrey can save the planet...?
I must've missed a turn, somewhere.
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See, it's post like that one that account for my reputation as the Dorothy Parker and Noel Coward of my generation. steve simels
If simels laid all the female Atriots end to end, it wouldn't surprise me a bit.
Plenty of lurkers!
Jump in you 75 folks just watching poolside. The water's great.
Reminds me of a Demetri Martin joke:
There is curiously a big difference between peeing in a swimming pool, and peeing *into* a swimming pool.
I love guys like Daltrey and Geldof trying to insist that only *they* get to decide which issues are concert-worthy. Kind of funny, really.
my sister half joked Live Earth should be totally acoustic to fit in with the 'environment' thing.
Rog Daltrey can save the planet...?
He still thinks he's Tommy.
I was never much of a WHO fan, and now I know why.
so the nsa running haloscan?
I love guys like Daltrey and Geldof trying to insist that only *they* get to decide which issues are concert-worthy. Kind of funny, really.
Exactly. Although I admit to really liking Geldof a quarter century ago.
Bob Geldof is a tax evader or something like that
OMG. Time also quotes Joe Stiglitz, the former World Bank VP, talking about Tony Blair and the soon-to-be vacant spot at the World Bank:
He is one of the people that is clearly being discussed.
The Bush Rasmussen poll is always higher then the other polls, I wonder why?
I find Bono annoying.
JeffCO continues to try and make me jealous. But simels and I will be cackling evilly on 8/3.
And I know, Quadrophenia was a great album. Yadda yadda yadda.
Go easy on Daltry gang. He may be a little misguided here, but he's done enough over the years to give him a bit of a pass.
I admit to really liking Geldof a quarter century ago.
Tell me why you don't like Geldof.
He looks like a man who can save the planet!
He does indeed. I wish he'd do something about the country, too.
never was a fan of U2
i think their music has dated quite badly IMHO
Tony Blair and the soon-to-be vacant spot at the World Bank:
He is one of the people that is clearly being discussed.
That explains a lot, actually.
George Bush is the flying monkey of his generation.
I thought Blair's plan was to become a cult leader heh
And I know, Quadrophenia was a great album. Yadda yadda yadda.
Still is a great album.
I find Bono annoying.
Moonbootica
So do I. A bit of a hotdog for the globe. Not that tasty or satisfying, just filler.
JeffCO continues to try and make me jealous. But simels and I will be cackling evilly on 8/3. Molly Ivors
Did I mention I'll be visiting with The Hold Steady next week?
But you're right - I am deeply envious of that show you're seeing!
Tony Blair - Pope
Molly Ivors got tix to a Squeeze/FOW concert, and she didn't save one for me.
Pope Blair I
Tell me why you don't like Geldof.
JeffCO
Geldof's cool. I like his charity work more than I like his music, tho.
Molly Ivors got tix to a Squeeze/FOW concert, and she didn't save one for me.
Now that makes me green with envy. I saw Squeeze when I was pregnant for Aud. They were fantastic!
I dunno... The Who haven't stayed with me, even though I was never a big, big fan. When I sucked all my CDs into mp3, whenever a Who tune came on during random play, I'd nearly always skip it.
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never was a fan of U2 i think their music has dated quite badly IMHO
[throwing a brick through an intertube]
Everyone (with a working brain) Hates Bush:
http://www.comcast.net/news/
inde...cvqh=itn_carter
Daltrey hasn't aged that well. I'm gonna give him a pass.
I'm always puzzled by the claims that Bush's approval rating has reached a new low, and then I read the article, and it says the new low is 34%. That doesn't sound so low to me---haven't polls found him in the high 20s?
It's a new low in that poll - yes some other polls have found him to be as low as 28% but not Rasmussen.
Gah, babies don't think I should blog. Later,all.
No Republican will ever speak ill of The President, the Commander in Chief, with troops in the field. They know the meaning of the word patriotism.
He is one of the people that is clearly being discussed.
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we discuss him here now and then. U know: poodle or pekinese? dupe or criminal? religious nut or sociopath? The usual questions
Blair is insane, is he suited to being head of the World Bank?
Geldof's cool. I like his charity work more than I like his music, tho.
You don't want to shoo-oo-oo-ooooooot his whole day down?
Daltrey hasn't aged that well. I'm gonna give him a pass.
I hope I look that good when I'm pushing 64...
I'm always puzzled by the claims that Bush's approval rating has reached a new low, and then I read the article, and it says the new low is 34%. That doesn't sound so low to me---haven't polls found him in the high 20s?
AssMunchin always gives Monkey Boy the benefit of the doubt.
They know the meaning of the word patriotism.
Kosovo ring any bells?
Now if only ReNAMBLAcans could figure out the meaning of the words "pedophilia" and "fascism," we'd all be better off.
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Molly Ivors got tix to a Squeeze/FOW concert, and she didn't save one for me.
You and I can go to a movie in protest.
No Republican will ever speak ill of The President, the Commander in Chief, with troops in the field.
Are you an idiot, or just a liar?
It's got to be one or the other. Or both.
Daltrey hasn't aged that well. I'm gonna give him a pass. MP
In the end there can be only one.
They know the meaning of the word patriotism.
jack
jack, you need a short arm inspection with an Arkansas toothpick.
Daltrey echoed: "We have problems with global warming, but the questions and the answers are so huge I don't know what a rock concert's ever going to do to help. "Everybody on this planet at the moment, unless they are living in the deepest rainforest in Brazil, knows about climate change.” ...
So give up and do nothing, you fucking washed up rock stooge.
And yet, the Dems will get smoked in 2008. No way do the Dems have a chance at winning.
Obama ??
Hillary ??
They know the meaning of the word NATIONALISM.
FYT
Ignore the parody troll.
In chatrooms and message boards, Madeleine hysteria grips the world
I saw Squeeze when I was pregnant for Aud. They were fantastic!
Saw Squeeze open for Elvis - his "Trust" tour.
I always figured they had to be very, very pissed that their biggest "hit" wasn't even written by Dilbrook and Tifford... and they have to keep playing it even though the guy that did write (and sing) it is long gone...
They know the meaning of the word patriotism.
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but they love treason more than reason
and they have to keep playing it even though the guy that did write (and sing) it is long gone...
Paul Carrack wrote that, right?
No purple yaks will ever eat possum gravy with alfalfa in the field. They know the meaning of the word discombobulation.
Mad-jack-Libs are cool!
Waitaminnit... take the T and D... reverse... thank you... moving on!
we need a president czar, so bush can relax.
ooh i really like Cool for Cats
Paul Carrack wrote that, right?
Si, senorita!
i think their music has dated quite badly IMHO
NTodd says the Irish have no sense of music. All they can do is drink and breed 100s of children.
Paul Carrack wrote that, right?
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I loves me some Paul Carrack, Miss Vicki.
A great, great songwriter with a great voice.
And yet, the Dems will get smoked in 2008. No way do the Dems have a chance at winning.
Your argument certainly is compelling.
Funny that both Geldoff and Daltrey say "Who doesn't know about global warming?"
They obviously don't spend much time in the US these days
I'm so old I can remember when Tilbrook and Difford were touted as "the new Lennon-McCartney"!
No Republican will ever speak ill of The President, the Commander in Chief
Thing is, the chairman of the JCS, is *supposed* to offer contradictory advice when it is militarily appropriate. By the same fucking 1948 federal legislation that changed the name from Departmnet of War to the Department of Defense.
