JANE!

You were great, Jane!

Kind of quiet here.

Jane rocks

C&L Rocks… Jamie over at C&L is one of the best video hounds on the web!

You were superb Jane. I was cheering the television. (And I’m normally a pretty sensible guy!) :)

OT
Average price for regular gasoline 9/20/06 in 50 states and DC

$3.00 plus 1 state
$2.90 plus 1 state
$2.80 plus 6 states
$2.70 plus 5 states
$2.60 plus 4 states
$2.50 plus 6 states
$2.40 plus 8 states
$2.30 plus 10 states
$2.20 plus 9 states
$2.10 plus 1 state

Average national price: $2.472, down $.015
Highest recorded national average price: $3.057 9/5/2005

Highest average price: Hawaii $3.231
Lowest average price: Missouri $2.153

http://www.fuelgaugereport.com/sbsavg.asp

Nymex Crude Future $60.74, down $.96
Dated Brent Spot $59.88, down $.66
WTI Cushing Spot $60.46, down $1.20

Oil skirts the $60 mark. While there may be some fluctuations, all speculative indicators remain negative. Add to this that there is an El Nino developing in the Pacific which usually means a milder winter in the western and northern parts of the US. I don’t think energy markets have factored this in yet but this is an important negative indicator going into the heating season. Gas prices continue to do their thing. There are a few minor indications of slowing in the fall but nothing that rises to the level of significance so far.

I have to add that I find it hysterical that the recent rise in the stock market has been fueled by lower energy prices and that only now is there some trepidation because a lot of these energy cost declines are due to a cooling economy. Doh! Like they couldn’t see that coming.

Jane! That was fantastic!
Keith knew exactly what to ask and you were perfect with your answers.

you did a great job Jane…. keep on doing what you guys are doing I agree. But you did the blog proud girlfriend~

Jane – Absolutely fantastic interview…. Of course!

Just finished reading the CQ Kiss of Death, very good article and really great for Lamont.

Hugh – I would like to see a breakdown of gas prices Red (so called) v. Blue states. I know it is anecdotal but it sure seems that gas prices are lower in those Red states from my travels.

I could comment on her usual degree of erudition and how well she represents our community, but I will instead revert to my natural state of being a typical male pig: Jane looked babe-ilicious.

Bob

Awesome interview!

I watched the show and Jane, you looked marvelous! Made your points clear…I’m stoked!

Good job!!

You handled yourself exceedingly well Jane. It was nice to get the chance to introduce my wife to you and FireDogLake. It’s particularly gratifying to see a working relationship with Keith developing. I’ve thought for some time how valuable such a relationship could be for 2006 and beyond.

katymine #9,

If you click the link, it will take you to a list of the states.

That was great.

Wow…you were really good! Don’t even think about getting a swelled head though. Seriously, I was impressed. Poised, articulate and consitent in firmly but sweetly moving the frame to the important issues. Good job. When are you going to be on O’Reilly?

We are very lucky to have people like Jane and Kos, who have not only successfully organized progressive blogs, but who can appear on TV and articulately deliver our message.

Great interview, Jane!

When are you going to be on O’Reilly?

Huh? Never I hope ; )

REPRINT FROM LAST THREAD:

UNBELIEVABLE! More shenanigans in the House. Seems like the Republicans have REVOTED on the Bush Torture Bill and narrowly passed it having waited until two Dems were out of the room. Goodbye democracy, it was nice while it lasted.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/20/19237/9278

and your hair looks very extra nice!

Wow Jane! You were awesome! You should have your own TV show. KO asked good questions and you had good answers. I gotta watch that again…

Random thoughts:

Specter’s NSA cave in “let’s just legalize it” legislation looks dead. This was always something of a rush job to get it done in a month but the real problem seems to be with the House version sponsored by Heather Wilson, a Republican in a tough re-election campaign. The White House does not like what they are seeing.

http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/

Meanwhile Senate Majority Leader Frist is threatening to filibuster the Warner, McCain, Graham, Snowe alternative to the Bush torture and kangaroo court act. Neither guarantees habeas corpus so seeing both hit the dust is not a bad thing.

Just heard Gen. Abizaid BS-ing on the NewsHour about Iraq. The security situation is improving, sounds like he wants to say that Iraq’s at another turning point. Says that 100,000 more troops would not change the situation because the Iraqi military needs and wants to step up. He does not point out that we don’t have 100,000 troops to send even if we wanted to or that the current 140,000 level is not sustainable. But what I think is the really, really big Iraq issue that is not being discussed is heavy weapons: tanks, artillery, and helicopters specifically. I just read today at Juan Cole that the Iraqi military has all of 78 old Hungarian tanks. The simple reality is that whichever group gets these weapons will dominate the others, period. And it won’t be pretty. It is to be frank the way Saddam did it. We criticize al Maliki for not being forceful enough but we have not given him the weapons that would make a difference. And to complicate matters the Iraqi army remains a national army in name only made up mostly of Shia and Kurds whose primary allegiances are elsewhere. While the Sunnis have the experience, the Shias will with the help of Iran eventually have better access to heavy weapons so my bet remains with them.

It was great. What was Keith like? Did you get a chance to chat just a few words before or after the interview? You have to write about it.

You were great Jane. And damn straight the commentors here will keep FDL on the up and up because we expect FDL to keep the politicos on the up and up :)

Good on Jane.

Good on Keith Olbermann.

Is he a Saint sent to bring the truth back to the Mainstream Media or what?

EXTRAORDINARILY good job! Wow. To my mind, the best came at the end when KO raised the spectre of “the blogosphere” becoming “too inside,” and (I tried to write it as I heard it) Jane replied:

“It’s hard for us to get “insider” without taking a lot of guff for it.”

Got that, commenters? We’re the “guff.” What a grin I grinned!

Not that FDL needs its feet held to the fire, but let’s do remember the late, lamented comments on Joementum’s “blog.” (Snort…snort…snork…snark…)

Jane, FABULOUS job!

More Jane, less Bob Shrum and Donna Brazile, please.

Congratulations, Jane. You had the privilege of appearing on the best news show on television. And you did a great job. Was it fun?

Dave Latchaw @ 28

More Jane, less Bob Shrum and Donna Brazile, please.

Good sentiment, although I take it a step further:

“More Jane, ZERO Shrum and Brazile, please.”

Jane, you were fab. Keith was his dreamy self. (heavy sigh) I don’t want you to take this the wrong way and I don’t know what your personal situations are but gosh it would be great if the two of you could get together and reproduce. I sincerely think your offspring could save this planet. Yes, I’m a romantic. Some people might even call me a visionary but when I see these two smart, hip, intelligent, compassionate, passionate people practically on the same screen – I can’t help but get ideas.

Jane, Keith…I think you owe it to your country – hell, you owe it to the future of the world to mate and reproduce.

C’mon Lakers…I know you all thought the same thing.

nice work.

