He's just being like the Common Folk, which makes him The Perfect Unity Candidate. So lighten the fuck up, Atrios.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii |
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05.18.07 - 11:54 pm | #
McCain's going senile, his inhibitory mechanisms are disappearing. Pretty soon he will be appearing on the senate floor with an erection and trying to feel up another senator.
spinoza |
05.18.07 - 11:54 pm | #
I like chickens.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii |
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05.18.07 - 11:55 pm | #
Box Turtle is the worst of the whiny Bushies
So it's come to this: McCain can't be bothered with actually voting on the Senate's business-yet he is reduced to to lobbing F bombs at members of his own caucus-that's SWEET
I'm sure Cornyn has been told that a lot.
Snow, Propter Hoc |
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05.18.07 - 11:56 pm | #
Pretty soon he will be appearing on the senate floor with an erection and trying to feel up another senator.
This explains why Snow is running for Senate.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii |
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05.18.07 - 11:56 pm | #
Pretty soon he will be appearing on the senate floor with an erection and trying to feel up another senator.
spinoza
He will be mistaken for the zombie body of Strom Thurmond, then.
SteveLG |
05.18.07 - 11:56 pm | #
mccain is simply passionate in his beliefs. sometimes that makes him say something unfortunate, but no one loves the country more then him.
his plain-spokeness might turn off some, but overall it's one of his most endearing traits and people respect him for it.
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EkCenTriK | 05.18.07 - 11:54 pm
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!!!!
I picked up at a local Irish SPecialty store Cadbury's Curly Wurly and when I opened the wrapper It looked so familiar, but I couldn;t think of the US name.
Been driving me nuts for a month!
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hisstoryman,Hunter of DaSnark |
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05.18.07 - 11:57 pm | #
Okay, I'm calling it a night.
Don't shoot anyone in the face. G'night, all.
Sinfonian, weekend war czar |
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05.18.07 - 11:57 pm | #
Tonight I heard a Bob Edwards Show teaser about an interview with Broder next week and Broder is just an ass, acting like he's so wise and authoritative. I had an urge to punch my radio.
puppethead |
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05.18.07 - 11:57 pm | #
it's distinctly possible that McCain used the f-bomb as both a verb AND a gerund.
watertiger |
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05.18.07 - 11:57 pm | #
I am so bombing your planet.
Snow, Propter Hoc |
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05.18.07 - 11:57 pm | #
McCain was full of shit in Vietnam, where his enthusiasm foir a dangerous outdated munition may have indirectly led to a major aircraft carrier fire and where he received a startling number of medals every few hours he flew, but he was politically full of shit on trying to use his experuience as a torture victim to justify modern torture. And now we hear he is trying to go back on that in time ofr the election.
enelysion |
05.18.07 - 11:58 pm | #
McCain is the last carriage wheel right in the age of the automobile.
what does velo mean?
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05.18.07 - 11:58 pm | #
Pretty soon he will be appearing on the senate floor with an erection and trying to feel up another senator.
While Joe Lieberman stands by pumping his fist in the air and shouting, "Go United States, yeah!"
puppethead |
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05.18.07 - 11:58 pm | #
That's just fucking incivil.
Jesus X. Crutch |
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05.18.07 - 11:59 pm | #
Liebermann?? Is that a dance move?
Kevster |
05.19.07 - 12:00 am | #
"Cadbury's Curly Wurly "
They live. Long live the Curly Wurly.
EkCenTriK |
05.19.07 - 12:00 am | #
Broderalla may not say this, but he'll surely think that McCain is a manly man for using the f-word, and this will excite him.
R. McGeddon |
05.19.07 - 12:00 am | #
I am so bombing your planet.
Best of luck on that.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii |
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05.19.07 - 12:00 am | #
It reminds us of what someone said about Wolfowitz: "That bloddhirsty monster starts a war and he gets in trouble with the Americans for having sex [or in this case talking like a grownup]."
enelysion |
05.19.07 - 12:00 am | #
NYTimes:
Casualties among private contractors in Iraq have soared to record levels this year, setting a pace that seems certain to turn 2007 into the bloodiest year yet for the civilians who work alongside the American military in the war zone, according to new government numbers.
