How about this lineup, assuming Edwards and Obama don't wind up on the ticket.
HUD Obama
HHS Edwards
AG Fitzgerald
Secretary of State Clark
Interior Bobby Kennedy Jr.
Commerce Bloomberg
Richardson somewhere.
not Biden. NO, not Biden. He puts his foot in his mouth waay too much. Maybe ambassador to some country that we don't like but don't care anything about. the Vatican, maybe.
-30- |
07.28.07 - 4:52 pm | #
arrest cindy sheehan before she gets elected!
notaboomer
Her run for public office is purely symbolic.
Even SHE knows she's not going to get elected. Not against Nancy Pelosi.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 4:53 pm | #
Well, Strom Thurmond was in the senate for more years, and the Washington, D. C. gerbil population flourished, some black women got knocked up. And he slobbered over me like a black bear breaking into a beehive. Brian Lamb used to say he wanted to put us on cspan just to show cable viewers that a racist could do black face.
-Liddy Dole
bebe rebozo |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 4:53 pm | #
Making Biden Secretary of State will also free up a slot on the Sabbath Day morning gasbag talk shows.
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Agent Orange |
07.28.07 - 4:53 pm | #
John Edwards wouldn't be a bad choice for Attorney General.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 4:54 pm | #
Secretary of State Clark
SecDef.
i would lean to kerry for sec state. but not biden.
I don't think he has the brains nor the temprement to be a good Secretary of State. But yeah, we need new blood in the Senate. More and better Dems.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 4:54 pm | #
How about Howard Dean for Surgeon General?
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 4:54 pm | #
Put him in charge of the President's Task Force Against Plagiarism.
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 4:55 pm | #
How about Howard Dean for Surgeon General?
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs | 07.28.07 - 4:54 pm | # ooh, what a great idea.
-30- |
07.28.07 - 4:55 pm | #
If Biden voted for the AUMF, he was not 5 steps ahead of this mess. Not even one step. He was behind this mess.
It is to his credit if he has managed to get out in front of this mess, but he has not been 5 steps ahead.
And that is just one issue.
Snow, Liberal |
07.28.07 - 4:55 pm | #
How about Howard Dean for Surgeon General?
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs
Craptastic Secretary of Energy. I think he can go back to the West and talk about how great guns are.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 4:55 pm | #
Or the Special Rogaine Advisor to the President.
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 4:56 pm | #
I don't think he has the brains nor the temprement to be a good Secretary of State. But yeah, we need new blood in the Senate. More and better Dems.
Then stick him somewhere like Transportation or HUD?
John Edwards wouldn't be a bad choice for Attorney General.
Or President.
Snow, Liberal |
07.28.07 - 4:58 pm | #
How about Howard Dean for Surgeon General?
Excellent! Or head of HHS
spinoza-non ridere, non lugare |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 4:58 pm | #
"Biden's been in the Senate for 34 years."
They say he's five hundred pounds of bottom-dwelling fury, don't you know. No one knows how old he is, but if you ask me (and most people do), he's hundred years if he's a day.
Clerk |
07.28.07 - 4:58 pm | #
You know you need a cat break.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 4:58 pm | #
Secretary of State Clark
SecDef.
i would lean to kerry for sec state. but not biden.
NOT gonna happen.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 4:58 pm | #
as much as i loves me some biden chat, i am out west and saturday is when we clean our guns--err trim our hedges. assalam aleku
notaboomer |
07.28.07 - 4:58 pm | #
i would definitely support putting biden in the cabinet, but only if the door is securely locked.
Hell no, he'd always be wanting a Last Shot.
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 5:00 pm | #
Well, I am sure this will attract the screaming banshees from hell. But I would like to see Nader as Atty General.
spinoza-non ridere, non lugare |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:00 pm | #
No wonder Chesapeake Bay is dying.
Doug Watts, lindane free. |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:00 pm | #
And lose the liquor? Hell no. Gun cabinet maybe.
Snow, Liberal | 07.28.07 - 4:59 pm | #
I say we lock him in the water closet and toss the key.
therealhellkitty |
07.28.07 - 5:01 pm | #
But I would like to see Nader as Atty General.
spinoza-non ridere, non lugare | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 5:00 pm |
I cannot tell a lie. I had a 75-minute nap.
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:01 pm | #
spinoza,
No, Nader does not get rewarded with a job like that. Plus, he's old and a sell-out. The next AG is going to have to be a workaholic to clean the Augean Stables.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:02 pm | #
"I am sure this will attract the screaming banshees from hell."
I think it's sad that you equate friendliness with wimpiness, and I hope it'll keep you from ever achieving true popularity.
Lisa Marie Simpson |
07.28.07 - 5:02 pm | #
nah. more like heading up the fda. that would be good.
I would be ok with that too. Anything to scare the shit out of corporations.
spinoza-non ridere, non lugare |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:02 pm | #
I say we lock him in the water closet and toss the key.
What if Wanker NTodd has to poop?
Snow, Liberal |
07.28.07 - 5:02 pm | #
If Biden's been in the Senate for 34 years, he came in with the Watergage class of '74.
Mebbe it's time he left with the Throw the Bums Out Class of '08.
Mirele |
07.28.07 - 5:02 pm | #
What if Wanker NTodd has to poop?
Snow, Liberal | 07.28.07 - 5:02 pm | #
you and I both know that bears shit in the woods.
therealhellkitty |
07.28.07 - 5:03 pm | #
oy answer to AllTheDooDahDay from below
Biden said at the time that Saddam was not someone to leave alone but he never backed the pre-emptive shit and he always insisted that dear leader make explicit the treasure and life that this "venture" entailed.
So we have suffered the poor treatment of vets.
the paying for war by supplimental off budget and no sacrifice from USA in general but we ride wave after wave of
the general lies and deceit that got us here
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:03 pm | #
What if Wanker NTodd has to poop?
Snow, Liberal
Then he goes in the back yard, like he always does.
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 5:03 pm | #
But I would like to see Nader as Atty General.
Men's room attendant at the Pentagon.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:03 pm | #
Leslie Gelb should be head of the Forest Service, so he can prevent it from smoking.
Doug Watts, lindane free. |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:03 pm | #
Iraqis can discuss a partition if they want. It's none of our business.
We've "partitioned" that place and its people enough as it is ...
Doug Watts, lindane free. | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 4:57 pm |
In theory, this sounds fine, it's their choice.
But they have had 4 plus years of violence and civil war, and partition as result of fear and violence and the resulting massive population transfer doesn't have a good track record.
They're fucked for the future, whatever happens.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
07.28.07 - 5:03 pm | #
The next AG is going to have to be a workaholic to clean the Augean Stables.
David Iglasies? Rachel Paulose??? Fred Thompson?????
Zap Rowsdower, Homebody |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:04 pm | #
It would be entertaining to make Nader Head of the NHTSA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administartion.
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Agent Orange |
07.28.07 - 5:04 pm | #
Well, A, what are we gonna do with Ted Kennedy? I'm 63, and I was too young to vote for him the first time he ran for the Senate, 1962. But I think he should be left right were he is so when he have 67 Dem senators we can finally put thru Ted's entire agenda, including same sex marriage which he's been in favor of since the 60's! Here's his most famous line:"Medicare for all, cradle to grave!" Nice little talking point, huh? He would probably resign with nothing left to do.
Andre |
07.28.07 - 5:04 pm | #
Just to piss off the wingnuts.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:04 pm | #
Well, I am sure this will attract the screaming banshees from hell. But I would like to see Nader as Atty General.
That would be cool.
When I vote for state offices, I often go for the non-status quo candidates in specific positions. Like a Libertarian for AG, a Green for SecState, Natural Law for Auditor...