Keith Olbermann should invite Jane back on to discuss the relative merits of Ned Lamont’s and “Cuppa” Joe Lieberman’s campaign blogs, including the spectacular failure of the latter.

I’m with Bob Geiger: fine job, Jane, across the board (but I gotta say you’re quite an eyeful).

Diary about Jane at kos with the C&L clip – drop by and give it a Recommend if you get a chance!

OLBERMANN DANCES WITH JANE HAMSHER

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/9/20/211834/318

My husband just informed me you call yourselves ‘firepups.’

I can’t do that. I’m sorry.

Very well done, Ms. Hamsher. We rabid lambs are very proud.

Jane,

The Dkos people posted a sexy diary

http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…..211834/318

nice work.

’bout time the jaynamshers of the left kicked some MSM ass!

I think KO will be having you back.

LOL Impeachment happens!

Very well done Jane, you are at ease in front of camera! Did you talk at all beforehand about the questions because you sure had the answers flowing?

meta –

Lotus (and you) are quite right. It was laid back, but just PACKED with info.

And what impresses me is that Jane used her time to point to lots of OTHERS — specific folks (Howie and Act Blue, Squirrels/Had Enough, the commenters here) and the grassroots (as citizens) in general.

She didn’t do what so many do — hog the spotlight for herself and her own ego.

That’s what’s so damned impressive to me — and it projects absolute authenticity and commitment to essential democratic beliefs.

Great job, Jane. You came across as bright, informed and very articulate. You are a wonderful representative for the blogger community. Well done!!!

Dave Latchaw @
28

More Jane, less Bob Shrum and Donna Brazile, please.

I’m sure Keith & Co. have figured out that this formula could only help Countdown’s ratings. Let’s hear it for Jane becoming a regular!

Jane: Great interview. Just a little feedback: Try not to beam quite so much; it makes you look too eager, a little too star struck, which sucks gravity from your on-air presence.

If you really were in San Francisco, I’m jealous. The weather must’ve been perfect today, at least if you weren’t too close to the Sunset or the Richmond.

Keith Olberman asked very good questions and I was happy nobody talked about anybody’s breasts.

kudos and well done! nice to see a smiling face on the tube instead of a screeching loon.

Impeachment Happens @ 37

My husband just informed me you call yourselves ‘firepups.’

I can’t do that. I’m sorry.

OK. So don’t call us Firepups. That’s fine.

al-Scooter @ 45

Dave Latchaw @
28

More Jane, less Bob Shrum and Donna Brazile, please.

I’m sure Keith & Co. have figured out that this formula could only help Countdown’s ratings. Let’s hear it for Jane becoming a regular!

Yeah, I’d sure rather see her than Dana Milbank. Damn, I can’t stand that guy.

I’m watching Anderson Cooper 360, and Bush keeps saying “nukuler”…has anyone tried to explain to him that he’s saying it wrong?

kaleidescope @ 46

Jane: Great interview. Just a little feedback: Try not to beam quite so much; it makes you look too eager, a little too star struck, which sucks gravity from your on-air presence.

If I had a gorgeous smile like Jane’s, I’d sure leave it on alla time.

Wonderful job – you hit one note in common with Markos and IMO it is a great one – you come across as upbeat and selfsecure and happy.

That, and the fact that you changed out of pajamas. *g*

[Hugh 23 - thanks]

Jane, great to see you. You look very much at ease on TV, good spokesperson for the dreaded bloggers. I have been reading you since back when you really let it rip and I never miss my firedoglake read. I have been with you through Fitz-Plame, Katrina, Lamont, and that bomb of a 9/11 movie.
The Progressive/Democratic political activism across the Web for this ‘06 election is inspirational as well as a call to action. Olbermann has been a pleasant surprise, too, hasn’t he?

lotus!

op99 @ 52

kaleidescope @ 46

Jane: Great interview. Just a little feedback: Try not to beam quite so much; it makes you look too eager, a little too star struck, which sucks gravity from your on-air presence.

If I had a gorgeous smile like Jane’s, I’d sure leave it on alla time.

I don’t think Jane needs any advice

Is KO single?

The hair gods were with you.
And you did great job, honest, relaxed, informed and positive.

I loves me some Jane.

Bravo!

yes, ccmask and he looked beautiful tonight too.

Great questions on his part.

Well done, Jane! :-)
Beaming is great! Great presence! Wonderful smile!Good antidote to the grim sterotype attributed to progressive politicos.

live in all her petals. My goodness and wb.

kaleidescope @ 46

Jane: Great interview. Just a little feedback: Try not to beam quite so much; it makes you look too eager, a little too star struck, which sucks gravity from your on-air presence.

If you really were in San Francisco, I’m jealous. The weather must’ve been perfect today, at least if you weren’t too close to the Sunset or the Richmond.

Keith Olberman asked very good questions and I was happy nobody talked about anybody’s breasts.

Boy, do I disagree! I found Jane to be quite relaxed, and her “beaming” is the authenticity you see, IMO.

When I did a lot of public speaking, to counter any “stage fright” I had, I did a little meditative exercise first.

I sat still, closed my eyes, and imagined an audience in front of me. And what I saw was not so much their faces, but rather a small bright flame in the place where the heart is. And I told myself that what I was going to do was to let the little flame in my heart speak to the flame in the heart of every person in the audience — from the most authentic part of me to the most authentic part of each person present.

It never failed to calm me down, to remember that what was important was to communicate from my heart to theirs.

That’s what I thought of when I saw Jane tonight. That’s how I interpreted her “beaming.” And it did speak, right to my heart.

Jane, you’ve certainly got a face for TV, that’s for sure. Lord have mercy. What a cutie. And she’s liberal, guys! Can you stand it?

I’m compelled to de-lurk briefly in order to say “way to go, Jane!”. You were great.

punaise!

ccmask @ 55

Is KO single?

Ya I’ve thought about him and Jane too.

PUNAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSEEEEEEEEEE!!!

Fer gawd sakes she was smilin’ because she was on Olbermann talking about a meetin’ with the big dawg and near laughter at the Liebermess. Authentic genuine happy good news. Unusual but quite refreshing and I am still smiling.

punaise in the house!!

punaise !

neurophius @ 51

I’m watching Anderson Cooper 360, and Bush keeps saying “nukuler”…has anyone tried to explain to him that he’s saying it wrong?

I was watching “Dr. Strangelove” the other night and Slim Pickens says “Well, boys, I reckon this is it. Nookler combat, toe-to-toe with the Rooskies.”

I thought “nookler” sounded better than “nukular”. I mean, if you want to sound like an ignoramus, at least sound like an ignormaus with some class.

ccmask @ 55

someone tried to set a friend up with him back in the days when he was doing ’sports.’

I don’t know what his status is now other than ‘my hero.’

