Obama was getting around 2/3rd of the vote in my white, upper middle class district in the slurbs of Seattle.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 5:56 pm | #
I got nothin' neither.
bob |
02.09.08 - 5:57 pm | #
Obama was getting around 2/3rd of the vote in my white, upper middle class district in the slurbs of Seattle.
That's more than 3/5!
NTodd, Fästing Führer |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 5:57 pm | #
Not a damn thing.
Jake in Milwaukee |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 5:57 pm | #
Rebates Could Stave Off Long Recession
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite remarkably quick passage, the economic aid plan and its cash rebates may come too late to prevent a recession this year. For many experts, however, the $168 billion boost to the lagging economy may mean the difference between a short downturn and something much more serious.
The measure that President Bush plans to sign this coming week will send government payments to more than 130 million people. Checks that will start showing up in mailboxes in May range from $300 to $1,200; households with children get an additional $300 per child. Businesses benefit, too, through tax breaks to increase investment spending on plants and equipment.
The tax relief is intended to jump-start the economy. Politicians, worried about a recession in an election year, put aside their normal bickering to speed the proposal through Congress.
Nonetheless, there is debate over how effective it will be. Critics say debt-burdened consumers will use the money to pay bills rather than spending the checks and spurring growth.
lso |
02.09.08 - 5:57 pm | #
Nothing's going to change my world.
NSA |
02.09.08 - 5:57 pm | #
but less than 7/8ths.
kidlacan, hagtastic |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 5:58 pm | #
I'm sick of listening to McCain's blather already and it's only Feb 2008. I think he's a worse speaker than Bush, if that's humanly possible.
mitch cumstein |
02.09.08 - 5:58 pm | #
When Atrios says "I got nothin," that's your cue to blogwhore.
The Kenosha Kid |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 5:58 pm | #
Well, you still have the liquor cabinet don't you?
McCain now losing his train of thought.
Can't remember the word 'conservative." - Culture of TrÜth
The train has left the station.
bo |
02.09.08 - 5:58 pm | #
Tonight's plan: Shower, movie, dinner, and Pleasant Indoor Activities.
If I'm back later, it will mean I'm in Big Trouble.
See ya tomorrow, bats
Gromit |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 5:58 pm | #
The Maharishi is way into nothingness.
NSA |
02.09.08 - 5:58 pm | #
repost from below:
interesting to contrast the crowds of supporters and their level of enthusiasm. mccain speaking before supporters in kansas and it's not nearly as energized as what was shown from democratic assemblies in washington.
nona |
02.09.08 - 5:59 pm | #
Newt Gingrich on Cspan.
bo |
02.09.08 - 5:59 pm | #
I'm sick of listening to McCain's blather already and it's only Feb 2008. I think he's a worse speaker than Bush
I think he has been taking voice coaching to sound like Reagan.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 5:59 pm | #
When Atrios says "I got nothin," that's your cue to blogwhore.
Funny...I didn't find that at AtriWiki.
Zap Rowsdower |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 5:59 pm | #
No fashion commentary?
What good are U?
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 5:59 pm | #
my liquor cabinet is perilously empty. not much here 'cept some brandy, maybe a shot of tequila, and half a bottle of some shitty blue curacao.
kidlacan, hagtastic |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 5:59 pm | #
Still waiting on that call from Olympia...
Jake in Milwaukee |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:00 pm | #
Rebates Could Stave Off Long Recession
Mine goes to ...
Paying off my tax bill. Hello, Alanis Morrissette.
bo |
02.09.08 - 6:00 pm | #
my liquor cabinet is perilously empty. not much here 'cept some brandy, maybe a shot of tequila, and half a bottle of some shitty blue curacao.
You could fetch me something while you're out at the liquor store, you know...
Zap Rowsdower |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:00 pm | #
Rebates Could Stave Off Long Recession
I've got a cold, and I can still smell the bullshit waifing off this statement.
Supreme Commander Thor |
02.09.08 - 6:01 pm | #
Gingrich says he expects the Repubs to win one of the most cataclysmic elections in American history. He says the left is trapped by their allies such as the Hollywood liberals. He says if the Repubs run a consultant dominated campaign they will be trounced. Says the Repubs wiped out the Soviet Union.
bo |
02.09.08 - 6:01 pm | #
Candy Crowley is Jabba the Hut's illegitimate love child.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:01 pm | #
CNN:
Percentage of Repubs who say the Economy is Excellent/Good:
51%
Percentage of Repubs who say the Economy is Excellent/Good:
I've got a cold, and I can still smell the bullshit waifing off this statement.
Supreme Commander Thor
They hired the guy writes the Natl Assoc of Realtors press releases....
flory |
02.09.08 - 6:01 pm | #
Rebates Could Stave Off Long Recession
Bullshit - everyone I've spoken to plans to use the money to pay some bills.
Terry C, Clintonian |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:02 pm | #
"When I think about running against Senator McCain, if I'm so fortunate to be the Democratic nominee — you'll never have to worry about being knocked out of the ring. I think I can go toe to toe with John McCain every single day," Clinton said to cheers from a capacity crowd of about 1,750 at a rally at the University of Maine in Orono.
Meeting in the squared circle would settle this quickly; besides, its just as fixed as wrasslin'.
NSA |
02.09.08 - 6:02 pm | #
Bullshit - everyone I've spoken to plans to use the money to pay some bills.
Terry C, Clintonian | Homepage | 02.09.08 - 6:02 pm | #
Yes. Credit cards from Christmas, their ASTRONOMICAL energy bills, maybe a buck or two at TGIFs...
Jake in Milwaukee |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:02 pm | #
Gingrich says he expects the Repubs to win one of the most cataclysmic elections in American history.
Someone needs to tell that asshole that HIS fifteen minutes are LONG over.
Terry C, Clintonian |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:03 pm | #
I think he has been taking voice coaching to sound like Reagan.
George Johnston
Well he sounds a lot more like Mr. Potter from "It's a Wonderful Life."
Culture of TrÜth |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:03 pm | #
Is life always supposed to be a series of unintended expenses?
puppethead |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:03 pm | #
Mitt Romney chases dream...fails to negotiate left turn at the top of the hill and does Wile E. Coyote thing all the way down to Reality Canyon floor.
catalexis |
02.09.08 - 6:03 pm | #
Atrios, if you're bored maybe you can write those thank-you emails to the people who gave you turkee...
