Glorious.

Experiencing technical difficulties–the last two times a new article has been posted, I have been unable to refresh and see the new article, I have had to get out of FDL and then go back in. Anyone else have this problem?

Oh, and Fitz!

Only we can get hot and bothered about CSpan “must see TV!”

I can’t wait. Jane, Christy and Matt – Thanks!

Help stamp out intolerance. Help stamp out corruption. Help stamp out incompetence.

Stomp on a Republican. They squish like insects.

which one is mine?

I’m having fitzies!!!

T-Rex:

Careful, we do not need to add more fuel to the eliminationist fire.

Figuratively, definitely stomp them out in November. I am all for that.

The ballot, not the bullet.

OT – Cujo, is that REALLY what happened to K9? Are the parts in storage somewhere?

The scarf guy- the only Dr. I really knew and I miss him. I used to miss cheesey sets and backdrops too, then Bush got elected and, well, let’s just say I wouldn’t be suprised to see “The Invasion of the Dalek Democrats” as the next Heritage speech topic.

Can I assume it will be C-Span 1 (rather than 2)?

And I assume it would be too much to hope that the message will get stamped across a couple of *foreheads*?

Does Joe Lieberman get his very own personalized Honorary Republican Rubber Stamp? Maybe we can pitch in and get him a plaque or something.

Just so everyone knows — the two boxes on either side of the basket of stamps up top. Also completely filled with stamps. You guys are so freaking amazing — I really cannot say that enough.

OT: Jeralyn has some Libby analysis:

http://talkleft.com/new_archives/014464.html

punaise –

I’m glad you’re still here, so I can tell you: your “shift happens” comment in the last thread had me rolling around laughing. Thanks!

if you haven’t been following raw story’s saga w/getting ripped off by AP follow the link. this just really pisses me off and i have written AP @ info@ap.org letting them know how i feel.

we need to stick up for our best online news sources and not let them get abused by MSM. please follow the link and then let raw story know we have their back. write AP if you are as disgusted as i am. thanks.

Mrs. K8 — ought to be C-Span1. The Blue Dog Democrats are talking budget deficit and Republican irresponsible spending at the moment. It’s a good day to be a Dem. :)

Those stamps do sort of look like squishy bugs. Do they replicate?

Are they allowed to have those in jail?

Annie — I heard a peep about that today but haven’t had time to look at it as yet. Is this the AP rip-off of Larissa’s story without giving her credit? Bastards…

oh… yeah!!!! i was so riled up i completely forgot to say how great. one of those is from me. thank you for the inspiration. you rock.

titter. someday, those’ll be valuable, in the collector’s sense.

Mrs. K8 (or K*, if you prefer) – shhhhh. I’m not really here. supposed to be working….

if you-all in DC are feeling impish: deliver a stamp to each of the Democratic Congresscritters to use – that’ll be less than 250 stamps. The staff will find it funny…

support impishment

yes it is reddhead. and i am so fuming. when i first read about it last week i thought about doing something about it but didn’t. i wrote raw story and ask them to please provide the contact for theeir readers to be able to support them. then i just googled AP. but it’s such a big organization who knows where my little email will end up. but i really think this is something we should all get behind. blogs should get all the respect they deserve. you guys are the, whats the name of those papers franklin wrote, you know what i mean. what shape would this country be in w/ the state the msm is in, without the blogs??? we need to get in there and nip this crap in the bud. i really hope you post about it.

Punaise, I have a totally OT question, and I think you might be just person to answer… are you still there?

Yep- the AP is going after Raw Story. Nice. Real nice. Some people are just lazy, you know? At least Raw always prints ‘an oh by the way, story cannot be printed just yet in BOLD, but the AP buries that kind of thing. Just sayin.

VG (sheepishly) – yeah. ’sup?

bloggin’ bloggin’ bloggin’
keep them dawgies bloggin’
raw, hide!

i have a copy of the potus’ NIE about the planes being used as agreed to for the WTC from whitehouse.org that could use a rubber stamp over it?

Annie–Josh Marshall had something recently about blog stories ripped off by corporate media and cited problems he and his reporters had had. Definitely it’s an issue. Aaarrggh.

Stamp out Republicans!

Mary — there were at least five different actors to play Doctor Who. The one with the scarf, our favorite, was Tom Baker.

rollin’, rollin’, rollin.

BRAVO! This is hilarious. Well done.

Yay, Tom Baker!

Best Doctor Who Ever.

Can I see this online?

I’m so excited!

I think my stamp’s the one in front of the basket, just off to the left.

Taylor — you think this is hilarious. Wait until you see the video. HAHAHAHAHA

OT – Mary, they had considerable trouble with the machine that played K9, but they ultimately decided to drop him for dramatic reasons (at least as much as the pragmatic). K9 was later featured in a pilot episode of a series called K9 And Company, which also featured Sarah Jane, and is supposed to make an appearance in the new series at some point, along with SJ.

So, I suspect that K9 occupies a special place in the BBC props department.

Zennurse,
Go to C-Span on the web. from there you can stream 1 2 or 3 on your computer.

By the way, I know you are going to YKos from MA. When are you coming home? I’m going as well and am trying to figure out flights home without missing much of Sun. morning and it doesn’t seem to work.

Maybe Feingold should run on a Jellybabies for Everyone platform?

If I could knit, I’d start him a scarf.

Could someone get screen shot on C-span?
Yaaayy!

