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It’s morning at the Smith household. The poodles are frisky, the peanut is bummed because she had to go to preschool instead of staying home all day to wrestle doggies…and Jane and I and my mom are kicking back with some freshly baked blueberry muffins and coffee. (I said screw the diet this morning, and boy am I glad…)
I heard on NPR on the way over to preschool that more than 50% of the Afghan economy is based on the drug trade at the moment. Glenn has some thoughts on the fact that breaking the law has consequences — and I’m wondering why it is that the the Republican noise machine wants us to ignore that maxim only when Republicans are caught breaking the law.
Just starting to comb through the news and the blogs, so I thought I’d see what caught your eye in the news this morning? Do you have a link? What ticking you off — or making you happy — in today’s headlines?
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Ned and Webb and Christy!
I am such a chucklehead ….
Morning all!
no muffins for the trolls, please! they are on a strict diet of LieberChow . . .
Oh great. Thanks for the picture; now I’m starving! LOL
Mmmmm…muffins!
Oh, and this is pissing me off this morning. Our boy Jim Amann is still crowing about his love for Lieberman.
http://www.norwichbulletin.com…..80328/1002
And I tore him a new one this morning on CT Bob
http://connecticutbob.com
Good morning, Christy, Mom and Jane!
yesterday was my third really hopeful day since sept 12, 2001.
day 1 – hamdan decision
day 2 – ned wins the primary
day 3 – yesterday, warrantless eavesdropping is illegal
worth a look and listen
http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/356
Just a thought from Canada based supporter: Ned needs to get back and get to work. Not saying he is not doing that. But there seems to be a slackening off. It is going to be a hard slog.
Plan to go to Connecticut two weeks before the election and pound the pavement: three of us exiles!!!
Take care: thanks for the good work.
BP
I’m actually geeking out on the news that we may have 12 planets now instead of 9. That’ll be weird when my kids are in school.
NPR had Abu Gonzalez’ attempts to defend his boss’s lawbreaking as the lead story this morning. That’s got to be a good sign, right?
On this date in 1959,Hawaii became a state.
Decide for yourself whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I’m just glad I’m here in Honolulu. Peace
good morning Redd (and did you say Jane is there?) wow, all that talent in one house. anyways, this is interesting and a possible outlet for our message:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14216322/
Berlin to Host Global Town Hall.
Wanna bet on whether the war(s) in Iraq, Lebanon and maybe Iran are in the top 10?
Wow. Deleting comments. Suppressing opinion. Where have I seen this before?
Sounds like the George Bush White House, doesn’t it?
“I love the smell of rotting Arab corpses in the morning. It smells like victory (for hezbollah.)” Amir Peretz
Decide for yourself whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing.
I actually know very little about Hawaiian history; is it good or bad that we made them a state?
Speaking of anniversaries, next week is the anniversary of Katrina. The British dude on the Daily Show last night (can’t remember his name) had an awesome line about how once Hezbollah was done rebuilding Lebanon, they’d be heading to New Orleans. That’s gooood snark…
I know that Josh Marshall is not always the ‘darling’ of the firedoggies, but I think his recent MARTYRDOM OF JOE piece is worth a read:
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.c…..009461.php
BBC
Josh Marshall notes that Lieberman is playing the Israel/Jewish card funded by Republican Jews. It’s a worry b/c as I’ve noted before this issue can drive a huge wedge in the Democratic party. We’ve seen it here and elsewhere with charges of antisemitism levelled against those who criticized Israel’s invasion of Lebanon. This will be the issue that could insure Lieberman’s victory this fall.
Just saying.
Oooooo, I love the smell of blueberry muffins…..
The illegal wiretapping ruling has certainly put me in a great mood this morning.
Hi, you three wonders in Christy’s kitchen, and thanks for sharing your muffins.
Oh, and Christy, if you don’t share your lemon garlic chicken and caprese salad recipes tomorrow, you know to expect some pooched-out lower lips, right?
I REMEMBER that, Palolo lolo — I jumped up and down all day (as 11 yos will). Congratz or condolz, whichever you prefer …
I know that Josh Marshall is not always the ‘darling’ of the firedoggies
He seems to be waking up somewhat from his neo-liberalism.
Department of Funny and Sad:
Worse yet – rewriting comments!
An inability to hear criticism… Where have I seen this before?
George Bush is the perfect example !
Josh is giving Lamont a bit of hell for what he thinks was wasting a whole week after the election to give Joe a chance to get on his feet and attack while Ned was kicking back in Maine. Josh thinks Ned could have knocked Joe out of the ring during that week. I have my doubts, but the polls certainly show a big bounce for Joe right after the election, though that lead is dissipating as we write.
Any thoughts on this here?
As an Islander, one big disappointment for me was Inouye (D,HI) coming out for Lieberman, but Akaka (D,HI)came out for Lamont. Fact is, my opinion of Inouye as a politician has always been low, though I respect his wartime heroism. Pompous ass. I frankly doubt if Inouye’s endorsement is worth anything to the average voter in CT, whereas Kerry’s and Leahy’s (both from neighboring states) endorsement of Lamont does count for something.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com
TiredFed @ 13
WOW! Thanks so much for that link. Sounds really fascinating. Oh, if only that could take place online……can you imagine the server power required? I hope something wonderful comes of it.
Well, since you asked…. I’m still trying to find out what the heck was up with this little bit in Judge Taylor’s opinion yesterday:
That’s on p. 31, and there’s similar language on p. 38. If it’s actually more than five years, that would mean the un-warranted wiretaps were happening before Sep. 11, 2001. I would think this would be worth considerable attention, but so far, all I’ve been able to find on it has been a few other people wondering what the heck is up with that sentence like myself.
Reading Bob’s post above, I suggest a new rule of thumb for FDL readers – for every half an hour spent reading FDL, spend at least an additional five minutes or so taking action on what you have read – whether it be (i) researching an issue so that you can bring new information into the comments section (for example, reviewing Lieberman’s donors’ names or reseaching Amman’s background connection with Lieberman) or (ii) making calls and sending emails to journalists using the searchlight feature, or calling the offices of representatives who you want to congratulate or encourage to take a different position (for example, our calls to Harry Reid).
If we all make an effort to take action based on what we have read on FDL, each and every time we read FDL, our combined efforts could yield tremendous results in terms of the research that we can collectively conduct and the influence that we can have on journalists and politicians.
I realize that many of us are already doing all of what I have described above and then some, but I feel that a lot of FDL readers could take a much more active role in the way that they use the information gleaned from this website (myself definitely included).
Morning, all –
Listened to Paul Reickoff on Rachel Maddow this morning, talking about the Bush plan to cut – in half – federal funding for Traumatic Brain Injuries – you know – like the kind so many of our military are coming home with? Yeah – way to honor their service.