Goddammit, General Pace, how can you call yourself a Marine, and idly stand by all of this destruction of the military?!
ooh i really like Cool for Cats
You know, I think one of my faves, and I don't have it in my collection because the ex got it in the divorce, is Cosi Fan, Tutti Fruiti.
Really nice work.
There used to be a hip clothing store in Boulder called Cool for Cats.
http://www.time.com/time/
magazin...1622571,00.html
Rudy "won" the second debate how?
By being less of an asshole than the other "candidates"?
Would this be some kind of visual metaphor?
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Your argument certainly is compelling. NTodd
If only he had a newsletter to which I could subscribe. His ideas intrigue me.
I'm so old I remember when U2 came to the record store I was working at to promote their first elpee, which no one had heard of... then they played a free gig at the local university, which was about half-filled.
Great fucking show... nice guys, too. They were all about 19...
NTodd says the Irish have no sense of music
NToddler ever hear of The Corrs, Rory Gallagher, or Van Morrison?
Apparently not...
And yet, the Dems will get smoked in 2008. No way do the Dems have a chance at winning.
Your argument certainly is compelling.
NTodd, Foremast
I would like to subscribe to his newsletter.
Pace is a coward and a traitor
I owe JeffCo a Coke.
Vicki,
Just cruised through the TV stations to assure myself that there was nothing more important than listening to John Stewart sing and heard one of the talking heads (a pretty head, but obviously devoid of grey matter nonetheless) say that Al Gore would not run because he is wooden and fat.
sigh
I'm so old I can remember when Tilbrook and Difford were touted as "the new Lennon-McCartney"!
I remember that, too! 
We're around the same age, though.
Tilbrook was gorgeous and melodic, while Difford was dark and sardonic.
And hey, Chris Difford has a blog. A blog with no comments on it yet.
They know the meaning of the word NATIONALISM.
Nationalism isn't necessarily bad. It, like populism, can be used for ill - but in and of itself it is neither good nor evil.
Goddammit, General Pace, how can you call yourself a Marine, and idly stand by all of this destruction of the military?!
He's a patriotic marine in the same sense as Lee Harvey Oswald was a patriotic marine. And they even sorta look alike.
NToddler ever hear of The Corrs, Rory Gallagher, or Van Morrison?
Actually, he has, and is in love with each of the Corr girls.
NTodd - saw a movie that looks to be so up your alley you may have been the producer: The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai. Check out video clip 1 for a taste.
I loves me some Jimmy Carter:
Former President Carter says President Bush's administration is "the worst in history" in international relations, taking aim at the White House's policy of pre-emptive war and its Middle East diplomacy.
The criticism from Carter, which a biographer says is unprecedented for the 39th president, also took aim at Bush's environmental policies and the administration's "quite disturbing" faith-based initiative funding.
"I think as far as the adverse impact on the nation around the world, this administration has been the worst in history," Carter told the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette in a story that appeared in the newspaper's Saturday editions. "The overt reversal of America's basic values as expressed by previous administrations, including those of George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and others, has been the most disturbing to me."
Nationalism isn't necessarily bad. It, like populism, can be used for ill - but in and of itself it is neither good nor evil.
pva
The way this regime uses it, it's bad.
Funny that both Geldoff and Daltrey say "Who doesn't know about global warming?"
They obviously don't spend much time in the US these days
Jim
Good point. If either cat had spent much time here, they'd realize the need to whip up some awareness in this place.
Tony Blair and the soon-to-be vacant spot at the World Bank:
He is one of the people that is clearly being discussed.
That explains a lot, actually.
Oh, great. A fundie at the World Bank.
Actually, he has, and is in love with each of the Corr girls. NTodd
Now those are some genes that need to be propagated! Also Delores O'Riordan (who's touring a new album now).
Chris Difford has a blog. A blog with no comments on it yet.
It does now - well, when he gets around to approving it, anyway...
The way this regime uses it, it's bad.
Certainly, but like Samuel Johnston said, patriotism is the last refuge of scoundrels. To say this man is a scoundrel, I think, is to give him more deference than he is due.
"Apparently, Sunday mornings in Plains for former President Carter includes hurling reckless accusations at your fellow man," said Amber Wilkerson, Republican National Committee spokeswoman. She said it was hard to take Carter seriously because he also "challenged Ronald Reagan's strategy for the Cold War."
When all else fails, invoke Saint Ronnie.
Fuck you, bitch!
Actually, he has, and is in love with each of the Corr girls.
Yep. Which is exactly why I mentioned the lasses in the same sentence as the exalted Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Morrison.
We're around the same age, though.
You look much, much younger!
say that Al Gore would not run because he is wooden and fat.
Al Gore is a fat Pinocchio?
Who are all these people of whom y'all speeeek?
Never mind. I got The Google.
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Delores O'Riordan (who's touring a new album now).
Elvis Costello was married to an O'Riordan, before he hooked up with Diana Krall.
I can't remember if it was Cait or Dee. Who was with the Pogues?
Husband introduced me to Rory Gallagher and I really enjoy him.
"The overt reversal of America's basic values as expressed by previous administrations, including those of George H.W. Bush and Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon and others, has been the most disturbing to me."
Beautifully put! And so accurate.
Johnston => Johnson*
Rory Gallagher is awesome, Erin.
I wish you weren't married and I were a man. I love you.
BTW, it's National Masturbation Month!
To celebrate, here's some specials!
first?
Who was with the Pogues?
Cait.
Now why isn't there a South Korean scooter to compete with the Japanese ones? Where's my Kia scooter, dammit?
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"Apparently, Sunday mornings in Plains for former President Carter includes hurling reckless accusations at your fellow man
Bush isn't a man.
Not even close.
Elvis Costello:
Wife: Mary Burgoyne (Nov-1974, div. circa 1975, one son)
Son: Matthew (b. circa 1973)
Wife: Caitlin O'Riordan (ex-bassist for The Pogues, m. May-1986, div. 2002)
Wife: Diana Krall (jazz singer, m. 6-Dec-2003)
Girlfriend: Bebe Buell (1978-84)
OK, campers, gotta mow the lawn.
Then sweep up.
Another Pleasant Valley Sunday... sorta...
I wish you weren't married and I were a man. I love you.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
OK, I want this on film, and 10% of the net.
Dave,
One Emotional Bliss Vibrator, stat!
She said it was hard to take Carter seriously because he also "challenged Ronald Reagan's strategy for the Cold War."
Reegun had a strategy for the Cold War? All he did was start this country down the same fucked-up path that was responsible for bringing down the USSR.
"Apparently, Sunday mornings in Plains for former President Carter includes hurling reckless accusations at your fellow man"
Bush isn't a man.
Not even close.
fourlegsgood kittenslave
Just in the mind of his minions.
I dunno... The Who haven't stayed with me, even though I was never a big, big fan. When I sucked all my CDs into mp3, whenever a Who tune came on during random play, I'd nearly always skip it.
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 3:39 pm
Same here. I liked them well enough in my teens, but now... Perhaps its the CSI connection. Or the fact that I really hate Behind Blue Eyes.
One Emotional Bliss Vibrator, stat!
To quote Mercedes McCambridge, "I wanna watch!"
Terry C, that does sum up Elvis' marital history!
Reegun had a strategy for the Cold War? All he did was start this country down the same fucked-up path that was responsible for bringing down the USSR.
billy b - funked up
Reagan outspent the USSR.
Which is why I call him Saint Ronald of the Monster Defict.
Besides, wasn't it Pope JP II who single-handedly brought down the Evil Empire?
