HULK SMASH!!!
Pelosi
noice!
Corn squeezins been around longer than all of us.
Good news.
The single most difficult problem in philosophy is that of definition, yes. But what do you mean by philosophy?
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exactly.
The things you see in civilized countries.
biofuels
boil fuse
Biofuels in Spain ain't biofuels in the US of A.
exactly.
euphronius, Junior Shabado
Makt es besser?
"Blood Easel"?
I've gotta get my eyes checked...
from below:
APOLLO CREED TO PUNCH OUT CANCER
coffee=====>monitor
Looks like Barcelona again!
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Remember the last time a symbol hung out around these part? Not to say that we shouldn't give symbols a chance, but..
Oy.
Soylent green is peeeeeple.
Europeans with their funny accent signs.
Biofuels in Spain ain't biofuels in the US of A.
Why do you hate America?
The Spanish are fighting climate change over there, so we don't have to fight it over here.
Because top soil is a renewable resource!
yeah but only if you are in Barcelona!
The US military in Afghanistan expressed regret Monday after footballs it distributed kicked off a storm of protest because they bore Koranic verses as part of the flag of Saudi Arabia.
Sweet merciful crap, what the heck are these people smoking?
Let's put Jesus' face on volleyballs so the fundies can serve the lord. I'm sure they'd love it.
From below:
Hooray! Racist trolls!
Jay C.
The only mention of Michael Vick's race that I've heard with regard to the whole affair comes from the depraved individuals defending his disgusting "hobby."
Buyourfuels.
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APOLLO CREED TO PUNCH OUT CANCER
"Stay in school . . . be a thinker, not a stinker."
(Apollo Creed to George W. Bush, 1976)
The only mention of Vick's race that I've heard with regard to the whole affair comes from the depraved individuals defending his disgusting "hobby."
Comedian Rush Limpbaugh must be torn between his racism and his blaming tree hugging liberals for criminalizing harmless fun.
No I HAVE NOT ALREADY SAID THIS.
Nevermind the biofuels, where are the spanish kittehs?
well, it's about damn time. now, we need to talk about peak oil and urban planning.
those are always the most exciting threads...
Remember the last time a symbol hung out around these part? Not to say that we shouldn't give symbols a chance, but..
I just figued it was the latest Mask of the Twins
Jesus mercy fuck is the koran on the Saudi Flag?
Take it up with them.
Ethanol is the worst idea in the world; biodiesel is a good idea that the other industrialized countries will go to (it's especially good for public transport) long before any American allows it to happen.
Raccoon stealing cat food by the bag -- BUSTED BY SECURITY CAMERA!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p...h?
v=pbNalHo6hRc
Nevermind the biofuels, where are the spanish kittehs?
/cues up cat signal for el gato negro
Nevermind the biofuels, where are the spanish kittehs?
fourlegsgood, gots pitchfork
El Gato Negro?
...heh...
George W. Bush Comes to Seattle to Raise Money for Dave Reichert
"The Washington State Patrol said Bush's visit will force them to shut down part of Interstate 5 and much of Interstate 405 twice for 20 to 45 minutes during rush hour.
The president's motorcade will head up I-5 to I-405 to Bellevue, then to Northeast Eighth Street.
Every ramp and overpass will be closed and guarded during one of the most congested times of the evening, troopers said."
Reichert's popularity will no doubt skyrocket among area commuters...
... and hydrogen just ain't happening.
The US military in Afghanistan expressed regret Monday after footballs it distributed kicked off a storm of protest because they bore Koranic verses as part of the flag of Saudi Arabia.
I'm not sure why they found that offensive, or was our religious nutcases who were complaining?
For those of you who give a shit (which I know isn't many, but just bear with me for a moment), today's Blast Off! Radio archives have been posted.
Incidentally, one of my pet peeves is when people (unironically) type "bare with me." Fuck that noise.
Thanks for paying attention.
Turns out it was a network decision to withhold Keith from the West Coast until 10 pacific.
Do Catalan Cats Dream in Lolspeak?
Any brothers in here?
Or is one of them all-white affairs?
...and I should have new home catz up at the blog later tonight. I think they've adjusted quite well...
This cat is mad:
http://plush-life.blogspot.com/2...beware-
cat.html
The Washington State Patrol said Bush's visit will force them to shut down part of Interstate 5 and much of Interstate 405 twice for 20 to 45 minutes during rush hour.
This cocksucker ALWAYS seems to show up during rush hour.
He just loves flipping off people.
I just realized that Gonzo won't be impeached now.
Hmmm. Whom should we impeach instead?
Let's see...
"The official said that investigators found circumstantial evidence that smoking — evidently by the [John Galt Inc.] construction workers dismantling the [Deutsche Bank] building — was the probable cause of the fire."
Raccoon stealing cat food by the bag -- BUSTED BY SECURITY CAMERA!
Doggie doors are an invitation to terrorists around the world.
Turns out it was a network decision to withhold Keith from the West Coast until 10 pacific.
They do that all the time with Dateline, IIRC.
Incidentally, one of my pet peeves is when people (unironically) type "bare with me." Fuck that noise.
I agree, people need to tow the line.
Pentagon official is under investigation
Undersecretary Paul Brinkley, who heads efforts to boost business in Iraq, faces allegations of mismanagement.
By Molly Hennessy-Fiske, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
August 27, 2007
WASHINGTON -- A Bush political appointee and former Silicon Valley executive who has faced opposition in his bid to bail out Iraq's struggling factories is under investigation by the Defense Department on mismanagement allegations.
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Paul A. Brinkley, who heads an economic task force in Baghdad, is accused of mismanaging government money and engaging in public drunkenness and sexual harassment, a Defense Department spokesman said last week.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nati...=la-home-
center
And those are just the unclassified charges. /Big NSA
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Do Catalan Cats Dream in Lolspeak?
Doan all cats? U no they do
Several transit systems in the US have at least one bus that runs on biofuel.
Was the guy's name really John Galt?! Are they just waving it in our faces?
I maintain my right bare ARMS
I just realized that Gonzo won't be impeached now.
There is the Bellknap precedent. I don't think it'll happen, but it's there.
The only mention of Vick's race that I've heard with regard to the whole affair comes from the depraved individuals defending his disgusting "hobby."
Comedian Rush Limpbaugh must be torn between his racism and his blaming tree hugging liberals for criminalizing harmless fun.
The Old Man From Scene 24
Well, a man's dogs (and his women) are his property to do with as he pleases.
At least they are in Limpdick's right wing fantasy world.
Galt is the fake corp dreamed up to pretend to take down the skyscraper.
Incidentally, one of my pet peeves is when people (unironically) type "bare with me." Fuck that noise.
I agree, people need to tow the line.
Jim
The loosers.
I agree, people need to tow the line.
Jim | 08.27.07 - 1:27 pm |
As irritating as those are, there is almost nothing worse than the use of "axe" for "ask."
John Galt Inc. is a dummy corporation that came to light last week in the Times. Named, presumably, for the character rather than the principal.
'who heads efforts to boost business in Iraq,'
When does the Mall of Iraq open?
K.C. Johnson & Stuart Taylor's new book on the Duke Lacrosse bogus rape allegations, Until Proven Innocent: Political Correctness and the Shameful Injustices of the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case, is excellent. I'd urge all to read it. Brownshirts, indeed.
Turns out it was a network decision to withhold Keith from the West Coast until 10 pacific.
ErinPDX
...kind of curious, given that the daily MSGOP version of Countdown is shown (at least on Dish) at 9:00 p.m....
Had to go to the bank and watched Vick attempting to apologize for his "immature behavior."
Immature? I know thousands of kids who wouldn't treat a dog like that.
I agree, people need to tow the line.
Jim
towing the line makes for a hard road to hoe.
I just realized that Gonzo won't be impeached now.
Well, he could always be prosecuted, instead. Hey, it's my dream, let me live it.
"The official said that investigators found circumstantial evidence that smoking — evidently by the [John Galt Inc.] construction workers dismantling the [Deutsche Bank] building — was the probable cause of the fire."
Nûr al-Cubicle
Good thing they were ready with their privatized firefighting brigades, so the stupid taxpayers didn't have to subsidize their disregard for the cannabalistic regulations imposed by the liberal dictatorship!
Wait, what? They called who?
towing the line makes for a hard road to hoe.
Leave the ho s out of it.
There is the Bellknap precedent.
I could google it, but I'd rather you told me what that is. 
Keep your nose to the grindstone, your shoulder to the wheel and your foot to the floor...
Was Brinkley running that Tits 'n Ass villa in Baghdad?
I agree, people need to tow the line.
Jim
towing the line makes for a hard road to hoe.
I prefer vans tow me. Especially when I fail in my duty to everlasting christ.
Doan all cats? U no they do
My theory is that the grammatical, correctly spelled posts on that site are the ones from actual cats.
"Turns out it was a network decision to withhold Keith from the West Coast until 10 pacific."
don't fert, he sucked yesterday.
wow...5 army helicopters just flew low overhead....
I agree, people need to tow the line.
Jim
The loosers.
Terry C - Wingers R Whacko
They're behavior is inexcusable.
kb | 08.27.07 - 1:30 pm |
Is there anyone who doubts that (1) those kids had every advantage, particularly the kind of financial/legal muscle that can exonerate the guilty, and (2) that woman would not have put up with all that public mud without something having happened?
fert=fret
Take it up with them.
I'd assume the Saudis are probably careful where they put their flags for that reason. Putting anything with Koranic verses on soccer balls is not a great idea, imo.
We have a negative amount of credibility and goodwill in the Muslim world at this point, and I think we should be extra super careful about Muslims might interpret well-intentioned actions that still could be offensive.
I could google it, but I'd rather you told me what that is.
pie
US Grant's secretary of War, he was caught taking bribes (IIRC) and resigned pre-emptively. He was impeached anyway, back when people care about Constitutional principle
fert=fret
I thought you meant fart.
Incidentally, one of my pet peeves is when people (unironically) type "bare with me." Fuck that noise.
Have you ever tried bear baiting? That's where the term "bear with me" originated.
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I don't expect that the Duke lacrosse players were perfect gentlemen that night. Racism might just have surfaced. It also seems that they didn't break the law.
"I thought you meant fart."
that, too...
I'm in an odd mood today.
(just pic)
He was impeached anyway, back when people care about Constitutional principle
Thanks, and a lot ofus still do care about that piece of paper. Quite a bit, actually.
Have you ever tried bear baiting? That's where the term "bear with me" originated.
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MJ Bialaski
Did you know that the original title of War and Peace was War, What is it Good For?
I'd assume the Saudis are probably careful where they put their flags for that reason.
But why? I thought they would be pro-Koran. Our religious crazies would put Bible verses (so long as they don't mention helping poor people) on just about anything.
fuckin tweety. how do you ensure that we continue to have the best healthcare my ass.
dickhead.
I'm in an odd mood today.
Indeed!
Re-posted from below, 'cause I'm always the last to know....
Hey guys and gals, if Chertoff is the next AG, I've got a feeling in the pit of my stomach that he's going to be yet another disaster. Just a gut feeling you know.
On March 2, 1876, just minutes before the House of Representatives was scheduled to vote on articles of impeachment, Belknap raced to the White House, handed Grant his resignation, and burst into tears.
This failed to stop the House. Later that day, members voted unanimously to send the Senate five articles of impeachment, charging Belknap with “criminally disregarding his duty as Secretary of War and basely prostituting his high office to his lust for private gain.”
The Senate convened its trial in early April, with Belknap present, after agreeing that it retained impeachment jurisdiction over former government officials. During May, the Senate heard more than 40 witnesses, as House managers argued that Belknap should not be allowed to escape from justice simply by resigning his office.
On August 1, 1876, the Senate rendered a majority vote against Belknap on all five articles. As each vote fell short of the necessary two thirds, however, he won acquittal. Belknap was not prosecuted further; he committed suicide in 1890.
http://www.senate.gov/
artandhist...hment_Trial.htm
US Grant's secretary of War, he was caught taking bribes (IIRC) and resigned pre-emptively. He was impeached anyway, back when people care about Constitutional principle
Jim
9/11 changed everything.
And 1/20/09 will change it back. Once again, Republicans will advocate strong limits on the President.
And pretend as if there is nothing utterly hypocritcal about it.
At which time I will ram my foot down someone's throat.
Cheech and Chong's Army of Fun, coming soon to an election recall demonstration near you.
I know, I know.... but it's my guess Saudi Arabia paid for those balls and put the Saudi flag on them, not the US military. I could be wrong, of course.
"I thought they would be pro-Koran."
Some people tend to put their feet on footballs.
I'm in an odd mood today.
