fitz

fitz u r

These people are their own self-parody.

Note to mommybrain (continuing conversation started in the Bring It thread): Yes, I’ve joined the roots project, so you can find my email there. I hope to see you this weekend!

Kazuza

CBL – Last thread. You’re making me feel that I am not nearly evil enough.

The news for Bush only gets worse and more damning. Top Three Stories on CNN Right now:

Bush: No windfall taxes on oil profits | Video

Report: Extremists creating terror haven in Iraq

Bush OKs Dubai takeover of defense plants

Re Digby: Oh my god. That’s all I can say.

Regarding the Digby piece…

Sick little fucks parents will probably seek a friendly amicus brief from AG Gonzalezs

See the Mr.Fish cartoon at TruthDig.com.

I commented that he had just painted the official portrait of the president to hang in the White House.

We watched a program last night about Hitler and his rise to power.
What was shocking was that it used color film. Made it much more real somehow.

They calmly explained how young children (and in color they looked like kids you’d see today) were taught how to “recognize” Jews. Totally despicable.

The ability of people to become monsters is there just beneath the surface and all it takes is someone willing to uncover it for it to come out. Some do it for kicks, fame or money. Others do it for power because they know the other side will continue trying to play by rules long after the rules have been destroyed.

Those young men are mirroring what they hear and see others tell them what their role should be. Their actions are heinous but they didn’t do it in a vacuum.

Sadly, I doubt this will wake up enough people to stop the monster makers.

I haven’t noticed Bush doing that jaw thrusting thing for a while. What’s up with that? Did they medicate him, train him to stop, or get him off the drug that was causing it?

So, we’ve settled on Fornigate, then?
I think the democrats should dump
“Together We Can do Better!” or “Together We Can Suck Less!” or whatever the lame-ass slogan is for 2006, and substitute:
“The Republicans are Using Your Tax Dollars to Buy Whores!”

http://patrickjfitzgerald.blog…..arges.html

“Hell no, you can’t have health care! We’re too busy buying whores!”
Your Republican Congress

cleter #11

Courtesy fahrender, I still think NOOKIEGATE is bestest.

:-)

Konnie, ROFL that is a great cartoon. Here’s a permanent link to it:

http://www.truthdig.com/cartoo…..elligence/

cleter, oh we can sex that up a little better:
“The Republicans are Using Your Tax Dollars to Buy Whoremen!†(our funny gay friends would say “whoremens”)

If Gannon were involved, then obviously that would be WatersportsGate—at the Watergate, no less.

From previous thread: Marvin Gaye’s national anthem video at
http://www.nba.com/allstar2004…..40203.html
Ya’ gotta register.

Maybe it’s just me, and maybe I’m being super-picky, but…I HATE the “-gate†attachment to every scandal. Watergate wasn’t about water, and none of the scandals that followed had anything to do with gates. How about “Swag for Hag?â€

I say we start calling them “Representitutes†and what they do “Representitution†– it combines “Representative†with “prostitute†or “prostitution,†and further equates what the congressmen do with what prostitutes do – sell themselves for money and/or favors.

Shez (#15) and Konnie – Great cartoon.

So is a Cunningham a porker who fancies himself an expert at oral sex?

EPU #4.

Evil One, you are as evil as Chimpy is moronic, ’nuff said

Gang — I was just trying out the “forni-gate.” I’m not married to it any more than any of the others. It just cracks me up as a play on words. *g*

Bill Kristol does not look good, he must be losing his struggle with internal demons. He’s following down a path similar to Hitchens. I guess when you rely on someone as inept as George the Lesser to implement your life’s plans, the self-destruction when it all goes really wrong must be hard to keep at bay. I wonder how many of these bastards will end up like Joe McCarthy. Probably just the ones who have a shred of humanity. Rumsfeld and Cheney have nothing to worry about.

Republicans aren’t against homosexuality — they’re only against *consensual* homosexuality.

ot, but wtf. west point cadets rioting:

WHITFIELD: It’s a place renowned for tough standards and even tougher discipline, but we’re hearing reports from West Point of an angry, even fiery demonstration by cadets over a drug search.

CNN’s Barbara Starr is following the story from the Pentagon — Barbara.

BARBARA STARR, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, Fredricka, we are just learning the details of what occurred last Wednesday night at U.S. military academy at West Point.

You know, college final season is coming up at universities around the country. And the academy spokesman says that the cadets were just blowing off a little steam. This is some file footage, not of the actual incident. But apparently, there was what the duty officer who wrote up an incident report says was a riot.

Cadets becoming upset after there was a search of their barracks for drugs. No drugs were found. But later that evening, about 400 cadets gathered, and according to the incident report obtained by CNN, quote, “Hundreds of cadets were hollering obscenities out of their windows. Some were throwing objects.” We learned that some of those were lit on fire. “Many cadets were running through the area, standing around in gang-like elements.”

