
"All that is dark and ignominious will disappear. All that is beautiful will triumph." (Dmitri Shostakovich speaking out against the Nazis.)
Oh, good god. I got linked by Instahick regarding last night's Barney Frank post.
To wit:
October 23, 2006
NO LOSS OF PERSPECTIVE HERE: "Gay Republicans are as bad as Nazi collaborators." Mike Godwin, call your office!
UPDATE: Plus, a post on libertarians and bestiality. I'm mentioned, but no Nazi analogies appear.
Um, I've lost perspective? That's pretty goddamn rich coming from a grown man who daydreams about being made into a cyborg when he isn't pushing genocidal talking points on behalf of Preznint Pusbag and Palz. But no matter, I should thank the old fart for going out of his way to raise my profile. It's the least he can do as the world turns away from him and his kind in disgust and concedes that the Iraq War is a dire failure and that the people who so eagerly pushed for it are a bunch of morally bankrupt, overly credulous dipshits who let their blood-lust and their phobia of brown people get way out ahead of their common sense and human decency.
Let's have a look at what Professor Ewok had to say about the war in 2003:
So maybe we shouldn't rub in just how wrong, and morally corrupt the antiwar case was. Maybe we should rise above the temptation to point out that claims of a "quagmire" were wrong — again! — how efforts at moral equivalence were obscenely wrong — again! — how the antiwar folks are still, far too often, trying to move the goalposts rather than admit their error — again — and how an awful lot of the very same people who spoke lugubriously about "civilian casualties" now seem almost disappointed that there weren't more — again — and how many people who spoke darkly about the Arab Street and citizens rising up against American "liberators" were proven wrong — again — as the liberators were seen as just that by the people they were liberating. And I suppose we shouldn't stress so much that the antiwar folks were really just defending the interests of French oil companies and Russian arms-deal creditors. It's probably a bad idea to keep rubbing that point in over and over again.
Nah.
At one point I had a friend who was a normal and sane person, but a combination of 9/11 propaganda and heavy doses of ephedrine-laced Metabolife turned her into a frothing, one-dimensional Neocon "Security Mom". Now I don't talk to her, but every now and then I get the urge to call up her answering machine and shout, "QUAGMIRE!! QUAGMIRE!! QUAGMIIIIIIIIIRE!!" into the phone and hang up.
But you know, maybe we shouldn't rub it in just how wrong and morally corrupt the Neocon doctrine of pre-emptive war was. Maybe we should rise above the temptation to point out that claims of being "greeted as liberators" were wrong–again!–how efforts at connecting Iraq to the terror attacks on 9/11 were obscenely wrong–again!–how the pro-Iraq War crowd are still, far too often, trying to shift the rationale for the invasion rather than admit their error–again–and how an awful lot of the very morons who started this mess are now backing away from the Neocon philosophy like it's a fart in an elevator–again–and how many people who spoke so blithely about American forces being showered with candy and flowers have been proven wrong–again–as the so-called liberators have been seen as a hostile occupying force by the very people whose homes they flattened, whose relatives they slaughtered, and whose daughters and sons they have raped and tortured. And I suppose we shouldn't stress too much that the pro-war crowd were really just defending the interests of Halliburton and Blackwater and Bechtel. It's probably a bad idea to keep rubbing that point in over and over again.
Nah.
My god, the war-mongering Reich Wing are a bunch of mindless, brainwashed bitchez. Just rolling over on their backs to take it up the ass from Big Daddy Bush and Uncle Darth Cheney. And all because they thought they had finally found an acceptable outlet for their racism and xenophobia in the Great and Mythical War on Terrah.
Glenn Reynolds is the Chance the Gardener of blogging, an example of a man who got where he is not by being any good, but just by being, well, there. His prose style is clunky and illiterate (when he can be bothered to cough up more than one sentence at a time, which is rare), his ideas are juvenile and sophomoric, and his humor wouldn't rate printing on the inside of a Bazooka bubble-gum wrapper. He's just another Neocon naked emperor, a useful idiot to Karl Rove and the rest of the BushCo cartel. The only reason he's still around is the same reason Chimpy's still in the Oval Office; he wouldn't flush, even after repeated handle-jigglings and re-fillings of the toilet tank.
Look, Glenn. Wonkette and Joe Klein may think you're cool and all, but around here, you're just another piece of garbage to be taken out once the Democrats take over and we start getting some accountability in our nation's capital. You can bet your suede elbow patches (and your vintage Boba Fett action figure) that in ten years' time, you'll just be another footnote in Bush's War Crimes tribunal.
I hope you enjoyed your brief period of semi-relevance, because that shit is over now and it isn't coming back. You are beginning your descent down to the septic tank of history along with other humiliated and discredited shills like Judy Miller, Andrew Sullivan, and Annthrax Coulter. I would say it's been nice knowing you, but it isn't nice to lie.
Heh, indeed.
Ta taaaaaaaaa!
Lurrrrrrrrrrrve,
T. Rex, Esq.
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I’m squinting to read the tiny type, but congrats on being linked (….I think…)
Wow. Another #1… Is it my computer, or is there a problem with the post? Really most of it is in about size 6 type… My old eyes are having a bit of a problem!
InstaTurd blows Smokey the Tennesee Mascot.
Command plus should increase type size.
You’re friends with Dennis Miller?
All that text w/in the odd/unusual block quotes is way too small for some reason while the rest of the text is “proper”; maybe there is an HTML tag left open or something
Needs “adjusting”
“There is this special biologist word we use for ’stable’. It is ‘dead’.” – Jack Cohen
Thanks for fixing the type size. TRex, you are the best! I’m going to be a good girl, for once, and get to bed at a reasonable hour. If you didn’t catch the debate earlier, I hear it may be available on cable. Ned smote Joe mighty blows…
Nighty night, all.
TRex! Ned! Jane! Christy! Fitz!
Oh, and TRex the portrait is fabulous – and this ole curator always interested in artist attribution if you’re so inclined.
Whew! Goddamn!
I don’t know what made the formatting in this post go so wonky, but I think I’ve fixed it now.
http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/37239.html
“There is no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary.”
Brendan Behan
Irish author & dramatist (1923 – 1964)
uh, the person agaisnt whom you rail (not without justification) is Reynolds, but the first link is, if I’m not mistaken, to Greenwald.
apologies if I’m somehow mislinked.
Dangerstein is using his slush fund to throw off the late nite mojo!
Ouch,that’s gonna leave a mark. Teehee,ROTFLMAO.
TRex honey,you’ve got to stop bottling things up so,it’s just not healthy.(*snort*)
lf @ 11
The quote is from Greenwald talking about the neocons. I figured why give Professor Shitbag the extra traffic?
“…the leading terrorist group in this country right now is the Republican party.”
KO 10/23/06
TRex @ 14:
“””: gotcha.
Heh. Indeed.
listening to the replay coz I missed some earlier … Joe is so convoluted! I can’t wrap my mind around his meanderings.
Siun @ 18
Best not to try. I hear that can result in permanent brain injury and possible coma.
Ordinarily I don’t advocate endless hammering to get people to admit how wrong they were about a political question, but I make exceptions for destroying political philosophies that could get a lot of people killed — again! — the next time around.
Go, TRex!
Is Joepocrisy a new word?
Disturbing, if true…No, I meant heh, indeed.
No wait, if Joepocrisy™ is a new word, I want full credit!
nodding … eyes glaze over … cannot process garbage!
So Trex! you’re getting links from the instahick? sheesh!
Ned Lamont too cool for school -
From My Left Nutmeg:
http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/sh…..aryId=4054
It could be the most important one liner of the debate.
“You goddamned son of a bitch, how dare you accuse me of voting for the Energy Bill because I got a contribution.”
Those were the words allegedly spoken by Joe Lieberman to Ned Lamont immediately after tonight’s debate at the Garde Arts Center in New London. And although Lieberman cupped his hand over his mic, looking for all the world like he was taking the Pledge of Allegiance, his bitter remark was picked up on the audio feed, according to the report I heard. It didn’t make the air (that had already been cut) but, if the report is accurate, WTNH should have the audio.
We shall see.
Run in here to check late night FDL. Mr. Rex doesn’t disappoint. Them’s some sharp teeth.
WTF is THAT all about? Is this guy on day six of a meth run? Evil, just evil.
*xyz @ 24
Lets hope WTNH doesn’t disappear the audio.
I wonder how many folks were recording this with their own videophones? Somebody besides WTNH must have caught the audio of Holy Joe The Oh-So-Moral Backstabber cussing like a sailor turned away from his favorite brothel.
UptownNYChick @ 26
What can we do to get the audio released?
The people of Connecticut have the right to know if their Senator has a temper problem and difficulty being civil with his opponents.
That doesn’t seem very bipartisan of him.
Phoenix Woman @ 27
Oh please God, please.
UptownNYChick @ 29
Spazeboy has the audio feed at his website – is this the same thing as the radio feed? Someone should let him know!
marksb @ 8:42pm (#25)
Is this quote referring to Iraq? If so, I’d have to say that 600K civilian casualties has temporarily slaked my lust for pointless mayhem.
TRex @ 14
Now that’s cold. Nice work.
*xyz @ 24
Extra credit for Ned if he looked Lieberdweeb right in the eye and said, “Joe…I dare easily.”
TMP has a pic up of Denny Hastert’s Chief of Staff Scott Palmer after six and a half hours of testimony. He looks well….