Punaise- OK, this is OT for everyone else, unless it’s not. And it is really OT. But here’s the deal. I would love to learn to parlez Francais at a level that make me good in France. It’s one of those life time goals that always seems to be on the backburner. I have high school French, not so good, but the 3 times I have been in Paris, I tried to use it. Seemed that the Parisiens were responsive to my efforts, and I think they get a bad rap on that account, esp. from the Brits. OT. Anyway, I just got to thinking about this again bec. a few days ago I discovered a Pimsleur method tape for learning French in my local library, and checked it out. I have been listening in my car (while driving of course) and it revived my hopes of somehow learning to speach the language. What I like about it is that it is totally audio, no workbooks etc. In the past, I’ve tried via eBay etc. to find “books on tape” in French- without any luck- I was hoping that thriller novels and the like would have been recorded in French (maybe available in Canada for the Frenchies there) but I have had absolutely no luck. I just figured that if I listened enough, I could get the hang of it. But, I have had no luck in that regard. I do think that this would work… a good while back, a French TV site was available freebie on the internet– it was like the French version of CNN– and it was so great to be able to watch and listen at the same time. Last time I checked, it was about 40 euros per mo. to access this with a subscription. So, that’s out. Anyway, this is the long prelude- I think I would to best with totally audio stuff- I really can’t bear the idea of having to learn the verb conjugations on paper. So….. do you have any advice/ help/ leads pour realiser mon objective? BTW, I almost went to Paris instead of Cambridge, England for my postgraduate studies, and I often think that my life would have turned out very differently had I ended up in Paris instead of chilly England. Merci!!!
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Duke women whuppin’ Terp ass at halftime. That Duke center chick Baer is TOO tall (6′7″). Tallest chick I ever played against is 6′4″ (Gerald Paddio’s wife). She knocked me on my ass last year and tore my left elbow tendon. Still hurts.

21 chicago dyke:

someday, those stamps’ll be in the Smithsonian. Well done, democracy in action. Let’s take back the people’s house. And the Senate. And the White House.

Can’t wait, Christy. Wonderful job.

Christy and Jane,
I do not want to ramble,but, I would really like to thank you. I have always been a Democrat. ( I have a picture of me casting my first vote)And I have always voted Democrat.In my gut I knew G.W. was baaaaad news.In my wildest dreams I could not have imagined just how bad.I just felt powerless to really do any thing about it.(not politically active). Ladies, you have changed that.Thank you.
I now consider it a must to help change the course of this country.You have provided the needed focus,action points, a way to make the little people heard. Keep up the hard work. We have your back.
Btw, You have a few more fans now.Networking is a good thing.

want audio books in French? try French Amazon! http://www.amazon.fr
look under ‘livres en francais’ and then ‘livres audio’ … Voila!

Thank you, Christy! At last we find out what happened to the stamps. Also, I’m glad the small shop we ordered them from got this huge order.

Here’s a weird idea. Along with the usual suspects, perhaps a couple of stamps to Holy Joe and — wait for it — John (Falwell-Buddy) McCain. It will dismay Lieberman and blow McCain’s mind. Ya’ think?

Deb

PS: Like the instant-view of this comments section.

Fille de la Vallee – I’m somewhat biased on the matter; my wife teaches French – vieille ecole, a live human being doing conversation, grammar, and literature courses. I really couldn’t comment first-hand on les methodes that you mention – different people respond better to different media. I’m more book oriented, so when I first got to Paris with minimal French I did a summer course for foreigners at the Sorbonne; that was very effective for me (the phonics lab was great for reinforcing pronunciation and developing an “ear for it”). That, coupled with full immersion working in an office, and generally just living there, got me up to speed within about half a year or so. Frankly I’d shy away from an all-aural approach to learning, because spelling, grammar and punctuation do matter, and small nuances can change the meaning of a phrase entirely.
The TV option is probably great for the ear, but that’s pricey. Is there an Alliance Franciaise where you live? Not cheap either – although you wouldn’t guess that by the teachers’ take-home pay :-) – but they have all levels of classes, usually over seven or eight week sesions.

ca va comme ca?

Thanks *wilson I will check this out. I tried to find French tapes via eBay a few years ago, w/o much success, but I didn’t even think of Amazon. Merci!

any other “Frenchies” want to chime in? “moi”? qui d’autre?

VG: it also helps if you marry into a French family…. :-)

RevDeb- I’m not flying home from NV, I’m renting a car and my son and I will drive to Taos,NM. We’ll be flying home from Albuquerque after a visit with my firstborn. It’s been a long time since we’ve seen him and I had planned to go in April. This is all contingent on getting both weekends off (I work every weekend, 12 hour shifts), but should know tomorrow. Have registered for conf and hotel, but waiting till my supervisor calls before I do the plane.

The raw story has got a link to a story in The American Prospect that ties the Plame story toghther:

http://www.prospect.org/web/pa…..leId=11370

Thought you might be interested.

Valley Girl — might I suggest that you just take the rest of the year in the South of France? I hear Marseilles is fabulous for learning French. ;-) (And the food and the weather aren’t bad, either…)

I am not punaise– pas du tout! Je m’excuse, punaise. The easiest and best way for me to learn other languages was develop an interest in learning a language, visiting that country and interacting with newfound friends and augmenting that with reading newspapers and watching tv and movies with subtitles. That is, this works if you have an ear for other languages and some knowledge of them. The audio and visual in tandem cannot be surpassed, unless it is by total immersion, especially if one is an adult. The good news is that sheer will and eagerness will get you very far on your journey and you surely have that! For me, getting very ill in a foreign country and spending a long while in a hospital and having dear grandparents who loved me and spoke to me in their language helped me learn all this.