NTodd, More Awesomer |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:04 pm | #
No, Nader does not get rewarded with a job like that. Plus, he's old and a sell-out. The next AG is going to have to be a workaholic to clean the Augean Stables.
I don't think that is quite right. He may be fucking insane and steering his own path. A sell-out is someone like Lieberman (to Israel) or Giuliani (to fear and fascism).
spinoza-non ridere, non lugare |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:05 pm | #
The next AG is going to have to be a workaholic to clean the Augean Stables.
David Iglasies? Rachel Paulose??? Fred Thompson?????
Zap Rowsdower, Homebody
The horses in the Stables might not like Thompson's manly aroma.
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Agent Orange |
07.28.07 - 5:05 pm | #
Well, A, what are we gonna do with Ted Kennedy? I'm 63, and I was too young to vote for him the first time he ran for the Senate, 1962. But I think he should be left right were he is so when he have 67 Dem senators we can finally put thru Ted's entire agenda, including same sex marriage which he's been in favor of since the 60's! Here's his most famous line:"Medicare for all, cradle to grave!" Nice little talking point, huh? He would probably resign with nothing left to do.
Andre
Ted is no saint, but I can find no fault with his political career.
The only way he's leaving the Senate is feet first.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:05 pm | #
I would not want Nader in my Govt.
I would not trust him to be passing secrets to the Repigs.
sally |
07.28.07 - 5:05 pm | #
look peeps
Biden's reign was as predictable in our small state as Roth.
I am not wxcusing him and in fact - shoudl he go to cabinet god help us if some of the power muck that we suffer here in DE would jump to power.
I have been a part of a bit of revolution with some of the local radio that have offered alternative media to the otherwise non-alient hordes. Biden with all of his faults is not half as insideous as CARPER whom you all do not even fucking know.
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:06 pm | #
Ok Ok. Patrick Fitzgerald as AG.
spinoza-non ridere, non lugare |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:06 pm | #
Biden said at the time that Saddam was not someone to leave alone but he never backed the pre-emptive shit and he always insisted that dear leader make explicit the treasure and life that this "venture" entailed.
Did he vote for the AUMF? That is all there is. His words mean nothing if he voted for it.
Snow, Liberal |
07.28.07 - 5:06 pm | #
I would not want Nader in my Govt.
I would not trust him to be passing secrets to the Repigs.
sally
Word! Fuck Nader.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:06 pm | #
John Edwards wouldn't be a bad choice for Attorney General.
Or President.
Let's go for the latter.
billy b - toys in the attic |
07.28.07 - 5:07 pm | #
The next AG is going to have to be a workaholic to clean the Augean Stables.
When you take Republican $$$$ to run against Dems, you're a sell out. He's more interested in Ralph Nader than anyone else. There are plenty of good people who haven't screwed us over the way Nader did. Even on election day itself, he could still have told his people in Florida to vote for Gore. He didnt do it. No Democrat is going to appoint him to an important position.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:07 pm | #
Ok Ok. Patrick Fitzgerald as AG.
spinoza-non ridere, non lugare
THAT, I'm liking.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:08 pm | #
non-salient hordes...
must I stuff myself with crab and sit on the side of the oven for y'all!
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:08 pm | #
Nancy Willing | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 5:06 pm | #
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Well said. Remember, the Senate since 1994 could have had from Massachusetts:
Whose administration are we talking about? If it's Hillary, you might as well keep Condi.
el grande gringo |
07.28.07 - 5:08 pm | #
Biden was elected in 1972, not 1974 (Nixon landslide year), defeating J. Caleb Boggs, longtime Delaware GOP Senator if I recall correctly. He was in his early 30s. He almost gave up the seat before being sworn in - tragically his wife and IIRC one child was killed in a car crash shortly after the election.
If he gave up the seat, ex-Governor and now Rep Castle, a moderate Republican, could be a strong candidate to win the race statewide. He should stay in the Senate.
hopeless pedant |
07.28.07 - 5:08 pm | #
I'd like to see Kucinich in a cabinet post, but where?
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:08 pm | #
spinoza,
No, Nader does not get rewarded with a job like that. Plus, he's old and a sell-out. The next AG is going to have to be a workaholic to clean the Augean Stables.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 5:02 pm
I would not trust him to be passing secrets to the Repigs.
Sorry.
While Nader is no friend to the left because of his run, he's no more a friend to the right except for being a distraction.
Either way, he doesn't merit a job in government. That much I'll agree on.
Zap Rowsdower, Homebody |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:09 pm | #
Does anyone here take ActoPlus Met for diabetes? My doc put me on it last week when I found out I have diabetes, and I have felt pretty much like shit since then (weak and lightheaded). I also don't like the news I'm reading about the Actos portion of the medication (may cause heart failure in people who don'thave a previous history of same), either. I have a call into the doc to get changed over to plain old metformin. I'm wondering if anyone else here has experience with this stuff.
Mirele |
07.28.07 - 5:09 pm | #
Biden with all of his faults is not half as insideous as CARPER whom you all do not even fucking know.
Nancy Willing
I always liked the guy.
-Tom Capano
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Agent Orange |
07.28.07 - 5:09 pm | #
Wes Clark for Sec Defense
hands down
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:09 pm | #
I'd like to see Kucinich in a cabinet post, but where?
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs
Joe Biden is a tool for the credit card companies which enslave the American people.
Gilly Gonzylon |
07.28.07 - 5:10 pm | #
Off to babysit G/Son. You lovely Moonbats have a wonderful evening.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:10 pm | #
I always liked the guy.
-Tom Capano
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Agent Orange
I've read no less than four books on that case.
Since it was local, it's always fascinated the hell out of me, for some reason.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:11 pm | #
Kucinich should be incharge of Bureau of Indian Affairs because he looks like Tonto to me.
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 5:11 pm | #
When I vote for state offices, I often go for the non-status quo candidates in specific positions. Like a Libertarian for AG, a Green for SecState, Natural Law for Auditor...
NTodd, More Awesomer
Why, cause their the best people for the job, or you just because you have long eyelashes?
ag |
07.28.07 - 5:11 pm | #
How about someone with more melanin?
Naider's White Raiders | 07.28.07 - 5:10 pm | #
Did he vote for the AUMF? That is all there is. His words mean nothing if he voted for it.
Snow, Libera
yes he did
perhaps n'uff said
who then for pres..realistically when $$$ is the benchmark and the frontrunners include Clinton on top.
I personally want Edwards and like Obama.
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:11 pm | #
Nader would never succeed in government. Regardless of what he did to Al Gore and what he's saying about Democrats now, he could never function as a team player. He works best as an outsider, and that's where he should stay.
-30- |
07.28.07 - 5:11 pm | #
Kucinich should be incharge of Bureau of Indian Affairs because he looks like Tonto to me.
Gomez
"You say hurtful things, Keem-O-Sabe!"
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:11 pm | #
Nader lost me when he argued that it doesn't matter which of the two parties are in power and that in fact having the Republicans in power is better because people will wake up to the beauty of Ralph Nader sooner that way.
Given that people have died for the difference that exists between the two main parties, sluggish inane creatures as they both are, what Nader said was unforgivable for me.
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:12 pm | #
I'd like to see Kucinich in a cabinet post, but where?
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs
Secretary of Defense, where else?
DWD - White Haired Guy |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:12 pm | #
I do think one additional (not the most important, to be sure, but nontrivial) advantage of having a Democratic presidency is that some people like Joe Biden are put into the Cabinet, freeing their Lifetime Senate Seat up for some new blood.
It's a valid point...although it's possibly the least exciting "advantage" I've ever come across.
But I guess you drag the country back towards sanity with the deluded, garrulous, pseudo-liberal douchebags you have, not the ones you'd like to have.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:12 pm | #
Secretary of Defense, where else?
