i can’t possibly be first.

this is a good sign. i am concerned about raising expectations about how many scandals will be deeply investigated, and yet here are repub apparatchik who clearly think it’s going to be open season.

dmg @
1

i can’t possibly be first.

you’re number 1

For those unfamiliar with Barbara Comstock (Scooter’s spokesperson, among other things) and Mark Corallo (Rove’s spokesperson, among other things), the links I’ve provided in the post above ought to give you a good introduction to them. And by “good” intro, I mean a glimpse into the heart of manipulation and spin…

They could be on the leading edge of one of the big growth industries.

Rodriguez!

Love the title of Marcy’s post, from which you pulled Mr. Corallo’s comments: “Gooper Scoopers, Unite!” That about says it all.

Have you ever been back stage at a big circus? You’d be amazed at how much there is to scoop when a bunch of elephants are around . . .

I recommend buying stock in a legal paper producer.

Nothing like an incestuous circle jerk among cannibals.

-GSD

Bustednuckles @ 8

I recommend buying stock in a legal paper producer.

and shredders.

Gooper Scoopers is a great name for them, let’s use it in the future.

It’s a great time to be in litigation support software.

RevDeb @ 9

Bustednuckles @ 8

I recommend buying stock in a legal paper producer.

and shredders.

OT – From one rev to another, I loved your comments yesterday on the I Still Love Nancy thread.

How do you know when someone is lying through their teeth?

When they hire Comstock and Corallo.

btw, congrats to several of our readers whose questions for Amb. Wilson were featured in RollCall. That was such a fantastic discussion — and we’re hoping to do more of that sort of thing in the future with a number of other folks (we’re negotiating, so more details on that as we firm them up…).

Peterr @ 12

RevDeb @ 9

Bustednuckles @ 8

I recommend buying stock in a legal paper producer.

and shredders.

OT – From one rev to another, I loved your comments yesterday on the I Still Love Nancy thread.

Thanks Peter. I think we are the only two that hang out here but I could be wrong. Digby has a great one up today that really captures it for me.

Christy Hardin Smith @ 14

btw, congrats to several of our readers whose questions for Amb. Wilson were featured in RollCall. That was such a fantastic discussion — and we’re hoping to do more of that sort of thing in the future with a number of other folks (we’re negotiating, so more details on that as we firm them up…).

WooooHooo!
I made it!
(blushes)

Christy, vultures are found here in AZ as a part of nature. They are also used as a search tip for people who are looking for the lost. They start circling waiting to make sure that the target is dead.
Here are some websites:
http://www.azfo.org/journal/blvu.html
http://www.arizonahighways.com…..amp;id=180

Turkey vultures have sharp talons but small, weak feet, which make grabbing and hauling prey very difficult, so serving as nature’s cleanup crew works best.

Actually, since I think of vultures as natures clean up crew, I think of the Corallo Comstock, Inc as opportunistic blood sucking parasites.

katymine at 17 — I tried to find a good photo of a leech…but they were all really icky. And, frankly, it’s too early for me to deal with something that slimy. *g* So the poor vulture got the call instead.

What about FDL???

Best Liberal Blog

Tim Grieve’s Salon War Room on Harry Reid’s farewell hug for Bill Frist in the Senate yesterday:

http://www.salon.com/politics/war_room/

I agree with katymine. You do a disservice to vultures with the reference to these creatures.

twolf1 at 19 — I’m not even certain when they did nominations for those this year. But there are some great blogs listed in the various categories — should be fun to see who wins.

RevDeb,

Digby rocks. (What more need be said?)

How will the Dem. Congress force the administration to cooperate? I think the WH will fight every request for any information. The Justice Dept., at least at the higher levels, is just as dirty as the WH so who works for Waxman et al.

OT Digby’s take on NARAL is really good..I just got caught up.
http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/ “Holding the Line”

Christy Hardin Smith @ 22

twolf1 at 19 — I’m not even certain when they did nominations for those this year. But there are some great blogs listed in the various categories — should be fun to see who wins.

Well, my vote goes to FDL anyway :)

Do we dare start something about “Comstock Load?”

Christy Hardin Smith @ 4

And by “good” intro, I mean a glimpse into the heart of manipulation and spin…

Hearts of darkness, that is.

twolf1 @ 19

What about FDL???

Best Liberal Blog

I think we ought to be in the “Best Online Community” category. They blew it.

twolf1 @ 19

What about FDL???