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/
EvilDrPuma @ 33
Well Joe might have a defense: maybe he voted for the Energy Bill because he is a spineless toady for Cheney/puppet, and the contribution was secondary.
No wonder the outrage!
Busy day grading papers and chasing after any number of other things as hubby was working on the car all day. Fingers crossed, hopefully the brakes are okay now.
But I had to find time to comment on this:
Sex-obsessed Republicans: Bad for Ohio, bad for America
EvilDrPuma @
32
I can be a cold-hearted motherfucker.
Especially when it comes to war-mongering dickheads who should shut up and go home and play with their Death Star Playset.
jinny @
34
HAAAAAAA HAAAA HAAAAA HAAAA!!
Lyin’s hard fuckin work, innit, Palmer! Maybe Daddy Denny will hold you in his lap tonight (if you can find it beneath his gut) and tell you a bedtime story.
That’s exactly the look we want to see on all Republicans. Dead-eyed, blasted, exhausted, and defeated.
Fuckers.
Okay, gang! Headed home!
jinny @ 35
That’s a picture that is crying out for a caption contest.
You shore know how to turn a phrase… :)
UptownNYChick @ 39
(cut to)
“This is Chris Jansen, from Dateline NBC….”
YOWZA KICK THESE FUCKING IDIOT ASSES HARDER, BOYFRIEND
Fitz
jinny @ 34
With just a stovepipe hat, he’d be the very image of the stereotypical English undertaker. Which seems appropriate, somehow.
T. Atkinson #79, caught way back in an evil parallel universe from which there is no escape::
Why Lieberman?
Here’s a reason.
And another.
And another.
And another.
And another.
And another.
And another.
You now have seven reasons. And there are many more, but surely that is enough for a rationale to assert itself.
Joe is the nexus of a specific type of sabotage against democracy in the United States…Doing just enough to retain a mild claim to populism, yet prepared to abandon principle to those who, although antithetical to his purported interests nevertheless are prepared to do anything to see him retain power.
This line of inquiry rapidly leads to the question: Just who does Joe Lieberman represent… Exactly?
kristinejoy @ 42
LOL
“after six and a half hours of testimony. He looks well….”
must disagree… to me he does NOT look well
UptownNYChick @ 39
“Braaaaaaaaains…”
OT, but I check the Blue America pages from time to time, to see how Howie’s $5 pledge urge is doing.
TRex- you might be interested to know that as of now, $7,157.41 has been raised for Robert Rodriguez (CA-25). I’m sure, TRex, that your Late Nite about the campaign and the campaign staff was a big help!!!
If anyone missed that particular TRex Late Nite, I urge you to read it, because it is heart-warming and awe-inspiring and a downright reality check as to what *really* goes on on political campaigns, where dollars are precious and go a long way, and invention and inspiration to take back our country are the *main show*. Really inspiring to read about the dedicated volunteers who are working/living with/for a Rodriguez victory. Heart-warming. Did I say that already?
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..a-chicken/
~~This is the first post in the TRex Virtual USO Tour, 2006!~~~
.. his ideas are juvenile and sophomoric, and his humor wouldn’t rate printing on the inside of a Bazooka bubble-gum wrapper.
My favorite line in quite a while.
Oh, and for Robert Rodriguez and his staff, $7,157.41 AIN’T *petty cash*, as you will see if you click back to the TRex article. Honestly I can’t think of a bigger contrast bet. campaigns than what goes on with L4L, and how Rodriquez and co. use their precious bucks.
jinny >”…He looks well….”
Shell shocked would be a good place to start in describing that look
BWWWWAHHHHHHHHH, you lyin scum bag ReThuglican piece of male bovine excretion
Enjoy your time in hell !
“…playin with matches in a pool of gasoline…” – Swamp Mama Johnson
“Big Money Pumped Into Races By NRCC And RNC
By Greg Sargent | bio
The National Republican Congressional Committee today sank $894,689.97 into dozens of House races across the country, new filings with the Federal Election Commission show. About half of that money went into one race: Just over $400,000 was spent on the battle for Tom DeLay’s House seat alone. Meanwhile, the Republican National Committee dropped a staggering$1,772,765.54 on negative ads against Missouri Dem Senate candidate Claire McCaskill.”
Poached from TPM Election Central. There are links within the para.
http://tinyurl.com/yhrhek
I will put in another $10 for Rodriguez if I can get a match to do the same in the next 30 minutes! Double up!
EvilDrPuma @ 47
or
“Condi’s gay?”
Valley Girl @ 50
The same with Dr. Victoria Wulsin in OH-2, VG. When Howie brought Dr. Wulsin to us, the coffers were dry, and Rahmbo *cough* was no where to be seen.
Instapundit was the first political blog I ever visited. I kinda liked it, because it was political, but of the wrong “persuasion” if you know what I mean. Then I found Drudge. EEEUUUUWWW. I thought, is there nothing for ME?!
What a relief to finally find Dkos, americablog and of course, firedoglake. AAAAHHHHHHHH.
ifthethunderdontgetya @ 55
Thanks for the confirmation. That reminds me, I need to go close a double up deal and put $20 more for Wulsin. (she was the first candidate I contributed to via Blue America.)
http://www.actblue.com/page/blueamerica
just finished watching Ned and HoJo debate with pretty tired eyes… didn’t pick up all the points, but I sure finished watching it with the feeling that HoJo still has that seething disgust and hatred for Ned…
seems like that’ll bite HoJo hard in the ass…
Valley Girl @
48
Wow, $7 thousand for Rodriguez? That’s fantastic. You can take credit for moving that one along, VG, they certainly noticed that you were the one urging people to donate.
Kelven @
40
Muchas gracias.
Thanks for coming.
Sharkbabe @
42
With pleasure, my darling.
Valley Girl @ 57
Well alrighty, VG, I will put in $20 each for Dr. Wulsin and for Robert Rodriguez.
http://www.blah3.com/article.p…..comments==
More On The FOB Falcon Attack/Explosions…
Monday, October 23 2006
Global Research has compiled a bunch of articles and video regarding the Mortaring, and massive explosions, which reportedly wounded hundreds and killed many at FOB Falcon, West Baghdad. The fact that CENTCOM hasn’t even bothered to report casualties, and only released this single accessible report:
—-. with NO follow-up report accessible, while multiple reports are coming out via media all over the REST of the world, that NINE Medivac planes carried the dead and wounded to the Military Medical Hospital across town in Baghdad, leads us to believe that something far more terrible happened… Read this compilation of reports:
Global Research Compilation– too much to try and excerpt.
Regardless of what is reported here, there is no way that a tactical nuke cooked off at FOB Falcon. If one did, the casualties would NOT have been evac’d to a field medical hospital… The radiation contamination would have TOTALLY FUCT the Hospital’s receiving, and every other country’s media would be reporting on the radiation. This has not happened. What that huge explosion was is still a mystery, but, clearly, the Bush Administration is trying to keep this whole, ugly incident under wraps. All of my Liberal, Military friends, two formerly of the Navy Nuke community, confirm this, but, have no idea what might have cooked-off in that explosion.
We NEED to know what happened. I CANNOT write, or phone the CENTCOM PAO, listed above… Not during the day, not from work, because of WHERE I work (it would seem the other way around, wouldn’t it?). I would ask one of YOU good readers, to try and get ahold of Master Sgt. Eric Lobsinger, and demand (gently and politely) answers to the questions we need answered. Feel free to email any of us, post your reply in comments, submit a story, any way you can get us the information.
One thing is clear– something VERY BIG, and VERY horrible occured at FOB Falcon, and it is being covered-up. THIS WILL NOT STAND.
Thank you, for keeping this on the radar screen…. While you kept it alive, I’ve been doing everything I can to find out more– there is VERY LITTLE more… This whole thing needs outed. if you’ll notice, Youtube has wittled the available videos down to nearly nil… Something very ugly is happening, and It looks like only a tiny handful of us are pawing at what reallly happened.
See also: Blame Somebody Else for more on Foreigners tricked into serving KBR/Halliburton by way of deceitful Human Trafficking.
TRex- you might be interested to know that as of now, $7,157.41 has been raised for Robert Rodriguez (CA-25). I’m sure, TRex, that your Late Nite about the campaign and the campaign staff was a big help!!!
Hell, yeah! That’s excellent news. I’m so pleased that I could help them out. See? My halo is there, although sometimes it gets all tangled up with my horns.
Jane Hamsher @ 59
Jane- thanks. Yes, I was in an auctioneering mood that eve, and really impressed by the info that TRex gave about the VOLUNTEERS for the Rodrigues campaign, and their comments on the thread. Those “kids” deserve all the help they can get. And, the pix of Norena in curlers gesturing to Robert while he was *ironing his own shirt* really pushed me to go all out! Plus, there was the CA connection.
DU deleted this important thread:
http://www.democraticundergrou…..15;2457675
IWO JIMA STRIKE GROUP JOINS U.S. NAVAL BUILDUP OPPOSITE IRAN (2 reports)
October 20, 2006, 12:37 PM (GMT 02:00)
Tuesday, Oct. 17, the Iwo Jima Expeditionary Strike Group steamed into the Persian Gulf to join the US naval, air and marine concentration piling up opposite Iran’s shores. It consists of the amphibious transport dock USS Nashville, the guided-missile destroyers USS Cole and USS Bulkeley, the guided-missile cruiser USS Philippine Sea, the attack submarine USS Albuquerque, and the dock landing ship USS Whidbey Island.