Now apparently, according to the incident report, the cadets were even shouting expletives during the playing of “Taps” later in the evening before lights out was called.

The military police, the fire department were called to the scene. But basically they stood off to the side. There were no injuries. Apparently, the most serious thing was a minor injury by a flying jar of peanut butter, we are told.

But nonetheless, the cadets becoming upset about this drug search. Hundreds of them gathering. And the academy spokesman tells CNN it was just cadet shenanigans, but clearly the incident report that was filed that night by the academy indicates it may have been a bit more serious — Fredricka.

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRA…..ol.01.html

I’d like to see an image of a couple, she, back to the wall, obviously a streetwalker, and he a john, pressed up against her. His trousers loosened and drooping. Her leg hooked over his.

They appear interrupted. He looks over his shoulder in horror at the viewer. She looks bored/craven.

Title: Your Republican Rubberstamp Congress “At Work”

Christy, thanks again for three great posts today as per usual.
OfT: I cut this out of the WaPo’s political chat this morning with Tom Edsall. It’s possible that this is part of the WaPo’s News Division’s battle to distance themselves from Fred Hiatt and the worst of the Kool-Aid chuggers:

“Airwaves Battle on Air Force One
By Ken Herman | Thursday, April 27, 2006, 03:21 PM
The controversy du jour aboard Air Force One today was one near and dear to the hearts of many otherwise happy couples: Command and control of the TV tuner.
“It’s come to my attention that there’s been requests – this is a serious question – to turn these TVs on to a station other than Fox, and that those have been denied,” Washington Post reporter Jim VandeHei told Press Secretary Scott McClellan. “My question would be, is there a White House policy that all government TVs have to be tuned to Fox?”
“Never heard of any such thing,” said McClellan, soon to be replaced by Tony Snow of Fox News, long viewed as an operation that enjoys most favored network status in the Bush White House.
“My TVs are on all four different channels at all times,” McClellan said of the four-screen array across from his West Wing desk.
He also noted that every White House television has split-screen capability.
“Well,” said VandeHei, “they always seem to be tuned to Fox.”
He went on.
“And these are paid for by taxpayer dollars. And my understanding is that you guys have to watch Fox on Air Force One. Is that true?”
No way, said McClellan.
“First time I’ve ever heard of it,” he said. “First time you’ve brought it to my attention, meaning the first time the press corps has brought it to my attention. In fact, I’ve watched other channels on here.”
Despite McClellan’s TV options, the record will show that – other than when the movie of reporters’ choice is showing (and that frequently invites a gender-based battle over what to watch), Fox is showing on the screens in the press cabin of Air Force One.
As McClellan and VandeHei talked TV channels, Agence France Presse photographer Tim Sloan volunteered that he was the one who raised the issue.
“I was the Fox victim,” he said, “and I was told, the quote was, ‘No,’ when I asked for CNN. I was told, ‘We don’t watch CNN here. You can only watch Fox.’”
Asked who told him that, Sloan said “the magic people at the other end of the phone” in the press cabin.
McClellan said he found the issue “quite amusing, to tell you the truth.”
“I mean there are a lot of people on this plane that do watch that channel,” he said of CNN. “First time you brought it to my attention. I’ll go see what we can do on it.”
Moments later, after a quick trip up front, McClellan came back with the update.
“We just called up. They’re going to be changing it, at your all’s request, to the channel that you requested, which is CNN,” he said.”
There’s more in the chat about this.

cleter 11

love that post thanks for the chuckle

xyz No. 5

“Bush OKs Dubai takeover of defense plants”

please tell me you are kidding.

Cujo, what’s sickening is that the cartoon would have been way funnier if I hadn’t just read about the bigoted sadist sodomizers at Digby before I read Konnie’s comment. I chuckled at the cartoon but it should have been laugh out loud all day long, instead I was still disgusted and too queasy to enjoy it properly. The Digby article is past disturbing and alarming.

Shez
Is Whoremen better than Man Whores? Which has more zing?
“The Republicans are using your tax dollars to buy Whoremen!”

“The Republicans are using your tax dollars to buy Man Whores!”

Doobage. Now I’m going to be chuckling all afternoon…

I dunno cleter, “Together We Can Suck Less than the Fornigators” might give you a theme.

Bionic – and at the curb is an idling limo. In the driver’s seat is a guy with a cap that reads, “Lobbyist.”

Bionic 26
I like that. He should have a sort of gross, Dennis Hastert look about him.

neurophius, xyz is NOT kidding. I meant to put up these 2 Friday dumps too.

Bush approves Dubai takeover of defense plants
Friday, April 28, 2006; Posted: 2:16 p.m. EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — President George W. Bush approved Dubai’s $1.24 billion takeover of Doncasters, a British engineering company with U.S. plants that supply the Pentagon, the White House said on Friday.

