
(Fig 1-A: John Gibson's official GOP kneepads)
You know, I've never really understood why we call Chris Matthews "Tweety" when Fox News pundit John Gibson so much more clearly resembles the canary in question.
To wit:

Tweety Bird.

John Gibson
Note the similarities in their large, yellow, egg-shaped heads. Not to mention the matching expressions of vacuous piety. Yes, I do believe these two were separated at birth. And clearly, Tweety got all the brains in the equation. Seriously. I mean, have you heard what Gibson's been saying about Barack Obama lately?
See, it started (surprise!) with a typically enlightened segment on "Fox and Friends":
This morning, Fox News featured a segment highlighting a right-wing report that Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) attended an Islamic “madrassa” school as a 6-year-old child.
Fox & Friends host Steve Doocy pointed out that madrassas are “financed by Saudis” and “teach this Wahhabism which pretty much hates us,” then declared, “The big question is: was that on the curriculum back then?” Later, a caller to the show questioned whether Obama’s schooling means that “maybe he doesn’t consider terrorists the enemy.” Fox anchor Brian Kilmeade responded, “Well, we’ll see about that.”
The Fox hosts failed to correct the false claim that Obama is Muslim. One caller, referring to Obama, said, “I think a Muslim would be fine in the presidency, better than Hillary. At least you know what the Muslims are up to.” Anchor Gretchen Carlson responded, “We want to be clear, too, that this isn’t all Muslims, of course, we would only be concerned about the kind that want to blow us up.” Obama is Christian, a member of Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ since 1988.
Of course, when you've been taught everything you know about world history and other cultures by Pox News, it's not so hard to make the leap to thinking that no matter what his current religious and spiritual affiliations, if Obama even read two or three lines from the Koran, the insidious homicidal programming that determines the actions of all Muslims must have had some kind of effect on him.
How do we know that if he's elected to office he won't get some kind of cryptic phone call in the middle of the night that activates the secret subconscious programming instilled in him by the dastardly Imams who run that Islamic school? I mean, picture it.
SCENE: The Presidential Living Quarters, 3:30am.
Telephone: Rrrrrring! Rrrrrrring!
Mrs. Obama: Who could that be at this hour?
Barack: I'll get it. Hello?
Muffled Voice: Have you looked up at the crescent moon, lately, Mr. President? (click!)
Barack (eyes rolled back in head): ALLAH AKBAR!! DEATH TO AMERICA!!
Mrs. Obama: Honey, are you alright? Who was that?!
Barack: I'm fine, darling, I just need to go call in a nuclear strike on every major city in the heartland. It's my duty as a servant of Allah! DEATH TO AMERICA!!
It could happen! You laugh, now, you terrorist-loving liberals! But you can't handle the truth!
Okay, well, actually CNN told the truth about this aspect of Obama's past:
Commenting on this report today, Wolf Blitzer said that CNN had done “what any serious news organization is supposed to do in this kind of a situation”: actually investigate and learn the facts. CNN’s Senior International Correspondent John Vause filed a report from Indonesia. Watch it.
In the report, Vause says, “I’ve been to those madrassas in Pakistan … this school is nothing like that.” He also interviews a classmate of Obama’s who says the school was not even strictly Muslim; it also taught Christian, Buddhist, and Confucian students.
CNN has more details HERE.
But John Gibson, like any good Fox News drone knows that you should never, ever, ever let the truth ruin a good smear campaign:
On his radio show this week, Gibson refused to back down. He claimed the CNN reporter who debunked the false report “probably went to the very madrassa” as Obama. Gibson implied that CNN’s report had covered up religious extremism at the school:
GIBSON [W]hat did they see when they went to the madrassa where Barack Obama went to school?
HOST: Kids playing volleyball.
GIBSON: Playing volleyball, right. They didn’t see them in any terrorist training camps?
HOST: No.
GIBSON: No. Um, but they probably didn’t show them in their little lessons where they’re bobbing their heads and memorizing the Koran.
HOST: I didn’t see any tape of that, no.
Doesn't matter! John Gibson's never been to Indonesia, never been to a Muslim school for boys, never even met Barack Obama, but he knows the real danger we face as a nation by electing a black man man with even a drop of Muslim blood to the highest office in the land. Don't try to confuse him with the facts! He knows that "truth" and "reality" are just more dirty liberal tricks, and we all know that no filthy, treasonous liberal can love America like John Gibson, so shaddap with your so-called "evidence". Fox News doesn't need your stinkin' evidence. That stuff's for commies.
Related posts:
- Frank Gaffney: Obama is America’s First Muslim President, and Just Like Hitler. Also.
- Sunday Late Night: Fifty-Two Days
- Late Night: Most Oppressed Person Ever, Cliff May, Pouts, Frets in Adorable Manner
- Late Late Nite FDL: Real Kind Of Thing
- Frank Gaffney’s Cowardly Backtrack: It Doesn’t Matter if Obama’s a Muslim, Even Though I Just Methodically Detailed Exactly Why He Probably Is





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zero !
Fitz!
Fitz!
First timer, that sure felt good :)
Evenin’, folks!
damn!- missed the zed by this much…
TRex @ 4
Hey! Sorry, but I just don’t see the Gibson-as-Tweety resemblance. If anything, Gibson looks like Ed Begley, Jr.’s evil twin to me.
I suppose Fox wouldn’t want to show the pictures of Josh Gibson’s little Sunday School class, bobbing their heads as they sing their songs and memorize the Bible. No, I don’t think Jesus Camp will be showing on Fox any time soon.
(Haven’t seen it yet, but feel a professional obligation to do so at some point soon.)
Scary stuff, TRex, and the Fox Folks just don’t know when to let go.
I see Gibson as an albino piece of feces.
