I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
Hello?
That "holy writ" has turned into an excuse to defend insanity, no matter what the circumstances.
He's been wanking for 41 years?
Damn, his right forearm must be the circumference of a tree trunk!
Well, I went looking for the 60 Minutes piece on Wayne DuMond (if I recall it was actually about St Francis County Sheriff Coolidge Conlee and his legendary corruption) but couldn't find it. Maybe it was on 20/20? It aired in mid-late 80s or very early 90s, before Clinton was on the national radar.
But I'm just spitballing here.
JeffCO | 10.27.07 - 2:42 pm | #
From below. From your lips to Larry Craig's ears.
And regarding Steve DunLeavy, let's not forget he's a fomer colleague of Bill O'Reilly.
Atrios has move beyond espresso to yerba mate covered coffee beans.
But I'm just spitballing here.
JeffCO | 10.27.07 - 2:42 pm | #
From below. From your lips to Larry Craig's ears.
Spocko
The upside is that Reagan will be a distant memory, and the last 'thug to have been prez will have been a dismal failure.
In wingnutia rap/kidnap of a Clinton cousin is a crime against the rapist.
Gaylord Parkinson - think he's gay?
Me: not gay!
The upside is that Reagan will be a distant memory, and the last 'thug to have been prez will have been a dismal failure.
Most college seniors today were not born until after Reagan left office.
arkansas was and maybe still is like the wild west though.
Al Capone did used to come to the racetrack in Hot Springs and even into the seventies flashy Chicago gamblers would show up for race time.
The delta region was absolutely in the 15th century with the addition of modern drug smuggling.
And the state was and still is salted with the most insane religious nuts in the USA.
What this demonstrates is that while Reagan was a shitty actor, he did know how to recognize and retain memorable lines.
Atrios has move beyond espresso to yerba mate covered coffee beans.
Are those the ones that the monkeys poop out?
Jennifer - someone used to do transcripts for 60 minutes. (Did you find their archives from way back? I didn't.)
Same for 20/20 -- there's probably a print transcript somewhere.
Museum of Radio and Television, I think it's called, in NYC has a shitload of old episodes of TV programs, too.
What would a rational Marxist current look like?
I wish Broder would just go the fuck away.
He is a toxic old asshole.
From the obsoleted thread:
SOP - see the Millenium simulation of the gulf war where US officials "refloated" the fleet that had been sunk when their moronic strategies didn't work out.
The Navy ROUTINELY "refloats" aircraft carriers that OPFOR US nuclear submarines "sink" in naval exercises.
The carriers are VERY vulnerable to submarines; its a damn good thing that the US attack SSN force is on our side.
The ultimate missile defense system...
http://www.ozf5.com/gallery/wya/...nkey1-
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What this demonstrates is that while Reagan was a shitty actor, he did know how to recognize and retain memorable lines.
Like the one about Nancy Davis?
I have wingnuts relatives and peace activists relatives. Both have sons. If it comes time for a draft do you think I should tell the wingnut relatives. "HA HA Reap what you Sow! IN YOUR FACE! HA HA!"
Nah, I won't it's not the son's fault that the father is a nutter.
Religious and anti-abortion groups have been holding a rally to mark 40 years since abortion was legalised.
Activists met at the Houses of Parliament to call for a reduction in the upper time limit for abortion.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_ne...ics/
7064964.stm
One last try:
Facing shortage, U.S. to order diplomats to Iraq
Lacking volunteers, State Department plans largest call-up since Vietnam
WASHINGTON - In the largest call-up of U.S. diplomats since the Vietnam War, the State Department is planning to order some of its personnel to serve at the American Embassy in Iraq because of a lack of volunteers.
Those designated “prime candidates”—from 200 to 300 diplomats—will be notified Monday that they have been selected for one-year postings to fill the 40 to 50 vacancies expected next year.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/2150...1067/from/RS.1/
Nah, I won't it's not the son's fault that the father is a nutter.
Spocko | Homepage | 10.27.07 - 3:05 pm | #
My in laws have only spawned girls, and they think bush is the bestest most kewl pres ever!
Because I'm not a computer nerd, there's no need to respond to this:
I'm not happy with Vista.