Erin -
Just saw where the Ducks won the Pac 10 track and field champeenship.
She said it was hard to take Carter seriously because he also "challenged Ronald Reagan's strategy for the Cold War."
Reegun had a strategy for the Cold War? All he did was start this country down the same fucked-up path that was responsible for bringing down the USSR.
billy b - funked up | 05.19.07 - 3:56 pm
Bingo.
I dunno... The Who haven't stayed with me, even though I was never a big, big fan. When I sucked all my CDs into mp3, whenever a Who tune came on during random play, I'd nearly always skip it.
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 3:39 pm
Same here. I liked them well enough in my teens, but now... Perhaps its the CSI connection. Or the fact that I really hate Behind Blue Eyes.
Buckeye
You guys just grew up, don't worry about it, it happens to everybody eventually.
Terry C, that does sum up Elvis' marital history!
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
I didn't know he had been married before Caitlin.
Tony Blair flies in to Iraq to face a barrage of mortar fire in Baghdad and Basra.
Iraq arguably it toppled Tony Blair as surely as he helped topple Saddam.
But as ever, in Baghdad today no apologies, no regrets about an invasion and occupation that created a bloodbath here.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and President Jalal Talabani listened politely enough - knowing they represent the government of this country only in name, in so many areas.
http://www.channel4.com/news/art...+to+iraq/
520947
Still like the early 70s Who... much of "Tommy," all of "Who's Next," 3/4 of "Quadrophenia".
All great stuff.
When you grow up, try this:
Diva morning and the new moon rising
Who will take the silver spoon?
Honey thighs on satin lying,
In the light of the crazy moon.
Oranges soaked in their own juices
Licking lips of voices sung.
Magic trips on velvet cruises
Sainted slaves of our own tongues.
Strangers who meet by chance
Eyes across the room
Remain the prisoners of the dance
And the waltz of the crazy moon
my dad is watching a programme and me by default as I am sitting in the living room, titled Deadliest Catch and its to do with fishermen in Alaska, looking for Snow Crab.
though at 9 its March of the Penguins, so just killing time till then.
I love you.
I love you too. We'd sing such beautiful harmony together.
billy b
Duckville considers itself Track Central, as it produced Prefontaine, Mac Wilkins, nike shoes, etc. They work hard to keep the rep.
I waaaaaant it! I waaaaaant it! I waaaaant it! I waaaaaant it!
25 pounds!
Actually, I've seen the "Emotional Bliss" line in action... a certain someone loves it, and recommends it to all you ladies out there...
am a fan of CSI heh
She said it was hard to take Carter seriously because he also "challenged Ronald Reagan's strategy for the Cold War."
The Cold War was such a great thing for the right that Bush wants to start it all over again.
FREE WOODY G!!!
You guys just grew up, don't worry about it, it happens to everybody eventually.
Now, that's funny.
my dad is watching a programme and me by default as I am sitting in the living room, titled Deadliest Catch and its to do with fishermen in Alaska, looking for Snow Crab.
One of those guys was on TDS... Stewart loves the show.
Lurking
For those taking attendance.
gwd:drf
Nationalism isn't necessarily bad. It, like populism, can be used for ill - but in and of itself it is neither good nor evil.
pva
Rosa Luxemburg caused a lot of consternation at the end of WWI by opposing the re-establishment of an independent Poland.
By her logic, having Poland divided up among Germany, Austria and Russia would force the Poles to give up on the reactionary provincialism of ethnic identity, and focus instead on their progressive identity as international proletarians.
Actual Poles weren't so revved up on theory.
Moon, husband is addicted to that show.
Reagan outspent the USSR
Yes. He did. He managed to double the United States' National Debt during his adminstration.
And took credit for collapsing a Soviet threat that was rusted out, over four decades of US pressure, to the core.
Yeah Ronnie, here's a fucking lollipop.
Holy Shit! I qualify for $0.10 off/gallon of gas at Kroger, this month!
Gee, that'll save me a whole dime, next time...!
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They find it hard to take Carter seriously because he doesn't agree with them and worship chimpy.
Idiots.
Reagan outspent the USSR
Yes. He did. He managed to double the United States' National Debt during his adminstration.
And took credit for collapsing a Soviet threat that was rusted out, over four decades of US pressure, to the core.
Yeah Ronnie, here's a fucking lollipop.
MP |
I'll never understand why the wingnuts think he's so wonderful.
What a joke!
Media Matters covers the lack of coverage on CBS and ABC of Comey's dramatic testimony in their discussion of Broder's nonanswer to a query (over on the left).
From the May 17 edition of ABC's World News with Charles Gibson:
GIBSON: Meanwhile, there is more pressure on the embattled attorney general of the United States, Alberto Gonzales, to resign. Senator Norm Coleman of Minnesota became the fifth Republican senator to call for Gonzales' resignation since he was politically weakened by the controversial firing of U.S. attorneys. And Democrats announced they will call for a no-confidence vote on Gonzales in the Senate.
As the morning programs on both ABC and NBC (which at least had evening coverage of the testimony) did, Gibson mentions "more pressure" on Gonzales to resign and the call for a vote of no confidence, but nary a word about what is causing more pressure, especially from Repubs, and the call for the vote!!
WTF????
This is so like their non-coverage of the Downing Street Memos in that when forced to even mention the situation, it is done with little explanation or context. Just get something out there and ignore, ignore, ignore.
What a wonderful free press!!!
Same here. I liked them well enough in my teens, but now... Perhaps its the CSI connection. Or the fact that I really hate Behind Blue Eyes.
Buckeye
You guys just grew up, don't worry about it, it happens to everybody eventually.
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 3:58 pm
Heh. I got their greatest hits from the library and realized that though I still liked some songs, the rest just didn't interest me anymore.
BBC 1 a couple of months ago aired a week of half an hour programmes about fishermen in the North Sea, who operated out of Peterhead, Scotland.
The GOP frontrunners -- Hollywood style ... the movie characters the Big Three most closely resemble ... Political Playhouse
It's all in the narrative
Still like the early 70s Who... much of "Tommy," all of "Who's Next," 3/4 of "Quadrophenia".
I love the stuff prior to Tommy when Pete was working up to that album.
A lot of it is on the Odds'n'Sods cd - Little Billy, Naked Eye, Pure and Easy. And can't forget Live at Leeds - still one of the best live albums around.
NTodd - saw a movie that looks to be so up your alley you may have been the producer: The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai. Check out video clip 1 for a taste.
Heh.
i'd love to have a recording of atriotic harmony.
WGG is going stir-crazy, can someone let him out of exile . . . soon
http://thewell-armedlamb.blogspo...ed-
factors.html
Reegun had a strategy for the Cold War? All he did was start this country down the same fucked-up path that was responsible for bringing down the USSR
Dammit, Billy B, you beat me to it. Reagan's "great" strategy also included helping the mujahideen keep the USSR army quagmired in a Muslim country it was trying to occupy...... Hmmm.... Why does that sound familiar?
And can't forget Live at Leeds - still one of the best live albums around
Yeah, mang.
... titled Deadliest Catch and its to do with fishermen in Alaska, looking for Snow Crab. - Moonbootica
My cutter pulled a pathetic skow of a crabber named VO7 off a rock in Alsaka's Inside Passage in the fall of 1966. Three months later another cutter fished their bodies out the water off the Aleutians after they sank.
More WGG, on some strange recruiting practices going on.
http://www.walled-in-pond.blogspot.com/
Reagan's "great" strategy also included helping the mujahideen keep the USSR army quagmired in a Muslim country it was trying to occupy...... Hmmm.... Why does that sound familiar?