DWD - White Haired Guy | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 5:12 pm | #
But I guess you drag the country back towards sanity with the deluded, garrulous, pseudo-liberal douchebags you have, not the ones you'd like to have.
Phila
*
FUCKING word
like I cautioned
better tread carefully not to get more of the same Delaware slime into the Senate that is likely to follow.
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:14 pm | #
Bill Clinton as Secretary of the UN?
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:14 pm | #
who then for pres..realistically when $$$ is the benchmark and the frontrunners include Clinton on top.
Edwards is the only choice. I would say Dodd also, but he is too far behind to get to the front. We're talking about less than 5 months really.
Snow, Liberal |
07.28.07 - 5:14 pm | #
I'd appoint nobody to Secretary of Defense so we can defund the fucker by 90 percent and create the Department of National Free Health Care.
Doug Watts, lindane free. |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:15 pm | #
What about Size Berlin - President of Hair Club for men ?
Gilly Gonzylon |
07.28.07 - 5:15 pm | #
I'd like a lesbian folksinger as SoS, ideally. Failing that, I'd like a mime who works in the nude.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:15 pm | #
not civilian for 10 years in 2009. Can't be SecDef until Summer 2010.
Buckeye
I STILL like my lineup proposal, mentioned earlier, though lots of ideas here are great.
Clark is one smart dude, well traveled, Rhodes scholar, I believe, and very aware of the damage these idiots have done to our standing in the world.
HUD Obama
HHS Edwards
AG Fitzgerald
Secretary of State Clark
Interior Bobby Kennedy Jr.
Commerce Bloomberg
Wes is on fire, committed to our military and as righteous as anyone I have every seen (in a good way)
I want him as Sec Defense.
any limitation on Sec State? put him there for a year and then trade off.
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:16 pm | #
ex-Governor and now Rep Castle, a moderate Republican, could be a strong candidate to win the race statewide. He should stay in the Senate.
hopeless pedant
Castle is no moderate. He votes with the regime over and over.
ql-was in NY |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:16 pm | #
When will Hillary get her Millie Jackson moment ?
Doug Watts, lindane free. |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:16 pm | #
I would be more picky. There arent many punters in the NFL HOF.
Gomez
Well, now you're talking. If Ray Guy is not in Canton, he should be. And Art Monk as well.
MP |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:16 pm | #
"What's this "we" shit, white man?"
Americanize this, my good man.
Bartholomew Jojo Simpson |
07.28.07 - 5:16 pm | #
defund the fucker by 90 percent
Save some money for a sign that reads "free stuff".
Snow, Liberal |
07.28.07 - 5:17 pm | #
Castle is no moderate. He votes with the regime over and over.
ql-was in NY
THESE days, any Repugnican to the left of Adolf Hitler is considered "moderate."
Fuck, Dick Nixon and Barry Goldwater would get called "liberals" by THIS bunch of fascists.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:17 pm | #
just put it on the lid so you remember to lift it up first. It will also go well with the shreds of the Constitution on the roll.
therealhellkitty |
07.28.07 - 5:18 pm | #
It was more promising when we did that Atriots cabinet proposal.
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:18 pm | #
If Ray Guy is not in Canton, he should be.
Damn good punter.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:18 pm | #
I'd like a lesbian folksinger as SoS, ideally. Failing that, I'd like a mime who works in the nude.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint
Janis Ian!
Holly Near!
(Damn near any of them?)
DWD - White Haired Guy |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:18 pm | #
I'd put Hollywood liberals in all of the positions, just as an ultimate fuck you to the ghouls of the right.
Warren Beatty - Head of Homeland Security
Ben Affleck - Sec of State
Jane Fonda - Secretary of Defense
Gilly Gonzylon |
07.28.07 - 5:18 pm | #
Castle is no moderate. He votes with the regime over and over.
ql-was in NY
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WORD
I'd like to see Kucinich in a cabinet post, but where?
Department of Peace, natch.
NTodd, More Awesomer |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:19 pm | #
I STILL like my lineup proposal, mentioned earlier, though lots of ideas here are great.
Clark is one smart dude, well traveled, Rhodes scholar, I believe, and very aware of the damage these idiots have done to our standing in the world.
HUD Obama
HHS Edwards
AG Fitzgerald
Secretary of State Clark
Interior Bobby Kennedy Jr.
Commerce Bloomberg
-30- | 07.28.07 - 5:15 pm |
I like this.
Who'd be National Security Advisor?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
07.28.07 - 5:19 pm | #
It was more promising when we did that Atriots cabinet proposal.
echidne | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 5:18 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
I know I got a position, but I can't remember what it was....
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:19 pm | #
Holly Near!
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LOVE me some Holly Near!~
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:19 pm | #
"Failing that, I'd like a mime who works in the nude."
That would so piss off the French. They have wanted to something similar but didn't have the guts.
EkC |
07.28.07 - 5:19 pm | #
It was more promising when we did that Atriots cabinet proposal.
I agree.
I also liked Athenae's proposal to start an Eschatonian-run newspaper.
Zap Rowsdower, Homebody |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:19 pm | #
Why, cause their the best people for the job, or you just because you have long eyelashes?
Because I'm trying to shake up the status quo.
NTodd, More Awesomer |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:19 pm | #
Jane Fonda - Secretary of Defense
Gilly Gonzylon | 07.28.07 - 5:18 pm | #
Sean Hannity - Secretary of Beeyotch !
Gilly Gonzylon |
07.28.07 - 5:20 pm | #
It was more promising when we did that Atriots cabinet proposal.
echidne
I just want six months in charge of the Department of Education: K? Then I promise to go away forever and ensconce myself in my little (newly cleaned) room with my books and my computer and my music.
(But what a six months that would be - my God, you would not think there could possibly be that many headlines out of the Education Department!)
DWD - White Haired Guy |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:20 pm | #
the way Biden comes off for me
I'd like to see him in a real cabinet secured by a force field where he'll be safe from those who scare him
AllTheDooDahDay |
07.28.07 - 5:20 pm | #
I'd like to see Kucinich in a cabinet post, but where?
Department of Peace, natch.
NTodd
Peace Czar dude~!
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:20 pm | #
Phila, Pizen Sarpint, interesting. Thank goddess that it wasn't another one of the other type of links... I have a sick dog to mind right now.
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:20 pm | #
I'd like to see him in a real cabinet secured by a force field where he'll be safe from those who scare him
AllTheDooDahDay
*
well,
he is a good (?) catholic boy with all of the ensuing myths and scary iconic fables
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:21 pm | #
"Commerce Bloomberg"
... once upon a time, there was a big mean lion who got a thorn in his paw. All the village people tried to pull it out, but nobody was strong enough! So, they got Hercules. And Hercules used his mighty strength, and Bingo! Anyway, the moral is, the lion was so happy, he gave Hercules this big... thing... of riches.
Homer Jay Simpson |
07.28.07 - 5:21 pm | #
George Clooney - Secretary of Entertainment.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:21 pm | #
Secy. of State - Mike Ditka
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 5:22 pm | #
Department of Peace, natch.
NTodd
Peace Czar dude~!
Nancy Willing |
Phila, Pizen Sarpint, interesting. Thank goddess that it wasn't another one of the other type of links... I have a sick dog to mind right now.
echidne | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 5:20 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
After that one article, I've refrained from sending you several things I think would've upset you.
I hate the feeling of having to write something, completely against one's will. I just wrote an 8-page response to a troll at my place, despite not wanting to at all, simply because I couldn't relax until I did.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:23 pm | #
You should send them, Phila. Even when it hurts, because it hurts worse if nobody argues back, in the long run.
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:24 pm | #
Kucinich should be incharge of Bureau of Indian Affairs because he looks like Tonto to me.