Listened to some Washington Journal on C-SPAN, talking about the NSA decision yesterday. Brian Lamb asked whether viewers/listeners thought the ruling was political or not, and why. Responses were typically polar. The right-wing just does not get that it is not that people do not want the government to gather intelligence on suspected terrorists – it’s that we want them to do it within the law. Some doofus – who didn’t bother to read the opinion – said it was ridiculous to think the ACLU (which he termed the American Criminal Liberites Union – nice) had suffered any “harm.”
Good thing that most people who see a driver yelling assume it is a phone call and not lunacy…*g*
John at 27, maybe Murray Waas is wondering (and asking) about that too, whaddya bet?
A well-deserved break for our hostesses.
I’m still deeply bugged about Glenn’s post a few days back about Michael Gerson’s (Bush’s speechwriter) case for attacking Iran. As recently as six weeks ago, the argument seemed to be “Iran: Because Iraq went so well”; but now it’s been upgraded; “Iran: Because Iraq and Lebanon went so well.”
If these were my students I’d certainly be asking them to look into help with their learning disability.
Also, a plea to our hostesses. Sometime, soon but not urgently, could you lay out an argument for where we should be focussing our efforts between now and November? Esp. wrt the balance between Joe and the other Senate races? You’ve shown you’re smarter than at least this humble commenter about how to get what we want, and I’d appreciate well-thought-out guidance. I imagine I’m not the only one.
I guess I always thought trolls came out at night . . .
Meanwhile, Eugene Robinson’s got another good column today . . .
But this whole thing is about more than just Allen. Says Robinson:
[emphasis added]
Yeah, we need more comedians like this in the Senate . . .
“Senior administration officials have acknowledged to me that they are considering alternatives other than democracy,”
When did they ever consider democracy an alternative?
Oh, you meant Iraq…
I’d say that, along with adding a few new planets, our childrens’ textbooks are going to be adding a few new countries in the Middle East. Kurdistan, Sunni Iraq and the Islamic Republic of Iraq.
Hear-hear from here-here to *xyz and Professor Foland’s comments!
To elaborate on my post above, I mentioned CT Bob because he is such an exemplar of what it means to be an engaged FDL reader. I don’t expect everyone here to drop everything and go to CT with a handheld camera to interview HoJo, but I do think that we should look at CT Bob, Spazeboy, Maura, et. al. as trendsetters who have shown a great deal about how we can all take action based on what we learn at FDL, Kos, and elsewhere.
An inability to hear criticism… Where have I seen this before?
Lighten up, Francis.
Good thing that most people who see a driver yelling assume it is a phone call and not lunacy…*g*
Um, Anne, call me a contrarian, but . . .
mmmm….muffins!!!
please dont feed the trolls … if you hit F5 to reload your page, you’ll notice I have ‘convinced’ them to edit their comments …
But, but, but…Tony Snow said racism was in the past. Too bad stupidity isn’t.
I may have to apologize for saying Bush was the stupidest politician in the country. Allen clearly wants a shot at that title.
Jane at 38
I am so jealous *g*
To further elaborate, I think an extra five minutes of “taking action” for every half hour reading FDL is a good starting point for all of us to contribute what we can in our own way. It isn’t too burdensome, but applied consistently by readers across the FDL community it could yield incredible results. Limited, persistent efforts by a large group of people can be a perfect complement to the individuals who can and do devote a significant chunk of their lives to these issues. And who knows, you might find yourself loving the feeling of making a difference, being proactive, and start doing a whole lot more than 5 minutes for every half hour. But this is an accessible guideline for all of us to start with…
Palolo, 12: “On this date in 1959,Hawaii became a state. Decide for yourself whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing. I’m just glad I’m here in Honolulu. Peace”
Hey bra, howzit. Like so much else in life, Hawaii becoming a state was both a good and a bad thing. It would take a book to explain why, but following statehood, Hawaii was inundated by folks from the mainland, of all types, carpetbaggers, opportunists, rich retirees, and yes, even some good folks who have contributed to the community. Of course by and large they were white.
On Maui, where my parents were born, the whole place has become a vacation and retirement playground for white folks not born there, and there is a part of me that resents this on a more or less permanent basis. The local community to a sad degree, has become the service sector for the affluent.
The record in Hawaii is a replay of the scenario in most other places in the world: the arrival of the white man results in the disenfranchisement of the indigenous community. Historically and globally, I have no explanation for this. It must be in the DNA.
lotus @ 21
I remember it, too. I was at the Girl Scout International Roundup at Colorado Springs.
We had a huge, huge celebration. I think there were 50,000 of us.
Dog, I’m old.
Jane Hamsher @ 38
See what fun we have every crack-a-dawn around here, JH? Only diff is, you could actually burn yer hand on what y’all are passing around the table.
Of course, we don’t have to wash up after our FDL breakfasts . . .
Muffins with blueberries!
I saw a letter from young Virginian Sidarth’s parents who proudly pointed out their boy’s great-grandpa had traveled and worked with Gandhi. The kid comes from a family of activists for freedom and democracy it seems ! I’m proud to be associated with him . . .
*ilson46201 @ 39
Who knew that trolls had a thing for blueberry muffins?
Go *ilson!
*ilson nice edits
*xyz thanks for the nudge to take this info and actually do something with it.
morning all
*xyz @ 42
Honey, I already have to take an extra 5 minutes per half hour off FDL to do, like, my laundry.
Well, if 50% of the economy in Afghanistan is from poppies, then I blame it all on bushco.
I know, I know– I am always blaming these “fine leaders”. They chose to go into Afghanistan, finish bombing what little was left of the war ravaged country and truly throw these poor people back into a wasteland with nothing. Years of war, drought and a dearth of young men have brought nothing but sorrow to the proud Afghan people. How much treasure has gone into rebuilding that country? What has the former Soviet Union done to repair what it destroyed when they invaded? All their landmines remain to dismember any Afghan who tries to cultivate land for crops. Have we tried at all to offer any new hope and future to the people? Have we allowed them to rebuild their glorious country with their own hands and hearts and minds? How does the poppy crop get out of land-locked Afghanistan? Could it be thru Pakistan??? hmmmmm?
Oh, but oil and natural gas was discovered there so we can expect Karzai to be in charge of stealing that for the US as he has chosen not to run for President again…
From Christy –
You all know what DIET stands for right…Did I Eat That?
orangejumpsuit @ 25
What is it about tfitznc’s comments that I haven’t learned to trust yet, gang?
op99 @
50
the ONLY down side i’ve found is that the more i do “taking action”, the less time i spend reading (and commenting) at FDL. i miss it!
…haven’t figured out how to do a good job of fitting in the laundry et al.