Best Liberal Blog

Poor Pammy got overlooked too in the Best Conservative blog list. First Bolton leaves, and now this . . . how will she go on?

time we armed ourselves with the arsenal neccessary to succeed with the oversight sorely missed

we also need a marketing campaign that will not only counter the claims made by the “consulting firm”, we also need to VILLAINIZE the very firm for SUPPORTING CRIMINALS WHO BETRAYED OUR COUNTRY

that’s the way we have to frame the attack against oversite that is sure to come…we MUST villainize the attack

once we stary using their own tactics against them it makes their tactics work in our favor

Latest FaBlog: Charles Bukowski Rolls Over in His Grave

Could it also be the start of Presidential Pardon season?

RevDeb @ 28

twolf1 @ 19

What about FDL???

Best Liberal Blog

I think we ought to be in the “Best Online Community” category. They blew it.

Best Damn Blog. Period

building on perris,

Since there will be so many dems doing Gooper Scooper detail in the next congress, perhaps we need to break up into squads to try to follow individual investigations. THere is no way that Jane and Christy can do it alone. We’d probably need several legal beagles alone just to follow what Waxman is going to be doing. Then there’s Levin, Conyers, Markey, et al.

This is the kind of stuff where this community excels.

So much to do. So little time.

Interesting idea, buying shredder stocks.

Fellowes – privately held

GBC – subsidiary of Acco Brands, which owns Swingline Staples, listed under ABD on NYSE. Chart is fair, not heavily covered.

Staples – office supplies firm that carries both Fellowes & GBC brands, listed on NASDAQ as SPLS. Nice chart.

Iron Mountain – data storage firm (also does data destruction…), listed on NYSE under IRM. Very nice chart.

Stephen Parrish, you out there? See anything in these firms that should give us pause?

Bustednuckles @ 33

RevDeb @ 28

twolf1 @ 19

What about FDL???

Best Liberal Blog

I think we ought to be in the “Best Online Community” category. They blew it.

Best Damn Blog. Period

C&L up in the ‘best video blog’ category

Let the vultures eat. As long as there are subpoenas, it’s all good.

Mornin All,

shoulda seen the Comstock/Corral thingy comin’ – let’s start some trouble so’s our friends can swoop in to make bank – hmmm where have we seen that MO ???

twolf1 – doncha worry about Weblogs – come Koufax season, it’s gonna be all FDL, all the time – and soon enough . . .

“this year’s Hamsher/Smith Prize goes to. . .”*g*

Rayne @ 35

Interesting idea, buying shredder stocks.

Fellowes – privately held

GBC – subsidiary of Acco Brands, which owns Swingline Staples, listed under ABD on NYSE. Chart is fair, not heavily covered.

Staples – office supplies firm that carries both Fellowes & GBC brands, listed on NASDAQ as SPLS. Nice chart.

Iron Mountain – data storage firm (also does data destruction…), listed on NYSE under IRM. Very nice chart.

Stephen Parrish, you out there? See anything in these firms that should give us pause?

Staples (or at least the CEO) gave lots of bucks to the Mitt for Gov. campaign and will probably do so again when he runs for pres.

this is the republican version of the perpetual motion machine: republicans abuse power and engage is pervasive corruption until they get thrown out creating a republican cottage industry to defend republicans from their illegal activities until republicans can return to power to ramp up the corruption again.
.

Shark Parasites are a better choice…

Shark = Repugs
Parasites = Corallo Comstock, Inc
http://www.elasmo-research.org…..niosus.htm

A shark is never “just” a shark, it is a mobile community of organisms living in intimate association with its fearsome host. In addition to a whole mob of parasites feeding upon the shark’s various tissues.
[ ]
Sharks’ too, have countless lesser creatures which feed upon them

Jeanne Kirkpatrick, former ambassador to UN and Reagan acolyte dies at age 80.

Rayne: don’t forget Office Max and Office Depot, both of which carry shredders.

Bustednuckles @ 8

I recommend buying stock in a legal paper producer.

And shredders…..

OT
Jeane Kirkpatrick has died.

Joyce @ 32

Could it also be the start of Presidential Pardon season?

The best time to catch the tastiest pardons is on the Friday afternoon between Christmas and New Years, especially in the lamest December of a president’s term (i.e., next December).

Of course, every Friday is Take Out The Trash Friday, and who knows what will get tossed out today. Any guesses?