Marcellina |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:04 pm | #
Well, I've got more on Club Guantanamo, this time it's the WH dream trial, the one that takes them off the hook.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:04 pm | #
If you had any doubt of how Minnesotans talk, here's something from the Strib's weather page:
Wind chill watch posted for most of Minnesota for Saturday night...winds gusting past 30 mph. will create a wind chill as low as -25 to -30 in the metro area, possibly -40 up nort
Not healthy to get cocky about this thing, but that really does seem increasinly unlikely.
Jake in Milwaukee |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:05 pm | #
The only thing Gingrich got right is all of the GOP candidates are "pygmies".
puppethead |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:05 pm | #
Better call a doctor. Looks like Gingrich has THE math.
catalexis |
02.09.08 - 6:05 pm | #
Last night on NPR, I heard Bay Buchanan say that John McCain needs to prove his Conservative bona fides, or he's done.
WTF?! Some former speech writer for Nixon's sister gets to dictate how a five time elected Senator needs to run a campaign?!
MP |
02.09.08 - 6:05 pm | #
Meeting in the squared circle would settle this quickly; besides, its just as fixed as wrasslin'.
NSA
I thought Huckabee had the rasslers' votes all sewed up.
Terry C, Clintonian |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:05 pm | #
Atrios, if you're bored maybe you can write those thank-you emails to the people who gave you turkee...
He should play Scrabulous.
NTodd, Fästing Führer |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:05 pm | #
The Maharishi is way into nothingness.
NSA
People will pay good money for high quality nothing.
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:05 pm | #
WTF?! Some former speech writer for Nixon's sister gets to dictate how a five time elected Senator needs to run a campaign?!
Shhhhhh!
Let them keep squabbling.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:07 pm | #
Huckabee on Cspan says his conservatism is rooted in his understanding of the holy scriptures.
bo
He likes to skip the commandment about adultery.
Terry C, Clintonian |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:07 pm | #
Huckabee says he grew up in a household with three basic heroes. Jesus, Elvis, and FDR.
bo
And he's managed to betray all three...
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:07 pm | #
And another blizzard hits WI...
Jake in Milwaukee
Aw, jeez...how many inches predicted, Jake?
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:07 pm | #
Huckabee says he came from a household where the only kind of soap was lava soap.
bo |
02.09.08 - 6:08 pm | #
He thinks there is going to be a sudden such of conservative activism in this country?
There wasn't conservative activism when the Republickers controlled both chambers of Congress under the Bush junta - why start now?
George Johnston |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:08 pm | #
So how come nobody sends me turkee for my non-blog?
NTodd
I said *high quality* nothing.
Throw in some quantum entanglement.
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:08 pm | #
Aw, jeez...how many inches predicted, Jake?
Diane C. Barking-Mad | Homepage | 02.09.08 - 6:07 pm | #
Another 4 by morning, isolated dumping along the lake... again...
Jake in Milwaukee |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:08 pm | #
I see jack is going to start boring everyone stiff by relaying what's on the telly.
Terry C, Clintonian |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:08 pm | #
Huckabee says his momma grew up in a household with dirt floors, no electricity, and outdoor toilets.
bo |
02.09.08 - 6:08 pm | #
"Crapatoa, East of Dubya".
Actually, they know where the crap is. It's in the area around Bush and east, west, south and north somewhat.
JeffCO |
02.09.08 - 6:09 pm | #
I lurve how none of teh Conservatives are able to define Conservatism.
MP |
02.09.08 - 6:09 pm | #
I need to quit smoking again.
Jake in Milwaukee |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:10 pm | #
Gingrich says he expects the Repubs to win one of the most cataclysmic elections in American history.
He must be using Rove's numbers.
Cookie Fleck `08 |
02.09.08 - 6:11 pm | #
C'mon, I'm pretty quarky, you boson.
NTodd
Get a bib, you're making a meson of yourself.
JR, kerosene and a match
I suppose you two think you're charming.
V for Virginia |
02.09.08 - 6:11 pm | #
Huckabee says as a teenager he was given a book called It's a Choice, Not an Echo by Phyllis Schafly.
bo |
02.09.08 - 6:11 pm | #
I must go out to fetch some kitty litter.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:11 pm | #
Says the Repubs wiped out the Soviet Union.
The Commies getting mired down fighting a guerilla war in the Middle East had nothing to do with it?
George Johnston |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:11 pm | #
He likes to skip the commandment about adultery.
Not to mention the one the Jeebofascist break every time they open their maws, the one about bearing false witness.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
02.09.08 - 6:11 pm | #
I'm sick of listening to McCain's blather already and it's only Feb 2008. I think he's a worse speaker than Bush
I think he has been taking voice coaching to sound like Reagan.
George Johnston
"Well.....there you go again.."
Terry C, Clintonian |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:11 pm | #
Huck's family thought there was only one element, the element of surprise.
NSA |
02.09.08 - 6:12 pm | #
Huckabee says America was founded by people who were first on their knees, not on their feet.
bo |
02.09.08 - 6:12 pm | #
one of the most cataclysmic elections in American history.
Newt possibly dogwhistling to some deeply unstable types who could provide said cataclysm?
[places foil hat back on hatstand]
Tralfaz |
02.09.08 - 6:12 pm | #
I suppose you two think you're charming.
Sorry, I already lepton that one, so you owe me a coke.
NTodd, Fästing Führer |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:12 pm | #
I suppose you two think you're charming.
V for Virginia
At least I don't try to spin these things.
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:12 pm | #
well, I got clean laundry.
which is better than nuthin'.
watertiger, kodos4prez |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:12 pm | #
I guess "Just being a dick" will get you a ticket into most Conservative rallies.
MP |
02.09.08 - 6:12 pm | #
Huckabee says as a teenager he was given a book called It's a Choice, Not an Echo by Phyllis Schafly.
bo
Did u know they got this alphabet? kyrillic? thus russian is pretty similiar to greek. Kurils remind me of Kyrillic. I dont know why. must be the letters and my poor brain
ccokz |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:12 pm | #
C'mon, I'm pretty quarky, you boson.
NTodd
Get a bib, you're making a meson of yourself.
JR, kerosene and a match
I suppose you two think you're charming.
V for Virginia
Charmed, maybe; strange for certain.
David Derbes, writin' away |
02.09.08 - 6:12 pm | #
Huckabee says America was founded by people who were first on their knees, not on their feet.