… President Bush said Friday morning that the deal “has been looked at very carefully, has been analyzed by a CFIUS committee. I signed off on it this morning because I’m convinced at the recommendation of the CFIUS committee as well as our military that it’s a sale that should go through,” when he asked about the deal during a White House news conference.
More…
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITI…..index.html

Bush rejects tax on oil companies’ windfall profits
President expects companies to invest in alternative fuels
Friday, April 28, 2006; Posted: 1:50 p.m. EDT (17:50 GMT
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush on Friday rejected calls to tax oil companies’ record profits, but said he expects those companies to re-invest those profits in alternative fuels and new energy technologies.

…”My attitude is that the oil companies need to be mindful that the American people expect them to reinvest their cash flows in such a way that it enhances our energy security,” Bush said.
More…
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITI…..index.html

Everything you ever wanted to know about Fitz*

*but were afraid to ask!

http://www.regis-nyc.org/news……;Type=Main

I posted this very late a few days ago. If anyone is interested in Fitz’s private life, here is a write up about him in his high school alma matter newspaper.

What we learn, Fitz like to go hiking, he reads, he does not like working at 3 am…

He also talks about being trained by Jesuits, and how that was more formative for him than Harvard.

My .02

While I think nokiegate is ever so clever and fun, imo it doesn’t have the below the bible belt punch of fornigate. Monicagate was more in the nokiegate category. I’d like to see fornigate stick right along with Corrupt Republican Rubber Stamp Congress.

test

No. 36

“Bush approves Dubai takeover of defense plants”

When do we get to hear the chorus of outrage?

It’s not as clever, but I’m partial to The Watergate Sex Scandal. It’s a blunt instrument that ties “sex scandal” firmly to the republicans.

The homosexual violence being promoted by the extreme right wing is extremely disturbing, as is a “game” that encourages the murder of any group of people.

“I say we start calling them “Representitutes†and what they do “Representitution†– it combines “Representative†with “prostitute†or “prostitution,†and further equates what the congressmen do with what prostitutes do – sell themselves for money and/or favors.”

IMO there is wide “nick name” tolerance here that I would like to continue to encourage. I was raised a Barry Goldwater Republican, so I am sensitive/saddened by the moral decay that has infested all levels of the GOP. “Gates” imo connote specifically Republican scandals and imo accurately describe the current political reality. Part of what FDL does is influence the corporate media which in turn influences the middle 33% of the electorate, which we desperately need.

thanks for the link to Colbert. it was hilarious. off the clock. time to head home.

The Deciderer deflects a question and lamely spins it that high fuel prices are a GOOD thing for all of us (I guess ‘cuz it makes us a “hopeful nation” — hopeful that we don’t go fucking BK paying for energy bfore “options” arrive):
______

George W. Bush, asked today whether he regrets not doing more during his first term to prevent high gas prices now: “You might remember when I first came in. I think the price of oil was like — I know it was below $20. And it’s all of a sudden now that the price of oil is up, alternatives become much more economically viable, and therefore I think the American people are going to see a lot of technological development happen quickly, which will enable people to have different options and different choices.”

– Tim Grieve, Salon.com

Chorus of outrage…some of us have nearly lost our voices from screaming so much. Need to rest a little. Hope someone will carry on til I get recharged.

spew alert… courtesy the incomparable team of Dr. Atta J. Turk and Watertiger

http://risinghegemonxxx.blogsp…..-iran.html

beth meacham 41–I like that too. We’ll have to wait and see what “takes.”

Good God Marksb, thanks for that much appreciated blast from the master! Between Marvin, Mamayaga and Neil’s new thang it has been a lovely morning. Supermoronic Gesticulation. LOL! Perhaps they’ve dug up Delsarte for some pointers.
Thanks FDL.

That was strange. I attempted to put a comment number in a link. It didn’t show up. I tried to post another comment and when I placed the cursor in the text box, it took me to the comment in my previous post. Oh well, it was an idea.

bling says:
April 28th, 2006 at 1:13 pm
Doobage. Now I’m going to be chuckling all afternoon…
I’ll smoke to that ;)

cleter #31, HAHAAAHAAA good point out. Manwhores does have a certain, ahem, cachet to it.

Mary, yer killin me! Fornigators!

The more things change … well, you know the rest

People don’t operate multi-bedroom hospitality suites involving hookers and drugs at the Watergate or wherever for fifteen years to get the congressmen layed and stoned. They do that stuff to get the congressment layed and stoned and photographed, pure and simple. Then the congressmen get a manila envelope with asampling of the pictures and a note saying that whoever controls the pictures will “stay in touch.”

I don’t but the “half a dozen congressmen” thing one bit. Fifteen years means a whole pack of ‘em got some hospitality. That little black book they’re talking about is the most valuable item of its kind in American political history.

Whew! At least I’m not the only one who left an open html tag to make the entire thread go linky….

did I do that?