(just pic)
watertiger
Immature? I know thousands of kids who wouldn't treat a dog like that.
pie
Pogfighting was a somewhat popular pastime in my middle school. Dogfighting, not so much.
THIS JUST IN:
Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi sign up for speed-typing courses in quest to speed confirmation OF WHOEVER THE FUCK is nominated to be new A.G.U.S.A.
world's largest biodiesel plant
And pretend as if there is nothing utterly hypocritcal about it.
It's only hypocritical if you believe it's a rational discussion. In the say-anything-for-advantage GOP mind, it's just a tactic.
Pogfighting was a somewhat popular pastime in my middle school. Dogfighting, not so much.
Behold!! The world's largest Pog!!
"Steve Allen: Inventor of the Pog"
jac: it'll be fun watching some of them move full circle, from their high dugeon on behalf of the rule of law during Clinton's impeachment, to the necessity for unbridled presidential power to fight terrorism under Bush, to a reassertion of the limitations on presidential power under the law that are crucial to our democracy, all without missing a beat...
Yay, Biodiesel...
Next step-- SUVs that run entirely on Baby Formula.
Biodiesel is not a friend to Humanity. Biodiesel is taking food crops, and shoving them into our hungry gas tanks instead of our hungry children's tummies. Awesome!
--mf
Gee I wonder if the wingnuts will get so bent out of shape the next time a bunch of non-rich non-white young men get wrongly accused of a crime? (he asked rhetorically)
this is Julia's family, no?
jac: it'll be fun watching some of them move full circle, from their high dugeon on behalf of the rule of law during Clinton's impeachment, to the necessity for unbridled presidential power to fight terrorism under Bush, to a reassertion of the limitations on presidential power under the law that are crucial to our democracy, all without missing a beat...
ProfWombat
Well, if by fun you mean "hard on jac's blood pressure" then I agree.
Is Chertof even a lawyer?
A Florida ANG arty unit is being "deployed" to Washington, DC, ostensibly to protect the capital from air attacks in a move that bodes nothing but confidence.
yes, Chertoff is a law talking guy
and he's yer next AG
Is Chertof even a lawyer?
smalfish
Yes. He has served as a Federal Judge.
Is Chertof even a lawyer?
More importantly what is his background in show jumping?
Is Chertof even a lawyer?
chertoff is a federal judge. toobin was talking earlier about being chertoff's intern.
And here I thought "switchgrass" was not a buy 'o fuel, but a suggestion to change the pot I was tokin' on...
Gee I wonder if the wingnuts will get so bent out of shape the next time a bunch of non-rich non-white young men get wrongly accused of a crime? (he asked rhetorically)
The Old Man From Scene 24
Non-white, non-rich peopla falsely accused of a crime?
UNPOSSIBLE!!!
I think we've all done this once or twice when faced with a crushing schedule:
A German left his dead mother seated in her favorite armchair at their shared home for two years because he could not face organizing a funeral, police in the southern town of Fuerstenfeldbruck said Friday.
Is Chertof even a lawyer?
smalfish,
Yup. Former judge, worked for Bush in FLA 2000 and was deeply involved, I think, in one of the Whitewater investigations (not Starr)
Bush: Gonzales' name dragged in mud
News flash: that ain't mud, Chimpy.
Is Chertof even a lawyer?
More importantly what is his background in show jumping?
The Old Man From Scene 24
Heckuva job, Old Man!
and he's yer next AG
Just the kinda guy you want to have unlimited ability to spy. I'm stoked.
chertoff is a federal judge. toobin was talking earlier about being chertoff's intern.
theodoric
Surely, the rich white boys had means most criminal defendants (who aren't Republicans) don't. But the fact is, in an adversarial system, it's vital that the prosecutors get fully contested, and are forced to prove their case. That the Duke lads got off is a victory for justice. That such victories are so few and far between among other than the rich is a damned shame, and that so many are incarcerated in this country is one of its great disgraces.
John Galt Inc. is a dummy corporation that came to light last week in the Times. Named, presumably, for the character rather than the principal.
In St. Louis there's a company, Bradford and Galt. Bradford is the founder, Galt is from Ayn Rand. Needless to say, I have no desire to work there...
toobin was talking earlier about being chertoff's intern.
You think that waxy finish on his skull just happens????
confirmation question #1:
'mr. chertoff, it is rumoured that you like cherry pie. Is that with or without vanilla ice cream?'
'well senator....
There is the Bellknap precedent.
Most lawyers are not very smart.
Says right in the Constitution that Congress can impeach--even after they resign from office--but being lawyers who are not so smart...
...it will have absolutely no impact on their tiny lawyer brains what so ever.
Noblejoanie has the Slanties.
Let us all say a prayer for her.
James (Jimmy) Crack Corn | 08.27.07 - 1:43 pm |
There was a German lawyer found hanging in an attic store room, having done so undetected for two years, by his wife while cleaning.
Bless you, jac
Wholly carp!!
Did y'all see this pic of Chertoff over at TP?
I'm not gonna be able to sleep for days...
There was a German lawyer found hanging in an attic store room, having done so undetected for two years, by his wife while cleaning.
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good lord!!!!
I know, I know.... but it's my guess Saudi Arabia paid for those balls and put the Saudi flag on them, not the US military. I could be wrong, of course.
Culture of Truth
Good point but if that's the case the Saudis should take some responsibility for this (I don't see that happening). But I still think someone in the military with Arabic language skill (assuming we have any) should have looked at the balls, put two and two together, and realized Koranic verses on soccer balls might not be the best idea, even if they were only part of the Saudi flag.
Let us all say a prayer for her.
I am on bended knee, as I type. Praise Jesus and pass the butter.
What is the latest on Mike Nifong? Is he in jail yet?
and he's yer next AG
Boooo hissssss
I doan want skeletor to be mah AG
El Gato Negro?
deported.
Another one
http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/...nsit/
biobus.asp
'mr. chertoff, it is rumoured that you like cherry pie. Is that with or without vanilla ice cream?'
'well senator....
James (Jimmy) Crack Corn
I'd inquire if he likes the song "Cherry Pie" by warrant
confirmation question #1:
'mr. chertoff, it is rumoured that you like cherry pie. Is that with or without vanilla ice cream?'
"well senator....
He'll probably say that he's not required to answer any questions because of executive privilege related to his past and current work for the president.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan | Homepage | 08.27.07 - 1:46 pm |
The "Saudi thing" sounds like ignorant garbage, which ignores a good many things (such as the fact that Saudi Sunnis are far more fundy than Iraqis) and that this is merely the latest in a series of obvious, systemic moves to piss off Muslims.
What's with the Germans leaving dead people around without proper funerals and rites?
I doan want skeletor to be mah AG
I didn't vote for the guy, but I hope he does a good job.
Gawd that Chertoff is scrawny
I CAN HAZ LAW JOB!?!?
http://images.amazon.com/images/
...01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
"A German left his dead mother seated in her favorite armchair at their shared home for two years because he could not face organizing a funeral, police in the southern town of Fuerstenfeldbruck said Friday."
norman, is that you?
and realized Koranic verses on soccer balls might not be the best idea, even if they were only part of the Saudi flag.
could be surplus from People's Glorious Football Factory #43 in Shanghai.
I didn't vote for the guy, but I hope he does a good job.
like when he was incharge of Katrina. yeah.
"...and the beauty, that is Saaaaaaaskatoooooooon"
he could not face organizing a funeral
SHE KEEPS CHANGING DETAILS!
I'm in an odd mood today.
(just pic)
watertiger
Hard to believe that ... person got knocked up. I wouldn't hit that with Ann Coulter's dick.
I'm assuming that's a European bus, so this particular brand of bidiesel is bullshit.
In particular, the European nations intend to meet their GHG emission targets by increasing biodiesel and biofuel imports... from Southeast Asian (formerly) rain forests. Net effect: increased global warming, even beyond what would happen if they simply continued to use regular gasoline and diesel engines.
I didn't vote for the guy, but I hope he does a good job.
He'll surround himself with smart people, I'm sure he'll be fine..
"What's with the Germans leaving dead people around without proper funerals and rites?"
too busy?
didn't want to live alone?
wanted to keep her social security checks coming in?
I haz too much werk to do.
Bai nao
Did y'all see this pic of Chertoff over at TP?
That's not Chertoff.
It's Forstall's skeleton from the opening scene of "Raiders of the Lost Ark".
Actually I swear I was googling images of skeletor in anticipation of his nomination, but thought i should werk instead.
I'd inquire if he likes the song "Cherry Pie" by warrant
olexicon
I prefer Sade's version.
And Sade.
"...and the beauty, that is Saaaaaaaskatoooooooon"
Zap Rowsdower
Running back to Saskatoon
The numbers don't add up for biofuels. At the current level of biotechnology, they're aspirations rather than realities.
could be surplus from People's Glorious Football Factory #43 in Shanghai.
theodoric | Homepage | 08.27.07 - 1:49 pm |
That's possible. If it's not slapping Koranic verses on footballs the Chinese offer concentration camp panda bear dolls in crackers.
He'll surround himself with smart people, I'm sure he'll be fine..
bloggus
All Liberty U grads, the cream of the crop
"a french-controlled part of the country".
jeezus chrift.
The numbers don't add up for biofuels. At the current level of biotechnology, they're aspirations rather than realities.
ProfWombat
Not to mention what it'll do to food production and prices
Running back to Saskatoon
olexicon, at woik
Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw
city of harmony
Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw
the place to be
What a great way to start today: A steaming hot cuppa Abu quits!
Another one
http://www.city.saskatoon.sk.ca/...nsit/ biobus.asp
olexicon, at woik
saskatoon looks like a nice place to live.
maybe I just like the football team's green uniforms.
Fuerstenfeldbruck
Well, it starts with "F" and ends with "uck" ...
Biodiesel is not a friend to Humanity. Biodiesel is taking food crops, and shoving them into our hungry gas tanks instead of our hungry children's tummies. Awesome!
--mf
Monkeyfister
That's due to the corn lobby rather than an inherent problem in biodiesel. Biodiesel is a good idea;using food crops to make biodiesel is moronic.
The Thompson "Twins" are messing with teh Staff. Tweety (or is it Punkinhead?) may have to get his Aquavelveeta fix someplace else.
wtf is the prince of wales doing going around with a shepherd's crook?
yeah, stock footage. but.
Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw
city of harmony
Moose Jaw, Moose Jaw
the place to be
Richard
Tisdale: The land of rape and Honey
Here's what the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona says:
Are Biofuels an Advisable Strategy?
The main argument behind the policies in favor of biofuels is based on the idea that biofuels would not increase the concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. In fact, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by biodiesel in the combustion phase is the same as that absorbed by the plant during its growth through photosynthesis, resulting in a neutral carbon budget.
Moreover, substituting part of the oil products with biofuels would reduce European energy dependency and increase energy security. However, a more careful analysis of the lifecycle of biodiesel shows that the energy (and CO2) savings is not as high as it might seem at first sight and in some cases might even be negative. In fact, the raw materials for biofuels are normally obtained with intensive agriculture, which imply a high use of fertilizers, pesticides and machinery.
The reason is that with less intensive agricultural methods, the yield would be lower and the land requirement and the costs would be higher. Also, fossil fuels are used in the processing phase (oil pressing, transesterification) and for transporting the oil seeds to the processing plant and from there to the final users.
Even if the objective of the directive were met, the savings would not be significant. In fact, because the transport sector accounts for 30% of the final energy consumption, the 5.75% of the fuels for transport corresponds to 1.8% of the final consumption.
This amount requires the indirect use of fossil fuels, so the final savings would be even lower. For example, considering an output/input ratio (the biodiesel produced using one unit of fossil fuels) of 2.5, reaching 5.75% (approximately 20M tons of oil equivalent) would imply saving around 36M tons of CO2 equivalent, that is, less than 1% of the EU emissions in 2004 (4,228M tons CO2).
If the emissions related to the transport of imported raw materials and imported food crops that would be substituted by energy farming are considered, the savings would be even less. If the oil seeds are imported from outside Europe, the savings would possibly even be negative.
What's with the Germans leaving dead people around without proper funerals and rites?
They were only following orders.
Acer-Gateway
Politkovskaya
Bush about Gonzo
saskatoon looks like a nice place to live.
maybe I just like the football team's green uniforms.
James (Jimmy) Crack Corn |
DAH RIDAHS are in Renina. dood
though the U of S Huskies have a green UNiform too
could be surplus from People's Glorious Football Factory #43 in Shanghai.
theodoric | Homepage | 08.27.07 - 1:49 pm |
That's possible. If it's not slapping Koranic verses on footballs the Chinese offer concentration camp panda bear dolls in crackers.