It was founded by a bunch of Jeff Gannons?
watertiger, kodos4prez |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:12 pm | #
Huckabee says America was founded by people who were first on their knees, not on their feet.
bo
If I were a 'thug politician I think I'd keep my trap shut about people being on their knees. You know.
V for Virginia |
02.09.08 - 6:13 pm | #
I was going to make a timezone-related joke the other about American Samoa deciding the primaries, but now it's looking possible. Reality takes a backseat to satire once again.
puppethead |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:13 pm | #
Huckabee says America was founded by people who were first on their knees, not on their feet.
bo
Did he say who they were blowing?
Terry C, Clintonian |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:13 pm | #
Uh, is Bank of America trying to make up for Big Shit Pile losses on the credit card interest of their customers?
Via Moue Magazine, via Geo3rge.
jawbone |
02.09.08 - 6:14 pm | #
We always have such strong interaction here.
you positive about that?
watertiger, kodos4prez |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:14 pm | #
Another 4 by morning, isolated dumping along the lake... again...
Jake in Milwaukee
Well, don't worry. All those conservatives who are busy drowning big government in the bathtub will soon be out shoveling out all the roads for you.
Diane C. Barking-Mad |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:14 pm | #
'Hadron' sounds like something Merkin would have said...
ProfWombat |
02.09.08 - 6:14 pm | #
C'mon, I'm pretty quarky, you boson.
NTodd
Get a bib, you're making a meson of yourself.
JR, kerosene and a match
I suppose you two think you're charming.
I had to look that strangeness up.
Marcellina |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:14 pm | #
At least I don't try to spin these things.
JR, kerosene and a match
Then you should be able to stay on top.
V for Virginia |
02.09.08 - 6:14 pm | #
Charmed, maybe; strange for certain.
We're pretty paricle-ular
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:15 pm | #
Merkins have rug burns on their knees.
NSA |
02.09.08 - 6:15 pm | #
While Zapette goes out and parties tonight, I'm stuck inside re-re-reinstalling some printer software.
well, I got clean laundry. which is better than nuthin'. watertiger
Not from where I'm sitting.
JeffCO |
02.09.08 - 6:15 pm | #
I really, really, really want to buy that little house http://tiny.cc/WRLp5 and do a lease-purchase to plantsman.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Historian |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:15 pm | #
Uh, is Bank of America trying to make up for Big Shit Pile losses on the credit card interest of their customers?
Via Moue Magazine, via Geo3rge.
jawbone | 02.09.08 - 6:14 pm | #
Looks like. Fun watching them squirm trying to tell a bunch of good paying customers that they're all deadbeats.
Jake in Milwaukee |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:15 pm | #
I'm photon with my feet. Later, folks...
David Derbes, writin' away |
02.09.08 - 6:15 pm | #
So a pun thread decays. Predictable...
ProfWombat |
02.09.08 - 6:15 pm | #
American Samoa? Nah, it's gonna be Puerto Rico, my heart's devotion...
jawbone |
02.09.08 - 6:15 pm | #
We always have such strong interaction here.
Even though we occupy many different orbitals.
Tralfaz |
02.09.08 - 6:15 pm | #
Not from where I'm sitting.
that took me a second.
watertiger, kodos4prez |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:16 pm | #
I'd like to thank JeffCO for the impetus to look up Isabelle Adjani/
I remember from such movies as "Istar" and Diabolique
I'm hoping she will be at Eschacon II ("Revenge of the Atriots")
spocko |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:16 pm | #
Half-life or second life?
NSA |
02.09.08 - 6:16 pm | #
Huckabee says the late 60's conservative mantra My Country Right or Wrong goes back to the early 1800's. When it's right, keep it right. When it's wrong, make it right.
bo |
02.09.08 - 6:16 pm | #
Feh. Thers
I wanna rock your gypsy soul, just like way back in the days of olde.
JeffCO |
02.09.08 - 6:16 pm | #
Then you should be able to stay on top.
V for Virginia
I'll go either way, I'm fairly neutron.
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:16 pm | #
Well, don't worry. All those conservatives who are busy drowning big government in the bathtub will soon be out shoveling out all the roads for you.
Diane C. Barking-Mad | Homepage | 02.09.08 - 6:14 pm | #
LOL! You know what's funny? I was having a conversation with a professor at my school who lives in the burbs. Said that they cut taxes so much, they had to cut back on city plowing. Now they have to hire private drivers with front-end loaders. Dumbasses.
Jake in Milwaukee |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:17 pm | #
When it's right, keep it right. When it's wrong, make it right.
bo |
Well, Huckabee is wrong.
Terry C, Clintonian |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:17 pm | #
Wait, did I just drop into a pun thread? Should I reverse my polarity?
(But, what will that do to the hilarity?)
spocko |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:18 pm | #
It's all so relative.
NSA |
02.09.08 - 6:18 pm | #
Wait, did I just drop into a pun thread?
Shocking, I tell you!
JR, kerosene and a match |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:19 pm | #
American Samoa? Nah, it's gonna be Puerto Rico, my heart's devotion...
jawbone | 02.09.08 - 6:15 pm | #
So many of my high school classmates recited that ad nauseum leading up to Gulf War I.
It still makes me ill.
geor3ge |
02.09.08 - 6:19 pm | #
Who did you call punt??
NSA |
02.09.08 - 6:19 pm | #
Fightin' Bob LaFollette said you get the government you pay for and good government ain't cheap.
jawbone |
02.09.08 - 6:20 pm | #
Hecate, what it doesn't say is that the roof? Made of copper -shingles-, not sheet copper, shingles! Imagine that! Big lot too, really beautifully rehabbed. I'm just crazy about it.
GWPDA, yclept Irate Historian |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:20 pm | #
I really, really, really want to buy that little house http://tiny.cc/WRLp5 and do a lease-purchase to plantsman.
what a cute house!
watertiger, kodos4prez |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:20 pm | #
"My country, right or wrong" is half a quote of Karl Schurz. 99% of modern day "Conservatives" are unfit to shine this man's shoes.
Apprentice to Darth Holden |
02.09.08 - 6:20 pm | #
Fightin' Bob LaFollette said you get the government you pay for and good government ain't cheap.
jawbone | 02.09.08 - 6:20 pm | #
Wait, did I just drop into a pun thread? Should I reverse my polarity?
Goddam bloody mesons - you wouldn't let me join in, would you, you blackballing bastards!
JeffCO |
02.09.08 - 6:20 pm | #
My Country Right or Wrong
My country tis a thief.
A land of libertines.
Of teeth I sting.
