I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Yearrrgh!
It's too cold to scoot for a burrito.
.
Hey.
Straw.
I hate cold, except in beer.
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Road to the White House runs right through David Letterman.
http://thepoliticalcarnival.blog...l.blogspot.com/
Palin pisses me off. Also,
It's too cold to scoot for a burrito.
For me, the temp. could never be right for a breakfast burrito.
I have a question. Did the network or corporate media sell, oppose, or ignore the bail-out issue?
Eric and Jamison are kicking ass with the County Fair blog
Low information journalism and low information voters.
It's all about the affect.
Moe go to market. See ya'all later.
The networks sold the shit out of the bailout.
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Kidding aside, NTodd is correct about the generational nature of struggle.
My very clever nephew, a year from starting college, has read a political book I gave him, and evinced a further interest in political material. I now have a chance to offer up books and documentaries.
When I visit, I can make sure he's included in the inevitable political arguments that come on family holidays.
I can try to do my best to offer a firm, reasoned vision of a better future for him to consider.
There's so much to pick and choose from to work for a better tomorrow. This is one I feel a duty to perform.
I know what y'all mean about the cold. It's down to 65 here this morning.
It seems the Post's children's section has done a better job
of clearly reporting essential information about the candidates'
tax plans than has the rest of the paper. Sadly, not even
KidsPost indicates the total costs of the respective proposals;
the
words "deficit" and "budget" do not appear in the article.
The networks sold the shit out of the bailout.
Barndog, not fishing today |
Aha....and now they'll cover it as shocking, just shocking that the congress would pass this horrible thing. uh-hm, I get it.
I know what y'all mean about the cold. It's down to 65 here this morning.
[scoff]
I am off to pick up my newly tuned snowblower this morning. (Yah, it's got a hemi)
DavidD That is a really interesting point from Berube.
Never thought about it that way.
Meaning, of course, that they consider elected leadership a figurehead for the actual lawmaking done by, er, strict constructionist and not-at-all-activist judges, I guess.
*sigh*
No talking about snow!
Are you trying to make me cry?
The networks sold the shit out of the bailout.
Barndog, not fishing today
ORLY? You mean corporations like GE and Disney and Media Corp or whateverthefuck they're called had a specific position on the bailout?
Well, I'll be damned.
I know what y'all mean about the cold. It's down to 65 here this morning.
racymind |
you're funny!
by coincidence, that is our forecast high for today!
there is a lot less reading needed to read the actual party platforms than listening to the continual noise.
the media landscape works to mindnumb teh LIV, since that is truly what the owner-class wants most people to be. brave new world, indeed.
They need clear and concise explanations of what the candidates have done, and of what they plan to do. And they need it every day, not just every once in a while, in between dozens of news reports that confuse more than they clarify.
I wait on the edge of my seat.
It turns out Lettermand did NOT cut and paste a single thing on Sarah Nutcase during his monolog last night.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A...l.blogspot.com/
I may be vile and pernicious
But you can't look away
I make you think I'm delicious
With the stuff that I say
I am the best you can get
Have you guessed me yet?
I am the slime oozin' out
From your TV set
Hmmm...the entire Wisconsin marching band has been suspended. Those damned flautists ruin it for everyone.
I have a question. Did the network or corporate media sell, oppose, or ignore the bail-out issue?
ms fahrenheit
For what it's worth, I merely noted when "bailout" became "rescue" and the persistent use of crisis language.
So, from what I saw, and it was minimal as I avoid too much exposure to television news, I would go with "sell."
I am the slime from the video
oozing along on your living room floor
I wait on the edge of my seat.
Be sure get up and stretch at least once a month.
The networks sold the shit out of the bailout.
That they did. Fucking crooks.
The Bush Administration, which has pulled a number of the largest heists in history, just broke their record.
Not only have they succeeded in kneecapping Obama's administration, they've hamstrung the country for decades with the debt they've run up.
you're funny!
by coincidence, that is our forecast high for today!
bourbon cupcakes | Homepage | 10.04.08 - 8:57 am
we might reach down to 65F by Xmas. almost 9pm and it's cooled down to 85F
Racy's watching nature videos again.
I know what y'all mean about the cold. It's down to 65 here this morning.
And me without my muff!
okay, gotta go make the oatmeal.
then probably take a leaf-peeping adventure up here.
peace.
Racy's watching nature videos again
I was more hoping she caught a Zappa earbug.