Dennie reminds me of Mr. Potato Head.
billy b - toys in the attic |
07.28.07 - 5:24 pm | #
Secy. of the Interior - Bob Vila
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 5:25 pm | #
After Biden supported the banksruptcy bill I was thinking of putting him in jail. It would be nice however to have a good democrat senator from Delaware for a change.
Loophole |
07.28.07 - 5:25 pm | #
I have three of those green crickets on my desk right now. It's raining very hard outside and they came in for some shelter. Cute.
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:25 pm | #
Secretary of the Navy - Gavin MacLoed.
MP |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:26 pm | #
Mara Liasson just pulled a Nedra Pickler on NPR--saying Clinton had said it was naive of Obama to say he would meet with leaders of 5 countries on the outs with the US in his first year as president. Clinton, you may recall, had used his answer as an opportunity to say, essentially, hey, young'un, you do lower level diplomatic preps first, dude.
Well, Mara went on to say ""But Clinton herself had criticized the Bush administration for not interacting diplomatically with several key countries and that she would remedy that as prez." Or words to that effect.
No fricken' mention that Clinton was criticizing BushBoy for having almost zero diplomatic activity with any nation which didn't juat go along with his plans. Sheesh.
But it was comparing apples to oranges used the favored MCM* mode of saying a Dem says X, but at some time said Y. No real comparison, but the construction makes it look as if the Dem involved is flip-flopping. And we all know how they luvvvvv that kind of attack.
She went on to talk about Obama's arguments, the back and forth.
These MCMers do love them some friction between Dems.
*MCM--Mainstream Corporate Media (MCMers--member of same)
jawbone |
07.28.07 - 5:26 pm | #
You'll get a coke. IN HELL!
NTodd, More Awesomer |
that's fine. i'll be there soon, and no doubt even thirstier.
I hate the feeling of having to write something, completely against one's will. I just wrote an 8-page response to a troll at my place, despite not wanting to at all, simply because I couldn't relax until I did.
I recommend taking up heroin.
NTodd, More Awesomer |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:26 pm | #
"Secy. of the Interior - Bob Vila"
Nah. No way.
Norm.
"So, Norm, what are we doing today?"
"Where the fuck you get this 'we' shit, Bob?? I'm doin' all the work!"
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.28.07 - 5:26 pm | #
Wes Clark at State
Richard Clark Security Adviser
Elliot Spitzer AG
Defense Jim Webb
trifecta
Oh now, yer gettin all effective appointments on us.
MP |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:31 pm | #
Head of the FCC - Howard Stern
Gilly Gonzylon |
07.28.07 - 5:32 pm | #
"Where the fuck you get this 'we' shit, Bob?? I'm doin' all the work!"
Supreme Commander Thor
Bob went to the Marlon Perkins School of TV hosting.
MP
Hey, them goddamn lions will rip you a new asshole. Of course you're gonna send Jim Fowler out to pull on the lion's tail.
Then again, Marlon did get whacked by those venomous snakes when he was doing Zoo Parade.
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.28.07 - 5:32 pm | #
I personally would not have Joe Biden in my cabinet--he just shoots wildly from the hip too often and his verbal gaffes would be a constant source of press criticsm, etc. No, not a good cabinet guy. Just toooo mouthy without thinking about what he actually says.
jawbone |
07.28.07 - 5:32 pm | #
Who would be Tony Snow?
Joseph Goebbels?
NTodd, More Awesomer |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:32 pm | #
Head of the FCC - Howard Stern
With more lesbian and stripper programming!
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.28.07 - 5:32 pm | #
one of the things that concerns me about this cycle is that we appear to have a race between a freshman senator with no career in the House, and another senator with no time in the House who's barely into her second term.
I think I understand why people are frustrated with Biden and Dodd. And hell, even I'm pissed at Kerry. And Kennedy is unelectable.
But why can't we get somebody in there with some historical perspective? somebody who understands how Washington works? what's wrong with Levin? Durbin? Feingold? Rockefeller?
theodoric |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:32 pm | #
Secretary of Labor: Norma Rae
Zap Rowsdower, Homebody |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:32 pm | #
I am going to go out on a limb here on the Secretary of Education.
hey, what is this "kill/hide comment" stuff? i see it copy/pasted, but not on comments.
It's a Greasemonkey script called killfile.
Snow, Liberal |
07.28.07 - 5:33 pm | #
I am going to go out on a limb here on the Secretary of Education.
Eddie Izzard.
Perfect counter to Spellings. Better dresser, too.
NTodd, More Awesomer |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:33 pm | #
But why can't we get somebody in there with some historical perspective? somebody who understands how Washington works? what's wrong with Levin? Durbin? Feingold? Rockefeller?
They are not running. But actually Hillary Clinton does have the background on how to run a White House. It's just that she has it from an unusual angle.
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:34 pm | #
Secretary of Defense Jim Webb
trifecta
That could work.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:34 pm | #
...and put Christopher Hitchens in charge of "faith based initiatives"
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:34 pm | #
"Perfect counter to Spellings. Better dresser, too."
Well it is an executive post right?
EkCenTriK |
07.28.07 - 5:34 pm | #
It's a Greasemonkey script called killfile.
Snow, Liberal | 07.28.07 - 5:33 pm | #
That's the guy can't remember anything anymore.
me-again |
07.28.07 - 5:34 pm | #
..and put Christopher Hitchens in charge of "faith based initiatives"
Into the duckpit with out Chris!
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:35 pm | #
You should send them, Phila. Even when it hurts, because it hurts worse if nobody argues back, in the long run.
echidne | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 5:24 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
Yeah, I suppose. That's the logic I use in responding to climate denial stuff, even though it feels futile most of the time...
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:35 pm | #
Jeez. With OUR Chris
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:35 pm | #
I am going to go out on a limb here on the Secretary of Education.
Eddie Izzard.
Maybe we could get a Dalek for Sec of Defense:
"We're considering our options--"
"EX-TERM-I-NATE!"
"But, sir, we need to--"
"EX-TERM-I-NATE! YOU-WILL-O-BEY!"
Jebus Chripes on iceskates.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:36 pm | #
But why can't we get somebody in there with some historical perspective? somebody who understands how Washington works? what's wrong with Levin? Durbin? Feingold? Rockefeller?
theodoric | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 5:32 p
In Biden's case, he can use that experience where he is. I don't want him in a cabinent position.
And you have lots of people who have those qualities, doens't mean they have be currently in the Senate/House.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
07.28.07 - 5:36 pm | #
More yard work to do. But it was a fun read.
EkCenTriK |
07.28.07 - 5:36 pm | #
...and put Christopher Hitchens in charge of "faith based initiatives"
There's only one cabinet in the White House Snitchens is interested in--
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.28.07 - 5:36 pm | #
That could work.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs
It will work. Whoever is the unfortunate fuck to get the keys in '08 will not have the luxury to fuck up with impunity.
MP |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:36 pm | #
Biden's a smug blowhard who would trample his own grandmother to get to a microphone. Make him Ambasador to Luxemburg or something to keep him off the air.
Cartman |
07.28.07 - 5:37 pm | #
Killfile.
NTodd, More Awesomer |
ah.
thanks.
now that i have progressive lenses, maybe i can switch from opera to firefox.
You're into MacGyver? That show was so stupid! "Oh, I'm MacGyver! I can make a bomb out of a banana peel and a toaster!"
Your Next SecDef |
07.28.07 - 5:38 pm | #
The only thing I LIKE about Hitchens is that he isn't into the religion bullshit.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:39 pm | #
so you are saying it is a gumblefrinch in the worts?
Greasemonkey is a program you can install that will affect your internet browser by using scripts adapted to certain browser or website features.
Killfile is adapted to modify Haloscan comments allowing you to block a commenter (kill) or block a comment (hide comment).