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I was listening to the aboriginal radio station (fm) here and I shit you not they had a NOT TONGUE IN CHEEK news report on creating native arts and crafts in chinese factories.
cost saving/profit margins etc...
'nice dreamcatcher, where'd you get it?'
Well said, Profwombat. There's nothing racist about wanting justice for everybody — just so happens people of color get less of it than most of us. This case is an abberration on so many levels, it seems. But at its heart was a prosecutor without honor who saw it as an easy means to re-election.
Tisdale: The land of rape and Honey
olexicon, at woik
Sounds like Honey is a good gal to know.
my BIL is from moosejaw. pretty decent fellow.
I agree, people need to tow the line.
Jim
The loosers.
Terry C - Wingers R Whacko
They're behavior is inexcusable.
V for Virginia
Stop it, your killing me.
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All Liberty U grads, the cream of the crap - noblejoanie
Flopped your turnover.
The Thompson "Twins" are messing with teh Staff.
Id "Actor" Fred Thompson the same person as Lobbyist Fred Thompson who is doing a really pathetic job of running for President? (I do so hope the Republics nominate him).
What a great way to start today: A steaming hot cuppa Abu quits!
Deacon Blues
Absolutely. Now if only Gannon or DC Madam were involved, it'd be perfect.
Hmmm.
I think that I'll go to lunch now...
Later!
who among us is not inspired by law school grads with a firm grasp of the Book of Leviticus?
Biodiesel is a good idea;using food crops to make biodiesel is moronic.
LittlePig
Well, we live in a captialistic world: those running biodiesel engines will use the cheapest biofuels available, and presently those are almost always from food crops or from rape seed grown by cutting down tropical rain forests.
I agree, people need to tow the line.
Jim
The loosers.
Terry C - Wingers R Whacko
They're behavior is inexcusable.
V for Virginia
Stop it, your killing me.
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Bearpaw
These is the penultimate in bad grammar.
Sounds like Honey is a good gal to know.
LittlePig
And
Melfort: The city of Northern lights
or a better slogan
Melfort Borealis
Id "Actor" Fred Thompson the same person as Lobbyist Fred Thompson who is doing a really pathetic job of running for President? (I do so hope the Republics nominate him).
The Old Man From Scene 24
Gucci shoes at the Iowa State Fair.
not too swift. not too swift.
who among us is not inspired by law school grads with a firm grasp of the Book of Leviticus?
James (Jimmy) Crack Corn
Is that what they're calling it these days?
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The loosers.
Terry C - Wingers R Whacko
They're behavior is inexcusable.
V for Virginia
Stop it, your killing me.
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Bearpaw
These is the penultimate in bad grammar.
Gummo
Unpossible
Each time you fill up your tank with biofuel, somewhere a child dies of hunger.
having accidentally purchased rice krispies with VANILLA flavouring I realize I now have a box of snack food.
Today is the first day of the rest of my home remodel. Two dudes are in here tearing the kitchen down to the studs. Amazing how fast you can demo a kitchen! They started ripping into the thing about 8:30 and it's not even 11 yet and it's trashed.
Hey, you guys on the west coast get a lunar eclipse tomorrow.
Says right in the Constitution that Congress can impeach--even after they resign from office--but being lawyers who are not so smart...
Crimey, you're a pea-brained moron.
That's due to the corn lobby rather than an inherent problem in biodiesel. Biodiesel is a good idea;using food crops to make biodiesel is moronic.
Soybeans are a food crop too. The difference is that the energy balance (energy out/energy in) is significantly higher for biodiesel than for ethanol.
Ethanol generates, at best, just a little more (or a little less, depending on whose numbers you believe) than is expended in producing it.
Ethanol is shameless charity to corn farmers. Sure biodiesel could be a sop to soybean farmers, but it's a wiser investment from an engineering standpoint.
It would be even better if there were more diesel automobiles in the US.
Each time you fill up your tank with biofuel as it is being deliberately pursued now, somewhere a child dies of hunger, as opposed to all the people who die with petrol.
my BIL is from moosejaw. pretty decent fellow.
I lived on the air force base just outside of Moose Jaw from 1970-75. My father was a radar technician in the Canadian air force.
My mother was the first secretary to work for the Snowbirds flying team (they started up in 1971).
Amazing how fast you can demo a kitchen!
You'll be even more amazed at how long it takes them to build a new kitchen.
The "Saudi thing" sounds like ignorant garbage, which ignores a good many things (such as the fact that Saudi Sunnis are far more fundy than Iraqis) and that this is merely the latest in a series of obvious, systemic moves to piss off Muslims.
I don't believe it would have been deliberate antagonism on the part of the US military, just ignorance and a lack of cultural sensitivity. Unfortunately, those are two things the US military can't afford to have right now.
Gummo: I think you're right, irregardless...
Egg-salad sandwich:
messiest American-style lunch?
Discuss.
My mother was the first secretary to work for the Snowbirds flying team (they started up in 1971).
Richard
no kidding.
hey the snowbirds will be tearing up the skies pretty soon here daily I expect unless they've dropped the CNE from their schedule
It's worth remembering that biofuels are a relatively new thing. Yes, care needs to be taken to make sure that they're actually an environmental improvement, and to minimize negative economic side-effects.
But it's way, way too early to write them off as a bad idea.
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Another stat not frequently mentioned in the ethanol debate is the lower gas mileage automobiles get running on it. Fewer mpgs takes the energy calculation into the negatives.
">The info:
LUNAR ECLIPSE--FULL COVERAGE: On Tuesday, Aug. 28th, the full Moon will enter Earth's shadow for a 90 minute total eclipse. People on the Pacific side of Earth will have the best view as the Moon turns a dreamy shade of sunset red. Favored areas include the Americas (especially western North America), Hawaii, Japan, Australia, New Zealand, east Asia and Antarctica. The show begins Tuesday morning around 2 a.m. Pacific
Daylight Time (0900 UT).
Egg-salad sandwich:
messiest American-style lunch?
Discuss.
Gummo
at the kitchen table or in a 'Tilt a Whirl' bucket?
Today is the first day of the rest of my home remodel. Two dudes are in here tearing the kitchen down to the studs. Amazing how fast you can demo a kitchen! They started ripping into the thing about 8:30 and it's not even 11 yet and it's trashed.
Besides orgasm, there is no better feeling than destroying a perfectly good kitchen or bathroom.
Hey Deacon,
Back in my drinking days I could start at 8:30 and be really trashed by 11, too.
That's right, pricks!
That's due to the corn lobby rather than an inherent problem in biodiesel. Biodiesel is a good idea;using food crops to make biodiesel is moronic.
Yeah, it seems to me that if you're going to go in that direction, the best bet is probably using algae...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
Alg...n_energy_source
Currently most research into efficient algal-oil production is being done in the private sector, but if predictions from small scale production experiments bear out then using algae to produce biodiesel may be the only viable method by which to produce enough automotive fuel to replace current world gasoline usage.[15]
Microalgae have much faster growth-rates than terrestrial crops. The per unit area yield of oil from algae is estimated to be from between 5,000 to 20,000 gallons per acre, per year; this is 7 to 30 times greater than the next best crop, Chinese tallow (699 gallons)..[16]
Separated at birth? - Sinfonian
They've never been seen in the same room.
You'll be even more amazed at how long it takes them to build a new kitchen.
The Old Man From Scene 24
We're redoing the kitchen, master bath, dining room, and entry. They *said* they can do it in 90 days. We checked these guys out with prior jobs, and they got good marks for schedule performance*.
*Your mileage may vary
at the kitchen table or in a 'Tilt a Whirl' bucket?
James (Jimmy) Crack Corn
Well, considering that the earth is revolving while at the same time rotating around the sun, anywhere you go you're in a tilt-a-whirl bucket!
I agree, people need to tow the line.
After all, if it's a carrot-and-stick approach, you don't want to hit them with the stick!
Another stat not frequently mentioned in the ethanol debate is the lower gas mileage automobiles get running on it. Fewer mpgs takes the energy calculation into the negatives.
noblejoanie
And those 10 percent ethanol mixes sell at the same price as straight petro. It ain't right.
back later
Gummo: I see your egg salad, and raise you a hot pastrami sandwich of traditional, New York girth, one of those jaw-dislocators that oozes out of every possible angle...
Senator’s Office Is Burglarized
Maybe they were just checking the plumbing.
Fewer mpgs takes the energy calculation into the negatives.
compared to non-existent more efficient vehicles. I'm talking joule for joule.
keep in mind the energy input involves mostly fuel for tractors and other farm implements.
Top 10 Reasons for not becomming a Republican:
8. Republicanism promotes sexual depravity. (viz; Folley, Vitter)
Egg-salad sandwich:
messiest American-style lunch?
Discuss.
Uh... HELLO!
Sloppy Joes?
"Fewer mpgs takes the energy calculation into the negatives."
yes, but having your car smell like french fries is priceless.
Gummo: I see your egg salad, and raise you a hot pastrami sandwich of traditional, New York girth, one of those jaw-dislocators that oozes out of every possible angle...
ProfWombat
Oh, one of those towering monstrosities you used to be able to get at Wolf's or the 2nd Avenue deli?
Those kinds of sandwiches are the reason the 1/2 sandwich & soup lunch came into being!
Real biodiesel is an actually different thing; ethanol is gasoline that has suffered negligible dilution.
There might be a gazillion ways to make biofuels, but if they're not cheaper than cutting down the rain forest and growing rape seed, ain't no one gonna buy 'em.
Egg-salad sandwich:
messiest American-style lunch?
Sloppy joe? Roast beef au jus?
Is Chertof even a lawyer?
smalfish
He is. In fact, his early claim to fame was the prosecution of Crazy Eddie. I actually saw him in action a few times during that case.
I'd like to add that the real tragedy of Frito's exit is that it wasn't the result of impeachment hearings. IMHO, this Congress has been a terrible disappointment.
Uh... HELLO!
Sloppy Joes?
smalfish, Saved
I love this place -- people will argue about anything.
Another stat not frequently mentioned in the ethanol debate is the lower gas mileage automobiles get running on it. Fewer mpgs takes the energy calculation into the negatives.
The E85 blend also significantly shortens engine life.
Besides orgasm, there is no better feeling than destroying a perfectly good kitchen or bathroom.
smalfish, Saved
They do look pretty happy.
I worked off some pretty major stress and anger just packing half the house up and moving it to a storage unit.
Plus I dumped a bunch of crap into the dumpster. I'm going to have to ask for forgiveness from Mrs. Blues when she comes home. But that's easier than asking permission.
compared to non-existent more efficient vehicles.
wait, I misunderstood.
still, the energy balance calculations are joules to joules, not gallons to gallons.
Yes, but having your car smell like french fries is priceless.
Because God knows cars smell so good now...
I love this place -- people will argue about anything.
Gummo
We will not!
I love this place -- people will argue about anything.
Gummo
Not true.
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Gummo: when last I was in the late lamented 2nd Ave Deli, I had a double corned beef and pastrami plate with a side order of kasha varnishkes. My body wasn't built for that, but it rose to the challenge. My wife still shakes her head in disbelief at the majesty of human potentiality thus revealed...
We're redoing the kitchen, master bath, dining room, and entry. They *said* they can do it in 90 days. We checked these guys out with prior jobs, and they got good marks for schedule performance*.
Many people have scheduling clauses in the contract. If the date is missed, the contractor gets "fined".
Egg-salad sandwich:
messiest American-style lunch?
Cunnilingus?
still, the energy balance calculations are joules to joules, not gallons to gallons.
theodoric
The only thing that matters to most people is the price consideration: how far will a buck's worth of fuel take me down the road?
perfectly good kitchen
Isn't that a John Hiatt song?
Because God knows cars smell so good now...
()
A local carwash offered as a fragrance, "new car"--nothing like atomized PCBs. When I've had a brand new car, I spend the first six months regardless of season with the windows down to get rid of that damned odor.
I still don't understand why Gonzolez quit now.
Why resign by phone?
Odd.
gwb:drf
The E85 blend also significantly shortens engine life.
Didn't know that, but it might explain why GM is pushing E85 cars: The chance to sell more new cars sooner
Dang. Me owes docjesuis fizzy bev.
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Damn, I was hoping to ruin a few monitors ... 
Yes, but having your car smell like french fries is priceless.
PERSONALLY I MISS TEH SMELL OF LEADDED GASOLINE - I USED TO BREATHE THAT STUFF IN ALL TEH TIME BEFORE TEH LIBERASL BANNED IT
Great, my car gets to fucking eat french fries.