“that I haven’t learned to trust yet” being a polite eupehemism, in case LMFarr is still around.
euphemism
Good Morning Firemuffins,
First off , ya know y’all could probably retire after that Peanut Meets The Poodles Pic
-jes sayin’
of course Hazeltin (sp?) and Betty Ford would be booked through 2022 . . .
was looking around for Orin Kerr’s take on yesterday’s opinion and found him over at Volokh Conspiracy – purportedly intelligent folks going on and on about how the 4th doesn’t cover communications - jeesh ! a textbook peek at group delusion – My comment on ‘Writs of Assistance You Putzes’! got deleted
oh and
like the toilet seat up, the hubster sometimes leaves Imus on when he leaves in the morning -actually heard Dan Abrams bashing the Boulder DA for ‘over hyping and over reacting’ – not a word, a peep, about his network and others making a gd GLOBAL SPECTACLE of themselves for the last 30 hours – aarrgghh!!!
… ah look, a Peanut and a Poodle
btw, pictures of a mass funeral from Qana in Southern Lebanon on teevee…
heartbreaking.
op99 @ 50
707!
a tale of two opinions…….
1. Gail Collins gets it:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08…..8fri1.html
2. Fred Hiatt thinks he works for Pravda:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01540.html
Katherine Graham RIP.
great editorial in the new london day (local CT paper). http://www.theday.com/re.aspx?…..688e55f17c
lotus @ 54
Peace.
My opinion come from experience and history. I’m not much of a cheerleader, rather a realist; that doesnt make me a troll, does it?
*xyz – I couldn’t agree with you more; thanks.
Regarding Amann: I live in his home district, and feel it’s my personal obligation to really hammer him for his suicidal support of Lieberman. The other bloggers here in CT can also rightly complain because he’s the State House Speaker, but with me living right down the street from him I feel especially obligated to poke him with a stick until he finally comes around.
I felt bad about it at first, but he’s such a hard-assed moron that I’m starting to enjoy tormenting him. Too bad I’m leaving on vacation for a week starting tomorrow.
Check out this link. It was sent to me by my friend that works for IVAW and VVAW…
http://www.bushcommission.org/
International Commission of Inquiry On Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration
This is a great time to click through and read considering the news about courts and the illegality of the NSA wiretapping…
This mornings news is very disturbing – Iran and Turkey are lobbing missles at the Kurds:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq…..43,00.html
Yes, Samarai Sam, (at 11), I love the news that we get 12 planets now. Still the children will fight over who gets to paint Jupiter or Saturn. I also like the news about N’kisi, and all the gray parrots and complex language usage. The old news of our being hosts for mitochondria is interesting (see Lynn Margulis). But the new news of the Peanut wrestling the Poodles is great.
Good morning.
Turkey, Iran and Kurdistan…here is another one ready to explode, Iran bombed North of Iraq yesterday, and Turkey is wants to go in after the PKK.
wow! you’re making me feel deprived — muffins surrounded by intelligence
my favorite place to get the daily news is ‘asia times on line’ [atimesdotcom] — yesterday, for instance, a fellow from india wrote about the phoney british terror plot & how bush & blair are exploiting it
CT Bob – Have a great vacation! You’ve definitely earned it.
‘06 will be close as to taking back the Senate. Dems will suck it up and accept Lieberman in their caucus if he wins, especially mindful of the fact it may take his vote to gain majority status. Hence you don’t see a tidal wave of outrage over Lieberman’s indy run. What if you take him on unflinchingly, wrestle in the gutter and wage a full on alley fight, and he wins? If either Ned or Joe suits your purposes as far as getting to 51 what’s the percentage in throwing your dog in the fight? Don’t be deceived, getting to 51 is all that counts. If you think Reid, Edwards, Kerry, Clinton, Schumer and the rest are thrilled Ned is running, hoping a win will stick it to Bush with a “See, we can elect someone nationally that’s brazen in his contempt for your policies!” you’re deluded. Right now Reid is playing a waiting game, hoping Joe cedes to discreet entreaties to bail. Failing that pushback will be tepid at best. Someone should have been at the podium with a full throated appeal to Joe to drop out within minutes of the final primary results. Obviously Dem Senate leadership had a long time to plan for the contingency of a Lamont victory and Lieberman’s intended indy run. Knowing that they failed to make that plea repeatedly, vigorously and publicy. Why? Because they never planned to. Why? 51 baby, just get to 51. It was up to Ned to plant that seed, to make that plea, to publicly voice it as a demand. He needed to insist Senate Dems put up or shut up, here and now, the morning after the primary. Ned had to catch a plane to Crawford, er Maine, instead……………
just a couple of days ago the Preznit was saying that a democracy couldnt allow separate armed groups like militias — of course he was conveniently overlooking the Kurdish peshmurga . . .
I e-mailed you this link this morning, Christy. It came in a timely fashion. Yesterday, I had an accident and was required by my workplace to go to the emergency room. While I was sitting there, a woman was telling me about a FEMA trailer that appeared in her driveway while she was still in Texas, though she said she never applied for one. You might think that’s a good thing, but the trailer was set up facing the wrong way…against her fence…and the STEPS that were contracted to be built were on the side of the trailer with no door.
wake up VA:
Poll: Half of Virginians question whether ‘Macaca’ is racist
Heh…and THIS is downright infuriating. The REPUBLICAN congressman from that district is on the warpath against FEMA.
steve duncan although i understand what you say about 51, i just don’t want joe to represent ME any longer. it would be really nice if the dem power brokers would understand that. but it looks like it is up to us to get the job done.
John @ 6:29am
believe it was either Cheney or Abu who outed
themselves as to warrantless spying before 9/11
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/7/2/94354/21208
or here
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/
firepups -
just a quick check-in to let y’all know the kludge cpu has joined the bit-bucket of the aethernet. (sorry *ilson, using pub/access library unit – Winjunk. Not enuf time to sneak a combo letter…)
Christy … blueberry muffins this am. YUM!
I see latest Q-poll has Ned down about 12%. That will improve. Caugth C.McEnroe on WTIC the past couple days. He’s good.
Judge tells Bush/NSA to ‘just say ‘NO’. This I like.
W/o net connection…ugh. Did manage to reread Gibson’s Count Zero. I think it’s the best one.
Can also recommend
Zen Computer – pithy lil work that takes a zen approach to computing.
D. Coupland’s ‘Microserf’ – nicley executed novel-as-diary. Lots of commentary still rings true today. Also, lots of Apple/Newton ‘coverage’.
That’s the silicon I have now. MP2K and eMate. Not really online units.
Called local used dealer of both Win and Mac. Had only one Mac unit on stock. iBook; fairly newish. $800.
now, to read y’all…
twolf1 @
75
Those 47% missed, no doubt, the contempt Allen was expressing for the rest of his audience, in using a term he expected them to intuit, but not understand. He was looking down on all of them with his ‘esoteric’ word. He was trying to make monkeys–forgive me–of all of them.
Steve Duncan: you’re probably right, except for the part that Ned insisting on anything would have made a difference.
Watching Ned be a citizen activist running for public office because he cares about the direction of the country is worth all this effort whether he wins or loses. Watching the tarnished, failed DC establishment Dems do their calculated machinations is simply business as usual.