That came back to bite us in the ass, no?
Ronnie the drooling fucking idiot.
I'll never understand why the wingnuts think he's so wonderful.
They love fake.
alpha hippy
Seems like an oxymoron...
Dammit, Billy B, you beat me to it. Reagan's "great" strategy also included helping the mujahideen keep the USSR army quagmired in a Muslim country it was trying to occupy...... Hmmm.... Why does that sound familiar?
Toonscribe
When Monkey Boy first decided to run for prez in 2000, Nancy Reagan was quoted as saying he was the "best one to carry on Ronnie's legacy."
Well, he sure 'nuff is.
Erin - You're an O-State, fan aren't you?
Dammit, Billy B, you beat me to it. Reagan's "great" strategy also included helping the mujahideen keep the USSR army quagmired in a Muslim country it was trying to occupy...... Hmmm.... Why does that sound familiar?
Toonscribe | 05.19.07 - 4:05 pm | #
Don't forget mining harbours and rescuing US medical students in the Caribbean!
I'll never understand why the wingnuts think he's so wonderful.
They love fake.
rootless2
Superficial and sentimental. Reagan was just the fucking appetizer to the BushII years.
I'll never understand why the wingnuts think he's so wonderful.
They love fake.
rootless2
Yep!
Seems like an oxymoron...
So, why is this? I may be stoned, but not that confused.
I think.
I have a good collection of the Who on the computer but I seldom listen to them. Just used up their usefulness. Not sure why this is: other music I have not heard for a while I can go back to and listen and enjoy once again (Bruce, Leonard, Harry, Stewart, Loreena, Judy and others)
I'll never understand why the wingnuts think he's so wonderful.
Who else they got??
And can't forget Live at Leeds - still one of the best live albums around
Yeah, mang.
Barndog, alpha hippy
The 2-CD version they finally released of the whole show kicks some downright scary ass. They sound possessed at times.
Saw them in 75, 78 & 82. Man, Kenny Jones was so wrong for them.
I sent WGG a link to multiproxy, but I haven't a clue how it works. Never tried it. Anyone wanna e-mail him some instructions? I'll cough up his address...
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Pistons are playing the Cavs for the NBA Eastern Title.
Sink into Lake Erie, you mother fuckers from the land of Kucinich!
When Monkey Boy first decided to run for prez in 2000, Nancy Reagan was quoted as saying he was the "best one to carry on Ronnie's legacy."
Well, he sure 'nuff is.
"Famous last words".
That also came back to bite ol' Nance on the ass...
It occurs to me that if the year were say, 1150, Tony Blair would have been a crusader.
He seems completely oblivious to the chaos he and chimpy have created in Iraq.
The few Republicans I know--fairly wealthy--really don't like Bush. But they are still looking for a candidate to protect their tax breaks.
These are precisely the types who should be taxed until they scream in pain.
And then taxed some more.
These parasites need to start paying for the system that makes their wealth possible.
He seems completely oblivious to the chaos he and chimpy have created in Iraq.
fourlegsgood kittenslave
Tony Blair: "But, but... good intentions!
my dad had The Who Live at Leeds in his CD collection, was a birthday gift from my brother a couple of years ago
That also came back to bite ol' Nance on the ass...
A visual I did not need, billy.
So, why is this?
Well, the way I read it, and again, I'm weird, "alpha" = alpha male (big opinionated strong tough asshole kind of thing) and hippie = peace loving diplomat.
So that's from where that thought came.
I sent WGG a link to multiproxy,
I was going to suggest that, but couldn't think of the what it was called. I've read that is how people in China, and people that have blocked sites at work get around these things.
I think we definitely need some type of deficit-reduction tax levied on the wealthy types for the next several years.
They bankrolled him into office; they need to pay for the fruits of their bad investment.
Vicki if you are a Piston's fan, your love for that wimp Al Gore is confusing. Never was so ashamed of being a Democrat as during that bent neck, on knees, chickenshit concession speech.
Joe Dumars rules though and has a place in Heavan for humiliating the Larry Bird Celtic whiners.
to carry Ronnie's legacy."
Well, he sure 'nuff is. - Terry C
If that's what the Security folks called Ronnie's used Depends, I agree.
... titled Deadliest Catch and its to do with fishermen in Alaska, looking for Snow Crab
Um, I watch that every week. Love it although I'm not sure why. I just know I never ever want to work that hard in those conditions. You might make 40K in a week or you might day a horrible death. Could go either way.
I was going to suggest that, but couldn't think of the what it was called. I've read that is how people in China, and people that have blocked sites at work get around these things.
The link I have is peacefire.org. It worked - when my former place of employment blocked blogs, at least I could peruse the comments. I couldn't comment, though.
rootless2: Heavan for humiliating the Larry Bird Celtic whiners.
I live in a Heavan... down by the RIVER!!!
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When Monkey Boy first decided to run for prez in 2000, Nancy Reagan was quoted as saying he was the "best one to carry on Ronnie's legacy."
Well, he sure 'nuff is.
"Famous last words".
That also came back to bite ol' Nance on the ass...
billy b - townsendesque
Yeah, they did.
In a way, I found that satisfying.
So that's from where that thought came
It's from our group of super hippy friends. They coined it last summer for the selected few of us.
Mind altering substances were involved.
Vicki if you are a Piston's fan, your love for that wimp Al Gore is confusing.
Dude, the two are not mutually inclusive. I love Al Gore, always will.
2000 was a different time. So different that it seems a century has passed.
The few Republicans I know--fairly wealthy--really don't like Bush. But they are still looking for a candidate to protect their tax breaks.
These parasites need to start paying for the system that makes their wealth possible.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Jesse Ventura, in '04, said that the election was a "painful" (IIRC) choice for him, because he felt Bush had lied the country into a war and didn't believe in the Constitution, but he was afraid John Kerry would raise his taxes.
He may be an idiot, but he was speaking, I suspect, for a couple of million people at least. And I'm sure they all consider themselves patriots.
GAZA, May 19 (Reuters) - For many Gaza residents, the chilling point of no return in the struggle between Hamas and Fatah came when some clerics started issuing religious edicts on the radio telling Palestinians it was okay to fight one another.
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/...esk/
B218382.htm
Rudy "won" the second debate by being more of an asshole than some of the others, but about on a par with Romney when it came to celebrating torture and war.
He said 9/11 a few times--brought the house down, so to speak.
I'm still pissed at him for demanding the city emergency HQ be placed in one of the shorter WTC towers, the first to collapse? Anyway, it's now where the experts had rec'd it be place-in Brooklyn, iirc, away from WTC, a previous target, and below ground, as opposed to on the 20th floor or some such shitty placement.
Ghouliani did not want to go underground for any emergency--spent too much time there as a vampire. Not good presidential material.
I do not like that Rudy man....
Vicki: The link I have is peacefire.org. It worked - when my former place of employment blocked blogs, at least I could peruse the comments. I couldn't comment, though.
Do you have Woody's e-mail address? If so, could you 'splain it to him?
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I suppose it could mean something like "extreme hippie," eh Barndog?
Saw them in 75, 78 & 82. Man, Kenny Jones was so wrong for them.
Gummo
I saw 'em in 78 with Jones. I didn't mind Kenny as much, but Moon was one of the best - the 75 concert I saw is one of the best I ever saw.
I just picked up a cope the the Small Faces psychedelic opus, Ogden Nut Gone Flake. Jones is really good on that.