If I do I fucking croak.
clearly the way to do ethanol is the way they do it. a large part of their biomass input is already-processed sugar cane.
they get something like seven to ten times the energy efficiency we do up here.
This Bush Toad will likely be the acting AG for the remainder of Bush's term.
Mike Vick/Abu Gonzalez '08!
Unity, bitches!
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noblejoanie | 08.27.07 - 2:08 pm |
Seriously, car is the most purely artifical in the worst sense of the word odor. It's disgusting.
they get something like seven to ten times the energy efficiency we do up here.
theodoric
Well, the leftover corn leavings get fed to our cattle here, don't they?
PERSONALLY I MISS TEH SMELL OF LEADDED GASOLINE - I USED TO BREATHE THAT STUFF IN ALL TEH TIME BEFORE TEH LIBERASL BANNED IT
Splains everything.
Many people have scheduling clauses in the contract. If the date is missed, the contractor gets "fined".
smalfish, Saved
We're liberals, we have performance and payment incentives tied to milestone dates.
I duz project planning for a living
BEFORE TEH LIBERASL BANNED IT
Merkin Patriot
That's so we can identify it by their little Banns
obama draws crowd in kentucky:
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama wrapped his message for change in his signature high-octane style yesterday, delighting those in the overflow crowd, many of whom came to see whether the Illinois senator is the real deal.
By the end of his 30-minute speech at the Lexington Center, Obama had the nearly 2,000 people chanting "fired up" and "ready to go" -- two of his campaign's rally cries, which he said he borrowed from a city councilwoman in South Carolina. ...
But yesterday, at least, Central Kentuckians leapt at the chance to hear what Obama had to say. About 500 more people than expected paid the campaign their $25 to attend.
Well, considering that the earth is revolving while at the same time rotating around the sun, anywhere you go you're in a tilt-a-whirl bucket!
Gummo
heh.
"My Life in a Tilt-a-Whirl Bucket" by John Updike.
Great, my car gets to fucking eat french fries.
If I do I fucking croak.
Hello Lipitor!
clearly the way to do ethanol is the way they do it. a large part of their biomass input is already-processed sugar cane.
they get something like seven to ten times the energy efficiency we do up here.
theodoric
I assume you're talking about Brazil, which is currently cutting down the rain forest, the largest carbon sink on Earth, to make biofuels. I wouldn't consider that an advisable policy.
It's interesting to realize that the 'new car smell' arose from concerted thought and test, and is utterly artificial to the extent that you can buy it in a jar...
ethanol is gasoline that has suffered negligible dilution.
It's about 10%, isn't it?
A 10% increase in average fuel economy is a far better way to reduce oil consumption and not particularly difficult to achieve.
Do we have presidential campaign PR flacks posting comments?
theodoric | Homepage | 08.27.07 - 2:08 pm |
Well, ethanol is shit, but then sugar is a much better plant in almost every way. Really corn is the worst thing and it's part of an American obsession with wasting our wealth on doing things the dumbest way possible. After all that talk about Britain and Rome we turn out to be the Spanish empire...
Dang. Me owes docjesuis fizzy bev.
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Bearpaw
When the timestamps are the same, no beverages are owed. That's my rule, anyway. Haloscam margin of error.
PERSONALLY I MISS TEH SMELL OF LEADDED GASOLINE - I USED TO BREATHE THAT STUFF IN ALL TEH TIME BEFORE TEH LIBERASL BANNED IT
thank god the liberals haven't taken over china yet!
bo,
Veterans Jim Rassman, General Tony McPeak (ret.) and Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran Paul Evans to support Jeff Merkeley for Senate vs Gordon Smith.
Gummo: when last I was in the late lamented 2nd Ave Deli, I had a double corned beef and pastrami plate with a side order of kasha varnishkes. My body wasn't built for that, but it rose to the challenge. My wife still shakes her head in disbelief at the majesty of human potentiality thus revealed...
ProfWombat
The thing I miss most about the classic delis were the bowls of sour pickles on the tables....
A 10% increase in average fuel economy is a far better way to reduce oil consumption and not particularly difficult to achieve.
Richard | Homepage | 08.27.07 - 2:11 pm |
Thanks to our helpful government, fuel efficiency standards are worse than inthe 90s...
did someone say biofuels?
With Biodiesel, we are able to wag the middle finger to the Saudi's. VW is working on a diesel hybrid, should get around 100mpg. Take your petroleum and shove it up the hole in your culture.
But yesterday, at least, Central Kentuckians leapt at the chance to hear what Obama had to say. About 500 more people than expected paid the campaign their $25 to attend.
linda
after the campaign rally barrack 'dr. phil' obama mediated a dispute between two sisters who BOTH want plastic surgery to look like Vanna White.
(CNN) — Speaking to Sunday church congregants in New Orleans, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama invoked Jesus' Sermon on the Mount days before the second anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
"Getting ready to talk to you today, I recall what Jesus said at the end of the Sermon on the Mount," Obama said at New Orleans' First Emmanuel Baptist Church. "He said, whoever hears these sayings of mine and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on a rock."
"The rains descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house. But it did not fall, because it was founded on the rock," he continued.
Note to Obama: We are sick of mouth-breather, religiuos nuts cramming Christianity down our throats. Haven't you done enough fucking damage, asshole?
Get away from us, now, please.
Veterans Jim Rassman, General Tony McPeak (ret.) and Iraq and Afghanistan War Veteran Paul Evans to support Jeff Merkeley for Senate vs Gordon Smith. - ErinPDX
A damn good start.
Egg-salad sandwich:
messiest American-style lunch?
Discuss.
Gummo
I just had an egg-salad sammitch for lunch meself.
Didn't have enough egg salat on it to be messy, tho.
A 10% increase in average fuel economy is a far better way to reduce oil consumption and not particularly difficult to achieve.
Richard
In the engineering design sense, that's true. Politically, though ...
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The thing I miss most about the classic delis were the bowls of sour pickles on the tables....
Gummo
great. now I feel like a bowl of dill pickles.
Gummo: on the day in question, ate a whole bowl of pickles. Had to clear the decks between courses, and they didn't bring a little amuse-bouche sorbet made of kiwi, white truffle and tuna carpacchio, so I made do...
It's interesting to realize that the 'new car smell' arose from concerted thought and test, and is utterly artificial to the extent that you can buy it in a jar...
ProfWombat
and here I thought it was made from the sweat glands of the Nauga
The thing I miss most about the classic delis were the bowls of sour pickles on the tables....
the blasphemous lost usurpers around here now charge you for a pickle that must be specifically requested!
ethanol is gasoline that has suffered negligible dilution.
It's about 10%, isn't it?
A 10% increase in average fuel economy is a far better way to reduce oil consumption and not particularly difficult to achieve.
Richard |
Not when fuel efficiency drops by 10% or less--lower mpgs burning the blend.
you need good porous bread to keep the egg salad under control
Thanks to our helpful government, fuel efficiency standards are worse than inthe 90s...
()
Reagan practically called Carter a pussy for pushing energy conservation. Am I wrong, or was one of his first moves as president to have the solar panels on the White House roof dismantled?
20 years later, Cheney reiterated this attitude when he sneeringly called conservation "a lifestyle choice" not a government policy.
So the right has been working for over 20 years to convince Americans that
Energy conservation = effeminacy
Note to Obama: We are sick of mouth-breather, religiuos nuts cramming Christianity down our throats. Haven't you done enough fucking damage, asshole?
Get away from us, now, please.
sayin'
***gracefully put and yet conciliatory at the same time***
great. now I feel like a bowl of dill pickles.
James (Jimmy) Crack Corn
mmmm... dill pickles on chili con carne, with chopped onion and a little grated cheddar cheese.....
Well, the leftover corn leavings get fed to our cattle here, don't they?
feed corn is kernels and all (and the leading use of corn in the US, btw).
and here I thought it was made from the sweat glands of the Nauga
Ruth
This was a new monitor...
Nothing, but nothing, at the current state of knowledge and technology comes close to conservation measures, some of the most mundane, no-brainer character imaginable...
I recall what Jesus said at the end of the Sermon on the Mount," Obama said at New Orleans' First Emmanuel Baptist Church.
and then the loaves and fishes?
20 years later, Cheney reiterated this attitude when he sneeringly called conservation "a lifestyle choice" not a government policy.
It's just like being teh gaiii.
great. now I feel like a bowl of dill pickles. - James
Don't tell us what part you're feeling. Thanks in advance.
"New car smell" is actaully a toxic mix of volatile organic compounds.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/9503413/
theodoric--I'm from WI--what's silage? Isn't that chopped up corn stalks and such?
We're in Iraq so that we can burn ethanol over there, not over here.
Am I wrong, or was one of his first moves as president to have the solar panels on the White House roof dismantled?
You are not wrong.
barrack obama would win the presidency in a landslide I think.
I am a Kuchinich supporter. I think Obama is sort of a 'dr. phil republican - lite' sort of guy.
But I'm sure he'd generate a sort of Kennedy charisma and the country would fall in love with him.
well, until he nuked burma.
mmmm... dill pickles on chili con carne, with chopped onion and a little grated cheddar cheese.....
Deacon Blues
Never had dill pickles with chili but you make it sound damn good....
"New car smell" is actaully a toxic mix of volatile organic compounds.
So is egg salad.
silage is pickled corn plant. stalk, leaves,cobs, corn. smells great.
I recall what Jesus said at the end of the Sermon on the Mount," Obama said at New Orleans' First Emmanuel Baptist Church--
"Whaddaya mean none of these assholes brought lunch? Who do I look like: Jesus the Caterer?"
[/Jesus]
So I get to talk about Carter again. He wanted to make energy independence the moral equivalent of war. Perhaps the purest example of a prophet without honor since Churchill out of office in the 1930s.
Nothing, but nothing, at the current state of knowledge and technology comes close to conservation measures, some of the most mundane, no-brainer character imaginable...
ProfWombat
In energy circles, it is assumed that conservation and effeciency measures can, by themselves, reduce fuel use 30 percent.
I recall what Jesus said at the end of the Sermon on the Mount," Obama said
TOO BAD THEY COULDNT WALK ON WATER - OH YEAH OF LITTLE FAITH
Don't tell us what part you're feeling. Thanks in advance.
bo
heh.
why, the 'asophagus' of course....oops.
"New car smell" is actaully a toxic mix of volatile organic compounds.
So is egg salad.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
Hey!!
Someday I'll own a roachcoach that runs on biodiesel.
*featuring delicious fried foods
*used cooking oil goes directly to the fuel tank
*profit!
"This was a new monitor...
noblejoanie "
and little pet Naugas used to come with naugahyde furniture.
I assume you're talking about Brazil, which is currently cutting down the rain forest, the largest carbon sink on Earth, to make biofuels. I wouldn't consider that an advisable policy.
brazil is cutting down the rainforest to produce sugar. no harm in using the bagasse to produce ethanol.
better than using the cane directly, anyway.
Thanks to our helpful government, fuel efficiency standards are worse than inthe 90s...
Precisely. Industry didn't want government regulation to get in the way of all those SUV and Hummer sales.
Toddly | 08.27.07 - 2:13 pm |
BMW or somebody German heard some American asshole joke about the impractibility of fuel economy, and they built an attractive, perfectly roadworthy car with a one liter gas tank. The company head drove it to a conference several miles away without problems. It's obviously not very big, essentially a glorified motorcycle with a very inclusive cab, but more than sufficient for most people.
Nothing, but nothing, at the current state of knowledge and technology comes close to conservation measures, some of the most mundane, no-brainer character imaginable...
ProfWombat | 08.27.07 - 2:16 pm | #
Such as keeping tires properly inflated. Honestly, it makes a huge difference. Underinflated tires can easily reduce mileage by one or two miles a gallon. It's significant per tankful, and yet how many people check their tire inflation when they fill up?
"New car smell" is actaully a toxic mix of volatile organic compounds.
So is Bush's manly aroma, so admired by Tweety.
gwb:drf
So I get to talk about Carter again. He wanted to make energy independence the moral equivalent of war. Perhaps the purest example of a prophet without honor since Churchill out of office in the 1930s.
ProfWombat
Amen!
Fraternal twins separated at birth?
"Whaddaya mean none of these assholes brought lunch? Who do I look like: Jesus the Caterer?"
[/Jesus]
Supreme Commander Thor
You're the one who calls himself the "Bread of Life."
Note to Obama: We are sick of mouth-breather, religiuos nuts cramming Christianity down our throats. Haven't you done enough fucking damage, asshole?
Get away from us, now, please.
sayin'
Two things:
1. He was speaking to a Baptist Church. What did you expect?
2. Obama is a religious man. Contrary to the attempts of Christian Right troglodytes, it is possible to invoke one's religious beliefs without attempting to shove it down others' throats.
