The Greenwald film is huge in it’s implications. The issue should be inescapable.

We should hammer the repug war pigs on this issue USING THEIR OWN PHRASE—IT’S
OUR MONEY!!!!

If we do not absolutely demolish the GOP on this issue, then we are cowards who do not deserve to win anything.

Sally @
93

*ilson46201 (57),’womanned” was a bit of a snark.

I probably over-reacted. Eliminating the word “manned” has been a battle of mine for years — “staffed” is such suitable replacement word.

*hat, *ilson? “Staff the battle stations!”?

Let’s do a quick timeline for everyone to review.

Dick Cheney, as Sec. of Defense, hires Halliburton to do a study about potential areas where privatization can save the DOD money (typical repub free market crap). Halliburton comes back with a report detailing all types of privatization opportunities.

Poppy looses the next election, and Dick becomes CEO of Halliburton. There he attaches firmly to the governmental teet, and gets all sorts of contracts with DOD.

Dick heads the committee looking for Jr’s VP, and appoints himself to that position. As the co-decider, he engineers a war that will lavish all kinds of goodies on his old company.

Well… since his shares in Halliburton are held in “trust”, I guess that he isn’t really a war profiteer himself.

DannyM, IMHO this is why they hated Clinton and went after him in such a big way. They needed him out to achieve their goals. How dare the Hick from the Sticks get elected and delay their plans of war profiteer-ery! and global domination!

angie @ 135

dumbya looks totally dumbfounded in that group on cnn.

bored too.

I am so embarrassed for America.

I used to be embarrassed. Now I’m ashamed.

In most places around the world, when one runs into a complete jerk, a genuine asshole, well, you sorta stay away from them, you ignore them.

In this country, we elect them to national office….

angie @ 135

dumbya looks totally dumbfounded in that group on cnn.

bored too.

I am so embarrassed for America.

I used to be embarrassed. Now I’m ashamed.

true.

dumbya looks totally dumbfounded in that group on cnn.

bored too.

I am so embarrassed for America.

I used to be embarrassed. Now I’m ashamed.

Avast and avaunt.

Howzis?

BELAY BOOSH!

Had to stop and feed my hungry muttsies before I could finish the email to KO and got epu’d on the last thread.

Balrog–
Couldn’t find a direct email address for KO, so I sent the following email to countdown@msnbc.com.

Dear Mr. Olbermann:

When the story of a foiled plot to blow up commercial aircraft bound for America using liquid explosives broke in the American media – just as Connecticut’s Democratic primary was taking place — you responded with a commentary called The Nexus of Politics and Terror (Aug.14th).

Raw Story posted an article yesterday that is the perfect follow-up to your commentary:

British Army expert casts doubt on ‘liquid explosives’ threat, Al Qaeda network in UK Identified

Lieutenant-Colonel (ret.) Nigel Wylde, a former senior British Army Intelligence Officer, has suggested that the police and government story about the “terror plot” revealed on 10th August was part of a “pattern of lies and deceit.”

I’d love to see you interview Lt. Col. Wylde, a retired senior officer in British Intelligence and expert on liquid explosives, who says:

“The idea that these people could sit in the plane toilet and simply mix together these normal household fluids to create a high explosive capable of blowing up the entire aircraft is untenable,” said Lt. Col. Wylde, who was trained as an ammunition technical officer responsible for terrorist bomb disposal at the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in Sandhurst.”

The link to the full story is here:

http://www.rawstory.com/news/2….._Fiction_U nderscoring_0918.html

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Balrog and other fdlers, if you want to go back and review Keith’s NNexus of Politics and Terror commentary, it’s posted at C&L and here’s the link:

http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..-nexus-of- politics-and-terror/

Great work.

Thanks Anne.

Allen was the one who brought up the fact that his grandfather was incarcerated by Nazis and then he explodes when questioned about his mother and his roots. (and he exploded — I watched it twice) And what is this?

Allen reported that “my mother is French-Italian with a little bit of Spanish blood in her, and I’ve been raised, and she was, as far as I know, raised as a Christian.”

There’s more here than meets the eye, matey. (aaarrr)

I think it’s right in line with Republican self-hatred. It also may be that he was well-established as a bigot before he ever knew the truth about his roots, and for some reason, he chose to stick with bigotry. His mother would be so proud, don’t you think?

I don’t get it, but that’s nothing new. *g*