Zennurse,
Hope the whole trip is a great one for you. Look forward to meeting you and the rest if the FDL crowd that will be going.

Getting tired of hearing Tom Osborne rattle on and on about Meth and Porn on C-Span. If I were ready to go to sleep, he’d beat Ambien for effectiveness.

*ilson- I went to the Amazon.fr page, and I found the livres en Francais, but I couldn’t find a link to livres audio. Help???

VG, should be able to find some kind of French language radio stations on-line – I’ve been able to find tons of German ones (cuz I was trying to learn German).

Also there’s http://www.google.fr, and since you know enough french to come up with useful search terms, that should work as well.

Janet

Feingold takes another brave step forward…would legalize gay marriage.

Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.), a prospective 2008 presidential candidate, said yesterday that he thinks bans on same-sex marriages have no place in the nation’s laws.

on the left handhand side of the livres en francais page, there’s a list of the different kind of livres available.
this URL will break the margins but what-the-hell …
http://www.amazon.fr/exec/obid…..27-6477824

MSNBC is reporting that Homeland Security Deputy Press Secretary Brian Doyle arrested for soliciting a child online.

Christy Hardin Smith #56

somebody’s hinting for an invitation to Provence :-)

Sorry, link didn’t work, try again.

angie – great advice (most people might want to skip the getting sick part, however)

I hear that both Paris and Provence are lovely in the springtime, punaise.

Valley Girl — might I suggest that you just take the rest of the year in the South of France? I hear Marseilles is fabulous for learning French. ;-) (And the food and the weather aren’t bad, either…)

Mon chere Christie- OMG, wouldn’t I just love to do that! Malheuresment, ca ne pas possible, a ce moment. Cette une bonne idee, pour ma revoir (?) Mais, merci pour votre (ton) attention a cet question. xoox

How did that happen? Poof – there was my real name!

American Prospect article by Greg Sargent on the Plame matter. Elaboration of the earlier Murry Waas piece re the importance of covering up the doubts about the aluminum tubes:

http://www.prospect.org/web/pa…..leId=11370

Yikes!
Feingold on gay marriage:

http://tinyurl.com/eeymp

punaise at #64 — how did you know what I’ve been hinting to my hubby for the last coupla years? *g*

yeah, punaise, it suqqued. Ruptured appendix and horrific food when able ca. 12 days after– buttermilk soup with swollen raisins and cauliflower soup lukewarm. As Ms. Christy would say, blergh. But I was well taken care of and learned a lot.

B’nuckles says “I now consider it a must to help change the course of this country”. Bravo! This is just the attitude we need to take back the nation from the subversive and treasonous Republicans. The Democrats, my party, are far from perfect, but they’re the best team in town. And if we can take Congress and the White House back, we can start doing a little court packing of our own and perhaps one day return the Democrats back to its roots as the ‘party of concern’.

I’ve only been to Provence in the middle of summer – c’est tres beau mais il fait tres, tres chaud! Oppressive heat, even. The chirping of the cicadas is omnipresent, adding to the effect.

Paris, in April, say no more….

I’m surprised that nobody jumped on me for suggesting Amazon Francais instead of some chic independent livre boutique in Boumphucq, Brittany…

Keith — sorry, see you already linked this story. I was busy reading the story and didn’t catch up on comments.

Me, too, RevDeb, I hope we can all have a meet-from-Ma, or something. I’ll offer my room at the Riviera.

Matt O, thanks for that link, what fascinating news! Just bookmarked you. Glad you’re commenting here.

Mrs K8, if you are not coming to YearlyKos, I’m wondering how hard it would be to meet up as my kiddo and I are going through AZ? I’ll e-mail you.

Got my ice cream ready for the show!

Redd – can we still call you that? – there was a certain je ne sais quoi in your wistful comment.

Who’s this Congressman Tom Osborne (R-NE)? Why doesn’t he get off my CPAN-1 so the Rubber Stamp Show can start?

#79 s/b op99 lol

*ilson = drole
Boumphucq, Brittany…

Boumphucq, Brittany… *ilson, too cute!

Lovin it Redd!

C’mon, Maryland! Where the hell’s yer shootin?! Argh. Make em Fear the Turtle, girls!

Merciful god in heaven, is Tom Osborne’s time up yet? *YAWN* It’s odd to see him behind a lecturn and not on the side of a football field, isn’t it?

WTF, my comment got et, was at 79. Crap, long one too.

angie – hope that was a long time ago.

(R-NE) is a pain… gawd, what a fabulous orator…not. this should be inflicted on the rethugs every day of their lives, notice the preachy thingie? from meth to prayer….. to abortion.

op99 says:
April 4th, 2006 at 7:14 pm

WTF, my comment got et, was at 79. Crap, long one too.

control + V is your friend.
try posting as op79 next time?

I need one of them tvs with the picture in the picture.

Oh, he really needs to stop this. I have no patience with it at all.
Last night I threw out the name of a book I heard about on NPR, “American Prophet”. There’s a long article in Newsweek about it, haven’t read it cause not feeling well today, but it talks about the history of the relationship between government and religion in the US. Anyone know more?

TeddySanFran: Before Tom Osborne, a Demo had an hour. Osborne has this hour. He started about 9:30 or so, I think.

Eschaton also told folks to tune into CSpan about now …

control + V is your friend.
uh, preceded by control + C, of course

“Who’s this Congressman Tom Osborne (R-NE)? Why doesn’t he get off my CPAN-1 so the Rubber Stamp Show can start?”

Is he filibustering? Psuedoephedrine… betting on amateur sports… video games… on line porn….!?!?!