Snow, Liberal |
07.28.07 - 5:39 pm | #
Very well, come on in. Perhaps I have something I can scald you with.
C'mon, this way we get our entertainment out of both parties.
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:39 pm | #
You're into MacGyver? That show was so stupid! "Oh, I'm MacGyver! I can make a bomb out of a banana peel and a toaster!"
Your Next SecDef
Selma and Patti Bouvier are going to get you for that.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:39 pm | #
Wes Clark at State
Richard Clark Security Adviser
Elliot Spitzer AG
Defense Jim Webb
trifecta
*
yup!!
I am out - favorite brother Frank has called to meet him for dinner on Main Street.
Atriots are speaking the currency of a new millenium
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:39 pm | #
Plus, he (Nader) would never do it.
the confirmation hearings are fun to think about, though.
theodoric |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:40 pm | #
CIA Chief - Valerie Wilson
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 5:40 pm | #
Plus, he would never do it.
jawbone | 07.28.07 - 5:35 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
I betcha he would.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:40 pm | #
CIA Chief - Valerie Wilson
Gomez
Oh, I definitely LIKE that!
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs |
07.28.07 - 5:40 pm | #
You're into MacGyver? That show was so stupid! "Oh, I'm MacGyver! I can make a bomb out of a banana peel and a toaster!"
That was a banana peel, a toaster AND an air freshener. The pine tree ones. And add some cheery flavored bubble gum to the mix . . . just step off, I'm tellin' ya.
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.28.07 - 5:40 pm | #
You're into MacGyver? That show was so stupid! "Oh, I'm MacGyver! I can make a bomb out of a banana peel and a toaster!"
Under the right circumstances you only need the toaster.
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:41 pm | #
Funding for faith-based initiatives needs to be sent to the dustbin of hell.
mer |
07.28.07 - 5:41 pm | #
Success.
Wrestled Vista to its knees - what an incredibly lousy setup system to the intertubes.
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GWPDA, Old Telecom Nerd |
07.28.07 - 5:41 pm | #
Plus, he (Nader) would never do it.
Nader-nadir = no fucking way in teh worst way
Nancy Willing |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:41 pm | #
Finally found the Atrios quote in Slaughter's wanker earning commentary. I'd been looking for a hyperlink.
Amazing that she had no links whatsoever for anything she quoted from blogs--which would be, one would think, a no brainer. Now, maybe she didn't do the linking, but then the WaPo sucks big time as well.
However, if a Princeton professor is quoting things, why no sourcing? I mean, she has a mean and nasty about Hillary--but maybe she made it up, since she has no citation. If that's how she writes scholarly papers, woe is unto Princeton. Sheesh. What a lousy role model.
jawbone |
07.28.07 - 5:42 pm | #
Funding for faith-based initiatives needs to be sent to the dustbin of hell.
mer
Who said it would be funded?
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:42 pm | #
I'm MacGyver! I can make a bomb out of a banana peel and a toaster!"
And slide safely down this 20 story building on this spool of thread.
Sadly, his Swiss Army knife had no contraption to fix a dead career.
MP |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:43 pm | #
Selma and Patti Bouvier are going to get you for that.
Terry C - Wingnuts R WATBs
Although MacGyver could not fix a DHD, even when he had a knife and a paper clip. Loser.
Supreme Commander Thor |
07.28.07 - 5:43 pm | #
"116: Number of U.S. troop suicides in Iraq, which “does not include several dozen still under investigation, nor any of the many cases back in the U.S.” Editor and Publisher notes that the “rising toll of suicides” is “[o]ne of the least covered aspects of the fallout from the Iraq war.”"
Serious-ly |
07.28.07 - 5:43 pm | #
CIA Chief - Valerie Wilson
Gomez
Oh, I definitely LIKE that!
Why? What qualifications does she have to run a large international agency and how would the analysts feel about an operations person running the show?
Snow, Liberal |
07.28.07 - 5:43 pm | #
McGuyver ... rocket launcher out of a tampon cartridge and boraxo ... What a genius! lol
AllTheDooDahDay |
07.28.07 - 5:44 pm | #
If anyone's interested, I've posted some candid photos of prospective GOP candidates who might - as hard as it is to believe - be almost as sexy as Fred Thompson.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:44 pm | #
I'm way more qualified. Plus, I suck personally, as well as professionally.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:47 pm | #
what's wrong with Levin? Durbin? Feingold? Rockefeller?
Two of those named would be considered insufficiently WASPy by the powers-that-be.
Rockefeller ees a DINO of the mentality best described een Peggy Noonan's column today, and hees beegest new idea was for the FCC to regulate television violence. (really, een 2007)
Durbin ees a fine Senator weeth a good record who has all the charisma and telegenic presence of cold mashed potatoes.
(There's no US origins restrictions on cabinet positions, right?)
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:47 pm | #
Wrestled Vista to its knees - what an incredibly lousy setup system to the intertubes.
That's why I had someone else wrestle it for me (ie: getting it installed before we received our laptop).
Then again, I don't know much about that kind of stuff...
Zap Rowsdower, Homebody |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:47 pm | #
Another Advantage of a Democratic Administration
After two full Chimp terms, would there be a downside to a Democratic administration?
Buzz Bomb |
07.28.07 - 5:48 pm | #
Junior has broken all the toys the supremes handed him. The heads of various departments will need to be people that whatever decent, competent, career/rank and file types that haven't already quit can trust and respect.
gullycat, ideologically driven |
07.28.07 - 5:48 pm | #
Science Advisor - Eugenie Scott.
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:49 pm | #
Ah, McGuyver. i always thought that one was just total smack.
then, in the last couple years, i have been watching Mythbusters on the Learning Channel faithfully.
After seasons of exploding overalls, paper crossbows, and salami-fuelled rockets, i'm no longer so sure........
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Cynicus |
07.28.07 - 5:49 pm | #
Biden's been in the Senate for 34 years.
Biden's unholy masters at MBNA are happy with his service.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
07.28.07 - 5:49 pm | #
Secy. of Choking in the Playoffs - Marty Schottenheimer
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 5:50 pm | #
ATF - Hunter Thompson's ghost.
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:50 pm | #
Our gubmint be broke.
We need fixers.
HoneyBearKelly |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:50 pm | #
Wrestled Vista to its knees - what an incredibly lousy setup system to the intertubes.
Biden's unholy masters at MBNA are happy with his service.
Luke - I am your Introductory Rate
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Cynicus |
07.28.07 - 5:52 pm | #
I would humbly suggest that our next President ought to appoint the Very Serious Senator Lieberman as ambassador to Iraq.
Permanently stationed there to more easily facilitate his Daily Huzzah at all of The Astounding Progress We're Making.
MANIMAL! |
07.28.07 - 5:52 pm | #
Cynicus: Luke - I am your Introductory Rate
Now you've done it -- you made me laugh.
In the killfile with you!
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Jeffraham Prestonian |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:53 pm | #
Having a Dem administration will be great and all, but we still must contend with the hordes of "loyal Bushies" that have been seeded all throughout the many departments of the Executive and Judicial Branches. They'll be continuing their pernicious termiting of the supporting pillars of the Republic for years, if not decades.
Buzz Bomb |
07.28.07 - 5:54 pm | #
I would humbly suggest that our next President ought to appoint the Very Serious Senator Lieberman as ambassador to Iraq.
It has been a long time since we've seen one of those really cool Israeli commando rescue missions, isn't it?
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Cynicus |
07.28.07 - 5:54 pm | #
Bureau of Prisons - Paris Hilton
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 5:54 pm | #
hmm. 116/3646 = 3.2%, using the Pentagon's numbers.
anybody have figures for vietnam?
theodoric |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:55 pm | #
Gracias, el gato negro (whose photo I miss sooooooooo mucho)--but my point stands: A Princeton professor used a quote without attribution, which could have been easily done with link.