Land where my farters thrive
Land where my mudders dive
from every mutants side
Let free dumbs spring.
spocko |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:21 pm | #
Huckabee says Islamofascism must disappear from the face of the earth or we will.
bo |
02.09.08 - 6:21 pm | #
Via Moue Magazine, via Geo3rge.
jawbone | 02.09.08 - 6:14 pm | #
?
Did I link to that?
geor3ge |
02.09.08 - 6:21 pm | #
Breaking: NONE OF OBAMA'S FRIENDS CAN RECALL HIM USING DRUGS.
He's a nerd.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:21 pm | #
Oh, and those suburbanites? Are they paying for their own streets to be plowed? If so, they could hav deducted the town property taxes from the Federal income taxes.
Dumb move to not pay for general services through taxes--even if you think you shouldn't have to pay for your neighbor's street to be plowed.
Geor3ge--you linked to Moue Mag site--I think.... Somewhere. Near the Tesla vroom-vroom suggestion?
jawbone |
02.09.08 - 6:23 pm | #
We always have such strong interaction here.
Even though we occupy many different orbitals.
Tralfaz
A very strong unclear force at work around here, and quite a few atrions with spin of 1 1/2.
Not that's a bad thing...
Elmer, PHD (horrible) |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:23 pm | #
Breaking: NONE OF OBAMA'S FRIENDS CAN RECALL HIM USING DRUGS.
He's a nerd.
Gomez, Vote For Sale
like that other guy on Oprah
who never went to rehab
wtf |
02.09.08 - 6:23 pm | #
Geor3ge--you linked to Moue Mag site--I think.... Somewhere. Near the Tesla vroom-vroom suggestion?
jawbone | 02.09.08 - 6:23 pm | #
I don't think so. I've never seen it.
Unless I was doing drugs with Obama.
geor3ge in a pork casing |
02.09.08 - 6:24 pm | #
Alright!
I'm a bachelor for the evening. That means, I'll go back to being afraid of women.
Zap Rowsdower |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:24 pm | #
Obama didn't inhale.
Didn't even try.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:24 pm | #
...My Country Right or Wrong
The essence of nationalism over patriotism, which they just don't fucking get.
Elmer, PHD (horrible) |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:25 pm | #
I spent time reading the lawsuit joke and I come back and you'all went sub-atomic on me.
catalexis |
02.09.08 - 6:25 pm | #
My WA precinct went 2/3 for Obama. More than twice as many people showed up as in 2004.
TheOtherWA |
02.09.08 - 6:25 pm | #
Well, the drugs story said nobody recalled him doing blow. Lots of people said he smoked pot. Either way, whatever.
Jake in Milwaukee |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:25 pm | #
Yes. I linked to Moue Magazine, interesting stuff and it convinced me to install snap on my blog.
George Johnston |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:25 pm | #
The original toast was by Stephen Decatur: 'Our country! In her intercourse with foreign nations, may she always be in the right; but our country, right or wrong. Carl Schurz later put it, 'Our country right or wrong. When right, to be kept right; when wrong, to be put right.'
GK Chesterton considered an unqualified 'My country, right or wrong' to be an act of desperation, akin to 'My mother, drunk or sober.'
ProfWombat |
02.09.08 - 6:25 pm | #
My WA precinct went 2/3 for Obama. More than twice as many people showed up as in 2004.
TheOtherWA | 02.09.08 - 6:25 pm | #
Where ya at, generally?
Jake in Milwaukee |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:26 pm | #
Again: All I can say about Obama using drugs is that he voluntarily admitted to drug use
ccokz |
Homepage |
02.09.08 - 6:27 pm | #
I'm in SW Washington, Clark County. It was 16-10 for Obama.
TheOtherWA |
02.09.08 - 6:27 pm | #
Did you see that today, government workers make more money than people who work in the private sector. Can you imagine what happens to an economy where the best opportunities are for bureaucrats?
lee |
02.09.08 - 6:27 pm | #
Ah, the non-silent-three George.
geor3ge in a pork casing
Lol. Yeah, I thought he was talking to you.
George Johnston |
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02.09.08 - 6:27 pm | #
Speaking of The Atom from the D.C. comics universe: I just read the graphic novel "Idenity Crisis" and it was very good. The forward was from Joss Whedon of Buffy and Firefly. He really liked it. Called it Great, twice.
spocko |
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02.09.08 - 6:27 pm | #
I can't vote for a candidate who hasn't done drugs.
Gomez, Vote For Sale
I'd like to vote for a candidate who is still doing drugs.
wtf |
02.09.08 - 6:27 pm | #
They shouldn't be able to if the drugs were any good...
Huckabee says Islamofascism must disappear from the face of the earth or we will.
bo |
Hey Huckleberry. Cancer, heart disease, Alzheimers etc are killing millions of Americans every year. How about we deal with the threats in proportion to their ability to 'wipe Americans from the face of the Earth'?
Bond, James Bond |
02.09.08 - 6:28 pm | #
citation:
"There were times when I got into drinking, experimenting with drugs. There was a stretch of time where I did not really apply myself," Obama said.
ccokz |
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02.09.08 - 6:28 pm | #
Confirmed Bachelor?
Nah...Zapette's just meeting a girlfriend for drinks.
Been a long time since we didn't do anything on a Saturday.
Zap Rowsdower |
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02.09.08 - 6:28 pm | #
Did you see that today, government workers make more money than people who work in the private sector. Can you imagine what happens to an economy where the best opportunities are for bureaucrats?
Now imagine if those private sector workers had unions. Presto chango! It's like magic.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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02.09.08 - 6:28 pm | #
I'm in SW Washington, Clark County. It was 16-10 for Obama.
TheOtherWA | 02.09.08 - 6:27 pm | #
Thanks. I'm curious how Oly goes... hearing from friends out there that a lot of liberals are going for Ron Paul (barf!)...
Jake in Milwaukee |
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02.09.08 - 6:28 pm | #
As I mentioned earlier, I am so bad with names....
jawbone |
02.09.08 - 6:28 pm | #
I wonder if Hillary ever did drugs.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:28 pm | #
well, I got clean laundry.
which is better than nuthin'.
More than I gotz.
I, however, haz two plushy kittehs.
I think I'm ahead in this game.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
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02.09.08 - 6:29 pm | #
"There were times when I got into drinking, experimenting with drugs. There was a stretch of time where I did not really apply myself," Obama said.
ccokz
He just made that up to seem cool.
He's a nerd.