-GSD
Next Gibson smear: “Isn’t ‘Wolf Blitzer’ kind of a Muslim name?”
Next: “Did Hillary Clinton go to a madrassa before becoming a Goldwater Girl?”
Next: “Isn’t John Edwards too pretty to be straight?”
Peter,
Saw Jesus Camp last night. Yep, Christian madrassas right here in the US.
Scary, creepy, sad.
-GSD
Do all Righty pundits share the same big bottle of blond hair-dye?
Peterr @ 7
Obviously, exposure as utter frauds isn’t enough to convince them.
TeddySanFran @ 9
“Sir, it’s Projection on Line One. He’s says you’re old friends.”
TRex @ 11
I think Tucker Carlson goes for a more natural color. Too bad he’s still such a dork.
Warner Brothers’ “Tweety” is not a parakeet. He’s a canary.
Fix that.
GSD @ 10
That’s the sense I get from the reviews and clips I’ve seen. Hence my less than great enthusiasm to run right out and see it immediately. That, and I’d have to find a sitter for The Kid – in essence paying double for something that’s going to be not terribly entertaining.
Maybe waiting for the DVD wouldn’t take too long . . .
I head Elizabeth Edwards say in an interview one time “I have to dye my hair so people won’t think I’m his mother.”
She’s the best.
No… He kinda riminds me a church usher we had when I was kid.. turned out to be a pedophile… something about that very unharmless looking fake grin
Repack Rider @ 15
Ladies and gentlemen, please move calmly toward the exits. No pushing, please…
Pfffffffffft.
I wish!
Wouldn’t that be awesome? Me and Johnny Edwards. I’d get him elected president. If only so I could be the First Partner.
That reminds me of a Bugs Bunny cartoon:
TRex @ 11
I thought it was that they all stuck a screwdriver into the same electrical socket – that way you get the color AND the poof at the same time.
Repack Rider @
15
Done.
Oh, and you’re welcome.
Calling any of these guys Tweety is a slur against Tweety. Tweety is pretty smart. No matter what the pwetty cat tries, Tweety doesn’t get a feather ruffled.
Christ Matthews or the blow-dry guy from Fox more appropriately are the cat, not Tweety.
TRex, do you know if we all coughed up enough $$ to do some good? Hope so.
ouiski @ 25
You know what? I do not know. All of my conversations with Jane lately have been about how she’s feeling, her pain levels, how she’s healing, etc., etc…
She’s the only one with keys to the PayPal account as far as I know. Next time I talk to her, I’ll ask.
http://www.toontracker.com/woody/woody.htm
OK, this is what I call a perfect match. Look at the first cartoon, Woody and a panda bear. That is the spitting image of that Pox guy, down to the eyes!
;-)
Hugs to Jane.
Light a candle
Plamegate related questions:
I’ve seen a few posts during the past couple days talking about how the outcome of this trial may lead to other indictments.
Could someone explain to me the statutue of limitation issues that may or may not prevent Fitzgerald from bringing additional charges, against Libby, or against others.
Thanks.
Dang, at first glance I thought that said “Fidel’s Anus.”
Rich @ 28
I haven’t seen the S. of L. issue addressed here, but re other charges, one school of thought says Fitz will not bring IIPA-related charges because of the graymail problem.
Please Uncle Dick, can we have just one more war?
-GSD
just dropped in to see how Janes doing.
give her my best and wish her well please.
excellent posts from you all this past week.
Back in the late 1990s when I first went online, I spent a lot of time in the MSNBC chat rooms. It’s where I discovered MediaWhores. From there I migrated to Daily Kos (and the rest is history). John Gibson was actually a good host back in those days. He was always a cynic, but he was entertaining and only slightly provocative. I can’t imagine what has happened to him.
Rich @ 28
It’s been a while since I read this and I can’t remember where I found it, but if I recall correctly there is a 5 year Statute of Limitations for potential other charges in the case. I think it was an issue raised by Marcy Wheeler in discussing potential for further indictments from this case.
Susan S @ 33
The hair dye has seeped into his brain and rotted it.
Okay, gang. Packing up to head home. See you all in a bit.
Does Mel Sembler have a journalist camp? If so Murdoch must fund it.
Hi TRex, my imaginary friend.
John Edwards is pretty. I never really noticed the Tweety-Gibson resemblance, because I try never to look at him for fear of turning to stone. I just have to laugh at this thing. I mean, bringing up shit Barack did when he was six? C’mon. We’re scrutinizing Presidential candidates’s first grade performance now? There are things you can do in FIRST GRADE that are Presidential deal breakers? That’s a whole new level of kooky.
stingray @
3
Yeah, isn’t it fun? I’ve seen you posting today so you’re not *brand* new, but welcome to the Lake. Wait’ll you get your first zed! Woohoo!
TRex @
20
I’ll take Elizabeth off your hands! You can have the kids, too. No, seriously. Take the kids! (Not the older daughter; the youngin’s.) :)
postmodernista @
5
In mathematics we call that ‘approaching zero’.
GSD @
31
No. Uncle Dick is tired and his baboon-heart and pig ventricles hurt. Have some kidnappings and renditions instead.
I *could* stay up tonight, no Fitz in the morning, but I’ve lost so much sleep already this week that I’m gonna try for at least 7 hours tonight.
I’ll set up the coffee tonight so first one in in th morning just has to switch it on.
Night gang.
And God bless Jane and Christy and emptywheel and Pach and TRex and the Peanut and all the firedogs and FITZ!
Guess which candidate was referred to as “Breck Girl”? ;)
That captures his charm and appeal, but Edwards is pretty tough. Very strong candidate.
cleter @
38
on the other hand, what’s not to like about a kid that blows up frogs with fire crackers ?