Tom, Do you have parks or places with green stuff growing that you can get to once in a while?
So, from what I saw, and it was minimal as I avoid too much exposure to television news, I would go with "sell."
We have a party and a media that rely and care about exclusively, $$$$$$$$$.
Yet, we are winning. I am hopeful.
High for today...59, tomorrow, 60 with thunderstorms. It will get worse, much worse.
Coalition of the Leaving:
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/w...raq-
poland.html
Don't fret for me, it will get to 87 today. Probably while I am sleeping...
then probably take a leaf-peeping adventure up here
That's purty.
Caller to CSPAN.
"The media needs to air the terrorist activities of Obama. That is far more important than this financial crisis."
speechless.
OK, the Democrats basically did what the president told them was absolutely necessary. The President is a Republican.
Should I hold my breath until David Broder writes a column praising Democrats for "bipartisanship" and condemning the Congressional Republicans for partisan bickering?
Not only have they succeeded in kneecapping Obama's administration, they've hamstrung the country for decades with the debt they've run up.
billy b
True, alas.
Greedy fucking cheapskates:
The (Palin) family donated 1.5 percent of their income to charity in 2007, of which 2,500 dollars was cash and 825 dollars was household goods donated to the Salvation Army.
Bet she spent more on Lattes than charity.
Caller to CSPAN.
"The media needs to air the terrorist activities of Obama. That is far more important than this financial crisis."
speechless.
ms fahrenheit
CSPAN phone number must be scratched into the wall next to the pay phone at the psychiatric hospital.
Tom, Do you have parks or places with green stuff growing that you can get to once in a while?
Gromit | 10.04.08 - 9:01 am
Ummm... yeah. got a beach 2 minutes walk away and most of this spot of HK is green.
then probably take a leaf-peeping adventure up here...
bourbon cupcakes
Ooooh...lovely reds...we get mostly yellow leaves in Sioux Falls....which still beats when I lived in Dallas, where "Fall" meant rain knocking green leaves off the trees.
ms farenheit,
It's Saturday morning, You're s'posed to be watching cartoons.
Not only have they succeeded in kneecapping Obama's administration, they've hamstrung the country for decades with the debt they've run up.
billy b
The "crisis" has been planned for some months, I am sure.
The (Palin) family donated 1.5 percent of their income to charity in
2007, of which 2,500 dollars was cash and 825 dollars was household
goods donated to the Salvation Army.
So much for tithing 10%...
Ummm... yeah. got a beach 2 minutes walk away and most of this spot of HK is green.
Good to hear. Having never been there, I just picture Hong Kong as nothing but skyscrapers.
Be sure get up and stretch at least once a month.
Gromit | 10.04.08 - 8:59 am | #
May I ask if you have any information on IT bands. (That would be 'illiotibial band.')Any experience with this syndrome, injury? I have two daughters that are having problems in this area.
Didn't pay much tax either (don't forget they each got $3K in an oil check too so real tax was more like $12K):
Palin, who insists that taxes must be lowered to help stimulate the economy and put more money into the pockets of families, paid 24,738 last year on her family's adjusted gross income of 166,080: a 14.3 percent tax rate.
Not paying their share.
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/
Re..._bank_1003.html
speechless.
ms fahrenheit | 10.04.08 - 9:02 am | #
I have a co-worker that claims Sarah Palin has information that we are don't because she is the governor of Alaska the closest state to russia.
Palin, who insists that taxes must be lowered to help stimulate the economy and put more money into the pockets of families, paid 24,738 last year on her family's adjusted gross income of 166,080: a 14.3 percent tax rate.
I heard there were questions about the already-questionable per diem payments she was getting as well.
Get ready for the barrage of negative crap from Grampy because nothing else is working for him...it will be Rev. Wright and Bill Ayers (and lots of black people conservatives don't like) all over for the next month...BE AFRAID, BE VERY AFRAID of this "exotic" guy, folks...This is the HONORABLE POW at his best...and he has his pit bull to drive it home in her most CHRISTIAN WAY for all the church ladies and laddies!
I make stroganoff quite often. I am a Russian expert.
May I ask if you have any information on IT bands. (That would be 'illiotibial band.')Any experience with this syndrome, injury? I have two daughters that are having problems in this area.
I was having ITB problems in the winter / spring.
I stopped running on treadmills and did my running outdoors. Plus, I began doing a lot of hip stretches and it seemed to help as well.