“Bush approves Dubai takeover of whorehouses”

“Bush rejects windfall profits tax on man whores”

“Bush praises own incompetence-Rising oil prices a plus for nation.”

#52 Ed*ard Teller….

I had exactly the same thought. The gotcha happens when a new congresscritter is new and green and feeling his oh-so powerful oats. Kinda like a DC initiation. I was thinking of Larry Flynt’s little cameo appearance during Monicagate, likely he has known about this for a long-time. Likely one of those well kept DC secrets that everyone is in on …

Hopefully this is one of those things that the chicken-shit Duke has been singing his heart about.

On a serious note…

I know everyone here gets a good laugh when we get on some of these cartoon rants, names etc…

But you know what?…. Constant, consistant Ridicule… especially when it evolves from or is based on fact….can be an exceddingly powerfull political tool

Roots Project – CA Member Has Diary Up of Senator Visits
Please consider recommending. It’s an excellent read, and an inspiring one.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…..16350/7586

Well, the good news is that running a prostitution ring, and getting sex from prostitutes as a thank-you or as encouragement to pimp for the corporate interest is not something that can be sold as a “family value.â€

Nor is it easy to sell the “we can’t make Plan B an over-the-counter item because it might encourage young women to be promiscuous†when congressmen are either engaging in promiscuity themselves, or encouraging their buddies to rip off a piece.

Nor is it easy to talk about things that threaten marriage when married congressmen are having sex with prostitutes.

I cannot begin to tell you how this blatant hypocrisy makes my blood boil. If this gets excused away by the religious conservatives we ought to, at every opportunity, force them to answer for it.

Sorry for the rant…

Whatever this latest scandal gets called, what’s really sick and sad is how many of them there are, how there seems to be no sign that they will end anytime soon, and how the lack of any consequences for them reflects how easily the party in power (the party of family values which was going to restore honor and integrity to the Oval Office) has tolerated them.

OMG – Re Digby
ReThugs in Training —

PHOENIX — The son of state Senate President Ken Bennett admitted in court Monday to assaulting middle school boys with a broomstick in their rectal areas, but a judge allowed charges against him to be reduced from 18 to one, and he may avoid jail.
Three of the 18 victims, all boys between the ages of 11 and 15, are from Tucson, and the families are angry that 18-year-old Clifton Bennett and co-defendant Kyle Wheeler, 19, were not charged with sexual assault.
[]
Police reports say the assaults took place at Chapel Rock Camp in Prescott during a weeklong camp for school leaders in June. Witnesses told police that the junior counselors lined up the youngsters, told them to bend over and “broomsticked” them. The boys told police “broomsticking” was done alternately with a broom, a cane, a mop handle and a heavy-duty flashlight while they were clothed.

http://www.azcentral.com/arizo…..i0404.html

Is there really anyone left in America who believes there is such a thing as equal justice?

Anyone who doesn’t believe that the wealthy and influential among us have a much better chance of making it through the legal system unscathed than the poor and powerless?

If not, take as yet another lesson the case of these two fortunate assailants and their 18 unfortunate victims.

Lawyers for Clifton Bennett said that he was an honor student and active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They said that he had plans to go on a mission in September.

In a letter to the court they actually wrote, “A felony conviction for assault will make his desire to complete his mission impossible.”

WHY?
I just do not understand this. I am a nurse, mother of three of my own kids, 6 foster kids and Granny to two girls. I just do not understand this behavior. Never in my experience with kids, adoption & foster care classes and seminars, have I seen this kind of behavior.

John Casper #42, I totally agree.

“Republican Representitutes†and what they do “Republican Representitutionâ€, sounds real good too. *G*

As far as ForniGate, we can’t make this shit up. For those of us who did live and breath Nixon and Watergate back then, to have it come back full circle with a vengence with Bushco and now to have this latest, juiciest, sex scandal at the Watergate Hotel no less is just too rich. There IS a Goddess.

Man my spelling sucks when Im laughing

Off topic: Lieberman/Collins and FEMA. I clicked on the crooks&liars link and somehow ended up scrolling down to the Bay Buchanan post. Buchanen sounding about as compassionate as Ole grit says, “I think Katrina has worn its welcome.- I think the American people are tired of it.” I think that is outrageous when so many families are still affected.
Then they cut to Lieberman. I am little disturbed by Lieberman’s “abolishing FEMA” talk. I don’t trust these people to “abolish” and “rebuild.” Does anybody else feel the same way?

Puppethead – If I were a famous blogger, I would compare the apologists for the Chimpy regime with apologists for the Soviet Union following the expose of the horrors committed by Stalin.

For the most part, very few supporters of Stalin/the Soviet Union were able to admit that there was anything wrong, let alone horrific, in the workers’ paradise. A few, like Huxley, were on to it early and spoke out freely, but he was part of a small minority.

The apologists (the vast majority in fact) were never able to come to grips with the reality: that the ideology and ideologues that they worshiped as religion and gods, respectively, were inherently amoral and corrupt.