Tom Osborne is either incredibly disingenuous or a complete moron. Everything he cites is a gross misinterpretation of facts. What a lying sack of crap. I can’t sit through this for some maybe-going-to-happen theater.

Woo hoo — back to Dems again. :)

a one-point game!…(biting nails)

ah! the Democratic Kiddy Show !

Scotty Meek up next. He’s one of the ones that had the early rubber stamp graphic. Go Scotty (our Scotty, that is)

Link for a printed article on the DHS Press Dept. that was arrested.

OOPs, not Scotty (that’s one of my colleagues with last name Meek) Kendrick, D. FL. part of the 30-something working group.

Re: Homeland security guy arrest, on CSpan2 theres a program about sexual exploitation on the internet; looks like it is a panel. Also, it’s the first thing on the list of news items.

Be pretty hard to go easy on him, huh?

It was a long while ago, punaise, thanks. The two best and wonderful people I know met in Paris, fell in love and know all about Paris in Avril. Lucky you. Here is Mr. Meek!

Ah, mes amies, merci. Janet, I have tried the radio station approach. Unfortunately, it seems to depend on where you are located, at least with ordinary radio. I have a small short wave radio, but the reception is not so great. I have thought of buying a bigger and better SW radio, but kinda got lost in the details. However, all advis welcome on that account. Angie, I would truly love to be able to do the “total immersion” thing. I know that there is a “total immersion” school somewhere on the Mediteranean (sp?) and I would love to be able to do that, or some other such, but right now, that’s not feasible. Punaise- I would be a lot more eager to learn the spelling and words on paper stuff, if I already had the audio knowledge. I do have enough vocabulary and verb tense stuff to understand why it’s important… I did buy some “romance books” (Harlequin) in French, but I really didn’t have the discipline to read them. Ordinarily, I am more bookish and visual, but that just didn’t seem to work. And, even thought there is an Alliance Francais in my city, I really don’t think I’d do that will with regular classes- I have too much scheduling in my life already. Et encore, merci. Les membres (?!)de la lac du Chien- vous etes merveilleux.

http://www.sit.ulaval.ca/pp/rv…..dioQc.html

Valley Girl,
I found this site with links to some French news stations that you can listen over the internet.
Since full on french immersion might not be an option, just listening to it for a certain amount of time every day might be helpful.
Hope this helps.

Oh, I love Debbie!

Debbie Wasserman-Schultz. What a talent! FL is lucky to have her. I hope she has a great future in our leadership. First noticed her during the Schiavo fiasco last year and was SO impressed.

#43 VG – Trying again.
FWIW this has been quite helpful to me in learning French aux etats unis:
1) Pimsleur (wish there were more levels!)
2) Read articles that interest you in Le Monde at http://www.lemonde.fr/
3) For unfamiliar words have this online dictionary open in a second window: cut and paste, it can find any form: http://www.wordreference.com/
4) Listen to Radio France streaming radio, I like France Info, all talk. http://www.radiofrance.fr/ , click France Info then Ecouter Direct. At first you will just be picking out phrases here and there, but, amazingly you will notice your comprehension improving over time, especially as you hear stories that you have read in Le Monde. It’s a lot easier to understand a trained radio personality than the man in the street.
5) Get a French speaking penpal: http://www.penpalworld.com/

I know this is OT, but it is too priceless to pass up.

Apparently , the Deputy Press Secretary for Dept of Homeland Security was arrested for On Line contacts of an explicit Sexual nature with a 14 yr old girl. Sent her his picture and instant messaged her on his own AOL account!

http://www.tampabays10.com/new…..ryid=28229

Can’t wait to see it! Can’t see it on my evenng connection.
News from CT: Dodd wants to run for president (No I kid you not)
Chimpy is visiting CT landing in New Haven Tweed tommorow and his people will block off I 95 New Haven thru Bridgport (now doubt backing up traffic all the way to Rhode Island since I95 around New Haven is a trouble spot.) People will have to get off and use Merritt Pkwy & I am sure that will make Chimpy’s ratings go to 0 in CT. Reason? To deliver an award to a teenage volunteer in Waterbury. *Smack me*
Moveon.org’s ads on behalf of Chris Murphy against Nancy Johnson are causing some trouble. Now Nancy the big oil pharmaceutical hag is getting out the big guns to aim at Murphy.
Apologize for the length. Thought some of you may get a kick out of the lunacy.

Show me the rubber!

Darn it sorry. Browser problems again

Mui — it’s not a full moon tonight, so what the hell is going on today? And that is one huge traffic block…people are going to curse his name tomorrow. Piss poor planning on someone’s part.

Way back there at #41, Mary said: If I could knit, I’d start him a scarf.

I can knit. It’s a matter of yarn and time (things to do on train while commuting). What color scarf and how big? And later on, where to send ….

VG – I meant internet radio – tons of European stations have streaming audio on the internet.

hahaha – go w-schultz!

game is neck & neck with 4 whole minutes left! aiyeeeeee

Mui,
Don’t know what browser you use. I am finding Safari loads painfully slowlu. Firefox works much better and faster just on this site. On others, Safari rocks, but for the new FDL site, have to use Firefox.

Rubber stamps coming up!

mui– this is pure craziness!!! Dodd for President and he still stands by Liebfraumilch? chimpster is blocking the worst commute in the country for what kind of teen volunteer? What did the kid do? Boo Lamont? I feel your pain.

moi– merci bien pour l’information

this is some fine-ass CSPAN!

