I’m sensing a wee bit of a projection epidemic going on these days. Richard Cohen talks about a "they" who supported the war as if he wasn’t one of them, Debbie "adios, motherfuckers" Howell wants to lecture liberal bloggers on civil discourse, and then there was the right wing effort to hand over their Malkin problem to the left (and Sadly, No! treats this hypocrisy with appropriate reverence here.)
Which brings us to Jeff Goldstein, who frequently leaves off eating paste to make up quotes and attribute them to me or accuse me of being drunk. Now, I don’t drink, smoke or take drugs, recreationally or otherwise (and none of the Rush Limbaugh white man "I get my drugs from the pharmacy…wait, they’re legal!!! What about my civil rights?!!! Call the ACLU!!!" bullshit either — unless you count the occasional Advil, multivitamin or the cup of coffee Kobe lets me have when I take him to Starbucks drive-through for his pumpkin loaf every morning). I’ve done my share in the past thank you very much, but I think the last beer I drank was over six years ago. No value judgment involved in either lifestyle, but that was then and this is now. I used to wake up in the morning thinking of ways to use my mom’s best towels as carpet for my Barbie house too but I don’t do that any more, either.
The point is simply that Goldstein can’t even get his facts straight, as usual. But considering his recent ode to Klonopin, I have to wonder — is this yet another case of right wing projection? Within a group of people who equate riding New York elevators or fighting islamofascism on X-Box with actually serving in Iraq, appropriate self-image is obviously in short supply. And I don’t mean to make light of the situation. If Goldstein’s use of the drug is appropriate, good for him, no judgment on that either. But given his frequent moods swings, his tendency to project substance abuse problems onto others and his proclivity for writing 15,000 word treatises in defense of poor comprehension, there do seem to be a few excessive tendencies in evidence. If it’s a genuine problem, I sincerely hope he gets help.
In any event, stepping away from the keyboard and closing the Latin root dictionary to engage in a little self-reflection might be in order.
I gave up playing with Barbies long ago. But I’m sure Lindsay Beyerstein will back me up on this: there never seems to be any shortage of little boys willing to dunk your pigtails in the ink well to get your attention.
(*yawn*)
(image courtesy Atrios, who has shown some profound insight into Goldstein in the past.)
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He He! FDL and Fitz!
Fitzgeraldo !
Fitz!! Great post at HuffPo, Jane!
At last a chance to (almost) weigh in first and not say anything about the mere firstness of it! Oh, wait a minute….
OT-
This is National Nurses Week, and I would like to pay tribute to Zennurse and all the other nurses in the FDL community. We couldn’t live without you.
first in fitz – not!
yet fitz is first -
now and ever shall be
’til the scandals do end
amen amen
(pardons to all for the fitzoxology!)
Goldstein what a tool. The presnit is at 30% and sinking. Time to wake up and smell the coffee. The prez’s shit does stink and all but the wackyest of the wacky can see it clearly!
Drive-thru Starbucks? What better way to illustrate the NY/LA cultural divide.
I just posted this in the Cheney thread, so I’ll post here as well:
I only caught the tail end of Abrams report, but I thought I heard Shuster say a Rove indictment within a couple of hours or something to that effect? There was a question mark on it in the banner underneath, so I don’t know how definite this is.
Did anyone else hear the whole report from Shuster?
What a blowhard rude boy– you put him in well-deserved company.
P.S. He sounds jealous and a devout worshiper at the altar of Rovian slimeball tactics.
and buying Starbucks pumpkin loaf for poodles? my pitbabies are eternally grateful for chicken skin and watermelon rind as treats…
CNN reporting that Katherine Harris was “chewing the president’s ear off when he landed in FL” …. just enjoyed that image.
Did everyone check out the diary that op99 linked to in the last thread?
http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/5/9/135753/5360
FDL is going through the roof! Check out the last graph and the comments.
You guys are doing great work.
Steve says:
May 9th, 2006 at 1:39 pm
Drive-thru Starbucks? What better way to illustrate the NY/LA cultural divide.
———————————————————-
Hardly. Those things are springing up everywhere. We have them here in Houston. Suburban moms rave about them, because you don’t have to herd the kids from the car to the cafe and back again just to get a cup of coffee.
Steve 8 — I’m in Oregon. What’s your point?
OT – anyone who has dogs and hasn’t read “Marley and Me” really should; it was a great book – I laughed out loud at many places, and, of course, cried like a baby at the end.
Terre,
I didn’t hear Shuster place a time frame on the charges.
He did reiterate his opinion that the lack of target letter meant little as Libby recieved a call from Fitz on the morning of his indictment.
-GSD
WATBs–Cohen, Goldstein, et al
Drive-thru Starbucks and Caribou Coffee up here in America’s Outback.
protean wiz-dumb. what a jerk.
kirby @ 5– thanks for that reminder and I’ll second that comment! :>)
btw, the Secret Service is supposed to release the Abramoff WhiteHouse visiting logs tomorrow…
Jane, it looks like you’ve slashdotted proteinwisdom.com. They must not get much traffic (?).
Uh oh, I think one of the links is not working. The part where Goldstein accuses Jane of being drunk is not working.
Sometimes I’d like to be able to drink a lot, except I don’t have tolerance, time or stamina. I guess Goldsteins and Hitchens of the world don’t understand some of don’t take Klonopin or whatever . The word is definitely project. I think that Drudge guy does the projecting thing too. In fact the right-wing in general . . .
Prairie Sunshine — They’re popular here in Oregon because of the rain. I use them because I don’t have to get out of the car and leave Kobe, who just LOVES the drive-thru.
Jane, that ink-well image hits home — you amaze me by coming up with such vivid & compelling stuff
Good Afternoon Jane,
before I even start, I need to tell you just seeing the words, ‘Goldstein’ and ‘Ode to Klonopin’ on the screen produced a guacamole spew of volcanic proportions – I swear on the lives of my children – this 12 year old keyboard cover I dragged from storage in anticipation of Fitzmas maybe the best $7 I’ve ever spent in my life! – omg Jane, I’m not even sure the tears will stop long enough for me to finish the post – but I’m gonna try
Thanks GSD. My heart about dropped when I only caught that teeny portion of Shusters report.
Remember, kids…When liberals take drugs, they’re flouting the law like the Dionysian malcontents that they are…When Republicans take drugs, it’s merely a proactive effort to save the children from the evil clutches of dope…That is all‘
;>)
CNN reporting that Katherine Harris was “chewing the president’s ear off when he landed in FLâ€
Kathrine Harris, blech. Actually Chris Shays apparently jumped into the limo Bush & the gov. of CT were sitting and talked non-stop all the way from Tweed to Bridgeport. I am strangely fond of Shays, and not just because of that. I wonder how many congresscritters are jumping into Bush’s limo to chew his ear off when he visits their states.
Can you imagine being double teamed by the bush brothers…
horrors, but couldn’t happen to a more appropriate gal.
