Comments on: Let’s Talk, Senator. http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/ Firedoglake weblog Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:47:06 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: AMERICAN FUTURE - Trying to make sense of a world in turmoil » Hersh Strikes Again http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-62093 AMERICAN FUTURE - Trying to make sense of a world in turmoil » Hersh Strikes Again Mon, 10 Apr 2006 03:11:29 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-62093 <p>[…] Many bloggers reacted to Hersh’s article by declaring Bush insane or messianic and calling for his removal from office: (1) Balloon Juice (”If you’re not worried about a nuclear-armed president with a messiah complex, a medieval concept of metaphysics and an insatiable war itch then you have to be kind of slow . . .”), (2) AMERICAblog.com (”The only way to take on Iran responsibly – whether that means war or diplomacy or something else – is for Bush and his senior leadership to step down. America cannot afford this man as president any longer. He is, quite literally, going to get us all killed.”), (3) Firedoglake (”. . . it brings us a new opportunity to lobby for Russ Feingold’s censure motion . . . the criminal lunacy of bombing Iran . . .”), (4) Brilliant at Breakfast (”Funny how eager Bush is to have OTHER totalitarian governments overthrown at the same time as he’s trying to turn Jeffersonian democracy into a totalitarian state”), (5) Bark Bark Woof Woof (”It may be that the goal of this administration is to “save” Iran from itself and its own leadership, but in doing so, who will save us from ours and the assured path of destruction that such an action undertaken by the president will lead us down?”), (6) Blogenlust.net (”Bush is insane . . . The definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results . . . This guy has a messianic vision.”), (7) State of the Day (”Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb? The answer of course is: holy shit, this man is out of control, we are all going to die . . .”), (8) The Heretik (”What does it matter if the President has to blow up part of the world to convince the rest of the world that madmen can’t be trusted with nukes when his legacy is at stake? No one else has the fool’s courage to do it.”), (9) The American Street (”Our leader is called “messianic” and believes his legacy will be the “saving Iran,” by which he means bombing the heck out of it.”), (10) Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying (”It has been widely reported and speculated that Mr. Bush sees his mission in remaking the Middle East very much in biblical terms. If Mr. Hersh’s source is accurate in his assessment then we are confronted with a President with messianic and evangelical zeal that will not be tempered by reason or the facts.”), (11) AMERICAblog (”Bush is beyond scary….he’s out of control . . . The only way to stop Bush is to change the leadership in Congress . . . “), and (12) The Gun Toting Liberal (”I’m sure President Bush has prayed extensively on this topic and God is telling him to nuke Iran, much like God probably told the President to kick up our nuclear production again, too.”). […]</p> […] Many bloggers reacted to Hersh’s article by declaring Bush insane or messianic and calling for his removal from office: (1) Balloon Juice (”If you’re not worried about a nuclear-armed president with a messiah complex, a medieval concept of metaphysics and an insatiable war itch then you have to be kind of slow . . .”), (2) AMERICAblog.com (”The only way to take on Iran responsibly – whether that means war or diplomacy or something else – is for Bush and his senior leadership to step down. America cannot afford this man as president any longer. He is, quite literally, going to get us all killed.”), (3) Firedoglake (”. . . it brings us a new opportunity to lobby for Russ Feingold’s censure motion . . . the criminal lunacy of bombing Iran . . .”), (4) Brilliant at Breakfast (”Funny how eager Bush is to have OTHER totalitarian governments overthrown at the same time as he’s trying to turn Jeffersonian democracy into a totalitarian state”), (5) Bark Bark Woof Woof (”It may be that the goal of this administration is to “save” Iran from itself and its own leadership, but in doing so, who will save us from ours and the assured path of destruction that such an action undertaken by the president will lead us down?”), (6) Blogenlust.net (”Bush is insane . . . The definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results . . . This guy has a messianic vision.”), (7) State of the Day (”Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran from getting the bomb? The answer of course is: holy shit, this man is out of control, we are all going to die . . .”), (8) The Heretik (”What does it matter if the President has to blow up part of the world to convince the rest of the world that madmen can’t be trusted with nukes when his legacy is at stake? No one else has the fool’s courage to do it.”), (9) The American Street (”Our leader is called “messianic” and believes his legacy will be the “saving Iran,” by which he means bombing the heck out of it.”), (10) Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying (”It has been widely reported and speculated that Mr. Bush sees his mission in remaking the Middle East very much in biblical terms. If Mr. Hersh’s source is accurate in his assessment then we are confronted with a President with messianic and evangelical zeal that will not be tempered by reason or the facts.”), (11) AMERICAblog (”Bush is beyond scary….he’s out of control . . . The only way to stop Bush is to change the leadership in Congress . . . “), and (12) The Gun Toting Liberal (”I’m sure President Bush has prayed extensively on this topic and God is telling him to nuke Iran, much like God probably told the President to kick up our nuclear production again, too.”). […]