Rep Kendrick Meek, D-Florida speaking on CNN: talking about exposing the K Street Project, over Repub opposition; supplying troops with armor; So much to share tonight, he says.
Says 30 second ads misleading the American people. Every day we read that “strange things are taking place, in this House and in the WH.

Yields to Debbie Wasserman Shultz, D-Florida. Banter abbout the Fla. Gators (NCAA BBall champs). Talks about the things that are the result of Repub leadership: Confidence in govet shaken by culture of corruption and cronyism, and the resulting policies. Unemployment, lack of new job gains to keep up. She’s interrupted by William Delahunt, D-Mass (Why?)to say new jobs are not living standard jobs. Medium income not keeping place; families falling beyind, losing pensions, health care. Yields to Mr. Pinstripes, Tim Ryon, D-Ohio — new jobs/industries not the right ones. Back to Schultz and exchange. [This is all staged for CNN, with repartee between four Dems; no one else there.] Where are they going? . . . Dems haven’t been in charge. Who was in charge? Republicans. Minimum wage fallen behind; Repubs prefer low-wage jobs. “This is Bush’s Congress. A bobble-head majority. A RUBBER STAMP MAJORITY!” We need to get back to when we were proud to be members of Congress. “I’m offended, that they’re not offended. Why don’t they do the right thing and not be the RUBBER STAMP REPUBLICANS.”
mORE TO FOLLOW

Just turned on and there is Rep Kendrick Meek talking rubber stamp congress.

Any thoughts of delivering rubber stamps to Rep. John Sweeney and his 92% DeLay voting record? I know a lot of people that would be glad to participate in such an event.

Which cspan is this on?

VG, I’d like to learn French too–it was a long time ago that I had some small conversational French, but not using it for so long is no good for the language muscles.
(In my brain and elsewhere, I guess.)

Hey Christy, is that guy blindhog ever gonna post on FDL again? We could give him some pointers about your upcoming vacance en Provence.

Mister Meek rockin the house!

The McDonald’s thing DW Schultz just said was what Randi Rhode’s pointed out on Lou Dobbs tonite. 1 hr = 1 meal or less.

oh damn – less than a minute and Duke up by four – fuck…

How did Delahunt become part of the 30-something coalition? Anyone know? He’s a bit beyond 30 soemthing.

VG — he probably will. Work has been..erm…really busy for him of late. But I’ll tell him folks were asking about him. *g*

Oh man, that is the worst picture of Newt Gingrich ever. Whoever made this poster — you win.

And, thanks to all, for indulging me the totally OT topic. Actually, I have been reading the other comments with interest, but since I don’t have TV, I haven’t had anything to contribute on that account. Mes excuses a votre.

oh yeah, Redd– I have family who can give y’all some tips re Provence to Mr. ReddHedd……….

off topic:
DHS official arrested in online sex sting -
Agency’s deputy press secretary held for soliciting for a child on Internet
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12159118/

Will the video be accessible for those of us without QuickTime? I’d be watching at work, where it’s a nice high-speed connection, but no QT on the machine.

test – sorry – can’t get updates otherwise

Christy, Zennurse, I don’t know. It sure feels like a full moon. Rip roaring and howling.
I think this can account for Dodd’s very close behavior though.
The traffic block is pure lunacy. Without I95, commuters (like all of Eastern CT) will be cursing his name to kingdom come.
The kid seems nice. Honor student. His name was referred by his volunteer coordinator, because he put in a phenomenal number of hours doing something like data entry for a health center.
I think Chimpy –who’s only visited the rich folk in Greenwich– means to help Joe by stunning us with his presence. However, Mayor Destefano plans to meet in protest as do others.

Thanks zennurse.

maybe Ms.Lee and Mr.Delahunt are chaperones for the 30-something caucus?

jlr — it’s on C-Span1. House of Reps.

Ah, the beautiful vocal cadences of Sheila Jackson Lee…she looks tired

I bought one for this project and one for my personal use: I’m going to stamp every piece of mail I put out with a nice big stamp.

Also going to take it on various trips around town (libraries, bars, markets) and start stamping the shit out of everything – free mags, renter’s guides, classifieds.

In red.

Stamp ‘em out, baby!

rep sheila jackson lee just called it the “contract on america”, i never get sick of that one. i love you sheila

There it is!

OMG – 25.1 secs left, MD down by one…..!!!!!

Wahoo!!!!!!!

Yeee haw — it’s the stamps, kids.

YAY!!!

its happening now!!!!!

Debbie said 100 stamps? What happened to the other 900?

Woo hoo! Here it is!

apropos the DHS official caught in the child-sex sting:

1. He actually gave the girl his govt-issued cellie # . Stupid!
2. He was trying to seduce a female – it’s not like he was some degenerate homosexual or sumtin’

neurophius says:

April 4th, 2006 at 5:55 pm
Experiencing technical difficulties–

me too –

oh there’s the rubber stamps!

Finally!
Please stamp it on something. PLEASE….

come on MD girls, gimme a miracle

OMG … I’m in Polk County, Florida, and this is the first I’ve heard about this one.

Yahoo! Rubber stamps are on!! It’s so exciting. Maybe mine (2) are right there on TV.

*ilson

Watching CNN, an investigator on the case said Doyle believed he was speaking with a 14-year old girl whom was actually an undercover detective. He introduced himself by his job title. Incompetence all around in the Bush administration! He faces 23 counts.

STAMPS!!!!!!!!!

just watching Debbie Wasserman Schultz holding up the stamp–you guys did it! congrats, Christy!

I think democratic reps should each carry one of our rubber stamps and pull them out and stamp on their desks when the Republicans do their rubber stamping. Keep doing it for everything all session.

yay, only 100 down 900 left to go!