Plus, the album is really good.
2000 was a different time. So different that it seems a century has passed.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
A lot of people, inside the Beltway and out, were slow to pick up on the ugly truth: the rules had changed.
You cannot reason with fanatics, or play fair with thugs.
I live in a Heavan... down by the RIVER!!!
that just cracked me up!!!
I found the multiproxy download site and sent WGG there. I told him to read and follow the directions: seems straight-forward. We shall see. Thanks, JP.
That also came back to bite ol' Nance on the ass...
A visual I did not need, billy.
Barndog, alpha hippy
She doesn't have much of one.
Hate to sound mean, but I don't think the Dragon Lady much gave a shit about stem cell till Alzheimer's struck her precious Ronnie.
Nancy has never struck me as being all that caring about other people.
The wingnuts didn't learn the lesson of Vietnam (about not intervening in a civil war) and they have refused to learn the lesson of the USSR in Afghanistan (if you break the army of an imperial power, the empire collapses). Vietnam, for all that it did to the US as a society, did not break the army -- we were still a rich country back then, we could pick up the pieces and carry on. Now we're so much in hock (to the Chinese and others) that we're a bankrupt country living on the alleged kindness of strangers, who can pull the plug on us when it suits their purposes. The American Empire is dead, but the wingnuts don't know that yet.
Superficial and sentimental. Reagan was just the fucking appetizer to the BushII years.
Jim
George W. Bush: The Cubic Zirconia of the US Presidency
I suppose it could mean something like "extreme hippie," eh Barndog?
I reckon, Vicki. How many other hippies do you know that will wear a skirt/sarong?
2000 was a different time. So different that it seems a century has passed.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
It does seem that long.
DWD: I found the multiproxy download site and sent WGG there. I told him to read and follow the directions: seems straight-forward. We shall see. Thanks, JP.
Well, I kinda did the same, yesterday, but I don't think he understood it, and having not used it, and being gauze-brained, I wasn't any help, either.
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How many other hippies do you know that will wear a skirt/sarong?
Ummmmmmm, ya got me there!!!
2000 was a different time. So different that it seems a century has passed.
In Gore's first book he talks about how his kid getting hurt made him realize that he had to stop wimping out and start doing what was right. So, to me, he's like a drunk that has fallen off the wagon once already. Not ready to trust him with the milk money.
But maybe I'm just too cynical.
Echh and the Lieberman for VP thing. ...
http://www.multiproxy.org/downloads.htm
For anyone interested in gaining a cloak of invisibility.
. The American Empire is dead, but the wingnuts don't know that yet.
Toonscribe |
And they continue to challenge the "patriotism" of anyone who has the temerity to point that out.
Vicki and BD, I mentioned this, this AM but ( I am not down 105Lbs total - probably about seventy-five since I met you guys)
well worth reading The Execution Channel by Ken MacLeod
I saw 'em in 78 with Jones. I didn't mind Kenny as much, but Moon was one of the best - the 75 concert I saw is one of the best I ever saw.
Jones is a good, powerful drummer, but he's like a Ringo with a technical foundation: solid, 4/4, pounding but nothing fancy.
Just exactly wrong for the Who.
I just picked up a cope the the Small Faces psychedelic opus, Ogden Nut Gone Flake. Jones is really good on that.
Plus, the album is really good.
billy b - townsendesque
And I had a hot 8th grade English teacher who played that for us with the lyrics lovingly printed out in that blue ditto ink.
FYI Vicki - I know of 3 besides myself. One doesn't count, because he actually wears a tyedyed woman's sundress.
I. Shit. You. Not.
Al Gore gets a lot of bad press - for no good reason. Some right wing asshole compared him to Paris Hilton and Sean Pean today, just for the sake of snark. Read the speeches he's made over the last six years. Follow the grass roots efforts he's initiated. He's a hero.
Vicki if you are a Piston's fan, your love for that wimp Al Gore is confusing. Never was so ashamed of being a Democrat as during that bent neck, on knees, chickenshit concession speech.
If Gore runs, he will be the next president. The only other one I see having a chance is Edwards.
Vietnam did come close to breaking the Army.
So much so that the Army's leadership tried to implement various organizational strategies to prevent any President from committing the Army to an unpopular war.
Then Iraq came along, and it appears that the strategies did not work.
And the Army is close to breaking, again.
That's good news, DWD! I'm sure it is helping your back, too.
( I am not down 105Lbs total - probably about seventy-five since I met you guys)
Whew!
I was starting to pray for the wind to avoid Muskegon.
That's good news, DWD! I'm sure it is helping your back, too.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
Actually, no, but I still cannot eat so I might as well go with the flow, eh?
And they continue to challenge the "patriotism" of anyone who has the temerity to point that out.
That's what you do when you've got nothing else. They can still do a lot of damage here and around the world trying to resusitate the corpse, but the Empire is flatlining. Let it go.
DWD -- You could probably go a lot faster on my Vino 50, then!
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for no good reason. Some right wing asshole compared him to Paris Hilton and Sean Pean today, just for the sake of snark.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore
After seeing Sean Penn on Real Time, I have fallen deeply in love with him. I don't think I've ever seen anyone say exactly what he thinks like he does in a long time.
DWD,
Why can't you eat?
Pain meds?
I wish you well.
After seeing Sean Penn on Real Time, I have fallen deeply in love with him. I don't think I've ever seen anyone say exactly what he thinks like he does in a long time.
Allie
That's how I felt when I saw him do the Metaphor-Off with Colbert.
One of the funniest things I've seen in a long time too.
I reckon, Vicki. How many other hippies do you know that will wear a skirt/sarong?
Barndog, alpha hippy
When you're as big as you are, you can pretty much get away with anything you want.
I love to wear pink and purple. When people (usually republic dipshits at work) comment on the color - I calmly tell them, if they don't like it, don't look at it.
Or, I tell them to come take it off of me.
That settles the deal.
. The American Empire is dead, but the wingnuts don't know that yet.
Toonscribe |
And they continue to challenge the "patriotism" of anyone who has the temerity to point that out.
Terry C - End Bush's Reign | 05.19.07 - 4:18 pm | #
Wingnut history of the future:
[wingnut]
the iraq war is the only thing keeping all the terrorists who are not in iraq from blowing us up (???). president chickenhawk is winston churchill. we will either win the war in iraq soon and then go on to fight al Qaida for the next fifty years, or the bad democrats will ruin everything by bringing home the troops and then they will be sorry because we will all get blown up the end.
there is no other reality i don't hear you things in iraq are improving shops are opening the violence is only in a very small area shut up shut up shut up i don't believe in the news. [/wingnut]
you may now resume your normal reality
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If Gore runs, he will be the next president. The only other one I see having a chance is Edwards.
billy b
Clarification, please?
You mean, the only other person having a chance at the Democratic nomination would be Edwards?
Because I don't see any Republican getting into the White House in '08.
Some right wing asshole compared him to Paris Hilton and Sean Pean today,
They hate talented and successful people. Why they don't like Paris Hilton, I dunno - probably just general hatred of women who are not in Burkas.
Vietnam did come close to breaking the Army.
Yes, close -- but not like now. It is broken now. Look at the goddamn so-called Surge -- which takes six months to get 25-35 thou troops into the field. That's not a Surge -- that's a Dribble -- and they still can't manage it except by extending tours and stop-lossing.
billy - I'm real big on purple, pastel pinks, blues, etc.
You should see some of my tyedyed stuff.
Clarification, please?
Of the Democratic candidates.