The (Palin) family donated 1.5 percent of their income to charity in
2007, of which 2,500 dollars was cash and 825 dollars was household
goods donated to the Salvation Army.
So much for tithing 10%...
NTodd, Famous Person
You won't "win over" or educate the "other" folks with that kind of talk.
http://www.joebageant.com/joe/20...-palin-
thr.html
I have a co-worker that claims Sarah Palin has information that we are don't because she is the governor of Alaska the closest state to russia.
pigboy | 10.04.08 - 9:07 am | #
[eyeroll]
I have a co-worker that claims Sarah Palin has information that we are don't because she is the governor of Alaska the closest state to russia.
pigboy | 10.04.08 - 9:07 am | #
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between you and me... i should read what i write before posting...... shit.
I have a co-worker that claims Sarah Palin has information that we don't because she is the governor of Alaska the closest state to russia.
pigboy | 10.04.08 - 9:07 am | #
I have a co-worker that claims Sarah Palin has information that we are don't because she is the governor of Alaska the closest state to russia.
pigboy
Psst! They don't close the shades when they're dressing over in Siberia, and she can see everything.
This is interesting:
NYT: The American International Group said on Friday that it had already drawn down $61 billion of the $85 billion emergency bridge loan it received from the Federal Reserve two weeks ago, an announcement that startled credit ratings agencies.
The emergency loan was supposed to buy the company time to sell its troubled assets in an orderly manner. But the sell-off has not yet begun, and now the insurer faces the additional pressure of trying to sell the businesses at a time when potential buyers are having trouble borrowing money.
So when does AIG get its second taxpayer-funded bailout?
Good to hear. Having never been there, I just picture Hong Kong as nothing but skyscrapers.
Gromit | 10.04.08 - 9:06 am
It has the population density and mass transit that our host loves, but there is still a lot of green and hiking trails and hills and waterfalls.
May I ask if you have any information on IT bands.
No, sorry. Dr Mrs G just drove off to the clinic, but I can ask her later.
From what I just read on wikipedia, it sounds like the sort of thing that a physical therapist or good trainer may be most knowledgeable about.
[eyeroll]
ms fahrenheit | 10.04.08 - 9:09 am | #
It just kills me that he thinks that he is informed and up to date. I works some real winners some are unsure of Obama because of his Muslim back ground others won't vote for him because he is inexperienced and will be assassinated anyway....
The "crisis" has been planned for some months, I am sure.
I can guarantee that Skeletor Junior's proposal was.
I really think that the hope was for the crash to occur in a few months so the republics could blame Obama or, if McSpain was elected, Bootsy could say, 'Hey, it wasn't me', but the contingency plan was for one more huge payday.
I stopped running on treadmills and did my running outdoors. Plus, I began doing a lot of hip stretches and it seemed to help as well.
One daughter does soccer and ballet. (You'd think that is enough stretching) and the other plays bb, soccer, and vb. Both intend to try track in the spring.
Overuse is difficult to counteract, and I don't want them to damage their bodies irreparably. BWDIK.
You won't "win over" or educate the "other" folks with that kind of talk.
Bravo. You certainly got the point! Now, care to tell us what constructive things you're doing to effect change, or are you going to continue being stup...er, obtuse?
Psst! They don't close the shades when they're dressing over in Siberia, and she can see everything.
Doc | 10.04.08 - 9:09 am | #
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Now those are some state secrets that probably should be kept secret 
and will be assassinated anyway....
I hear this too much. People are worried about the above and McCain's health issues. Tis why the VP debate was so important to them.
Gromit
I am sorry, I tend to think you know everything, I apologize.
Now, care to tell us what constructive things you're doing to effect change, or are you going to continue being stup...er, obtuse?
NTodd, Famous Person | Homepage | 10.04.08 - 9:13 am
Are you suggesting back seat driving isn't constructive?
the entire Wisconsin marching band has been suspended. Those damned flautists ruin it for everyone.
Gromit
Hmmmmm...the only "sexualized behavior" occurring with my marching band was the one time when we had to change into our uniforms on the bus. The girls were on one bus and the boys on the other...and someone parked the buses next to each other.
I swear the boys bus was about to tip over as they rushed to one side to ogle. Look! Bras! It's a Sears catalog come to life!
It took ten minutes for the girls to realize the scene and take action. I remember their look of surprise and embarrassed yells...oh, how I'd loved to have seen it from the other side...what did we look like, cramming every inch of window space with saucer eyes?