Of course, had it been made public that her example came from bipartisan defunct blog, it might have undercut her argument. As it does now.
Bad role model. Bad example. Bad professor.
jawbone |
07.28.07 - 5:55 pm | #
Why? What qualifications does she have to run a large international agency and how would the analysts feel about an operations person running the show?
Snow, Liberal | 07.28.07 - 5:43 pm |
Well, they know she won't out agents for political gain.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
07.28.07 - 5:55 pm | #
I would humbly suggest that our next President ought to appoint the Very Serious Senator Lieberman as ambassador to Iraq.
Or Lindsey Graham. And I am hoping to do my part in making Lindsey free for such an appointment.
Snow, Liberal |
07.28.07 - 5:56 pm | #
What's good for terra,
is good for business. |
07.28.07 - 5:56 pm | #
If anyone's interested, I've posted some candid photos of prospective GOP candidates who might - as hard as it is to believe - be almost as sexy as Fred Thompson.
Fred Thompson looks like a lugubrious Dachshund on steroids.
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:56 pm | #
116: Number of U.S. troop suicides in Iraq
Does that include suicides on returning (or before going back)?
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:57 pm | #
Luke - I am your Introductory Rate
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Cynicus
And I wasn't going to laugh today.
gullycat, ideologically driven |
07.28.07 - 5:57 pm | #
Julio Franco is still playing baseball.
There's hope for all of us.
HoneyBearKelly |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:57 pm | #
116: Number of U.S. troop suicides in Iraq
Does that include suicides on returning (or before going back)?
Out of theater, out of mind.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
07.28.07 - 5:57 pm | #
we still must contend with the hordes of "loyal Bushies" that have been seeded all throughout the many departments of the Executive and Judicial Branches.
political appointees. all gone. or do you have evidence that they've been fucking with the civil service? now that'd be an interesting story.
theodoric |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:58 pm | #
Fred Thompson looks like a lugubrious Dachshund on steroids.
echidne | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 5:56 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
I think he looks like an emaciated Tor Johnson.
Phila, Pizen Sarpint |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:58 pm | #
Well, it's something I haven't done for awhile. Nice that the findgers remember.
GWPDA, Old Telecom Nerd |
07.28.07 - 5:58 pm | #
They'll be continuing their pernicious termiting of the supporting pillars of the Republic for years, if not decades.
Buzz Bomb | 07.28.07 - 5:54 pm
Love the image!
The larval stage carpenter ants. Or capenter bees. Or, really nasty, powder post beetles.
jawbone |
07.28.07 - 5:59 pm | #
I was going to say that Thompson resembled a basset hound more than a Dachsund, but that would really be an insult to basset bounds, particularly TBogg's Satchmo and Beckham.
res ipsa loquitur |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 5:59 pm | #
Snow,
Yesterday was your bday? I did not know. Happy birthday, you handsome thing!
res ipsa loquitur |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 6:00 pm | #
I would humbly suggest that our next President ought to appoint the Very Serious Senator Lieberman as ambassador to Iraq.
Jenna Bush. Bipartisanship and all that.
theodoric |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 6:00 pm | #
I was going to say that Thompson resembled a basset hound more than a Dachsund, but that would really be an insult to basset bounds, particularly TBogg's Satchmo and Beckham.
Yes, and I apologize to Dachshunds, too. But Thompson is not sexee.
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 6:00 pm | #
Secy. of Quarterbacks I Fucking Hate - Tom Brady
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 6:00 pm | #
Happy belated birfdays to every deserving Atriot.
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 6:00 pm | #
I was going to say that Thompson resembled a basset hound more than a Dachsund, but that would really be an insult to basset bounds, particularly TBogg's Satchmo and Beckham.
I think he resembles a piece of shit extruded from a tight sphincter.
spinoza |
07.28.07 - 6:00 pm | #
Screwing with the civil service attys is part of the argument that AGAG must have a special prosecutor investigate him. IIRC, the DOJ is investigating the use of politcal loyalty for hiring, especially in the voting rights division.
jawbone |
07.28.07 - 6:00 pm | #
Jenna Bush. Bipartisanship and all that.
Jenna's already slated to be the goodwill ambassador to the entire Argentine first soccer division.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
07.28.07 - 6:01 pm | #
Secy. of Quarterbacks I Fucking Hate - Tom Brady
Gomez
Joey Harrington is the most.
ErinPDX |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 6:01 pm | #
Now, Feingold is not bad looking in a dim light. If we are going to pick the president on looks, why not him? The ears could be taped back.
And yes, I never write like this but I can.
echidne |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 6:01 pm | #
Yeah, I guess those Republican women and men that have crushes on Thompson have a different concept of teh sexy that lil' ole moi.
res ipsa loquitur |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 6:02 pm | #
"A larger issue: There's a subset of commenters here and elsewhere who express disapproval, nay, outrage, whenever attention is paid to anything else besides what they themselves have determined is important. At times I try to understand that anger as constructive criticism, and I've turned my attention to the subjects people have suggested I look at. Other times, that anger feels as though it's a judgment not on what we've decided to post, but upon our entire careers and even characters."
FKA Wonkette |
07.28.07 - 6:02 pm | #
well, i was going to start on the scotch but decided on a chocolate soda instead.
Gee, can't imagine why the Iranians think the US is out to get them.... And the only thing that will protect them is nukes.
jawbone |
07.28.07 - 6:02 pm | #
Solicitor General - David Vitter
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 6:02 pm | #
Microsoft loves shipping beta software.
If you can come up with a better system for getting millions of people to pay you to test your product, I'd like to hear it.
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:03 pm | #
Always avoid their OS's till they are at their 3rd version. Generally not that long before they come out with an entirely new beta OS.
Doug |
07.28.07 - 6:10 pm | #
You haven't thought very deeply about how the defense industry works, i think.
That's not a different system.
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:10 pm | #
Ana Marie Cox should go back to posting about her previous night's assfucking.
Gomez |
07.28.07 - 6:10 pm | #
Microsoft loves shipping beta software.
they couldn't possibly. For that would imply that they are eluding the Invisible Handjob of the Freee Markut, which guarantees the total honesty and reliability of corporations..........
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Cynicus |
07.28.07 - 6:12 pm | #
541 days of Bush left. I'm not sure we can survive it.
echidne
We can. Bush is a loser and a wastrel who has failed at everything including, now, the presidency. He'll begin a drunk that will last to the rest of his life on January 20, 2009 at about 2 PM. Bush will become a bigger punchline than he already is and we'll go on, repair the damage, and move forward.
res ipsa loquitur |
Homepage |
07.28.07 - 6:12 pm | #
Ana Marie Cox should go back to posting about her previous night's assfucking.
And the banal sex lives of personality-free Congressional staffers.
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:12 pm | #
I'm sorry to say that my cabinet lineup included mostly, though not all, white guys. Need more diversity. NSA? Don't know. Someone smart, someone not glued to whoever the president is while not running his/her own foreign policy.
Of coure, we need Al Gore, though I don't know how he could work as a secretary unders someone else. I'd love him as president but I don't think he's going to run. Every time he pops up, NYT and others smack him down.
And DHS? Someone who believes in security but above all, freedom and civil rights. I am sick to death of the bullshit the authoritarianism passing as security. Even one of my faves, Will Bunch, the other day said it was okay to have spent 3 hours detaining the little old lady whose icepacks looked like bombs. Jesus Christ. Get a clue.
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07.28.07 - 6:12 pm | #
If you can come up with a better system for getting millions of people to pay you to test your product, I'd like to hear it.
JeffCO
Can't. However, I depend very little on M$ OS - Mostly I just need a platform to connect to the net. In between Mozilla and WSFTP and an assortment of marginally handmade authoring programmes, I try to avoid the OS as much as possible.