The Iwo Jima group is now cruising 60 km from Kuwait off Iran’s coast. As DEBKAfile and DEBKA-Net-Weekly reported exclusively two weeks ago, three US naval task forces will be in place opposite Iran in the Persian Gulf and Arabian Sea by October 21. The other two are the USS Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group and the USS Enterprise Strike Group.
MORE (PHOTO)
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=3401
———————————————-
Israel must prepare for Iran to push the button – chief of staff Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz Friday
October 21, 2006, 8:12 PM (GMT 02:00)
Iranian president said earlier there is no reason for Israel “the greatest insult to human dignity” to exist and it would soon disappear.
Halutz also warned Israel to prepare for possible war with Syria, whose missile threat to Israel’s population is similar to that of Hizballah.
Another of his outrageous speeches was delivered Friday to a pro-Palestinian rally marking the Islami Republic’s “al Qods Day” (Jerusalem Liberation Day). In further inflammatory remarks, Ahmadinejad said “the world knows the US and Britain are enemies of the Iranian nation.” He warned European nations not to harm Iran, saying that if anger in the region boiled over, Europe would get hurt because of its support for Israel. “Europe must distance itself from Israel at once. That is Iran’s ultimatum. “He went on to brand the UN Security Council and its decisions “illegitimate.”
DEBKAfile adds: These words amounted to an Iranian threat of harm to the European UN forces deployed in Lebanon unless they left forthwith.
His harsh words followed two events: one, the Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert’s statement in Moscow this week after he met with Russian leaders: “They need to fear that something that they do not want to happen will happen. In no case, Olmert stressed, “will we reconcile with nuclear arms in Iranian hands. There is no margin for error here.”
THE OTHER EVENT WAS THE ARRIVAL IN THE PERSIAN GULF OF THE GIANT US CARRIER IWO JIMA WITH ITS EXPEDITIONARY STRIKE GROUP TO JOIN THE AMERICAN NAVAL, AIR AND MARINE MIGHT PILING UP OPPOSITE IRAN’S SHORES.
MORE (PHOTO)
http://www.debka.com/headline.php?hid=3400
http://www.kucinich.us/
Kucinich Holds Hearing on War Plans for Iran
Sam Gardiner and David Kay Testify
Valley Girl @ 65
mmm…Norena…curlers…
But seriously, has anybody heard anything recently about the race in CA-25? Are they closer, farther away, gonna at least make Buck look bad?
ifthethunderdontgetya @ 62
Yee hah!!! Thank you! I had a match up (upthread) for a mere $10 for Rodriguez, but you have overmatched! So, I’ll go kick in another $10 for Rodrigues, thanks to your match. BUT, looks like, if you want a full match, another $10 is still out there!!!
Patrick 4/4- I’ll try to google and see how thinks look in CA-25.
Got an email today from a friend in SF who owed me some money for some shopping I did for her. I told her to give the money to the Rodrigues campaign instead and she has!
powwow500 @
56
Doesn’t Drudge strike you as the kind of person who would have a really weird personal smell? Like, you’d stand next to him in an elevator and think, “Ew. Why does this guy smell like vinegar?” (Or cheese, or mouse droppings…)
He’s just sooooo sleazy and dirty-looking.
Valley Girl @ 70
Thanks. Info has been hard to find, because the race isn’t seen as competitive.
Rahm?
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2006/6/9/224258/1462
~~~Robert Rodriguez has made many sacrifices in order to take on Howard “Buck” McKeon, a lobbyist-loving, hard-core Bush Republican with a horrible record. In fact, McKeon is more of a DeLay Republican than anything and that should make him vulnerable if Robert can gain enough support.~~~
~~In the current political environment, this is a winnable this district. However, I can’t do it without the help of the grassroots and netroots community. Together, let’s take the campaign to the next level!~~
We are in a very tight race in Tennessee. Going forward, please don’t call any GOP there “hicks.” They’re not hicks, not the GOP nor the Independents nor the Dems.
The correct way to respond to an accusation of being imbalanced, even from a generally malicious, ceaselessly flakking prof, is with balance.
We already see how well the loudmouth, scortched-earth strategy is working in Connecticut. Please don’t spread it elsewhere.
joseph @ 74
Dude. I live in Georgia. I know from hicks.
I have a friend who spent a lot of time in Germany three or four decades ago. He told of how older Germans would speak of “the NS time” as though there were the strange beings who suddenly rode into Germany, did all of these awful things, and then rode out, leaving behind this terrible destruction and guilt for ordinary German citizens to deal with.
IMHO, that is the best we can hope for. And I’ll settle for that. But, GWB is a war criminal. I want that to be an official judgement by a U.S. court and/or an international court. Damn the punishment. Let him be hanged; let him piss his pants contemplating the possibility. I don’t care. But he must be judged!
“I bet you smell like someone who makes reckless comparison’s to the holocaust, thereby cheapening Hitler’s crimes in a pathetic attempt to advance your preferences. “
Okay, I’ll bite. Would that scent be CK One?
kristinejoy @ 77
“Obsession”.
Don’t feed the troll.
Wigwam – I keep wondering about that 99,000 acre farm in Paraguay that Bush reportedly bought recently. On one hand, it makes for a good laugh, on the other, it makes perfect sense. Evidently, Paraguay doesn’t allow extradition.
Muzzy @ 79
We should pre-emptively shower that tract of land with dioxins.
Patrick 4/4 @ 73
Sorry, can’t find much info, excpect from an article via LexisNexis.
~~PALMDALE — A face-to-face debate between Howard P. “Buck” McKeon and his two challengers in the race for Congress appears unlikely, with three weeks left before the election.
McKeon’s main opponent, Democrat Robert Rodriguez, has accused the Republican congressman from Santa Clarita of running from a fight.
But McKeon campaign spokesman Scott Wilk said the seven-term incumbent has just been unable to find time in his schedule. McKeon has debated challengers in past elections.
“We’re under no obligation to debate at all,” Wilk said. “He’s under an obligation to his constituents to do his job.”
Like most House of Representatives seats from California, McKeon’s 25th District is considered a safe race for the incumbent. But Rodriguez argues that the district’s demographics are changing, making the race more competitive.
On Friday, Rodriguez, 29, and Libertarian candidate David Erickson, 50, participated in a forum at the Antelope Valley Senior Center in Lancaster. McKeon was invited but did not attend.~~~
BUT the important thing to remember about these congressional races is that good candidates are building up a base of support- and, sigh, even if they don’t win this time around, the creds they have built up 2006 will help them be even more effective in 2008. And, Sounds to me like Rodriguez is in it for the long haul.
wow – Reynolds is one colossally stupid f*ck. nice work, TRex.
Looks like the NY Times has actuallu published a well researched article on Lieberman’s support for the Iraq war and his history of criticising Democrats who question the administration’s handling of the war. Hope this link works. H/T to official lamont blog:
joseph @ 74
No, it’s not. “Balance” is worthless and dishonest when reality isn’t balanced. Truth, and a healthy dose of mockery to toward those who deserve it, is much more effective.
Ah, then perhaps you’d care to provide shining examples of where “balance” has worked so brilliantly against the right-wing radicals?
‘Cause from where I sit, it’s mostly produced a lot of tut-tutting while they flush our country down the toilet.
But thanks for your concern.
Looks like the NY Times has actuallu published a well researched article on Lieberman’s support for the Iraq war and his history of criticising Democrats who question the administration’s handling of the war. Hope this link works. H/T to official lamont blog:
(link)
TRex @ 80
And unexploded cluster bomblets. That would be poetic justice.
http://nedlamont.com/blog/1924…..an-on-iraq
try this *xyz
Valley Girl @ 84
Thanks for looking. I agree, we can’t them all this time.
But hey, pushpushpush BREATHE pushpushpush…
Okay, linking isn’t working from the blackberry – please head over to the official lamont blog for the Ny times link.
darkblack @
44
T. Atkinson followed up in the previous thread with a long and thoughtful comment, which begins thus:
Joe (R) Joe (R) Binks
TRex @ 80
All it would take for Bush to get whacked would be for him to be out exuberantly ‘clearing brush’ only to realize too late he’s chopping down some indgena’s coca plants.
.
hey gang … I just caught up but now I need to sleep … but it was a very good night for Ned and now a great night for CA25 too!
We’re on a roll … and I can’t wait for that party in January!
Muzzy >”…I keep wondering about that 99,000 acre farm in Paraguay that Bush reportedly bought recently…”
Real close to the one Sun Myung Moon owns I understand; maybe they are planning on pooling resources & building their own little fascist empire there once their attempt here falls apart
“Proof depends on who you are. We’re looking for a preponderance of evidence, and some people need more of a preponderance than other people.” – John Kantner
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10…..erman.html
okay, above is link to article linked in lamontblog.
Monday Evening Tag Team Trolls
Interesting
I wonder if that is where some of Joementum`s “petty cash” has went ?
“The future will be a struggle between huge competing systems of psychopathology.” – J. G. Ballard
Lieberman outburst discussed:
http://connecticutblog.blogspo…..inged.html
*xyz @
24
Macaca, Deux? oh, pretty please!
I’ve tried to offer paths to my “security mom” friends (who are still my friends) to find their way to voting for Democrats, and letting them save face over being hornswaggled previously, with some success.
aReader at 10:16 p, thank you, that is really big!
If we get audio, even bad audio, of Joe saying to Ned:
“You goddamned son of a bitch, how dare you accuse me of voting for the Energy Bill because I got a contribution.” there goes all of Joe’s bullshit rhetoric about civility.
