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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
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 - 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 :)
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, 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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.
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!)
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.
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.
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.
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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.”
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.
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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!) :)
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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
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
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
OK. So don’t call us Firepups. That’s fine.
al-Scooter @ 45
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
hehe
Fuck yeah! A shout-out from the Rabid Lamsher!
Jane, you’re telegenic. More, please.
punaise @ 73
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 !!!
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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:
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 like a menace. Geez.
karen allen @ 95
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
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
It’s not a requirement lol
LindyH @ 112
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.
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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
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
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
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
Amen, and let us now lift up our voices in song!
ccmask - Classic just classic. I have a m