Wrong for America.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:29 pm | #
I wonder if Hillary ever did drugs.
Gomez
Prolly some of the blow Bill n her were flying out of that Arkansas airport.
JR, kerosene and a match |
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02.09.08 - 6:30 pm | #
I, however, haz two plushy kittehs.
I think I'm ahead in this game.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U?
Two plushy kittehs + clean laundry = bye-bye clean laundry.
geor3ge in a pork casing |
02.09.08 - 6:30 pm | #
Said that they cut taxes so much, they had to cut back on city plowing. Now they have to hire private drivers with front-end loaders. Dumbasses.
Jake in Milwaukee
hahahaha. stupid fucks. they deserve it. it is amazing to watch that convention of goobers cheer orgasmically when mccain promises to cut taxes. how do they think all those shiny new weapons are going to be paid for.
but i really loved the reaction to his promise to end earmarks. they screamed and cheered. wanna bet more than a few of those idjits are on the federal tit thru those earmarks.
nona |
02.09.08 - 6:30 pm | #
heh i've been busy sniping on Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
its a terribly addictive game
Moonbootica, Employed |
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02.09.08 - 6:30 pm | #
He's a nerd.
Gomez, Vote For Sale
I bet he'd jack that ass up.
billy b |
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02.09.08 - 6:30 pm | #
Geor3ge--you linked to Moue Mag site--I think.... Somewhere. Near the Tesla vroom-vroom suggestion?
jawbone
I just happen to < a href="http://oldfashionedpatriot.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html#2469866167516969882">have the link right here...
George Johnston |
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02.09.08 - 6:30 pm | #
'government workers make more money than people who work in the private sector'
A cite would be helpful in making sense of this.
ProfWombat |
02.09.08 - 6:30 pm | #
As I mentioned earlier, I am so bad with names....
jawbone | 02.09.08 - 6:28 pm | #
It's alright, I'll drink this out of memory later.
geor3ge in a pork casing |
02.09.08 - 6:30 pm | #
well i never did drugs, does that make me a nerd then?
Moonbootica, Employed |
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02.09.08 - 6:31 pm | #
I regard Buchanan as the worst Chief Executive. He threw the whole "nation is breaking apart" problem into Lincoln's lap.
Buchanan had plenty of time to do something. Hell, Sumter happened on his watch.
MP |
02.09.08 - 6:31 pm | #
"There were times when I got into drinking, experimenting with drugs. There was a stretch of time where I did not really apply myself"
That's what retirement is for.
Barndog, sick of snow |
02.09.08 - 6:31 pm | #
government workers make more money than people who work in the private sector
Government workers? People who work in the private sector? Are you really that fucking stupid? Hey! Rocks from over there are harder than rocks from this place.
catalexis |
02.09.08 - 6:31 pm | #
"There were times when I got into drinking, experimenting with drugs. There was a stretch of time where I did not really apply myself," Obama said.
And then there was George Bush: the King of Not Applying.
Supreme Commander Thor |
02.09.08 - 6:31 pm | #
Wholly carp...just stepped outside for a spell.
Not fit for man nor beast out there.
Zap Rowsdower |
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02.09.08 - 6:31 pm | #
well i never did drugs, does that make me a nerd then?
Moonbootica
I say tht you are lying.
Caffeine? Paracetamol? Alcohol?
All drugs.
JR, kerosene and a match |
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02.09.08 - 6:32 pm | #
well i never did drugs, does that make me a nerd then?
Moonbootica, Employed
No, that makes you a nice girl.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:32 pm | #
'government workers make more money than people who work in the private sector'
well i'm a bureaucrat, i work for the NHS aka National Health Service aka nationlised healthcare heh
Moonbootica, Employed |
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02.09.08 - 6:32 pm | #
There was a stretch of time where I did not really apply myself"
That stretch of time would be what we refer to as "birth through the present moment," you dumbass. Worst. Human. Being. Ever.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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02.09.08 - 6:32 pm | #
Barry probably never even said honky.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:32 pm | #
Wholly carp...just stepped outside for a spell
I just plugged in my truck for the night. Temp is dropping fast.
Barndog, sick of snow |
02.09.08 - 6:32 pm | #
Did you see that today, government workers make more money than people who work in the private sector.
No, Lee, I didn't. Got a link?
TheOtherWA |
02.09.08 - 6:33 pm | #
I need to see if there's a liquor store around here that delivers.
Zap Rowsdower |
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02.09.08 - 6:34 pm | #
Huckabee says Islamofascism must disappear from the face of the earth or we will.
But . . . then who will ride the dinosaurs?
watertiger, kodos4prez |
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02.09.08 - 6:34 pm | #
I have never done any "none-perscription drugs" covers a lot of terratory.
I still am amazed at how pliable people's minds are when it comes to GW and drug use.
1) The world's best free pass. "I'm Born again!"
2) "We aren't going to talk about drug use before..."
3)"When I was young and irresponsible" in your 40s?
4) Nobody has asked him this kind of question in years. (Dignity of the office and all) "Mr. President these have been hard times. Can you honestly say that since 2000 you haven't had used any alcohol? How about since you said you stopped drinking. How much alcohol? Have you ever had so much to drink you got drunk? Remember you are under oath."
spocko |
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02.09.08 - 6:34 pm | #
but not stuff like weed
Moon - pot is not a drug.
It's a herb.
Barndog, sick of snow |
02.09.08 - 6:35 pm | #
You're saying that about? Obama?
I'm saying it about the person who said it: George W. Bush.
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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02.09.08 - 6:35 pm | #
well i never did drugs, does that make me a nerd then?
No, watching Doctor Who is what makes you a nerd.
guess were stygmatizing Catcher in the rye and death of a salesman. Wheres Kafka?
ccokz |
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02.09.08 - 6:35 pm | #
Did you see that today, government workers make more money than people who work in the private sector.
Yeah, the clerk at DMV makes more than Donald Trump.
Mitt Romney said that in his concession speech.
lee |
02.09.08 - 6:35 pm | #
i haven't been online or watching cable lately, so i don't know what happened with the schuster thingee. i do, however, remember back when he was with fox news during the lewisnky non-event.
there is footage of him chasing bill down trying to get him to respond to some stupid fucking fox news questions.
i've seen people in here talk how they think he's ok and approve of him on msnbc, but he is one anal fucking retentive human being...
he obviously still hates the clintons from back when he cut his teeth on tv when he was with fox news.
end of fucking story.
fokowi |
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02.09.08 - 6:35 pm | #
No, watching Doctor Who is what makes you a nerd.