Note to Obama: You can sit right over here next to me. This agnostic is pleased that you're reminding people that Christianity isn't defined by the wingers.
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Kudzu biofuel would be a good idea. It can grow up to a foot in 24 hours and is cheap to grow. And there is lots of it lying around right now.
http://www.nap.edu/staff/mjensen...l/kudzu-
car.jpg
Brazil is also cutting down the rainforest to keep beef so cheap.
So I get to talk about Carter again. He wanted to make energy independence the moral equivalent of war. Perhaps the purest example of a prophet without honor since Churchill out of office in the 1930s.
ProfWombat
I knew something was very wrong with this country when it came out that Reagan's people had arranged a backdoor deal for the Iranian hostages' release behind the back of the American government, scheduled for the day of that motherfucker's inauguration, and noone faced prosecution for treason.
So I get to talk about Carter again. He wanted to make energy independence the moral equivalent of war. Perhaps the purest example of a prophet without honor since Churchill out of office in the 1930s.
ProfWombat
High-five Prof.
Imagine the zillions of Star Wars dollars poured into energy research - photovoltaic, solar, efficiency, etc - over the last 20-odd years.
Precisely. Industry didn't want government regulation to get in the way of all those SUV and Hummer sales.
Richard
If I remember correctly, had Jimmy Carter's CAFE standards been left in place rather than being thrown out the window by St. Ronnie, we woulnd't be importing any oil now 'cause automakers would be required to have CAFE's in the mid-30s to low 40s.
Most fuel ethanol is produced from corn and its price has doubled in the last couple of years. Corn plantings in the US are up around 30% this year as a result. Good news for farmers and bad news for the KC corn-fed beef industry. Less corn-fed beef and HFCS as a trade off to producing ethanol is not a bad thing.
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Precisely. Industry didn't want government regulation to get in the way of all those SUV and Hummer sales.
Richard
like those little smart cars'.
wee vehicles. seat two. not much storage room. but you could run around a city pretty easily.
nj: perhaps. But only one of them was a great man, and only one of them was a good man.
brazil is cutting down the rainforest to produce sugar. no harm in using the bagasse to produce ethanol.
I don't know all the economics of it, but clearly the ethanol production side adds to the value of the sugar crop, which increases the rate at which the rain forests are cut down.
yeah the rainforest is indeed doomed. so many things to be depressed about. but i have kittens and the are dar.
We are sick of mouth-breather, religiuos nuts cramming Christianity down our throats. Haven't you done enough fucking damage, asshole?
Jesus loves you. You should return that love or you will burn in hell. Don't burn in hell. Let Jesus save you.
profwombat--I was talking about us!
Reagan practically called Carter a pussy for pushing energy conservation. Am I wrong, or was one of his first moves as president to have the solar panels on the White House roof dismantled?
That he did, my friend. That, he did.
So the right has been working for over 20 years to convince Americans that
Energy conservation = effeminacy
The irony here is that the same "macho doods" that push this are "macho" in appearance only.
Jimmy Carter is help up as a wimp by the republics, and he's anything but.
Glenn, congrats! Travers Stakes is Street Sense's! very good planning.
I found Jesus by watching this...
Little Marcy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a...Y50S3mqjM&
eurl=
Don't be depressed.
gwb:drf
RETRACTION OF TOTAL CYNICISM ABOUT OBAMA:
YES. anything that makes 'faith' more about 'caring' than the Texas electric chair is welcome.
Green Chile Egg Salad
(makes 4 sandwiches)
1 4-oz. can diced green chiles
4 hard-boiled eggs, chopped
¼ cup mayonnaise
2 Tbs. green onion, chopped
¼ tsp. hot sauce
Combine ingredients and chill for one hour. Serve on lightly toasted bread or roll of your choice, garnished with lettuce and tomato.
(From The Celluloid Pantry: Egg Salad So Delicious You Could Plotz and "What's Up, Tiger Lily?")
The irony here is that the same "macho doods" that push this are "macho" in appearance only.
Jimmy Carter is help up as a wimp by the republics, and he's anything but.
Billy B
Yup. The first big success of the modern right-wing propaganda machine was the pussification of Jimmy Carter.
hey Deacon: here's youtube letting you and me listen to the Modern Jazz Quartet do a great, swinging blues:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ct7WgG9S7xU
were in ur sammich, eggin ur salad
I recall what Jesus said at the end of the Sermon on the Mount," Obama said
Wait!
Obama is two thousand years old?
ethanol is gasoline that has suffered negligible dilution.
no, ethanol is what the gasoline is diluted with.
in Brazil, their cars burn straight ethanol.
It's about 10%, isn't it?
A 10% increase in average fuel economy is a far better way to reduce oil consumption and not particularly difficult to achieve.
A lot of cold-weather states are already using 10% ethanol in the wintertime.
Ethanol is an inferior fuel to biodiesel, from an energy balance standpoint. We have it here because the corn farmer lobby has a stranglehold on Congress.
The US Navy, btw, is in the process of converting the fleet to 20% biodiesel.
Am I wrong, or was one of his first moves as president to have the solar panels on the White House roof dismantled?
That he did, my friend. That, he did.
What a dick. Like the solar panels were hurting anybody.
there is an energy crisis.
carter deals with energy crisis.
carter tries to 'take away' inalienable american right to consume voraciously.
thus carter is a 'pussy.'
boggles the mind doesn't it?
I'm one who thinks even a zero-emission, zero-fuel use car is a bad thing. It leads to spread out cities, lost of farmland and forests (which are good carbon sinks), the massive extension of services (which themselves require great GHG emissions) and the breakdown of the social farbric.
Nicely played, Mr. Kurtz.
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The New York Times has a little more of the weekend tick-tock leading up to the Gonzales resignation, and I must say that it strikes me as an especially carefully crafted and stage-managed departure: ...
[article exerpts]
Lying to subordinates and the press is par for the course for these guys (and for much of official Washington in similar circumstances, truth be told). So nothing out of the ordinary there. But this elaborate choreograph, as related to The Times by administration officials, of Bush initially rebuffing the resignation, seems designed to emphasize that the timing and circumstances of Gonzales' departure was of his own choosing and that the President's hand was not being forced by Democrats on the Hill.
In short, I don't buy that tick-tock as being an accurate reflection of events, not with an attorney general who became a bipartisan laughingstock perhaps unparalleled among cabinet officers in U.S. history. The man was run out of town. The White House effort seems designed to minimize the appearance of that fact. If a fraction of the effort that went into stage-managing the politics of the resignation were put into actually running the Justice Department, or governing generally, well, then we wouldn't be mired quite as deeply in this mess as we are.
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nj: may we temper our separation any way we can; the like minded need each other in these times, as perhaps in most...
The first big success of the modern right-wing propaganda machine was the pussification of Jimmy Carter.
Gummo
I think Adlai Stevenson was first in that hit list. He was the original 'egghead'
and if Carter's CAFE standards were kept there would be no war in the Middle East right now.
James (Jimmy) Crack Corn
BOOOO!!!
What a dick. Like the solar panels were hurting anybody.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
the solar panels were only a two day march from the texas border.
Eating meat every day is a modern practice. Soldiers and sailors in the 18th century were given meat three times a week and oats or peas porridge on the other days. As long as they were given fresh vegetables to prevent scurvy, they were reasonably well-fed.
The race-baiting troll is returning serve well today.
Jesus loves you. You should return that love or you will burn in hell. Don't burn in hell. Let Jesus save you.
Jesus Don't fuck me in the ass!
Jesus loves you. You should return that love or you will burn in hell. Don't burn in hell. Let Jesus save you.
This is exactly what you reamed me the other night for assuming about you.
Thanks, Ruth. My son called Saturday night from Street Sense's stall; I said 'why aren't you at the victory ball?'
He said only the trainer, owner, assistant trainer and jockey were invited. No barn staff allowed. Now he's an attorney; a Northwestern grad. And he said "hell, I'm a populist. I'd rather be here with the grooms and hot-walkers. My people."
I'm proud of him and the horse and everybody connected with it. I understand that later that night, Carl Nafsger, the trainer, left the hoity-toity dance and came back to the barn to celebrate. They're all really good people; and Calvin's become a folk hero.
Eating meat every day is a modern practice.
Salt cod for all!
BOOOO!!!
scary black man
um...okay. want some candy corn? nice outfit.
Like the solar panels were hurting anybody.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
They were turning the White House into a hippie commune tiedyed teepee!
Ronald Reagan (not a real man, but he played one in the movies) put a stop to all that!
anything that makes 'faith' more about 'caring' than the Texas electric chair is welcome.
James (Jimmy) Crack Corn
Which is as it should be. The Christianity I confess is concerned with the "least" among us. The hijacking of religion to fill the coffers of the ruling class disgusts me no end, and while I don't share the cynical disgust towards religion of my some of my fellow progressives, I certainly understand it.
NY Magazine has a rather extensive profile of Drudge in the current issue.
The usual suspects (Halperin, Brazille, et al) are all there (plus a few others -- fucking Camille Paglia), and annoying.
Our transit districts busses also run on biodiesel, rat cheer in the USA.
Imagine the zillions of Star Wars dollars poured into energy research - photovoltaic, solar, efficiency, etc - over the last 20-odd years.
Imagine all the money spent on the Iraq war put into ending the need for foreign oil.
Glenn, how terrific. I consider horses the best company ever, anyway.
Which is as it should be. The Christianity I confess is concerned with the "least" among us. The hijacking of religion to fill the coffers of the ruling class disgusts me no end, and while I don't share the cynical disgust towards religion of my some of my fellow progressives, I certainly understand it.
geor3ge, snoopy dancing
well, yes.
I think i'm trying to find my 'roots' in spirituality in the 'neolithic' era these days....
and if Carter's CAFE standards were kept there would be no war in the Middle East right now.
Ruth
And that would be very very bad for business!
-- Deadeye Dick Cheney
This is exactly what you reamed me the other night for assuming about you.
theodoric
I'm quite sure that was a namestealer, theodoric. Our Snow ain't like that.
Imagine all the money spent on the Iraq war put into ending the need for foreign oil.
Richard
We could use the leftovers to provide health care for all.
Well, there goes the kitchen sink.
Snarlin' Arlen is his usual lapdog self in discussing the Gonzales resignation:
"This is a very tough day for Alberto Gonzales, a very, very tough day. I'm only going to say positive things about him. ... I'm not going to look backward," Specter said in a conference call from Poland, where he is traveling.
And as to Chertoff as replacement, he said:
"I think he's a first-rate prospect. I'd be prepared to give him an A rating," Specter said in a conference call from Poland.
So sad.
"Look on the bright side: more cream cheese for me in the bunker."
[/GW Bush]
Depressing is the prediction that the great apes will go extinct in the wild in the next twenty or thirty years. They'll be gone, millions of years of exquisite evolution, gone. Somehow we humans think we're immune, that the rules don't apply to us, the Bush administration writ large.
http://www.boston.com/news/scien...ace_extinction/
So sad.
watertiger
I heart watertiger.
Yes, but then we'd have to tap into the Strategic Creamed Corn reserve in Moline, IL.
res: all those people were fucking Camille Paglia? It strains the imagination, but I suppose it could have happened that way...
Eatings carbs at every meal is a historically new development. Before agriculture made abundant carbs possible, they were rare in the human diet.
This is exactly what you reamed me the other night for assuming about you.
You're damned right. And if I have to read about all of the stuff we do, then I figure I might as well do it. No proselytizing happens here, but still it is somehow being shoved down people's throats. I've tried tolerance, maybe a little intolerance would work.
It's just like being teh gaiii.
Sinfonian,recovering radio guy
Oddly, it's even gayer than being teh gaiii!
"I think he's a first-rate prospect. I'd be prepared to lick his balls during the confirmation hearing," Specter said in a conference call from Poland.
Something much have gotten garbled on that phone call.
lots of animals will go extinct. what we are doing to the earth is immoral.
Y'know, I think I despise Specter even more than I despise Orrin Hatch.
Hatch at least doesn't pretend to have any shreds of integrity left.
Glenn : But at its heart was a prosecutor without honor who saw it as an easy means to re-election.
O RLY? The prosecutor presses assault and rape charges of a SEX WORKER against rich Duke frat boys as an "easy means to re-election"? You've clearly never even MET the concept of honor and justice.
Imagine all the money spent on the Iraq war put into ending the need for foreign oil. Richard
Imagine having all the money already lost in Iraq, because we don't and there is no good reason to imagine we will any time soon. Imagine the Chinese working out a deal with Russia and Iran that eliminates both their need to help us out and any threats we might offer.