Mrs K8

I sat still, closed my eyes, and imagined an audience in front of me. And what I saw was not so much their faces, but rather a small bright flame…

that explains the smoldering underwear.

gotta go before 3sivund catches on!

egregious saud: Ya I’ve thought about him and Jane too.

I was thinking Keith & Me actually.

You were eminently…reasonable. Very grounded, self deprecating (like Keith) and a ab fab spokesmodel for the blogs.

Israel says today that Iran is the greatest threat in the Middle East. Israel’s attitude of Iran being the most dangerous threat in the Mideast must stem from how Iran blew Lebanon all to smithereens recently, all the nuclear weapons Iran possesses compared to those in Israel’s arsenal, and the way the Iranians have beaten up on the Palestinians over the years.

I want my sister to hook up with KO– they’re both verrry smart and good looking.

I have dreamed it; hope it happens ;)

From Wiki on Olbermann

Is related to boxer Mike Tyson by marriage. Olbermann’s paternal uncle married the niece of Tyson’s adoptive father Cus D’Amato, making Olbermann and Tyson first step-cousins in-law once removed. [2]

hehe

Fuck yeah! A shout-out from the Rabid Lamsher!

Jane, you’re telegenic. More, please.

punaise @ 73

Mrs K8

I sat still, closed my eyes, and imagined an audience in front of me. And what I saw was not so much their faces, but rather a small bright flame…

that explains the smoldering underwear.

gotta go before 3sivund catches on!

oh, punaise, we’ve missed you! hurry up and finish your work, will ya?

It will be a year next month that reading FDL became as routine as my morning press of coffee beans. It’s fun to look back and see the progressive growth of FDL in so many good ways.

Cheers !!!

.

lotus emailed: Y’all, whoever is posting as “lotus” is NOT me. meta posted what I had to say (and now op99 is), but somebody else is jukin’ us here.

op99 says:lotus at 72 and 76 was really me, fergot to change my fake name back. Sorry.

Beam on, Jane!

You’re so articulate – way to go Jane!

lotus:

Hi punaise, didya see the “cheesus crust” thread coupla days ago? Were ya tempted?

let’s just say that tremendous restraint was exercised at that moment. as well as a garrrr-gantuan effort to avoid chiming in yesterday.

ta-ta for now. toobz are clogged anyway.

I know some feminist hackles may come up with a lot of the guys who are commenting on Jane’s looks (and I must say, DAMN, you are mighty fine, Miss Jane) but unfortunately, on tv, looks matter as least as much as substance (which I hate, but truth is truth, which is why I’ll never be on tv) and the more attractive the messenger, the more power is behind the message. When you have looks and substance, it’s a grandslam. The Regressives know this, ergo the long line of blonde bimbos during the Lewinsky brouhaha and how much attention they received even though they were mostly wrong at a minimum and flat-ass hallucinatory at their worst, yet you couldn’t turn on the tv without seeing them. With Jane, who has their looks (and in fact better looks IMHO) and a crushing substance, along with a ready grin, we have a perfect spokesperson.

Obviously, I thought you did great and I want MSNBC on my cable, we get CNBC instead. Keep up the good fight, Jane!

Raoul

ccmask @ 87
HOLY FUCK, what a story. Good luck Florida Mom and keep us posted.

Jane
Very Telegenic. Very Articulate.

Thanks for putting it up. I would have missed it otherwise/ Littleprop had a soccer game tonight and I got home halfway through KO. So this was a treat.

Going out. Will be back for the snarkosaur more than likely. If not, good night all and way to knock it out of the park, Jane.

Raoul

Bizzarro world Florida. Glad Fla Mom and family are alright.

thank you ccmask, lotus and Florida Mom…

that is sooo scary.

Susan sounds fearless or something, too.

wow.

Congratulations, Jane! Great to see and hear you. I don’t watch TV so I was hoping for QuickTime version online to show up tonight and there you were!!

Always nice to have a President taking an interest in our little (or not so little) community…and then you getting to publicize the site and Clinton’s interest on national television. Perhaps the site will soon have to expand into FireDogOcean.

Very cool.

Petalled one,
Why can’t you post directly yourself?

Florida Mom,

How scary is that. Please have all family members checked out by docs. What a story!

Has Punaise gnawed through the ropes binding his wrists so he can’t type any comments here?

Boy, What a day! Jane on Olberman and Oprah Winfrey “O” magazine’s Aimee Lee Ball reveals her “personal hot list” of the Sexiest Men Alive. Number 7, no surprise, is Markos Moulitsas

angie @ 96

Susan sounds fearless or something, too.

Susan sounds like a menace. Geez.

karen allen @ 95

Has Punaise gnawed through the ropes binding his wrists so he can’t type any comments here?

hey karen, ten days and counting for my FDL re-entry. ‘cuz I’m not really here, see?

*plouf*

Jane’s smile is gorgeous and infectious and the way the piece starts off is incredibly open and warm. That’s a good thing.

Punaise: Keep gnawing. Get them shackles off.

I’d like to have Susan come clean out my son’s room.

I’m giving you some straight lines. It must be agonizing not to take the bait.

We need to throw a punaise party in early oct. Perhaps TRex will help. *g*

Jane, nice work on Countdown! Well done.

And thanks for the link and showing my Goodstein video earlier today (I was working and missed the thread). Strangely, Ken didn’t mention that little video incident in his GQ story; he did talk to me several times afterwards, always asking, “How many views has it had?” and getting more doleful each time I told him it went up another 5,000 views. I guess he was worried that his journalistic credibility was at risk.

But hey, even HE mentioned in the article that he wasn’t totally objective. I’m sure nobody would fault him for standing up to a tall baby like Richard Goodstein.

Jane, may you replace forever the forced kitsch and vomit of Ann Coulter’s terrortainment with the grace, intelligence and low key power you displayed tonight. I look forward to seeing you here and in the national spotlight in the coming years. How refreshing.

Apologies for referring to you in a sentence in which I temporarily exhumed the Skeletal Anachronism, but my intentions and my point were pure.

heellooo CT Bob and punaise! I’m afraid I missed the punaise chapter wherein he explains his hasty retreat. Is he in the pun/snark rehab center, too?

meta @ 104

heellooo CT Bob and punaise! I’m afraid I missed the punaise chapter wherein he explains his hasty retreat. Is he in the pun/snark rehab center, too?

I do believe punaise was wearing his pajamas far too much!

(actually, he had work to do and needed a sabbatical – he’ll be back next month)

Impeachment Happens @
36

My husband just informed me you call yourselves ‘firepups.’

I can’t do that. I’m sorry.

It’s not a requirement lol

LindyH @ 112

Impeachment Happens @
36

My husband just informed me you call yourselves ‘firepups.’

I can’t do that. I’m sorry.

It’s not a requirement lol

You can refer to us as your littermates.

Email from lotus:

Hello, dahlin’ lhp. I don’t KNOW why I can’t post myself. But starting around midday yesterday, everything I’ve submitted has gone straight from the comment box to *poof* — never even bothers with mod-jail, just *poof*!

