Comments on: Drama http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:26:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: jinny http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96976 jinny Wed, 10 May 2006 05:18:24 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96976 <p>OT- <b>â€Microsoft warns of two “critical” security flaws</b></p> <p>Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned of a “critical” security flaw in its Windows operating system and another in its business Exchange software that could allow attackers to take control of a computer.<br /> Microsoft, whose Windows operating system runs on 90 percent of the world’s computers, issued patches to fix the problems as part of its monthly security bulletin.<br /> The world’s biggest software maker defines a flaw as “critical” when the vulnerability could allow a damaging Internet worm to replicate without the user doing anything to the machine.â€â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦.</p> <p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/zqqlv">http://tinyurl.com/zqqlv</a></p> OT- â€Microsoft warns of two “critical” security flaws

Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday warned of a “critical” security flaw in its Windows operating system and another in its business Exchange software that could allow attackers to take control of a computer.
Microsoft, whose Windows operating system runs on 90 percent of the world’s computers, issued patches to fix the problems as part of its monthly security bulletin.
The world’s biggest software maker defines a flaw as “critical” when the vulnerability could allow a damaging Internet worm to replicate without the user doing anything to the machine.â€â€¦â€¦â€¦â€¦.

http://tinyurl.com/zqqlv

]]> By: BarbaraB http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96867 BarbaraB Wed, 10 May 2006 03:38:08 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96867 <p>wesgpc 204 — That’s about it, with the caveat that not even public revulsion now will prevent the threat of totalitarianism from rearing its head later. Most of the public was pretty revulsed at Nixon by the end — but he did still have nearly a third of the country supporting him as he got on the helicopter. I spent a year on the staff of a Senate committee investigating intelligence abuses, and now, 30 years later, it’s deja vu all over again. Recognizing that does not mean giving up the fight; it just means reminding ourselves that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. </p> <p>If Bush attacks Iran without Congressional authorization, then certainly all bets are off — but unless the Democrats take back Congress by enough of a margin that the defection of the DINOs won’t matter, I have the horrible feeling that even that would’t be enough to insure his removal from office. In fact, if he acts before November, he could probably get Congressional authorization if he orchestrates things carefully enough and the Democrats can’t sustain a filibuster. Scary times.</p> wesgpc 204 — That’s about it, with the caveat that not even public revulsion now will prevent the threat of totalitarianism from rearing its head later. Most of the public was pretty revulsed at Nixon by the end — but he did still have nearly a third of the country supporting him as he got on the helicopter. I spent a year on the staff of a Senate committee investigating intelligence abuses, and now, 30 years later, it’s deja vu all over again. Recognizing that does not mean giving up the fight; it just means reminding ourselves that eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.

If Bush attacks Iran without Congressional authorization, then certainly all bets are off — but unless the Democrats take back Congress by enough of a margin that the defection of the DINOs won’t matter, I have the horrible feeling that even that would’t be enough to insure his removal from office. In fact, if he acts before November, he could probably get Congressional authorization if he orchestrates things carefully enough and the Democrats can’t sustain a filibuster. Scary times.

]]> By: aReader http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96836 aReader Wed, 10 May 2006 03:05:00 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96836 <p>Per Valley Girl #43 above:</p> <p><i>“… political litmus tests in the awarding of government contracts undermines the integrity of our government and leads to a <b>waste of taxpayer dollars</b>,” Lautenberg said in a letter to Bush</i></p> <p>That’s something that will play in both Blue and Red states.</p> Per Valley Girl #43 above:

“… political litmus tests in the awarding of government contracts undermines the integrity of our government and leads to a waste of taxpayer dollars,” Lautenberg said in a letter to Bush

That’s something that will play in both Blue and Red states.

]]> By: Rayne http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96828 Rayne Wed, 10 May 2006 02:56:32 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96828 <p>Valley Girl (202) — thank you, thank you!! I’ve been poking around in the Aspens for awhile now, and I’m beginning to think that like the TownHall.com arm of Heritage Foundation, it’s a RICO organization.</p> Valley Girl (202) — thank you, thank you!! I’ve been poking around in the Aspens for awhile now, and I’m beginning to think that like the TownHall.com arm of Heritage Foundation, it’s a RICO organization.

