I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
peace
So is Atrios going to cover the wars and antiwar activities since the media won't?
Bonjour!
and in more important news... this is the new Doctor!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/enter...ent/
7808697.stm
by the way... BOOBIES!
Yet another collapsing shitpile souffle.
Helluva job, Bushie!
James Carville: Well on the way to being the Democratic version of Bill Buchcannon, only dumber. Talking out of his ass.
17 days and we'll have adults in the White House.
Talking out of his ass.
bo
he's a fucker, isn't he. Still bitter because "his" Hillary didn't win, i suppose
SUPERTRAINS!!
Still bitter because "his" Hillary didn't win, i suppose
And, in the end, even Hillary distanced herself from him.
Yea, that little bet of doom and gloom sure was carefully researched, wasn't it?
Ski tourism here is down a little, but nothing like it was predicted. Not sure why, but we're counting our blessings.
As per SOP, no one (of any import to the Village or the Corporate Overlods) anticipated any of this.
Every time I read or hear the name James Carville,
I think he should be selling ice cream.
???
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Say what you will, we could use some Carville on our team. By which I mean some combative partisanship and passion to win. (Harry Reid take note. TYIA.)
The new doctor is far too young (for me).
Carville talking out his ass can't be much worse than when he talks out his mouth.
OK, I've caught up on this thread now.
Every time I read or hear the name James Carville,
I think he should be selling ice cream.
At the Rock Ridge Howard Johnson's.
"It's hard to be an optimist right now,"
We need faith-based economics!
The shitpile. As dependable as life and death.
So is Atrios going to cover the wars and antiwar activities since the media won't?
Guess not. Israels ground attack has begun.
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"We're at the point where there's another potential systemic failure that the industry is trying to avoid."
"Or at least keep hushed up until we get our money out and cover our asses."
Every time I read or hear the name James Carville,
I think "Sleeping with the enemy"
Say what you will, we could use some Carville on our team. By which I mean some combative partisanship and passion to win.
Agreed.
As of noon today, Norm Coleman is a former U.S. Senator.
What we have now is the Pelosi-Reid passion to wimp.
I wish you hadn't made me click that link Bo. Now I'm all cranky again about idiot pundits.
I think "Sleeping with the enemy"
Terry C - Forever Dateless
I think "Gollum" .
dt'd:
Israel is butchering Palestinians in Gaza. That's news. The fact that the united states has butchered 1,297,997 Iraqis is news also. So is the failed Afghanistan War.
The Politics of An Israeli Extermination Campaign Backers, Apologists and Arms Suppliers By James Petras Israel's totalitarian vision is driven by the practice of a permanent purge of Arab Palestine informed by Zionism, an ethno-racist ideology, promulgated by the Jewish state and justified, enforced and pursued by its organized backers in the United States.
http://
www.informationclearingho...rticle21613.htm
bye for now 
So is Atrios going to cover the wars and antiwar activities since the media won't?
NTodd, Trollson
Hell, No!
Too busy covering Philadelphia's trolleys!
Every time I read or hear the name James Carville,
I think "Sleeping with the enemy"
Terry C - Forever Dateless
Now, me, I think of something different: power and money (and not necessarily in that order.
These are people who have traded their souls for the microphone in front of them, which they will lovingly caress, spouting whatever nonsense their benefactors are paying them for.
I think of it as a "televised democracy."
Allawi bites the hand that stroked him.
I think of it as a "televised democracy."
Diane C. Barking-Mad
Eezackly.
Palestinians, Paleschminians!
The NFL PLAYOFFS ARE ABOUT TO START!!!
The penguin/orca video made my day.
So is Atrios going to cover the wars and antiwar activities since the media won't?
But we've got a commercial real estate crisis to report.
The new doctor is far too young (for me).
Ali
a junior goth David Tennant is say. Could be interesting!!
Maybe CRE would be stimulated by the government legalizing prostitution--oh wait, that's how we got into this mess.
The NFL PLAYOFFS ARE ABOUT TO START!!!
The holier than thou trool reminds me of that.
Thanks, assmunch.
Later all.
I think the person most enthusiastically anticipating the end of George Bush's reign as President, more than all of us put together is George W Bush!
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I wish you hadn't made me click that link Bo. Now I'm all cranky again about idiot pundits. - Libby
I really don't see anything wrong with organizing a mass scurging of pundits and enabling editors.
The penguin/orca video made my day.
Gromit
What? Where?
Zionism, unlike other forms of Colonialism promoted by Europeans, is NOT racist, because other Europeans were mean to the Ashkenazi Jews. Therefore, they had a right to Palestine, even though other people lived there post WWII.
I get it...
I think the person most enthusiastically anticipating the end of George Bush's reign as President, more than all of us put together is George W Bush!
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It's just me again! | 01.03.09 - 4:05 pm | #
I will believe that only after Noon, January 20, 2009.
Say what you will, we could use some Carville on our team. By which I mean some combative bullshit and passion to whine.
fried your tamales
"It's hard to be an optimist right now,"
Clearly this guy is not CNBC pompom waver material.
HOLY SHIT!
Did Juan Cole nail it. And I believe he's Jewish as well:
Earlier on Saturday CNN invited Gen. David Grange on, one of the military commentators outed by the New York Times as part of a Pentagon influence-peddling scheme for the media. Grange kept talking about what "we" would do if "we" took rocket fire the way the Israelis had from Hamas. Grange did not say what "we" would do if militant European refugees landed at Newport Beach, took over Virginia, expelled its population, and then kept the refugees from McLean huddling over in West Virginia in camps for decades with no reparations, recently denying them sufficient food and fuel to avoid a humanitarian crisis. But of course that would never happen to the Granges, so why bother to even mention any point of view but the hawks'?
http://www.juancole.com/
Zionism is racist.
oh grand. who do we bail out now?
Israel. Putting the "Nazi" in Ashkenazi since 1948.
Yeah Elias, it was an excellent piece by juan cole.
I really don't see anything wrong with organizing a mass scurging of pundits and enabling editors.
bo | 01.03.09 - 4:06 pm
But I'm a graduate of the Babs Bush school of punditry. I don't like to trouble my beautiful mind with all that.
Zionism is racist.
plum p, better democrats pleas
You ain't just whistlin' Dixie!
Bantustan, anyone?