>>>>>>>
Harris was waiting for the president as his plane landed in Tampa. But as she spoke animatedly for several minutes and kept a firm grip on the president’s hand, he wore a grim expression.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/…..ryid=57313
Our cocker spaniels, Marley and Nova, love drive-thrus as long as they give doggie treats.
Props today to John Roberts on CNN in the Situation Room today. Would that he could be there everyday so one wouldn’t have to wonder whether Wolfie was about to strangle himself on his syntax and sentences in paragraph form.
kirby 5
angie 20
Add me too.
kristinejoy 13, maybe that’s why protein boy has a such hair up his ass about our Jane.
poor Katherine Harris! her Senatorial campaign is going down the tubes – Jeb even said so. Maybe she wants the Preznit to campaign for her? Mr. 31% ?
self-certification doesn’t work for the left, any more than it works for wingnutians or richard cohen. the blogosphere is the free flow of ideas. the ideas need to float on their own…because they’re well supported ideas, or unique, interesting, etc. No one cares who the messenger was.
Blank Kludge @ 2:02 pm #(32) Me three, or whatever.
This is a standard republican ploy of attacking democrats where repubs are weakest. Bush and his National Guard problems? Attack Kerry’s vietnam war service.
By portraying left leaning blogs as “loonie” or “Outside the mainstream” or “angry/hate-filled” they seek to marginalize the blogs. Make no mistake. This is an organized plan. Too many right wing wackos are picking up on the “left wing wacko” meme.
“Oh, who can trust what that Hamsher lady, says, you know, they’re all so shrill.” Standard republican ploy. If you can’t attack the message, attack the messenger.
OT – Kavanaugh
http://tinyurl.com/mvdqu
Some of the little boys will be around to determine our civil liberties as well.
Luckily, they will “call them as they see them.”
They being the same they that drafted signing statements, objected to exec privilege vis a vis Clinton, revelled in exec privilege like a dog rolling in a cow field vis a vis Bush, and worked the torture circuit without objections – while managing to not get their hands dirty on an actual memo. After all – why research a position when you can just call them as you see them.
Recusing from cases involving the Admin – after working hand in glove as a part of the Admin —
Somehow you can’t see it – can you?
DC Circuit – the court of appeal for the GITMO, the wiretap, the Exec Priv, the Abramoff, the Rove and the legal torture cases.
Luckily – Foggo will likely give Kavanaugh(Starr pupil) a case or two in his area of expertise.
*ilson46201 34
maybe she should consider tubal litigation.
“hypocricy” hypocrisy http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hypocrisy
[I gave off playing with Barbies long ago]?
Angie, the idea of begging either of those two for a favor sends shivers up my spine. I read a profile somewhere and came to the conclusion that she’s I want when I want rich person.
What better way to illustrate the NY/OR cultural divide?
Kirby #5 Me, four!
kirby, aren’t you one of our nurses as well ?
so funny you mentioned it b/c I was thinking this am, about how many there are in this wonderful community – and how unselfish they are with their expertise !
All that said, I still wish the Dems would get off their collective butts and just ADMIT that they were wrong to vote for the war in Iraq. I don’t even think it would sound that bad at this point. What sounds bad is their endless rationalization and pretension to still support their bad decision in the first place.
Preteen Wisdom
On the other hand, if Bush disses Harris, think of all the things she may have to tell in some expose autobiography. Heh!
Molly Ivins is a hoot today, unlike the blockhead Jeff.
>>>>>>
The Best Little Whorehouse in Washington
by Molly Ivins
Of course I am above sex, drugs, and rock ’n’ roll. So serious a servant of the public interest am I, I can fogey with the best: On my better days, I make David Broder look like Page Six.
I don’t care what anyone smoked 20 years ago, I approve of those who boogie till they puke, and I don’t care who anyone in politics is screwing in private, as long as they’re not screwing the public.
On other hand, if you expect me to pass up a scandal involving poker, hookers, and the Watergate building with crooked defense contractors and the No. 3 guy at the CIA, named Dusty Foggo (Dusty Foggo?! Be still my heart), you expect too much. Any journalist who claims Hookergate is not a legitimate scandal is dead—has been for some time and needs to be unplugged. In addition to sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll, Hookergate is rife with public-interest questions, misfeasance, malfeasance and non-feasance, and many splendid moral points for the children. Recommended for Sunday school use, grades seven and above.
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0509-20.htm
a slight majority of Democrats in Congress voted against the War on Iraq — its the Democratic minority that needs to fess up and be contrite…
Tag “Random Wingnuttery”
Milk through nose ;)
#43 cbl,
Yes, I am a nurse, too, and just came back from an interview at a small home care agency run by the Franciscan Sisters (the world HQ is here in CT!). I still don’t think of myself as one working with nuns, but the bottom line is that they put the patients first, and deal with the finances separately. Sounds like a little piece of Nirvana.
Oh geebus, Thesaurus Rex has this to say of J.goldstein:Well, maybe he can get booked into Hazelden as Patrick Kennedy’s roomie. Wouldn’t that be sweet?
No way, poor Patrick Kennedy. Keep separate. They can meet in the solarium or sun room if needs be.
On Steve-8….I was thinking he was referring to the lack of drive thru windows in general in nyc possibly.
Katherine Harris…..probably reminding him just who helped hand him that election in 2000. I’d bet she has a pile of dirt and could be pretty vindictive if so inclined. Wanna bet she’s telling him she’s not happy with brother Jeb’s recent statements?
Gee, whaddyathink Katy Harris was saying in Bush’s ear?
Maybe, “You OWE ME, man!â€
After all, she managed to hand him the election without worrying about votes or democracy or anything complicated like that.
Kobe gets pumpkin loaf every day? Lucky doggie. I had cover my kitty’s eyes when that came on the screen.
Oscarsmom #44:
Having already allowed themselves to be defined as the flip-flopping mommy party, what have the Dems got to lose by saying: “This war isn’t working. We need to try something else.”?
Geez Louise, it isn’t like it’s (a) obvious or (b) lacking in support by the majority of voters in this country.
Never mind, please pass the Klonopin(R).
Am I just unable to use this site properly?
Or are there indeed no pictures of any of the dogs on this site?
I am enormously curious about what all of the dogs look like. My guess is that the West Coast variety are large, and the East Coast variety are small. But I want to know for sure.
Kirby, excellant if you take that job. Hope all goes well. Happy nurses day to all.
mui #46—Maybe she can take back her decision to certify the FL election results?
op99
Too true. And don’t forget about the tawdry sexism of it all. The humilation of being brazenly taken to task by TwoChicksTyping.
Gotta love it.
Hey Kirby, there’s lots of things worse than the company of nuns – could turn out to be a real ‘perk’
btw everyone -
I believe one of Klonopin’s lesser known side effects (You actually have to read the warnings in the box to find it) is -
Priapia
Katherine’s problem stems from turning tricks for these 2 clowns and expecting the ‘cheating husbands’ to be loyal to her. But cheaters usually remain true to their lack of conscience and the thrill of the hunt & users never change their stripes. Payback is…..
mui #46—Maybe she can take back her decision to certify the FL election results? Oh I wish.