Shiela Jackson Lee, D-Texas reading Gingrinch ctitique of Iraq reconstrution mismanagement.
This is a Rubber stamp republican Congress, and guess what we have: A huge rubber stamp. [and it’s big!] We have more than one hundred of these, from people all over the country, people who are fed up with this. She tells the story about how the arm twisting results in the rubber stamps. Time to throw out the rubber stamp republicans.
More quotes from Gingrich.

oh damn, did I miss the damn stamps?

RevDeb — we have plans for the rest. They are going to other members who deserve them. *g* Just wait until you guys get to see the video of today’s delivery. hehehehehe I’m ready to explode from trying not to spoil the surprise.

It’s like Christmas morning all over again! Walnuts and oranges and hand knit sweaters and hugs all around and bless Tiny Tim too! Oh and don’t forget Clarence, he just got his wings!

Bobble-head Congress! Heh!

Wow. Cool.

OT

In tomorrows NYTimes, John Kerry says that Iraqis’ only respond to deadlines. He writes that if the Iraqis’ do not form a government by May 15, we should immediately withdraw all of our troops. He goes on to say that if they do form a government, we should establish a schedule to withdraw all of our troops by the end of the year.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04…..ry.html?hp

Hey…..Wasserman just used the stamp I bought

GO DEMS

FITZ

MD 3 POINTER AT THE BUZZER – OVERTIME!

Coz and puppethead, 95 & 96 -I heart Tom Osborne for Nebraska football, back in the day… Go Big Red!

The Rubber Stamp Republican Congress is a great theme.

And there’s Sheila Jackson Lee–my representative in congress, I’m very proud to say!

She then threw them behind her! I wish the music was louder, though.

wonderful work, you great ladies, and thanks to jamie, Matt and everyone at Politics TV. This is action on a grand scale and I am deeply grateful that you have created a way for us to be involved. It is just such a great feeling to see those stamps in the hands of the people who can make good use of them.

I can’t wait for the next phase!

Dang. Bobble-Heads would have added a touch of the absurd to all this, to emphasize just how ridiculous these Republicans have become!

Who’s the producer of this video, tee hee?

Christy (Redd?) Just hope she knows that it was 1000 that were sent even though they didn’t come to her directly. 1000 says a lot more than 100.

I guess I’ll have to go to sleep with visions of rummer stamps dancing in my head and wait until tomorrow for the Rubber Stamp Fairy do do her magic. What fun :-)

These aren’t our stamps yet. We’ve only seen two, one very large, another the regular size we ordered. There’s more to come. But the speeches are all about the rubber stamp theme – Repubs just caving into whatever Bush says.

Watching C-Span.
Tim Ryan D-Ohio just mentioned the “Rubber-stamp and Bobblehead Republicans who say ‘Yes, Mr. President’”.

Bobbleheads. I LIKE that.

But before sleep, have to catch Jon Stewart dumping on the Bugman. It should be a keeper:-))

Sharkbabe says
can you stand it ?!?!?

Taurazzi City, Baby!

goin’ nuts here, PiP, tryin’ to check in with y’all

Good, Kerry

I missed the stamps!!!

Arrrrrrrrgh!

Reddhedd knows the count on the stamps — they have additional plans for some of them.

Meek with the Stamp again! Woo-hoo!

There’s more in our local paper. He was arrested in Maryland and being extradited to Florida:

http://www.theledger.com/apps/…..G/60404013

Yet another scandal for BushCo.

Zen — oh, this is not all, honey. Just you wait…there is so much more from today. This is just one step from today. Once the video from the delivery gets finished, it will be up tomorrow. hehehehe

Bobbleheads indeed.

PhotoShoppers anybody? I’d love to see that.

Meeks shows a map of US, with each region owned by a different foreign country — those who own our debt. Korea owns my state.

Christy– is that a Longaberger basket in that picture with all those beautiful rethug rubber stamps falling out of it???

meanwhile on c-span – Meek doin the debt thing – does anyone else surf Elaine Supkis? She’s so cool and trippy and down with Chinese news and how Bush economy has made us China/Japan’s bitch

Angie — nope, Pier One. :

OMG, this has gotta be one of the best FDL threads ever. Nuance. Style. Hard-hitting drama. Thank you Redd for doing the kick-off on this one!!!

Christy,
This was the best $7 I’ve ever spent!

GOD THIS GAME IS FUCKING EXCRUCIATING!! Just keeps being tied and tied and tied!!

You are so cool, Redd, for answering the little girl in me. ;)

Can we get Bobble Head Elephants?

We should do Bobble Head Elephants next! Mwahahaha!!!

Hey… This Billion chart is just the kind of thing that less-imaginative people can understand.

Valley Girl — my pleasure. I have the biggest grin on my face — this has been so damn fun. *g*

But … it’s time for the Daily Show. Can’t wait to see what Jon has to say about DeLay news.

Sharkbabe, are you rooting for either team ?

How come there are a handful of actual grownups discussing actual crucial issues on CSpan? How can such a thing happen on television?

BobbleHead Elephants in suits with GOP Tie Clips!!

Kathi -

I’d like to see actual bobbleheads of actual Republican congressmen.

Tancredo bobblehead? How about DeLay (in orange jumpsuit of course)? Blunt! Just take a picture of Caesar Romero dressed up as Joker in the 1960s version of Batman.

Boehner!

Collect the whole set.

Damn! How the hell did a small band of Dem Reps get the entire floor of the House to themselves to rant unchecked and uncensored about Republican theft of our economy???