NBC NBC NBC NBC NBC NBC
PRO FOOTBALL PLAYOOFFS ALL DAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT
STARTING NOW!!!
man, trolls quoting Juan Cole...
the end of the world is nigh
"Yes, Bush's policies failed utterly," said Allawi, describing the U.S. administration that once backed him. "Utter failure. Failure of U.S. domestic and foreign policy, including fighting terrorism and economic policy."
But didn't W give you a swell nickname? And don't you know what a great guy he is. He's not at all arrogant. No he is not.
/Bush rumpswabs
Say what you will, we could use some Carville on our team. By which I mean some combative bullshit and passion to whine.
If he's bullshitting and whining for our side, I'm OK with that. Dog knows there's enough from the other side.
It's OK to fight back 
The penguin/orca video made my day.
Gromit
What? Where?
Ali
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S...h?v=SJaMtBKnN-
I
(1) Three orcas pursue penguin in antarctic waters, filmed by people in Zodiac
(2) After leading a merry chase, penguin jumps into Zodiac
(3) Orcas: WTF?
(4) Hilarity ensues
Hi Ali.
How've you been?
Christiane Amanpour just assured us that Tony Blair is on the job.
Haloscan is getting moody again...
Christiane Amanpour just assured us that Tony Blair is on the job.
P O'Neill
I feel MUCH better now!
If he's bullshitting and whining for our side, I'm OK with that.
I'm okay with fighting back for our side. Let me know when he starts doing it. Looks more like concern trolling from where I'm sitting.
Bush's poodle is on the job!
Christiane Amanpour just assured us that Tony Blair is on the job.
He and Bush can parachute into Gaza to mediate.
OK, I'm off for a while.
While I'm gone, you might want to check out Ruth's musings on how the White House Yeggs continue to fund abstinence only education in countries being decimated by AIDS.
Later, good people.
Bob Costas: The Lions are not in the playoffs.
Thank you Captain Obvious
Elias!
He and Bush can parachute into Gaza to mediate.
NTodd, Trollson
*oh please, oh please*
(4) Hilarity ensues
Gromit
that is SO cool! Whales don't eat the penguins, right? They're just playing, right?
Being Israeli means never having to say you're sorry.
PRO FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS ALL DAY UNTIL MIDNIGHT
I couldn't care less.
Christiane Amanpour just assured us that Tony Blair is on the job.
Which job is that? Fisting Thacher?
Christiane Amanpour just assured us that Tony Blair is on the job.
P O'Neill
the guy that prayed with W in the Oval Office before invading Iraq?
fuck. the world is doomed.
Being Israeli means never having to say you're sorry.
Sometimes you have to kill off a people in order to save them.
Fux news very excited about IDF "advance along the Philadelphia corridor".
that is SO cool! Whales don't eat the penguins, right? They're just playing, right?
plum p, better democrats pleas
Do you see any other tasty bits of protein in the picture?
remember when democracy was on the march and the hamas election victory helped prove it?
I didn't know there were orcas in antarctica! My bad!
the guy that prayed with W in the Oval Office before invading Iraq?
When his intelligence agencies were telling him the intelligence was being fixed around the policy. Damn right he shoulda been praying.
that is SO cool! Whales don't eat the penguins, right? They're just playing, right? - plum p
Err, there was an associated vid of Shamu killing a pelican.
And leopard seals hunt penguins regularly.
Great video Gromit. That put me back in a better mood again. Kind of scary to have those huge orcas circling a rubber boat. I think I would been freaking just a little.
Do you see any other tasty bits of protein in the picture?
Ali
NOOOOO!
humans don't eat penguins, right?
I didn't know there were orcas in antarctica! My bad!
Well, maybe there are penguins in BC
Which job is that? Fisting Thacher?
Supreme Commander Thor
anybody know how to get the Lance Armstrong energy drink off a monitor?
humans don't eat penguins, right?
They're protected, so no.
Which job is that? Fisting Thacher?
Supreme Commander Thor
MY EYES!!!!!
AUUUGGGHHHHH!
if i were the penguin, i would have been freaking out a lot.
Well, maybe there are penguins in BC
Gromit |
only in the zoo! Probably safer for 'em.
Penguin was lucky Pelosi and Reid weren't in the Zodiac boat.
i predict that penguins taste like chicken, but saltier.
Penguin was lucky Pelosi and Reid weren't in the Zodiac boat.
bo |
OMG line of the day.
Penguin was lucky Pelosi and Reid weren't in the Zodiac boat.
bo
Classic!
i predict that penguins taste like chicken, but saltier. - shoeattack
I'd guess fishy. Ever smelled penguin shit?
Ever smelled penguin shit?
bo |
Have you?
i have never smelled penguin shit. someday, before i die...
[Deep curtsy]
if i were the penguin, i would have been freaking out a lot.
The best part is after he leaps into the boat, he's all casual and visits with the people like he belongs there.
Bounces around on the pontoons until the Orcas come up, then he hides in the bottom.
Penguin was lucky Pelosi and Reid weren't in the Zodiac boat.
bo |
OMG line of the day.
Ali
Seconded.
The best part is after he leaps into the boat, he's all casual and visits with the people like he belongs there.
I liked that too. He wasn't at all afraid of them. I didn't think wild penguins were that friendly with the human race.
Yep, Portland's Washington Park Zoo penguin exhibit reeks of it. The display area has viewing area that's enclosed.
I think maybe there are quite a few penugnius under there. Your seeing the ones tryin to GTF out of the water.
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Bounces around on the pontoons until the Orcas come up, then he hides in the bottom.
Yeah -- and the way the whales came up right beside the boat, knowing it was in there.
I seem to remember the penguin exhibit at the Bronx zoo was not enclosed and smelled rather rank.
I didn't think wild penguins were that friendly with the human race.
Maybe they just haven't learned to hate us yet.
Or maybe not.
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Yeah -- and the way the whales came up right beside the boat, knowing it was in there.
Orcas: So if we dump the boat over, we can share the appetizer and then each have a main course.
Maybe they just haven't learned to hate us yet.
SteveNS
good point
Antarctic penguins have no experience with humans a predators, so they have no fear.
Yeah -- and the way the whales came up right beside the boat, knowing it was in there.
That's what freaked me out. I half expected them to turn over the raft. It doesn't look like it would be that hard to do. I imagine that would have been a very cool swim.
Antarctic penguins have no experience with humans a predators, so they have no fear.
bo
Haven't they seen "March of the Omnivores"?
Orcas: So if we dump the boat over, we can share the appetizer and then each have a main course.