If this were a science fiction movie, we could have EPU or J i O travel back in time and rip the curtain of off Oz. I like to imagine alternate history.
Oscarsmom #58……….we must be on the same wave length.
*ilson, I bet Abramoff visited lots of important people lots of times at the big white house. Should be interesting. Sources say that the MSM has received Rove’s instructions to keep the reporting low key and mix in the word “democrats” whenever possible.
angie #61. Tsk, tsk. That is very funny though.
Molly + Feingold + Conyers for the new party.
I love this place. That is all.
Klonipin. All the mental patients drool for it.
What a concept: a drug that works for about two weeks to treat the symptoms of panic and breakthrough anxiety–then makes all the symptoms worse! So ya need more klonipin! Which makes the symptoms worse! Ha-ha! It’s genius!
Imagine if Abramoff wrote a truthful expose autobiography too!!!
Somebody get a good picture of the Bush Brothers arm in arm. Would make a great t shirt with the caption, “Dumb and Dumber”. (Jeb would be on the left.)
I hear you, al-Scooter #55 (awesome tag, BTW)!
Ditto the tax cuts for the rich!! They have NOT stimulated the economy, they have NOT done anything they were billed to do except reward those who put GWB in office in the first place . . . I mean really, what are they afraid of?
keyote,
Klonopin, I think is a hard drug to take. I had a limited prescription for what I don’t remember (everytime I get mugged, I freak out) and I couldn’t take it, because I always need to do a lot of reaidng.
There’s a funny contest at tpm muckraker to guess the number of times Abramoff visited the whitehouse.
http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/000596.php
Difficult Lawyer #56
the site is named for Jane’s fondness for sitting in front of the fire with the dogs, watching the Lakers -
if you go over to the search box and type in ‘poodle beach’ should be some pics of some gorgeous Standard Poodles
keyote #68—Klonipin must be made by a Frist-friendly company!
cbl says:
May 9th, 2006 at 2:09 pm
Kirby (5) – Please add me as well.
Mary @ 2:22 pm (#66)
+= Jim McDermott (WA 7) + Dick Durbin (IL)
Mui # 65– tis an analogy that came to mind. She did pull a nasty trick on this country with Jebbus’ help. I cannot abide any of them.
actually, there’s a group in the House of about 60 Congresscritters called “The Progressive Caucus” that most of us would approve of …
Yes angie #78, it is a good analogy. Now for a Norkse soundoff: Never forget, put ‘em all in ankle bracelets.
Oscarsmom at 71, Those tax cuts wuz trickle down economics revisited. See, the rich folks, when they get tax breaks, they hire more people – in China.
I’m thinking maybe the rich folks aren’t as benevolent as the trickle downers think (pretend to think, really) they are. Seems when they get a tax cut, they just hoard more money.
Jeff Goldstein, like most right-wing opinion mongers, seems unaware of the first rule of writing: what you say always reveals as much about you as it does about the subject. Human beings, even those who aren’t so bright, have excellent antennae when it come to sniffing out phonies.
And speaking of sniffing, why do all of these folks seem to emit the sulfurous odor of autodidacticism? They can’t all be home-schooled, can they? Or is it that they just never learned to play well with others?
they hire more people – in China.
So they don’t have to deal with all those “nasty” U.S. employment issues like fair wages. (snark)
I am a Jane Hamsher of the Left! And I dig it!
Mui @ 69:
Imagine if Harris, now jilted by both Bushes in her payoff quest to become Senator (R-Bimbo), after all that hard work of loading the state’s dice and being a lightning rod for progressive scorn for 6 years, decided to do a meltdown presser…’Hell hath no fury…’, etc.
Wouldn’t that be special?
Jane, I am at a loss for words. Your writing intoxicates me. I, too, have ascetic personal habits. I honestly had hoped in some entirely perverse way that yours were not the same habits as mine. Something along the lines of the only club I really want to join would not accept me as a member. I don’t know. You and Christy write like a charm. Thanks.
Oscarsmom #71:
Thanks! But I think I learned all I need to on HuffPo this morning when I read the article about Rupert Murdoch holding a fundraiser for Hillary. Not that you’d see that little item on The Factor.
“I know the wheel’s crooked, but it’s the only game in town!”
Russ, Al, somebody: let’s drag the Democratic Party kicking and screaming out of 2003. You can uncoil from the fetal position now, honest.
People have been putting it together for themselves – We’re not the traitors! They are!
Bush meets K. Harris, doesn’t wear a wedding ring:
http://mydd.com/story/2006/5/9/17438/37557
Darkblack, she did do a lot of work for the brothers I imagine. Payback is a b**** indeed. Of course, doesn’t she have legal problems.
Immanentize, Bon soir!
Kobe is hardly an ascetic snacking on pumpkin bread from Starbucks !
I actually think there’s something to this whole right wingers and drugs/anti-social behavior thing. I have been debating on giving The Waste of Pasteâ„¢ a pass for a while until I am more sure of it, because I actually think the guy’s “tetched,” as we say Down South.
I remember that there was another right wing blogger back in the early days who was quite frank about his social anxiety disorder between posts about the Islamo-fascist-boogieman threat. Damn if I can remember who it was, but I think that they’re gone now. It all sort of fell into place for me after that, and I wrote a kind of snide post called “Birth of the Security Mom” linking anti-social behavior, 9/11 and abuse of Metabolife.
However, I was sort of resting on my laurels after the whole ‘Heart of Darkness’ dustup, and it occurred to me… I think this guy might be seriously crazy, and if that’s the case, then I am going to stop being Part of the Problem.
On the other hand, I didn’t know he was accusing recovering persons of being drunk. That kind of mitigates any shame I might have felt for making fun of the retarded guy.
OT sort of:
Latest Vanity Fair has interview with Darth. Can’t comment on it as I havent’ read it yet but thought I’d bring it up in case someone hasn’t among the threaded tapestry woven here at the wonderful FDL.
Will have to find a way to mask out the photos of he-who-shot-an-old-man-in-the-face in order to bear reading the text. Just looking at images of him gives me nightmares.
Rupert Murdoch holding a fundraiser for Hillary.
Geebus!
Al Gore wrote an article for Vanity Fair, and I bought it only for that reason. Other than that, I detest that Hitchens/Wolff piece of . . .
OT – Ran into this article while I was looking for news about Rove:
http://blog.washingtonpost.com…..ult_1.html
It’s about the world’s reaction to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s letter to President Bush. It includes a link to an awkward, but complete translation of the letter. Also interesting are the comments, which demonstrate that there are folks out there who still haven’t kicked that Koolaid habit.
William Timberman #82:
As you’ve so astutely pointed out, blogs are projective psychology writ large. We could use another round or two of deeper analysis from a pro like Pachacutec on some of the other players (if he’s willing); though, for my dough, Jane’s freaking nailed Goldberg with this post.