Also worth noting that one of the more insidious crisis management firms out there is CRC4PR, of SwiftBoating fame, related to the same nasty network that includes GOPUSA (Jeff Gannon), Media Research and Parents Television Council (Brent Bozell), TownHall.com (Malkin and Coulter) and the granddaddy, Heritage Foundation.

Why do Corallo and Comstock think there’s room in the market when this fine, outstanding specimen, CRC4PR, has had the damage control-crisis management market sewn up for years?

Larger than average volume? Or…?

Speculation that the Foley report will be released today!
http://www.washtimes.com/natio…..-8933r.htm

Surprised? Na… its Friday isn’t it?

Peterr @ 46

Joyce @ 32

Could it also be the start of Presidential Pardon season?

The best time to catch the tastiest pardons is on the Friday afternoon between Christmas and New Years, especially in the lamest December of a president’s term (i.e., next December).

Of course, every Friday is Take Out The Trash Friday, and who knows what will get tossed out today. Any guesses?

The Republican Majority.

I wonder if Barbara & Mike will have one of the bakery number machines in their new offices?

OT – Rummy’s LAST Pentagon town hall meeting live on CNN

RevDeb @ 49

Peterr @ 46

Joyce @ 32

Could it also be the start of Presidential Pardon season?

The best time to catch the tastiest pardons is on the Friday afternoon between Christmas and New Years, especially in the lamest December of a president’s term (i.e., next December).

Of course, every Friday is Take Out The Trash Friday, and who knows what will get tossed out today. Any guesses?

The Republican Majority.

Majorities!

((Snoopy dances))

Okay, you guys have tempted me to add a bunch of good books and music to my Amazon wish list. Poor Mr. ReddHedd is going to have a heart attack if he checks it. LOL

CNN – Rummy blasting the media

Christy Hardin Smith @ 53

Okay, you guys have tempted me to add a bunch of good books and music to my Amazon wish list. Poor Mr. ReddHedd is going to have a heart attack if he checks it. LOL

You might want to add a new tag for “Books” for threads like that last one. It’s the kind of thread folks will want to come back to. What was that book that so-and-so mentioned? . . .

twolf1 @ 54

CNN – Rummy blasting the media

Get yer licks in while you can, Chump.
The media is going to fry your ass later.

Rummy on CNN – “I wish i could say that everything we’ve done here has gone perfectly”

-history will judge bushco’s decisions favorably (gak)

Hi all!

Rummy’s swan song on msnbc.

(yay)

Christy– loved the picture on the last thread– any information on it would be greatly appreciated.

Peterr at 55 — I saw your note at the bottom of the last thread. Your wish has been granted. :)

P J Evans — good point about Office Depot and Officemax.

Officemax – listed on NYSE as OMX. Chart is not as strong as SPLS, analysts are less enthusiastic. Not bad, but not great.

Office Depot – listed on NYSE as ODP. Nice chart, but analysts aren’t as happy with this one.

I think if you have the money, you buy a spread of these. And yes, even SPLS — that’s how we get some of our money back from Republicans (picture your stock value going up as they frantically buy shredders), and how we get control. As a shareholder one gets access they don’t have as a citizen-consumer.

(NOTE: I am not a broker, only an individual investor. Talk to your own broker, do your own homework. Your mileage may vary.)

Rummy on CNN – shorter rummy – we won the cold war so we will win iraq war.

-as i leave, at the end of my second term, and hopefully the last (amen). I leave believing americans are wise and decent. let it be noted we have successfully prevented attacks in the US since 9/11 (no attacks since the last one… duh).

Christy Hardin Smith @ 59

Peterr at 55 — I saw your note at the bottom of the last thread. Your wish has been granted. :)

From my lips to Redd’s ear . . .

Rummy on CNN – about to take questions with gen pace

RevDeb @ 5

They could be on the leading edge of one of the big growth industries.

“Growth”? You okay Deb? I think the correct term is “metasticize.”

Rummy on CNN – (rummy a little sniffley)

Rummy on CNN – asked about what books he reads – books about WW2.

- quoting churchill now

- soldier saying thank you to rummy – CNN cutting off coverage

scarecrow @ 64

RevDeb @ 5

They could be on the leading edge of one of the big growth industries.

“Growth”? You okay Deb? I think the correct term is “metasticize.”

Again, your precision with words far exceeds mine.