Anyone see Olbermann's "Worst Person" bit last night?
Now, care to tell us what constructive things you're doing to effect change, or are you going to continue being stup...er, obtuse?
NTodd, Famous Person | Homepage | 10.04.08 - 9:13 am
Are you suggesting back seat driving isn't constructive?
Tom - 大肚腩
The peanut gallery is where all teh kewl kids hang out.
Overuse is difficult to counteract, and I don't want them to damage their bodies irreparably.
True enough.
And if rest is out of the question, you're probably left with few options but anti-inflammatories and glucosamine supplements.
It's a Sears catalog come to life!
We're so old, we didn't even have Victoria's Secret catalogs.
And if rest is out of the question, you're probably left with few options but anti-inflammatories and glucosamine supplements.
SteveNS | 10.04.08 - 9:17 am | #
I could tell them no more sports.
Anyone have an extra room?
"Now those are some state secrets that probably should be kept secret"
Wahoo! babushka boobs.
Are you suggesting back seat driving isn't constructive?
Why do you think people throw shit at the back row during Rocky Horror?
Both intend to try track in the spring. Overuse is difficult to counteract, and I don't want them to damage their bodies irreparably.
The fact that they're young is a plus.
Are you suggesting back seat driving isn't constructive?
Hoke! I want to go to the Piggly Wiggly!
ms farenheit,
I guess it's time to talk to them about listening to their bodies (well, certain parts, anyway).
Any chance they could be steered into something like swimming instead of track?
Why do you think people throw shit at the back row during Rocky Horror?
NTodd, Famous Person | Homepage | 10.04.08 - 9:18 am
In their favour, they are participating with the other folks still going to see Rocky Horror and have no delusions that their actions actually are affecting anything. (which can't be confused with the nihilist defeatist backseat drivers here)
You won't "win over" or educate the "other" folks with that kind of talk.
Bravo. You certainly got the point! Now, care to tell us what constructive things you're doing to effect change, or are you going to continue being stup...er, obtuse?
NTodd, Famous Person
Sure, I try to be compassionate, caring and sometimes a friend to folks I don't see eye-to-eye with on politics. I continue to be cynical and refuse to believe that name calling furthers liberal causes (though it does feel good - don't it?). I stick to my beliefs and publicly make note of racial slurs. But as I said before, I don't think you'll see things change here in the U.S. until folks can't get food for their kids - sad, but true. We have all, even the poor, got it too good here.
To get back on topic before I get an email warning me of my bad behavior, what can we do to encourage the media to DO THEIR JOB? Money is everything, and they are owned by the enemy.
So when does AIG get its second taxpayer-funded bailout?
res ipsa loquitur
It's a very sick feeling to think that all we did was pay for another round of a big, elaborate shell game.
You gotta have Caturday.
.
Better go fold laundry.
I don't think you'll see things change here in the U.S. until folks can't get food for their kids
How do you get out of bed in the morning? and why?
It's a very sick feeling to think that all we did was pay for another round of a big, elaborate shell game.
racymind
We're paying to finance their operations while they sell off all their businesses. Couldn't that have been done in a bankruptcy court?
How do you get out of bed in the morning? and why?
ms fahrenheit | 10.04.08 - 9:22 am
This was the type that operated against labour unions in post war Europe because they saw them as bringing good things to people that would interfere with their goals to "truly bring good things" to these same people.
Any chance they could be steered into something like swimming instead of track?
Gromit | 10.04.08 - 9:19 am | #
Nah, ain't gonna happen...........Doncha know!
The sports are to counteract what their bodies are telling them, if you know what I mean.
I thought we owned AIG now.
I'm curious as to where those who think Americans are bone-stupid and pig-ignorant think they should go to become well-informed: network news from Charlie and Brian? Cable news from Matthews and Blitzer? Or are Time and Newsweek magazines the bastions of truth to turn to? Even the NYT and Post have not been free of partisan inaccuracies, especially wrto politics.
This was the type that operated against labour unions in post war Europe because they saw them as bringing good things to people that would interfere with their goals to "truly bring good things" to these same people.
Tom - 大肚腩 | Homepage | 10.04.08 - 9:25 am | #
Decisions, decisions. Do I laugh, roll my eyes, or shrug my shoulders?
Its a shame we can't learn from past mistakes.