That’s my analog. But I am not a famous blogger, just a not so humble evil parallel universe, so I’m not gonna write it…

No. 44
No. 55 ““Bush praises own incompetence-Rising oil prices a plus for nation.â€

As I understand it, the increase in petroleum prices (and gas at the pump prices) over the past five years was a clever collaboration between The Decider and the oil companies to create more competition for the oil companies from alternative fuels…did I get that right?

“…â€My attitude is that the oil companies need to be mindful that the American people expect them to reinvest their cash flows in such a way that it enhances our energy security,†Bush said.”

What

A

DICK!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, I know that’s not exactly the most erudite response in the world, but that has got to be the most jaw-droppingly arrogant, let-them-eat-cake statement I’ve heard from this wanker yet. I’m at a complete goddamned loss.

Not only does he refuse to do a thing about the fact that the oil companies are clearly engaged in hardcore price gouging, but he won’t even make the symbolic gesture of taxing them on what they’re raking on off of that price gouging.

What a DICK!

Fornigate, it gives new meaning to the word Rubber in Rubber Stamp Congress.

I’ve been harping about the evil PNAC for years now, every since they stole the 2000 election for Dubya, their puppet… People tend to think I’m wearing a tin foil hat when I discuss PNAC and don’t believe me. I guess the ones that actually research them, discover things so evil and reprehensible in their form and actions that they shut off their senses to it. It a very basic psychological defense mechanism. It’s just TOO scary to be real…

If you look beyond their horrific ideals and plans for Global domination, what you find are a bunch of limp-wristed EX-REAGANITES like Billy Kristol. They want to “Capitalize” on the fact that the Soviet Union has collapsed and left us as the world’s ONLY super-power…

BTW Christie, I got a chance to speak to Paul Hackett early this month, and he’s doing OK. He seemed to handle what the DNC and Rahm did to him. He’s younger than I thought and he was and very energetic.
I asked him what his political plans were, and he hasn’t decided. He’s still a little pissed off I guess

coriolanus, hope “Cyrano” is going well.

65/66

My hope is enough folks see that quote either in print or vid (if there is one) to make the next JAR 30 or less.

http://www.bushslastday.com/

and move that clock.

U.S. Calls for Action After Iran Defies Security Council
they should be talking about this…

John Casper,

Patiently waiting for my character to show up:( The actor playing Cyrano, Marco Barricelli, is one of america’s finest stage actors, a leading man with half the west coast drooling over him, and who will be terrific in the part. Thanks for asking. I actually had the afternoon off to catch up with a weeks worth of doggie treats. The Ladies have been particularly on top of things. Welcome back Christy!

Friday amusements, indeed. My thoughts:
1. I hope the media calls it “HookerGate”. Hooker is a word which can be used on regular TV, and which any passive viewer will instantly understand.
2. Now, honestly, in a general way, I don’t care if some guy spends a few hundred bucks on a roll in the hay with a hooker. If he’s having fun, so be it.
3. But if this involves repubs, it surely will involve some who’ve preached on and on about “family values”. Oh how I love it when the hypocritical get their comeuppance!
4. And finally…those of you so inclined to be an “investigative reporter”….throw out your news hook to….Florida! There’s been a little Florida-D.C. conveyor belt involving working girls for quite some time. I wouldn’t at all be surprised to see Florida pop up in this news story as things develop.
Ghostman

Uh… Clem. 66

Yep. And, the MBA-in-Chief apparently never picked upon the difference between “cash flows” and “profits” while he was at Harvard BSchool opining to his profs about how the poor were poor because they were lazy (busy, busy, indefatigable, industrious dude that HE is and always has been).

This morning he was focused on other stuff, like assuring us that “New Orleans will be ready for the 100 year flood plain.”

(yes, he said that during a news interview with Brian Williams)

997 days…jesus that’s depressing.

From TPM Muckraker – CIA spokeswoman denies Goss partied with Wilkes:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000505.php

Found this reminder elsewhere:

“Next week marks the start of the May sweeps period, when television networks break out the season finales to boost ratings during a month when local ad rates are set.”
—–
local news did a segment on the 911 movie. noted another coming in Aug. Is that Stone?
—-
Station online poll is “Are you interested in/(not sure: will you go see) movie about 911?”

I’m totally psyched, in an OT sorta way…

Last night my blog was mentioned on Air America during Ned Lamont’s appearance on The Majority Report. Turns out a local Nedhead blogger emailed a list of Ned-friendly blogs to host Sam Seder, and he read my blog’s name on air; fortunately it was immediately before “My Left Nutmeg”, which precipitated a laughing jag from Janeane Garafolo.

Yes, things are getting fun here in ConNEDicut! (and yeah, you can expect more of those awful Ned-isms in the future)

JWR #76, I have to say it, how much did they pay her to say that?