Yesterday, I guarandamntee ya, I wuz out-saltying ever’ %#@^*&!!!! pirate in da place, and I’m not a gang happier with it today. Whatcha gonna do, though?

(Thank the pals whose email addies I have, for one thing, so SMOOCHIES to y’all for helping me!)

Personally I prefer FireDogs. Or progressive badasses, same thing.

Talk about poised! It helps when people like Keith provide a relaxed venue, unlike the ridiculous gantlet Joan Walsh had to run on Scarborough.

By the way, Bob, if you’re going to be a pig about it, you could at least say that “Jane looked blog-ilicious.” ;)

Twisted Martini –

Firedogs is kinda catchy…yeah, I think I like that…Lakers just makes me think of Paula Abdul and that’s not good.

lotus, i got your e-mail too late in the day to do anything about it. It was one of those crazy days at work.

YAY, finally saw the clip, you did great! Just curious, how much notice did you have?
Yes, I agree with many others who’ve said, “Please, no more Donna Brazil etc.” I like Donna. I just don’t think she’s effective and you are, so if it doesn’t mess up your sleep schedule too much, I hope you get lots of calls from booking agents.

You were great. I have just discovered firedoglake in the last couple of days. After seeing you, I will be a regular to this site.

Keep smiling. Your smile is so nature and genuine.

You won’t believe this ad

Just saw a report on the news about a radio ad that is being run by the National Black Republican Association that pretty much equates the Democratic Party with the KKK. You have to hear it to believe it.

Am still kind of in shock.

Jane,

Really – excellent job on the show tonight. You represented the progressive blogosphere very well. Outstanding!

Email from lotus:

Mary, you still around? I hear imm’s looking for you, to propose a collaborative project for the further edification of y’all’s many fans re torture.

And how much would we appreciate THAT, pups and lambs?

Amens and preach-its, do I hear?

Well, my mother has left the building. She was here for more than a week. She came to the hospital with me for my surgery last Tuesday and left today. I don’t know why I give her such a hard time when she is so freakin GOOD! You know, she is like a saint, and believe me, I know…I’ve seen her from the inside. I find it unbelievable that I came out of her frankly.

I wish I could draw like my sister could. I would have a weekly feature in the cartoon section called Maid Marion. Picture a very short red-haired lady sporting a bib-apron with WHAT’S COOKIN’ printed on the side, a rooster dish cloth slung over her shoulder, a pair of lilly white gloves (to check for dirt on my high shelves) and used laundry bounce sheets stuffed in her shirt pocket.

That is how I picture her. Geez……I opened my new issue of Harpers and read the same paragraph 4 days in a row and 42 times on the 5th day. She kept popping into my room asking if I’d like mo’ tea or if I was ready for a bowl of her homemade hot chicken pastina soup or if it was time for my meds.
****
I bought chicken so that she could make her homemade chicken pastina soup and also so that I could make my son some of his favorite chicken salad later on in the week. Well, she wasn’t buying that noise. “You just stay in bed and I’ll make it. Well, the recipe is chicken, mayo, diced apples and raisins. Period. Just these four ingredients. Nothing else.

Well, she kept forgetting the ingredients and every time I started to reread my paragraph, her head would peek through the door and she’d say “How many raisins” or “What size do I cut the apples? “Diced or minced?” Finally, she was done with the salad and she came in to give me a taste of it on a teaspoon….I taste it and I say “Did you put celery in there?” and she says “Well, yeah, you had a bunch and a half of celery in the fridge and I didn’t want it to go bad” and I say “Well, geez, Mom, why not put some pastina in it because I have a half of a box of that too”…Anyway, my son comes home and Mom says “Hi, Sweetie, are you ready for a nice Chicken Salad sandwich” and
he says “Sure” and sits on the bar stool at the kitchen counter. She opens up the loaf of bread, makes 2 really nice looking sandwiches but without thinking (cause she was so busy telling him how he should fold his shirts) she takes a knife that is SOAKING IN THE SINK IN DIRTY DISHWATER and cuts the sandwiches without wiping the knife off. Well, little does she know that my son is a FREAK OF NATURE and he looks at me horrified and I just get up and go to the bathroom. He says “I’ll just
take this in my room grandma because I have homework” and she’s like “okay–make sure you eat it all” and “Do you want a glass of milk to wash it down”. Five minutes later I go into my son’s room and we are quietly laughing so hard all the while I am trying not to open my freakin’ neck wound and piss in my pants because he is a maniac….he ate everything but what the knife touched (picture this left
on his plate: 4- 2″ strips of sandwich with bite marks)just as I knew he would. Well, I rolled it into a ball and threw it out the window just in time for her to peek in and ask “Would you like a piece of cake.”

She showed up at my house with 38 packages containing things like new sheets, kichen curtains, a 10 x 13 living room rug, placemats with roosters, etc. I took a nap and an hour later my kitchen had changed from green to yellow and my living room went from beige to burgandy! I was afraid if I closed my eyes my porch would become a sewing room and my hair would be permed!

But, when she left, she started SOBBING! Well, immediately, I figured the doctor told her I was dying, right! I mean she was sobbing! So I looked at her and said, “Mom, am I dying?” And she said “Noooooooooo, I just feel so bad leaving you.”

So, now I feel quilty.

Well done, you have a lot of courage. I was in a fog for a year after my mother’s death.

Anne is that the correct link?

Eureka Springs, AR @ 88

Bizzarro world Florida. Glad Fla Mom and family are alright.

Will someone please tell me what happened to Floriday Mom? I’m lost.

I have no idea. I was asked to post that letter but I am also confused. I hope she is okay…

Eureka Springs, AR @ 119

Anne is that the correct link?

Here it is without the fancy stuff:

http://www.nbra.info/

Right in the middle of the page it says: NBRA Radio Ad – Listen Here.

Great showing Jane!

P.S. I’ll bet you’re just counting the days (364, tap tap tap) until Talk Like A Pirate Day comes ’round again!

Anne @ 114

You won’t believe this ad

Just saw a report on the news about a radio ad that is being run by the National Black Republican Association that pretty much equates the Democratic Party with the KKK. You have to hear it to believe it.

Am still kind of in shock.

Steve Gilliard wrote a great post on an ad by the National Black Republican Association, called Ah, what you do when you think black people are stupid.

TEst

op99 @
116

Email from lotus:

Mary, you still around? I hear imm’s looking for you, to propose a collaborative project for the further edification of y’all’s many fans re torture.

Amen, and let us now lift up our voices in song!

ccmask – Classic just classic. I have a mess of relatives just like that. Are you southern? *g*

Impeachment Happens @ 120

Eureka Springs, AR @ 88

Bizzarro world Florida. Glad Fla Mom and family are alright.

Will someone please tell me what happened to Floriday Mom? I’m lost.