Ned = a bright light on an otherwise dim horizon.
Since you ask, Christy, what’s ticking me off right now is what some people will do to smear Ned Lamont. As I write this, there is a topic on the Ed Schultz message board posted by someone who calls himself “Ilovegeorgebush.” He has posted a picture of the Jon Benet suspect followed by a picture of Ned. This points to the fact that his party is the party of lack–they lack anything real to offer America so they smear. I doubt this will last once the moderators see it, but not before 70 people have viewed it.
I need huge doses of science everyday to counteract all the believery congestion out there, and often pharyngula has what the doctor ordered. His latest cephalopod blogging is the exact ticket — be sure to scroll down for the explanation….
“Ow that’s my siphon!”
Josh has a greaty link to an article that puts a big whole in the threat posed by the recent London airplane bombers. No way could they have been able to pull it off. Hollywood stuff but not in the real world.
Also watched Washington Journal intervew with author of The Looming Towers, what insight.
Steve Duncan 72–it’s not true that the Dems need Joe’s vote.
It turns out that all the Dems need is for Joe to not caucus with the Republicans. If he doesn’t vote at all it does no harm whatsoever; because if he doesn’t vote, you only have to get to 50.
The story is, of course, entirely different if you give any credence to the thought that, anytime in the next 2 years, Joe might accept a SecDef position allowing Rell to appoint a Republic senator. In which case, if you’re Harry Reid, you really really want Ned in that seat.
tfitznc at 65 –
With an apology in advance that I don’t recall where to look for your recent comments here, so can’t properly document my theory … I do recall their gists, however; maybe someone else will find it worth the effort to search for them, though I’m not requesting that anyone drop what they’re doing and rush back to yesteday’ threads for ‘em. At any rate . . .
Rather than experience, history, and realism, what my antennae have picked up in your quite-recent appearances more nearly suggests snooty, dismissive, sneaky Lieberman plant.
But since, as I admit, I don’t have the evidence in front of me, this is merely a theory I’m offering, not a case I’m making.
Peace to you too, and to all — really.
twolf1 @ 75
I am making calls for Webb, I will happily remind every Virginia about how racist “macaca” was. Oh I am so embarassed to live here.
Morning All. Ooohhh. MUFFINS! Blueberries are GOOD for ya’, right?!
Peanut & Kobe(?) – JUST what the doctor ordered. CUTE! *g*
*ilson
You fierce doggie you. Thanks for assuming housekeeping duty this a.m. We like our peaceful morning cuppa…
I trotted over to DNC this a.m., left this little pile on their doorstep and marked a bush so I can get their e-newsletter. My goodness gracious. Can’t leave those kids alone for a minute(!).
Jane S.: you rock.
Virginia really is two states (N and S). It’s possible the North can win this one.
goddness, y’all chill about Ned taking some time off after 8/8
“greatest political stratergist of the late 20th Century”: Clinton did the exact same thing in August ‘92 and we all know how that worked out
connedicut voters to Joe -
It’s the sanctimony, stupid
and frankly, I’m thinking ol Joe did us all a favor for completely outing Schumer and Reid as failed Field Marshalls – am ready for some smoke filled back rooms ’bout now
Christy,
I guess I’m upset because I think we need to kick lieberman to the curb, now! I see the risks involved in alienating lieberman if he wins as an “independent” but to me its a sunk cost–lieberman will never, ever, go back to caucasing with the dems after this afront to his pride. He’s been sliding right for years, where it counts, and he will either demand huge perks (and fuck them up) for his voting or he will simply go to the highest bidder which will be the republicans who can really use him as a beard if he publicly goes over to them. So to my mind even if we risk alienating lieberman, we’ve got to do it while we go for the jugular.
Its simpy not possible that he and haddassah don’t have some very nasty skeletons buried in their big pharma closet. Its true that they are going to try to split not the jewish vote but the supportive of israel block by implying that lamont is somehow anti semitic or anti israel. The only thing to do on that is to turn around and cut him off at the knees by *attacking his perceived integrity*. Follow and publish the money trail, hang bush and bush’s corruption around his neck, ask “when you vote for joe, who are you really voting for?” and demonize the heck out of him. He’s doing it to lamont right now and we have lots, lots, more ammo on lieberman. No one is in the senate with the friends he has without having done some serious corrupt backroom dealing. Hell, if lamont ran some adds over a scroll of donors to liebermans campaign saying “I can pay for myself, I can’t be bought” that would be great.
aimai
And Ned had a joint appearance with John Edwards yesterday evening at a rally in New Haven. So don’t worry, Ned’s workin’ it.
Gotta go to work myself now. Later…
Greenwald has typically great posts up regarding Taylor’s opinion.
All I know is I got caught speeding last night.
Told the cop my lawyer said it was ok.
Didn’t work for me.
Jane S #87
as i do business overseas, i’m embarrassed to be living under the bush regime
a little daylight on the support for Israel bloc
(h/t Prof. Cole)
http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1159
lotus!
so THAT’s how we get something deleted????!
D’oh! I’ve tried a time or 2 during the past week or so, & ended up with goofy results. Next time I totally mess up, & happen to notice instead of suffering another “senior moment”, I’ll just call on the friendly gods ‘n goddesses to make it go ‘poof’. *g*
Good morning, all!
This caught my eye, gladdened my heart:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/…..84_pf.html
Finally: “Republicans Losing the ‘Security Moms’”. Losing them in Ohio. There is hope.
Professor Foland at 31, people who think like that seem to believe that they can have their own facts. If I show them facts that completely knock their ‘facts’ onto the playground and send them blubbering to the teacher, they just say I’m a Bush-hater. Or they quibble with my source, be it the GAO or WaPo.
after the botched invasion of Lebanon, the current Israeli government including Olmert seems to be imploding under corruption charges … is Lieberman next?
believe Joe & ‘Bebe’ are BFF
some free advice for ned lamont:
1) start with the michael brown nomination hearings.
i believe that lieberman conducted them. as i recall they lasted 45 minutes.
as i recall brown’s resume was doctored (probably by the white house, not brown).
how come lieberman did not ask lots of questions about this putative head of an extremely important agency – extremely important if we had another terrorist attack.
we did not have that attack, but we did have katrina which was, for all practical purposes, as devastating an event, if not more so.
where was the Congressional oversight and accountability before as well as after katrina?
if lieberman gave brown a free pass, why did he do so? a favor for the white house? in what other circumstances has he done the white house a favor?
now moving on to the dept of homeland security – which lieberman fathered – how is it that fema could have performed so well before it became part of dhs and so poorly afterward?
how is it that in the election years of 2004 in florida fema was on top of their game?
but in Louisiana in 2005 they came late and acted incompetently.
what oversight was lieberman exercising when fema was placed in dhs, when fema was in florida or when it was in Louisiana?
summary:
start with michael brown, move to fema in dept of homeland security then move on to the dept itself. then move on to port security, airport baggage security (not carry-ons, the move on to fake terror alerts and the use of terror alerts for political opportunity.
what has lieberman had to say in an oversight role about these goings on?