Dang, Dr. Dean is spectacular with Noron– catch it if you can at the replay. Sssssmokin’ What a contrast to the chimpster and frist and mehlman– I’ll stop there.

Hell, as much as I really don’t care for Hemingway, in this case I favor a single declarative statement:
“Watergate Sex Scandal”
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Everybody knows H2Ogate; append sex scandal and you’ve got 2 powerful images married. (so to speak)

I think trent #71 is either a troll or a bot. There have been a few of these over at Making Light: different names, different addies, same words.

Ever wonder how much oil and gas we could have saved if higher CAFE standards and solar/wind power had been pushed for the last ten or fifteen years? Yes, Shrub could have asked years ago; Congress, being the rubber stamps that they are, would have passed it. Even five years would have helped. (The Detroit automakers always poormouth this sort of thing: they did it for seatbelts, for airbags, for bumper standards, for CAFE standards in previous decades … and then they manage to meet the standards anyway.)

“…â€My attitude is that the oil companies need to be mindful that the American people expect them to reinvest their cash flows in such a way that it enhances our energy security,†Bush said.â€

Like, for example, 1/2 billion dollar retirement packages for all board members.

I don’t but the “half a dozen congressmen†thing one bit. Fifteen years means a whole pack of ‘em got some hospitality. That little black book they’re talking about is the most valuable item of its kind in American political history.

and i’d wager that includes a good number of the washington d.c. press corps.

Here’s a good one for weekend DoD pimps:

Asleep at the Wheel

David Schuster re Rove on Hardball just now. Nuttin’ new, but he continues to stress how Rove testified 7 months after Luskin/Vivnovka drinkeepoos, but only 3 days after prosecuters first ordered Cooper to spill. Also, did Libby and Rover “coordinate their testimony?”

re: Fitz’s ten days. Ten BUSINESS days is May 12. So, expostfacto in the pool, I’ll put in on that. It also is middling on the prior ‘2-3 wks’ report.

Is there a doctor in the house?

re #71: BushCo says ALL options on the table. I would think includes direct participation in multilateral talkes, active engagement with Russia re Iran, and if all else fails, direct talks with Iran. They said it themselves: ALL options on the table. Some one should keep track of how many options are actually taken before they start blowing up people and stuff.

does doctor of doobage count?

op99 86
“Also, did Libby and Rover “coordinate their testimony?â€
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IANF (I Ain’t No Fitz) but that has been MY operating assumption since Day 1, more or less. Now, as to whatever Fitz has or can find and prove, well that’s a horse of a different color.

wrt to America’s torture, Wapoo reporting that lawyer for Lt. Col. Steven L. Jordan said he has been notified that Army officials plan charges including dereliction of duty, conduct unbecoming an officer, lying to investigators and a separate fraud charge that is unrelated to the Abu Ghraib. Is this the first officer?

Shez #79 – Good question. I’m not very good at parsing “denials”, but hers was an interesting choice of words. Following-up: Via Atrios, Laura Rozen has more on the limo service.

http://www.warandpiece.com/blogdirs/004065.html

letter to G*d

Via the poorman. Very, very funny.

Laura Rozen has an interesting bit of analysis about Forni-gate: the limo company picked up prositutes from Northern Virginia and brought them to DC.

Can you say “sex trafficing?”

This is gonna get good…

[reaches for popcorn]

I have to tell you, anyone who has ever been through a fundie sermon or revival – has heard the word “fornicate”.

ramble
I remember that special time growing up when I had to sort through whether or not fornication was a special kind of sex that required participation of foreigners, or as seemed to be implied at times, asses (if you’ve been through a revival and nodded off a few times, you know of which I speak)in order to be successfully accomplished. I also learned that the Bible doesn’t come with a glossary. /ramble

egregious- what’s up ?

Sickening racism alive and well in the good ole USA. Torture approved by the highest authority in the land, killing of brown people ok and encouraged. I hear it a lot including in the grocery line. Racial epithets are a-ok again. I hear adults saying these things, demonizing and ridiculing those that are different. If they have no compunction about saying these things in public, just guess what Jr. is learning and hearing at home? This demonization goes to skin color, race, religion, language and sexual orientation. Tacit approval by the CM and loud endorsement by the wingnuts. Never do you hear a wingnut celebrating those things we have in common; rather they shine their slimy light on the differences– it’s their M.O. and seems to work for them.

That oil price will come down anyday. Natural gas prices too. All we have to do is vote for that GOPster idea I heard this morning on the news to lift even more restrictions on drilling. That’s all. We just missed the sweet spot is all. Just a few more wells and payday’s here. You all just wait. Gusher’s coming in. Oil and gas will be cheap as trash any day now. That’s what Bushie and boys said on 2001. You can look it up.

Big Rock Candy Mountain. Lakes o’ gravy and o’whiskey too. All that good’s stuff’s coming to you. Woohoo!