I heart watertiger.
geor3ge, snoopy dancing
Hard not to.
Unless you're a Bush.
The hijacking of religion to fill the coffers of the ruling class disgusts me no end,
Can it not be said that filling the coffers of the church has always been the priority?
Praise Jesus and pass the mashed taters.
Does Liberty U. have a European campus?
And as to Chertoff as replacement, he said:
"I think he's a first-rate prospect. I'd be prepared to give him an A rating," Specter said in a conference call from Poland.
pie
Please, Arlen, just blow simels. You're better off nominating Chertoff's twin brother anyway.
What a dick. Like the solar panels were hurting anybody.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
The solar panels showed President Carter's ignorant insensitivity toward the feelings of energy company executives.
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Is Mr. Cracked Corn related to the Strategic Creamed Corn reserve in Moline, IL.?
Or to David Corn?
"This is a very tough day for Alberto Gonzales, a very, very tough day.
Don't worry about it. He will have forgotten the entire thing by Thursday.
"I used to work where?
The solar panels showed President Carter's ignorant insensitivity toward the feelings of energy company executives.
According to the Constitution as presently enforced, energy company executives have 5/3 of a vote.
I gotta take a nap.
MSNBC Breaking news:
Britney being investigated for child abuse.
It was just a matter of time...
hey Deacon: here's youtube letting you and me listen to the Modern Jazz Quartet do a great, swinging blues:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ct7WgG9S7xU
ProfWombat
Tasty! Thanks for the link
Have the momma cat neutered before she gives birth again, please.
Am I the only one who thought of Dr. Nick from The Simpsons every time Alberto Gonzalez was up before the Senate?
Can it not be said that filling the coffers of the church has always been the priority?
It can be said that the corrupt will use any means possible to exploit the vulnerable.
The hijacking of religion to fill the coffers of the ruling class disgusts me no end
That's not the hijacking of religion.
That's the purpose of religion.
"This is a very tough day for Alberto Gonzales, a very, very tough day.
Don't worry about it. He will have forgotten the entire thing by Thursday.
That's when he receives his Board of Directors post at Exxon.
"This is a very tough day for Alberto Gonzales, a very, very tough day.
Not as tough as his trial at The Hague's gonna be, Mister Lupner.
Am I the only one who thought of Dr. Nick from The Simpsons every time Alberto Gonzalez was up before the Senate?
Gummo
"Hi, ever'body!"
Well, it ain't all roses and corn, unfortunately.
http://www.sciencecodex.com/
biof...orld_land_trust
Britney being investigated for child abuse.
All those poor pre-teens who bought "Hit Me Baby One More Time" still get the flashbacks.
Not as tough as his trial at The Hague's gonna be, Mister Lupner.
watertiger
I was hoping for Gitmo.
creamed corn and orrin hatch should never be mentioned in a sentence together.
Am I the only one who thought of Dr. Nick from The Simpsons every time Alberto Gonzalez was up before the Senate?
Gummo
"Hi, ever'body!"
Sinfonian
"Hi, Dr. Death!"
no need to preach the spay thing to me. jes sayin.
what happens at the Creamed Corn Strategic Reserve Centre stays at the Creamed Corn Strategic Reserve Centre
How is his day tough? He reads a statement and runs out of the room. That's it.
I'm sure his staff packed his plants and family photos for him. So no pain, no strain.
geb:drf
I heart watertiger.
geor3ge, snoopy dancing
Hard not to.
Unless you're a Bush.
doncjesuis, Tina Fey fan
Who among us does not ♥ watertiger? Find them, truss them up, and put them on one of 4lg's SunRockets ™
When I preach I don't say "please."
/no way of knowin.
O RLY? The prosecutor presses assault and rape charges of a SEX WORKER against rich Duke frat boys as an "easy means to re-election"? You've clearly never even MET the concept of honor and justice.
Meander, embittered liberal
Did you miss the part where the prosecutor admitted he'd overstepped, under-investigated and, uh, mis-led.
And yeah, black voters in this district outnumbered rich, white voters about 3 to one, if memory serves. It was election driven — I'm more than familiar with honor and justice, meander. I was one of the first whites arrested with black demonstrators at our local Woolworth in 1962; I was attacked and gassed by riot police in 1966 and '68. I was in Memphis covering the garbage strike when Martin was killed; I covered the '68 police riots at the Democratic convention.
I won't be a name-caller here, but you've insulted someone you know nothing about. Piss off.
creamed corn and orrin hatch should never be mentioned in a sentence together. - James (Jimmy) Crack Corn
Basic ingredients of the Utah Casserole of Death.
That's not the hijacking of religion.
That's the purpose of religion.
Seraphie
DING DING DING We have a WINNAH
President Bush on Monday said he reluctantly accepted the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose "good name was dragged through the mud for political reasons."
moi, for you; http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com/
...day+catblogging especially the topmost one.
oh, you guys.
I still say invite Camille Paglia to Eschacon II (she's in Philly). Also invite the press but then have no one show up in the audience due to 'lack of interest'.
Surfing on Youtube is fun. Here's a duet with Leo Kottke and DOc Watson. If this doesn't make you smile, I don't know what will...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=OR63Y5LIQDI
"This is a very tough day for Alberto Gonzales, a very, very tough day.
when does that "dragging through the mud" stuff begin?
"We heart watertiger too."
/The Green Fairies
Not as tough as his trial at The Hague's gonna be, Mister Lupner.
From your keyboard to the Goddess' monitor.
I guess it's better than having your good name dragged through the mud because there was a good reason for it.
gwb:drf
Surfing on Youtube is fun.
YouTube is the Dementor of my work ethic
After months of standing by his top prosecutor and "close friend," Bush spoke briefly in Texas to praise Gonzales, saying the attorney general endured "unfair treatment that has created harmful distraction at the Justice Department."
Bush said it's "sad that we live in a time when a talented and honorable person" is impeded "from doing important work."
Depressing is the prediction that the great apes will go extinct in the wild in the next twenty or thirty years. They'll be gone, millions of years of exquisite evolution, gone. Somehow we humans think we're immune, that the rules don't apply to us, the Bush administration writ large.
Meanwhile, we "Fair to middlin'" apes strive to cover every last square foot of the planet with strip malls.
President Bush on Monday said he reluctantly accepted the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose "good name was dragged through the mud for political reasons."
It can be said that the corrupt will use any means possible to exploit the vulnerable.
geor3ge, snoopy dancing
Yes, thank you.
By the same logic as I'm seeing from some folks here, the Bush Admin is a great argument for small government. Or none.
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That's not the hijacking of religion.
That's the purpose of religion.
Seraphie
DING DING DING We have a WINNAH
Deacon Blues
Whatever you say.
I still say invite Camille Paglia to Eschacon II (she's in Philly). Also invite the press but then have no one show up in the audience due to 'lack of interest'.
Bond, James Bond
Shoot me now. I hate that bitch. I don't even want to be in the same building with her.
Did you miss the part where the prosecutor admitted he'd overstepped, under-investigated and, uh, mis-led.
That's not a real admission. Nothing has changed in the same South that pissed blood about removing a racist and traitorous symbol of insurrection (and ultimately just moved it to a nearby park). That guy directly insulted the white powers that be screwing people and had to apologize like that the same way that guy Richard Bruce Cheney shot had to apologize.
Note to Obama: We are sick of mouth-breather, religiuos nuts cramming Christianity down our throats. Haven't you done enough fucking damage, asshole?
You should definitely run for office with that slogan.
I agree, Glenn.
BTW if anyone wants to do a grammar check on Alberto's resignation letter, see if you can spot it--graduate of Harvard Law, http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...nzales-resigns/
when does that "dragging through the mud" stuff begin?
focus
It began in Rove's 'mind' about eight months ago.
This is a very tough day for Alberto Gonzales, a very, very tough day.
As it was for Michael Vick. At least the onlookers cheered Vick when he arrived at the courthouse.
Arrrrgh!
Only the twenty-something percenters believe that, georgie.
In a just world, you'll be next.
I was one of the first whites arrested with black demonstrators at our local Woolworth in 1962; I was attacked and gassed by riot police in 1966 and '68. I was in Memphis covering the garbage strike when Martin was killed; I covered the '68 police riots at the Democratic convention.
Tom Hanks?
whoa conveyor belt cat spaying.
just so everyone knows-this kitty showed up looking like a big fat balloon. someone else dumped her. my girls all got spayed early and often. hopefully i will get her kittens into a no kill shelter. i'll spay momcat and she will live outside.
Wasn't Senator Lupner a public prosecutor?
"Mr District Attorney, are you going to send these killers to prison?"
"I'm not going to look backwards and point fingers...."
"This is a very tough day for Alberto Gonzales, a very, very tough day.
Another smug, smirking Republic criminal saunters back home without answering for anything. Some tough day.
He should be so lucky as to be dragged through the mud. The son of a bitch should be tarred and feathered.
"Fair to middling apes"--well said.
BTW if anyone wants to do a grammar check on Alberto's resignation letter, see if you can spot it--graduate of Harvard Law, http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...nzales-resigns/
noblejoanie
"the right time for my family and I"
What a dumbfuck.
BTW if anyone wants to do a grammar check on Alberto's resignation letter, see if you can spot it--graduate of Harvard Law, http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com...nzales-resigns/
noblejoanie
"My family and ME," should be. Or "me and my family."
You're the one who calls himself the "Bread of Life."
I guess we'll have to appoint someone else "The Host".
Another smug, smirking Republic criminal saunters back home without answering for anything. Some tough day.
Deacon Blues
DING DING DING WE HAVE A WEINER
Re: Boo Hoo Gonzales
Can we send one of the Michael Vick impounded Pit Bulls to Gonzales with a name tag that says "My Name Is Checkers"?
moi, for you; catblogging especially the topmost one. - Ruth
In San Diego, careful when the waiter suggests "locally grown mini-mountain oysters".
Another smug, smirking Republic criminal saunters back home without answering for anything. Some tough day.
Deacon Blues
Another victim of "poisonous partisan politics" (Trademark: Fox News).
Anyone who hasn't read Molly Ivins on Camille Paglia owes it to themselves to click this link. And they owe it to their monitor to have a clear mouth, not full of liquid whose propulsion would ruin its day...
http://www.its.caltech.edu/
~eric...ivins_on_paglia
Harry Reid weighs in:
"Alberto Gonzales was never the right man for this job," said Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Monday. "He lacked independence, he lacked judgment and he lacked the spine to say no to Karl Rove." Rove, another longtime Bush official and his top political adviser, also resigned this month.
"This resignation is not the end of the story," Reid warned. "Congress must get to the bottom of this mess and follow the facts where they lead, into the White House."
"The rains descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house. But it did not fall, because it was founded on the rock," he continued.
And if looks like it's starting to fall, there's always the Inquisition and shit.
NJ,
Gonzo can't make it two sentences without a grammatical error. "My family and I..."
He didn’t like being on the rope. He started jumping around and trying to slip free. He tripped over himself and went onto his back. He became remarkably calm. I walked over to have a look at him, and there they were:
Bull calf balls in a little, furry sack.
“Oh man,” I said to myself, “those have to go.”
A + for Sinfonian and V---hey wait, that's like ranking a professional with an amateur--you're the Jeopardy guy, aren't you, Sinfonian?!
Anyone who hasn't read Molly Ivins on Camille Paglia owes it to themselves to click this link.
God, I miss that woman. No one was safe from her wit.
the Utah Casserole of Death.
heh.
No proselytizing happens here, but still it is somehow being shoved down people's throats.
I agree there's an inordinate amount of hostility toward religion here.
Maybe you could try asking yourself why that is.
I realize you're not personally responsible for it. You do, however, adhere to a faith that, aggregately, does an awful lot of bad things because God supposedly says so.
You can either belong to the Body of Christ and take on all the responsibility that entails, or not.
I used to, until I left.
As I said the other night, the one common thread that all Christians seem to have in common is a penchant for arguing about who's Christian and who isn't.
Repudiate the theology if you don't believe it, dissociate yourself from the church if you don't want to be lumped with people you don't like or agree with, but as long as you call yourself a Christian, don't expect those of us who don't belong to the church to discriminate between the thousands of contrary positions that all call themselves Christianity.
It's just too much to keep up with, and consumes more energy than the issue is worth.
I keep thinking about the song John Barleycorn must die.
It that because of the biofuels, or Gonzales?
gwb:drf
Anyone who hasn't read Molly Ivins on Camille Paglia owes it to themselves to click this link.
'I dont need camille paglia to tell me bob dylan is a genius.'
You're the one who calls himself the "Bread of Life."