The post vanished. Long story short, neighbor lady Susan climbed on roof, topped off her tree, which knocked something offa something, gave the whole family carbon monoxide poisoning, Florida mom was cognitively impaired before she figured it out. I think (hope) they’re all right or on the road to all right.

punaise @
95

hey karen, ten days and counting for my FDL re-entry. ‘cuz I’m not really here, see?

Still in the punalty box, eh?

;>)

Jane looked and sounded awesome on KO. But I too would like to see her lock antlers with wingnuts on teevee. As natural and appealing as Jane is, I pity the first unsuspecting winger who, in a heated moment of debate, ever mistakenly suggests she ‘calm down’.

.

ccmask @ 120

Well, my mother has left the building. She was here for more than a week. She came to the hospital with me for my surgery last Tuesday and left today. I don’t know why I give her such a hard time when she is so freakin GOOD! You know, she is like a saint, and believe me, I know…I’ve seen her from the inside. I find it unbelievable that I came out of her frankly.

I wish I could draw like my sister could. I would have a weekly feature in the cartoon section called Maid Marion. Picture a very short red-haired lady sporting a bib-apron with WHAT’S COOKIN’ printed on the side, a rooster dish cloth slung over her shoulder, a pair of lilly white gloves (to check for dirt on my high shelves) and used laundry bounce sheets stuffed in her shirt pocket.

That is how I picture her. Geez……I opened my new issue of Harpers and read the same paragraph 4 days in a row and 42 times on the 5th day. She kept popping into my room asking if I’d like mo’ tea or if I was ready for a bowl of her homemade hot chicken pastina soup or if it was time for my meds.
****
I bought chicken so that she could make her homemade chicken pastina soup and also so that I could make my son some of his favorite chicken salad later on in the week. Well, she wasn’t buying that noise. “You just stay in bed and I’ll make it. Well, the recipe is chicken, mayo, diced apples and raisins. Period. Just these four ingredients. Nothing else.

Well, she kept forgetting the ingredients and every time I started to reread my paragraph, her head would peek through the door and she’d say “How many raisins” or “What size do I cut the apples? “Diced or minced?” Finally, she was done with the salad and she came in to give me a taste of it on a teaspoon….I taste it and I say “Did you put celery in there?” and she says “Well, yeah, you had a bunch and a half of celery in the fridge and I didn’t want it to go bad” and I say “Well, geez, Mom, why not put some pastina in it because I have a half of a box of that too”…Anyway, my son comes home and Mom says “Hi, Sweetie, are you ready for a nice Chicken Salad sandwich” and
he says “Sure” and sits on the bar stool at the kitchen counter. She opens up the loaf of bread, makes 2 really nice looking sandwiches but without thinking (cause she was so busy telling him how he should fold his shirts) she takes a knife that is SOAKING IN THE SINK IN DIRTY DISHWATER and cuts the sandwiches without wiping the knife off. Well, little does she know that my son is a FREAK OF NATURE and he looks at me horrified and I just get up and go to the bathroom. He says “I’ll just
take this in my room grandma because I have homework” and she’s like “okay–make sure you eat it all” and “Do you want a glass of milk to wash it down”. Five minutes later I go into my son’s room and we are quietly laughing so hard all the while I am trying not to open my freakin’ neck wound and piss in my pants because he is a maniac….he ate everything but what the knife touched (picture this left
on his plate: 4- 2″ strips of sandwich with bite marks)just as I knew he would. Well, I rolled it into a ball and threw it out the window just in time for her to peek in and ask “Would you like a piece of cake.”

She showed up at my house with 38 packages containing things like new sheets, kichen curtains, a 10 x 13 living room rug, placemats with roosters, etc. I took a nap and an hour later my kitchen had changed from green to yellow and my living room went from beige to burgandy! I was afraid if I closed my eyes my porch would become a sewing room and my hair would be permed!

But, when she left, she started SOBBING! Well, immediately, I figured the doctor told her I was dying, right! I mean she was sobbing! So I looked at her and said, “Mom, am I dying?” And she said “Noooooooooo, I just feel so bad leaving you.”

So, now I feel quilty.

Touching. Thanks for sharing that. I have been wondering how things were going…hoped you would let us know when you were ready…

You Tube is down for maintenance so for now, the above You Tube won’t work. C&L should be fine…

http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..and-blogs/

Margot @ 124

Anne @ 114

You won’t believe this ad

Just saw a report on the news about a radio ad that is being run by the National Black Republican Association that pretty much equates the Democratic Party with the KKK. You have to hear it to believe it.

Am still kind of in shock.

Steve Gilliard wrote a great post on an ad by the National Black Republican Association, called Ah, what you do when you think black people are stupid.

Just listened to it. I hardly know where to start. It is BAD. It is BS. It is BAD BS. What a stinker!

Margot @ 124

Anne @ 114

You won’t believe this ad

Just saw a report on the news about a radio ad that is being run by the National Black Republican Association that pretty much equates the Democratic Party with the KKK. You have to hear it to believe it.

Am still kind of in shock.

Steve Gilliard wrote a great post on an ad by the National Black Republican Association, called Ah, what you do when you think black people are stupid.

Yup – that’s the one, and it is even more offensive – I don’t care what color you are – to listen to than it is to read it.

Can’t wait to hear Michael Steele (African American GOP and Rove/Cheney-backed Senate candidate in MD) respond to what that ad says. His campaign office was contacted for his response, but reporter was told he wants to “study the ad” before he comments…

Anne @ 115

You won’t believe this ad

Just saw a report on the news about a radio ad that is being run by the National Black Republican Association that pretty much equates the Democratic Party with the KKK. You have to hear it to believe it.

Am still kind of in shock.

I guess we need to find out who paid for it and push back.

Just to get a little defensive here. Granted, Jane has a beautiful smile. She smiles as good as she writes. And her smile was obviously authentic and very charming for those of us already familiar with her blog presence. I was just saying that a slightly cooler (if slightly in-authentic) tele-presence will make the uninitiated take her more seriously. She did say in the interview that blogs are good for providing feedback. Jane can take my feedback or not; I don’t care one way or the other. I’ll still get to read what she writes, which is, for me, the main event anyway.

Eureka Springs: No, I’m Italian & Irish. Ember, I’m fine except I no longer have a thyroid and I have to get a full body scan soon. I’m nervous about the synthroid because I’ve been hearing and reading about a lot of horror stories.

Trex upstairs.

Muzzy @ 130

Jane looked and sounded awesome on KO. But I too would like to see her lock antlers with wingnuts on teevee. As natural and appealing as Jane is, I pity the first unsuspecting winger who, in a heated moment of debate, ever mistakenly suggests she ‘calm down’.

Re: “But I too would like to see her lock antlers with wingnuts on teevee”

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I don’t. Olbermann is the bomb, why lower yourself to a food fight? Stick with Olbermann as a regular for now as time and circumstances allow, IMO ; )

That ad is pure evil and I am only half way through it.