]]> By: aReader http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96801 aReader Wed, 10 May 2006 02:37:49 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96801 <p>Jackson/HUD story has legs!</p> <p><a href="http://dallas.bizjournals.com/dallas/stories/2006/05/08/daily19.html">http://dallas.bizjournals.com/.....ily19.html</a></p> <p>Also, I love it that Lautenberg has chosen to point out that this parctice costs the taxpayers money.</p> Jackson/HUD story has legs!

http://dallas.bizjournals.com/…..ily19.html

Also, I love it that Lautenberg has chosen to point out that this parctice costs the taxpayers money.

]]> By: ck http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96787 ck Wed, 10 May 2006 02:26:58 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96787 <p>cujo359 205 –</p> <p>maybe using “Black Helicopters” as a lead in joke — then segue into “every phone call you make, every email you send, might be intercepted by Bush’s illegal NSA spying program” — something like that.</p> cujo359 205 –

maybe using “Black Helicopters” as a lead in joke — then segue into “every phone call you make, every email you send, might be intercepted by Bush’s illegal NSA spying program” — something like that.

]]> By: Cujo359 http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96778 Cujo359 Wed, 10 May 2006 02:20:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96778 <p>ck @ 6:32 pm (#183) - Not sure how you’d craft such a message, but there’s certainly plenty of paranoia on the right that ought to be exploitable.</p> ck @ 6:32 pm (#183) – Not sure how you’d craft such a message, but there’s certainly plenty of paranoia on the right that ought to be exploitable.

]]> By: wesgpc http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96775 wesgpc Wed, 10 May 2006 02:19:06 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96775 <p>BarbaraB #196: I like your comment and think it is thoughtful. Um… not sure what your conclusion is, tough. I think it *should* be: sunlight best disinfectant, need a convincing public exposure of bad deeds that forces public revulsion at Bushite wing of GOP only real solution to monster coming back from defeat in even more horrifying form next time. That public awareness and very broad based political revulsion more important than impeachment or legal proceedings that do not have broad public support or do not have a very solid legal basis.<br /> (Of course, if BushCo actually on verge of pre-emptive Iran nuke attack, or some similar disaster, then all bets off in doing whatever to save country)</p> BarbaraB #196: I like your comment and think it is thoughtful. Um… not sure what your conclusion is, tough. I think it *should* be: sunlight best disinfectant, need a convincing public exposure of bad deeds that forces public revulsion at Bushite wing of GOP only real solution to monster coming back from defeat in even more horrifying form next time. That public awareness and very broad based political revulsion more important than impeachment or legal proceedings that do not have broad public support or do not have a very solid legal basis.
(Of course, if BushCo actually on verge of pre-emptive Iran nuke attack, or some similar disaster, then all bets off in doing whatever to save country)

]]> By: *ilson46201 http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96774 *ilson46201 Wed, 10 May 2006 02:19:03 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96774 <p>new thread - new hope</p> new thread – new hope

]]> By: Valley Girl http://firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96773 Valley Girl Wed, 10 May 2006 02:18:27 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/05/09/drama/#comment-96773 <p><a href="http://www.nndb.com/org/760/000051607/">http://www.nndb.com/org/760/000051607/</a><br /> Aspen Institute</p> <p><a href="http://www.nndb.com/people/498/000062312/">http://www.nndb.com/people/498/000062312/</a></p> <p>Alphonso Jackson AKA Alphonso Roy Jackson<br /> Born: 9-Sep-1945<br /> Birthplace: Marshall, TX<br /> Gender: Male<br /> Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian<br /> Ethnicity: Black<br /> Sexual orientation: Straight<br /> Occupation: Government<br /> []Aspen Institute Fellow 1995</p> http://www.nndb.com/org/760/000051607/
Aspen Institute

http://www.nndb.com/people/498/000062312/

Alphonso Jackson AKA Alphonso Roy Jackson
Born: 9-Sep-1945
Birthplace: Marshall, TX
Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Government
[]Aspen Institute Fellow 1995

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