2) jos marshal is a favorite journalist of mine; his site is doing a wonderful job of spotlighting what the main stream press will not spotlight.
but my free advice includes the advice not to pay any attention to marshall’s comments about lamont taking too long to get going.
a vacation after a primary is important for a candidate, his family, and his advisers.
a political campaign is a 24/7 verbal war. a little respite from that day-to-day combat is very productive, even essential, for clear thinking.
3) under no circumstances should lamont pin his campaign on proving that he is a demo who is “tougher” than republicans on national security. that bullshit about demos being less trusted than repubs on national security is just that, poll-generated bullshit.
it’s not that it is not literally true, but that it is meaningless. the question is a vague, general question asked in polling. but people make their voting judgments on a candidate-by-candidate basis during a campaign.
the key to winning is to present a whole person to the voters who is knowledgeable, competent, and caring and who, above all, does not present to the voters a caricature of a politician – as do so many of the old goats like lieberman are. american voters are really tired of the phony, caricature persona.
4) the key is questioning on a broad front the bush administration’s competence in domestic and international affairs.
and then to asking why there has not been better oversight of the administration’s decisions.
what has lieberman done to address the bush admin’s incompetence – with the disastrous federal budget, in education, in fema, in iraq, with al quaeda, with north korea, with energy policy?
and how about privatizing social security?
and, then, “when was th last time you saw joe here in —- (name of town)?”
finally, under no circumstances should you let your campaign degenerate into responding to lieberman’s, or gerstein’s, or bush-rove’s accusations. that is the rovian fools’ game democratic candidates have gotten caught up in time and again.
take the fight to lieberman and the administration. make them answer your questions.
good luck
p.s. yes, it is ok to keep the kiss float going, so long as you are asking tough questions about accountability and about lieberman’s coziness with a bush admin that has harmed this country in any number of ways thru its incompetence.
LindyH — I’d call that story (and all to do with FEMA) incredible, but it’s rilly The New Black, innit?
Kludgie — been wondering what went wif you. WELCOME BACK!
Hartford Courant column on whether JL could keep his committee assignments. Joes says Reid said he could.
http://www.courant.com/news/po…..s-breaking
Professor, wanting a Lamont victory means a nasty campaign with Joe to get it. Winning would be great, but losing and seriously alienating Lieberman in the process risks his ire down the road. Counting on his acquiescence in floor fights if you only get to 50 is a fool’s bet. Ned is voting with you later whether you help him or not in the election. The same can’t be presumed of Lieberman. Again I ask, what is to be gained by Dem Senate leadership vigorously backing Lamont? They’re in a win/win situation and sitting on the sidelines is a perfectly understandable stance. Now, you do have the risk Lieberman brings Republicans to the Conn polls, hurting Dem House candidates. All the more reason there should have been early, devastating pressure brought to bear for Joe to drop out. There wasn’t and I think that’s very telling. If Senate Dems have some sort of secret master plan I can’t see as Lamont is on page one of the schematics.
LindyLou @ 82
LindyLou, we don’t know whether this started with him, but we did have a report yesterday of Imus’s producer saying that on-air. My response at the time was that said producer needed firing and suing before the close-of-biz.
Christy, I vaguely recall that you have little control over the blogads on the right. But I really need to compliment you. The Ben & Jerry’s, on the very top, is a great link. I knew there was a reason I loved those guys (beyond the incredibly addictive “Chubby Hubby”)
lotus @ 85
I really dont know what to say. Maybe get your antennae adjusted.
Lets remember this is about NED, not petty sniping. BTW, I’ll bet my donations to ActBlue and NEDs site are quite competitive with the rest of the group.
crikey ! I have to head on out as well
but wanted to leave y’all with a simple suggestion
using yesterday’s Opinion to discuss what WH is up to – can not emphasize enough how important it is to stress they’ve been doing it without warrants and without a judge looking over their shoulders
this simple point really seemed to hit home with the non blogging crowd here in God’s country yesterday
love to all Progressives, Peanuts, and Poodles
Ct Bob at 6: re Joe Amann — interesting he says “I don’t know Lamont,” then says “Lamont doesn’t get it.”
NO evidence mindlessness => wrong conclusions
Thanks for going after this guy.
lina @ 89
After Kerry lost, I went through Virginia county by county–it was close and Kerry did take a lot of high population areas like Northern Virginia and the city of Richmond.
If the 9/11 truth ever gets out — nothing will stop the indictments from flowing.
http://www.americanfreepress.n…..beaten.htm
9-11 Investigative Journalist Harassed And Beaten By Undercover Cops
By Christopher Bollyn
After calling 911 to report a suspicious vehicle with three armed men in my neighborhood, I was harassed, beaten and shocked with a Taser gun in my front yard in Hoffman Estates, Ill., in front of my wife and child. I was subsequently charged with resisting arrest and aggravated assault. I was then subjected to six hours of abuse at the hands of the local police.
I suspect that this operation was not accidental and was not an initiative of the local police. The questions remains whether I have been targeted as part of an ADL-FBI operation because of my journalistic investigations. Over the years, I have investigated the many unanswered questions surrounding 9-11. Having received several threats in my career with AFP and the now defunct Spotlight newspaper, this is the first time I have been beaten and abused by authorities.
Last summer, we discovered that two local people, who had befriended us for years, are actually FBI informants tasked to monitor us. For this reason, we feel vulnerable and are reluctant to spend time at our home. We returned this summer primarily because our children badly missed our home, a simple suburban tract home that has belonged to the Bollyn family since 1957.
Leiberman is the ultimate prototypical Loser. Apart from his pillowed relationship with the lobby-whores, what does he have? Bush kissed him hard and fast in public view knowing full well what would result. He’s been played. Straight out of the Rove Playbook. So, will someone please explain the strategy to me about how Lieberman gets to be Secretary of Defense? I’m just too dense to see it happen, really.
Lets remember this is about NED, not petty sniping. BTW, I’ll bet my donations to ActBlue and NEDs site are quite competitive with the rest of the group.
Come sit by me, tfitznc, so I can hug your neck!
lotus -
thanks, hon.
…and don’t forget: I do lurves me some blueberries. Will be comin’ back to pick some more.
prolly lurkin’ lots more till the kludge-fund comes up to cpu levels. Although, I’m strongly looking at cheap Intel w/Linux and FireFox to use as surfing unit. Don’t *really* require lots of heavy lifting.
About the Q-poll…Joe’s got like 2/3 REP support. THAT says something, eh? Plus, at least a split in Indy’s. Ned has 2/3 DEM. Just has to move a few others, imho.
peace
A little OT help?
I’m trying to get to the late Night comments and keep getting this message;
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Any ideas?
http://www.forbes.com/entrepre…..53920.html
THIS is what has me ready to smack someone today.