Turkey's PM Recep Tayyip Erdogan has criticised EU nations for not doing more to tackle activists from the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK).
He said EU nations were not arresting or extraditing PKK members.
Turkey has regularly asked countries to do more against the PKK, which the EU regards as a terrorist group.
Mr Erdogan was speaking after talks between Turkey and Iraq ended without progress on Iraqi proposals to stop PKK attacks on Turkey from Iraq.
Turkey has warned it will not tolerate more cross-border raids and has massed troops along the border.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europ...ope/
7065111.stm
And regarding Steve DunLeavy, let's not forget he's a fomer colleague of Bill O'Reilly.
Jennifer
If I'm not mistaken, dunleavy was right hand man to murdoch during the early years of murdoch's ownership of the ny post newspaper.
Atrios - check out this link for the definitive story of Huckabee's involvement in the freeing of Wayne DuMond. Even describes the victim's family meeting with Huckabee prior to DuMond's "parole" (read the story and you'll see why it's in quotes) and his refusal to be disabused of the false notion that DNA had exonerated DuMond (for a rape committed in 1984 or 85, years before DNA testing was possible...Huckabee's faith in this idea came directly from the Clinton mouthfrothers...).
This article needs to be widely distributed.
"Parkinson's Law" - how appropriate...
Dodd on Meet tim russert tomorrow.
hmmm I wonder why Iraq is not such a great place to be a diplomat? - The US state department has said it will require its diplomats to staff its embassy in Iraq due to a lack of volunteers.
Forty to 50 posts will be open next year in the embassy, located in Baghdad's fortified green zone.
Until now postings have been staffed on a voluntary basis and have often been hard to fill.
Up to 300 US diplomats will be notified that they are "prime candidates" for one-year terms in Iraq.
Only those with compelling reasons, such as medical problems or extreme personal hardships, will be exempt from disciplinary action if they refuse.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...914DD9B6A26.htm
wouldn't have anything to do with the fact Iraq is one big clusterfuck
Most college seniors today were not born until after Reagan left office.
JeffCO
I might have bottom-lined my "thought," such as it is, a little to brutally.
I was thinking that right now an awful lot of thugs and wingers get all sniffly and nostalgic about when Dutch was in the saddle and it was morning in America.
Once the Dems have been in power for a period, gotten things straightened out to some extent, and the 'thugs are ready to reassert themselves, it'll be a longer throw back to the Glory Days of Rayguns, and the most recent "leader" they'll be able to point to will have been WPE (with any luck by then ensconced in his rightful position in history).
Bottom line being (I thought I had a point, less sure now) that it'll be a much tougher sell than the Chimp-as-Son-of-Reagan.
The UK embassy in Tokyo has said it will help hundreds of teachers after Japan's largest language schools chain filed for protection from creditors.
Nova Corp, which mainly offers English classes, did not pay its 4,000 foreign staff for October, unions have said.
In a statement, the embassy said it was unable to provide financial assistance to those affected, but could help them contact family and friends.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world...fic/
7065232.stm
My sister worked for NOVA when she went to Japan.
Reagan was a party man. He supported Bush over conservative choices in 1988. Although Reagan expected Bush41 to carry on his conservative agenda too. That didn't happen.
I think if Reagan was still alive, he’d be supporting Thompson, and Rudy wouldn’t even be running.
What this demonstrates is that while Reagan was a shitty actor, he did know how to recognize and retain memorable lines.
Press: "What are you doing to get the realease of the hostages?"
Reagan: (for the next 1 1/2 minutes) "Um...um....um..."
Nancy: (standing next to him, whispers loud enough for the mics to pick up) "We're doing the best we can."
Reagan: (out loud to the press) "We're doing the best we can."
A Great Mind.
What the State Department is doing is what the Defense Department has been doing for years, with bodies they already have, that is.
The thing with State is that they're far more liberal about assignments than DoD is. They've run out of volunteers to go to the sandbox, so they're making tours mandatory.
Now, when State starts kidnapping grad students from campuses to be sent to Iraq to perform indentured servitude in exchange for paying off student loans, we'll have a story here.
Most college seniors today were not born until after Reagan left office.