Eh, Goldberg, Goldstein, goldbrick, whatever.
85 darkblack- I’m thinking if KH melted down, she would end up looking like Daryl Van Horn in The Witches of Eastwick. Snarling and frothing… beastly mad.
OT Ahmadinejad’s letter is best described as gloating disguised as sanctimonious bloviation. To say that it is strange is a major understatement.
My favorite passage is the following:
“Liberalism and Western style democracy have not been able to help realize the ideals of humanity. Today these two concepts have failed. Those with insight can already hear the sounds of the shattering and fall of the ideology and thoughts of the liberal democratic systems.
We increasingly see that people around the world are flocking towards a main focal point that is the Almighty God. Undoubtedly through faith in God and the teachings of the prophets, the people will conquer their problems. My question for you is: ‘Do you not want to join them?’”
http://medias.lemonde.fr/mmpub…..lettre.pdf
It always brings a tear to my eye when I hear one religious thug invoke the Almighty to diss another equally religious thug (not to mention the riff on liberalism) and reminds me why I think all religions are dangerous and evil.
al-Scooter—I hate to rag on the Dem party all the time, and I get flamed for it a lot . . . it’s just that the stakes are really high this time and I can’t stand watching them shoot themselves in the foot by making really basic mistakes. It’s like they’re always listening to the wrong advisers, or reading the wrong polls, or just making things more complicated than they are. After the last election I decided that the sad fact is, you can’t dumb down the voting process enough, and people are probably going to elect the (seemingly) biggest baddest alpha male out there (not sure how that applies to Hillary, BTW!). Just a working theory. End of rant.
Cujo359,
I have to stop commenting soon, but I am very anxious about Iran. I didn’t have a heart to read an article with the letter. What did you think of the letter?
Although the son of a wealthy newspaper owner in Australia, young Rupert was a wild-ass revolutionary Trotskyite. Capital overtook his brain eventually and he became the money-grubber he is today. He is also famous for his rapprochement with the Red Chinese (mainland) regime to get the license for Chinese satellite-broadcasting. He coddles Tony Blair (blacksheep relative of Kobe). Trying to seduce Hillary politically makes sense for him …
cbl #74
Much obliged.
I knew it would come down to me not knowing how to use the site. :)
I’m hoping there are pictures of Redd’s dogs, too, and I’m hoping for a picture in the drive thru (when I took my Labrador through the drive thru, he thought that the person reaching out the window to deliver the order was reaching out of a building to attack me, and would try to “defend” me).
aReader at 88
Maybe Frodo took it back
May I compliment you, yet again, for the Stewart/Colbert level snark.
Steve @ 8: I know I’m late to the party, but…There’s a funky little town called Ukiah on highway 101 about two hours north of SF, a ex-logging town, turned to supporting the dope growing industry, then to wine growing and making…anyway, for over ten years there’s been a little drive-through coffee kiosk in the old shopping center parking lot. A former drive-through picture place, they now make expresso and lattes and fraps for the grateful middle-Americans on their way in their middle-American pickups, mini-vans, old Civics, and of course, the occasional bicycle. My point? It ain’t just the cool places full of lefties and libs that like their coffee delivered to their car windows.
And William @ 82? You know, progressives home-school too, and they turn out kids that a lot of excellent liberal colleges are actively recruiting. I know, I’ve got one heading off to college this fall. She turns 18 in July, and she’s so excited about voting progressively in November. Just so you know.
Good one, Jane. You smacked the paste right out of his mouth.
I hope to God they throw Katherine Harris under the bus. I’m sure she has a lot of stories to tell. We would all lend a sympathetic ear.
#88 ROFLMAO And just look at the loving way he (GWB) is gazing at her (KHarris)!
*ilson46201,
Murdoch does seem to have a thing for authoritarian governments. Or maybe it’s just coincidence that some of the largest markets have authoritarian gov, ex. China, U.S. (?) He also loves them fake libruls, now it seems.
#88– that is weird, no wedding band. Does he swell up on AF1? No wingnut fundy would be caught without his props, would he? Did he take it in for a cleaning?
Oh wait, Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart…
btw– she does have a two handed desperado grip on him.
mui @ 2:49 pm (#101) – It struck me as being a 17-page rant about what the West and Israel have been doing wrong, followed by a plea to start negotiating. There was nothing substantive in it relative to nuclear proliferation, other than to assert their right to peaceful production of uranium fuel.
I suspect it really is a plea, of sorts. It’s also clearly intended for a wider audience. The references in it to Israel and the Palestinians are probably as much meant for the rest of the Western world, where sympathy for the Palestinians is more widespread, as they are for us.
Not sure what I’d think of this if I were in Bush’s shoes, partly because I wouldn’t have been quite as belligerent as he has about this issue up till now. At this point, knowing what I know, I think a path that gets us back to having complete visibility of all the uranium enrichment processes in Iran is the best one. It takes a considerable diversion of fuel to maintain a weapons grade enrichment program in conjunction with a peaceful one.
Jane, my comment #111 is a response to mui, who wants to go soon, but it seems to require moderation. Could you check it for whatever you need to check it for? Thanks.
Re Murdoch raising money for Hillary — she used to be a Goldwater girl back in her youthful days, didn’t she? They are hoping to do with Hillary what Jack Welch did to Russert and Tweety: persuade them that the real money is on the right wing.
Oscarmom #100:
I try to do my Dem dumps sparingly out of frustration and in the hope that they’ll become a genuinely popular party again.
My undergraduate advisor wrote the definitive work on the Skull & Bones society, so I don’t think it’s an accident that America’s been dumbed down or that elies from both parties have been pursuing the Hegelian ideal for decades. I spent my weekend working a fundraiser that allowed me lots of public contact at a major event. It’s sad to see what much of this country has become. It isn’t just educational levels or behavioral standards, but the sheer incidence of morbid obesity was appalling.
I’m still working at optimism, that the power of a few right ideas can overcome tsunamis of error and evil.
Rupert is a Likudnik, don’t forget. And Hillary has AIPAC so far up her butt, she farts out the letters.
elies = elites. Can’t type today. Must be the Klonopin(R).
al-Scooter: pretty interchangeable if you ask me.
OT, but only slightly — CNN had an interview with Sen. Feinstein in which it turns out that she’s not so high on Hayden as has been reported. She talked about his role in the warrantless wiretaps as being a serious issue, because she says they were illegal. (Yup.) John Roberts then quoted Cornyn as saying the Repubs welcome a fight on the NSA wiretaps — a meme we’ve been hearing a lot of.
What we haven’t been hearing — and I don’t know why — is that the Democrats will also question the General on black site prisons, rendition, and torture. If they are not planning on such qestions, then they really are idiots. Yes, I know he’s not responsible for what the CIA has done in the past, but if he is confirmed, he will be responsible for what they do in the future. He should absolutely be asked about that. He should also be asked whether he agrees with Porter Goss on the need for a CIA exception to the anti-torture statute, as well as what he would do if he received an order to mistreat detainees accompanied by an opinion from Abu that the Preznit’s signing statement and the CIC’s inherent authority make it “lawful” even though Congress has forbidden it.