The Kenosha Kid
If you only watch the pre-RTD stuff and constantly argue over which Doctor was the best, you begin entering the super nerd realm.
Supreme Commander Thor |
02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
And everybody's all around me
Shaking hands and saying howdy
I don't think it's funny no more
Troutski |
02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
But . . . then who will ride the dinosaurs?
watertiger, kodos4prez
Jeri Thompson.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
GEORGE BROKE THE THREAD!!!!
V for Virginia
No, it was silent thr33 George, honest!
George Johnston |
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02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
Okay, off to do errands. BBL
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? |
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02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
PAXCAST!
NTodd, Fästing Führer
There's nothing wrong with a whore. But a cheap one is just pitiful.
General Zod |
02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
Huckabee says Islamofascism must disappear from the face of the earth or we will.
And you believed him? Son, come over here...do you see that bridge?
catalexis |
02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
But . . . then who will ride the dinosaurs?
watertiger, kodos4prez | Homepage | 02.09.08 - 6:34 pm | #
It's in Revelations:
1. First kill all the Islamofascists.
2. Jesus comes back to start the heavenly city.
3. All twelve gates have a dinosaur.
4. Profit!!!
geor3ge in a pork casing |
02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
An interesting side note to pot: a very close relative of cannabis - hops - used to make beer, are related by genus.
Barndog, sick of snow |
02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
i suppose it's quite possible that, in his own mind, whatever obama was doing when "not applying himself" qualified as hard partying. the really achievement-oriented kids can get neurotic about that sort of thing.
then again, at least at my high school, most of the "achievement-oriented kids" were the ones who wound up in rehab, so...
kidlacan, hagtastic |
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02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
Whovians i think the term is for Doctor Who nerds
Moonbootica, Employed |
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02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
4) Nobody has asked him this kind of question in years. (Dignity of the office and all) "Mr. President these have been hard times. Can you honestly say that since 2000 you haven't had used any alcohol? How about since you said you stopped drinking. How much alcohol? Have you ever had so much to drink you got drunk? Remember you are under oath."
spocko | Homepage | 02.09.08 - 6:34 pm | #
Somehow "dignity of the office" did not keep reporters from following Clinton to Europe and in press conferences with the US President and the President of France, asking only questions about semen stains on dresses.
rootless-e |
02.09.08 - 6:37 pm | #
y'know, i'm going to hunt down and kick the shit out of whoever came up with this J.C. Penney Valentine's Day bauble ad implying that women can be hypnotized with baubles.
watertiger, kodos4prez |
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02.09.08 - 6:37 pm | #
Olympia precint near downtown went 71-16 Obama.... turnout huge, people standing.... Some tables ran out of caucus forms, with some bartering between tables for extra forms.... (still on the phone, will have more)...
Jake in Milwaukee |
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02.09.08 - 6:37 pm | #
i have a Doctor Who poster up on my wall
Moonbootica, Employed |
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02.09.08 - 6:37 pm | #
No, it was silent thr33 George, honest!
George Johnston | Homepage | 02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
Was not! I was out back smoking a fatty with Jesus!
geor3ge in a pork casing |
02.09.08 - 6:37 pm | #
I wasn't thinking alright, jeez
Moonbootica
Moon, you know I yank your chain because I can, right?
JR, kerosene and a match |
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02.09.08 - 6:37 pm | #
You're saying that about? Obama?
I'm saying it about the person who said it: George W. Bush.
Well Obama said so. Not GWB: Your clarification is totally false.
ccokz |
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02.09.08 - 6:38 pm | #
y'know, i'm going to hunt down and kick the shit out of whoever came up with this J.C. Penney Valentine's Day bauble ad implying that women can be hypnotized with baubles.
"Candy is dandy but liquor....".
Oh never mind!
Bond, James Bond |
02.09.08 - 6:38 pm | #
Was not! I was out back smoking a fatty with Jesus!
He was too. I just finished one with Jesus when geor3ge showed up.
Barndog, sick of snow |
02.09.08 - 6:38 pm | #
I need to see if there's a liquor store around here that delivers.
Zap Rowsdower
"What is the worst thing that could happen to unemployed Virginia with a credit card, Alex?"
V for Virginia |
02.09.08 - 6:39 pm | #
JR is as bad as my father when it comes to wind ups
Moonbootica, Employed |
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02.09.08 - 6:39 pm | #
i wonder if/when all of the NM ballots will get counted. there is something comforting about paper ballots, but here in the Land of Entrapment, basic math skills are rather short in supply. rigged touchscreens might actually be more accurate.
kidlacan, hagtastic |
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02.09.08 - 6:39 pm | #
i have a Doctor Who poster up on my wall
Moonbootica, Employed
Somewhere I have a picture of myself dressed in a coat and 6 meter long scarf posing with a full-sized Dalak someone made in auto-body shop.
Supreme Commander Thor |
02.09.08 - 6:39 pm | #
i blame simels.
I think that, when we all meet up, we should have a workshop on what we can't blame on Simels.
Make things much, much easier around here.
Zap Rowsdower |
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02.09.08 - 6:39 pm | #
If we can't trust Obama to be truthful about his apparent lack of drug use, what can we trust him to be truthful about?
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:40 pm | #
well, I got clean laundry.
which is better than nuthin'.
More than I gotz.
I, however, haz two plushy kittehs.
I think I'm ahead in this game.
fourlegsgood, gots torch du U? | Homepage | 02.09.08 - 6:29 pm |
I got clean laundry, 3 indoor cats and one outdoor, and the remnants of very nice sunset, and the new moon rising.
Although I haven't vacuumed or cleaned the litter box, so if someone is willing to help with that, it'd be much appreciated.
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
02.09.08 - 6:40 pm | #
ok hecate, i c that Obama was probably inhabitated by the antichrist when he made that comment and the bridge is somewhere else but Obama really said so not Bush
ccokz |
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02.09.08 - 6:40 pm | #
y'know, i'm going to hunt down and kick the shit out of whoever came up with this J.C. Penney Valentine's Day bauble ad implying that women can be hypnotized with baubles.
That's because they showed NTodd's grungy assed baubles.
My baubles are fresh as the driven snow.
MP |
02.09.08 - 6:41 pm | #
I think that, when we all meet up, we should have a workshop on what we can't blame on Simels.
I can't blame Simels for turning me on to any great jazz.