Oh, just go home to Mount Misery and take your sniffles with you.

angie – did you happen to catch Scamtorum’s farewell speech on c-span yesterday?

There was a place in Long Island called Mount Misery…ghosts and such.

No, I did not twolf1– I thought he did it the night before! You mean he spoke some more?

angie @ 72

No, I did not twolf1– I thought he did it the night before! You mean he spoke some more?

yes, it was as overly dramatic as he was 2 days ago. when he was done, there wasn’t a sound.

I think our government has been taken over by a terrorist group led by the moron son of a former one term president.

Ladies and gentlemen, the domestic terrorist group is known as Al Fredo.

-GSD

Comstock and Burial Customs: Eerie parallels, or divine Justice? Curious minds are invited to speculate.

Vulture deaths also threaten the customs of India’s ancient Zoroastrian community, which uses vultures to dispose of their dead.

Zoroastrians consider the earth and fire too sacred to use for either burial or cremation, and traditionally leave their dead atop towers, to be consumed by vultures.

twolf1 @ 62

Rummy on CNN – shorter rummy – we won the cold war so we will win iraq war.

My 18-year-old daughter and I were watching KO on MSNBC last night.

Clip of Bush: “We’re winning in Iraq.”
Clip of Gates: “We’re not winning in Iraq.”

My daughter: “What does the US win in Iraq, daddy?”

Of course I had no definitive answer for her.

OT – Leahy blasting “republican rubber stamp congress” on cspan2

twolf1 @ 62

Rummy on CNN – shorter rummy – we won the cold war so we will win iraq war.

-as i leave, at the end of my second term, and hopefully the last (amen). I leave believing americans are wise and decent. let it be noted we have successfully prevented attacks in the US since 9/11 (no attacks since the last one… duh).

Yes, and my cocker spaniels have kept swarms of rampaging elephants out of our backyard the last six years, too. ’cause it’s their job.

not even a bark, eh?

ccmask– don’t know about the one in LI, but for those who may not know this about the soon to be subpoenaed Rummy, here:

Frederick Douglass, the renowned abolitionist, began life as a slave on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. When his owner had trouble with the young, unruly slave, Douglass was sent to Edward Covey, a notorious “slave breaker.” Covey’s plantation, where physical and psychological torture were standard, was called Mount Misery. Douglass eventually fought back, escaped to the North and went on to change the world. Today Mount Misery is owned by Donald Rumsfeld, the outgoing secretary of defense.

It is ironic that this notorious plantation run by a practiced torturer would now be owned by Rumsfeld, himself accused as the man principally responsible for the U.S. military’s program of torture and detention.

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1122-21.htm

Ooh, I love Leahy all the time, but especially when he hollers! thanks twolf1!

Good morning I just got online so sorry if this is in the thead but.. Is Senator Leahey on cspan upset because the Thugs are trying to push Haynes the torturer nomination through in the last minute?

OT – Leahy laying out the heavy snark

twolf1 @ 76

OT – Leahy blasting “republican rubber stamp congress” on cspan2

Boy, he’s smokin’ today.

He ate his wheeties this morning!

How can we ever defeat Al Qaeda when they are a band of supernatural shape-shifters that can convert themselves to turn into women and children at the drop of a bomb.

Deciders Decimaters.

-GSD

Question:

If this admin believes in a unitary government,
how can they be bipartisan?

Jack

angie @ 79

not even a bark, eh?

ccmask– don’t know about the one in LI, but for those who may not know this about the soon to be subpoenaed Rummy, here:

Frederick Douglass, the renowned abolitionist, began life as a slave on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. When his owner had trouble with the young, unruly slave, Douglass was sent to Edward Covey, a notorious “slave breaker.” Covey’s plantation, where physical and psychological torture were standard, was called Mount Misery. Douglass eventually fought back, escaped to the North and went on to change the world. Today Mount Misery is owned by Donald Rumsfeld, the outgoing secretary of defense.

It is ironic that this notorious plantation run by a practiced torturer would now be owned by Rumsfeld, himself accused as the man principally responsible for the U.S. military’s program of torture and detention.

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/1122-21.htm

Ooh, I love Leahy all the time, but especially when he hollers! thanks twolf1!

Re Rumsfeld, is justice coming?