Marcy (EW) will be on C-Span’s Washington Journal tomorrow @ 7:45 a.m. ET!
peony @ 46
Hooray!!
Sometimes I love Dana Milbank …
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01951.html
Tim Russert? You’ve been pwned.
My own kids (ages 11 and 13) just learned about this recently. Both asked me incredulously, “Do people *know* about this?”
Meanwhile back in the dark ages…
The Arkansas House is, once again, bringing the ERA up for a vote. We have 100 state Reps and 35 state Senators. Evidently 66 house members have signed on (excluding 2 women) and 11 Senators. So the Senate will continue to hold this back. As a few have noted in the comments of a Little Rock based blog. In the seventies the fundies were afraid passage would lead to women serving in the military and create hardships on motherhood. Now they are afraid it will lead to gay marriage.
Note this is a state with a Dem majority in the state House, Senate, Gov (D), all but one Fed (R) Rep, and both Senators are (D).
My boyfriend is working the Super Bowl game having a really ruff time out on the beach at Miami, he is positive he saw Coltergist driving a Big white Land Cruiser….
per him….”even in that car she sure has a large Adam’s apple”
annx @
48
That’s “pwn3d”!!
But Milbank’s en fuego!
Renee in Ohio @
49
I like these kids. Clearly there’s nothing wrong with their moral compasses.
…HAH! Needed a good laugh, I did, coming down as I am with some kind of chest thing and lost my voice…the image of Mr & Mrs O’Bama sleeping side by side and their phone ringing next to their bed, well, that is hilarious and I’d just like to say the snarky posts from y’all this week have kept me going. Here’s one for the believers in the house: Cheney’s astro chart shows a Uranus/Mars oppostion coming up real soon and everyone who knows anything will understand this means that a boiling explosion of some kind will happen and we can watch from behind a bullet proof screen as he melts away.
Jesus Camp gets Oscar nod.
http://www.in-forum.com/News/articles/153987
Just a quick note on the way out the door of the blogosphere. There is an article up at the New York Times “Time Comes to a Standstill in a Courtroom Journey” by Scott Shane.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01…..ref=slogin
It is just full of flowing prose and penetrating insights like this:
Oh yes, and the reference to time coming to a standstill in the article title? Well, the clock is stopped in the courtroom so it’s like time is stopped, see. I mean how deep is that? I’ll have to write that image down somewhere because I’ve never seen it used before, or at least not in the last 15 minutes.
Hugh @ 56
Shane is rapidly seeming like someone who’s been bought off–and very cheaply, too.
I think I love the idea of a boiling explosion that mars Cheney’s anus.
TRex @ 58
The thought of Cheney with a spastic colon cheers me up, somehow. :)
I think I love the idea of a boiling explosion that mars Cheney’s anus.
Is that what they are calling cysts nowadays? Oh, nevermind, I had the chickenhawk cheney confused with the chickenhawk rush.
Both boils IMHO.
EPU’d from previous:
I think the more likely scenario would be:
The second motivation was that Libby had promised Vice President Cheney he couldn’t be tagged as the leaker, and on that promise Cheney had gone to bat for him.
Did I miss anything?
Chris Matthews has no soul. He could be a scientologist. He could have been a news person, but he has no feeling. Sociopaths are popular as newscasters only in this last decade, so he is “fad”. He can change his mind about issues about which he has deep convictions. Often several times in his hour of breathing the air of the powerful he so admires
There is an interesting little rumor over at C&L about Cheney resigning and Condi getting appointed as VP……
http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..s-a-rumor/
YA the ReThugs would LOVE to steal the First Woman VP slot!
…hey Jane, welcome back…
Jane Hamsher @ 62
Been pretty excitin’ around these parts, lately.
Howdy, stranger. :)
Jane! How are you doing?
Speaking of Limbaugh, did you guys hear All Things Considered today? They featured interviews with Rush Limbaugh, Josh Bolten (twice!), Glenn Beck (!!!), and Jeff Freaking Sessions. It was like Right Wing Roundup.
People insist that NPR has a liberal bias, but I swear to you that it’s actually closer to center-right. I listen every single day. Trust me. They kowtow to the Rightard crowd way too often.
OMG!! JANE!!
Hey, honey! How you feeling?
Nobody is missing anything, thanks to Marcy.
Welcome back home.
TRex @ 68
Yeah, wanted to make Beck eat his shoes after that self-serving drivel.
I’ve heard that about NPR, TRex.
Hi, Jane, there’s some trial in Washington some people have been talking about, probably won’t amount to much.
katymine @ 64
I have thought all along that Cheney would resign in ‘07. But I think that the neocons will put someone in place that can run for president.
Does anyone else think it’s weird tht Cathie Martin is married to the chairman of the FCC?
WELCOME BACK JANE! WE’VE ALL MISSED YOU.
Jane!!!
that mars Cheney’s anus.
Say that fast three times!
Hugh @ 72
So much for heading out the door of the blogosphere, eh Hugh?
knuckledragger @ 75
Frankly, I’m still impressed that I said it once.
Punaise will be so proud of me.
Jane Hamsher @
62
G’day Jane. So very good to see your handle. Hope this finds you hale and hearty!
Jane! Hope you are on the mend, comforted by and endless supply of premium dark chocolate, down comforters and a high-quality broadband connection.
Welcome back Jane, re that trial, been real simple, not much being written about it.
((((Jane))))
spiderpaws @ 65
Thanks much. My fingers were feeling pretty itchy tonight so I decided to crash TRex’s dance party.
knuckledragger @ 79
Oh RevDeb’s mom stopped by with the most incredible chocolate I’ve ever had in my life. Truly amazing.
Peterr @ 76
Call it a mosey.
JANE!!! I knew there was a reason I got out of bed to check the computer at 1 a.m.!!!