In a nutshell, “country” singer Troy Gentry paid $4,600 for a tame bear, put it in an enclosure and killed it with a bow and arrow. The bear’s name was Cubby. It was TAME for god’s sake.
I’m not even anti-hunting but so-called “Canned” hunts are barbaric and cruel. Please drop by their major sponsor, Jim Beam distillery, http://www.jimbeam.com/beam/v5/contactus.aspx and register your oen complaint. America’s tame bears will thank you.
greenwald was on http://www.democracynow.org radio/tv this am. very good.
This looks promising:
Cracks appear in NASCAR voters’ Republican loyalty
Just a drive by…
I don’t fault Ned for his vacation. He deserved it after months of doing what no one else thought possible. While Ned was with his wife and family, and probably checking up on the cable bussiness. The Reich rolled out it’s strategy for all to see, and it was ugly.
Remember that early Star Trek episode where the children were captured by the Gorgan? “Hail Hail Fire and Snow…” The point is that by the end of the show, the Gorgan was revealed as the hideous monster he actually was, because the children were shown the truth of what had happened while they were playing.
It’s the same thing here. We keep showing the reality, let the Gopers flail about as they please and just let the people watch how badly they’ve been decieved.
Then they’ll make up their own minds.
Guitar Playing Bastard @ 115
is the famed novelist Scooter Libby involved with this kerfuffle yet ?
So, will someone please explain the strategy to me about how Lieberman gets to be Secretary of Defense?
I’m too dense for that one too, meta. Guy can’t even run a website, forcryingoutloud, and the new Senate would confirm him to clean up after Rummy and Feith? Makes me dizzy …
*xyz at 28 — great suggestion: read FDL => take action
And don’t forget to use the Spotlight function to forward relevant FDL posts to the media folks.
I commented over at Kos that Allen had not only insulted Sidarth but also the people of Virginia.
I can understand many not realizing the nature of the slur he expressed. We are not up on all the myriad of ways we can insult each other in other languages.
I live in a very multiethnic neighbourhood. My sons can swear in about 20 different languages.
A few years ago one son started calling our dog, Coco, Coco Zenya. Our dentist is named Zenia. We all thought it was cute and added it to our repetoire of nicknames for her.
Near where I live is an apartment building where many familiies from Sri Lanka live. The moms sit out and watch their kids play on the lawn next to it. I’d walk our dog past it and sometimes would call her “Coco Zenya!”
Later my son told me why he started adding Zenya to her name. One day she had an accident that he had to clean up. That made him mad, so he called her a “bum” only he didn’t use English, but Tamil to do so.
So all the time I called out to my little dog, those Sri Lankan mothers heard “Coco Bum, Coco Bum!”
I can just imagine how much they must have appreciated hearing it, when they tried to minimize their kids’ swearing. I don’t use it around them anymore, since I learned its Tamil meaning.
Allen thought he was clever, using a code word in one language to express a code idea to a particular group. Besides the obvious fact that it’s an odious idea, it is revealing how stupid he is that he took the code word from a language or ethnic group that could be easily traced back to him.
If he had any brains he would have picked a slur from a language that no one could have reasonably said he may have understood it’s meaning.
For that reason alone he should be struck from the list of presidential contenders. He’s too stupid to govern anyone.
Americans tried the old “I want a president who is just as dumb as me” route. I don’t think they can afford another.
Peterr 32: Thanks for the link to the Robinson column. Can’t shine enough light on Allen’s racial slur — and intent.
What’s ticking me off?
That Israel created Hizbullah And Hamas
http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0817-27.htm
What makes me happy?
That the Democrats are going to win in autumn, including Ned Lamont. And that the Democrats will be in the WH come 2008.
BBC
Special security measures have been introduced in Baghdad ahead of a Shia pilgrimage that last year saw nearly 1,000 killed in a stampede.
Checkpoints, body searches and a two-day ban on vehicles will be put in place ahead of the annual tribute to revered Shia leader Imam Musa Kadhim.
Last year pilgrims were trampled or drowned in the Tigris after rumours of a suicide bombing sparked panic.
Tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims remain high in Iraq’s capital.
GPB, I don’t know what the big “outdoors” publications include, but getting this word to them sure sounds like a fruitful tactic. Their readers (who may well include lots of “country” fans) would ride this Gentry character to the ground with scorn — Jim Beam too.
Criminey. What sewer-sludge.
Professor Foland @ 85
And he wouldn’t rule it out, either. Said so on, um, was it Fox News? just the other day.
This morning’s WaPo Metro section gives some coverage to a debate between Progressive anti-war challenger Donna Edwards’ debate with Al Wynn here in Maryland. Edwards- Wynn Candidate Forum. Of course, if it bleeds, it leads, so they spend more print on some stupid scuffle between sign-stealers than on the substance of the debate, but it sounds like Edwards cam on pretty strong. I couldn’t be there because I had to keep an eye on the community swimming pool during a party, and then had to miss last night’s forum as well. Bummer. We’ve got Donna coming to our neighborhood picnic next weekend to try and get a push for her here in Montgomery County. Wish us luck, firepups!
peace,
jim
Well the Supreme Court in the Philippines said a judge couldn’t have his job back. The reason?
I like the “gradually erode”. Now these were not just any dwarves but “mystic” dwarves named Armand, Luis, and Angel which only the judge could see. Seems so narrow minded doesn’t it? Parenthetically, Armand, Luis, and Angel translate into English, I believe, as Scalia, Thomas, and Alito. Anyway, it’s good to know that couldn’t never happen here.
Oh right, the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asi…..261856.stm
okla kiddo: you have a great attitude. will you marry me?
I don’t think Allen’s remarks fly whether they were coded or he is just so stupid that he thought he could get away with that. He has a well-known love of all things confederate and I think this remark fits in nicely with that history.
I just hope ultimately it will help Webb. I hope and pray that there are enough good people in Virginia to feel as sick about it as I do…
Rachel Maddow reported this morning that http:vetsforfreedom.org exists, a creation of the Swiftboat folks. And this website funded a full-page ad in the Hartford Courant recently thanking Lieberman for his support of veterans. It claims to speak for a lot of veterans, but it’s one of the fronts for the Republican Party.
pete @ 62
Wow, that is a nice piece, beginning to end. Thanks.
And it gets better.
Tommy Yum
Your daughter shares a birthday with my mother, who turns 89 today.
I hope she grows to be as brilliant, committed, insightful and empathetic as her natal sister did.
Happy Birthday, Little Yum!
Guitar Playing Bastard @
114
Hell, go to CMT.com and nail his faux-country self to the wall on their Montgomery-Gentry message boards. Then head over to his label, and let them know what you think. Politely. Directly. Firmly. But politely.
As the Dixie Chicks discovered, Nashville is *extremely* risk averse to what is percieved as bad publicity that might turn off their audience. Most of the country music listening, hunting loving, good old boys of my aquaintance just hate this stuff.