Cornyn says he would welcome a fight on how far we should go in keeping us safe? A plurality of the public opposes warrantless wiretaps, but that apparently isn’t enough of a clear winner for most Dems to support Feingold. Yet. However, the overwhelming majority of Americans opposes torture. Democrats should welcome that fight, even if, on other issues, they have marshmallows where their spines used to be.
Some goopers are probably realizing that there is going to be an “anti Clusterfuck” president in 2008- and are interviewing the candidates.
mui @ 2:49 pm (#101) – It struck me as being a 17-page rant about what the West and Israel have been doing wrong, followed by a plea to start negotiating. There was nothing substantive in it relative to nuclear proliferation, other than to assert their right to peaceful production of uranium fuel.
I suspect it really is a plea, of sorts. It’s also clearly intended for a wider audience. The references in it to Israel and the Palestinians are probably as much meant for the rest of the Western world, where sympathy for the Palestinians is more widespread, as they are for us.
Not sure what I’d think of this if I were in Bush’s shoes, partly because I wouldn’t have been quite as belligerent as he has about this issue up till now. At this point, knowing what I know, I think a path that gets us back to having complete visibility of all the uranium enrichment processes in Iran is the best one. It takes a considerable diversion of fuel to maintain a weapons grade enrichment program in conjunction with a peaceful one.
[This is a repeat of comment #111, which for some reason needs moderation. Let’s see if it does this time.]
OT–listening to CNN discuss General Hayden–motivates me to print the question I sent to Froomkin for Tony Snow Job’s first press gaggle (see previous thread):
“General Michael Hayden, President Bush’s nominee to be head of the CIA, while at the National Security Agency violated the clear meaning of federal statutory law (FISA) by eavesdropping on Americans without court-issued warrants. Hayden is also on record saying that the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution does not contain a “probable cause†requirement, which it clearly does, as anyone who reads it can plainly see. President Bush has defended the domestic spying program based on a legal theory that as commander in chief, he is not bound by the law. What confidence can the American people have that General Hayden will obey all the laws and will honor Congress’s oversight responsibilities as Director of Central Intelligence?”
w says call 1800medicare and somebody will answer your question… if you’re watching this teevee show. (on CNN)
holy perch!
I almost feel sorry for Katherine Harris. She fixed the election, after all. I can see how she’d expect better thanks than what she’s getting. She gets points for spunk, though. No matter how many knives the Repubs try to stick in her, she just keeps right on going.
marksb #106
I made the same point on FDL myself a couple of weeks ago when the Domenech thing broke. As I remember, I noted that Jedidiah Purdy, who wrote “For Common Things when he was 23,” is — in my opinion — one of the most accomplished essayists of the past 50 years. He was also home schooled, and later a graduate of Harvard and Yale Law School.
My point above was that these right-wing folks often appear isolated and lacking in social skills, and that their writing often smacks of a nerd’s revenge on the rest of us. In such cases, I’d say home schooling is a symptom, not a cause.
Damn. Close quote goes at the end of the title in 122, not after “23.”
johninsacramento – hi there! My husband, a devoted Ringer since jr. high, loves that sign.
Tommy Yum – but if you threw Harris under the bus, her rock-hard implants would puncture the tires and make a big mess. Make sure there are no kids on board first.
mui (#101) – Sorry, I’ve posted a response, and then tried to post it again. Apparently, something in the content is the problem. My guess is my references to element 92 and its possible uses.
al-scooter #113
I couldn’t agree with you more. And for my brief period as a HS teacher, I was appalled that students were allowed 29 absences before they lost credit for the course. We had kids who were tardy every single day because they didn’t like getting up early.
To accomodate the STUDENTS, the classes were rotated so that the chronically tardy wouldn’t miss the same day every day.
There are so few consequences and so many enablers — a friend of mine is doing research on nursing and found that the new graduates think that “professionalism” is wearing scrubs and showing up for work.
Talk about lowering expectations……
uranium and atom bombs?
*ilson46201 @ 3:16 pm (#129) – Well, there’s one theory shot to hell. Actually, I was referring to its other uses, and possible conversion to the use you mention.
Frank Probst says:
May 9th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
I almost feel sorry for Katherine Harris. She fixed the election, after all. I can see how she’d expect better thanks than what she’s getting. She gets points for spunk, though. No matter how many knives the Repubs try to stick in her, she just keeps right on going.
Don’t worry Frank, CNN or Fox will hire her.
Harris may get points for spunk, but I can’t erase from my mind her cat-who-just-ate-the-canary smug mug in 2000. She thought she had it made in the shade and she just couldn’t keep it in.
My guess is that it is only a matter of time before she realizes that she was thrown under the bus a long time ago by BushCo. And then she will sing like that canary she ate. She won’t be able to help it; it’s her nature.
uranium enrichment weapons grade.
penis (just kidding ;0)
uranium as used as a coloring agent in Fiestaware? a real pretty red for sure !
mommybrain– it’s called the Harris Strip and law enforcement depts all over the US are eager to get their hands on it, particularly for use against behemoth SUV’s and Hummers.
(my apologies to law enforcement everywhere, tis a joke!)
Yep, Jane and *ilson, sure enough, if you mention element 92, and the process that makes it useful, it requires moderation.
Kirby, before I get EPUed, thanks to you and Zennurse! I got to work with a fair number of OR nurses over the years and always appreciated the professionalism and concern for patients. You’re a real restorative for my belief in humanity.
I have a cousin who taught nursing in the SE until recently. She’s had a few stories to tell. And she’s gone back to nursing again. I don’t know how teachers survive in some of these places.
Re: my (#133, #130, #111, #120) I’m guessing that there’s some sort of filter built into this commenting software that flags text that might be referring to subjects that could get the website admins in serious trouble.
Now, why ‘atom bombs’ isn’t considered dangerous, I can’t say.
uranium
centrifuge
gaseous diffusion
laser
testing for keywords
al-Scooter, speaking of the other Goldenboy, when PoorMan is on, it is so on:
http://www.thepoorman.net/2006…..s-paradox/
Yeah. I realize that it is important for National Review to target a younger demographic, but it is going to be hard to build much circulation if you appeal exclusively to people who were born yesterday.
Cujo359 says:
May 9th, 2006 at 3:23 pm
Even with no links in the post?
Fine snark technique, even if it’s like fishing a stocked pond. OTOH, those mammoth perch don’t catch themselves.
Stephen Parrish, CPA @ 3:28 pm – (#141) – Apparently. The comments 111, 120, and 133 are exactly as I wrote them. No links and no special HTML tags, either.