ErinPDX |
02.09.08 - 6:41 pm | #
Hillary writes to NBC News--and Greg Sargent thinks she's asking for Shuster to be fired. I think she's asking NBC to rein in their Bad Boys.
But I could be wrong.
Nothing justifies the kind of debasing language that David Shuster used and no temporary suspension or half-hearted apology is sufficient.
I would urge you to look at the pattern of behavior on your network that seems to repeatedly lead to this sort of degrading language.
There’s a lot at stake for our country in this election. Surely, you can do your jobs as journalists and commentators and still keep the discourse civil and appropriate.
Sounds like Sen. Obama reached a point of decision about the distraction and/or damage recreational drugs were playing in his life a lot faster than I ever got a handle on my problem with french fries. In fact, I'm still looking for that handle.
Melaniewilkes |
02.09.08 - 6:42 pm | #
NBC News says Obama's black base in Louisiana may not even still live there post Katrina.
geo |
02.09.08 - 6:42 pm | #
An interesting side note to pot: a very close relative of cannabis - hops - used to make beer, are related by genus.
Barndog, sick of snow | 02.09.08 - 6:36 pm | #
you've got both of my attentions...
fokowi |
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02.09.08 - 6:43 pm | #
I dub the Obama scandal CLEANGATE.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:43 pm | #
Somehow "dignity of the office" did not keep reporters from following Clinton to Europe and in press conferences with the US President and the President of France, asking only questions about semen stains on dresses.
rootless-e
-----------
So true.
Of course only the Republicans have enought cheek to pull out that whole "Dignity of the office" and use it on the media.
Karen Huges thy name is hypocrite.
I talked to Sam Seder and Eric Boelhert about this. I really wanted to get one of them into the White House briefing room to ask some tough questions in from the the MSM media. And my trick? I wouldn't work up a "gottcha" I would work up a follow up to a bullsh*t dismissal of another reporter's question. Why? Because they have a trick where they give the press only ONE questions. And they have an answer for the FIRST tough question not the 2nd and 3rd. Also as Mike Stark has found out that sometimes an informed outsider can ask the question that really seems obvious, but they the press don't want to ask.
spocko |
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02.09.08 - 6:43 pm | #
You know, that little monkey in the bottom right-hand corner of my browser is looking a little sad.
Olympia precint near downtown went 71-16 Obama.... turnout huge, people standing.... Some tables ran out of caucus forms, with some bartering between tables for extra forms.... (still on the phone, will have more)...
Jake in Milwaukee
so nice that a NW state will be heard this year.
ErinPDX |
02.09.08 - 6:44 pm | #
The big bang I don't blame on Simels. He was born 20 years later.
Not his fault!
trifecta |
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02.09.08 - 6:44 pm | #
We know Michelle never tried anything.
She was born uptight.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:44 pm | #
"When I think about running against Senator McCain, if I'm so fortunate to be the Democratic nominee — you'll never have to worry about being knocked out of the ring" Clinton said to cheers from a capacity crowd of about 1,750 at a rally at the University of Maine in Orono.
NSA | 02.09.08 - 6:02 pm |
And 5 hours later, 9,000 showed up for Barry 10 miles down the road in Bangor.
Maine TKO from my corner
HRC 40%
BO'B 60%
1st budaprezt |
02.09.08 - 6:45 pm | #
Schuster almost certainly hates the Clintons even more after having been made to apologize for his stupid remark. This isn't over. It will show up in his "reporting" down the road...
Tralfaz |
02.09.08 - 6:45 pm | #
So Hitler walks into a room . . .
geor3ge in a pork casing |
02.09.08 - 6:45 pm | #
I would urge you to look at the pattern of behavior on your network that seems to repeatedly lead to this sort of degrading language.
Good on Hil. Haven't we said over and over that the Dems need to hit back?
Hecate, Runnymeade Conspirator |
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02.09.08 - 6:45 pm | #
God I hate 'sweeps month' on local TV news...
"One legged dwarf prostitutes selling drugs at a school right here in our area. Film at eleven."
Bond, James Bond |
02.09.08 - 6:45 pm | #
Perhaps Clinton was merely suggesting a lateral transfer back to Fox for Shuster...
noblejoanie |
02.09.08 - 6:45 pm | #
I dub the Obama scandal CLEANGATE.
I hear he's also articugate.
NTodd, Fästing Führer |
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02.09.08 - 6:46 pm | #
So are these numbers people are reporting from WA delegates, or votes?
V for Virginia |
02.09.08 - 6:46 pm | #
Man I hope this costs Shuster his job.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:46 pm | #
NBC News says Obama's black base in Louisiana may not even still live there post Katrina.
All your base are belong to Houston!
The Kenosha Kid |
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02.09.08 - 6:46 pm | #
I guess plain ol' slaughter and torture was getting boring:
The comments over there are mind bending. It makes this place look like genius city. So I guess that’s a good thing.
hadenough |
02.09.08 - 6:47 pm | #
An interesting side note to pot: a very close relative of cannabis - hops - used to make beer, are related by genus.
Barndog, sick of snow
someone tells me bud beer is quite tasty. We might grow hops this year as the price has gone through the roof. Sell them to one of the many boutique brewers here in beertopia.
ErinPDX |
02.09.08 - 6:47 pm | #
JR is as bad as my father when it comes to wind ups
Moonbootica
If it wasn't for the fact that he's a Southerner...
JR, kerosene and a match |
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02.09.08 - 6:47 pm | #
Man I hope this costs Shuster his job.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
Imus had a nice little vacation but is back at work.
Bond, James Bond |
02.09.08 - 6:47 pm | #
Not to excuse, but to illustrate: The presumptive GOP nominee said something so much worse ten or so years ago about Chelsea when she wasn't yet an adult.
Melaniewilkes |
02.09.08 - 6:47 pm | #
Todd - Do you actually LISTEN to yourself in those "podcasts"? My God, you are so full of yourself! What a load of shit.
Jesus H. Christ, no wonder you spend all day and night posting, putting up podcasts, etc...... No one would ever listen to that shit actually coming out of your mouth.
Comparing yourself to Ghandi? Get a fucking grip, you pathetic little dweeb. Holy Fuck!
I still can't stop laughing.
General Zod |
02.09.08 - 6:48 pm | #
Boycott MSNBC but go on Fox. Upside down land.