Hugs, ccmask!

darkblack @ 134

punaise @
95

hey karen, ten days and counting for my FDL re-entry. ‘cuz I’m not really here, see?

Still in the punalty box, eh?

;>)

Just two more cross hatches to etch at the punitentiary.

Hi ccmask, hope you have a speedy recovery.

Jane did a great job and I like the little Lieberman dig in the beginning. I think the joementum is joeplunging.

Anne @ 134,
I didn’t click on the link to that ad because what I read was vile. I hear enough real vile stuff (our “we don’t torture” policy, etc.) that I’m just not going to read it. Only so much crap can I take, you know?

ccmask, I had no idea that you were dealing with health problems. I’m so sorry, and I send you huge buckets of compassion and best wishes for a swift recovery. We need you here.

kaleidescope @ 137

Just to get a little defensive here. Granted, Jane has a beautiful smile. She smiles as good as she writes. And her smile was obviously authentic and very charming for those of us already familiar with her blog presence. I was just saying that a slightly cooler (if slightly in-authentic) tele-presence will make the uninitiated take her more seriously. She did say in the interview that blogs are good for providing feedback. Jane can take my feedback or not; I don’t care one way or the other. I’ll still get to read what she writes, which is, for me, the main event anyway.

Truth be told, Jane is a professional PERSON. I liked her interview and thought she managed to cram in so much than I would ever be able to do…all without blithering…which I WOULD do (too many thoughts scrambling to get out)…and without being in a hurry…like on many of the other shows. The thing I hate most about the talking heads is that they never give a person a chance to finish a thought. Thank you, Keith Olbermann. You’re a gentleman and a scholar.

ccmask @ 117

Well, my mother has left the building. She was here for more than a week. She came to the hospital with me for my surgery last Tuesday and left today. I don’t know why I give her such a hard time when she is so freakin GOOD! You know, she is like a saint, and believe me, I know…I’ve seen her from the inside. I find it unbelievable that I came out of her frankly.

I wish I could draw like my sister could. I would have a weekly feature in the cartoon section called Maid Marion. Picture a very short red-haired lady sporting a bib-apron with WHAT’S COOKIN’ printed on the side, a rooster dish cloth slung over her shoulder, a pair of lilly white gloves (to check for dirt on my high shelves) and used laundry bounce sheets stuffed in her shirt pocket.

That is how I picture her. Geez……I opened my new issue of Harpers and read the same paragraph 4 days in a row and 42 times on the 5th day. She kept popping into my room asking if I’d like mo’ tea or if I was ready for a bowl of her homemade hot chicken pastina soup or if it was time for my meds.
****
I bought chicken so that she could make her homemade chicken pastina soup and also so that I could make my son some of his favorite chicken salad later on in the week. Well, she wasn’t buying that noise. “You just stay in bed and I’ll make it. Well, the recipe is chicken, mayo, diced apples and raisins. Period. Just these four ingredients. Nothing else.

Well, she kept forgetting the ingredients and every time I started to reread my paragraph, her head would peek through the door and she’d say “How many raisins” or “What size do I cut the apples? “Diced or minced?” Finally, she was done with the salad and she came in to give me a taste of it on a teaspoon….I taste it and I say “Did you put celery in there?” and she says “Well, yeah, you had a bunch and a half of celery in the fridge and I didn’t want it to go bad” and I say “Well, geez, Mom, why not put some pastina in it because I have a half of a box of that too”…Anyway, my son comes home and Mom says “Hi, Sweetie, are you ready for a nice Chicken Salad sandwich” and
he says “Sure” and sits on the bar stool at the kitchen counter. She opens up the loaf of bread, makes 2 really nice looking sandwiches but without thinking (cause she was so busy telling him how he should fold his shirts) she takes a knife that is SOAKING IN THE SINK IN DIRTY DISHWATER and cuts the sandwiches without wiping the knife off. Well, little does she know that my son is a FREAK OF NATURE and he looks at me horrified and I just get up and go to the bathroom. He says “I’ll just
take this in my room grandma because I have homework” and she’s like “okay–make sure you eat it all” and “Do you want a glass of milk to wash it down”. Five minutes later I go into my son’s room and we are quietly laughing so hard all the while I am trying not to open my freakin’ neck wound and piss in my pants because he is a maniac….he ate everything but what the knife touched (picture this left
on his plate: 4- 2″ strips of sandwich with bite marks)just as I knew he would. Well, I rolled it into a ball and threw it out the window just in time for her to peek in and ask “Would you like a piece of cake.”

She showed up at my house with 38 packages containing things like new sheets, kichen curtains, a 10 x 13 living room rug, placemats with roosters, etc. I took a nap and an hour later my kitchen had changed from green to yellow and my living room went from beige to burgandy! I was afraid if I closed my eyes my porch would become a sewing room and my hair would be permed!

But, when she left, she started SOBBING! Well, immediately, I figured the doctor told her I was dying, right! I mean she was sobbing! So I looked at her and said, “Mom, am I dying?” And she said “Noooooooooo, I just feel so bad leaving you.”

So, now I feel quilty.

That makes me smile.
My parents were just here for two days. It’s amazing how crazy my mom can drive me and how much I miss her when she leaves.
Get well.

ccmask @ 137

Eureka Springs: No, I’m Italian & Irish. Ember, I’m fine except I no longer have a thyroid and I have to get a full body scan soon. I’m nervous about the synthroid because I’ve been hearing and reading about a lot of horror stories.

Ooh talk to me. My sister just went thru this. There are lots of helpful recipes for the period when you can’t have iodine. The test itself is easy!

Cozumel – I agree that a food fight is beneathe Jane and that’s not what I would want to see.

Though I can still have my fantasy of her tearing a thug a new one on air using truth, reason, and her own special command of language !

Stellar! Talk about representin’, yo.

I’m seeing a new show losely based on “The View”:

Ms. Hamsher, Ms. Reddhead, Randi Rhodes, Stephanie Miller…imagining someone like “Nip n Tucker” Carlson or Hannity coming on the show and just get absolutely wo-manhandled. It would end any wingnuts career.

Hey, one can dream, can’t they? Now off to sleep with that wonderful vision fresh on the mind.

Here is the #1 source for ccmask:

http://www.thyca.org

They are amazingly helpful.

LindyH @ 135

Anne @ 115

You won’t believe this ad

Just saw a report on the news about a radio ad that is being run by the National Black Republican Association that pretty much equates the Democratic Party with the KKK. You have to hear it to believe it.

Am still kind of in shock.

I guess we need to find out who paid for it and push back.

Apparently, it is chaired by someone named Frances Rice, who is retired military.

On the local news, they were having African Americans listen to it and provide reactions – all of which were a version of “this is offensive” or “this is just not true” or “who would believe this stuff.”

Great job, Jane.