We missed you! It’s so good to “hear” your voice.
xoxo
Jane Hamsher @ 62
I don’t know. I’ve been away from the Internet a lot this week. Hear you were, too. Hope all’s well.
Whooo-hooo! I was just about to break out my Joan Jett 45’s!
this may not be common knowledge, but the first person a news company is going to hire is the person with the biggest head. the more distorted the appearance by comparison to their body, the better.
got this from someone that did news long enough to be sure it is true
Regarding Cheney’s retirement, I think Cheney is going to end up as a disembodied head in a jar, the way they portray Nixon on Futurama.
And has anybody noticed that Mary sure has her daddy’s sneer?
Cujo359 @ 86
All is well. Have been sleeping much this week and as a result setting a very fast pace for quick recovery. Doctors are delighted and so am I. The great support, love and prayers I’ve gotten from everyone have been amazing and have contributed much to the healing process.
Jane Hamsher @ 83
We need a name, after a food review like that.
Oh, you might have missed a freshman congressperson from my unfortunate state of Minnesota (Michelle Bachman), exhibit some of the shitbat crazy behavior she is know for.
I’ve never been the kind of person who isn’t an “I told you so,” and I’d just like to take this opportunity to say to all the idiots in the 6th district who voted for her, “I TOLD YOU SO.”
She’s going to need to get fitted for a pair of those presidential kneepads.
Mark my words, there’s more shitbat crazy stuff to come out of her. She’s an absolute cupcake!
Jane, I hope you got a chance to see the virtual candles people lit for you. There are only 29 of them lit now, but there were hundreds earlier. Not quite as many as Barbaro, but then, we’re hoping your recovery will be quicker, and more consistently in the “up” direction.
Peter 91 — Leonidas Fresh Belgian Chocolates. Made with 100% pure cocoa butter. I mean, there should be a law.
Jane Hamsher @ 82
And the crowd roared because of it!
Hi {{{{Jane}}}}
And hi everyone else. Long time no verbal intercourse.
Jane Hamsher @ 94
I’ve had those. Ye gods. The black tar heroin of chocolates.
…well, so, does that mean if Cheney steps down (or boils over) and Condi is VP, that when they cart George away (rather than have him face impeachment) that Condi gets to be president?
Jane Hamsher @ 62
Welcome back! It’s SOOOOOOO good to see you! The party’s going to get much livelier and more interesting, now that you’re back.
Renee in Ohio @ 93
I did see them Renee, and they were exceptionally moving. As I mentioned, the love and support from people around the blogosphere has really meant the world. I thought it was going to be a lot tougher this time with my mom gone but it wasn’t. So many people stepped up to be there and to help, I can’t even count them. All that good will and good wishes — they really do have tremendous healing power.
Jane, between the chocolates and the drugs, you probably were better prepared for the State of the Union speech than the rest of us.
Renee in Ohio @ 94
Renee, when I last checked there were 623 candles for Jane from 23 countries…..
So glad you are up and about and everything went well.
Jane Hamsher @ 99
*bursts into tears*
Sorry.
That got me a little verklempt.
Peterr @ 100
A hotshot of pure, uncut china white couldn’t have spared my nerves from that speech.
Next time I’ll remember to give the dark Belgian chocolate a try.
Jane,
That’s great news! Quality rest has amazing healing powers, and I’m sure you can rest easier knowing what a knockout job Christie and Marcy are doing preserving A Fitzmas Story for posterity in such a dedicated fashion.
Jane! Welcome back!
to Jane; did you miss anything? I bet you didn’t!
welcome back!
Jane, you are a good person and easy to give love and support, care and comfort to.
Jane Hamsher @ 62
jane! welcome back
Are you home and comfy now Jane or are you still deep in the bowels of John’s cave?
I am totally addicted to Venezuelan chocolate, it is v-e-r-y silky
I’ve got to call it a night, but good to see you around here again, Jane.
(The Right Coast folks are going to be sooooo jealous when they hear they missed Jane tonight.)
Glad you got to see them, Jane. I’m thinking I recall something like 32 different countries.
Yay Jane!
Uh oh. I think she fell asleep again. Jane? Honey? *nudge* You awake?
Jane/…..
So good to see you back here. Wishing you the best in recovery from this part of the globe.
(And thank you, thank you, thank you for creating this sanctuary of hope and rationality (well, most of the time…we need a break from that too, from time to time) that there will be a home to go back to when the time comes.)
Speaking of the way the “tubes” can connect people over huge distances, I just read this speech by Douglas Adams for the first time. It was in 1998, and at the end, he tells the story of when he first realized what an amazing thing the Internet was…
TRex @ 115
My money says she’s doing chocolate again. Gotta pick just the right one yanno.
welcome back Jane we missed you
Renee in Ohio @ 116
This makes me really want a Dr. Pepper.
newspaperbrat – lovely Gore paean a few threads back.
“accept no substitutes!”
JANE! Yay! Glad all is well, good to see you here.
punaise @ 118
That’s gonna be Shooter’s line, pretty soon…. :)
Is it too late to say Evilgelical pedophile?
~
Peterr @
101
Well I did think it was an exemplary speech. Probably explains it.
Suzanne @
118
Bath and food. Though sleep was a good guess, been doing a lot of that.
TRex @ 120
Mmmmmmm Dr Pepper is the best. Makes me want one now too. Cool story too, an Internet enabled Coke machine – how cool!
me too and chocolate.
Hip hip horray for Jane!!!! So good to see you back so soon. Your trip to Plame house will surely be right on schedule :) ((((big smiles))))
It’s 22 degrees here right now. A hot bath sounds like a little slice of heaven. Too bad my bathtub is worthless.