Gromit
"You gonna throw him back in or are we gonna have to get rough wit' yez?"
Reality rears its ugly head. bbl.
I seem to remember the penguin exhibit at the Bronx zoo was not enclosed and smelled rather rank.
I've seen the penguins in Central Park.
heya again
there are penguins in South Africa
Antarctic penguins have no experience with humans a predators, so they have no fear.
Snorkeling with penguins in Galapagos:
http://vtwayback.blogspot.com/20...-with-
mask.html
Maybe they just haven't learned to hate us yet.
SteveNS
Only a matter of time!
Why does curry sauce on rice taste so good?
GO FALCONS!!
Not an Atlantan or a Southerner, but I want that dog-killing son of a bitch to watch his team go to the Super Bowl WITHOUT HIM
Rainbow Room to close restaurant, citing economy
NEW YORK (AP) - The recession has reached the ritzy Rainbow Room, the special-occasion spot that overlooks midtown Manhattan from high above the tourist-attracting Rockefeller Center skating rink.
WNBC-TV reports that the owners plan to shutter the Italian-themed Rainbow Grill restaurant temporarily while keeping the establishment's bar, banquet space and dinner-dancing going on the 65th floor of the RCA building.
The Rainbow Room has symbolized glamour since it opened in 1934, during the Great Depression.
Not-very-shy sea lion pups in Galapagos:
http://vtwayback.blogspot.com/20...is-easy-
in.html
there are penguins in South Africa
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl
But none above the equator, I think. maybe just north of it?
One of my pet peeves is the misconception that there are penguins at the north pole. It's right up there with people spelling gandhi as "ghandi". Gets me cranky!
"It's hard to be an optimist right now," said Dan Fasulo, managing director of research firm Real Capital Analytics. "We're at the point where there's another potential systemic failure that the industry is trying to avoid."
Somebody tell me again how this whole thing isn't just a legal Ponzi scheme.
my Great-Uncle was in the navy and spent supplying those who worked in Antarctica and the many explorers who went there
my other great-uncle was a great white hunter and shot elephants, lions etc. he was trampled to death by an elephant, poetic justice no?
we have a framed photo of him with a dead elephant, he has one foot on it and holds the gun like a great white hunter
Gromit is our go-to guy for south american fauna.
we have an amazing Biodome in Montréal. The penguins have a cool place
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca...systeme&
page=an
wow, on BBC NewsWorld, the journalist was interviewing a palestinians when a bomb fell on the buiding just beside. All this LIVE!
thanks Gaia for the BBC
Bring back the Snorgtee girls. The Seeking Sugar Daddy! wench is the worst.
One of my pet peeves is the misconception that there are penguins at the north pole. It's right up there with people spelling gandhi as "ghandi". Gets me cranky!
Ali
And the proper spelling of "fish" is: "ghoti."
Really bugs me when people get that wrong.
But none above the equator, I think. maybe just north of it?
One of my pet peeves is the misconception that there are penguins at the north pole. It's right up there with people spelling gandhi as "ghandi". Gets me cranky!
Ali | 01.03.09 - 4:35 pm | #
indeed, its in the southern hemisphere
heh my colleague D is obsessed with penguins, she has a penguin calendar
while my other colleague M's hubbie loves anything to do with Antarctica expeditions and the whole Scott of the Antarctica thing
CNN is saying the Indonesia quake was a 7.6 now.
I seem to remember the penguin exhibit at the Bronx zoo was not enclosed and smelled rather rank.
Are you suggesting that penguins are filthy? I think it is more a function of the zoo. I hate them. Imagine how we would smell if caged for years and left to dwell in our own feces. Oh wait, that would be Gitmo.
But none above the equator, I think. maybe just north of it?
South of the equator. Down around Capetown.
Why does curry sauce on rice taste so good?
trifecta
now i crave Indian!
South of the equator. Down around Capetown.
Toonscribe |
Yes, that's what I meant.
Are you suggesting that penguins are filthy? I think it is more a function of the zoo. I hate them. Imagine how we would smell if caged for years and left to dwell in our own feces. Oh wait, that would be Gitmo.
Shared Humanity
Which is why we keep it in Cuba.
CNN is saying the Indonesia quake was a 7.6 now.
Rapture index spikes 8 percent!
South of the equator. Down around Capetown.
Toonscribe |
No flirting!
i love Happy Feet
March of the Penguins was boring.
March of the Penguins was boring.
Ali
I was very disappointed they couldn't keep in step.
Wow. I can't believe I had no idea there was a Central Park zoo. Neither did I realize it was warm enough to snorkel in the Galapagos.
CNN is saying the Indonesia quake was a 7.6 now.
trifecta |
NOAA Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is currently posting the tsunami risk as low.
http://www.prh.noaa.gov/pr/ptwc/
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a macaroni penguin!!!
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca...e=en&
nofiche=39
Why the fuck are the US and Israel the only countries the only ones that can commit war crimes with impunity and face no consequences?
March of the Penguins was boring.
Well, they march pretty slow, with teensy tiny steps.
I finally got it. Atrios, you SHIPPED ALL THAT CRAB ON FLYING TIGERS DINT U? Ur gonna make a killing in teh crab market!
Galapagos penguins are at, or maybe just barely north of the equator. The cold Humboldt current, which flows all the way up the western coast of S. America, makes that possible, I think.
Why the fuck are the US and Israel the only countries the only ones that can commit war crimes with impunity and face no consequences?
'Cause we got the big guns?
Cairo Zoo was horrible to visit
no one seemed to care for the animals and the place was run down and none of the zoo keepers had proper training, one even asked if I wanted to handle a lion cub
i actually burst into tears
yet its a popular destination for romantic couples (?) and for Egyptians from the provinces
Flashdance of the Penguins might've held my interest better.
i found March of the Penguins quite relaxing
CNN is saying the Indonesia quake was a 7.6 now.
trifecta
That's over on the very eastern part of the country Not a prone to tsunamis as Sumatra can be.
And what do you bet that well over 50% of terrorist attacks are false flags?
Flashdance of the Penguins might've held my interest better.
Particularly the part when the one dancing penguin gets a bucket of fish dumped on her.
today on Jazz Incunabula:
The First Time Americans Heard a Black Woman Sing The Blues, and
Bessie Smith, The Empress Of The Blues
nobody can bake a sweet jellyroll like mine...
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March of the Penguins was boring.
I found it fascinating.