Did DeLay really belly-up so badly that he left the door unlocked when it hit him in the *ss???

Or did the goddessess of FDL manage this coup???

I am in shock — and I haven’t even clapped an eye on the stamps yet, either!!

This thread has everything. Humor, pathos, rubber stamp republican congress, NCAA championship, everything except, “What does EPU’d mean?”

16 ccmask says: April 4th, 2006 at 10:56 am

uhhhhhh….i cant believe this is really ccmask. talking about soros, left owns the media? color me sceptical.

Reuters: Admin. readying new counterterrorism plan. You think they’re trying to change the subject? When all else fails, play the terror card. Chicken little’s sky is falling. Old dog, old tricks.

TDS is ON.

(last night he said McCain would be on—somehow got switched to Studs Terkel.)

HUGE applause at Delay announcing his “retirement”

Delahunt’s got a kinda hot white-haired daddy thing going on….

Christy, I know. I know and I am so very appreciative. We all are. Was it public? Would it have made the news if DeLay hadn’t pre-empted?

cbl I’m a Murlander

I could listen to Delahunt all night. Not because he’s all that interesting. I just love that Mass. acccent!

I feel like I am at a happening– CSPAN rocks at 11pm on the east coast– for junkies like some of us, this is so nice. Imagine if everyone tuned in to the proceedings on CSPAN instead of regular teevee or cable… things might be so different, including the actual proceedings on the floors.

I can see an ad where the bubblehead Frist is talking and a big rubber stamp comes from above and stamps him. Ventura’s ads in MN (we are so (not) proud of him) with the action figures made for almost nothing were quite effective.

Donald Rumsfeld must Go!! Delahunt

Our Ma Resp got that thing goin on, it’s all about living Blue!

Also, we should find a small company who makes bobbleheads. Give him some business.

Love Sheila’s outfit… and her passion. LSS, you should be proud to be represented by a woman of such integrity and strength.

MD wins!

OMG – MD up by 3, 13 sec left

Oh GrandmaJ!!! I like it!!!

What would the caption be?

“Shame on them!”: Sheila!

Shelia does look great. That jacket is tres chic.

Er, shawl.

elephant bobblehead

YES YES YES DAMN THEY DID IT, WOOHOOOOOOO!

THEY WERE DOWN 10-13 PTS ALL THE FIRST HALF!!!

YOU GO MY BLUE STATE GIRLS! NOT A SINGLE SENIOR ON THE TEAM, ALL KIDS! SO COOL! SNOOPYDANCE!

Stealing from Target.
Leaking the identity of our covert agents.
Mis-armoring our troops in harm’s way.
Letting New Orleanians drown.
Warring on countless Iraqis.
Crippling thousands of brave warriors.

And now, seducing 13-year old girls on the internet, and giving them your cell phone number AT WORK.

To quote Sharkbabe, is there no fucking outrage to which these fucking fucks will not fucking stoop?

2 deadlines from Kerry http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04…..oref=login

Christy, Blindhog’s work wouldn’t have been… erm… stamp related, would it?

Maybe somebody doing Dubyas’ voice , like a commandment from God!!

“Senator Frist, this is your Commander in Chief! I command you to go forth and kill those Censure Hearings!! Do it for the Party, do it for national Security! Do it or Karl will release those pictures of you he has in his Black File to the Press!!!!

Jon Stewart played the video where DeLay announced his resignation to loud cheers and said:

“Every time he does that an angel gets its wings.”

Rubber stamp video tommorrow? Definitely something to look forward to, if I am not stuck in traffic and cursing the parents who spawned the chimp. It may snow tommorrow too Arrghh (It’s supposed to be spring.)
& now that Heimat security guy, making life secure for 14 year old girls (?) Not.

ember — nah. He’s not the rubber stamp type. *g*

Welcome Pam upstairs, it says comments are closed. Nice debut (seeing as this is French night).

TeddyinSF –All that and now that are banning private protection vests for the troops. So they can provide inadequate gear and better stuff cannot be bought. Don’t want to hurt the supplier’s bottom line ya know.

TDS gets all over McCain re his support of Bushie and Falwell……………….

Congratulations, Sharkbabe!

political bobbleheads

I cannot believe that I’m hangin’ out where people are cheering C-Span.

Cool.

McCain on TDS

zennurse

I think we are on to something.

don’t let McCain off the hook Jon

ooh McCain just made fun of Cynthia and her two attorneys.

Sharkbabe,
absolutely thrilled for ya! Yeay Terrapins ! great game, Overtime is always great for the Women’s game – Your Terps came out intense for the last 5 minutes. Yeay Sharkbabe !!

Jeebus — I have had way too much fun today. I swerar, I’m expecting lightning from the sky any second now for all this giggling, smiling and Snoopy-dancing I’ve been doing. Between DeLay and the rubber stamps, this has been an awfully good day. *g*

hey 232! timezones, please…. I gotta wait another 2.75 hours for that Jon Stewart treat. Or not. *g*

McCain stinks to high heaven… he is not funny at all anymore. judas goat to himself.

Breaking news!

Kerry calls for a immediate deadline and pullout from Iraq

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04…..ref=slogin

WE are now in the third war in Iraq in as many years. The first was against Saddam Hussein and his supposed weapons of mass destruction. The second was against terrorists whom, the administration said, it was better to fight over there than here. Now we find our troops in the middle of an escalating civil war.

Half of the service members listed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall died after America’s leaders knew our strategy would not work. It was immoral then and it would be immoral now to engage in the same delusion. We want democracy in Iraq, but Iraqis must want it as much as we do. Our valiant soldiers can’t bring democracy to Iraq if Iraq’s leaders are unwilling themselves to make the compromises that democracy requires.