]]> By: Pachacutec http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61713 Pachacutec Sun, 09 Apr 2006 20:58:35 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61713 <p>Citzen Action Update:</p> <p>I can’t tell you all how frustrated I am that Google is putting a hold on my adding more people to state based networking groups due to high activity on my part. They need to be reviewed, and I guess today is a dead day for review. Please be patient if you have emailed me, and let me repeat, if you email me PUT ONLY YOUR STATE - NOT YOUR CITY OR ANYTHING ELSE - IN YOUR SUBJECT LINE!!</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>Pachacutec01 at gmail dot com</p> Citzen Action Update:

I can’t tell you all how frustrated I am that Google is putting a hold on my adding more people to state based networking groups due to high activity on my part. They need to be reviewed, and I guess today is a dead day for review. Please be patient if you have emailed me, and let me repeat, if you email me PUT ONLY YOUR STATE – NOT YOUR CITY OR ANYTHING ELSE – IN YOUR SUBJECT LINE!!

Thanks.

Pachacutec01 at gmail dot com

]]> By: Sharon http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61286 Sharon Sun, 09 Apr 2006 12:05:49 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61286 <p>pachacutec01 at gmail dot com</p> <p>Drat, Pach#120 doesn’t show “01″</p> pachacutec01 at gmail dot com

Drat, Pach#120 doesn’t show “01″

]]> By: MarchDancer http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61214 MarchDancer Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:17:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61214 <p>Damn! I tried all day, unsuccessefully, to convince myself that if I went away this incredibly horrid “story” would go away, be disproven, by 10:00 PDT. I have two Democratic Senators, and they will hear from me. I also have a slew of Democratic State of WA office holders I will be contacting. This is not only a matter for national politics and outrage! Can’t it be April 1st again? Please?</p> Damn! I tried all day, unsuccessefully, to convince myself that if I went away this incredibly horrid “story” would go away, be disproven, by 10:00 PDT. I have two Democratic Senators, and they will hear from me. I also have a slew of Democratic State of WA office holders I will be contacting. This is not only a matter for national politics and outrage! Can’t it be April 1st again? Please?

]]> By: renska http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61208 renska Sun, 09 Apr 2006 05:07:14 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61208 <p>timewarp — I, too, am in NYC. Hmmm. Anyone else?</p> timewarp — I, too, am in NYC. Hmmm. Anyone else?

]]> By: Greg http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61190 Greg Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:24:39 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61190 <p>Jimboman, Martha and any other Wisconites here, I’m trying to get a visit to Kohl’s Madison office together. Any takers? Pach tells me only two people have signed up from Wisconsin so far, which seems kind of low especially from Feingold’s home state. I know that have such ass-kissing representation in Congress can lead you to get complacent (living in Madison, I’m represented by Tammy Baldwin, Russ Feingold, and Herb Kohl. If Herb Kohl is the worst you can do in Congress, you’re in pretty good shape), but we need to make ourselves heard. So all you Wisconsinite lurkers out there drop Pach a line.</p> Jimboman, Martha and any other Wisconites here, I’m trying to get a visit to Kohl’s Madison office together. Any takers? Pach tells me only two people have signed up from Wisconsin so far, which seems kind of low especially from Feingold’s home state. I know that have such ass-kissing representation in Congress can lead you to get complacent (living in Madison, I’m represented by Tammy Baldwin, Russ Feingold, and Herb Kohl. If Herb Kohl is the worst you can do in Congress, you’re in pretty good shape), but we need to make ourselves heard. So all you Wisconsinite lurkers out there drop Pach a line.