Are you suggesting that penguins are filthy? I think it is more a function of the zoo. I hate them. Imagine how we would smell if caged for years and left to dwell in our own feces. Oh wait, that would be Gitmo.
I wasn't blaming the poor penguins. Definitely a zoo problem.
Why the fuck are the US and Israel the only countries the only ones that can commit war crimes with impunity and face no consequences?
angryspittle
They aren't really two countries?
And we're the meanest SOB in the valley, so we fear no evil?
Besides, anybody who disagrees with us hates us for our freedom, so we're free to kill them after that.
Striptease of the Penguins
Flashdance of the Penguins might've held my interest better.
Particularly the part when the one dancing penguin gets a bucket of fish dumped on her.
Supreme Commander Thor
The story of a penguin that always wanted to be a welder.
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do you remember this? Happened at Baghdad Zoo
2003 incident
On September 18, 2003, a group of U.S. Army Reserve soldiers and Iraqi police held a party in the zoo after it had closed. Specialist Keith Mitchell of the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, had his right arm severely mauled by an endangered male Bengal tiger; a soldier, seeing the attack, shot and killed the caged animal.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_zoo
Striptease of the Penguins
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl
Now you're talking!
My favorite booby picture from the Galapagos.
http://vtwayback.blogspot.com/20...looking-
at.html
Cracks me up.
And a more dignified booby:
http://vtwayback.blogspot.com/20...oted-
booby.html
POle Dance of the Penguins
On September 18, 2003, a group of U.S. Army Reserve soldiers and Iraqi police held a party in the zoo after it had closed. Specialist Keith Mitchell of the 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, had his right arm severely mauled by an endangered male Bengal tiger; a soldier, seeing the attack, shot and killed the caged animal.
The tiger hated us for our freedom. It isn't free, ya know.
And we're the meanest SOB in the valley, so we fear no evil?
Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to be a citizen of a small, non-nuclear country. I really find it hard to imagine.
I'm so out of the loop today. I had no idea there was a big quake either. Yikes.
So, if office rents go down, that's good for people starting new businesses, right?
Flashdance of the Penguins might've held my interest better.
Particularly the part when the one dancing penguin gets a bucket of fish dumped on her.
Supreme Commander Thor
The story of a penguin that always wanted to be a welder.
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It's just me again!
Problem is that penguin knows fuck all about laying a wield.
Cairo zookeepers get paid very little and so they like sell animals off for money or for meat
its horrible
I liked it when the penguin jumped back to the edge of the boat to look down at the Orcas.
"I'm here. Dey dere. Dat gud."
So, if office rents go down, that's good for people starting new businesses, right?
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
Nobody cares about them, Moe. Think of the poor real estate speculators!!
a soldier, seeing the attack, shot and killed the caged animal.
Should've shot Mitchell.
Stupid ass.
Culture of TrÜth
How are you feeling? Did you manage to avoid puking on the Picassos?
Shouldn't be here. I have decorations to remove and floors to clean. I'll be back for more penguin pr0n later.
i am thinking of going back to Cairo this July
So, if office rents go down, that's good for people starting new businesses, right?
Hey, kids -- let's rent some office space and start a hedge fund!
So, if office rents go down, that's good for people starting new businesses, right?
yes
and bad for those who signed long term leases at the top of the market
So there's a penguin driving through the desert and its hot.... really hot. The penguin drives for several hours through the scorching desert until his car breaks down.
The penguin pulls out his cell phone and calls a local auto shop. The mechanic brings the tow truck to the penguins car, picks him up and takes him and his car back to the auto shop.
When they arrive the mechanic says "It's going to take me a few hours to fix your car, why don't you walk around town and entertain yourself for awhile."
The penguin leaves the auto shop and as he walks out the door notices an ice cream shop... "a little taste of home" he thinks to himself.
The penguin walks over to the ice cream shop and orders his favorite frozen treat... vanilla ice cream. He sits down at a table and goes to town on his vanilla ice cream, making a huge mess and getting ice cream all over himself. He finishes his ice cream and heads back to the auto shop.
When he arrives the mechanic comes out and says "Well sir, its looks like you blew a seal" to which the penguin replies "Oh no, its just ice cream"
Why the fuck are the US and Israel the only countries the only ones that can commit war crimes with impunity and face no consequences?
angryspittle
Because they have all the latest and most dangerous weapons.
The schoolyard bullies of the world.
Why the fuck are the US and Israel the only countries the only ones that can commit war crimes with impunity and face no consequences?
Why does gravity push up? Why is water dry?
China has been soundly punished for destroying Tibetan culture.
The French learned a lesson they will never forget when they sent troops to Cote d'Ivoire and Polynesia. The Indonesians remain humbled after their invasion of Timor caused the world to condemn them. Lady Thatcher remains in jail after sending British sailors around the world to the Falklands. Russia's invasion of Chechnya causes such a massive reaction that Putin was overthrown. And so on.
you know, that Israel thing in Gaza does wonder to heighten antisemitism. I've heard things this week from regular folks that usually are quite sensible...
i keep telling them not to mix the actions of a fucking govt with the religion they belong to. But it's tough explaining sometimes
So, if office rents go down, that's good for people starting new businesses, right?
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
Except, of course, the "building" goes bankrupt, changes hands several times, and good luck knowing who the rent goes to, who to complain to about janitorial services, maintenance, etc., etc.
Every silver lining has a cloud.
OT
Someone wanna 'splain to me how the price of gas goes for $4.00/gallon to $1.32/gallon (what I paid this morning) in just 6 months.
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holy crap what a play!
HOLY SHIT 42 YARD FLEA FLICKER FOR TOUCHDOWN ARIZONA
Why the fuck are the US and Israel the only countries the only ones that can commit war crimes with impunity and face no consequences?
We have the correctly named invisible sky buddy on our side.
I forgot--nobody's gonna finance your new business, and nobody can afford to buy whatever you sell.
Other than that, this is great news!
Gromit,
Thanks for asking. I was feeling all right yesterday, but woke this morning feeling bad. I think the fluids build up overnight.
Anyone not watching the game missed a great touchdown reception by Pitt Alum Larry Fitzgerald.
7-0 Cards
(still rooting for the Falcons, but this is shaping up a a very entertaining game)
man i wish the eagles had a WR as good as that. larry fitzgerald made a fucking great play.
So, if office rents go down, that's good for people starting new businesses, right?