Cujo359,
Is o.k. I am back for a limited time. I think the letter may be read in many different ways. And I was wondering what your opinion was. Like I said, I didn’t have heart to read this whole article containing the letter. I am just so anxious for Iran. I can barely pick up a book I have been reading bit by bit, which is Reading Lolita in Tehran.. I am not sure I like the president of Iran anymore than the preznit of the U.S. I worry about the little folks. I also worry about the impact on all the Chinas where I have folks. Boy do I have folks there.
Cujo359,
Is o.k. I am back for a limited time. I think the letter may be read in many different ways. And I was wondering what your opinion was. Like I said, I didn’t have heart to read this whole article containing the letter. I am just so anxious for Iran. I can barely pick up a book I have been reading bit by bit, which is Reading Lolita in Tehran.. I am not sure I like the president of Iran anymore than the preznit of the U.S. I worry about the little folks. I also worry about the impact on all the Chinas where I have folks. Boy do I have folks there.
Hey angie @ #30 –
how funny is it?: that article about W and Harris was edited by someone named Precious Goss!
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/…..ryid=57313
mommybrain 126,
you are so naughty!
Oh darnnit, I posted twice. Sorry folks
Hi Mommybrain! ;)
I still owe you the dish on the Impeachment Forum. Haven’t had time but I’ll just have to make time soon
Here’s a blog by my friend Bill on the convention
“My guess is my references to element 92 Uranium and its possible uses.”
mui @ 3:32 pm (#145) – I’m worried for them and us.
You have relatives in China and Taiwan? Must make family reunions awkward ;)
mui– too many have died already in our focused attention on 2 countries and our threatened attacks on several others… makes me crazy. how much blood is enough for this administration?
they are vampires and ghouls. there is going to be a lot of time, if ever, before we get rid of this spot on our hand.
“Out, damned spot!”
Mui,
Religious fanatics are religious fanatics. They are exclusive and repressive.
Mahmoud is like Bush’s Muslim mini-me counterpart.
Ironically, if you look into the Iranian clerics they are remarkably akin to the American clerics. Don’t like women and gays too much.
-GSD
TeddySanFran @ 146– hi and omg, totally missed it and now ROTFL.
Yes Cujo, it occurred to me that another country is “handling†Iran. I think Turkey was mentioned in one article. It also occurs to me that any of the East Asian countries with a stake might be insisting with financial leverage on some sort of rapprochement. Of course, the president of Iran might have fumbled the ball somewhat. And all that stuff about the west rings true to many countries, not just the middle east, but it is hardly the way I would start out a letter unless he is crying out for help from some other nations. That was a ramble, but . . .
Quick Quick! Lou Dobbs poll. I just think it’s important for Democrats to have a good showing in this poll – on the left of screen.
QUICKVOTE
Which political party is offering the American people the best resolution for the energy crisis, the illegal immigration crisis and the war in Iraq?
Republicans – currently 2%
Democrats – currently 30%
Neither – currently 68%
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/lou.dobbs.tonight/
John Casper @ 3:36 pm (#150) – Here’s a link to element 92 that doesn’t require Javascript to function. How many idiots are there designing web pages these days?
Anyway, no mention of Fiestaware there.
we had an elected official in Indianapolis named “Precious Bird” … a sweet Democratic lady, for sure!
Although off topic, I think this, which I found by way of Raw Story, needs to be mentioned: http://www.wired.com/news/tech…..855-0.html
anon says:
May 9th, 2006 at 3:20 pm
Frank Probst says:
May 9th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
I almost feel sorry for Katherine Harris. She fixed the election, after all. I can see how she’d expect better thanks than what she’s getting. She gets points for spunk, though. No matter how many knives the Repubs try to stick in her, she just keeps right on going.
Don’t worry Frank, CNN or Fox will hire her.
———————————————————-
She certainly has the breasts for TV news, but I still feel the same way for her that I did for Liz Dole when she ran for President. You spend your whole life standing by your GOP men, and then when you think it’s your turn for the spotlight, your GOP men are nowhere to be found. Even for someone who believes in the School of Hard Knocks, it seems pretty harsh.
way OT– are we having our own civil war right here? this is what happens when people are neglected and desperate and angry:
>>>>>>>>>>
Murder is making a comeback in New Orleans.
The city had 30 murders this year through April. That is less than half of the 81 recorded during the first four months of 2005. But New Orleans’ population these days is less than half of what it was before Katrina.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..eans_crime
everhopeful @ 3:42 pm (#156) – For once, I’m with the majority.
I hope you know that you can’t post this picture without the caption; “Artist’s conception of Jeff Goldstein”.
Cujo359. Taiwan. Not a chance. Love is everlasten’. Besides the HongKong/&Taiwanese get more than you think
Lou Dobbs asking panel ‘are you saying that the preznit is not rational?’
doh.
Yeah Lou Dobbs. My answer: Well Lou, do you think anyone who wants to nuke a country at the slightest pretext is “rational.†?
‘are you saying that the preznit is not rational?’
Asked and answered.
911: THE TRUTH IS COMING
Reynolds indicted Richard Cheney, George W. Bush, former Joint Chiefs Chairman Richard Meyers, confessed WTC demolisher and insurance-fraudster Larry Silverstein, and others for mass murder, conspiracy, and other charges including high treason. The enthusiastic response from the overflow crowd was a de facto vote for conviction on all counts.
The former Director of the Criminal Justice Center at the National Center for Policy Analysis, showed that the defendants conspired to create a false cover story of suicide hijackings in order to “blow the World Trade Center to kingdom come†with explosives—a shock-and-awe psy-op designed to coerce the American people into supporting a pre-planned “long war†in the Middle East, massive increases in military spending, and the rollback of Constitutional civil liberties.
Reynolds stated that everyone in the worldwide intelligence community knew that 9/11 was an inside job as soon as it happened, with the obvious stand-down of US air defenses, controlled demolition of the World Trade Center, and non-protection of the President in Florida being the biggest tip-offs. The head of the Russian equivalent of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the former head of the German intelligence service Andreas Von Bulow, former National Security Agency official Wayne Madsen, and former MI-6 agent David Schayler have all openly called 9/11 an inside job, while former CIA official Ray McGovern has confirmed this directly in private, and indirectly in public by way of his ringing endorsement of David Ray Griffin’s work on 9/11.
Reynolds, who served as George W. Bush’s Labor Department Chief Economist in 2001-2002, believes that a 9/11 truth victory is looming on the near-term horizon. He predicted that one or more of the 9/11 insiders will soon “give it up†and come forward with what they know, saying “Remember, you heard it here first.†He said that most of those complicit in the attacks did not realize how over-the-top the plot was, due to the need-to-know compartmentalization of such covert operations, and that some semi-complicit individuals will probably be coming forward. Reynolds said that most of his email acquaintances are now worried that the 9/11 truth movement is going to win, triggering the greatest Constitutional crisis in U.S. history. For Reynolds, this is less a cause for worry than for rejoicing: “We need a Constitutional crisis!â€
Reynolds argued that 9/11 truth is a matter of extreme urgency, since the perpetrators seem to be preparing another 9/11-style terror hoax as a pretext for attacking Iran with nuclear weapons. He said that exposing the 9/11 fraud is the best way to stop Cheney’s plan to stage an unprovoked nuclear attack on Iran, and the military draft and Pinochet-style prison camps and death squads for dissenters that might accompany it.