..also there is a rather nasty time coming for George in March right through April into May…some kind of curb will be put on him and he will ignore it which will cause the “curbers” to take it to the next level. Saturn makes another pass (starting the first week in February and lasting into mid March) over his natal Venus and his poll numbers will sink even more along with any little support he has left from party members…this is the second Saturn pass over his natal Venus and there will be one more after that (end of May thru June and into July) – three in all. These Saturn transits will be very bad times for George as he will be hated and condemned by seemingly everyone.
spiderpaws @ 131
good!
TRex @ 130
My bathtub frightens me. I take a quick shower as fast as I can to get out of it ASAP. I shudder thinking about it even [shudders].
RBG says he’s finally going to let me post tomorrow around 1pm or so. With so much going on this week there just wasn’t room. (Besides, he’s right, I probably did just need to sleep.)
Jane, that is wonderful news! A Late Nite exclusive.
punaise @ 120
newspaperbrat, great stuff. Thanks for re-linking that punaise. I can hardly wait to tell everyone what I’ve been working on since I started getting healthy again.
My tub is just shallow and the last tenant sautered the little pull-for-shower stem into place. I am guessing that it must have abruptly conked out in the middle of one too many showers. As a result, you have to fill the tub with the shower nozzle which takes eons and the water ends up tepid.
Worthless.
Jane Hamsher @ 134
3pm CST! Got it! Looking forward already. The Ladies are doing great things with the trial reporting, it is captivating. Looking forward to your take!
Suzanne @
135
Yeah RBG gave me permission to dip my toe in the pool for a bit tonight. I’m off to sleep again now but it’s been great to be here again, have missed this place and everyone in it terribly.
Jane Hamsher @
134
iced out of your own your own blog – that’s harsh
Jane Hamsher @ 133
uh oh… Now I’m going to be glued to FDL come 12:30 hitting the “refresh” button every 10 seconds and not getting any work done.
Jane Hamsher @ 134
Cor, FINALLY! Maybe all these paparazzi will finally leave me alone, now. The real Blogstar is back in the hizzy.
Nate @ 141
the spin we’ll be in
Rest easy Ms Hamsher. So good to see your itchy typing.
punaise @ 143
Yep, from 11am till Jane O’Clock.
Hi, Jane, welcome back! To think I almost went to bed without checking in here again…
[waving hi to Jane from russia]
Now will that be 1pm ET or PT? …. just asking so I can warm up my refresh button…
Well that made a good day even better.
..really Trex…just RIP OUT THE FIXTURE and replace it with another one from the hardware store (solder not sauter) and then you can have a bath…I’d be dead without a bathtub…spent a week once at a friends house in the wilds of Maine – no bathtub – went to the feed store and bought a metal feeding trough that pigs eat out of, filled it up with steaming tea kettles and soaked…
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 144
:) I love it for a title.
It’s Jane O’Clock and time to paaaarteeeeh’
TRex @ 137
Sit on your butt, looking at the spout, and duc tape a couple of wooden spoons to the top and bottom, parallel to the wall (make a spout sandwich, with a spoon on top and bottom, and tape it up) Use A LOT of tape, more is better.
Then, TWIST HARD! Lefty loosey, doncha know. The spout should unscrew. Then, take the whole ugly mess down to the pimply faced kid in the plumming isle at home depot and have him sell you a new spout and a new galvanized nipple and a roll of teflon tape.
Don’t ask me how I know this.
katymine @ 148
All times on FDL are PT. But drop by early and jam out with Donita and the rest of us!
oh, and TRex? nice post.
Gibson really is Twitty Bird….
(spiderpaws! long time, no?)
punaise @ 153
I’ve always thought of Gibson as a bitty turd….
Hi egregious :)
Good to see you. How’s Russia treating you?
Jane Hamsher @ 134
jane there is a post from long ago about the dynamics between gwb, ghwb and joe wilson and even a little bill clinton. do you remember? i am sure it was one of yours at the old site it was snarky but i loved it.
johnSwifty @ 152
This frightens me. My tub/shower is fiberglass. I can see a giant chunk of it just tearing away in the process.
I will hand this issue over to the New Boyfriend whenever he arrives. The kind of guys I like tend to be good with a wrench.
Really, though. It’s a fiberglass tub. It’s not all that long or deep so a part of me always sticks out. It’s just not that great for lying down.
My next house will have a giant claw-foot monstrosity and a water heater the size of Houston.
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @
153
And what a phenomenal opening act it will be!
Fini—didn’t get a chance last night to say congrats on the YKos gig. You and TRex will be a great team.
TRex…. to add to what johnSwifty DYI plumbing help, you can also put in a hand held shower head that then could be put in the bottom of the tub to fill it.
But… the best part is my lovely reclining soaking tub that came with the house including arm rests……
The only problem…… STILL do not have heat!
Yep…. going on day…..lets see…. day 14 and two Heating guys and electrician and… new compressor, hard start thingy, thermostat and some sort of relay….. new electrical breakers and my wiring certified….. THANK God it is all under warranty!
Nate! Are you feeling better? I quit my work again last night but whaddaya know, here I am at the hospital. Transposition surgery today, the 2 tubes leaving the heart are attached wrong. In keeping with the plumbing discussion.
Gotta suck it up and keep on going. There’s more important stuff than my feelings at stake.
RBG @ 159
Thanks! It’s gonna be a gas, he’s a natural for hosting this thing. Can’t wait to see him interview some of the special guests that show up to YKos. Imagine TRex with Obama, we are gonna be in his hometown you know!
Gosh, you know it just hit me that the incredible bath-tub in my friend Poppy’s house in New Orleans where I lived in 1995 was probably destroyed in Katrina. It was the single best bath-tub I have ever experienced. Fuck.
Actually, that whole bathroom was amazing. And now it’s all gone. That house has been demolished. It was beyond repair after the flooding.
This had so not occurred to me.