See you all on the flipside.
ifthethunderdontgetya-
THanks- I just saw your extra $20 for the Rodriguez campaign. I love the folks behind this campaign.
http://www.firedoglake.com/200…..a-chicken/
And, as one of them said in comments on that thread, the show of support, now matter how small each donation might be (and $20 isn’t small for this campaign), it is a great boost to their morale as well. I never realized how hard campaigning was, and what the “unglamorous” reality was on the ground, until I started reading FDL posts on the subject. Keeping up morale is just as important as all else.
So, I’m gonna go add some love for the Robert Rodriguez campaign staff. Anyone else?
http://www.actblue.com/page/blueamerica#9384
TeddySanFran @ 99
“There is still too much violence, too much sex, too much incivility in entertainment…” Joe Lieberman, August 14, 2000
wow- that YouTube link must be stressed- It is really slow to load!!
It could be the most important one liner of the debate.
“You goddamned son of a bitch, how dare you accuse me of voting for the Energy Bill because I got a contribution.”
Yeah, Ned. Joe voted for the Energy Bill because he’s just naturally a servile little worm who reflexively drops to his knees any time the republicans unzip their flies.
TRex @ 105
Ned got it all backwards. Joe got the contribution just because he voted for the energy bill.
CONTEST!
TeddySanFran @ 98
I’m afraid that won’t help Ned; sounds like Joe is full of “righteous” indignation over a “false accusation.” Didn’t watch it, but I’m assuming Ned did make said claim during the debate?
TeddySanFran @ 107
Balls in pantyhose.
kristinejoy @ 109
Let’s not peak too early.
punaise @
91
all hail our returned punaise!
TRex @
19
Speaking of which, isn’t Joey the Whiner in favor of brain damage and coma?
Teddy, I’m afraid to ask exactly what the nature of this contest would be.
TeddySanFran @ 106
If it were anyone but Drudge, I wouldn’t dare suggest it, but:
oops, not accurate enough
Dried semen
?and Cheetohs?Muzzy @
79
Is that true? Link?
TeddySanFran @ 106
CONTEST!
Dried semen?
Mustard gas and roses.
If it were anyone but Drudge, I wouldn’t dare suggest it, but:
Dried semen?
And Herpecin.
Redshift @ 86
Pity the poor detainee. Surely you don’t think that Rancho Esmeralda is only for the bemusement of its owners.
TRex @ 112
think of the prize, tho, for coming up with the best examply of eau d’Drudge.
kristinejoy @ 108
Tucked balls in pantyhose, like drag queens do
TRex @ 105
These will come in handy then
Drudge contest entry:
‘There’s something about a santorum man’
;>)
Curious in Central Texas – Bush buys land in Northern Paraguay
Drudge:
“Smells like Clorox, tastes like the junior prom.”
TeddySanFran @ 120
Exactly.
TeddySanFran @ 118
Fish and roses!
darkblack @ 119
With a sulfur base note.
Patrick 4/4 —
OR Drudge:
“Smells like the junior prom, tastes like Clorox.”
Drudge:
WD-40. His personal lubricant.
These will come in handy then
Yeah, Bob Woodward doesn’t want them anymore.
JimmyJeff’s chaud
Smells like old tuck. Ewww. Think of the boxers…
Hat sweat and Chanel No. 5.
Tomorrow’s WaPo Chatz:
11 am, White House Reporter Michael Abramowitz:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00864.html
Noon, Columnist Eugene Robinson
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00890.html
2pm, WTOP Political Commentator on Local Politics Mark Plotkin
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00902.html
Talking points and cherry lip gloss.
Drudge:
The smell will put you off polecats forever!
oooowoooh, that smell
cantcha smell that smell
(odd mash-up, Lynrd Skynard with Pulp Fiction)
Wass at 63: Re: FOB Falcon disaster:
Hypothesis: Perhaps the ammo dump WAS constructed safely and there was minimal damage to personnel. But what if the “Change the Course” talked “leaked” out of the White House recently was directly precipitated by the destruction of that dump? Maybe we simply don’t have enough bullets to continue operations?
The foul odor of mendacity.
Joe nose where the bodies are buried
Sardines and Vitalis.
Drudge:
Whatever they need him to smell like.
op99 @ 135
Well, bullets, maybe. There was a shortage a while back and the U.S. had to buy from, I think, South Korea and Israel and one or two other sources.
But, the big artillery shells and what not are scattered throughout the camps and they could probably shuffle things around, airlift spares up from Kuwait, etc.
Let’s put it this way–if they had all the shells for the region stored in one place, they were asking for a hit, plainly and simply. You just don’t do that. It’s just not done.
TRex @ 142
Packed in mustard or oil?
okay- I’m gonna push the tolerance envlope on this one… but, I will match every fiver up to $25, for more contributions to my fave campaigners at the Robert Rodriguez campaign.
http://www.actblue.com/page/blueamerica#9384
oh, p.s. please report back, so I know what I have to do…
Grassroots?
Her campaign is offering T-shirts and marijuana stash boxes adorned with a photo of her with a plunging neckline and the words: “More of these boobs.” Below that are pictures of other candidates for governor — including Republican incumbent Bob Riley and Democratic Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley — and the words: “And less of these boobs.”
Muzzy @
121
Thanks. Yes, I’ve seen the articles about the probable purchase. What I am questioning is the extradition part — would Bush buy for the gas reserves, the water resources (greed) or as a safe haven retreat.
This certainly is not the authority for extradition, but provides some information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E…..ted_States
Patrick 4/4 @ 142
Definitely mustard.
Patrick 4/4 @ 141
The real connoisseurs prefer anchovies in santorum….
TRex @ 139
poor guy suffers from Vitalis Garrulousitis
TRex @ 149
yeah, I heard he walks around the house demanding everybody call him King Oscar.
The real connoisseurs prefer anchovies in santorum….
ewwwwwwwwwwwww
montag @ 150
I really don’t get out enough.
And now I don’t want to.
sigh… Punaise… any new kitty pics?
$orry, VG, I’m tapped out after last week
TRex @ 149
Well, I figure anyone who’s eaten as much GOP shit over the years must have acquired a real taste for it. :)
Valley Girl @ 152
I’ll see what I can rustle up. haven’t been taking many pix lately
punaise @ 153
Thanks okay Punaise, I know I’m pushing the envelope. But, see, I’ve got this online shopping problem… ;)
montag @ 157
And they return to spawn where they’re born.
Well, I figure anyone who’s eaten as much GOP shit over the years must have acquired a real taste for it. :)
I look at Drudge and think, “This guy is so twisted that he’s into perversions so disgusting that they don’t even have names.”
Valley Girl @ 156
are you taser material too?
Joe’s pushing envelopes – full of twenties.
TRex @ 157
New contest? :)
montag @ 163
Cheese Nipple clamps.
Valley Girl @ 144
$10 to the Rodriquez campaign. :)
op99 @ 136
No way! If anything, that ammo dump was destroyed, so any Bush family chums who hold a contract for supplying ammunition to our armed forces would get another big, fat purchase order before this whole stinking ship sinks.
Patrick 4/4 @ 160
Cheese Nipple clamps.
Geez, that was quick. :P
say, Paraguay isn’t that far away from Jonestown….just thinking out loud.
punaise @ 159
Oh, indeed he is. No, my online shopping problem au courant is shopping for candidates. For the time being, the rice cooker that blew up sorta cured me from other sorts of online shopping…
punaise @ 164
Kool-Aid drinkers coming full-circle?
montag @ 170
He’s going to be the Commissioner of Beisbol.
kristinejoy @ 162
kristinejoy! Thanks! I’ll go do my bit ( $10 owing from previous upthread) and I’ll call it a night on the envelope pushing. But, I do love that pic of Robert in a white Tee, ironing his shirt.
Patrick 4/4 @ 167
Umm, more like Commissar….
Valley Girl @ 143
Just left ten bucks for Robt Rodriguez just for you – more to follow on weekend.
Patrick 4/4 @ 168
the Kool Aid is berry flavored. it has been berry, berry good tomb me.
$25 to Rodriguez
$25 to Roth
You guys are as bad as Howie!!
Love ya for it too.
Let’s take our country the fuck back from these fuckers!
VG: Louis le chat
But, I do love that pic of Robert in a white Tee, ironing his shirt.
Shhhhhhhh.
I do, too.
punaise @ 171
He’s going to be the Commissioner of Beisbol.
the Kool Aid is berry flavored. it has been berry, berry good tomb me.
Umm, I think someone like Bush would be serving something like Abu Grape.
TRex @ 158
they don’t have names because his perversions are about the unborn
Abu Grape
LOL
punaise @ 175
the Kool Aid is berry flavored. it has been berry, berry good tomb me.
I picture a card file. Maybe a spreadsheet. “lemme see, Kool Aid, Kool Aid…Eureka!”
Umm, I think someone like Bush would be serving something like Abu Grape.
Cherry-Picked Intelligence.
Whacky Water(board)melon.
TRex @ 183
Mmm…Im-Peachy…
Straw (man) Berry Surprise
montag @ 168
Is that a Republican circle jerk?
British-Foreign-Secretary-Jack Strawberry.
newspaperbrat @ 171
Oh… thanks… I will wait a little while before going back (again) and making that match, but I am keeping track!!!