Moe Szyslak
keep up. we're talking penguins and palestinians now. we don't care about economic stuff
i keep telling them not to mix the actions of a fucking govt with the religion they belong to. But it's tough explaining sometimes
The problem here is not only are there Israelis who voice the same concerns as the "antisemites" who dare to criticize Israel, but that many of the same Israeli militants use the antisemite club anytime someone dares to question their outright adoption of the Heinrich Himmler playbook in dealing with the 1.5 million people living in Gaza.
you know, that Israel thing in Gaza does wonder to heighten antisemitism. I've heard things this week from regular folks that usually are quite sensible...
Anti-semitism in Quebec? Unprecedented.
"Oh no, its just ice cream"
Lady Thatcher remains in jail after sending British sailors around the world to the Falklands.
Twas Argentina that invaded the Falklands. It was British territory at the time.
Anti-semitism in Quebec? Unprecedented.
rootless-e
no better no worse than anywhere else.
You're sick CoT? Sorry to hear it. Sending you some white light through the intertubes.
Twas Argentina that invaded the Falklands. It was British territory at the time.
Toonscribe | 01.03.09 - 4:56 pm | #
Not the way the Argentinians saw it.
war crimes?
come on poeopl! its saturday
The problem with that joke is Penguins can't drive.
Not the way the Argentinians saw it.
Odd, the Falklanders believed they were British.
Why the fuck are the US and Israel the only countries the only ones that can commit war crimes with impunity and face no consequences?
angryspittle | 01.03.09 - 4:41 pm |
Well, we're the ones on tv that get away with it. But we're not the only ones. Darfur, etc.
yes and a knock off effect was it destablised the junta which was in power at the time
not that i'm condoning the actions and not to go all schoolyard Argentina invaded first and it was Labour which pushed for the war, accused Thatcher of doing nothing
and yes it was British territory at the time
Franken and Coleman agree: Let's Just Fucking End This
Al Franken and Norm Coleman have agreed that 900 out of 1,350 absentee ballots will be counted.
The problem with that joke is Penguins can't drive.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
Put a penguin behind the wheel of a car and 4 Orcas in a pick up truck behind it and that little suckers's gonna learn to lay rubber real fast!
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The problem with that joke is Penguins can't drive.
I don't know where I heard that joke initially, but it still cracks me up.
genocide and crimes against humanity in darfur, not warcrimes.
oh well.
not that i'm condoning the actions and not to go all schoolyard Argentina invaded first
Everybody makes this argument about every war.
If the Argentinian Junta had been as good at fighting wars as it was at torturing civilians, the world consensus would have been that the Malvinas had been restored to its rightful owners
the Falklands War secured Thatcher another election victory
not that Labour were much of a challenge
so strange seeing hte Cardinals playing well.
Odd, the Falklanders believed they were British.
Toonscribe | 01.03.09 - 4:57 pm | #
The Rhodesians believed the same.
I don't know where I heard that joke initially, but it still cracks me up.
SteveNS |
In comedy, sometimes you just have to buy the premise to get the laugh.
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I say Canada should invade St. Pierre & Miquelon.
And then deport all the residents and re-populate it... with penguins!
If the Argentinian Junta had been as good at fighting wars as it was at torturing civilians, the world consensus would have been that the Malvinas had been restored to its rightful owners
rootless-e, stuntman | 01.03.09 - 5:00 pm | #
uh so what about those who already lived in the Falklands and regarded themseleves as British?
like hand them over to a military junta
my dad sez - history is written the victors
a horrible truth
Twas Argentina that invaded the Falklands. It was British territory at the time.
Toonscribe |
It was critical to the UK for strategic sheep purposes.
I say Canada should invade St. Pierre & Miquelon.
And then deport all the residents and re-populate it... with penguins!
SteveNS
nah, not worth it.
Odd, the Falklanders believed they were British.
The penguins there didn't.
The Rhodesians believed the same.
Way to mix those apples and oranges.
I say Canada should invade St. Pierre & Miquelon
no! that would destroy my greatest trivial fact!
Curry tastes so good on rice because it isn't Gefilte Fish?
"So, this penguin is blowing a seal...."
the Falklands War secured Thatcher another election victory
not that Labour were much of a challenge
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl |
The British sub sinking the Argentine battleship (after following it for days) wasn't really "necessary" - was it???
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my dad sez - history is written the victors
a horrible truth
Moonbootica, Cocktail Gir
Your dad is Eric Blair?
Wow.
keep up. we're talking penguins and palestinians now. we don't care about economic stuff
plum p,better democrats please | 01.03.09 - 4:54 pm | #
My guess is, if the Israelis were bombing masses of Penguins in Gaza, there would be a real outcry of protest in the U.S. We might even consider an economic embargo.
(Just trying to tie up some loose ends on the thread.)
I say Canada should invade St. Pierre & Miquelon.
We'd lose.
fuck were the British oppressing Argentinians at the time in the Falklands?
jeebus can't believe i'm defending the Falklands war
i better hang my DFH badge of honour
Is there anybody in the church of the dollar who understands that if people don't have money, they cannot spend money? Is that like not getting quite all the way through?
(Just trying to tie up some loose ends on the thread.)
Shared Humanity | 01.03.09 - 5:04 pm | #
There is some way to connect this via the Falklands, but I don't know exactly how it can be done.
Who do we give a few billion in military aid to every year, which pisses off a significant portion of the population in a rather volatile region?
genocide and crimes against humanity in darfur, not warcrimes.
oh well.
euphronius Jenkins | 01.03.09 - 4:59 p
They're crimes of war.
http://www.crimesofwar.org/thebo...ook/
darfur.html
We'd lose.
Moe Szyslak
Merde!
i'm just saying its nuanced and i dislike Thatcher as the next person but i couldn't work out why Thatcher should be put in prison over the Falklands?
more likely she should be locked up for destroying British society and creating a horrible selfish culture we see today
i better hang my DFH badge of honour
Moonbootica
yes indeed!
But the new Doctor Who, THAT'S news!!!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/enter...ent/
7808697.stm
I've always liked the image of margaret thatcher telling George HW Bush not to "go all wobbly" when Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990.
fuck were the British oppressing Argentinians at the time in the Falklands?
You have to be careful with the word "oppress" with British military history because after all they defined that word in several separate periods. They never did anything Indian or Irish to the Argentines, but generally the injustice argum,ent is that it could've been handed differently but the UK wanted a glorious victory.
shit i ain't awesome and know everythingTM
Who do we give a few billion in military aid to every year, which pisses off a significant portion of the population in a rather volatile region?