I think I just soiled myself in terror.
TRex @ 158
The first appartment I ever had, an old brownstone right around the corner from the famous F. Scott Fitzgerald apartment building on Summit Avenue in St. Paul, had one of those.
I still have dreams about it. I think I read all of Shakespeare’s comedies sitting in that tub — that and nearly everything Issac Asimov ever wrote. Yeah, good times, man…good times!
Jane!
(missed it by that much)
Yay – welcome back! Good sleep and good healing.
TRex @ 164
LOL – buck up amigo! If anyone is in terror in that situation it ought to be Obama cowering in fear of the 60 footer in the house.
TRex @ 157
Now you’re talking my language TRex. I can be pretty good with a wrench but unless the tub is a thousand gallons, it’s not worth the time. Such is the problem with being 6′3″. Normal bathtubs just don’t fit. Personally I want a giant cauldron on top of fire pit. Just drop a Mercury boat motor in it for some whirlpool action.
I’ve never been able to read or write in the tub. I think I dropped one book into the bath water and that was the deal breaker for me. I just really like to sit (or float) in the water and daydream.
No smoking in the tub, either. This army captain I dated really liked to lie in the tub and smoke a cigar. It really chilled him out and he was a pretty tightly wound guy.
But I just don’t like smoking in the tub. The tub is all about being clean and even though I am a smoker, I cannot help but see it as being somewhat dirty.
Going to bed….. Have to be up early to do Training classes…. for new employees. Try to be ready during lunch for the Jane posting!
Nite all…
Oh, Nate, what am I going to do with you? You’re such a shameless flirt.
Aren’t you a Scorpio?
I agree with Nate. I want a tub I can lay down in and stretch. The only thing worse than a small tub is a bad mattress.
A day without reading in the tub is like a day without sunshine (the antithesis of a day spent with Anita Bryant).
I’m going to make my fortune by developing a waterproof laptop!
…tankless water heater guys, they are about as big as a junction box and provide endless hot water as well as reducing your electric bill at least 45%. You can put them outside on the house in weather down to -20* and not have the ‘tank’ take up all that room.
Can’t wait for C&L to put up tonights TDS. Jon took on Cheney and was merciless. I’ll just say it involved a hunting cap, a rifle, and a darth vader mask.
Suzanne @
172
A sofa bed is worse than anything. I’d rather sleep on a razor wire fence.
peel me a grape.
Suzanne @ 172
I can vouch for this since I have both a small tub and a bad twin mattress for my Very Large Male frame. If life was fair I would have a hot tub bathtub and a ultra king memory foam mattress. One day…
TRex @ 176
sofa, so good.
can’t couch it in any other terms.
Dang, we must be a bunch of old farts, sitting around talking about baths and beds. Are hemorrhoids next?
Hey Jane – it’s great to “hear” your voice again
It is amazing how love, positive thoughts and prayers help protect & heal. I never believed it until my daughter was quite ill and lots of prayers were sent her way. She’s now a happy, healthy college senior.
Anyway, I’m glad you’re up and about and on the mend. (But don’t do too much too soon)
Suzanne @ 180
707!! Not at this end!
Suzanne @ 180
We haven’t even gotten to back pillows and those rubber daisies that go in the tub to keep you from breaking a hip.
I believe Reid actually mentioned this today
when he said Ohion ‘04 was a bad count. I guess its official now.. they stole the presidency twice.
Ohio poll workers convicted
From the Associated Press
January 25, 2007
CLEVELAND — Two election workers were convicted Wednesday of rigging a recount of the 2004 presidential election…
Blub @ 184
I think it’s time to start beating the drum for a recall election like California did with Gray Davis.
…and hold bars on the side of the tub, glass ‘a prune juice next to the bed and a hot water bottle
Suzy: what’s the weather like on your patch?
Blub @ 184
I wonder if this won’t spark some investigations finally. Maybe this is the trouble on the horizon for Bush and Cheney our astrology friend alluded to earlier.
Dang, we must be a bunch of old farts, sitting around talking about baths and beds. Are hemorrhoids next?
We haven’t even gotten to back pillows and those rubber daisies that go in the tub to keep you from breaking a hip.
I spose I should get one of those crotched dress things for the extra roll of tp while I’m down at the drug store getting one of those chains for my glasses.
Suzy: what’s the weather like on your patch?
40.7 with mostly clear skies. Have had two, count them two nights in a row that we did not get below freezing!
PGE is liking my wallet this month.
Memory foam mattress topper. ‘Nuff said.
Seriously, they’re amazing and much cheaper than a new mattress.
Suzanne @ 188
Did you mean crocheted?
…and make sure your glasses are those great big ones so you can see everywhere
TheOtherWA @ 190
This mattress I’m on blows chunks. I’m gonna get a new mattress as soon as I can afford it and am looking at those as well.
Hahahaha! Now it makes sense. I was worried I was on over the hill old fart who wasn’t keeping up with the fashion trends. *whew*
I need spell check glasses – and a fan for my red face
Kids, I’m signing off.
Good night.
Fini FiniTOOBZ! @ 193
True, the mattress still has to be in decent shape for the topper to improve it.
Night T!
sleep well, TRex.
Night, Trex. Sleep well, my very tall friend.
punaise @ 178
`Cept I lose my car keys in divan.
It’s 38* here and this is the warmest night in weeks! Even so, it feels like 40 below and I am sick of it… where’s the rain I ask you?
Speaking of hot baths, my giant clawfoot is flling up right now. Haven’t done any star watching in so long just a quick glance up at some wonderfully clear skies on my way out to empty the trash.
I hear ya, spidey. No measurable rain here since 12/26 and I’m at 11 3/4 inches year to date total. Last year, hit 75 inches. Even the redwoods here are droopy looking. I miss the rain too.