I guess we'll have to appoint someone else "The Host". - batguano
Is there a market for aprons embalzoned with "Never mind eating the host, eat the hostess"? Perfect for church suppers.
bo, at least they will keep the rats away. :-}
As I said the other night, the one common thread that all Christians seem to have in common is a penchant for arguing about who's Christian and who isn't.
True Christians don't argue about such things.
I keep thinking about the song John Barleycorn must die.
It that because of the biofuels, or Gonzales?
gwb:drf
Arabella
well, the word 'corn' I guess. boy, am I perceptive or what.
"Congress must get to the bottom of this mess and follow the facts where they lead, into the White House."
heh heh heh.
I guess no one proofread Gonzo's letter.
The rest of it after the incorrect pronoun usuage was gaggable.
Cap'n Tipsy McStagger.
(just pic)
A + for Sinfonian and V---hey wait, that's like ranking a professional with an amateur--you're the Jeopardy guy, aren't you, Sinfonian?!
noblejoanie
Maybe ...
Is it labor day weekend yet?
"This resignation is not the end of the story," Reid warned. "Congress must get to the bottom of this mess and follow the facts where they lead, into the White House."
Tough talk, Harry. Let's see you grow a pair and do what you say.
I am glad Atrios finally saw the error of his ways and turned this into a biofuels blog.
'I dont need camille paglia to tell me bob dylan is a genius, but it is helpful that Ann Authaus informs us of what rudeness lies in wait on the internets.'
The rest of it after the incorrect pronoun usuage was gaggable.
pie
Grammer Patrol!
Grammer Patrol!
Grammar.
:lol
Ha!
yeah the grammar patrol makes this place a bit insufferable
Cap'n Tipsy McStagger.
(just pic)
watertiger
Exactly who is always waving at when he gets on/off the plane?
Well, I certainly haven't got your creds, Glenn -- hell, I've got no creds at all -- so I must be wrong on this.
Sure, going up against the Duke establishment MUST be a great way to get elected in NC. OK.
And has been stated before, that old man had no business getting in front of Cheney's shotgun. He needed to apologize, too.
I am glad Atrios finally saw the error of his ways and turned this into a biofuels blog.
Iwonder
Cancelled; Iwonder.
Cap'n Tipsy McStagger.
(just pic)
watertiger
I think Bush should always exit planes via the emergency slide. I think that'd be best for everyone involved.
speaking of biofuels:
Granary Petrol!!!!!!!!
The NY Times got it right this time. Gonzo was run out of town, but it had to be done so that Bush could save face.
gwb:drf
This is a very tough day for Alberto Gonzales, a very, very tough day.
It was also a very, very tough day for Hermann Göring, when he was found guilty by the war crimes tribunal.
Haven't you done enough fucking damage, asshole?
You should definitely run for office with that slogan.
Culture of Truth
I'd totally put that sticker on my bike helmet.
Grammer Patrol! - James (Jimmy) Crack Corn
A Grey Panther faction?
I think Bush should always exit planes via the emergency slide. I think that'd be best for everyone involved.
Exactly who is always waving at when he gets on/off the plane?
Bond, James Bond
The pink elephants.
As one who makes many more mistakes than most here, my point with the resignation letter is this is for the archives, people, not a slapdash post on a blog.
"This resignation is not the end of the story," Reid warned. "Congress must get to the bottom of this mess and follow the facts where they lead, into the White House."
Tough talk, Harry. Let's see you grow a pair and do what you say.
smalfish, Saved
i'm very curious to see if harry's and monkeyboy's agreement re recess appts still holds... and what's old harry gonna do when monkeyboy installs his next ag.
Exactly who is always waving at when he gets on/off the plane?
Eight foot tall rabbit. George can't figue out how the rabbit always gets to the destinations before him.
Hmmm:
The Swamp reports that Frances Fragos Townsend, White House homeland security advisor, “declined the offer to consider job of Homeland Security Secretary currently held by Chertoff in a recent conversation with the White House.” As ThinkProgress noted earlier today, Bush crony Clay Johnson is now reportedly the frontrunner for the job.
yeah the grammar patrol makes this place a bit insufferable
Actually, I haven't seen any of that in a long time.
Time headline:
Why Gonzales Finally Caved
Because he wanted to be just like the Democratic leadership in Congress?
The only thing I hate about this place are the atheist grammar police.
gwb:drf
Sure, going up against the Duke establishment MUST be a great way to get elected in NC. OK.
And has been stated before, that old man had no business getting in front of Cheney's shotgun. He needed to apologize, too.
Meander
Apples/oranges.
Exactly who is always waving at when he gets on/off the plane?
Bond, James Bond
The Green Fairies.
Has anyone noticed that Little Boots, a 60 year old man, while chewing all of of out over Abu's resignation, is acting like a seven year old?
Grammar.
:lol
pie
ha!!!
oh boy----------------Duh me!!!
Precipitous Whim:
NYTimes op-ed today, reg. requ. "Khalilzad’s anguish centers on May 6, 2003. That’s the day he expected Bush to announce his return to Iraq to convene a grand assembly — something like an Afghan loya jirga — that would fast-forward a provisional Iraqi government.
Instead, the appointment of L. Paul Bremer III to head a Coalition Provisional Authority was announced. Khalilzad, incredulous, went elsewhere. In the place of an Afghan-American Muslim on a mission to empower Iraqis, we got the former ambassador to the Netherlands for a one-year proconsul gig. “We had cleared both announcements, with Bremer to run things and me to convene the loya jirga, both as presidential envoys,” Khalilzad told me. “We were just playing with a few final words. Then the game plan suddenly changed: we would run the country ourselves.”
Alluding to former Secretary of State Colin Powell and his successor, Condoleezza Rice, who was then national security adviser, Khalilzad continued: “Powell and Condi were incredulous. Powell called me and asked: ‘What happened?’ And I said, ‘You’re secretary of state and you’re asking me what happened!’ ”
Powell confirmed his astonishment. “The plan was for Zal to go back,” he said. “He was the one guy who knew this place better than anyone. I thought this was part of the deal with Bremer. But with no discussion, no debate, things changed. I was stunned.”
How about an apron for your grandpa:
Grammer Patrol
?
The Green Fairies.
fy, et.al?
The only thing I hate about this place are the atheist grammar police.
Heretic!
i miss lolbush already.
Grammar Police,
arrest this man
he speaks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge...
/Radiohead
So, any of you grammers out there want a chicken and avocado sammitch?
for some reason I love Pie's grammAr comments when she makes them. Like a quiet 'aside'.....
Way OT
So Ken Burns has a series on WWII coming soon to a TV near you.
Anyone wanna guess how many Mary Chestnut quotes he uses?
Can't an interim appointment of anyone at all replace Abu? It could be Harriet Miers! Come full circle.
Has anyone noticed that Little Boots, a 60 year old man, while chewing all of of US out over Abu's resignation, is acting like a seven year old?
fy is a nonexistent green fellow that only Atriots can see and hear.
Like the Great Gazoo.
"Hello, dum-dum."
The only thing worse than the atheist grammar police are those who jump on you for a simple mispelling...
i'm very curious to see if harry's and monkeyboy's agreement re recess appts still holds... and what's old harry gonna do when monkeyboy installs his next ag.
linda
The next sternly-worded letter will contain multiple capital letters!
No exclamation points, though. That would be too partisan.
Tough talk, Harry. Let's see you grow a pair and do what you say.
I'm genuinely surprised that Gonzo resigned, given that the toothless "impeachment is off the table" congress probably wouldn't have done anything meaningful to force his removal. Perhaps he was afraid of being gummed to death.
Exactly who is always waving at when he gets on/off the plane?
Jesus
or the pink elephants.
.
Grammar Police,
arrest this man
he speaks in maths, he buzzes like a fridge...
/Radiohead
dan mcenroe
those are interesting lyrics.
her Hitler hairdo
is making me fell ill....
Exactly who is always waving at when he gets on/off the plane?
Bond, James Bond
The Texas A&M yell squad.
Gummo : No exclamation points, though. That would be too partisan.
Downright shrill.
The Green Fairies.
dan mcenroe
Yep, them too.
And sometimes, dancing, multicolored bears.
Biodiesel sure enough, but please note not sourced from maize (if that sunflower in the background is anything to go by). Wonder if Big Corn managed to get extra monies out of government for growing biofuel as opposed to merely food crops?
Gee, why are they looking for a replacement for Chertoff?
/snark
bush is 60??
jesus fucking christ.
So Ken Burns has a series on WWII coming soon to a TV near you.
Anyone wanna guess how many Mary Chestnut quotes he uses?
He'll have a fucking blast with Lindberg's quotes.
gwb:drf
Anyone who hasn't read Molly Ivins on Camille Paglia owes it to themselves to click this link. And they owe it to their monitor to have a clear mouth, not full of liquid whose propulsion would ruin its day...
http://www.its.caltech.edu/ ~eric...ivins_on_paglia
ProfWombat
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. [sniff]
I still think Miss Teen South Carolina was asked the wrong question and she just didn't realize it.
The only thing worse than the atheist grammar police are those who jump on you for a simple mispelling...
ProfWombat
I dont mind the jumping...I just hate being landed on...my spelling is atrocious...
Youtube is making my day. This could be the best 'One O'Clock Jump' I've ever heard...
http://youtube.com/watch?v=VrCgo1SgfmM
I'm genuinely surprised that Gonzo resigned, given that the toothless "impeachment is off the table" congress probably wouldn't have done anything meaningful to force his removal. Perhaps he was afraid of being gummed to death.
Richard
Maybe Chertoff wanted out of Homeland Security before the next disaster/attack
I don't know who Frank Ranelli of Op-Ed News is, but he's out there saying Chertoff will be recess-appointed. Great.
I love hearing the sounds of something heavy hitting the (raised) floor of my soon-to-be-ex kitchen.
The next big event will be when they break down the wall that separates the kitchen from the dining room. I'm waiting to take a pic of the hammer going through the plaster board.
bush is 60??
61.
The only thing worse than the atheist grammar police are those who jump on you for a simple mispelling...
ProfWombat
I've been called "fucking stupid illiterate" for a typo.
A typo referring to Abu, for that matter.
And so it goes.
Jesus or the pink elephants. . batguano
Jesus and the Pink Elephants might be a good name for a 60's cover band.
I've given all I can,
it's not enough.
I've given all I can,
but we're still on the payrooooolll.
Has anyone noticed that Little Boots, a 60 year old man, while chewing all of of out over Abu's resignation, is acting like a seven year old?
Earlier I was trying to recall if I'd ever heard a president get all pissy and pointing fingers when weighing in on an appointee's resignation.
Anyone?
I copied most of today's Greenwald column and sent it to Reid and my Senator with a paragraph saying: What he said. If they don't give Bush hell over this AG appointment, I am going to be so angry I won't know what to do.
Like a quiet 'aside'.....
Yeah, I'm correcting my mistakes. That okay with everyone?
Exactly who is always waving at when he gets on/off the plane?
Eight foot tall rabbit. George can't figue out how the rabbit always gets to the destinations before him.
Penguin
No self-respecting pooka would spend any time with George.
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I've been called "fucking stupid illiterate" for a typo.
Wow. More of a grammar nihilist going after you.
nobody has heard enough of ww2 of course.
i mean really.
i think I know how many potatoes they peeled preparing to invade normandy beach for crying out loud.
"Grammer Patrol"
....speeeding across the desert in a jeep with a machine gun in the back, shooting up camels who refuse to conjugate correctly...
starring vic morrow....
The only thing worse than the atheist grammar police are those who jump on you for a simple mispelling...
ProfWombat
M*I*S*S*P*E*L*L*I*N*G
So Ken Burns has a series on WWII coming soon to a TV near you.
gee, can't wait. that is a completly ignored period of history.
President Piglet!
bush is 60??
jesus fucking christ.
euphronius
Actually, he just turned 61 in July.
bush is 60??
61.
watertiger
Going on 4.
Wow. More of a grammar nihilist going after you.
Jay C
They came back the next day to cut off his johnson.
Pink huffalumps.
watertiger
My lumps
my lumps
my lumps
simple equations, sans grammar
al-Maliki = Diem
Allawi = Quisling
Yeah, I'm correcting my mistakes. That okay with everyone?
pie
pie we may disagree politically on some things but you can correct my grammAr anytime. for some reason i thoroughly enjoy it.
Earlier I was trying to recall if I'd ever heard a president get all pissy and pointing fingers when weighing in on an appointee's resignation.
Anyone?
I can't remember. Little Boots is mad he didn't get his way, and he ALWAYS gets his way.
Which leads me to believe there's something else to this resignation.
Bush is 61 in dog years.