NTodd, Trollson | Homepage |
Well there's the Pentagon...
Why is it always much better to blow up Gefilte Fish than Curried Rice?
Why do fools always want to kill the minorities and feel sorry for the corrupted hordes?
Who do we give a few billion in military aid to every year, which pisses off a significant portion of the population in a rather volatile region?
Tatooine.
people don't have money, they cannot spend money? Is that like not getting quite all the way through
They borrow, at interest so they can spend.
fuck were the British oppressing Argentinians at the time in the Falklands?
jeebus can't believe i'm defending the Falklands war
i better hang my DFH badge of honour
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl | Homepage | 01.03.09 - 5:04 pm | #
It's true that any nation has the basic right to defend its territory that is 10000 miles away from its borders and that it stole fair and square (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re-
establishment_of_British_rule_on_the_Falklands_(18
33))
by asserting the moral rights of nations with superior arms.
I was planning on going to the tavern tonight, but it's dark as sin out there, and the snow banks are spilling over, making it hard to walk...
more likely she should be locked up for destroying British society and creating a horrible selfish culture we see today
indeed
thatcher --> (leads to) CHAVs
Surely you know why, Todd.
This is one stank bitch.
mAnn has the same dress on everytime I see her and she has the nerve to crack wise about somebody elses style.
But the comments are priceless.
i couldn't work out why Thatcher should be put in prison over the Falklands?
Me neither, Moon.
That helped to overthrow those bastards in Argentina.
The ones who were responsible for the disappearance of thousands of their own people.
shit i ain't going to get worried and irritated by this
i'm British imperialist scum and the fact its part of our history
yeah i'll be quiet now
too much wine i think
Tatooine.
Damn those water farmers and their power converters.
If that was attaturk, where was the fez gravatar? I hope it hasn't been retired...
i'm just saying its nuanced and i dislike Thatcher as the next person but i couldn't work out why Thatcher should be put in prison over the Falklands?
I wasn't saying she should have been put in prison, I was mocking the idea that only the US and Israel get away with defying international condemnation in warmaking.
I forgot--nobody's gonna finance your new business, and nobody can afford to buy whatever you sell.
Well, as it turns out, not quite. Seems Obama intends to use the SBA to funnel money into the community. (Remember, I told you that the SBA is one of only like four agencies in government with the ability to write real money checks?) Buying - that's another issue.
Coulter is one freaky looking creature.
Who controls the British Crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
We do, we do.
Who keeps Atlantis off the maps?
Who keeps the Martians under wraps?
We do, we do.
Who holds back the electric car?
Who makes Steve Guttenberg a star?
We do, we do.
Who robs cave fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do, we do!
anyways penguins are cool
Is there anybody in the church of the dollar who understands that if people don't have money, they cannot spend money? Is that like not getting quite all the way through?
k&y&seth.rogan
Try telling that to Ken Copeland.
Here’s your chance to ask Vice President Cheney a question.
making it hard to walk...
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
faux canadian indeed!!!
Trees are growing in Antarctica now.
moon did you like WALL-E? i thought it was *****
I was mocking the idea that only the US and Israel get away with defying international condemnation in warmaking.
With the Falklands? The Falklands have been continuously at war for sixty years? Jesus they're far worse than we'd heard.
Will somebody PLEASE come over here and help me dig out these little leaf cordias and the damned fan palm on the irrigation channel that's suddenly 10' ???? PULEASE.
'Enkew.
But the comments are priceless.
HoneyBearKellyGoGiants | Homepage | 01.03.09 - 5:09
The comments do make it worth reading. Otherwise, ewww...
Trees are growing in Antarctica now.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian | Homepage | 01.03.09 - 5:12 pm | # [kill][hide comment]
so now trees are bad? you dfhs are impossible!
moon did you like WALL-E? i thought it was *****
euphronius Jenkins | 01.03.09 - 5:12 pm | #
i have not seen it yet, i haz a copy of it on disc
faux canadian indeed!!!
plum p
I need a better pair of snow boots-- my 800th pair of shoes, or thereabouts. I've been walking around a lot the last couple of days, and I've got blisters and such, up on my ankles.
Horsefaced Annie owns ONE dress.
Who the hell does she think she is?
If anyone cares, Atlanta is getting itself beat pretty handily by Arizona.
I'm still trying to figure out why the fuck we invaded Greneda.
Aside from the getting dead Marines in Lebanon off the front pages, of course.
Someone has way too much effing money:
Recker's business, Recker & Co. LLC, near Germantown, was tapped to build the front entry door set for a $30 million residence in suburban Indianapolis.
Recker isn't sure if the entry door and transom set, whose $160,000 price tag eclipses the cost of many homes, ranks as the largest residential front door in the nation, but said, "I've got to think it's a contender."
http://www.daytondailynews.com/
n...bizbigdoor.html
if people don't have money, they cannot spend money? Is that like not getting quite all the way through?
k&y&seth.rogan
Don't ya know? It trickles down.
There is some way to connect this via the Falklands,
Trans-Atlantic supertrain tunnel, with a station in Stanley.
and I've got blisters and such, up on my ankles.
Moe Szyslak
poor baby!
I'm still trying to figure out why the fuck we invaded Greneda.
Aside from the getting dead Marines in Lebanon off the front pages, of course.
Culture of TrÜth | Homepage | 01.03.09 - 5:14 pm | #
Whatever else you can say about Reagan, he did learn to be realistic about what kind of opponents the US military needed.
Aside from the getting dead Marines in Lebanon off the front pages, of course.
Culture of TrÜth
Trans-Atlantic supertrain tunnel, with a station in Stanley.
Toonscribe | 01.03.09 - 5:15 pm | #
Penguins ride for free.
Well, that was an Epic Fail.
Aside from the getting dead Marines in Lebanon off the front pages, of course.
Culture of TrÜth
Nailed it in one, O CoT. As usual.
Here’s your chance to ask Vice President Cheney a question.
So that's Redstate.
What a gathering of idiots.
I'm still trying to figure out why the fuck we invaded Greneda.
Aside from the getting dead Marines in Lebanon off the front pages, of course.
Culture of TrÜth | Homepage | 01.03.09 - 5:14 pm | #
After reading Overthrow's chapter on Grenada, I still couldn't figure out why we invaded.
Unless it was to distract attention for the barracks bombing.
fucking banks - Britain's banks are defying the government by starving businesses and households of loans and warning that credit will become even scarcer in the first three months of this year.