I gotta add one thing, though: the idea of a GPB reading Forbes makes me smile . . .
Thanks GPB!
”When free speech is outlawed, the press will write fiction” It’s probably more accurate to say ”When free speech is corrupt and/or corporate, the press will write fiction.”
The JonBenet frenzy is just one big bamboozle again. Media had to have a clue that the guy was a confessor sicko but they gleefully dive right into the breaking news manure pile. And why was a homeland security person in Thailand the spokesperson on this case? Blahh!
I like the possible question for the Global Town Hall: ”Can humanity improve itself without profit as a motive?” Very soon now we will be deluged with ads for Christmas shopping. I am always annoyed by the corporate nail biting…If their whole year’s profits hinge on the holiday season season, then maybe some reevalution of business methods is in order. After 911 our prez’ advice to us was, don’t worry, be happy, go shopping. It’s all buy, buy, buy & every year it has to be more than the year before. Americans buy & consume more than anywhere else & are we any happier? Priorities. When will businesses be satisfied with reasonable vs excessive profits? When will big spending americans decide that they don’t need any more cars, boats, houses, toys than they have time to use & enjoy? When hell freezes over, I suppose. We can also look forward to the ”war on Christmas” crap again. Boycotting a business because they say ”Happy Holidays” vs ”Merry Christmas” is about commercialism & has nothing to do with celebrating Jesus’ birth.
I apologize for going off on a rambling rant.
Margot @ 97
Can you ask ‘em which Bush policy do they think will do the most good for their kids, and start from that?
I love to start with a question. Catches ‘em off guard when they’re expecting a gut punch..
Just a shout out to thank librarians/libraries. Very fast connection here (even if it is Winjunk/IE) and metered out by 1hr increments. Ending in 3 min, for now. Might be back for some afternoon FDL.
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AND, best to Mary (for now?) lhp, imm, etc. all the ‘legal beagle’ firepups.
lord, I’m gonna have to find their comments re: NSA.
I’m sure Mary had some choice bon mots.
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Happy Hawiian. (sadly, the OJS comment is reflected by a sausage-street-vendor here in WMAss. A ‘native’ who won’t go back to the 50th State. For the same reason(s)
peace; ahoha.
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Ned. Fitz.
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(’book ‘em all.’) but iBook the rest. Including me. ;~>
GPB and Peterr –
It’s been years since I last subscribed to Time or Newsweek, but for decades I read one or the other cover-to-cover. Took in many a Jim Beam ad. One thing I NEVER saw in any Jim Beam ad.
The least trace of a woman.
Just sayin’ …
Peterr @
134
Ehh, don’t read anything into that, it was the first link on google. I don’t read Forbes.
GO NED! GO JIM! GO JON!
Mea morning culpa:
As to the killing of the bear. Sick. Just plain sick. I don’t like it one bit.
It’s really ticking me off that the DSCC still has Lieberman’s picture on their home page listed as a DEMOCRAT in bold caps and on the second line the appellation, “Independent” with a capital I. Joe is neither. This is all more smoke and mirrors from the DSCC. The Hartford Courant quotes Joe as having Harry Reid’s assurances that Joe will retain his committees and assignments as part of the Democratic caucus when Joe wins in November. That, and Joe’s assurances to see Harry voted in as Majority speaker in November smack of a deal! Somebody should smack Harry upside the head, what is he thinking?
I think this is the front page picture for the Hartford Courant:
http://www.courant.com/
click on “Lending Support” to see the enlargement.
new thread
lina @ 129
Maybe.
Anybody mention the terrific series on authoritarianism at Orcinus? Excellent work by Sara Robinson. Parts I — III are up and a fourth coming shortly.
When you go to the Courant, don’t miss this — and the most-interesting chart it features.
I still think the most telling aspect of the George Felix “Frenchie” Allen Jr.(R-Appomattox) is the fact that he preceded his cruel, bullying, nativist attack on a 20 year old student volunteer with the words: “We are going to run a positive campaign”.
-GSD
P.S.
Coming to an inflamed region near you:
The Blow Of Zolfaghar
http://news.xinhuanet.com/engl…..975477.htm
-GSD
The New Haven Registerreported on Thursday’s Q-poll of 3-way Senate race. The lead reads:
More smiles . . .
Adam Felber, a regular panelist on NPR’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me!” comedy/news radio game show, also blogs at Fanatical Apathy. (Don’t you love a blog title like that?) He has a great post on how Bush can solve this little Domestic Eavesdropping problem he’s got.
Domestic Spying: I Solve Everything is just what the title says, and prescribes just what Bush needs: Lawsmiths, Decidesketeers, and a Rule Thing to hold it all together.
In the fall we get a lot of bear hunters here…it gets more popular every year. The hunters have their bear baiting sites & then go ahunting. It is much less challenging than deer hunting so it seems more like a canned “sport” to me.
Hugh @ 128
You have to wonder about synchronicity – just a couple of days back a lead story was that more people in the US could name the 7 dwarves than 9 S.Ct. Justices.
I’m trying to imagine what the third story will be.
Okla at 145:
After I hit the submit comment button, I remembered that I’m already married.
moe99 @
19
there are those who will say that, and they may be right, but i think that we as americans, jews and gentiles, must not flinch from recognizing the truth as we see it and act upon that. the war in iraq is not helping israel. the israeli army attacking lebanon is not helping israel. joe lieberman’s cozying up to the bush administration is not helping israel, and lieberman’s back-stabbing the Democratic Party and acting in a way which alienates Democratic Voters is not helping Israel. Joe Lieberman is not the savior of Israel. neither was Ariel Sharon. and you may be sure that Ned Lamont will be a true friend of Israel, the equal to Joe Lieberman if not better.
lotus – 145: that link doesn’t work for me. Are you trying to link to the article on Schlesinger?
orangejumpsuit @
43
Thanks for the comment, orangejumpsuit. Nicely said.
I sometimes describe the “DNA” you describe as a “civilizational pathology”. The Europeans really did a number on the rest of the world, huh? Ya know, some people in my family (of Chinese descent) argue, quite charitably, that “if China had as much power as Europe had during the past 500 years, China might have done the same thing the Europeans did.” This might be true; but it’s also hypothetical, and history is not.
Anyway, for better or worse, Happy Statehood Day…
Peace.
Jim VandeHei’s WaPa article, about “security moms” abandoning the Repubs can be linked to recent columns (e.g., George Will) we’ve seen admitting that Kerry’s “it’s an international police matter,” not a “war” theme. Of course, Jim doesn’t make that connection.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01484.html
fahrender @ 151,
And this, “According to Zogby international, 52 percent of Americans believe the US should remain neutral in Israel’s conflict with Hezbollah.” per Amy Goodman at Democracy Now.
lina @ 151
Better to have loved and lost. Than not to have loved at all. Such a brief affair.