As our generals have said, the war cannot be won militarily. It must be won politically. No American soldier should be sacrificed because Iraqi politicians refuse to resolve their ethnic and political differences.

So far, Iraqi leaders have responded only to deadlines — a deadline to transfer authority to a provisional government, and a deadline to hold three elections.

Now we must set another deadline to extricate our troops and get Iraq up on its own two feet.

I wrote about it and would appreciate the read and comments.

http://www.progressiveu.org/20…..tment-tool

Stewart: “Are you going into the crazy base world?”

McCain: “I’m afraid so.”

Okay

Way too fun, gang. But it’s time for this tired momma to go and check on her sick peanut. It’s another dose of medicine time. (ick)

test 

Late Nite is up.

nolies, welcome back and I know you did well on midterms! Say hi to your mom and I’ll visit your site in the am to say hi to peppermint, who will surely show up.

So Kerry finally says what he said about Viet Nam: How can we ask any man to be the last soldier to die in Iraq? Welcome home John.

Wonder what would happen if someone, say, rubberstamped a bunch of dollar bills….;)

Valley Girl, re learning French you can get streaming radio such as BBC in French for free. For the language of the country where I work there are about 20 stations available free over the internet here in the U.S. hth

I do hope you remembered to give one to Lieberman.

Valley Girl–for learning a foreign language it’s fun to get children’s books. Easy vocabulary, repeated words, large type, color pictures. What’s not to like? Also there are dual-language books with English on one page and the other language on the facing page.

we should deliver them to all of the “Delay Rule” republicans Josh Marshall at TPM.com keeps exposing.

By the way, I got that breaking scoop from the Democracy Cell Project.

http://www.democracycellprojec…..l#comments

new thread…. by Pam!

zennurse @ #238

Heh, I wish we could send the Fez=wearing Monkey ones to the “Bobble-Head Republicans”.

Next time, we send knee pads to the press. Great work.

Hi Zennurse!

Knee pads! Excellent. where do I sign up?

egregious: I got that story online somewhere…it was me. I just woke up so I have no idea where the link was I posted.

How about calling them Robbleheads?

Tom Osburn-former coach of Nebraska. Noted for his stoic resolve while losing the big ones.He and J.C. Watts are an embarrsment to college football. Opps, almost forgot Steve Largent. I was born in Ok. It is embarrassing to admit that Watts and Largent are Okies. EVEN worse the state has the two worst senators in the senate.(Inhoff and Coburn)Thank God I don’t live there now!Also, thank you Pam for your post. I have to tell you I had to jump in the shower until the hot water ran out. And still didn’t feel clean. You are a saint for your efforts.

Brilliant!

A ‘Viral Protest’.

Naturally, this will threaten the very heart of True American Democracy and otherwise lend aid and comfort to the enemy.

Best few dollars I ever spent!

Does anyone know how much Clarice Feldman is being paid to write these “attack Fitz” pieces?

The right wingnuttia is going ga-ga over them.

Noticeably absent, other than her being an attorney, are any facts that supports her arguments.

http://www.americanthinker.com…..le_id=5389

Hey, one of those is MY stamp!!!

Yay for snarky political theatre!

I see my stamp! Right there in the middle! See?

As for Dr Who and Tom Baker…back then when it was running, my sister secretly knitted me a scarf just like his as an Xmas gift. That sucker will keep 4 adjacent people warm.

Cool – we should get some copies of their bills and speeches and use these all over the place! It was $6+ well-spent!

Aaagh! I missed it! CaNOT believe it.
I’ve been checking obssessively since last week, but Tues. night I never turned on the computer. In the afternoon, work was too busy to check in at FDL.
Please, tell me the video will be available soon!

Excellent! I think I see the one I ordered. Thanks for posting.

Brilliant political idea! But in its execution, I have some tips…

Both Genders:
PLEASE DO NOT WEAR WHITE CLOTHES ON CAMERA! It’s nearly impossible to light them right, and when you inevitably light them wrong, they make the speaker look diseased and the production look low-budget. Blues are always great on men, as wellas greens (go foresty over minty or Kermity), and all grays.

For men:

Brush your hair. And your eyebrows.

Makeup is a good thing. Seriously, almost all men (except those with dark complexions) should be wearing at least foundation that evens out their skin tone, especially around the eyes. As a general rule, the darker the skin, the less makeup is needed to make it look natural on camera. Men with very dark complexions (like Djimon Hounsou) don’t usually need foundation at all, but if their skin is dry may need a little baby oil applied sparingly to the face to make it shiny–the camera needs that to see contrast.

For women:
Yes, brush your hair and eyebrows, too. Use an eyebrow liner as well. Don’t pull your hair back–it’s nearly impossible not to look unprofessional when you do that. Spray it if you have to–it doesn’t matter if it feels like crap, so long as it looks fine and doesn’t fall in your face.

Wear foundation and put on more makeup than you think you need (again, the darker your complexion, the less foundation & makeup you need, and the same “add shine” rule applies to women with very dark complexions). Put blush on the apples of your cheeks (Smile and put it on the parts that stick out, and then blend like hell). Eyeshadow, mascara, and eyeliner are critical; go with matte, not shiny powders. Keep colors neutral (fair women should go with gray liners/mascara instead of black). Lipstick is a must. Stick with warm colors–true reds, pinks, and browns; do not get any lipstick with blue tones in it (”cool tomes”)–these can turn purple on camera.