A Bank of England survey found that in spite of Gordon Brown's call for more loans, lenders had further reduced the amount of credit available in the last three months of 2008 and warned that they planned to continue to pare back. Banks and building societies are being deterred from lending by the worsening economic outlook and the fall in house prices and other assets against which loans are secured.
The dire picture painted by the quarterly survey was reinforced by separate data yesterday showing a record low for new mortgages being granted and figures from Halifax, the UK's biggest mortgage lender, that showed house prices in December were down 16% on a year earlier.
Labour backbench MPs seized on the figures to put more pressure on Brown and Alistair Darling to take action to kick-start lending in the face of what economists warn could be a deep and painful recession. Interest rates are already at a 58-year low and are expected to fall even further from their current 2% after Thursday's meeting of the Bank's monetary policy committee.
Despite a £37bn bail-out package to buy shares in Royal Bank of Scotland and the soon-to-be-merged Lloyds TSB and HBOS, there are concerns that lenders are not heeding government demands to keep competitively priced loans available.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/busine...it-house-
prices
Reagan didn't even give the Grenadians an ultimatum, or insult their mothers or anything. Just flat out invaded, no warning.
it wuz greedy stupid bankers who got us into this mess
a marble driveway? Wait till fucker gets covered in ice.
Just got back from watching that Benjamin Button movie with my wife. It was a longee, but enjoyable.
I was more impressed with how young they made Brad Pitt look, than how old.
What is he, in his 40's? They made him look about 18 toward the end. It was amazing.
Plus, Cate Blanchette is a gorgeous woman.
If anyone cares, Atlanta is getting itself beat pretty handily by Arizona.
David Derbes, done till Jan!
I iz, bought an outside antenna finally canz see footzball!
Don't ya know? It trickles down.
Dubya, MBA
And the poor get pissed on.
Gah! I need to work on reading comprehension. Or focusing on thing at a time.
Buckeye ... | 01.03.09 - 5:14 pm | #
$160,000 door AND a marble and granite driveway. That is truly obscene.
Here it is Jan 3 and I see bees collecting pollen and butterflies about. Its warm today in Dallas, 81 degrees.
poor baby!
plum p
Have I told you about all the fucking shoes I've collected since moving to Canada? It's ridiculous, there's a fucking shoe for everything.
Here’s your chance to ask Vice President Cheney a question.
Nuh-uh. I don't mess with dark forces.
No Ouija boards, no invocations to Cthulhu, no questions to Cheney.
Condi breaking off Christmas sales shopping to issue statement ....
humans persist in the idea that good things can come from killing people
i condemn anybody who thinks they are going to accomplish anything good from it as an idiot
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My pharmacist, an Irishman, tells me that Eire has begun rolling back eligibility for medical coverage.
Whatever else you can say about Reagan, he did learn to be realistic about what kind of opponents the US military needed.
rootless-e, stuntman | 01.03.09 - 5:15 pm
Seriously. Even in early dementia he understood the value of picking a fight you can -- um -- win.
get rid of Reid, i say
Reid pressured Blagojevich not to appoint Jackson Jr. to Obama’s U.S. Senate seat. Reid reportedly made it clear he didn't want Jackson, Davis or Jones to be appointed, fearing they'd lose to a GOP opponent in a future election
http://www.suntimes.com/news/met...-
010209.article
Reagan didn't even give the Grenadians an ultimatum, or insult their mothers or anything. Just flat out invaded, no warning.
The Grenada invasion really is reamed sideways by one of our favorite military analysts, Richard Gabriel, who points out astonishing mistakes as part of his thesis that it should not be enough for a great military power just to win, they should actually do a reasonably good job of soldiering as well. The picture Gabriel paints does nothing to contradict the idea that Grenada was a last-minute PR offensive.
there's a fucking shoe for everything.
Humbug! I wear my faux Reboks 12 mo./year.
I'm still trying to figure out why the fuck we invaded Greneda.
Ingrate!
You could all be speaking Granedian right now it we hadn't invaded.
HICA!
There are no scooter shoes.
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Oh geez. Speaking of pharmacists, I forgot to pick up my meds. bbl
The Sri Lankan army today seized control of Kilinochchi, the low-lying northern town in which separatist Tamil Tiger rebels had put together the institutions of their long sought-after independent state.
The major symbolic victory for the government could also prove a decisive turning point in the country's 25-year civil war.
"This was an unparalleled victory," the president, Mahinda Rajapakse, said in a televised speech from his office.
"Kilinochchi was the capital of a state dreamt of by a terrorist organisation. It will no longer be available to them. We should pay the gratitude of the whole nation to those heroic soldiers who achieved that victory."
Soon after the announcement, a loud blast rocked the Sri Lankan air force headquarters, opposite a luxury hotel in the heart of the national capital, Colombo, as a suicide bomber blew himself up, killing three people and injuring 37.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/...jan/02/
srilanka
It's ridiculous, there's a fucking shoe for everything.
Nike's got one for throwing at world leaders...
However, given Pepsi's new logo, I bet there are Pepsi-drinking shoes.
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It's 67 here, wasps & bees are out. my 2 year old hazel nut trees are blooming & the wild plum & witch hazel are budding. They will regret this decision.
I don't actually wear 'shoes' here. Some flimsy sole thingeys with little pieces of strap.
I do feel ur pain tho. I just got rid of my six pairs of snow boots over to the Assistance League. My closet is much happier.
a marble driveway? Wait till fucker gets covered in ice.
Culture of TrÜth | Homepage | 01.03.09 - 5:17 pm | #
I missed that part. Why did they put the driveway in before they put the door in?
And unless they put some sort of heating system under the driveway, it will not be pleasant to drive on in the winter.
Heck, I wouldn't want to be on it when it's wet, period.
Plus you have to have two pairs for everything, one french and one english.
How about a $10,000 door and $120,000 to a food bank. I hate it when people are this obnoxious about their wealth.
It's ridiculous, there's a fucking shoe for everything.
Moe Szyslak, faux Canadian
yes. your sweetheart didn't tell you before you emigrated?
The picture Gabriel paints does nothing to contradict the idea that Grenada was a last-minute PR offensive.
But they had a big airport. We could have been facing Tourism of Mass Destruction here.
New sandbox upstairs kids and bring your SHOES!
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I got another scooter rat applying for a job, today...
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It was a longee, but enjoyable.