Because I don't see any Republican getting into the White House in '08.
SteveNS | 05.19.07 - 4:25 pm | #
beware of Fred Thompson. th' skinny is that he will announce in july and he is a Very Dangerous Asshole
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They hate talented and successful people. Why they don't like Paris Hilton, I dunno - probably just general hatred of women who are not in Burkas.
rootless2
I wouldn't call Paris Hilton "talented."
I'm real big on purple, pastel pinks, blues, etc.
You're getting in touch with your ovarian side.
America needs Al Gore. But, I'm afraid we may not deserve him. As long as our media is all haircuts and hot air and Jack Bauer is admired more than Atticus Finch; where we are consumed with American Idol and ignorant of the American Ideal then Al has no reason to submit himself to this process. What he needs to ask us as a nation to do is so much harder than what we have shown ourselves willing to even consider. I am afraid that it is not yet time. This country has yet to acknowledge some hard facts. There is still too much resistance and we can't do the hard job we have to do together if we still have to fight amongst ourselves. The bloodlust sill rules too many in America, the press poodles still yap too loud for the important things to be heard. We have too much to clean up yet. We are not prepared.
"David Broder owns popular presidents"-Chuck Todd
That's why they hate Sean Penn. I was struggling for a reason why they hate Hilton.
beware of Fred Thompson
He's a little too much of a "Smoky and the Bandit" type mentality, though.
He subs for Paul Harvey on a regular basis, and that homey schtick of his is stale as a box of ten year old crackers.
You should see some of my tyedyed stuff.
Barndog, alpha hippy
I've seen your pic in a tie-dyed tee shirt. It was cool.
I'm hip on the pastels. I like the brighter colors, also, but the pastels help me not stand out so much, if you catch my meaning.
He subs for Paul Harvey on a regular basis, and that homey schtick of his is stale as a box of ten year old crackers.
Vicki, Who ♥ Al Gore | 05.19.07 - 4:28 pm | #
surely to you and me, but wasn't that exactly ronald ray-gun's appeal?
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He subs for Paul Harvey on a regular basis, and that homey schtick of his is stale as a box of ten year old crackers.
If cheez-whiz fakery was a problem, Ol Prep School Texan would never have made it into the whitehouse.
Vicki, I think it is pain meds. (Topamax) and the surgical hernia continues to act up. That and I generally just feel like mierde (Yes, Republicans, it is a SPANISH word I learned from MEXICAN immigrants I used to work with, some of the best people I have ever know, btw)
Drink a toast sometime to Jesus and Santos: two wonderful guys. Santos was the hardest working, quietest man I have ever known. Top rated pieceworker in the foundry bar none. I asked him why he worked so hard one time. He said, "Work hard? This is EASY compared to working in the fields!"
You're getting in touch with your ovarian side
My Mom always said I should have been born a woman. I am one of the few men I'm aware of that sews, irons, and actually doesn't mind a decent chick flick.
I ruined some friends a few years back, when I was sitting here watching South Pacific. They begged me to change the channel, but I refused.
I, too, think Gore would win if he ran for president. I also think he is the best person to pull this country back from the abyss we now face. His knowledge of government, his concern for the environment, his intelligence, and on and on...
I was struggling for a reason why they hate Hilton.
rootless2
I don't know why, either. She seems so much like what they would like to women to be.
Frivolous, etc.
catalexis,
I think you're right.
That's why I'm hoping to God for Al Gore. If he doesn't run (and he keeps saying that he hasn't ruled it out completely), I'll be disappointed, but I'll also understand. He knows how fucked up things are. I can't wait to buy his book.
Alas, catalexis is right.
Too many Americans are consumed with mindless bloodlust...the GOP debate on Faux last Thursday illustrates that, where the cretins in the audience cheered as the wackaloon GOP types upped the ante in each response as to how much "terrorist" blood would flow to get some information (probably false) as Jack Bauer tortured for it.
Only McStain dared to buck the trend, seeing as he has experience up close and personal with "enhanced interrogation techniques".
But still, the sub-lemur primates of the audience were screaming for more blood.
That's your Republic party base. Mindless primates screaming for blood.
beware of Fred Thompson. th' skinny is that he will announce in july and he is a Very Dangerous Asshole
I think Hagel would have a better chance, since he's actually got a history of repudiating some of the worst policies of the Bush admin.
Come election day 2008, Bush will be more radioactive than Chernobyl.
The President’s ratings have tumbled each time immigration reform dominates the news.
In other words, he loses some of the Freepers but they come crawling back to him after a while.
I'm going to make a concerted effort to drink some beer, tonight. All this week, I've only been able to muster a couple, and then, I head for the bed.
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I was struggling for a reason why they hate Hilton.
rootless2
I don't know why, either. She seems so much like what they would like to women to be.
Frivolous, etc.
Terry C - End Bush's Reign
Because they -- at least the men -- know that if they ever propositioned her, she would laugh in their collective face.
She's a stand-in for all the women that ever said no to a winger.
Look at the goddamn so-called Surge -- which takes six months to get 25-35 thou troops into the field. That's not a Surge -- that's a Dribble -- and they still can't manage it except by extending tours and stop-lossing.
The Dribble doesn't sound as impressive or likely to scare our enemies.
My Mom always said I should have been born a woman. I am one of the few men I'm aware of that sews, irons, and actually doesn't mind a decent chick flick.
I iron my, my wife's, and sometimes my boy's clothes every morning.
And I cook more than my wife does, I'm just not as good a cook as she is.
Barndog, alpha hippy
To quote Bette Davis in "Now Voyager":
I suspect that you are a treasure.
when I was sitting here watching South Pacific.
Nothing more intimidating than an ex-Marine who can sing Broadway show tunes.
Fisherman is the deadliest profession.
Year in year out, since the Bureau of Labor Statistics began reporting.
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Techn...=2893767&
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I don't know why, either. She seems so much like what they would like to women to be.
Frivolous, etc.
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she has sex and hasn't either been hired for it or paid some horrendous price. Those are the only two acceptable conditions for the vengeful.
If cheez-whiz fakery was a problem, Ol Prep School Texan would never have made it into the whitehouse.
I disagree with this. A lot of people I know thought, WTF?, when Bush was the candidate.
I blame the media for selling a fake story about a fake cowboy who drinks fake beers with fake Americans.
I could go into much more detail, but that sums it up.
It was the media, run by the corporations, who are also running our political system, which is no longer by and for the people.
Fisherman is the deadliest profession.
more than soldier?
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I'm going to make a concerted effort to drink some beer, tonight
I'm joining you JP. We are going to one of my best friends 20th anniversary party tonite.
We will drink some barley pops.
What? I should remind you about cats, occasionally?
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I think its way too early to be confident or scared, but I think Giuliani will have a public meltdown sooner or later, and Thompson.... too Hollywood, especially with his trophy wife. Too easy to caricature.
I'm actually back to thinking Huckabee's the one to watch. I think the GOOPers, with typical sophistication and grasp of priorities, would love to vote for an Arkansas fundie.
Sigh. Althouse is slipping. She's just called me a "pathetic old dolt."
In the good old days she was calling me "insolent." That had panache. "Dolt"? Feh. Awkward.
"I blame the media for selling a fake story about a fake cowboy who drinks fake beers with fake Americans.
Vicki"
People who, in reality, he looks down his nose at.
I think for loss of life the fisherman thing is right but there are other dangerous jobs: foundryman is right up there. We had a sign in the foundry that used to list the days without a lost time accidents: never got to one. . . .