At least 146 contract workers were killed in Iraq in the first three months of the year, by far the highest number for any quarter since the war began in March 2003, according to the Labor Department, which processes death and injury claims for those working as United States government contractors in Iraq.
That brings the total number of contractors killed in Iraq to at least 917, along with more than 12,000 wounded in battle or injured on the job, according to government figures and dozens of interviews.
The numbers, which have not been previously reported, disclose the extent to which contractors — Americans, Iraqis and workers from more than three dozen other countries — are largely hidden casualties of the war, and now are facing increased risks alongside American soldiers and marines as President Bush’s plan to increase troop levels in Baghdad takes hold.
SteveLG |
05.19.07 - 12:00 am | #
word associated with chickens?
but chickens don't suck cocks.
watertiger |
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05.19.07 - 12:01 am | #
what does velo mean?
Latin for 'fast, speed, swift, and rapid', though I'm sure our resident pedant will find something wrong with my definition.
NTodd, Gaiigaiigaiigaiigaii |
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05.19.07 - 12:01 am | #
I'm fuckinh shocked Saint John would use such vulgar fucking language. Where the fuck are my pearls?
mrs. ibrahim al-jafaari |
05.19.07 - 12:01 am | #
NTodd -- From below, Pine Bros. were the soft cough drops, kinda like lozenge-size Jujubees.
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SteveLG | 05.19.07 - 12:00 am |
Is there any point in asking whether the NYT is including or distinguishing mercs from "private contractors"?
enelysion |
05.19.07 - 12:02 am | #
Couldn't take the candy talk no more...
I have been chugging skittles for the past few minutes now.
Holding off on The Charleston Chew in the Freezer.
K folks I am flyin' off to bed.
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hisstoryman,Hunter of DaSnark |
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05.19.07 - 12:03 am | #
NTodd -- From below, Pine Bros. were the soft cough drops, kinda like lozenge-size Jujubees.
You have to develop a sense for these things. Of course posting a comment or two and realizing you are the last in the thread is an effective method as well.
EkCenTriK |
05.19.07 - 12:06 am | #
Further NYTimes:
Nearly 300 companies from the United States and around the world supply workers who are a shadow force in Iraq almost as large as the uniformed military. About 126,000 men and women working for contractors serve alongside about 150,000 American troops, the Pentagon has reported. Never before has the United States gone to war with so many civilians on the battlefield doing jobs — armed guards, military trainers, translators, interrogators, cooks and maintenance workers — once done only by those in uniform.
In the Persian Gulf war of 1991, for example, only 9,200 contractors — mostly operating advanced weapons systems — served alongside 540,000 military personnel. But at the end of the cold war, Congress and the Pentagon were eager to seize on the so-called peace dividend and drastically scale back the standing Army. The Bush administration expanded the outsourcing strategy to unprecedented levels after the invasion of Iraq.
Many contractors in the battle zone say they lack the basic security measures afforded uniformed troops and receive benefits that not only differ from those provided to troops, but also vary by employer. Weekly pay ranges from $60 for Iraqi translators and laborers to $1,800 for truck drivers to as much as $6,000 for private security guards employed by companies like Blackwater. Medical and insurance benefits also vary widely, from excellent to minimal.
Conditions in Iraq are harsh, and many civilians who arrive there, drawn by patriotism, a sense of adventure or the lure of money, are overwhelmed by the environment. If they raise questions about the 12-hour workdays, the lack of armor plating on trucks or the periodic shelling of bases, supervisors often tell them to pack up and go home.
Cynthia I. Morgan, a Tennessee trucker who spent more than a year in Iraq as a convoy commander, said that the common answer from her bosses to such complaints was, “Aisle or window, chicken or pasta” — meaning “Get on the next plane out of here.”
SteveLG |
05.19.07 - 12:06 am | #
We don’t buy the explanation. The more persuasive answer is that Mr. Bush protects his embattled advisers because they are doing precisely what he told them to do.