Condi’s “Sweet Nothings” Coo Laid:
it ain’t free, Shugah
I have the sense that the reasonable people have gone to bed in order to wake early for phonebanking and precinct walking. And that they are going to burst in here in a moment and find us all under the covers with flashlights, giggling…..
TRex @ 179
Straw(man)berry or some such. Or Laura’s favorite: Dropsical Punch.
EJ Dionne will give you hope:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01034.html
TeddySanFran @ 187
shhh! here they come!
TeddySanFran @ 173
Oh, that’s great! Thanks to all you envelope stuffers, the Rodriguez total is now at $7,252.41!!!!
kristinejoy @ 182
That, or the upcoming election. :)
montag @ 191
Lime Bastards
(say it slow)
Lemony Snitchens: A Series of Unfortunate Beverages
How about Lemon Lying Bastards?
(I’m bailing out at #200. )
montag >”The real connoisseurs prefer anchovies in santorum….”
Ughhhh, more brain bleach please & hurry !
“As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit atrocities.” – Voltaire
punaise @ 199
That’s what the BASE jumper said right after he went off the bridge.
punaise @ 174
Punaise- thanks for the kitty fix. And exactly what is monsieur le chat eyeballing in that pic? Looks like he is considering a big pounce.
punaise- looks like I got in just under the wire!
Your #200 means nothing to me.
Flamin’ Foley Fruit Punch.
punaise @
135
Digressing by association, I recount my ultimate moment of doubletake. A couple decades ago I passed a large advertisement with the word “Adidas” on it. Seconds later, I had to go back to see if it really said what I subconsciously sensed it had. Yup! Sure enough, it advertised “Adidas, the Fragrance.” I laughed my ass off. But google “Adidas fragrance” if you think I’m joking.
If marketing can sell Adidas as a desireable fragrance, it can easily sell GWB as a heroic patriot.
Valley Girl @ 199
reflection in the glass door?
he lost his red collar and is now sporting a black one. tres elegant, if I may say so.
*splat*
Actually, Paraguay does have an extradition treaty with the US, signed recently. Of course, in cases where the death penalty is an option (say, war crimes?) not so much.
Amnesty International.
Most of the Bush cabal would be perfectly safe there.
TheOtherWA @ 203
Thanks, TheOtherWA.
punaise @ 205
Clean up on aisle 205.
punaise @ 202
*splat* omigod punaise!!! A serious LOL on that one! Poor Louis!
and
I’m late to the late-night thread but I have to say: TRex you speak the truth, you hold the war-mongers accountable, and you are funny as hell at the same time. You are just plain awesome.
TheOtherWA @ 202
Why am I having mental images of a drunken Bush in dirty t-shirt sticking his head out of a cave, yelling, “come and git me, coppers!” ???
:)
montag @ 210
But definitely not “Top of the world, Ma.”
But definitely not “Top of the world, Ma.” (Patrick 4/4)
Ah… another film noir buff! (not me so much lately, but I remember *that* one!)
I’m so cynical that when I read the story about Bush’s land purchase the very first thing I thought was “Is there an extradition treaty?” Turns out I’m not the only one. ;)
And don’t forget, Jenna’s in Paraguay now on some Unicef project (allegedly.)
Valley Girl @ 212
Loves me some Cagney.
Flamin’ Foley Fruit Punch.
KJ takes the round!!
TheOtherWA @ 213
And now that Stroessner’s dead there’s a job opening.
Hey Patrick 4/4, maybe we can get TRex to do a late nite on film noir…
Here’s one for film buffs. I just changed the post to say that Instapunchbag is the Chance the Gardener of blogging.
TRex @ 213
Whoo-hoo!
Valley Girl @ 217
The Maltese Malkin?
Patrick 4/4 @ 210
I could turn this really ugly… like, imagine Karl Rove as William Holden and Bush as Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Boulevard.” Maybe Dick Cheney in Erich von Stroheim’s part….
TRex @ 218
“In the spring, there will be growth.”
Patrick 4/4 @ 216
Now, that’s funny!
montag @ 221
“I am big. It’s the presidentin’ that got small”
I don’t think Rove floats.
You all are the real deal, but I gotta write tomorrow, so I must bid you adieu. Also, I’m afraid of another RoRod challenge, and my credit card can’t take two in one night.
Do with that double entendre whatever you like, dear theropod….
g’nite, pups
Home from rehearsals, which crescendo along with the resultant concerts (nine!!) from here through the weekend after Thanksgiving. TRex quoting Shostakovich?!! What’s this place coming to?
Shock of the night at my band: A VERY conservative, wonderful guy tells me “My wife is making me vote for Diane Benson and I always do what she says.” I asked him why, and he replied “She’s right, these guys have to go.”
Patrick 4/4 @ 216
“The Postman Always Rings Feith” ??
Ed*ard Teller @ 226
I’m always shocked when artistic people turn out to be conservatives. I shouldn’t be – it’s a kind of reverse parochialism, but there you are.
montag @ 227
Hee!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tW1bKefX7QU
Patrick 4/4 et al.- this is for you- touch of evil. Saw the first. Saw the “recontructed” version in DC… etc.
For me, it’s time for “The Big Sleep.” Good night all.
Valley Girl @ 230
I love that movie. They shot the Mexican town scenes in Venice, Ca. about two blocks from where I used to live.
Charlton Heston is very game but way out of his league.
Valley Girl @ 226
Still makes me laugh. Orson Welles casting Charleton Heston as a Mexican cop. Welles must have known he was a little wacko even then and was putting him on….
Patrick 4/4 @
227
Classical musicians are mostly apolitical to the point where I am often disgusted. But my band is a college-community hybrid, with lots of family members. For instance, my kids have played or play in the band until HS graduation. But it does tend very conservative.
Patrick 4/4 @ 214
Now that’s a scary thought. After raping and pillaging the US, he really will become a third world dictator. Ick.
TheOtherWA @ 231
He’s been getting in enough practice, edging toward military uniforms as he has these past few years.
ah… to bad Patrick 4/4 has signed off… but in watching that Evil clip, I noticed the guy crossing at 2:37- 2:40… 50/50 call here… was it Welles? Or have I been watching too much Hitchcock?
Montag, that’s a terrifying way to look at it. I always thought those military-style jackets were creepy, but damn.
I think I need another glass of wine.
Do flightsuits have epaulets?
Ed*ard Teller @ 222
Still, while it seems out of character for the very conservative, it’s heartening to those of us who have been saying the same thing for years. Now that the ideologically-bound are finally getting up to speed, it’s good news.
montag @
235
It seems bizarre, the land purchase right next to Sun Myung Moon’s even larger estates, but I think it has more to do with either common sense land investment or something which hasn’t even come up yet….
Is it too late for all the action, or is everyone gone now. (sigh) I always get here so late.
Valley Girl @ 233
Welles played the sheriff, so he might have snuck himself in somewhere else. I’d look at it, but on dial-up, it’s always a trial. Geez, I have it on tape, somewhere, but it would take me more time to find than watch the clip. :)
drive by/OT:
did anybody read the emails to the Connecticut TV Channel about the Lamont/Lieberwurst/Schlessinger debate tonight? a great bumper sticker slogan emerged:
STICK WITH JOE = STUCK WITH BUSH
Yooooooo-hoooooooo, SteveAudio!
*I’m* still here.
*puckers up*
kristinejoy @ 235
Uh, yeah, they did. Probably still do. Totally useless (apart from, on a flight suit, having a handy place to put one’s flat hat while one’s helmet is on), but all U.S. uniforms have them.
http://i8.photobucket.com/albu…..niform.jpg
Mommy mommy, I wanna be King!!!!
SteveAudio @
241
I got here 30 minutes ago. Late night west coast musicians are too late night for most, eh?
Uh, yeah, they did. Probably still do. Totally useless (apart from, on a flight suit, having a handy place to put one’s flat hat while one’s helmet is on), but all U.S. uniforms have them.
In the picture I have of my dad in his flight suit from Vietnam, he has his gloves stuck in one of his epaulets.
Well, I’m still here, but I don’t have a good excuse.
I’m still up too. Not for long, but so far, still here.
TeddySanFran @ 187
Someone was up, but they kept walking down the hall, so we haven’t been busted yet. :)
So, apparently, nobody recorded Lieberman’s backstage comment to Lamont after today’s debate?
I should prolly hit the hay. A 60-million-year old needs all the beauty sleep he can get.
Night, everybody!
See you tomorrow!
montag @ 245
And here I was picturing the funny sparkley kind seen on cheesy movie dictators.
Ed*ard Teller @ 250
ET- no audio yet- here’s the visual http://connecticutblog.blogspo…..inged.html
kristinejoy @ 251
Umm, if Bush starts drinking steadily and heavily again (say, immediately after Nov. 7th), you’ll probably get a chance to see some on him. :)
Valley Girl @
255
VG,
that photo says so much. Lamont looks poised, ready to listen. Lieberman is wound up so tight, he just might…..
TRex @ 253
Dude! Sorry I missed you, I was reading this anti gay crap revealed by No More Mister Nice blog, courtesy of Tom B. (TBogg.)
Ed*ard Teller @ 247
And I’m not really a musician any more, sadly (sighing, looking at the lovely Strat just inches away).
ET- for some reason, this YouTube showed up next to the Lamont/ Lieberman clip- “Angry Professor” I hope you are on dialup and can watch because…. because… it will split your sides, prof…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hut3VRL5XRE&NR
oops… hope you are on DSL!!!!