What? I should remind you about cats, occasionally?
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Jeffraham Prestonian | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 4:34 pm | #
one should always remember the important things in life, especially furry ones
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Nothing more intimidating than an ex-Marine who can sing Broadway show tunes
I'd rather play the music. I used to sing fairly well, but playing the instruments got in the way of taking that much further.
The Dribble doesn't sound as impressive or likely to scare our enemies.
Our enemies don't seem any too impressed with "Surge," either.
The key number in the Rasmussen Poll is the "strongly disapprove" component, which has reached 47%, a record high. The reason Rasmussen always gives Bush a higher rating than the other polls is that they give 4 choices, not just 2.
Also, if you've been following this poll, there's no doubt that this sudden plunge over the last couple days is all about immigration. Health care, gas prices, Abramoff, Plame, war profiteering, the constitution ... all of this falls on deaf ears among Bush's base, but for some reason, the immigration issue is the one that helps them understand that Bush is pro-corporation, anti-middle class, and anti-Red State Hillbilly. It's the only thing that gets it through their thick skulls that the party they've been enabling has been reaming them since Day 1.
Eventually, Hannity and Limbaugh are going to have to take on immigration and they're either going to destroy the Republican party or destroy themselves, or both. It's a beautiful thing. The democrats should just get out of the way.
Sigh. Althouse is slipping. She's just called me a "pathetic old dolt."
I bet she read that phrase in a novel.
~ducks and runs~
That had panache
heh. Hard to believe anyone would use the word panache to describe anything that Altmouse said.
Thers, and you loosen a dolt with a wench, right?
Soldiers live lives of boredom, punctuated with too much excitement for short periods. True, it is deadly excitement, but it's not an ongoing flirtation with danger like those fisherman experience.
Then again I dont' think OSHA is allowed to track soldiers' job related death stats...
Sigh. Althouse is slipping. She's just called me a "pathetic old dolt."
Yeah, you're not old.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/
2007...JrqDUfWoWyyFz4D
Anyone catch this link posted at Americablog?
I really like Edwards for his economic/social justice stands. He's good on the environment and he's strongly speaking out against Bush's War and Occupation, pushing Dems in DC to follow through for the electorate that sent them there.
Gore? If he got into the race, wow, yes, I would support him.
Hillary? Worries me, but, if she wins the nomination I will support her. Obama at this time would be a good VP, because after 8 years in office, he would be much more acceptable to many more voters. A black professor on NOW last night made this point: Once Blacks get into close-to-high office, do well, then they have assuaged white voters' fears and often run well after such incumbency. She thinks he's too new for the Big Dance right now.
Edwards v. Gore? Tough.
Seems to me the Rethugs, based on their attacks on Edwards both directly and through their MCM* minions, are deathly afraid of a Edwards' candidacy. Would be of Gore as well. Wipe out for the Rethugs, imho.
But, as Bob Somerby keeps pounding into our heads, never, ever underestimate the power of the MCMers to attack and denigrate a Big Dem candidate with trivialities. It's second nature to them now....
*MCM--Mainstream Corporate Media (It's all about the corporate, baby.)
But lots of people ate that shit up. Some kids in my office in 2004 were telling me how they were impressed with a tough ol' texas oilfield dude more than some faggot from the East.
Sigh. Althouse is slipping. She's just called me a "pathetic old dolt."
In the good old days she was calling me "insolent." That had panache. "Dolt"? Feh. Awkward.
Gee, if it was me I think "old" would be most hurtful.
That's how I felt when I saw him do the Metaphor-Off with Colbert.
One of the funniest things I've seen in a long time too.
Gummo
That was beautiful....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9...h?
v=9dtqYYnNvOo
If cheez-whiz fakery was a problem, Ol Prep School Texan would never have made it into the whitehouse.
Stewart had a clip of him the other night, saying "It'll be reel intrestin' fer a fella from Wess Tekshsas to go on up t'th' Yoo Enn"
Cause, ya know, at Philips Andover, Yale, Harvard, Peking, the White House, he never met no fancy folks.
Greetings, batz.
How goes the Glorious Revolution this fine day?
The immigration issue cuts to the core of the GOP base; it's one topic where naked racism is central to it.
Hey, Thers, is your homepage set to your hotmail account for a reason?
This "Visitors Online" is new since last night, I take it?
I think its way too early to be confident or scared, but I think Giuliani will have a public meltdown sooner or later, and Thompson.... too Hollywood, especially with his trophy wife. Too easy to caricature.
I'm actually back to thinking Huckabee's the one to watch. I think the GOOPers, with typical sophistication and grasp of priorities, would love to vote for an Arkansas fundie.
Jim | 05.19.07 - 4:34 pm | #
to accurately assess the appeal of political candidates to fundies, wingers, and wal-mart shoppers, we have to learn to look at them with the eyes of idiots
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More than soldier, more than cop, more than fireman.
Loggers come in second, also for quite a while.
Sebastian Junger mentioned in that cool read, The Perfect Storm, that he worked as a tree trimmer before researching the storm book - and I think he was in Afghanistan with the Northern Alliance when 911 came down. Guess that's his beat.
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But lots of people ate that shit up. Some kids in my office in 2004 were telling me how they were impressed with a tough ol' texas oilfield dude more than some faggot from the East.
rootless2 |
"Faggot" - yeah, right.
There are so many closeted gays in the GOP that (as Bill Maher said) the party symbol should be a moth.
Thers, and you loosen a dolt with a wench, right?
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 4:36 pm | #
(laughing rather loudly!)
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Yeah, you're not old.
NTodd, Foremast
[rimshot]
But lots of people ate that shit up. Some kids in my office in 2004 were telling me how they were impressed with a tough ol' texas oilfield dude more than some faggot from the East.
Those kids in your office are typical fucktards.
Karl Rove is a huckster as well as a fascist.
I think the fact that Dobson renounced Giuliani's candidacy is hilarious.
He had a hissy fit. "I won't vote in 2008 if Giuliani is the candidate."
What's wrong, James? You absolutely can never vote for a Democrat? Especially a moral Democrat? Why not, dude? Where in the Bible does it say, "Thou shalt not vote for Democrats"?
Sinfonian: This "Visitors Online" is new since last night, I take it?
I've seen it ever since I arrived here in 1979. You're high, dood.
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Karl Rove is a huckster as well as a fascist.
Apprentice to Darth Holden
Keeps a cumstained copy of Goebbels' journals under his pillow.
Cause, ya know, at Philips Andover, Yale, Harvard, Peking, the White House, he never met no fancy folks.
Jim
He met them.
He was just so fucked up he can't remember them.
"Yeah, you're not old."
[rimshot]
HI-YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
Oh, and Doc? Love the ascot!
What's wrong, James?
Rudy wouldn't shower with him.
I've seen it ever since I arrived here in 1979. You're high, dood.
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Jeffraham Prestonian
Coincidentally, 1979 is about the last time I was high.
Hey, Thers, is your homepage set to your hotmail account for a reason?
Um, yes. Top secret impressive intellectual smart reasons. Not because I typed the wrong thing like a, uh, dolt.
Vicki:
Dobson said he won't vote at all.
Who cares?
I hope he tells his sheeple to stay home from the polls, too.
I hearby swear off, in perpetuity, Tucker, Tweety, Wolf, and Dobbs. No more shall I hear them, no more of my life will I spend yelling at the TV screen, they are dead to me. And this time, I mean it!
Speaking of Who drummers not named "Keith," I hear Zak Starkey is pretty much in the Moon vein.