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bo |
05.19.07 - 12:07 am | #
above
Jack K, the Grumpy Forester |
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05.19.07 - 12:10 am | #
Keith is talking about Fredo's discussion of top secret information in Ashcroft's hospital room and it causes me to recall Comey's testimony from a few days ago. Comey mentioned that Ashcroft's wife was in the room.
Snow, Propter Hoc |
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05.19.07 - 12:11 am | #
rootless2, that thread just seemed to demand The Disgusting English Candy Drill.
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05.19.07 - 12:11 am | #
my god, there are other people out there looking for Pine Bros. cough drops.
Dedicating blog posts to it and everything!
watertiger |
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05.19.07 - 12:11 am | #
I'm about sugared out. Got guests coming and a turkey on the grill tomorrow. Have a great weekend 'bats!
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05.19.07 - 12:13 am | #
Watertiger -- Wild isn't it. The brand just popped into my head reading last thread and when I googled it I couldn't believe all the stuff that came up.
and since these silly people keep on about their dogs and cats
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"A pig is a jolly companion,
Boar, sow, barrow, or gilt--
A pig is a pal, who'll boost your morale,
Though mountains may topple and tilt.
When they've blackballed, bamboozled, and burned you,
When they've turned on you, Tory and Whig,
Though you may be thrown over by Tabby or Rover,
You'll never go wrong with a pig, a pig,
You'll never go wrong with a pig!
rootless2 |
05.19.07 - 12:14 am | #
Fox reporters must have watched the movie The History Boys.
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05.19.07 - 12:14 am | #
I was reading a few nights ago how Minneapolis-St. Paul was a huge epicenter of candy in the early 1900s, because of the rail hub and being so close to sugar and dairy farming.
Pardon my ignorance, but how the hell could McCain have used "fuck" as a gerund. I mean, I know that grammatically you _can_, (as in "I gave him a right good fucking," I suppose) but what could he have possibly said to Cornyn that might be a gerund?!?
Alan |
05.19.07 - 3:11 am | #
When a liberal says fuck, it's a horrific, uncivil outburst, indicative of the decline in American discourse.
When a conservative says fuck, it's because he's the kind of guy you want to have a beer with.
ppepp |
05.19.07 - 3:20 am | #
The real foul-mouthed, nutcase McCain revealed itself. However, McCain has the right to spew out whatever he wants. Let's not follow the gov't down the path of censorship. After all, censorship is becoming America's favorite past-time. The US gov't (and their corporate friends), already detain protesters, ban books like "America Deceived" from Amazon and Wikipedia, shut down Imus and fire 21-year tenured, BYU physics professor Steven Jones because he proved explosives, thermite in particular, took down the WTC buildings. Free Speech forever (especially for politicians).
Vote for Dr. Ron Paul (he never says Fu@k).
Last link (before Google Books caves to pressure and drops the title): America Deceived (book)
Wallace |
05.19.07 - 7:08 am | #
What Will Broderella Say?
IOKIYR
another episode of SATSQ.
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yowzer |
05.19.07 - 7:12 am | #
"Chuck Todd and I are on the downlow"-David Broder
jr |
05.19.07 - 7:38 am | #
“[Expletive] you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room,” shouted McCain at Cornyn.
Yep, just like Bush and Cheney. Looking in someone's eyes is all they need to do. Meetings and negotiations are for the challanged realty based losers.
I see dark clouds in there. Looks like rain's comin'.
der |
05.19.07 - 8:03 am | #
That´s just a proove, but the sky wanting, soon I´ll be here
Frank Caciottella
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Fran Caciottella |
05.19.07 - 8:37 am | #
Somebody explain why the thread above that I posted on will not come up now. I fully apologize for not being as tech savvy as I need to be. Meanwhile I would like to know if any responses to my post will ever be able to be read by me.
camelot |
05.19.07 - 8:39 am | #
BUT, but it's totally okay for the Christian right to use the F-word, just not those foul month liberals - didn't you know, that is what the Christain right is all about.
It was okay that it turned out that Senator Dennis Hastert knew that the Whitehouse pages were being sexually harrassed but it's okay that Christain Right vote for him anyway, cause he's Repug. They never sin.
That's the problem with the Christian right, it's that they are't really Christians, as they simply pretend that only liberals sin and that their GOD hates all liberals.
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