Someone has got to invent steamless hot water. Or reading glasses that don’t steam up. Gawd but I miss lounging in a hot bubble bath with a glass of wine and a good book. Now it’s all showers, all the time. Dammit. I’m a sybarite, forced to live like a Spartan. Bathing-wise, anyway.
So good to hear from Jane. I’m happy tonight.
OK folks I need sleep. Gnight!
…it’s been a miserable winter all in all and the neighborhood looks like the Adams Family’s garden with everything black…
and on that note I’m headed into my hot bath and then to my old fart lumpy bed…byeeeeee
Goodnight, night owl firepups. I’m either going to sleep in tomorrow since there’s no trial tomorrow, or get up early anyway and exercise.
Sure, that’ll happen. ;)
rain – what is rain?
here a few blocks from the Golden Gate, the foghorns were quiet for most of the last few weeks – too dry for fog, too clear for rain.
trees droop.
as do i
goodnight firepups. happy Jane return!
What hotflash @43 said.
Or,in the words of Tiny Tim (not Russert; we’re talking Cratchit), “God Bless everyone!”
Jane, thrilled to have you back. I’m pretty sure my refreshed candle is still burining.
spiderpaws @ 174
I have one of these. I’ll never go back to a water heater again if I can help it. Having a water heater is like leaving your car idling in the garage in case you might want to go for a drive. It’s wasteful and makes no sense.
Jacqrat @
40
FOFL – Merci beaucoups!
Exciting War on Iran news!
ya think, clusterfuck?
Jane – TRex emailed me that you were here, but *I* had fallen asleep for a bit :-)
Glad you slept a lot. Who was it that said: “Sleep that binds up the ravelled sleeve of care”. It’s good for what ails ya.
Get well, my dear. You are needed!
Hugh @
56
Oh, him. I was wondering if anybody’d toss a fresh roll over the stall wall so he could go home. Looks like some kind soul did.
TeddySanFran @ 211
Any provocation will do, it seems.
These idiots are determined to screw things up even worse than they are now.
It’s gonna be a tough two years….
Well… seems like shrub’s poll numbers are going up significantly.. in China and Kenya.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared…..s_poll.pdf
Suzanne @ 132
Thought he was already. Is in my world, anyway.
((((((((((((((((((JANE!))))))))))))))))
Woo-hoo! Welcome back, Jane. And.. T-Rex, you rock as usual!
Aw, shucks. I missed Jane! Jane — my thoughts and prayers are still with you.
Am having a lousy night, sleep-wise, and will go back to bed right away. But first I want to add a thought about the trial…
Isn’t it a hoot, that BEFORE Timmy “Pumpkinhead” Russert gets to the stand to testify, one of the witnesses, Cathie Martin, has just announced to the world that the Veep’s Office just LOVES Meet the Press.
And WHY do they love to go on MTP? Because Timmy is OWNED — it’s their easiest venue for putting out the spin they want out there.
Bwahahahaha!
Won’t this humiliation put Timmy in just a GREAT mood before he gets on the stand to testify for the prosecution?!?!? As if he wasn’t already thrilled that Scooter used him as his “out”! “Tim Russert was the one who told me about Wilson’s wife.”
hahahaha!
Next week will be just great! All thanks to FDL for giving such great as-it-happens coverage.
G’night again, all!
Hope your Friday is a good one. See y’all later in the day, once I’m up and about.
Great news hearing from Jane. I couldn’t sleep and stopped by for some ‘late night’ chat and who should I see, but Jane. It is those chocolates that are healing her so fast.
I am an old fart. And many of my conversations with fellow farts are along the lines of relative merits of bathtubs, how much fiber does one really need, and trying not to break a hip.
Just a late night inquiry — I am registered for YearlyKos, have a room and tickets to travel. I am a little worried about not finding someone to crash in the room with granny to share expenses. And if I am forced to cancel the room (not the trip), will there still be rooms available come June? Christy said she definitely thought rooms would still be available a month or two out, but with the success of last year, I am expecting many more people to show.
Couldn’t sleep and admittedly I am obsessing just a wee bit here.
Welcome back, Jane!
buona mattina, cani di fuoco
Made me feel better, seeing Jane commenting last night. Wish I could develop for myself just a tiny fraction of her courage & determination.
stibbert @
223
‘Deed so! And continued good rest to her as long as she needs it.
From J. Bradford DeLong, on Milbank on what Cathie Martin’s testimony said about the press:
Good morning to the early risers! HotFlash @ 43 left the coffeemaker all set to go — who’d like a cup?
Good morning, pups. How wonderful to see Jane! In the NYT today we have Thomas Friedman on what Bush could have/should have said about energy and Paul Krugman on when we’re likely to see bipartisanship.
http://mgpaquin.blogspot.com/
It’s COLD here this morning — 32 degrees. We’re not used to that, and most of us don’t approve of it!
Morning Swordswoman and early Firebirds,
I felt like a cup of tea this morning for once but sure am ready for a good cuppa coffee now. I don’t usually eat breakfast but had some toast with homemade raspberry jam to go with the tea. Hmmmm… not my normal routine at all, maybe it portends a special day of sorts where we all do something just a little different than usual.
I do have an old fashioned claw foot bathtub and would be lost without being able to soak in it. It’s the only place I have time to read the local rag. It’s also the place where I make needed phone calls, water amplifies intuitive abilities and so I can tell better if someone is being truthful.
Welcome back Jane, we love and miss you.
Oh god, the “Few Good Men” thingie, made me LOL and I’ve been soooo cranky lately! I’m putting it on my favorites.
Actually, I think Gibson looks more like the little “Junior” chicken-kid. Remember the widow chicken that wanted to marry Foghorn Leghorn so he could be Junior’s daddy? That little guy, with the big round glasses. Woops, forgot he’s supposed to be smart. Never mind.