JeffCO
18 is kind of young for a college senior, isn't it?
Weird.
Huckabee last year pardoned Rolling Stones star Keith Richards for a 31-year-old driving violation. Asked by reporters if he'd do the same for the average citizen, Huckabee said no, but quipped, "If you can play guitar like Keith Richards, I'd do it for you."
I think if Reagan was still alive, he’d be supporting Thompson, and Rudy wouldn’t even be running.
Texaschilibean
If Reagan was still alive, he'd be desperately clawing at the lid of his casket.
If Reagan was still alive, he'd be desperately clawing at the lid of his casket.
Jennifer
I love that joke.
I think if Reagan was still alive, he’d be supporting Thompson, and Rudy wouldn’t even be running.
What an odd thing to say...
If Reagan were still alive, he wouldn't be able to decide between tapioca and vanilla pudding...
(Lurk)
I think if Reagan was still alive, he’d be supporting Thompson, and Rudy wouldn’t even be running.
Shitty actors tend to hang together.
I'm calling it Gaylord's Republican September Eleventh Commandment.
Gotta hit all those GOP keywords.
I must restart computer.
BRB.
reagan had been brain dead since the 6th year or so of his presidency, his body finally gave out years later...
If Reagan was still alive, he'd be desperately clawing at the lid of his casket.
http://www.zombiereagan.com/
stre...0613085540.html
Omanis have gone to the polls to pick the 84 members of a consultative council amid some calls for the advisory body to be given more power.
A total of 388,683 citizens have registered to vote in the country's 61 provinces, where 102 polling stations opened at 7am (0300 GMT) on Saturday and were to close at to 7pm (1500 GMT).
The results are due on Saturday night.
The Majlis ash-Shura, which has a four-year term, can question ministers and also advises the government on economic and social issues.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/
...45C47DEE0CD.htm
Book Description
“Fascists,” “Brownshirts,” “jackbooted stormtroopers”—such are the insults typically hurled at conservatives by their liberal opponents. Calling someone a fascist is the fastest way to shut them up, defining their views as beyond the political pale. But who are the real fascists in our midst?
Liberal Fascism offers a startling new perspective on the theories and practices that define fascist politics. Replacing conveniently manufactured myths with surprising and enlightening research, Jonah Goldberg reminds us that the original fascists were really on the left, and that liberals from Woodrow Wilson to FDR to Hillary Clinton have advocated policies and principles remarkably similar to those of Hitler's National Socialism and Mussolini's Fascism.
Contrary to what most people think, the Nazis were ardent socialists (hence the term “National socialism”). They believed in free health care and guaranteed jobs. They confiscated inherited wealth and spent vast sums on public education. They purged the church from public policy, promoted a new form of pagan spirituality, and inserted the authority of the state into every nook and cranny of daily life. The Nazis declared war on smoking, supported abortion, euthanasia, and gun control. They loathed the free market, provided generous pensions for the elderly, and maintained a strict racial quota system in their universities—where campus speech codes were all the rage. The Nazis led the world in organic farming and alternative medicine. Hitler was a strict vegetarian, and Himmler was an animal rights activist.
Do these striking parallels mean that today’s liberals are genocidal maniacs, intent on conquering the world and imposing a new racial order? Not at all. Yet it is hard to deny that modern progressivism and classical fascism shared the same intellectual roots. We often forget, for example, that Mussolini and Hitler had many admirers in the United States. W.E.B. Du Bois was inspired by Hitler's Germany, and Irving Berlin praised Mussolini in song. Many fascist tenets were espoused by American progressives like John Dewey and Woodrow Wilson, and FDR incorporated fascist policies in the New Deal.
Fascism was an international movement that appeared in different forms in different countries, depending on the vagaries of national culture and temperament. In Germany, fascism appeared as genocidal racist nationalism. In America, it took a “friendlier,” more liberal form. The modern heirs of this “friendly fascist” tradition include the New York Times, the Democratic Party, the Ivy League professoriate, and the liberals of Hollywood. The quintessential Liberal Fascist isn't an SS storm trooper; it is a female grade school teacher with an education degree from Brown or Swarthmore.
WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!