Not sure if anyone’s seen this yet, but from the Hartford Courant, Lieberman says,
“Sen. Reid left no doubt in my mind that I would retain my seniority and committee assignments within the Senate Democratic Caucus should I be re-elected,” Lieberman said Thursday, “and that has been confirmed to me by several other members of the Democratic caucus.”
He would not name those members.
ironranger @ 150
Maybe you can get the tough guy hunter troy lee from montgomerygentry up there for a hunt. Oh wait the rightard jingoistic hack only shoots tame pet bears. Never mind
okla at 158:
you’re too good for me anyway. it’s better that it ends this way.
Little Dog at 135,
That’s a great idea. I can’t imagine what they might think of that has any substance to it, but we’ll see.
I’m just frustrated this morning.About everything,lol.I feel like one big raw nerve.
At my personal blog(not the one I contribute to which is where my name/link takes you)I’m being hounded by a seriously mean woman hating troll.It scares me that in 2006 there are still men who will violently defend their rights to women as property.And this dude has a little boy(whose evil mother has custody of him,yes,I got me an MRA guy for a troll).Lovely.
The Dems in charge piss me off for not booting whiny ass Joe to the curb,followed by the contents of his office.This privledged status quo crap is killing the country,it HAS to stop.He’s not a Democrat,holy crap how freaking obvious could it be?If Hannity,Rush,Coulter and the GOP loooove you,you are NOT A DEMOCRAT.It’s not like they’re even bothering to hide it or anything,geesh.Booting Joe out the door would send a clear message,the fact that it hasn’t happened isn’t making me feel good about things.
Thank god for Peanuts and Poodles.And all things bright and beautiful,it’s why I fight.My son(my baby,sniff,sniff) just entered 7th grade,this morning he looked like the typical American Teenager when I dropped him off at school.And I realized just how fast he’s gone from toddler to almost 13.I figure in about a week or so he’ll be taller than me.Then I came home and started folding his laundry,and it hit me that I can almost wear some of his clothes.No more shopping in the boy’s department,he just turned into a young man over the summer,yipes.Going from cute to handsome.Now I’m crying,again.Letting go is just not an easy transition,and you walk a fine line.You still have to watch over them,but you have to let them test their wings without letting them fly headfirst into danger.(((sigh)))
Throw in late perimenopausal hormones,and I’m pretty much a small trainwreck.I really wish I could walk into certain DC offices,grab some people by the damned shirt collars,sit them down and ask them why they’re hellbent on destroying OUR country.I want some answers,the truth for change.
Sorry,I’m gonna go work off some of this edgy-ness by cleaning and gardening.In a couple of days I ought to have the cleanest house and best tended gardens in the entire SE USA.
Hugh @
128
Hey! Don’t crush that dwarf! Hand me the pliers……….
I mean really, this has to be from an episode of Firesign Theater, doncha think?
AAOB at 8:41am –
If you can’t vent about that stuff here, where can you vent?
Your son sounds like he is becoming a handsome young man — you deserve to be very proud.
And your online troll stalker — have you tried banning his IP address? Just because he has issues, that’s no excuse for being rude and inconsiderate — and you don’t need the aggravation.
Angry OB at 163 – your troll a deadbeat dad? I can sic my brother on him – he works for child support enforcement. they have some pretty impressively mean tactics.
and AOB, my son is off to his 2nd year at college. it does not get any easier. my yard wil be weed free by sun nite (there are 3 foot tall thistles now).
Lots is going on with Eric Massa on your site and Kos. Thought you would be interested in exchange I had with Scott Nichols, WETM-TV and news36@weny.com. Wrote I was disappointed in their failure to report the domestic violence issues. Nichols did not understand why someone in OR is interested in NY race. Confirms our views about the media, huh? Exchange follows, only adjusted to protect my identity.
From: Carol D—
Sent: Tue 8/15/2006 8:37 PM
To: REID, RANDY
Subject: Congressman Kuhl
Dear Mr. Reid:
I was disappointed today to learn that WETM 18 has chosen not to
disclose that Congressman Kuhl committed domestic violence, and
prompts the question whether he is fit to serve in Congress. His
divorce papers are public records. What has motivated the station to
remain silent? You are responsible to report the news objectively and
let the chips fall where they may. I reside on the west coast, but
this kind of public information would have been disclosed. Please
reconsider your decision.
Carol N. D—-
From: REID, RANDY
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 4:46 AM
To: Carol D—
Cc: Nichols, Scott
Subject: RE: Congressman Kuhl
I will pass your comments on to our News Director but this is common knowledge and this was brought up in his last campaign. Not sure what prompted your e-mail but as I said I will pass you e-mail on.
On Aug 16, 2006, at 9:45 AM, Nichols, Scott wrote:
Actually, the problem is that his divorce records are not pubic. They were sealed by a judge and obtained illegally. As such, we chose to abide by the law and not promote illegal activity. Had the records been public to begin with, we would have considered covering this story differently.
May I ask why someone on the West Coast cares about a Congressional race in New York?
Scott Nichols
News Director
WETM-TV (NBC) and WETM-2
101 East Water Street
Elmira, NY 14901
(607) 733-5518 x230
Mr. Nichols:
Thanks for your response. I appreciate knowing the legal status of the records and certainly do not want media violating the law. Also, while I am a middle class person of limited means, I care about and have contributed to races all over the U. S. Further, I’m sure you understand that Congressmen from New York cast votes that affect Oregonians. And Congressman Kuhl’s votes have negatively impacted me.
Carol N. D—
Thanks for the muffin…….and love hearing about the Peanut and of course, the poodles…keeps us a close family!
I read an article this morning….learned something new……and I don’t know how I missed this. Does anyone else remember? Carnival of Evil: ELP’s prescience of mind and today’s GOP
http://scoop.epluribusmedia.or…..104542/282
“Incredible as it may seem, profound evidence for prescience exists in song and music from Emerson, Lake and Palmer. In 1973, they wrote music including two songs that depict the “Carnival of Evil” reigning supreme throughout today’s US Government: Karn Evil 9 – 1st Impression and Karn Evil 9 – First Impression, Part II illustrate the “presidencies” of George W. Bush and the neoconservative Republican cabal to a degree that even Stephen King would find eerily accurate.”
Tired Fed,I don’t think he’s a deadbeat,just hates and resents every single penny he’s paid.He thinks if he’s gonna pay child support then his ex should”put out” to “earn it”.Nice huh?
He needs banning,I’m just such doofus when it comes to computers I’m not sure how.
Inyteresting article in TPM what do you think??http://www.talkingpointsmemo.c…..009467.php
zoebird @ 172
I think Josh loves Lieberman, and will justify it however he can. If people don’t get that Joe really is a Republican by now, they never will.
I’m way past epu’d here, but the link mentioned at 145 is here.
And this Sara Robinson person…well, y’all here know her as me. Dave’s out chasing orcas this month doing book research, and left me the keys to the place while he’s gone.