And, FTR, this feminist isn’t bothered when men notice a good looking woman.

It’s when they can’t see everything else she is that the hackles rise.

ccmask @ 117

Well, my mother has left the building. She was here for more than a week. She came to the hospital with me for my surgery last Tuesday and left today. I don’t know why I give her such a hard time when she is so freakin GOOD! You know, she is like a saint, and believe me, I know…I’ve seen her from the inside. I find it unbelievable that I came out of her frankly.

I wish I could draw like my sister could. I would have a weekly feature in the cartoon section called Maid Marion. Picture a very short red-haired lady sporting a bib-apron with WHAT’S COOKIN’ printed on the side, a rooster dish cloth slung over her shoulder, a pair of lilly white gloves (to check for dirt on my high shelves) and used laundry bounce sheets stuffed in her shirt pocket.

That is how I picture her. Geez……I opened my new issue of Harpers and read the same paragraph 4 days in a row and 42 times on the 5th day. She kept popping into my room asking if I’d like mo’ tea or if I was ready for a bowl of her homemade hot chicken pastina soup or if it was time for my meds.
****
I bought chicken so that she could make her homemade chicken pastina soup and also so that I could make my son some of his favorite chicken salad later on in the week. Well, she wasn’t buying that noise. “You just stay in bed and I’ll make it. Well, the recipe is chicken, mayo, diced apples and raisins. Period. Just these four ingredients. Nothing else.

Well, she kept forgetting the ingredients and every time I started to reread my paragraph, her head would peek through the door and she’d say “How many raisins” or “What size do I cut the apples? “Diced or minced?” Finally, she was done with the salad and she came in to give me a taste of it on a teaspoon….I taste it and I say “Did you put celery in there?” and she says “Well, yeah, you had a bunch and a half of celery in the fridge and I didn’t want it to go bad” and I say “Well, geez, Mom, why not put some pastina in it because I have a half of a box of that too”…Anyway, my son comes home and Mom says “Hi, Sweetie, are you ready for a nice Chicken Salad sandwich” and
he says “Sure” and sits on the bar stool at the kitchen counter. She opens up the loaf of bread, makes 2 really nice looking sandwiches but without thinking (cause she was so busy telling him how he should fold his shirts) she takes a knife that is SOAKING IN THE SINK IN DIRTY DISHWATER and cuts the sandwiches without wiping the knife off. Well, little does she know that my son is a FREAK OF NATURE and he looks at me horrified and I just get up and go to the bathroom. He says “I’ll just
take this in my room grandma because I have homework” and she’s like “okay–make sure you eat it all” and “Do you want a glass of milk to wash it down”. Five minutes later I go into my son’s room and we are quietly laughing so hard all the while I am trying not to open my freakin’ neck wound and piss in my pants because he is a maniac….he ate everything but what the knife touched (picture this left
on his plate: 4- 2″ strips of sandwich with bite marks)just as I knew he would. Well, I rolled it into a ball and threw it out the window just in time for her to peek in and ask “Would you like a piece of cake.”

She showed up at my house with 38 packages containing things like new sheets, kichen curtains, a 10 x 13 living room rug, placemats with roosters, etc. I took a nap and an hour later my kitchen had changed from green to yellow and my living room went from beige to burgandy! I was afraid if I closed my eyes my porch would become a sewing room and my hair would be permed!

But, when she left, she started SOBBING! Well, immediately, I figured the doctor told her I was dying, right! I mean she was sobbing! So I looked at her and said, “Mom, am I dying?” And she said “Noooooooooo, I just feel so bad leaving you.”

So, now I feel quilty.

Thanks, ccmask. I missed what your hospital stay was about. My mom had her thyroid removed about 50 years ago and everything went fine after that. You too!

Muzzy @ 150

Cozumel – I agree that a food fight is beneathe Jane and that’s not what I would want to see.

Though I can still have my fantasy of her tearing a thug a new one on air using truth, reason, and her own special command of language !

And she would, that’s a given ; ) LOL

awesome job, feel proud to see you.

Stellar job Jane !

Honored to be a minor part of this sector of the “revolution” that would make Ben Franklin smile

“All successful revolutions are the kicking in of a rotten door.” – John Kenneth Galbraith

I did’t know there was a period when I could take iodine. I’m still in denial. I just read really bad things about the synthroid. I see that doctor tomorrow. Tonite was the first night I decided to study up on it but I swear, I’m at thyroid.org and all of a sudden I hear firedoglake and I look up and see Jane on the tube. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know about it. So that was the end of my study period.

Get Jane on Scarborough. He’ll give her a fair hearing because he understands good politics. If she raises ratings, so much the better. That’s what it’s all about.

Intelligent and attractive! Run for office lady!

:-)

ardee

auditor @ 160

Get Jane on Scarborough. He’ll give her a fair hearing because he understands good politics. If she raises ratings, so much the better. That’s what it’s all about.

Why should Jane be interested in raising Scarborough’s ratings???

Jane,

I’m sure that all this advice, counter-advice and no advice is well intentioned. IMO, I think that you were being your natural self — upbeat, smart and the the beaming thing? I think you were using lo-beams plus fog lamps (often necessary on the Oregon coast, probably). The effect is pretty bright, but not so blinding that you’d drive anyone off the road. Good job.

The French respond:

C’est Magnifique!

It’s difficult to exaggerate the importance of this step. Every time a new voice is given a hearing on a high profile platform the discourse is better served. Thank you, Jane, for …… just being you. Your naturalness spoke volumes and your intelligence left no doubt that the reality based community is healthy, sane and very American……

careerdoctor @ 163

Jane,

I’m sure that all this advice, counter-advice and no advice is well intentioned. IMO, I think that you were being your natural self — upbeat, smart and the the beaming thing? I think you were using lo-beams plus fog lamps (often necessary on the Oregon coast, probably). The effect is pretty bright, but not so blinding that you’d drive anyone off the road. Good job.

I swear i didn’t read your comment before i wrote mine! naturalness, yes.

Very late, but very impressed. I had no idea you were going to make an appearance Jane, but I’ll echo the chorus. Magnificent job and a big step. I’m glad your voice is carrying this far.

I don’t think saying Clinton is the only candidate with a full time blogger is accurate. John Edwards clearly gets it and has plenty of blog help as evidenced by his showing up at gnomedex last spring.