But I'm not gonna see just two surviving members of... it's just wrong.
Allie | 05.19.07 - 4:23 pm | #
I think Charlie Rose has the only national talk show where guests are still allowed to smoke in the studio, though few request it, and it probably breaks some NYC law. Sean Penn and David Bowie are the only two I've seen smoking. He should invite Marianne Faithfull on and hand her some Gauloises
But lots of people ate that shit up. Some kids in my office in 2004 were telling me how they were impressed with a tough ol' texas oilfield dude more than some faggot from the East.
that's what i'm talking about! Americans see life as a teevee show or an action movie, so they readily believe the role that the politician is playing.
politics has always been theatre, even in roman times
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Yeah, you're not old.
I'm sprightly!
But I'm not gonna see just two surviving members of... it's just wrong.
I'm a WHO bitch, anyway, today, for Daltrey's stupid assertion on global warming. Fuck you, Roger, with a glacial cavalcade up your tight ass.
My Mom always said I should have been born a woman. I am one of the few men I'm aware of that sews, irons, and actually doesn't mind a decent chick flick.
Barndog
I grew up with 5 sisters. The Marine Corps taught me to care for myself, so that my wife doesn't do my laundry, I try to do my share of the housework.
I really enjoyed "Love Actually"
a tough ol' texas oilfield dude
(a) Tough? Yeah...right!
(b) Texas?
(c) Oilfield? How many oil businesses did he run into the ground?
Free the WGG one!
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Thers, and you loosen a dolt with a wench, right?
No such luck...
I grew up with 5 sisters. The Marine Corps taught me to care for myself, so that my wife doesn't do my laundry, I try to do my share of the housework.
I really enjoyed "Love Actually"
This reads like an ad for Match.com!
But I'm not gonna see just two surviving members of... it's just wrong.
dave™©
As The Who is my all-time favorite band, I feel compelled to interject.
I couldn't, or wouldn't, see The Who when they came through Teh Glans™ a month or so ago. I did see them in 2000, with Zak Starkey on drums, and they were phenomenal. But so much of their music relied on John Entwistle's virtuosity that I fear disappointment if I were to see them now.
Those kids in your office are typical fucktards.
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Yeah, but that goes to show, you can sell the fakest crap if you have good marketing (and your competition has crappy marketing). And it worked like classical marketing sez it will: the brand endured any counter-evidence like your tough ol' dude was an ivy league cheerleader and the wimp won a silver star.
Sigh. Althouse is slipping. She's just called me a "pathetic old dolt."
In the good old days she was calling me "insolent." That had panache. "Dolt"? Feh. Awkward.
Thers
"Insolent" also has the aura of youth -- youthful insolence.
Too bad.
Speaking of the Blithering Misogynist Idiot Imitating Altmouse, I got a kick out of this:
I was a high school kid during the Summer of Love.
Since she normally claims to be 49, she's lying somewhere here... I know, I know - no fucking surprise!
Not old.
Continuing.
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I was a high school kid during the Summer of Love.
So was I. What does she want, a medal or a chest to pin it on?
Thnx, Allie @ 4:37, for the Colbert/Penn clip. Very LOL. Scared the cats.
I did see them in 2000, with Zak Starkey on drums, and they were phenomenal. But so much of their music relied on John Entwistle's virtuosity that I fear disappointment if I were to see them now.
Yeah, I agree. Though I saw them twice with Jones - 1980 and '82. The second show had the Clash opening for them.
The first one was the loudest fucking show I'd ever been to. I still haven't recovered.
But I'm not gonna see just two surviving members of... it's just wrong.
dave™©
It's just not the same.
rootless2--the sales job for MonkeyBoy wouldn't have worked if the younger gen had to enter the Army through a draft--or volunteer to get a hopefully better gig.
They would understand what a Silver Star means--and what AWOL means.
Rain. Beer. Computer.
QuentinCompson | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 4:33 pm | #
There was a story a few years ago about a lone logger whose leg was crushed and pinned by a falling tree
Luckily there was snow on the ground and he still had his chainsaw.
So he sawed his leg off, packed the stump with snow and crawled a few miles to safety.
Luckily
So was I. What does she want, a medal or a chest to pin it on?
I just think it's a "fun with math" moment.
I was nine years old during the Summer of Love, and she claims to be my age.
Of course, as always, If You Remember It - You Weren't There!
Andrew Sullivan is becoming quite the liberal, isn't he? He seems to link more to left-leaning blogs than "his own" these days, and now he's posting Obama speeches:
http://
andrewsullivan.theatlanti...a_man.html#more
Awesome speech, by the way.
the sales job for MonkeyBoy wouldn't have worked if the younger gen had to enter the Army through a draft
Word...
This really is a lovely setting, at a library on the Intracoastal (aka the Indian River) in Melbourne, FL, as I wait for my son to take him home ... and I'm enjoying watching the waves and the breeze and the birds ...
But the fucking library closes in 15 minutes. Bastards.
the sales job for MonkeyBoy wouldn't have worked if the younger gen had to enter the Army through a draft
Word...
Ayup.
I was a high school kid during the Summer of Love.
Since she normally claims to be 49, she's lying somewhere here... I know, I know - no fucking surprise!
Rain. Beer. Computer.
Moe Szyslak
Bluenose Marathon tomorrow, of course it'll be wet!
(Though last year was an exceptionally fine day.)
But the fucking library closes in 15 minutes. Bastards.
Hey! What? You want rich people to have to pay taxes so libraries can stay open on Saturday nights? What kind of an Islamofascists commie are you?
Hecate!
Check out this eagle cam. The eaglets look like they're thinking about flying.
I was a high school kid during the Summer of Love.
Since she normally claims to be 49, she's lying somewhere here... I know, I know - no fucking surprise!
Maybe she meant the Summer of Love in syndication on Saturday TV.
Ack slanties.
Bottom line: She's really fucking stupid if she thinks readers can't do the math and calculate that if she's 49, she was a very precocious 9 year old in high school then.
The bed has been made. Sheets have been laid.
Bluenose Marathon tomorrow, of course it'll be wet!
(Though last year was an exceptionally fine day.)
SteveNS
My first spring here (2005), it was one degree, rainy, with 100+ k winds. The winning time for the marathon was 2:57.
I've been fine with these winters, it's the springs that still get to me.
she was a very precocious 9 year old in high school then.
It just shows how fucking smaht she is.
The bed has been made. Sheets have been laid.
Emotional Bliss time???
In case you didn't know... sheets!!!
My first spring here (2005), it was one degree, rainy, with 100+ k winds. The winning time for the marathon was 2:57.
I've been fine with these winters, it's the springs that still get to me.
I ran it the year before when it was a balmy 4 degrees and raining.
Springs here really do suck. I had 4 inches of snow staring me in the face Thursday morning.
NTodd, O expert on all things scifi, and I mean that! Do you happen to remember a space movie that took place on some planet where the miners were attacked by little underground robots but only after dark?
Colbert/Penn Meta-Free-Phor-All.
Thanks for pointing that out, Gummo.
you are going to run out of ponys
it's more than just the 34% to 64%...
(with 2% missing apparently)
46% "Strongly Disapprove" & another 17% "somewhat disapprove"
46%? that's massive
only 14% "strongly approve"
so why are we afraid of impeachment again?
My little pony. LOL.
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 5:02 pm | #
Was Santa in it?
DWD - Dirty Fucking Hippy | Homepage | 05.19.07 - 5:02 pm |
Recent, eighties, seventies?
Cute horsey
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