Totally OT:
Here’s what rock’n’roll was live back in ‘68:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sDgPA2iM870
from the UK’s Independent:
Out of the population of 26 million, 1.6 million Iraqis have fled the country and a further 1.5 million are displaced within Iraq, according to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. In Jordan alone there are 500,000 Iraqi refugees and a further 450,000 in Syria. In Syria alone they are arriving at the rate of 40,000 a month
Plus the 650,000 dead since March, 2003. Plus the 500,000 who died prematurely during Bush I and Clinton administrations – mostly from the deteriorated infrastructure we wouldn’t let the country rebuild. And the 200,000 the USAF claimed they killed in Gulf War I.
So, out of a country of 26 million, we’ve brilliantly managed to kill or displace 4.25 million over the past sixteen years. Where are the friggin’ flowers, you Iraqi ingrates!
dayam VG, that picture was funny!
Ed*ard Teller @ 262
Words fail me. 101st Fighting Keyboarders, speak now, save your souls, lest you be cast into the fiery pit of hell.
Suzanne @ 261
Alas, it got followed by ET’s sober update.
Very sober indeed, VG. Makes me ashamed to be an American.
Ed*ard Teller @ 257
When I met Lamont a few weeks ago here in L.A., he agreed to do an online interview with me. I’ve been waiting for just the right moment, I think it’s here.
I’ll email him, and post the response at HuffPo, and email it to Jane, as well.
SteveAudio @ 261
They would say, I think, a fair trade for 9/11…. That would be in character for them–misrepresenting the facts and putting a higher value on white skins.
That picture of Lieberliar and Lamont makes me smile. Course, I thought HoJo would flip out about the complaint to the FEC about his treaure chest full of “petty cash.” Maybe no one told him about it before the debate to prevent a complete meltdown.
On that note, I’m off to bed.
Suzanne- all we can do is to reach out personally, to show that individual Americans still have some sense of right and wrong. I am still touched by something that happened back when we were about to invade Iraq. I had a student in one of my classes- from Lebanon. We had spoken before, after class. I said to him- this will come to no good, and as an American, I want to apologize and tell you I do not support this war. As I learned later from him, I was the only professor who had ever engaged him in a personal conversation… more to the story, but I will leave it at that… oh, except to say that it is shocking that so few Americans have even the slightest idea of life in the ME, its history or place in the world.
montag @
232
wasn’t Heston General Gordon in “Khartoum”? With Laurence Olivier as “The Madhi”. an unintentionally very funny film. perfect for a snark party….
I’m in no mood to gloat.
Iraq has descended into a bloodbath, a living hell that really has managed the trick of making Saddam’s brutal rule look like the Good Old Days by comparison.
Fuck you, Professor Glenn Reynolds. You and your kind helped make this possible.
Good on ya, VG, good on ya. That is so frigging wrong that no other professor had taken the time to engage him.
montag @
268
Indeed. If I may paraphrase Hitchins, “9/11 changed…huh, wha’d I say…urg…oh yea…9/11 changed eveything…everything…fuckit”
Ed*ard Teller @
233
i’ve known some who didn’t make it to the top of the heap who were, shall we say, narcissistic and/or bitter. add a pinch of reactionary conservatism and, there you go …..
Short Alaska Update:
Diane Benson’s fight for speaker’s rights at the Alaska Federation of Natives Convention, which began today, brought backing from two Native groups. More on that tomorrow.
Rep. Don Young’s (R. – Abramoff & BP), strategy of hiding until election day may be turning on him. More and more media accounts look or sound like this one by the Alaska Public Radio Network (played throughout the state):
http://stream.publicbroadcasti…..536417.mp3
Any fdl pups like suzanne and Valley Girl, who have contributed to Diane Benson’s uphill campaign since egregious and I have been pushing it here can feel VERY warmed by the radio clip. Again, pups – THANKS!!!
Here’s egregious’s page:
http://www.actblue.com/page/egregious
we might pull this off…..
Suzanne- my housemate in grad school had lived in the ME- her father was a biochemist who had worked in Iran and Iraq on crop improvement, and she was an undergrad at AUB. So, I got another side of the story, way back when. And, watched with her the terrible destruction of Beirut in the 70’s. etc. etc. I invited my student, and his room mate, also Lebananese, out to lunch at a local Lebanese restaurant… and unbeknownst to me, they arranged to pay for the meal, because that is what they consider to be Lebanese hospitality. Naturally, I was thinking of them with an aching heart when the US virtually okayed the recent Israeli attack on Lebanon. I really don’t understand sometimes why people in the US feel that we are superior and more civilized…
Ed*ard Teller @ 274
ET- thanks for the kinda sort update… I have been wondering about the fight for speaker’s rights that you mentioned earlier…Alaska Federation of Natives Convention.. and why she would have been denied in the first place…
Yes, it made me feel good to donate to her campaign. And, later I noted what you said- that $5 goes a long way- ~ as much as $100 ? for other campaigns.
oh, ET, if you need a laugh, please check out the YouTube I posted earlier: (angry professor)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hut3VRL5XRE&NR
ohmystars, VG, have you seen Billmon’s latest?
The New Dick, sorry forgot the linky
ET, thanks for the update. One of these days, if my house sells and all goes right (for a change), I intend to head up Alaska way and do some sightseeing. One of these days…
Valley Girl @
279
VG,
That is SO precious. I think I’ll play it for the 200 kids in my lecture class which begins in – YIKES – eleven hours! Hopefully, a phone will ring while I’m playing it, and ……?
Nite, all…..
http://www.mydd.com/story/2006/10/23/153858/53
Suzanne- liked the link (above) from the link you gave.
AND- ET- I linked it, to make sure that I could find it and play it for my first lecture!!!!!
nite all… hugs Suzanne…
nite, ET and VG…sleep well
Well I gotta go too.
Firepups of the world, unite!
last last comment:
from MYDD: This race is becoming more and more of a problem for both Cubin and the House Republicans in general. Cubin trails Trauner in cash-on-hand, can’t crack 45 percent against her Democratic challenger despite the fact that George W. Bush carried Wyoming with 69 percent of the vote in 2004 and now faces something that falls into the broad category of “image problems.” Nonetheless, the DCCC has not made a single independent expenditure in the district in the last seven days (or in the last three months, for that matter), nor did it donate to his campaign during the last filing period (though DCCC chair Rahm Emanuel did make a $2,500 contribution to Trauner’s campaign from his own personal PAC).
Diane Benson has gotten zip, nada, zero from national Dem organizations. Yet she’s closed to a historically close level on what actually is one of the most vulnerable seats in congress. Most of her outside of Alaska money has been raised here by people like you!
http://www.actblue.com/page/egregious
visit Diane Benson’s site:
http://bensonforcongress.com/
Please help egregious and ET and Howie Klein spread the word that the Young – Benson race is rapidly becoming an even better investment than it was for a changeover.
Am I too late or too early….just about to head to bed early on Tuesday night here in NZ.
Waving at ET, who just left the room….anyone else still here?
NZ Expat @ 285
Just us insomniacal maniacs. :)
I just read the Wallstreet Journal comments about bush’s interview with Maria Bartiromo. Those folks were harsh maybe harsher than us! bush’s base is acting like like they want to hang him before we do! Of course in all fairness the WallStreeters know all about JUST HOW WELL gw ECONOMY IS DOING. I guess its hard to drink the kool aid when your stocks have been doing so bad compared to the Clinton years. Things like this restore my faith in the human race! Yeah! Hoo Ha!
Ed*ard Teller @
240
Hm. Now what else is in Paraguay that would attract someone like Bush? Hm. Maybe the wonderful, er, sensory delights of Paraguay. If y’all know what I mean. And I think you do.
Oh, kinda OT.
Driving to work the other day here in San Antonio, saw this big blue Buick sedan out on I-10 near La Cantera (our tres chic new upscale mall). It was putting along 10 miles under the speed limit, and I changed lanes to pass it. Saw that it had a bumper sticker on the tailgate. This being Texas, I expected it to be something about protecting the unborn. But something about it gave me pause. Then a “No, it can’t be.” Then I saw it:
Had Enough?
Vote Democratic
And who was driving that shiny Buick sedan but a distinguished elderly Hispanic gentleman, with his equally elderly wife riding shotgun. They looked so sweet, and so…old-fashioned.
Most of the Hispanics here are Dems, but the viejos usually aren’t overt about their political leanings. For them to be that way at all–EVER–says how bad they think things are going these days.
Oh, and the dual-Beemers couple down the street put up signs supporting Goodhair Perry, Henry Bonilla and some dickwad named Ballido (running for a state office). Then Foley’s idiocy hit the news. Funny, those signs disappeared when it became clear that the Foley story wasn’t going away.
Some other people have the same trio of signs up (weird that it’s always these three), but kids coming home from one of the many schools around us point at the signs and laugh and call the people displaying them perverts. Loudly. I’m waiting to see how long the homeowners can stand it before taking the signs down.
Sometimes, it’s not such a bad thing that kids can be so mean.
Is it illegal for a sitting president to destroy his papers? I know Henery Kissenger is sitting on a bunch of incriminating stuff and the bush presidential libary will be a gold mine unless he destroys stuff and or moves to Paraguay. I think the DEM presitential canidates should all pledge to declassify everything gw has done (with the exception of the capabilites of our military equipment. I would love to see McCain and the other GOPer presidential canidates freak about what they really knew about the war becoming public. This is the kind of debate battle plain/terrain we should choose to fight on. It would distract the GOP from getting their message (whatever that is ) out.