Reynolds urged the audience to help educate the American public about the 9/11 inside job. Personal contact with family and friends, the internet, alternative media, and public events like this are all good educational strategies, he said, adding that a demonstration of 100,000 9/11 truth supporters at Ground Zero next year would be hard for the media to ignore.
Politicians and the media will help expose the 9/11 inside job, he said, only after the growing grassroots movement reaches critical mass. The organizers of Reynolds’ talk urged audience members to come to the upcoming international 9/11 truth conference in Chicago, 9/11: Revealing the Truth, Reclaiming Our Future, June 2nd-4th, 2006: http://911revealingthetruth.org
I just had to post this. Byron York, Corner Kid for the National Review, has this ‘brilliant’ analysis of Bush’s falling approval numbers.
“Bush’s ratings appear to be declining in a three-step process. In the first step, Democrats fell off, while smaller numbers of independents peeled away and support remained strong among Republicans. In the second step, Democratic support hit bottom, while independent support fell to ever-lower levels and support among Republicans began to decline. In step three—which appears to be beginning now—independent support appears to be heading closer to the bottom while significant numbers of Republicans are also expressing disapproval.”
Byron? Duh, dude. Yet, York thinks this is keen and insightful analysis. He even titled his post “Inside the President’s Terrible Poll Numbers. What is going on here?”
http://article.nationalreview……liMGUxYjM=
Byron York – neocon SUPERGENIUS.
Thought that when he once called me a “pseudo-intellectual cocklord” who “wouldn’t know funny if it dressed up in big floppy shoes and a red nose and started fingering his superclenched squeakhole with an oversized white thumb from one of its enormous white clown gloves” in a post with Klonopin in the title (warning: link goes to his usual, bizarrely pornographic style of insult) he was implying that I needed psychiatric care of some sort, but this makes a little bit more sense…
Speaking of those with potential problems, it seems Dusty Foggo sent a present to the General.
Whoo-hoooo! Thanks for the link!!
I took klonopin for a while, and can confirm what TRex said — it’s a nice cottonwool high followed by a fairly ugly crash — which I would generally sleep off to the tune of 11/12 hours of sleep per 24. I got off of it and onto other therapy for that reason. Oh, and CDL 61 — I did not experience priapism.
Mary #140:
Beyond classic! Haven’t laughed so hard in weeks.
Shorter Brad deLong (if you followed his link): “We screwed the last guy – and passed the savings on to you!”
BTW, Josh Marshall’s inviting guesses as to when W’s JAR will dip
CBS poll has Bush at 31% too. Repub led Congress at 23%.
You know TRex, everytime I tried to click on your name, I failed to get through to your site. Met your bro’ the other nite and am so glad that Jane linked to you so I could see what was going on! Now your linky thingy works like a charm!
Dru @ 98:
“HERE’S KITTY!”
;>)
Cujo359, Actually I see what you meant. Many people in Taiwan and HongKong have relatives in Mainland. Ancestral villages so to speak where big shindigs are given every now and then when the relatives from abroad including the U.S. return. Also there is a lot of business traffic, New Years travel, and tourism between the three places. You will see Mainland gov. officials living it up at these business class spa hotels in Kanting etc.
…below 30%.
Note to self: don’t use the “less than” sign in comments.
timewarp 132, I want to be there for that shindig. Dubya had a sourpuss expression while KH was a yackin. She would have made the same progress appealing her case to a brick wall. The powers that be told Dub, she’s out. She’s out and that’s that. Dub has got no say in the matter. Case closed. I think you are correct. Katherine will have to tell her story. Hopefully soon. We could use some instant gratification. The Fitzwheels of justice turn too slowly.
Man is this; “there is no political downside to hating Richard Cohen” ~ digby sig worthy or what. Wow.
whew, scary, darkblack # 177! I shudder to think what’ll happen when you find the Witches of Eastwick thing. You could have the entire panoply of scary monstahs!
excellente!
Angie, in response to earlier. I honestly can’t figure out how BushCo operates. You can read and read and read and some things just don’t make sense about them. Yes, why attack two countries at once, with limited resources and a depleted army? And how? No bomb, please!
oh pee yew. Kitty Bond and Sexby Chambliss on with Tweety now. How is this fair and balanced???
Hmm. I’d call Trex and rcauthen’s experiences on Klonopin anecdotal- they got a high and low. Other people don’t get that.
I took klonopin for a while when I was the guardian / medical power of attorney person for a dying relative. Klonopin stopped the ‘fight or flight’ response for me. When you’re making life and death decisions- well, death1 vs death2 decisions, paperwork is neither fight nor flight.
If on top of stress-control you’re also getting high, perhaps the dose was too high?
#160 — may we say katherine harris comes from the school of hard knockers?
#168 — thank you — it’s amazing how often bush & cheney refer to 9/11 & how many americans buy their bullshit
Laugh it up, guys.
I know that, for most of you, the Bible has as much meaning as navel lint, but for kicks and giggles read Proverbs 24:17-18.
Link to the new CBS poll.
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories…..4495.shtml
Katherine Harris = the new Martha Mitchell. She will sing and they will out all her skeletons. Men, nervous breakdowns, plastic surgery, perhaps even a klonopin problem.
Helen of Troy– Klonopin is not a terrible drug at all unless it is not monitored wrt the patient; everyone on it needs to have vigilant attention… that is a big problem in this greatest superpower on earth. Nobody, unless the family and patient push HARD for it, get the proper care here.
P.S. Don’t consult Frist or Coburn…..
Proverbs 24:17-18.b (Rick James Version)
17 Rejoiceth when thine Deciderer falleth, and let thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:
18 Lest the LORD see it, and it pleaseth him, and he turn his wrath upon him.
Sexless Chambly
What was Katherine harris really saying in that picture? She was begging Bush to put his tongue in her ear. His immediate reaction was, of course, shocked distaste — ergo the expression on his face. Then he asked her why she wanted him to stick his tongue in her ear. Katherine replied, “Because when I’m being f*cked about, I like a little passion with it.”
Genesis 21:6.
Whatever.
#193
bravo!
BobbyG 191 Hahahaha
Dita Beard; who’s gonna play Dita Beard?
– Klonopin is not a terrible drug at all unless it is not monitored wrt the patient; everyone on it needs to have vigilant attention…
I agree 100% with that Angie. In fact, with every drug not just sedatives patients should have monitoring. Take someone like me. I got into a nervous bent once, which incident I don’t remember. I had this period where I feared getting dragged into another parking lot again or whatever. But Klonopin doesn’t work for me. Too heavy. Impossible for me to read on it. Meditation is always better for me.