You guys have no faith. Back in 2001 WH said if there had been a sensible energy poicy in place five or ten year, there’d be no problem with energy prices. Well, it’s five years of Bush has just gone by. Any day them gushers will come it. Oil companies spend all those tax breaks on exploration, see. Just wait, any day. You’ll see. Then you’ll feel like a fool, huh? Won’t you now?

I can hardly wait. It’ll be cheap as air. Whoo hoo.

Fitzgerald’s Headfake “It’s Not Just about Rove and Cooper”
April 27 post with a live thread:
by emptywheel
For hard core Plameologists, this thread has almost doubled in comments since yesterday.

Congrats Bob 78!
Bobby 74. I can’t believe I’m doing this, but to come to Bush’s defense on the “cash flows” rather than net profits – there is a thing in the O & G business called percentage depletion that is, to O &G, a bit what depreciation is to real property, except in times of increasing oil and gas prices – way better. http://www.law.cornell.edu/usc…..-000-.html

“IANF (I Ain’t No Fitz)”

Bwahahahaha Blank Kludge

My Goddess this thread is a classic comedy/tragedy. I’ve laughed and cried.

text of local news online poll:

“Are you interested in seeing movies based on the September 11th attacks?”
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69% NO
31% yes
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Tune in @ 11 for results (total votes not disclosed/tallied. I can see why-site is so kludgily ‘busy’ adding another code widget would let you load the thing about twice a day.).
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My vote is in with the sixty-niners. Nice number that.

Aw, darn it — I did not win the Chevy Tahoe commercial thing– just got an email. Wonder why??? :>)

Does anyone know if any of the networks have Moronometers? B/c the next time Chimpy speaks, it would make very interesting viewing (CNBC just had His Galactic Moroness on for sec.)

Maybe Neilsen has one.

BTW – I Moronometers don’t actually exist, I say we develop one, and call it a site visit counter for Freeperland.

GSD-
The moronometric scale:

Bush 10
Fitz 0

Remember, its logorhythmic *G*

I loved watching how Bill Kristol’s face changed colors during the course of the Corbert interview. He started flax colored, a dark beige. As Kristol stammered through the “New American Century” questions he had reddened to a burnt umber. By the end of the interview Kristol was positively mauve. It was beautiful.

Kristol’s forehead veins were poppin’!

Muzzy–am prob just tired. Tomorrow I promise I’ll put my combat boots back on. A poster said of todays 33rd scandal “somebody should be screaming about this,” normally I would jump in but today just thought, someone else will have to take this one and hope the world doesn’t blow up in the interim.

You know, Noron is very pretty. Her judgement, pitiful.

Her laugh is positively the most irritating one I have ever heard… honking, wildly inappropriate, and just makes me grit my already suffering teeth. I had to buy a nightguard for my poor teeth, cause I grind like crazy and it has been going on now for just over 6 yrs…

Noron has joined the likes of Paula Zahn and Rita Cosby for me. Pure, unadulterated irritation.

Billmon’s asking the question…why buy one when you can get two for three times the price?

egregious, it sounds like scandal fatigue and I don’t think a doctor can help, unless it’s a spin doctor. Even then, they’re doing their best, aren’t they, and it’s not really working anymore.

Am also dealing with a headache today, I can’t decide if it’s the weather, the scandal or the amount of time I spend reading ant-sized words waiting for a scrap of good news. Time for more meds.

ps, if you really have a medical issue, egreg, I’m here for a little while. ;-)

I think Arbitron ranks the Lower Pioneer Valley as something like the 75 media market in USA. We have 2 UFH OTA stations. (NBC/ABC) A third was added to abide some FCC home rule. It is the CBS outlet (really Hartford). They now have local news. I haven’t visited that site yet. The NBC outlet was the ‘too busy’ with crap page with the online poll about the 911 movie. (Don’t know ownership.)

The ABC outlet has a snappy page that loads tout suite. It is owned by Sinclair. (Historicallly, this station is second fiddle to the NBC competitor in ratings). Here’s their online poll question:

“S THE CLASSROOM BECOMING TOO POLITICALLY CORRECT?
TWO LEXINGTON FAMILIES CLAIM SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS VIOLATED THEIR CIVIL RIGHTS BY NOT TELLING THEM BEFORE DISTRIBUTING STORYBOOKS DEPICTING GAY RELATIONSHIPS TO THEIR CHILDREN. THEY FILED A LAWSUIT THURSDAY IN FEDERAL COURT IN BOSTON. THE PARENTS BELIEVE SCHOOL OFFICIALS BYPASSED THEIR PARENTAL RIGHTS . THE SUPERINTENDENT SAYS THEY’RE NOT OBLIGATED TO INFORM PARENTS WHENEVER THERE ARE REFERENCES TO SEXUAL ORIENTATION.
YES
THE CLASSROOM IS TOO POLITICALLY CORRECT.
NO
IS THE CLASSROOM IS NOT TOO POLITICALLY CORRECT.”(sic)
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You do have to actively seek this oneby clicking; the other one is ‘frontpaged’.
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Lexington is about 75 miles east of here, and has nothing in common with this market.