Ruh-roooo -
LATimes claims “Congressional candidate Tan Nguyen personally bought the list of voters to whom a racially charged letter was mailed….” (my bold)
http://www.latimes.com/news/lo…..-headlines
Mornin’ to all early a.m. firepups; lots of fun on assorted cable news re. the Bush flip-flop on “stay the course”.
mOropeza @ 290
As far as destroying papers, yes, certainly, some probably have.
As far as releasing papers, all the next president has to do is to issue an Executive Order rescinding in full George Bush’s EO 13233. That’s all that is required for sequestered papers since the beginning of Reagan’s term in office to be released. Clinton has already requested that his papers be released, but Junior is still protecting Poppy’s VP and Pres. papers.
It’s that simple. A Republican in the White House in 2009 will not do it, and not a few Dems will not do it, either. But, that’s all it will take–a simple recission of Bush’s order.
Morning from the east coast, Firedogs
I have a meeting in Trenton this morning, so must leave early. Made calls yesterday for Use It or Lose It campaign from over at MyDD, to get Dems in safe seats to give 30% of the campaign warchests to other Dems in tough races or to any of the party committees [DNC, DCCC, or DSCC]. Called four reps, was able to speak with staffers at two, will try again with the other two today. Heard a reasonably good answer from staffer for Rush Holt, NJ-12. Will call again to my own rep, Frank Pallone, NJ-06, since I wasn’t very happy with what the staffer told me [”I’ll pass that message along to the Congressman, ma’am”]. Today, I’ll explain to the staffer that I understand that Pallone wants to run for Senate when Lautenberg steps down in 2008, but investing in Dems today will make a huge difference now, plus will have dividends with the grass- and netroots in 2008. We’re paying attention and those Dems who give now will receive when they need it then.
I’d like to think I’m getting more persuasive the more I do this. Tonight, some calls for MoveOn, and Thursday and Friday phonebanking for Linda Stender [Thursday, with Mr. NJP; Friday solo, while Mr. NJP attends a peace group meeting about Iran–some truly scary war clouds on the horizon, folks].
Sending morning greetings to all the regulars and a warm welcome to the new folks stopping by the ‘Lake.
The coffee’s ready. Who needs a cup?
Howdy, folks. Thanks for the offer, njp, but I’m already well into my third cup. It’s like another world down here for Floridians this morning: clear skies, no humidity, temps in the low 60s. It actually sits rather well with this displaced Virginian!
LJ/A, that’s a great story. I wish the Hispanics here in south Florida shared that party affiliation, but the most politically active group is the Cuban community, y es muy Republicano. The only hope is that it’s the pre-Revolution to Mariel generation that’s this dogmatic — the younger ones seem to at least be a more independent group, and the south Florida Dems appear to be making some inroads.
By the way, here’s the link to K.O.’s “Special Comment” last night…
K.O.’s “Special Comment” on youtube
Part 1
Part 2
Today’s NY Times has a great editorial about what to do next in Iraq. Gail Collins [or somebody else on the editorial board, but my money is on Gail as the author of this] hits all the right points: step one, here at home, ditch Rumsfeld; step two, start reconciliation talks now; step three, stabilize Baghdad; step four, meet with neighboring countries, including Iran and Syria, to plan for regional stability; and most of all, step five, acknowledge reality.
Actually, I’d re-order this list and make this first.
Good morning, all!
October death toll for US troops in Iraq civil war now at 89. Did I say ’stay the course’? I meant ‘adapt to win’.
FishGuyDave @ 297
Nah, reality doesn’t come first. Like the mule, you gotta get their attention first. A whack on a noggin with a two by four first, then reality. :)
Gen. George Casey will be holding a presser at 7 AM eastern. CNN will be covering it, maybe other stations will be too.
twolf1 @ 301
Theme: “We’re adapting to changing metrics.”
Or, something.
EvilDrPuma @
47
Oh, wow! I dropped in quickly before work and saw this… Now I’m going to have that pic and caption in the back of my mind all day. They’ll probably send a big strong man to take me away to a soft, quiet room somewhere after I’ve laughed out loud for the 20th time at something nobody else sees or hears …
FishGuyDave @ 300
FGD, I’d be amazed if Bush did anything on that list. Did you read Josh Marshall over at TPM yesterday? He had another great analysis of Bush and Iraq.
Good mornin’, imm. It was good to see tommy yum here at the ‘Lake yesterday–tho’ I didn’t read it until last night. It sounds like things are going as well as could be hoped for, under the circumstances.
Would you pour the coffee for everyone. I’ve got to go!
Morning all. It’s a chilly morning in GA. The Hartford Courant http://www.courant.com has decent coverage of the debate including a picture of angry Joe. I personally liked this comparison. “Lamont, who appeared reticent in previous debates, moved comfortably about the stage wearing his wireless microphone in a cumulative time format in which the candidates could use their time however they saw fit.
Lieberman ignored the format and gave a three-minute opening statement in response to the opening question on Iraq.”
montag @ 303
Sounds like my old line about training Labrador retrievers! (No, not really what I did, but there were times…) *g*
FishGuyDave @ 306
Labs are smarter. :)
Everyone gotta cupper? I am off to clean up….
you would think that SOMEBODY with good analytic skills (not me, by the way) and access to the best, updated poll information (plus other pertinent buzz) would look at all of the Senate and House races and prioritize them as to where money given can do the most good. so far, i’ve recently ponied up for Coleen Rowley, Charlie Brown, Ned Lamont and Harold Ford. i know some others that i want to help, like Victoria Wulsin and Jim Webb. is it better to go with them or the democratic senatorial candidate in missouri (sorry ma’am, i can’t remember your name at the moment)?
it seems right now that we’re getting some great people focused on one at a time but if anybody is offering up the big picture i haven’t seen it.
maybe i’m expecting too much to get that kind of analysis but it would seem like it could be done, and updated at least weekly. with all of the talent that we have in this community we need to squeeze everything we can out of this opportunity. it is a rare moment in our lifetime and we need to make the most of it. we need to dare to think big. all of the chips into the pot. now. if we don’t call Karl’s bluff it will cost us.
i know that putting that info out there would make it easier for Karl, but he can’t be everywhere at once, and Howard Dean’s 50 state strategy keeps looking sweeter and sweeter.
maybe the victory is some kind of mirage but it looks like now, in the House at least, it becomes how big can we make that majority. and if that is the case, where do we need to push hardest in the Senate races?
somebody tell me i’m wrong and i’ll save a few bennies …….
Casey/Khalilzad presser on CNN – Khalilzad says that there are good things happening in Iraq that Americans don’t know about- people have cell phones and satellite dishes which were once illegal. Fails to mention that they don’t have the electricity needed to make them operate.
twolf1 @ 310
Ah, so. Casey has his minder along for the interview. Everything proceeding nicely….
Casey/Khalilzad presser on CNN – CNN just stopped showing the presser b/c a lot of words were coming out of Khalilzad’s mouth but nothing was being said… at least nothing that wasn’t written by Karl Rove.
Iraq presser on CNN -
Khalilzad = Americans can’t see all the good things going on in Iraq.
And per usual, they cut away w/o Casey having made his pitch. So this is what CNN described as a “major” news conference from the front? “We’re watching it very closely & will bring you any further important info.”
Please excuse me while I open the toilet lid & lose my hot chocolate.
Waccamaw @ 313
Wouldn’t I love for just one reporter to say to Casey, “sir, not you, Mr. Khalilzad, but Gen. Casey: if I were to characterize the whole of Iraq as a fucked up mess, would you disagree, and how so?”
Gen Casey via Miles O’brien – The situation in Iraq has changed. The additional brigade sent to Iraq has had a decisive effect.
twolf1 @ 315
A decisive effect. Yeah, more people killed. That’s pretty decisive. And, permanent.
Casey/Khalilzad presser on CNN – Khalilzad believes iraq will make significance in the coming 12 months.
Casey – it’s all part of the plan. will take another 12-18 months to et iraqi forces trained. (didn’t we hear that 12-18 months ago??)
twolf1 @ 317
So, it’s gone from one Friedman to three. Well past the election and close to Bush’s exit from office. So much for the secret timetable being bandied about amongst the Beltway pundits….
montag & twolf1 -
How many Friedmans have we added just today?
Casey/Khalilzad presser on CNN – Casey – “do we need more troops to do that? Maybe.”
now saying they can get things done when the political issues in the government are solved.
Waccamaw @ 319
2-3, tops. Give or take a Friedman or two….
Casey/Khalilzad presser on CNN – question – despite the progress you tout, more iraqis are saying that life was better under saddam. would it have been better if the US hadn’t invaded Iraq?
short answer – no… and CNNs feed was lost…
Refresh my memory……
How many lives & money is one Friedman worth?
Is this presser live? Because I thought I saw this 4 or 5 Friedmans ago
Casey/Khalilzad presser on CNN – Casey whispers to Khalilzad – “if there’s a question we don’t like, I have a button I can push that kills the satellite feed… heh heh heh”
Hey, I heard on the radio this morning in Jim Hightower’s segment about how there’s a bit in the FY07 Defense budget for a $20m celebration of sorts for the end of the OIF conflict. His website doesn’t yet have the link, but anyone else heard of this? Yet another key bit to help the GOP Prez candidate, perhaps?
twolf1 @ 4.36 -
Nailed that right on.