Jane – you were great.

ccmask @ 160

I did’t know there was a period when I could take iodine. I’m still in denial. I just read really bad things about the synthroid. I see that doctor tomorrow. Tonite was the first night I decided to study up on it but I swear, I’m at thyroid.org and all of a sudden I hear firedoglake and I look up and see Jane on the tube. I couldn’t believe it. I didn’t know about it. So that was the end of my study period.

cc, i’ve been taking synthroid for years. before that, my thyroid stopped functioning and i kept going down. It’s really helped me. For me, finding the correct dosage was trial and error. Even now, the dosage has to be adjusted up or down, depending on my blood work results. It’s important that you be a compliant patient in this (I learned that the hard way, cause I’m not very compliant).

egregious: Thanks for this link. http://www.thyca.org

Perfect timing too. They are having a conference in Orlando next month. I guess I’ll go and volunteer and learn something. I really appreciate the link.

smart and sexy is the best. wow

Back in February of this year, we caught Frances Rice, one of the state’s leading Republican organizers, plagiarizing Washington Post columnist Colbert King; when cornered, she accused Venice Florida! dot com of racism

LindyH: Yes, I guess compliancy is the best treatment. I have never been sick a day in my life and this is all a bit much for me. Just reading through all the T3 & T4 make my eyes cloud over. My best girlfriend is a doctor in NY and she’s going to be reading up on it for me. And I’ll go to that conference in Orlando egregious linked to. I’m sure that will get me started. I’m 5′9 and always weighed between 130 and 135 and I have now added on 15 pounds since May. This is very depressing and hopefully tomorrow I can get some answers from the doc. I may have questions for you later on and thanks for the heads up on compliancy!

ccmask @ 174

LindyH: Yes, I guess compliancy is the best treatment. I have never been sick a day in my life and this is all a bit much for me. Just reading through all the T3 & T4 make my eyes cloud over. My best girlfriend is a doctor in NY and she’s going to be reading up on it for me. And I’ll go to that conference in Orlando egregious linked to. I’m sure that will get me started. I’m 5′9 and always weighed between 130 and 135 and I have now added on 15 pounds since May. This is very depressing and hopefully tomorrow I can get some answers from the doc. I may have questions for you later on and thanks for the heads up on compliancy!

Anytime. :)

*Great* job. Hubby thought so too, and he’d never heard of you before. :)

Does this mean Jane is a part of the libral’ media now? hehe

ECHO…ECHO…ECHO…

Jane, you were intelligent, smooth, responsive to KO’s questions, and managed to get into the conversation what YOU wanted to say.

But I thought we were keeping the conspiracy of the rabid lambs secret?

Did you get orders from the Mighty Kos to go public or something?

Or did you dethrone him?

Are we supposed to be stay on the fringe or are we now taking over the mainstream?

It is all so confusing.

I await further orders.

Jane!
You are a beautiful and articulate spokesperson for us all. I’m thrilled that you appeared with Keith Olbermann, my hero.

Jane, you stole my heart. I’ve only said that once before in 64 years.

Kudos to Keith for doing a fabulous job also. I laughed out loud at his question about the danger of blogs becoming too “inside” to be trusted. It’s true, isn’t it; Jane and Redd could never get away with anything with this crowd. I LOVE it! :)))

Jane and Redd (and so many many others of you!), from the bottom of my heart, thank you SO much for what you are doing.

I’m thinking one of yuse must be Thomas Jefferson re-incarnate, and I haven’t made up my mind about ta’other.

Your interview with KO was impressive. With your comments and appearance, it is that much more difficult for the talking heads to try and scare people about the angry left blogosphere.

You did good.

So very nice to have an intelligent exchange on the MSM. Great hair day Jane all the way around. My Grandma went through the 1906 earthquake in one of those victorians with round bay windows. Below the 2nd story window was carved and ol’ wobbly saying, ‘If You Don’t Stand For Something You Will Fall For Anything.’

Yeah, that was fast.

would love to see the video that jane mentions – done with r.l.jones and the nutty zipper squirrels. anyone have a link-y??

merci!

Late to the comment party as usual, but I just wanted to say, “I (heart) Jane.”

THanks for doing us proud. :)

Esme: Here’s the audihttp://www.crooksandliars.com/posts/2006/08/06/cl-premiere-rickie-lee-jones-sings-have-you-had-enougho.

did you say “get you act in gear”? That’s gereat!

It’s obvious that we need Jane to read some of her posts into a camera so we can have more like this.

Good job Jane,you do very well on the TeeVee.

Jane, fantastic! I dare say, you and Keith make quite a couple! *g*

And to think, a year ago Firedoglake was an itty bitty voice in the political wildnerness.

Now you’ve got Presidents listening to you.

Janer —

YOU were great! Nice job — you may be ready for prime time (if you choose to accept!)

Keith being Keith, was friendly, but your answers were right on…

I liked your answer esp, about blogosphere “checks and balances!”

Good on ya!! JBK

Jane,

Good show. But we know you got the right stuff… now more and more people can know too.

I suspect we will be seeing your head and mind more and more on TeeVee and the nation will be better for it.

Keep up your good work and thanks for doing. We all owe you a debt of grattitude.

Out from lurking to add—

I think your demeanor was perfect, Jane. Hope you get (and want) a higher profile of representing bloggers because you are an excellent presenter. A pleasure to watch. Sometimes it’s so anxiety-producing to watch someone from our side when they are hesitant, or stumbling, but from the first I was able to relax and just enjoy the ease & friendliness you projected. And if those answers were in any way rehearsed I sure couldn’t tell. They looked spontaneously intelligent to me.

I agree wholeheartedly with the poster who said you looked happy and that that’s a great disarming antidote to the “angry left” meme. I didn’t see it as a “beam”. I saw it as the sort of smile that makes people automatically smile when they see it. That’s a terrific advantage.

I must concur, the gushing praise here seems overblown, but I was very impressed with that interview.

Do we all here in the ‘blogoshpere’ have our expectations THAT low?! Maybe, but still, that was a very composed, professional, well delivered performance.

Huzzah! Great appearance, though lacking some of the sass that characterizes your site. I’d like to see a bit more of that bad-ass attitude come forward, every now and again.

Also I wish you or Keith had mentioned that progressive blogs are meant to be tonics to the wingnut welfare blogs, scoring more hits on a fraction of the budget. They enjoy harassing outgoing television personalities, we enjoy getting people fucking elected.

All in all, great job.

Jane, you are way dangerous. Very smart, charming, and beguiling. Be mindful of where you point that gun.

Superb interview! Jane, when are you going to run for office?

And were you really filmed at San Francisco’s Alamo Square park?

Jane,

Great job on Countdown!

To quote Fernando: “You were maaavelous darling.”

EASYFL

You did an excellent job with KO. I hope he puts you on early and often.

Okay Jane,
Congrats, but your 15 minutes of fame has been accomplished. Time to get refocused and back to work. Thinking of the mid-terms and 2008, adulation needs to be shined on the grassroots public.

Wow Jane. You look great on camera, and more importantly, you came across as relaxed and intelligent. I hope you get more air time. Very good job.

So, when do you suppose a major news source is going to put a woman on who is not young and blonde and white and thin?

MKK–blonde and white, but 54 and fat

Jane,

Sorry for the late post here. Your interview with KO was fantastic. You were poised and perfect! Would love to see you as a “regular” Countdown correspondent.

Wow! That Jane chick is really pretty!