Jane’s got a new thread.

zen–thanks, that’s really great of you. The likely diagnosis is recovering from a daughterectomy taken out of my timespace. She got married last Saturday. Beautiful, but too much to think about all at once. Then throw in the normal scandals and prospective war against Iran, and I just want to crawl under my blanket and eat cookies for a while. May I?

egregious says:
April 28th, 2006 at 2:24 pm

Is there a doctor in the house?

Hi egreious -

If you’d like to get in touch, you can email me.

I’m not sure about the etiquette of me posting my email addy here, but if you google my name you’ll get my email addy.

Kirk

Angie – 111

Oh, I disagree. Rita Cosby is MUCH MUCH worse. I will never ever forget the time that I stumbled (very accidently, mind you) across her program when Tom Delay was on. It was absolutely disgusting to watch her fawn all over this sleazebag, asking questinos like “Are we going to see Tom Delay rise up off the mat to once again to become the force he always was?” You could see the glowing adoration in her face. It was revolting.

I also want to clear my throat for some reason every 15 seconds when listening to her.

Ick.

Back to Iran (which probably is always on someone’s radar screen in the WH)

A friend at work suggested that I review the Libby letter to Miller just to refresh my memory as to its overall weirdness.

Imagine my surprise when I read the penultimate paragraph:

“You went to jail in the summer. It is fall now. You will have stories to cover–Iraqi elections and suicide bombers, biological threats and the Iranian nuclear program. Out West, where you vacation, the aspens will already be turning. They turn inclusters, because their roots connect them. Come back to work–and life.”

So, this was September 15, 2005…..

zeppo 118– one of the best things that has happened to me recently is that just after K.O. I don’t have to hear her scratchy, puling voice. Now I don’t have to lunge for the remote, I just have to listen very briefly to Joe Scarborough. ick too, but not so very offensive with his far more dulcet tones.

egregious – I hear you. Yesterday, my healthy non-medication taking dad had an angiogram after an *almost* entirely normal treadmill exam. At this minute, he is undergoing a quadruple bypass surgery. So yes, my thoughts have been consumed by other things the last couple of days. Sometimes you’ve got to remember to take a step back.

Take Care !

Egregious,

give yourself a break – we all need one from time to time

mfi, muzzy, thanks, I really appreciate this.

Now on to the next post: Rush arrested!

Let me put in a good word for the “sex workers” who were allegedly carted over the state line to indulge the Republican lawmakers.

We refrain from calling African Americans “niggers”, we don’t call Jews “kikes”, nor do we refer to Mexicans as “wetbacks” or “beaners”. Well, most of us don’t. So when we refer to sex workers as “whores” or “hookers” or even “prostitutes”, we are demeaning and demonizing a group of working women (and men), and enabling them to be victimized and exploited.

Yeah, I know, I giggle at the whole idea of a bunch of rectitudinous and pompous male legislators being taken down by a sex scandal, but really, if the only way they can have sex is by paying for it, they should be the objects of our pity. Or maybe we should just consider them as upholders of the free market system at its finest.

I know, I know..the Gate thingy.

That’s why Watergate-gate is snark supreme.

And Watergate is the neo-con nightmare.

Mwahahaaa.

“Bush’s Pole Dance”
that is so wrong

Showboy.

egregious 115 – it’s OK to let go.

(I sent this to digby, in case anyone here wants to see it, and I do apologize to the squeamish, but it’s real ugly out there…tl)

I am a foreign correspondent who has covered several wars, mostly in Latin America, and I was often miffed to see corpses of both civilians and rebel combatants with their pants pulled down to their knees.

During the massive urban battles in El Salvador during November 1989, I saw and photographed several corpses on the streets of the capital city in that very state, many of them civilians.

We reporters started to compare notes among ourselves, and with some non-US diplomats, and it became clear that this was a generalized occurrence.

One day, I was out covering the urban combats with a local TV cameraman who had previously been in the military academy – before deciding that was not the life for him – and I asked him: Mauricio, what is up with that?

He told me that it was pretty standard practice, taught in the government military academy. To sodomize your victim just before you kill him, or as you are killing him, served dual purposes:for one, it rendered the ultimate humiliation of the perceived enemy; and, more importantly, was the ultimate dehumanization of the victim, rendering him (it) as something on a lower level of being, and thus unworthy of the perpetrators’ shame or guilt (or so the theory went).

Small wonder that my new journo pal chose to join our profession, over his previous vocation.

Did I forget to mention that the Salvadoran army was trained and directed by the US military?

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FDL postscript: Abu Ghraib did not surprise me one bit, sadly so.

was it just me or was noron’s laughter out of control and plain annoying when she was interviewing Pantoliano and Wuhl?