Ex-Detainees Seek to Sue U.S. Officials
9 Former Prisoners Want Rumsfeld and Others Held Responsible for Torture

By Carol D. Leonnig
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 8, 2006; Page A10

In a federal courtroom today, nine former prisoners at U.S. military prisons in Iraq and Afghanistan will seek through an unusual lawsuit to hold outgoing Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld and top military commanders personally responsible for the torture they say they endured. . . .

Ex Detainees suing Rumsfeld, others re torture

Bush is a bi-polar unitary executive.

-GSD

If this is about Haynes, the torturer, what an appropriate end to this particular reign of congress.

Misery aint just a mountain in Maryland.

just planning a quick look-see fdl visit.. but saw the cspan-2 heads up (many thanks for that).

pat leahy – “if i was at all cynical”

dear pat, please listen to professor foland when he tells you to “release your inner cynic”…

I certainly hope so, scarecrow @ 85. He is so guilty.

Eureka, I think he is just pointing out the rancid hypocrisy of the thugs and gearing up for January.

I’m getting pissed off just thinking
about Bush’s talk to the nation speech…
will he roll out the WMD’s and tell us
than Iran will nuke us?

Jack

In celebration of the end of Congress, Doonesbury has featured a character who just came out of a long drug/alchohol stupor, only to find things have changed:

Doonesbury

angie oakley *s*, Oh thank goodness, I am breathing again.

Watch for falling monkey.

JAR for Weepy Jr.

-GSD

my wish for the 110 congress, in addition to congressional oversight, is that i would like to see an end to the iraq war/occupation.

but, i read this interview with dennis kucinch that the dem leadership is planning to pass a very large funding bill ( $160billion !?! ) to pay for the war/occupation through 2008.

please tell me i have it wrong.. this won’t happen.

Truthdig: For me this is really disheartening, because I feel like I have been lied to, and the American people have been lied to, because the [Democratic] Party was so against extra funds for the war. It’s almost like the party has done a bait-and-switch.

Kucinich: I think there’s going to be a concern around the country that this does represent a bait-and-switch. I’m hopeful that this position will be reconsidered and that the Democrats will not vote to keep the war going. But at this point, if the Democrats go forward and support a supplemental which by some accounts is now rising to $160 billion, they’ll be providing enough money to keep the war going through the end of George Bush’s term.

Now, this is a serious moment. I believe the public is largely unaware that this is happening, and I think a lot of people are going to be very surprised to learn that less than one month since this great realignment, that Democrats leaders, who came to power because of widespread opposition to the war in Iraq, are now saying that they will vote to continue funding the war.

Leahy’s no Lieberman. It’ll be tough for the velociraptors on his committee.

scarecrow – Good Doonesbury, thanks.

May Rummy spend the rest of his life in trial or prison. God speed to the nine folks and their efforts to hold him accountable.

Lurking…………….

GSD @ 92

Watch for falling monkey.

JAR for Weepy Jr.

-GSD

He’s gettin right down to the core of his base, finally.Good thing for him he doesn’t “do” polls.

Eureka Springs, AR @ 95

scarecrow – Good Doonesbury, thanks.

May Rummy spend the rest of his life in trial or prison. God speed to the nine folks and their efforts to hold him accountable.

Let him call the Gooper Scooper team and see what they can do to polish his image! Lipstick on a pig, indeed.

I want to see him spend the rest of his days with is lawyers and then fellow prisoners.

selise – I don’t see why the Dems should not limit war funding to a monthly or quarterly managed budget. The constant change along with abuse of funds demands this type of action. No matter what side of the pro/anti war members may be sitting on. Micro manage the pursestrings at least until some oversite is in place. *sigh*

Judd Gregg on Span-2 trying to sound like a Democrat.

Does he see writing on wall?

cnn says at 2PM, house ‘ethics’ cmte. will have presser on Foley case – oh what timing!

Judd Gregg R-NH raising holy hell on cspan re earmarks. Says stuff going on here would lead to prison time for the perpetrators if done in the private sector.

Eureka Springs, AR @ 100

selise – I don’t see why the Dems should not limit war funding to a monthly or quarterly managed budget. The constant change along with abuse of funds demands this type of action. No matter what side of the pro/anti war members may be sitting on. Micro manage the pursestrings at least until some oversite is in place. *sigh*

that’s an excellent point. my position it to bring the troops home as fast as may be done. but, there is NO excuse for a blank check… i like your “micro manage the pursestrings”.

out of the blue:

ACTFORCHANGE ACTIVISM UPDATE: December 8th, 2006

Help Veterans Call Home Over the Holidays

Veterans Administration (VA) budget cuts in recent years have left
many of our nation’s veterans at VA hospitals without the means to
call their families over the holidays. So Working Assets has joined
with a coalition of partner organizations to bring some holiday cheer
to the veterans in the form of calling cards, which will be delivered
to VA hospitals across the nation on December 18th.