Troutski |
02.09.08 - 6:48 pm | #
Just got back from the Democratic Caucas in Southwest Washington. There seemed to be strong support for Obama. My precinct went 33 for Obama and 11 for Clinton.
apres moi |
02.09.08 - 6:48 pm | #
Tweety AND Russert. I want them both muzzled.
noblejoanie |
02.09.08 - 6:49 pm | #
Looks like the Clinton campaign is going postal on Barack.
"Sources in the Clinton Campaign say consideration is being given to comparing Obama supporters to cult members. . .with all that implies.
Clinton Campaign players at a very high level are calling attention to a recent article by Joel Klein (author of "Primary Colors") in which he examines the "messianic" aspects of the "movement" Obama has sparked, we have been told."
billy b |
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02.09.08 - 6:49 pm | #
Todd - Do you actually LISTEN to yourself in those "podcasts"? My God, you are so full of yourself! What a load of shit.
The Clink Magnet collection. Yours for only $19.99 a month plus shipping. Mimi sold seperately as we can't pin down what she is yet.
geor3ge in a pork casing |
02.09.08 - 6:49 pm | #
Imus had a nice little vacation but is back at work
Shuster would be at FOX so fast, your hair would catch fire.
Barndog, sick of snow |
02.09.08 - 6:49 pm | #
B,JB: that Cato Institute column was, perhaps, a bit ideological. A random quotation therefrom:
'Of course, certain federal jobs may be underpaid and others overpaid compared to private markets. For example, the average annual salary for air traffic comptrollers (sic) seems rather high at $170,000. To objectively find the proper pay level, one could privatize this activity and let the market decide. Indeed, air traffic control, postal services, and other activities should be privatized to improve industry performance and to allow for more efficient and flexible compensation policies for workers.'
One could question this on any number of levels.
ProfWombat |
02.09.08 - 6:49 pm | #
Jesus H. Christ, no wonder you spend all day and night posting, putting up podcasts, etc...... No one would ever listen to that shit actually coming out of your mouth.
Um. You apparently.
Gomez, Vote For Sale |
02.09.08 - 6:49 pm | #
So General Zod does listen to paxcasts then
trifecta |
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02.09.08 - 6:49 pm | #
Kind of like Salome with the head of John the Baptist?
Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins |
02.09.08 - 6:50 pm | #
Actually, here's the scenario I'd really like to see: Keith and Tweety doing election coverage, when Tweety goes off on one of his "vaginas are scary" tangents, and Keith ripping into him live on the air, ending with an ultimatum to the camera: Gentlemen, it's either him or me.
so nice that a NW state will be heard this year.
ErinPDX | 02.09.08 - 6:44 pm | #
District 49-Olympia
Friend saying it was haphazard.... poorly-organized, the organizers appeared overwhelmed, people were confused about the rules, and that time for discussion was cut WAY too short (one minute per candidate)... One Hillary supporter showed up from another precinct to speak on her behalf. The votes were 71 for Obama, 19 for Hillary, remaining votes undecided.... Total people present approx. 100+. Delegate awards BELIEVED to be as follows:
6 for Obama
2 for Hillary
1 for undecided
Originially 5 for Obama, 2 undecided.... switched support to Obama.
NOTE-- this delegate count refers to county delegates... county delegates then proceed to state convention.
Jake in Milwaukee |
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02.09.08 - 6:51 pm | #
hm. the note would hardly seem to be a reliable source, even if it wasn't billing that as "informed gossip".
kidlacan, hagtastic |
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02.09.08 - 6:55 pm | #
I don't know what "district 49" in Olympa is, but the state 49th legislative district is here in Clark county, Southwest Wa. I appeared pretty well organized for the number of people who showed up. I remember in '88 there were only 3 from out precinct.
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02.09.08 - 6:55 pm | #
February 9, 2008
Off the Charts
Job Growth Where Bush Didn’t Want It
By FLOYD NORRIS
IT is not exactly a distinction that he had in mind, but seven years into his presidency, George W. Bush is in line to be the first president since World War II to preside over an economy in which federal government employment rose more rapidly than employment in the private sector.
That is not because federal government jobs have risen at an unusually rapid rate over the last seven years — although the increase did reverse a substantial decline under Mr. Bush’s most recent predecessor, Bill Clinton.
Undoing part of Al Gore's handiwork, also.
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QuentinCompson |
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02.09.08 - 6:56 pm | #
The Dem candidates and campaigns need to shut up about each other and go after McCain. He's a huge and easy target. There are as many different things he's attackable on as there are days between now and election day in November. Get going. Now.
Tralfaz |
02.09.08 - 6:57 pm | #
"With the economy clearly slowing as the final year of Mr. Bush’s presidency begins, it is possible that the overall rate of growth in private sector employment for his presidency, now at 0.53 percent per year, could fall below the 0.41 percent rate of his father’s administration, which had been the lowest of any president since World War II."
I reports 'em like they reports 'em.
billy b |
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02.09.08 - 6:59 pm | #
'government workers make more money than people who work in the private sector'
A cite would be helpful in making sense of this.
I wouldn't be in the least surprised. Government pay is standardised, personnel have employment rights and the rates are public. Private sector rates are anything the hell the boss can get away with.
apres moi
thanks for your report!
ErinPDX |
02.09.08 - 7:01 pm | #
'government workers make more money than people who work in the private sector'
Yet another case of the unending fallout from the decline of union mojo.
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QuentinCompson |
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02.09.08 - 7:04 pm | #
Can you imagine what happens to an economy where the best opportunities are for bureaucrats?
And private sector workers get screwed? No need to imagine - just look around you.
You might want to attribute your next McCain quote, by the way.
Upsidasium |
02.09.08 - 7:14 pm | #
It's an open thread so I'll bring this up: What the hel is Tacoda? My Trend Micro says it's a spyware cookie. If you do a google search on tacoda you end up with 3000+ hits and almost all of them look like plants by the tacoda company which was recently purchased by AOL. They advertise themselves as behaviorist specialists and what they do is plant tracking cookies to watch what you do on the internet and then report back so as to target advertising. Lot's of their "articles" whine about how they are misunderstood as spyware and then they give some super-narrow bullshit definition of spyware to say they are not that. I guess that's what they all tell each other to feel good about the transparently shitty thing they do for a living. But it goes on and on. Aparently they are experts at manipulating search engines because you can't find a single negative thing written about them through a Google search. Try it. Who the hell are these assholes?
nameless bob |
02.09.08 - 7:53 pm | #
I was forced! Forced! I say to be a delegate. What crap! I hate this! I didn't want to volunteer or get involved...... geez......