GWPDA, Old Telecom Nerd |
07.28.07 - 6:12 pm | #
Just popping back een to say:
(FKA Wonkette) ~ Biofuels, beetches.
and scrolling down we find out that:
Boy that Joe Klein, he just can't shut up, no?
I had no knowledge before of any animal showing such a propensity for digging such deep holes weeth only hees mouth.
Wonders unceasing.
ho-kay now I go. `dios
ˇEl Gato Negro! |
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07.28.07 - 6:12 pm | #
My insane Lab has struck again. She ate an entire chocolate cake Thursday by climbing on a countertop and reaching on top of the refrigerator, I kid you not. Chocolate is supposed to be horrible for dogs but this one seems impervious to EVERYTHING. She really does get enough to eat. It's just that anything she can smell, she will try to eat.
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07.28.07 - 6:15 pm | #
I had no knowledge before of any animal showing such a propensity for digging such deep holes weeth only hees mouth.
Its how molerats roll.
gullycat, ideologically driven |
07.28.07 - 6:15 pm | #
Evening, patriotz.
Am I the only one outraged by the fact that Chimpy wants to sell $20 billion worth of arms to his pals in Saudi Arabia?
Sinfonian, radio-riffic |
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07.28.07 - 6:16 pm | #
You haven't thought very deeply about how the defense industry works, i think.
the way the defense industry works: demonstrate that your shit doesn't work, then hold the customer hostage until they revise the spec to something you can meet.
theodoric |
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07.28.07 - 6:16 pm | #
Boy that Joe Klein, he just can't shut up, no?
It is rather stunning he would criticize Greenwald for basing a column on "a twig" when he and his ilk base their entire ideologies and careers on stage-whispered asides from the DC cocktail circuit.
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:16 pm | #
Joke Line bases his career on cocktail weenies. Period.
Sinfonian, radio-riffic |
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07.28.07 - 6:17 pm | #
You haven't thought very deeply about how the defense industry works, i think.
That's not a different system.
Perhaps not; but, if there's anywhere where the cost-to-crap ratio is higher than Microsoft, it would be the US defense industry.
From Murphy's Laws of Combat:
Always remember, your weapons and equipment were made by the lowest bidder
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Cynicus |
07.28.07 - 6:17 pm | #
My insane Lab has struck again.
Yes, that's how Labs are. Eating machines and mud machines and licking machines. Be thankful.
echidne |
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07.28.07 - 6:17 pm | #
I think I either got a little heat exhaustion or maybe dehydration. It's not all that hot here, but it's humid as hell. Anyway, I was out walking around (in a hurry) for about half an hour. Then I was in and out of a couple of places with air conditioning and then walking for a while longer. Suddenly, I felt completely exhausted, like I couldn't walk another step, and very, very sleepy. I came home, cranked the A/C and have been sitting here sipping water and only now am I starting to revive.
I should add in the interest of full disclosure that I had a gin and tonic in there someplace, which was probably not the brightest idea.
res ipsa loquitur |
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07.28.07 - 6:18 pm | #
Joke Line has a "kick me" sign on his back.
Unfortunately, he puts it there every time he writes another post.
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I saw a silver lab the other day. A puppy. Had never seen one and it was gorgeous.
res ipsa loquitur |
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07.28.07 - 6:19 pm | #
res - yes, we call that heat prostration. Drink water. Eat a little something. Stick your head in your new icebox. You'll be fine.
Don't do it again.
GWPDA, Old Telecom Nerd |
07.28.07 - 6:19 pm | #
res ipsa, make sure to keep on drinking more than you think you need. Heat exhaustion is not to be trifled with.
It's like wading in water here, too. I type in bikinis.
echidne |
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07.28.07 - 6:19 pm | #
It's just that anything she can smell, she will try to eat.
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And this is wrong because...?
Shaw Kenawe |
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07.28.07 - 6:19 pm | #
So I spend all week on the beach in the D.R. on vacation, and guess where my kids wanted to go this morning?
Yeah, we spent the morning at the beach. And the kiddies were teh cute. Pictures will be up later tonight.
Sinfonian, radio-riffic |
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07.28.07 - 6:20 pm | #
Wes Clark at State
Richard Clark Security Adviser
Elliot Spitzer AG
Defense Jim Webb
trifecta | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 5:30 pm | #
Hmm, very interesting, yes, definitely, Richard Clark from your list. I don't know what's happening to Spitzer except he's damn near imploding as governor because of his self-righteousness. And I voted for him and would again, but I worry.
Webb would be great if we didn't lose a Senate seat in Virginia.
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07.28.07 - 6:21 pm | #
I should add in the interest of full disclosure that I had a gin and tonic in there someplace, which was probably not the brightest idea.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 6:18 pm | #
Thats why I always have a water back in the summer!
dmark |
07.28.07 - 6:21 pm | #
I'm getting you a webcam.
NTodd, More Awesomer |
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07.28.07 - 6:22 pm | #
res ipsa,
It sounds like heat exhaustion, but combined with Bush exhausion, that can be quite serious. Drink lots of water and don't look at any pictures of the Chimp over the next 24 hours.
Now I'm off to St.Joseph's Feast here in Boston's North End.
I had -- and still have -- a little headache, too.
res ipsa loquitur |
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07.28.07 - 6:23 pm | #
I finally figured out an analogy to describe why the old "if you oppose the war, you don't support the troops" thing pisses me off so much.
From now on, I'll counter those mouthbreathers with, "Well, what about 'love the sinner, hate the sin?' " Isn't that mutually exclusive?
Sinfonian, radio-riffic |
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07.28.07 - 6:23 pm | #
The u-midity here is 69%. The dew point is 70 degrees F. But the temperature is only 81.
res ipsa loquitur |
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07.28.07 - 6:23 pm | #
I think I either got a little heat exhaustion
If there's one thing you learn out here it's to stay hydrated. Everyone - and I mean everyone - carries around bottles of water and other impotent potables. When I lived in NY I was mocked for bringing a water bottle to meetings.
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:24 pm | #
Have a few zeppoli for me, Shaw!
res ipsa loquitur |
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07.28.07 - 6:24 pm | #
The u-midity here is 69%. The dew point is 70 degrees F. But the temperature is only 81.
res ipsa loquitur
Stay out of Houston. 69% humidity is considered "dry".
Rmj, Sylar's Evil Twin |
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07.28.07 - 6:24 pm | #
Now I'm off to St.Joseph's Feast here in Boston's North End.
How do you make a feast out of all those childrens' aspirins?
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Cynicus |
07.28.07 - 6:24 pm | #
Phil Collins - Secretary of Sucky Music
Gilly Gonzylon |
07.28.07 - 6:25 pm | #
When I lived in NY I was mocked for bringing a water bottle to meetings.
JeffCO
WHoa! Did I know that you lived here?
Where? When? Deets, please?
res ipsa loquitur |
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07.28.07 - 6:25 pm | #
The u-midity here is 69%. The dew point is 70 degrees F. But the temperature is only 81. res
You go together like traffic and weather.
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:25 pm | #
Okay, I'll come back when my transparency here wears off ... besides, my kids want me to sit with them. Who am I to say no?
Yes, that's how Labs are. Eating machines and mud machines and licking machines. Be thankful.
echidne | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 6:17 pm | #
I'm sure I've mentioned the lab previously under my other name, but in her less than 2 years of life, she has, among other things, eaten two bicyle seats, multiple cords, boots, etc., the cable on the side of the house, twice, and, the topper, the fuel sensor under the car, which cost me $500 to repair. She's just finally beginning to calm down. I continue to be amazed by her immunity to chocolate, though. She's a great, great dog, though, wouldn't trade her for the world. The cable guy disagrees but fuck him.