Click here to join in this effort:
http://act.actforchange.com/cg…..pn0BTao0EV

twolf1 @ 101

cnn says at 2PM, house ‘ethics’ cmte. will have presser on Foley case – oh what timing!

Sounds like it could be some trash being taken out. We may have a winner . . .

Hey, and Fitz will be talking soon (according to MSNBC) about the new domestic terrorist arrest in Illinois today. Happy Friday.

MSNBC warning: Rita Cosby watching will cause eyestrain, headaches and a throat-clearing tic.

no thread on sell-out politicians would be complete without my daily affirmation:

“my contempt for Joe Lieberman will never subside”

kristinejoy at 108 — which is why I am grateful pretty much every day at some point for the mute button…

Jeane Kirkpatrick, Ex-Ambassador, Dies

December 08,2006 | WASHINGTON — Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, an unabashed apostle of Reagan era conservatism and the first woman U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has died.

The death of the 80-year-old Kirkpatrick, who began her public life as a Hubert Humphrey Democrat, was announced Friday at the senior staff meeting of the U.S. mission to the United Nations.

…

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said that Kirkpatrick, who had a reputation as a blunt and acerbic advocate, “stood up for the interests of America while at the U.N., lent a powerful moral voice to the Reagan foreign policy and has been a source of wise counsel to our nation since leaving the government two decades ago. She will be greatly missed.”

perhaps Bolton was trying to follow in her “blunt and acerbic” footsteps

selise – I am with you and TSF.

Troops
Home
Now

Funny as I typed my last comment I thought “this managed pursestring idea sounds about as middle of the road as a blue dog should” – Ha!

punaise @ 111

Jeane Kirkpatrick, Ex-Ambassador, Dies

December 08,2006 | WASHINGTON — Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, an unabashed apostle of Reagan era conservatism and the first woman U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has died.

The death of the 80-year-old Kirkpatrick, who began her public life as a Hubert Humphrey Democrat, was announced Friday at the senior staff meeting of the U.S. mission to the United Nations.

…

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., said that Kirkpatrick, who had a reputation as a blunt and acerbic advocate, “stood up for the interests of America while at the U.N., lent a powerful moral voice to the Reagan foreign policy and has been a source of wise counsel to our nation since leaving the government two decades ago. She will be greatly missed.”

perhaps Bolton was trying to follow in her “blunt and acerbic” footsteps

Bolton was a little choked up while talking to the press about her.

On Topic:

Comstock and Corrollo are marketing geniuses I tell you.

This is going to be a real growth industry for them.

kristinejoy @ 107

Hey, and Fitz will be talking soon (according to MSNBC) about the new domestic terrorist arrest in Illinois today. Happy Friday.

I wonder if it is related to the huge gang arrestes they did there in the last couple days?

looseheadprop @ 115

kristinejoy @ 107

Hey, and Fitz will be talking soon (according to MSNBC) about the new domestic terrorist arrest in Illinois today. Happy Friday.

I wonder if it is related to the huge gang arrestes they did there in the last couple days?

i think it is about a 22 year old they arrested who was going to set off grenades in garbage cans at shopping malls.

twolf1 @ 116

looseheadprop @ 115

kristinejoy @ 107

Hey, and Fitz will be talking soon (according to MSNBC) about the new domestic terrorist arrest in Illinois today. Happy Friday.

I wonder if it is related to the huge gang arrestes they did there in the last couple days?

i think it is about a 22 year old they arrested who was going to set off grenades in garbage cans at shopping malls.

Damn! That would have been bad

if comstock and corrollo were the mouthpieces of scooter and rove, respectively, then they’re already masters of slinging shit, so they’ll be well prepared for their new businesss. entrepreneurship at work. or backwards cronyism?

punaise @ 109

no thread on sell-out politicians would be complete without my daily affirmation:

“my contempt for Joe Lieberman will never subside”

Someone spiked that man’s sushi a long, long time ago with Sanctimonium 210.