]]> By: Pachacutec http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61185 Pachacutec Sun, 09 Apr 2006 04:18:33 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61185 <p>Thanks to everyone who emailed me. I think by now you have all heard back form me, and if I missed you, please email me again.</p> <p>Let me emphasize: JUST PUT YOUR STATE IN THE SUBJECT LINE. I get a lot of email and if I lost you the first time around, it may be because your subject line was not clear enough. But you’re all s/heroes for stepping forward.</p> <p>It’s not too late to come forward. I still need people to coordinate with some lone emails I got from CT, NH, TX, and probably a couple of other states. I’m losing track.</p> <p>The good news is, once I get a few of you set up in your own google group, you can take the ball and run with it yourselves, even as I and some others are there to support you.</p> <p>Cheers!</p> <p>Pachacutec01 at gmail dot com</p> Thanks to everyone who emailed me. I think by now you have all heard back form me, and if I missed you, please email me again.

Let me emphasize: JUST PUT YOUR STATE IN THE SUBJECT LINE. I get a lot of email and if I lost you the first time around, it may be because your subject line was not clear enough. But you’re all s/heroes for stepping forward.

It’s not too late to come forward. I still need people to coordinate with some lone emails I got from CT, NH, TX, and probably a couple of other states. I’m losing track.

The good news is, once I get a few of you set up in your own google group, you can take the ball and run with it yourselves, even as I and some others are there to support you.

Cheers!

Pachacutec01 at gmail dot com

]]> By: Rose http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61162 Rose Sun, 09 Apr 2006 03:53:38 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61162 <p>This past week I bought 100 postcards, prestamped - 26 cents each - and just wrote one to Sen. Harkin, Iowa who was on a few left radio shows this week. He has a web site TomHarkin.com on which you can sign a petition to support the censure. This is what he was promoting and did he sound mad at times. He is very upset with Bush’s inaction on preparation for the bird flu. Go to his website and sign the petition.</p> This past week I bought 100 postcards, prestamped – 26 cents each – and just wrote one to Sen. Harkin, Iowa who was on a few left radio shows this week. He has a web site TomHarkin.com on which you can sign a petition to support the censure. This is what he was promoting and did he sound mad at times. He is very upset with Bush’s inaction on preparation for the bird flu. Go to his website and sign the petition.

]]> By: ccmask http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61008 ccmask Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:01:12 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61008 <p>Pach: I spent the evening with two Republicans last night but don’t tell anyone.</p> <p>We talked to 3:00 in the morning and I recommended this site to them. (Hi-buddies!)</p> <p>Anyhow, it was decided by the three of us that all politicians strive to divide voters ONLY to win elections. If the electorate banded together, they would be screwed. And I believe it is happening big time. They are so done with this administration and they also wanted a peaceful place to live, mow their lawns, raise their kids, etc. They agreed with me that almost every one of them should be shamed out of office.</p> <p>The evening ended when one said he would be tempted to vote Democratic if Zell Miller ran. I grabbed by bottle of tequila rose and got the heck out of there!</p> Pach: I spent the evening with two Republicans last night but don’t tell anyone.

We talked to 3:00 in the morning and I recommended this site to them. (Hi-buddies!)

Anyhow, it was decided by the three of us that all politicians strive to divide voters ONLY to win elections. If the electorate banded together, they would be screwed. And I believe it is happening big time. They are so done with this administration and they also wanted a peaceful place to live, mow their lawns, raise their kids, etc. They agreed with me that almost every one of them should be shamed out of office.

The evening ended when one said he would be tempted to vote Democratic if Zell Miller ran. I grabbed by bottle of tequila rose and got the heck out of there!

]]> By: Ruckyus http://firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61001 Ruckyus Sun, 09 Apr 2006 01:54:40 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/04/08/lets-talk-senator/#comment-61001 <p>Boy do I hope someone gives Obama a good talking to at the open forum.</p> <p>Monday, I’ll call the Illinois Senators offices to see if there are other Town Halls scheduled.</p> Boy do I hope someone gives Obama a good talking to at the open forum.

Monday, I’ll call the Illinois Senators offices to see if there are other Town Halls scheduled.

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