The sports are to counteract what their bodies are telling them, if you know what I mean.
ms fahrenheit
Back then my body was telling me another cheeseburger would be great...but then I was awfully repressed.
I'm curious as to where those who think Americans are bone-stupid and pig-ignorant think they should go to become well-informed
If only there were places full of books you could borrow for free. I'd also love to see some sort of "network" connecting "terminals" together where people could share information. Pipe dreams, I know...
I thought we owned AIG now.
We do. In the event that AIG becomes profitable again, then we won't.
I think everyone knows how this works.
To get back on topic before I get an email warning me of my bad behavior, what can we do to encourage the media to DO THEIR JOB?
Extreme rendition for their treason to the constitution, and country.
Disapear a few pundits?
I think that someone here has mentioned the thing called the internet. Do your own research.
I thought we owned AIG now.
I just acquired everybody's shares for 15 cents in a hostile takeover.
I think that someone here has mentioned the thing called the internet. Do your own research.
ms fahrenheit
Huh...not sure about that subject...better Google it... 
Nah, ain't gonna happen...........Doncha know!
The sports are to counteract what their bodies are telling them, if you know what I mean.
I know perzactly what you mean. Is it clear that this syndrome can lead to permanent damage?
"Foreign policy is complicated. It even stumps many adults!"
I just acquired everybody's shares for 15 cents in a hostile takeover.
NTodd, Famous Person
I just realized that the Tastee Freez inside joke has kind of petered out.
I'm curious as to where those who think Americans are bone-stupid and pig-ignorant think they should go to become well-informed: network news from Charlie and Brian? Cable news from Matthews and Blitzer?
I got rid of my cable TV yesterday. When the woman at the counter asked why I was disconnecting I said, "Joe Scarborough."
If I could figure out a way to go from door-to-door, educating people on particular political candidates, that would be a winner, I think. And I'm working on a device that allows you to "call" into their homes and speak to them as though you were right there!
"Foreign policy is complicated. It even stumps many adults!"
Newton Minnow | 10.04.08 - 9:30 am
No shit. They gave Kissinger a Nobel Peace Prize.
Palin pisses me off. Also,
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Mean, petty, obnoxious, shallow, ignorant, obnoxious, smarmy, dishonest, obnoxious, cloying, obnoxious, and obnoxious.
I'm curious as to where those who think Americans are bone-stupid and pig-ignorant think they should go to become well-informed: network news from Charlie and Brian? Cable news from Matthews and Blitzer? Or are Time and Newsweek magazines the bastions of truth to turn to? Even the NYT and Post have not been free of partisan inaccuracies, especially wrto politics.
~*Neon Serpent*~
Seems to me there is no need to "go" anywhere. The information required to form an opinion is all around us. Part of what Debs and his crowd did was to show people how to think for themselves. Perhaps TV, radio and The Internet are short circuiting peoples minds? Personally, I'd blame it on the curriculum in the schools.
http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/...le_b.php?
id=347
I just realized that the Tastee Freez inside joke has kind of petered out.
It still rears its head like Putin in Alaskan airspace sometimes, but it's had a good, long shelf life and should not be mourned; rather, celebrate it and remember it fondly by lighting a candle every night by your bedside as you say a little prayer: oh Lord, protect me and mine creemee treat, freez mine enemies, and give me a life full of sprinkles, all for fiddy cent, yea verily.
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Low information journalism and low information voters.
It's all about the affect.
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Since when did theater criticism become the noblest function of journalism?
If only there were places full of books you could borrow for free. I'd also love to see some sort of "network" connecting "terminals" together where people could share information. Pipe dreams, I know...
And when these Americans go to these places, exactly how will they know which of those nice books by Ann Coulter and Bill O'Reilly to read?
I hear that Time magazine awarded some political blog as blog of the year or something.
Good thing that working people have so much free time on their hands to pursue such activities...
Is it clear that this syndrome can lead to permanent damage?
Don't get all accurate, statistical, and geeky on me. A mother always worries. How will they carry all of those babies I am forcing them to have?
I'm working on a device that allows you to "call" into their homes and speak to them as though you were right there!
Hey, could you send a few my way? My cell phone bill is $500 over my free minutes.
Whoops! The WaPo posted one of the most informative graphics of this election season concerning the candidates' tax proposals.
here
I didn't see this referenced in the Media Matters post. Granted, they should probably be reprinting this from time to time, but it isn't exactly "news", is it? I believe this was from back in June...
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