A series of disconnected vignettes linked by an implausible plot device.
I'll agree with the long part.
There are no scooter shoes.
I was talking to someone connected to the Vespa people-- she said Halifax is the only city in the world with flat Vespa shoes, cuz who the fuck wants to scooter when it's icy and rainy and otherwise shitty out ten months of the year?
1Watt, u haz witch hazel tree? Where can I get one? I'm pretty sure I can find room for it somewhere.
Plus you have to have two pairs for everything, one french and one english.
Culture of TrÜth
yes, we have to wear the english shoe on the right side and the french one on the left side. If not, we walk funny.
Tens of thousands of protesters showed their anger at the Israeli bombing of Gaza today in a series of rallies across the UK that included throwing shoes at the gates of Downing Street.
More than a thousands pairs of footwear were thrown by protesters marching down Whitehall. A firework was also set off metres from the Downing Street gates.
The organisers said they wanted to leave shoes at the gates as a Muslim symbol of disgust at the attacks. When they were prevented from doing so, protesters began throwing their footwear, mimicking the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at George Bush at a press conference last month.
Protesters shouted: "Shame on you, have my shoe."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/...st-shoes-
london
I don't actually wear 'shoes' here. Some flimsy sole thingeys with little pieces of strap.
I went something like four years in Califronia, with only a pair of Tevas. And half the time I was overdressed.
sweet justice would be if the first night it rains they drove up the marble slip n slide and bashed in their mahogny door.
yes, we have to wear the english shoe on the right side and the french one on the left side. If not, we walk funny.
plum p
Buckeye ... | 01.03.09 - 5:14 pm | #
$160,000 door AND a marble and granite driveway. That is truly obscene.
Libby, | Homepage | 01.03.09 - 5:18 pm
It's like a Hobbit door on ugly steriods.
Hideous.
I'll agree with the long part.
Shared Humanity
We watched it in one of those cinema cafes, where you sit in comfortable chairs, and they bring you food and drinks.
Maybe that made it better than it really was.
your sweetheart didn't tell you before you emigrated?
plum p
She hid a lot of stuff from me. Like this snow, and the cold. I had no idea.
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time for me to hit the shower
How about a $10,000 door and $120,000 to a food bank. I hate it when people are this obnoxious about their wealth.
trifecta
I hope lightning strikes the goddamn place.
When the house is UNoccupied, of course.
I'm still trying to figure out why the fuck we invaded Greneda?
You have the luxury of freedom because we have brave strong, hairy sweaty men with bulging muscles who ....did I mention the bulging muscles, sweaty from work?
She hid a lot of stuff from me. Like this snow, and the cold. I had no idea.
Moe Szyslak
but you still love her, right
It's like a Hobbit door on ugly steriods.
Indiana millionaires.
I bet you anything house is stuffed with Thomas Kinkades and Llardo figurines.
but you still love her, right
plum p
My love has no bounds.
But it'd be more comfortable in warmer climes.
1Watt, u haz witch hazel tree? Where can I get one? I'm pretty sure I can find room for it somewhere.
GWPDA yclept Damaged Historian
I got mine from the Missouri State conservation Dept., bundle of 25 for $12. They are native trees, so you may visit your state's site & check for appropriate species.
Is there anybody in the church of the dollar who understands that if people don't have money, they cannot spend money? Is that like not getting quite all the way through?
k&y&seth.rogan
This crisis is the fault of the poor. If they'd just had more money, we wouldn't be in this fix.
we have a framed photo of him with a dead elephant, he has one foot on it and holds the gun like a great white hunter
Moonbootica, Cocktail Girl
Can I have the photo with the elephants foot on the dead, white hunter?
Rising unemployment creates a ripple effect, causing the number of consumers, consumer spending and consumer confidence to shrink, and puts downward revenue pressure on small business owners, who often compensate for lost revenue from fewer consumers coming into their business by laying off workers, which adds to the rising unemployment...which puts downward pressure of small business owners, who lay off workers, which increases unemployment levels...in other words, a vicious economic cycle, called a recession or even a Great Depression.
It's all about keeping money flowing into the lowest levels of an economy, by whatever means possible.
Otherwise small businesses are pinched which leads to commercial real estate properties being pinched which leads to suppliers and manufacturers being pinched, which leads to lays off and more people on the unemployment rolls, shrinking the consumer base even more.
So, the outgoing Bush administration, and Paulson, decided that throwing $700 Billion in "bail-out" money at the top would somehow shore-up the consumer base at the bottom. (Luckily, they only got their greedy hands on about $350 Billion of it). All that Paulson's plot...er, plan has done is throw taxpayer money at the white-collar thieves who caused this economic meltdown in the first place with their tricky derivative financial schemes.
The answer still remains the same as it was in September...start the economic recovery with a bottom-up strategy, not the top-down one Paulson pushed. One gets money into the hands of consumers at the bottom who will spend it, bolstering small businesses in the process, keeping even more people from becoming unemployed...while the other is just trickle-down voodoo Reaganomics, like the outsourcing of jobs and manufacturing overseas.
Once again, corrupt Republicans and other wealthy conservatives got it ass-backwards...and things have gone from bad to worse for many taxpaying consumers in America, as well as small business and commercial property owners. Obama's Economic Stimulus Package will only work if the consumer base is shored-up immediately. Corrupt Republicans (especially in the U.S. Senate) will block any attempt to do this...and things will continue to worsen for many American workers and their families, and small business owners and their families. One doesn't have to be a prophet to see this.
Oh, I forgot to mention the adverse effect the rapidly shrinking consumer base is having on local and state governments. One can see this rapidly deteriorating situation almost everywhere, in every town, in every state.
Of course, the corrupt Republican's answer is their no-taxes mantra, or their compromise regressive tax schemes...even as local and state governments are pinched and public services suffer.
The only sane answer is to raise taxes on the top-tier wealthiest in our society while not sucking anymore money out of the pockets of bottom-tier consumers and small business owners, but corrupt Republicans and other conservatives believe (fanatically) that their wealth creation trumps the well-being of all other American citizens and their families, both workers and small business owners alike...meaning that these conservatives have a Banana Republican mentality which can only lead to a national disaster for our country.
But what do these typical conservatives care? They've got theirs. The rest of the country can eat shit.
And what's ironic is that some of these typical conservatives claim that America is a "Christian nation." Could of fooled me, especially after all the crap that these typical conservatives have pulled over the past eight years.
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