Furhter proof that the only survivors in a nuclear war will be coackroaches and lawyers (sorry Christy!)

ralphbon @ 119

punaise @ 109

no thread on sell-out politicians would be complete without my daily affirmation:

“my contempt for Joe Lieberman will never subside”

Someone spiked that man’s sushi a long, long time ago with Sanctimonium 210.

LOL 707 LOL 707 LOL

looseheadprop @ 114

On Topic:

Comstock and Corrollo are marketing geniuses I tell you.

This is going to be a real growth industry for them.

I’m still hoping that Babs realizes that her job as Libby’s spokesperson is rapidly coming to a close. He still might be able to pull off a graymail stunt, but it’s not looking good for his team right now. He can’t be pardoned, because Waxman’s probably already got his subpoena typed up. The memory expert was demolished, so that avenue isn’t looking good. And the man he’s protecting is about to have a grandchild with two mommies. If I were Rove, I’d be offering money to every bus driver on the planet to try to get to Cheney before the baby is born. Scooter is in serious danger of being caught in the crossfire. Happy New Year!

Meanwhile on the Mike Dewine network err rather cspan 2 this week. He sure is using the platform this week to secure a position as a fancy defense industry lobbyist.

new thread

Frank Probst at 122

Interesting point regarding Waxman’s inevitable investigation in the event that Bush pardon’s Libby.

I would love to hear Jane and Christy share their thoughts on whether and how the shift in congressional power to the Democrats will effect the dynamics and strategy of the legal teams on both sides of the Libby case.

Did the events of November 7 critically damage Libby’s hopes of a pardon?

If so, how will the decreased likelihood of a pardon change Libby’s willingness to cut a deal with Fitzgerald?

These are complex questions that I would love to see dissected here at FDL.

*xyz — we have talked about them a LOT in the comments, repeatedly, actually. But I can’t recall if we’ve ever done a full post on it. Will have to go back through and see…

OT– but I just saw this interview with a former fellow of the Carter center who criticized Jimmy Carter and his new book even alleging plagiarism on msnbc and went digging a bit because of my dismay and of course the interview was entirely without the context below.

ATLANTA — A longtime aide to former President Carter has resigned from the Carter Center think tank, calling the former president’s new book on Israel and the Arabs one-sided and filled with errors.

Kenneth Stein, the Carter Center’s first executive director and founder of its Middle East program, sent a letter to Carter and others bluntly criticizing the book.

(snip)

Carter issued a brief statement saying that Stein had not been actively involved with the center for more than 12 years and was not involved with the new book.

Carter did not directly address the allegations made by Stein, who is director of the Institute for the Study of Modern Israel at Emory University.

It is not the first time Carter and Stein have disagreed over Middle East policy, said Douglas Brinkley, a professor of history at Tulane University and author of the 1998 Carter biography “The Unfinished Presidency.”

“They’ve never been on the same page in the Middle East,” Brinkley said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/na…..nes-nation

twolf1 @ 62

Rummy on CNN – shorter rummy – we won the cold war so we will win iraq war.

-as i leave, at the end of my second term, and hopefully the last (amen). I leave believing americans are wise and decent. let it be noted we have successfully prevented attacks in the US since 9/11 (no attacks since the last one… duh).

He better believe Americans are wise and decent…or at worst, they got around to loathing his spotty ass.

The first of what may end up being a dozen arrests of Alaska GOP legislators and energy industry power brokers occurred yesterday afternoon in Anchorage:

Federal authorities arrested state Rep. Tom Anderson on Thursday on “public corruption” charges, the FBI said. Anderson was still in custody at the Anchorage Jail this morning.
FBI spokesman Eric Gonzalez said further details would be available from the Department of Justice Friday with the release of the federal charging documents.
Gonzalez only would say that there was a federal warrant for Anderson’s arrest “in connection with a public corruption probe.” Anderson was arrested around 4:30 p.m. Thursday at his home, Gonzalez said.
Anderson, who was elected to the state House four years ago to represent Muldoon but did not seek re-election in November, kept up his original consulting business as an adviser for clients who do business with state and local government.
He is married to state Rep. Lesil McGuire, R-Anchorage, who was elected to the state Senate in November. McGuire could not be reached for comment, but Anderson’s father, Tom Anderson, former director of the Alaska State Troopers, told the Associated Press, “No comment” when contacted Thursday night.

http://www.adn.com/news/politi…..8881c.html

Anderson wasn’t one of the legislators whose offices were searched by the FBI back in August and September.