Ahhh, I finally found what kind of bird has been singing me awake for the last year. It's a Crissal Thrasher, kind of rare and shy, which is why I had trouble finding any pictures of it. This one isn't that great, and I suppose one of these days I'll get a shot myself, since that family of thrashers like my porch and will sit on it all the time.
They still have not gotten used to me enough that they will land when I'm sitting outside, though I've had them land on the plant stand right outside my living room and look me in the eye.
Here's their song again.
http://www5.upload2.net/download...Hu2/
vorc001.mp3
Here's another song from the what bird site. They seem to have complex, mutable songs, which they copy somewhat from other birds. I like them better already, birds that don't honor copyright or DRM.
(click on the 'flashy' sound link.)
http://identify.whatbird.com/
obj...l_Thrasher.aspx
http://birdaz.com/blog/wp-conten...02007%
20113.bmp
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WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!
Unrepentant Fenian | 10.27.07 - 3:26 pm | #
I'll second that
fascism comes from the right, don't they know that
calling a left person a fascist shows little or no knowledge of history of the ideology
Avedon's post below regarding Congressional Democratic staffers frustration over "messaging" is important for us to think about.
Republicans have core principles they believe in and they are unapologetic in holding to those beliefs no matter what poll data indicates.
Those Democrats who worry about not appearing "strong on defense" or "supporting our troops" are purely delusional. The 30% of Americans who support the Iraq War are not going to vote for a Democrat.
The other 70% of Americans dislike the Iraq War even more than Congressional Democrats. In the world of those 70% of Americans, if you believe the Iraq War is wrong then don't fund it.
Those 70% of Americans know they can be against the war and still support the troops.
The reason the Republicans are better at "messaging" is because they stand for something. I don't like or agree with what they stand for but I admire them for being courageous enough to hold true to those principles.
I am a yellow dog Democrat but I don't know what Congressional Democrats stand for anymore, other than being reelected. What they fail to understand is the American people are craving elected leaders who are fierce in their beliefs in the principles of democracy.
When you believe in something strong enough... losing an election is a small sacrifice to make.
I am a yellow dog Democrat but I don't know what Congressional Democrats stand for anymore, other than being reelected.
Apparently they are also very much concerned about getting lobbying jobs after they leave congress, something that makes them reluctant to burn any bridges.
Those 70% of Americans know they can be against the war and still support the troops.
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Most of those 70% of Americans represent an opposition to the war that is a mile wide and an inch deep. If the Dems pull out the troops and it turns into a disaster, then most of those 70% will turn right around and hold it against the Dems, and believe me the Dems pollsters have already explained that to them. They don't really care what the hard core antiwar crowd thinks because they really don't have anywhere else to go. They'll just say a few things you want to hear just to make you feel a little better about voting for them, even though down deep you know they are going to ignore you again.
"I have to suck Reagan's dick to prove I'm not liberal"-David Broder
My father was the vice chair of the CA republican party when Gaylord Parkinson was the chair, and I was a little kid. But I remember that 11th commandment deal. The republicans thought it would be a good idea after the extreme right dingbats got them clobbered in 1964, and the party wanted to get the dingbats to shut up for a while. Ironically, it was Reagan who eventually mobilized and motivated the dingbats, who now cause the party its current trouble.
I seem to remember a gay tearoom sting in the early 1970s in San Diego's May Company Department store that nabbed several top Republican party officials, including I believe Mr. Parkinson...
fwiw, Reagan spoke evil of Ford whole bunches of times when he ran for the nomination in '76, but that's all gone down the memory hole.
Shouldn't it be "Parkinson's Disease"?
Somebody should point out that Reagan's 11th Commandment is the very DEFINITION of party above all. Above country; above right and wrong; above everything. It is a statement of total moral bankruptcy.
That's the advantage of authoritarianism. There's a pecking order, you have a position, you take orders and pass them down. When the word comes "Speak no evil", you speak no evil or you are out!
That's what we are fighting against and that is part of the reason that they are so difficult to beat. "Tyranny is not easily overthrown" and I would add that it is even more difficult when it cloaks itself in the garb of liberty. This is a special kind of liberty where "Freedom's just another word for nothing left to sell."
Good luck and good night.
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