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07.28.07 - 6:25 pm | #
You like boogie with some heidi hoes?
cob |
07.28.07 - 6:26 pm | #
Where? When? Deets, please? res
Upstate for 2 years a few years ago. I realize upstate to you means anything north or west of Manhattan.
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:26 pm | #
How do you make a feast out of all those childrens' aspirins?
That joke was so bad I was certain I was going to see "Thers" underneath it.
Troll of the Corn |
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07.28.07 - 6:26 pm | #
Phil Collins - Secretary of Sucky Music
i was hoping that the new Democratic administration was going to stop the torture.
Damn.
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Cynicus |
07.28.07 - 6:26 pm | #
Off to the pool - nothing like a nice rainy afternoon in the pool.
GWPDA, Old Telecom Nerd |
07.28.07 - 6:27 pm | #
Upstate for 2 years a few years ago. I realize upstate to you means anything north or west of Manhattan.
JeffCO | 07.28.07 - 6:26 pm | #
No Ghoul, though (sigh)
Gilly Gonzylon |
07.28.07 - 6:27 pm | #
Okay, I'll come back when my transparency here wears off
Pfft - did I or did I not just use the phrase "impotent potables?"
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:27 pm | #
I had -- and still have -- a little headache, too.
res ipsa loquitur | Homepage | 07.28.07 - 6:23 pm | #
That and the exhaustion are signs of dehydration. Drink plenty of water and you'll feel better in a while
I'm off to the Atwood Summerfest. Canned Heat is playing in half an hour. Woo Hoo!
Back to Seventies. Review and film at eleven.
dmark |
07.28.07 - 6:27 pm | #
RMJ,
It has rained a lot up here in the Hills. sometimes it was hard to find any airspace between the raindrops.
Oops, forgot I was still Troll of the Corn.. uh... You will worship HE WHO WALKS BEHIND THE ROWS or you will be sacrificed!
Troll of the Corn |
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07.28.07 - 6:28 pm | #
I had -- and still have -- a little headache, too.
res ipsa loquitur
I was re-roofing the house last July and got one of those headaches. Still have it.
TinyPorcelainMouse |
07.28.07 - 6:28 pm | #
I realize upstate to you means anything north or west of Manhattan.
Nah, "upstate" to me means Orange and Dutchess Counties and north. Westchester and Rockland are NYC environs.
res ipsa loquitur |
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07.28.07 - 6:28 pm | #
Sinfonian is not invisible. Just hard to hear all the way from Florida.
echidne |
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07.28.07 - 6:29 pm | #
I type in bikinis.
That's nothing - she talks in stereo!
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:29 pm | #
you like to boogie with the hidee hos?
can |
07.28.07 - 6:29 pm | #
How do you make a feast out of all those childrens' aspirins?
Put them in a blender and add vodka.
NTodd, More Awesomer |
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07.28.07 - 6:29 pm | #
The family is calling me to supper. i think i will bow out and return on the morrow.
Good night and good luck!
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Cynicus |
07.28.07 - 6:30 pm | #
Steve Buscemi for for Ambassador to Fargo
AllTheDooDahDay |
07.28.07 - 6:30 pm | #
That's nothing - she talks in stereo!
This another music reference? I feel so ignorant.
echidne |
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07.28.07 - 6:31 pm | #
Exactly. We survived the Civil War; we'll survive Bush.
Barely. The south was not rebuilt, blacks weren't slaves, but their repression wasn't addressed at all, till Eisenhower, and LBJ.
The KKK was allowed to be started and exists to this day.
The blowback from that war is not finished yet.
How long will the destruction from Iraq last;
till the balance of power between the branches of the Federal government is restored?
till habeas corpus is again a right?
till the executive branch adheres to law?
till torture is something that other countries do, but the US does not?
...
Doug |
07.28.07 - 6:31 pm | #
No Ghoul, though (sigh) Gilly Gonzylon
That was growing up within crappy UHF range of channel 61.
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:31 pm | #
Steve Buscemi for for Ambassador to Fargo
AllTheDooDahDay | 07.28.07 - 6:30 pm | #
"Uh, I decided not to park here"
Gilly Gonzylon |
07.28.07 - 6:32 pm | #
in her less than 2 years of life, she has, among other things, eaten
Labs don't start to leave puppyhood till they are older than 2 years old.
The chewing and destruction they do I call the 'Labrador puppy' tax.
Doug |
07.28.07 - 6:34 pm | #
This another music reference? I feel so ignorant. echidne
You are living on channel Z. Possibly Planet Claire.
JeffCO |
07.28.07 - 6:34 pm | #
From now on, I'll counter those mouthbreathers with, "Well, what about 'love the sinner, hate the sin?' " Isn't that mutually exclusive?
Sinfonian, radio-riffic
NOOOOOOOOOOO, don't goes. Your approach may be too subtle. I prefer a hearty "fuck you" or a pithy "blow Simels" followed by "are you a good German or a really good German"?
Sometimes I get punched.
gullycat, ideologically driven |
07.28.07 - 6:34 pm | #
Some Labs have very long puppyhoods. Hank died at six and she was still crazy.
echidne |
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07.28.07 - 6:34 pm | #
watertiger is actually watertiger, el garter del dingo antipodes
spinoza |
07.28.07 - 6:34 pm | #
"you're the real deal"-Biden to Gonzo
jr |
07.28.07 - 6:37 pm | #
Biden's been in the Senate for 34 years.
And he's still not bald.
sidhra صيذ |
07.28.07 - 7:50 pm | #
personally I like Richardson at state, but perhaps another spot could be found for biden to free up his senate seat
scott Crawford |
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07.28.07 - 8:02 pm | #
Bill Richardson - Secretary of State
cal1942 |
07.28.07 - 8:34 pm | #
Here ya go:
Dear Friends:
Here is a rather explosive bit of reporting on the part of the BBC about an event in the past that sheds new light on why fascism runs in Bush's veins.
Prescott Bush and other right wing tycoons plotted to overthrow FDR in 1933 in order to join with Hitler and Mussolini in (corporate) fascism. They thought they could succeed because they controlled the media. Fortunately, General Butler remained loyal to democracy. The more things change, the more they stay the same.
under the radar |
07.28.07 - 8:51 pm | #
Bill Richardson - Secretary of State
cal1942
His state has already exceeded the mandate of the Kyoto Protocols, he said.
under the radar |
07.28.07 - 8:57 pm | #
General Smedley Butler, 1920s: War is a Racket. Get his pamphlet...
under the radar |
07.28.07 - 8:59 pm | #
"you're the real deal"-Biden to Gonzo
jr |
If true, Biden matches Gonzo's cred...
under the radar |
07.28.07 - 9:04 pm | #
Ana Marie Cox should go back to posting about her previous night's assfucking.
Gomez
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there is a rumor around that that was the subject of the other 40 minutes of lunchtime chatter when she hled court with the move.org guy....tsk tsk
Nancy Willing |
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07.28.07 - 9:24 pm | #
"you're the real deal"-Biden to Gonzo
jr |
If true, Biden matches Gonzo's cred...
under the radar
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*sigh*
yeah, that does bring him down to zero
Nancy Willing |
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07.28.07 - 9:24 pm | #
Wesley Clark, Secretary of State
John Kerry Sec Def
AG Fitzgerald
Treasury Robert Reich
Commerce Biden
Labor Kucinich
Veterans Affairs Max Cleland
Anthony Zinni NSA
Al Gore Ambassador to the United Nations
and Al Sharpton for White House Press Secretary!
pbg |
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07.28.07 - 9:50 pm | #
I would not vote for a candidate who would appoint Biden (D-MBNA and VISA) to any position.
Sir Winston Thriller |
07.28.07 - 11:18 pm | #