For those interested in how this may have an impact on the five-day old gubernatorial administration of Sarah Palin, I would estimate it will have NO impact directly on it. She ran in and won the GOP primary as an severe critic of the kind of corruption and cronyism which will be highlighted by these arrests as they roll out.

So, to be on topic here – an arrest accompanied by a night in jail for a GOP crook is always better than a mere subpoena…

Ed*ard at 129 — was Son of Stevens one of the arrested? Could be a long, cold winter for you guys — punctuated by some serious heat if this keeps up. *g*

Alice Marshall @
11

Gooper Scoopers is a great name for them, let’s use it in the future.

Marcy credited Lotus from a sort of contest that was helpd on the lake, long ago. :[

Christy Hardin Smith @
130

Ed*ard at 129 — was Son of Stevens one of the arrested? Could be a long, cold winter for you guys — punctuated by some serious heat if this keeps up. *g*

Only Rep. Anderson was arrested. It is interesting that he could have been arrested anytime Thursday, but was pulled in so late that it was difficult to post bail. The amount of bail hasn’t yet been made public. It is also interesting that the arrest was on Thursday, leaving today for more action. I’m tempted to go to Anderson’s arraignment, if only to see his dad, who I haven’t seen in years. We attended a course – EMT I & II – at the state Police Academy together back in the late 1970s.

I’m expecting Ben Stevens to be at the head of the main wave of arrests, possibly along with Bill Allen, owner of Veco, and publisher of the “Voice of the Times,” the rump of the now-defunct “Anchorage Times.”

Although I fully agree that at some point we need to place blame and punish those who have violated laws, if that’s all the new Congress does, it will constitute just as big a group of losers as the previous one.
The problems our country faces may not have been caused by you or me, but we have to be the ones to solve these problems.

Senator Frist has decided to “cut and run” rather than face the issues, President Bush and VP Cheney apparently refuse to face reality. Be that as it may, a new Congress faces problems that require bold initiatives. Just as FDR faced problems never contemplated by the Founding Fathers, we face just such a crisis now. Our economy is in shambles, our debt is enormous, and the new emerging superpower (China) is our biggest creditor and competitor. We all want out of Iraq, but we are responsible for the chaos there and must do something to minimize it. With all due respect (not much) to Newt Gingrich, we have already lost an American city (New Orleans) and have turned our backs on it. Our reputation in the world has been severely damaged and even our power has been compromised. Might does not make right.
The Middle Class of America which is the backbone of our strength is under attack, we are more divided as a nation than at anytime since the end of the Civil War.
These are the problems . ..what are our answers?

To truly appreciate the idiocy of the “No attacks since 9/11″ meme, imagine a robbery defendent telling the judge, “Well, yeah, but I haven’t robbed anybody since I was arrested!”

GSD @
74

I think our government has been taken over by a terrorist group led by the moron son of a former one term president.

Ladies and gentlemen, the domestic terrorist group is known as Al Fredo.

-GSD

GSD, I need more coffee and a roll of paper towels.

Flydog @
97

Lurking…………….

You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

GSD @
93

Watch for falling monkey.

JAR for Weepy Jr.

-GSD

Now *that’s* apretty thing. It would make a lovely marquetry panel for a Christmas gift.

sofistic @
27

Do we dare start something about “Comstock Load?”

brilliant

Realist @
134

To truly appreciate the idiocy of the “No attacks since 9/11″ meme, imagine a robbery defendent telling the judge, “Well, yeah, but I haven’t robbed anybody since I was arrested!”

you’re making their case for them, i.e., that they’ve “arrested” the bad guys, ergo no more attacks.

There’s been no more attacks since 9/11 for the same reason there weren’t any for 10 years before 9/11 – spactacular attacks are not all that easy to do for middle easterners.
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If he pardon’s that just leaves one person for them to go after – him. And a landslide victory delivered by the people based on corruption is not going to let pardon’s go by.

So he would have to be in pretty serious trouble by what people are going to say to start with the pardons. And plenty of people are already saying things free of charge or to make money.

To bad so sad for 43 that 41 already used up the pardon and bury the facts with Executive orders, libraries, and plumb jobs for your secrete society cronies.

Foley report was crap. That better not be all they are going to do, cuz letting a sexual predator roam the halls of our nation is NOT GOING TO PLAY.