“I know that, for most of you, the Bible has as much meaning as navel lint…”
Marc, the author of this post, Jane Hamsher, is a pastor’s daughter. If you read her posts, or Christy’s, you’ll find they have a deep appreciation for the scriptures, God’s ongoing revelation, and the demands that revelation makes upon all of wrt our responsibilities as U.S. citizens.
back from naptime -
my guess on Abramoff visits over @ TPM
79
new fiber in the upper cupboard
China cntd. Taiwan, Hong Kong and China people traffic has become pretty promiscuous I guess. Remember most HK and Tawianese are mostly immigrants. Taiwan and China govs are a different story.
“Klonopin is a horrible, dangerous drug,” says Stevie Nicks
http://www.benzo.org.uk/nicks.htm
That stuff is BAD news.
John Casper — don’t be silly, wingnuts own the Bible. Just ask ‘em.
punaise @ 197
omg, those are some serious Watergate Junkie bona fides – a sudden trip in the way back machine – it may be the first time I’ve ever seen that name without Richard Kleindeinst and Hal Geneen in the same sentence – and why does the FDL Wheelhouse suddenly reek of chocolate thai stick ?!?!?
Angie @ 182:
Sometimes, the monsters aren’t as scary as one might have hoped for.
;>)
Angie-
too many people are writing as if Klonopin is naturally a sedative. As if in 40 years we haven’t gone beyond the knock-out “valium and rum” self-medication of the 60’s.
If someone is taking Clomazipam or any of that family of drugs for *anxiety,* and its making them sleepy, then they’re taking too much and/or the wrong drug.
to everyone:
Think about the “fight or flight” response- the hyper-adrenalin wired feeling you’re supposed to get *if* you need to fight. Or Run away. Its a response for short-term situations: the human body gets damaged if the FoF response runs too long.
Now, imagine that response hitting you long-term in a modern situation where neither fighting nor running away is appropriate. i.e. you’re taking care of a dying relative. A medicine to take away the FoF response, while leaving everything else, is appropriate.
#204 Also, 9-11 happened only to Republicans, which is why Democrats don’t care about preventing another terrorist attack.
tom — chicago @ 3:52 pm (#168)
I’m pretty sure my winning Powerball ticket will beat it.
Silverstein never confessed to insuranc fraud in connection with the WTC. Crowds cheer enthusiastically at the WWE, too, and they think they’re seeing a real sporting event.
Anyone who seriously believes that someone would leave enough explosives to destroy them inside a set of skyscrapers is, in my admittedly non-professional opinion, in serious need of psychiatric help. I can’t imagine that any competent demolitions expert would do such a thing, and the danger of using incompetents is far too great for someone as smart as the people this nutcase is “indicting”.
If you ever find anyone who demolishes or builds skyscrapers who credits such nonsense, wake me up. I think I’ll be able to sleep quite soundly.
Everyone? Anyone who would seriously propose that all the important players in a community as large as that one, let alone everyone in it, could have been in on this is an idiot.
I rest my case.
Yes, before the perpetrators of this evil deed get their warp drives online.
Don’t forget your copies of The Watchtower.
As long as LSD and marijuana are illegal, I predict this is never going to happen.
angie @ 4:07 pm (#184) – How is this fair and balanced???
One boy, one girl. Balanced. I assume, of course, that “Kitty” is female.
new thread: “Drama”
Not to mention 1 Samuel 2:1-3, Esther 9:5, Job 27:7, Psalms 3:7, 7:6, 18:37, 18:48.
darkblack; you are a genius! Thank you!
John Caspar #199
I didn’t mention Hamsher one single time.
I didn’t use the word “all”, I said “most”.
BobbyG #191, proves that point nicely.
What point?
cbl 205
omg, those are some serious Watergate Junkie bona fides -
heh. I was too young too follow the nuances but for some reason the name Dita Beard came to mind when someone mentioned Martha Mitchell.
and just yesterday I got to say: The Bebe Rebozo Gazebo.
Does it get any better than that?
Will Pitt takes Cohen to the woodshed today…
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050906R.shtml
Good lord, Jane. I hope you see the idiocy in accusing someone of being a paste-eating drug addict in a post whining about how somebody baselessly accused you of being drunk. This must be parody.
John Casper — don’t be silly, wingnuts own the Bible. Just ask ‘em.
That’s your response to my posting one of the clearest scriptures against the schadenfreude being bantered around by you and your commenters?
Don’t repent, just snark. How typical for a leftie.
Wherefore let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall. – 1 Corinthians 10:12
Like I said, just keep laughing. Keep telling yourselves how much better you are than Jeff because you don’t need medication to correct a problem, and how that would NEVER happen to you.
That’s right, Hamsher: stay puffed-up and pround.
Prov:16:18: Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Tsk tsk.
Jane:
Fuck you in the ear with a pointy stick. I’m sure if it were someone on the left posting about needing medication you’d be filled with compassion instead of mockery. You and your ilk are asshat hypocrites. I hope you die in a fire.
“Klonopin can also cause aggressive behavior, agitation, anxiety, excitability, hostility, irritability”
That certainly explains a lot.
I would like to add that it is no longer necessary to wade through the billowing morass that is the excess verbiage of Jeff Goldstein, at the new blog, ‘Shorter Jeff Goldstein’, at antiwisdom.blogspot.com.
‘brevity is the soul of wit’
On behalf of the over 2,000,000 people who have or still do suffer from anxiety attacks—Go Eff yourself.
Really, at long last, do you have no decency left?
You know, if a conservative made fun of clinically obese people with diabetes or patients with AIDs, most of those applauding this crappy post would be throwing rotten tomatoes…AS THEY SHOULD BE.
There are some rules that most of us learned in kindergarten…you don’t make fun of things that people can’t control. You don’t humiliate the fat chick on the bus, you don’t imitate the disabled kid drooling on his wheelchair, and you don’t mock a kid because of the color of his skin.
Mental illness is a medical condition. You’d rightfully think that a patient with diabetes who refused to take insulin was an idiot. So, why is mental illness fair game for pot shots?
I know full well that most of those applauding you, were the topic of medical insurance coverage of mental health issues to come up, would fall squarely on the side of health insurance coverage for a medical condition of the brain (what mental health problems are).
If Maureen Dowd or one of your heroes came out and spoke publicly about having depression or anxiety, and encouraged people to seek out medical treatment that could better their lives, you’d applaud.
Such hypocrisy.
What’s it like to be such political and social failures that your sole source of happiness is schadenfreude? Don’t you people need to win an election, or maybe just have a couple of workable ideas, before you start patting each other on the back?
In case you hadn’t noticed, trying to tar the opposition with the “drug abuser” label has been a disaster in the past. How about doing something constructive, like putting forth a viable presidential candidate for once?
Absolutely disgusting.
Jane, you should be ashamed of yourself, as should many of your commenters, though I’m sure you’re not.
What’s next, mocking cancer patients for getting chemo?
Very “progressive,” y’all.
-The Cranky Insomniac
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