....speeeding across the desert in a jeep with a machine gun in the back, shooting up camels who refuse to conjugate correctly...
Blasting across the alkali flats in a monkey-driven rocket sled...
M*I*S*S*P*E*L*L*I*N*G
GWPDA,
Tori?
Oh noes!
The Grammaritterati have taken over teh blogs!!!
They came back the next day to cut off his johnson.
dan mcenroe | Homepage | 08.27.07 - 2:58 pm | #
yes some are very cutting
Has anyone noticed that Little Boots, a 60 year old man, while chewing all of of out over Abu's resignation, is acting like a seven year old?
No different than he is every other day.
Hey, has Holden been around today? I want to see him gloating.
I have a gut feeling it's going to be Chertoff
Wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. [sniff]
really what guts & vision.
Bush is waving at Stevie Wonder.
gwb:drf
So Ken Burns has a series on WWII coming soon to a TV near you.
Anyone wanna guess how many Mary Chestnut quotes he uses?
I don't care, just as long as he doesn't give that little weasel George Will or fat Timmy Russert any air time.
say what you want about national grammarians, at least they have an ethos.
....speeeding across the desert in a jeep with a machine gun in the back, shooting up camels who refuse to conjugate correctly...
starring vic morrow....
IN COLOR!
The Grammaritterati have taken over teh blogs!!!
Zap Rowsdower
Trolls=illiterati
The first thing the grammarians do is make you cut off your penis as an object lesson about individuality.
If they don't give Bush hell over this AG appointment, I am going to be so angry I won't know what to do. - Hecate
[Envisions Congressional Chambers populated by newts.]
GWPDA: when the candles burned their lowest before the fell winds of sloppiness, there you were, my love, to restore my tattered faith in humanity...
gee, can't wait. that is a completly ignored period of history.
euphronius, Junior Shabadoo
20 million Soviet citizens died and even they're sick of it.
"I do declare, those Japs bombed Pearl Harbor"
-Mary Chestnut
I have a gut feeling it's going to be Chertoff
Harriet Miers has time on her hands.
for some reason i thoroughly enjoy it.
Okay, happy to oblige.
GWPDA: when the candles burned their lowest before the fell winds of sloppiness, there you were, my love, to restore my tattered faith in humanity...
ProfWombat
HOPA!
If Burns uses some of the color footage that's been unearthed in recent years, it might be worthwhile.
After decades of visualizing the war years in black & white, there's an unsettling immediacy to seeing it in color.
Bush would love to wish them into the cornfield but they need the room to grow more corn for biofuel.
Allright, gotta go do work stuff.
and btw we're sending money direct to the insurgents who shoot 'the troops' in Iraq.
at http://cabdrollery.blogspot.com
I'm talking to pie as if we have this long history of her correcting my grammar.
she's probably thinking wtf?
61.
watertiger
IIRC, chimps live about 60 years in captivity, 40 years in the wild.
Chimpy's exercise must be helping somewhat.
fat Timmy Russert any air time.
Kid Charlmagne
Oh god, that bug-eyed, moon-faced shit-eating grin trying to figure out how many different ways he can say "I've got Daddy issues!!!"
No different than he is every other day.
True, but I love reminding everyone what a spoiled, immature shit the "leader of the free world" is.
After decades of visualizing the war years in black & white, there's an unsettling immediacy to seeing it in color.
Gummo
that is so true. seeing colour footage once I was just taken aback realizing of course the skies above buchenwald were........beautiful
Jesus mercy fuck is the koran on the Saudi Flag?
To be more exact it's the shahada, which is one of the requirements of a Muslim according to the Koran. Or so I have heard. And yes, being in contact with the feet is probably a taboo for scriptures from the Koran. Unfortunate, because how else do you acknowledge that yes, the Saudis are part of this multi-everything soccer tournament without giving offense?
World War II is one of history's greatest stories. There will always be room for an artist to tell it anew.
Where are the big, beefy liberal hawks of yesteryear?
starring vic morrow....
IN living COLOR!
Fetched yon twinkie.
I have a gut feeling it's going to be Chertoff
Culture of Truth
Look upthread, sport. I think I may be owed a beverage:smile:
After decades of visualizing the war years in black & white, there's an unsettling immediacy to seeing it in color.
Gummo |
My Dad fought the Germans in WWII and got blowed up real bad. He swore the war WAS in black and white!
Earlier I was trying to recall if I'd ever heard a president get all pissy and pointing fingers when weighing in on an appointee's resignation.
Anyone?
I dunno about resignations specifically, but I seem to remember Ronnie sometimes got a little pissy, especially toward the end of his second term.
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I don't think I ever corrected earl's grammar, did I?
say what you want about national grammarians, at least they have an ethos.
euphronius, Junior Shabadoo | 08.27.07 - 2:59 pm |
This really pisses in the face of the moon because in a little thing some people call reality, the real nihilists were the most moral people in Russia and laid the foundation for later Socialist organizing by not waiting for a Victorian noice-sounding formal philosophy to stop them from actually getting their hands dirty. Whereas National Socialists had an extremely flexible, opportunistic "ethos" that was reformed to whatever Hitler felt like doing at the moment. An unfortunate myth has sprung up about the Robot Nazis running timely trains and adhering to the same rules loyally, and wherein pedants fault nihilists for not having left them any meaningless texts to argue over, and it's all crap.
sadly when we lost vic morrow in the war on inadequate punctuation we lost a giant of the silver screen
you can correct my grammAr anytime. for some reason i thoroughly enjoy it.
James (Jimmy) Crack Corn
Dude, just how hot *was* your fifth grade English teacher?
I just hope that Burns includes some footage of the Flying Hellfish.
Or that cartoon of the gremlins dismantling Hitler's plane (a Tex Avery joint, perhaps?).
"IN COLOR!
HG Bergeron "
not on our family's teevee. i think my mom and dad upgraded to color apx. 1986.
Easy on the nihilism, man, it's a movie quote.
World War II is one of history's greatest stories. There will always be room for an artist to tell it anew.
ProfWombat
And it's important to realize that the war was so all encompassing — and over in less time than this morass in which we're currently trapped.
Trolls=illiterati
Shitterati
I don't think I ever corrected earl's grammar, did I?
pie
let me check with my public notary and get back to you............
Dude, just how hot *was* your fifth grade English teacher?
dan mcenroe
I can't speak for James, but in my case, it was my eighth grade English teacher.
Grrrrrowl.
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it's a quote from a movie dude. it is supposed to doubly ironic because it comes from the mouth of a (radical) zionist.
World War II is one of history's greatest stories. There will always be room for an artist to tell it anew.
ProfWombat
I'm not sick of it. I think it's fascinating.
Dude, just how hot *was* your fifth grade English teacher?
dan mcenroe
heh.
'Miss Johnson I'm having trouble with this simile.I have to hold it down here with these glasses."
Easy on the nihilism, man, it's a movie quote.
Jay C
say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, at least it was an ethos
Okay, better getsomething done. I wish Gonzo had resigned on a day didn't have anyting to do.
He's really a most inconsiderate moron.
And it's important to realize that the war was so all encompassing — and over in less time than this morass in which we're currently trapped.
Glenn | 08.27.07 - 3:04 pm | #
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um, 1937-1945 is 9 years?
"...because his name was dragged through the...
...mud."
What a maroon.
Oh noes, now Olex has done it.
Y'know, Gonzales' and Rove's resignations two months ago were consummations most devoutly to be wished. Those who apologize for Reid's and Pelosi's strategies could point to that, and tell those of us pining for more assertive challenges to Bush et al. that we should be patient, that events are in fact unfolding. Me, I still want to see more chair-on-Cheney-and-Bush action, but it's been a nice couple of weeks regardless. Maybe even irregardless...
I, for one, welcome our new grammar police overlords. Do not forget to sign up for the new Leftist Inquisition, same hours, great uniforms and all the schadenfreude you can eat! Everybody still OK with the Prada footwear? I think it's a bit much but we're going to go with a majority vote on that one, so long as their comfortable.
Can someone confirm for me that the AG cannot be recess appointed? Because if it can I'm going to have to impose a news blackout on myself.
the nihilists were the same as the anarchists yes?
If Burns uses some of the color footage that's been unearthed in recent years, it might be worthwhile.
I remember reading somewhere that actually almost all the combat footage in WWII was shot in color. It was just dubbed in B&W and the convention stood.
After decades of visualizing the war years in black & white, there's an unsettling immediacy to seeing it in color.
Gummo
Isn't that the truth?
I saw a color film recently of a beachhead on a Pacific island prior to the battle for said island.
A tropical paradise. Turquoise water, sugar white beaches, emerald green palms.
Imagine how the island looked after all the palms had been blown off of it and the turquoise water and sugar white sand ran red with the blood of a few hundred GI's, whose bodies were floating in the water.
In color, that shit is real.
I agree there's an inordinate amount of hostility toward religion here.
Maybe you could try asking yourself why that is.
I understand perfectly why that is. There's no need for the presumptuous tone.
Repudiate the theology if you don't believe it, dissociate yourself from the church if you don't want to be lumped with people you don't like or agree with
Spoken like a fundie. "You're either with us or against us". I still believe in the good of my church, and would rather work to change it from the inside. Fuck you if you expect me to apologize for it.
COUNTDOWN on Friday had on the historian Bush misquoted in his Vietnam speech. The historian pointed out that the US began planning for the occupation of Japan in 1942.
um, 1937-1945 is 9 years?
euphronius
But the U S of A was involved for only three and a half of those years.
the nihilists were the same as the anarchists yes?
James (Jimmy) Crack Corn | 08.27.07 - 3:07 pm | #
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in russia i think so.
Earlier I was trying to recall if I'd ever heard a president get all pissy and pointing fingers when weighing in on an appointee's resignation.
Well, Junior has 'em all, 1 thru 42, totally out-pissiede and out-pointied.
Oh pissy Bush, oh pissy, pissy
Point your finger, throw a hissy...
um, 1937-1945 is 9 years?
euphronius, Junior Shabadoo
WWII started on September 1, 1939, when the German Army attacked Poland.
um, 1937-1945 is 9 years?
euphronius, Junior Shabadoo
American involvement was 41-45. European operations were 39-44, afaicr (GCSE history classes...)
But the U S of A was involved for only three and a half of those years.
Glenn | 08.27.07 - 3:08 pm | #
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er, well, formal involvement i suppose, yes.
somebody please 'call' me on this:
I fear the resignation of rove and gonzales is simply a dire result of more grand evil plans underfoot.
please strip me of this dread.
I think it's a bit much but we're going to go with a majority vote on that one, so long as their comfortable.
That would be, 'as long as THEY'RE comfortable'.
Just sayin'. Try the veal!
I can't speak for James, but in my case, it was my eighth grade English teacher.
Grrrrrowl.
Gummo
Eighth grade for me too. Mrs. L, who left when her banker husband was transferred to Pago Pago.
Thoughts of Mrs. L on a tropical beach occupied my 12-year-old mind for quite some time afterward.
The president's motorcade will head up I-5 to I-405 to Bellevue, then to Northeast Eighth Street.
SOP for the WSP on presidential visits. I got routed around Boeing Field a couple of times when Bush I and the Big Dog were in town.
I don't remember previous POTUSi wanting to go to Bellevue Square, though.
My my. I sense a bit of hostility on the blog today.
asia started in 37.
europe started in 39.
After decades of visualizing the war years in black & white, there's an unsettling immediacy to seeing it in color.
Believe it or not, there's even color footage of World War I.
There was a documentary not too long ago showing it.
You know that George Will will be a part of Ken Burns' new opus.
As far as narrators go, a bowtie-wearing bullshit artist is more tolerable than a craggy-faced bourbon soaked Southern apologist.
At least George Will won't start crying everytime he talks about a German defeat.
gwb:drf
GWPDA is kind enough to correct my spelling without pointing what what a dummy I am.
please strip me of this dread.
No can do. Sorry.
Gotta do stuff. Enjoy the rest of the afternoon, bats.
My my. I sense a bit of hostility on the blog today.
smalfish
up yours d00d!
ProfWombat : Me, I still want to see more chair-on-Cheney-and-Bush action, but it's been a nice couple of weeks regardless. Maybe even irregardless...
True -- it didn't look like this in June.
I'm sure if Chertoff gets the job that Michael Brown will spend a great deal of time on the cable shows.
Can someone confirm for me that the AG cannot be recess appointed?
Greenwald says he's retiring 9/17, at which point Congress is back in session, so no recess appointment.
OK, time to find some lunch and hit the hardware store. L9r all!
Isn't there also color footage of WWI?
'Cause I know various studios and tinkerers were playing around with color film from the very beginning of the movies.