Casey/Khalilzad presser on CNN – reporter asks for truthful answer and assessment of the status of iraqi forces because the info they are getting from pressers and from commanders on the ground are different. commanders on the ground say that only 40-50% show up for duty but all collect paychecks.
McCain carrying Bushwater on Imus this morning.
We are there because after the successful war, we didn’t properly set things up.
NO, Mr. McCain. We are there based on the LIES of this President. And enabling Senators like you and Joe Lieberman.
Yes, we need to find an honorable way to leave this country. We owe it to our troops, we also owe it to the innocent civilians whose lives we have turned into chaos. But the honorable way won’t come from Bush or McCain or Lieberman.
twolf1 @ 331
Reporter asking this question actually called the numbers a “LIE”. Wonder how long it will be before she gets “unembedded”?
What I learned so far this morning from watching CNN:
-in 12-18 months, the iraqi forces can take over and US troops will come home – a complete victory for America.
-the X-prize is more important than the Iraq war.
-I can call someone and get a weeks supply of Lunesta for free.
FishGuyDave @ 329
FishGuyDave, if you’re still here -
This hit the news sometime in the last several weeks….definitely on the progressive blogs but pretty sure I remember seeing it on MSM to a slight degree. Didn’t stay around long…..not like a Friedman ;-(
Thanks, Waccamaw — didn’t see/hear it at the time. Guess it’s like the Hussein trial, in that it was reported, forgotten, yet will probably have us slapping our foreheads about how something this big was let slide.
What is MSM?
Waccamaw @
335
raven @ 334
MainStream Media.
Morning Greetings to All. Poised as I am to turn on the radio and scroll through web news pages, let me spread good wishes for social justice and peace for all denizens of this planet, stir in healing blessings for Esten and those others among us who are dealing with health issues, and top it off with a hearty thanks for all in this community who work so hard each day to improve our world. Onward!
twolf1 @ 334
In other news, Mark Foley action figure SOLD for $315.01.
Thanks!
montag @ 338
Chris Jansing now on eye-muss reporting from CT debate site. Regurges Q-poll as “latest.” Mentions Lamont is putting another $2 mil of out of his own pocket into campaign.
Hmmm, CTfolk, how about asking MSNBC to also report how much J-Lie has put in his campaign from Republican/special interest/PAC pockets….
And asking why they’re behind in reporting polling?
And asking J-Lie where the log is documenting the out-of-pocket money?
raven @ 338
Gee, it’s actually nice to see someone innocent enough not to recognize that evil acronym. :)
Yea, that’s me an innocent pissed off 57 year old nam vet! Pure as the driven snow.
montag @
343
raven316 @ 341
Umm, are raven and raven316 one and the same? Confused I am….
Yea, I took the 316 off (it comes from the nasty road between Athens and Atlanta, Raven is my cocker spaniel) because I thought it might be seen as some crazy christian John 316 deal.montag @ 345
What did McCain and any other GOP presidential canidates in the senate know and when did they know it? I bet the bush presidential papers can shed some light on this. And I bet that they knew that there were no weapons of mass destruction not only before we did BUT ALSO BEFORE THEY STOPPED TALKING ABOUT THEM. I BET THEY KNEW IRAQ HAD NO CONNECTIONS TO AL QUIEDA TOO! Just having all the DEM presidential canidates say they will declassify the bush presidential papers would scare them silly plus I think the voters would love to hear their justification for not releasing the papers!
mOropreza — the first papers that should be declassified AND subpoenaed are Cheney’s Energy Task Force documents.
There’s a reason the man claimed an executive privilege never before recognized for a Vice President, the same reason he fought tooth and nail to keep them from being published.
They are the very roots of the Iraq War, and may yet suggest their intentions with the rest of the Middle East including Iran.
From NPR this morning: “Tony Snow says they will not use the phrase, “stay the course,” because it does not “capture the dynamics of changing tactics.”
The, um, horseshit du jour. Or something.
Prairie Sunshine @ 342
Sunshine…..what a nice name!
Caught the hatted idiot early 6-ish (trust me, it was a quick click-thru). Started out dissing bush on the “stay the course” & I thought, well this ain’t so bad. But then proceeded to bash Lamont b/c he rrrrreally adores Lierman & went on to eulogize him ad nauseum (sp?). That was worth another pass toward the toilet bowl. So that pretty much explains the truth-level of reporting.
montag @
349
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/…..he-course/
The problem with Imus is that he has so many interesting people on, Tom Oliphant is just ripping the administration and their bullshit.
Rayne @ 348
Rayne, you ma be on to something there.
Morning Pups.
Oliphant an FDL reader? Just said Bush is cutting and running from stay the course….
Oliphant is Imus’ reality check.
“Juvenile stay the course” Oliphant.
Rayne I think your idea could lead to us nationalizing the oil companies (something I support) I am sure the Oil companies were all promised first crack at Iraq’s oil. In return they gave lots of money to the GOP. While not illegal unless its quid pro quo which would be hard to prove unless Chenny is dumb enough to spell it out on paper. The appearance of a crime might be enough. That and it would prove motive for a war crimes trial. I want to see bush and Chenney in the Hauge even if we have to drag them out of Paraguay with troops!
Now MSNBC is going to 24 hour election coverage!
mOropreza – at one time, anybody who thought the results of the 2000 and 2004 elections could have been fixed was labeled a tinfoil-hatted conspiracy theorizing moonbat.
Not so tinfoilly or moonbatty now, eh?
Ditto with the Energy Task Force. I suspect strongly there were related reasons why it took so bloody long to prosecute Ken Lay for something that was more cut-and-dried than Martha Stewart’s prosecution for insider trading (Stewart was ultimately found guilty of obstruction and not insider trading). With tens of billions of dollars on the line, I suspect Lay’s life was relatively disposable.
Read Joan Didion’s take on Cheney from New York Review of Books and you’ll see someone who has very little use for the truth, is not deterred by much, thrives on expediency and ruthlessness. This is the real cancer in the administration, the essence of amorality embodied in a single human being.
If Cheney felt strongly that he needed to protect those task force papers with real vigor beyond his usual bloodless, secretive manipulation, there is something enormous in those papers. There is something worth thousands of American lives, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives, tens of billions of dollars in those papers.
mOropeza @ 353
If you mean nationalizing the oil companies in this country, I’m afraid it will never happen, if only for one reason. This country is different than almost every other in the world with regard to ownership of oil resources. Oil law in this country places ownership of resources in the hands of the landholder or resource holder (mineral rights). The federal government has a share of oil extracted from federal lands, and states may tax extraction for oil removed which they do not own or control. But, in this country, the ownership is retained by private owners. The typical arrangement is: oil companies obtain leases on exploration and extraction from private landholders. If a private landholder engages in a lease, the oil company may explore and drill at will. If oil is found, the principal landholders around the well receive 1/8th (12.5%) of the proceeds, without additional cost. States may tax the extraction.
As I say, that’s unlike what happens in most of the rest of the world, where the state retains mineral rights. That’s part of the reason why there’s so much corruption in oil states around the world.
Cheers.
Rayne your right there is a lot of money hidden in those papers the oil companies are guilty Chenny is guilty! I wonder if the government can seize the profits made from an illegal war? That and Halbitron should be forced out of business!
MSNBC – 30% of Virginians believe stories of Allen’s racist remarks – 80% don’t care.
Sounds like a lovely place.
Montag What if the oil companies are found complict with an illegal war and held liable?
I’ll take a more proletarian stance here.
I hope someone slugs Reynolds in the mouth so hard, that his teeth go missing.
Too many have died because of nitwits like Reynolds, his ideologue ravings and his wishy-washy “me-too” leeching onto the ideas of others.
MSNBC is getting ready to explain why Lamont is so far behind.
montag @ 349
There’s something so Fox-ey about blaming reality for not conforming to your slogan by claiming that people are misinterpreting your slogan…
mOropeza @ 359
Umm, well, we’re a nation of laws, yes? But, the oil companies aren’t in charge of policy. The government is. Even if our domestic oil sheiks greatly influenced the government, the decisions would still be made by those in government, whether the reasons were for immediate or eventual profit of the companies advising, or for simple greed on the part of all parties.
The actions of the government are of primary consideration, still, when it comes to matters of war and war for resources, even if the reasons are suspect.
Cheers.
montag @ 295
I would strongly support any candidate who promises to repeal everything that’s been done since Bush took office, and for the parts that actually need doing, do them over right. That seems like much less work than trying to identify everything that was done wrong.
Oh, “the people here are too shy to talk on camera but the war is NOT the primary issue here”.
Kuo on C-Span right now. Interesting to see how he comes across in different venues.
Hey guys! Don’t forget. WTNH *needs* your input on who one the Lamont/Lieberman debate.
Oops I mean “won.”
raven316 @ 364
Hmmm. Can we trust their journalistic integrity to go back to Q-data for the primaries and actually look at the way-off polling for for Destefano & Malloy?
I am very, very late to the party as usual. Nonetheless, I love this, Sir Rex. You keep outdoing yourself.
trex … i forgot to say i love you.
really man, you’re brave and funny
as for the gay republicans … well, i think that soon there will be a lot fewer of them
message to gay republicans: YOUR PARTY HATES YOU AND WINS ELECTIONS BY CALLING YOU NAMES AND DENYING YOU BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS
ok. later.
“All that is dark and ignominious will disappear. All that is beautiful will triumph.” (Dmitri Shostakovich speaking out against the Nazis.)
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Evidently, Dimitri ain’t no republican.