Marion in Savannah @ 226
It’s supposed to get down into the frikken 20’s here! That’s cold for Southern wimps like me.
Jane Hamsher @
139
Morning everyone, I just thought I’d pull this down in case anyone missed it.
12^F here in da ‘Burgh, that’s -11^C!
Totally unreasonable, if not unseasonable. Everyone dress warm today.
Hi, can anyone tell me on which thread did Jane post?
’tis earlier in this thread, #62 & ff.
Marion in Savannah @ 226
Help me out here. When did Thomas Friedman start caring about the environment and diplomacy? Am I missing something or is he shifting left to save his pudgy, white hide?
TRex @ 11
Hmmm, glad you pointed that out. Must be an Ayrian thingie. (Sorry, was backtracking for Jane’s comments and TRex is so amusing even when he’s not here.)
stibbert, thanks, I missed her comment at 62.
stibbert @ 233
Thanks!
[off to boring job, check back later]
I guess you all noticed I blabber a lot in the a.m. It’s the coffee. Also this is the only time I get to have any stimulating conversation. My life/job is so freaking empty and boring.
Mornin’ all!
TV Alert – Right Now
Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel) is on CSPAN at 7:45 eastern this morning, in about one minute. Should be interesting.
Morning Pups – Marcy is going to be on C-Span this morning to discuss the trial with Byron York
Thanks for the reminder about Marcy! Yep shows them setting up as they go to break.
hoping someone will liveblog Marcy on CSPAN – turnabout is fair play!
Marcy up!
Hi folks -
Frosty windows here in WMass this AM.
Emptywheel in CSPAN! YAY!
coffee. yum.
CSPAN -Giving a brief synopsis of the libby case
- Scooter got his nickname b/c he was an overactive kid
Byron York already worked in a mention of Libby’s work on the Marc Rich pardon. His talking points are in order.
CSPAN – Marcy mentioned that Fitz came closest to prosecuting OBL
-York – reaffirming that it is a perjury case
Marcy being asked about blogging in trial.
-explaining how her blogging is basically a transcript.
–showing an FDL post
call in to cspan 202-628-0205
CSPAN – call 202-737-0002 (Democrats) (202) 628-0205 (Independent) to ask Marcy/York questions
“Expanded to include” perjury and obstruction of justice? No investigation ever needs to be expanded to allow those… It’s part of what can happen during any investigation. What a tool.
Marcy was just asked about tensions in the courtroom. She didn’t get into it very much. I would have liked to have heard her mention that Comstock and Libby’s wife moved their position in the courtroom on their bench so they were directly in Cathie Martin’s line of sight while she was testifying against Libby!
Oh jesus fucking christ, did you see the scowling photo they put up of Joe Wilson? Give me a break.
Byron York seems to be dominating the conversation so far — long winded.
-taking questions now
caller – when is cheney gonna b on stand
marcy – cheney won’t b up for about 4 weeks, and then it’s iffy. Rove too–maybe
jump his ass Marcy!
york asked if scooter would be pardoned – clearly bush decided not to do that b4 the trial.
marcy – wells had a stunning slip, i think you had left at that point byron, wells said “we’re probably gonna b arguing this after the trial, and he corrected himself, “maybe”
MARCY!
Byron York is a dork. Can’t tell if it’s genetic or if he took stupid-long-winded-say-nothing pills this morning.
Yay Marcy!
twolf1 @
248
The live-blogging of an interview with a liveblogger. I love this lake.
I shared the good news of Marcy’s appearance, but, unfortunately I have 3-4 tabs open and jumped on the wrong one.
I was wondering where everyone was this morning. :-)
Nate @
136
Golly gee guys – thanks for your kind words on my earlier comment to John.
What a red letter day it has been at the lake topped by Jane’s delightful late nite appearance. The confluence of the riveting non-stop posts over three time zones in the past 24-hours bodes well for our republic IMHO.
On that happy note am gonna brew some coffee, get some work done and catch emptywheel on C-Span.
Marcy – how do they prove the ‘bad memory’ defense?
york – libby is arguing that he was so busy that he simply didn’t remember this. the fact that Wilson’s wife was involved wasn’t a big deal… …they’re building the case right now. they r pointing at holes in their own notes so show that things get forgotten or overlooked.
marcy – scooter has been saying that he is gonna give a PP presentation of the things he was doing that caused him to forget this info. they worked to declassify info so he could talk about it in court.
-refers to walton’s comment about libby not testifying being ’suicide’
Byron Dork
I think this guy called the “smoking” line.
Knuckle dragger from Texas on now. “We are all traitors”. Fuck you asshole.
Oh Marcy…smiling when the Republican moron calls in. Good for you!
It was pretty funny, hearing that little rant.
caller ripping Wilson, saying he is a liar — him and ‘his wife’. they are traitors. They aren’t listening to OBL. maybe they should start their own country and join Bin Laden.
–some smart gooper
twolf1 @ 266
Democrats are traitors by association.
Disregard the dead-enders.
Marcy “It’s that not ture”. Dork “and another thing”.
Oh baby, she calls York on Republican spin about the receipt of the Niger documents!! “That’s not true.”
Byron should be getting a bonus from the Repugs this week for his bashing of Wilson.
I recognize that voice…I feel like such a C-Span junkie for admitting that. I’m going into rehab when I can claim from memory that a caller has violated the 30 day rule.
Marcy “Judith Miller did a lot of work to bring us into the war”.
marcy – as a blogger, this interesting. watching the media cringe when one of their own is criticized.
Ah, she’s pointing out that part of the live blogging observation centers on watching the media as they are skewered on their whoredom…
Byron says Dana Milbank’s comments about Russert are a cheap shot.
Christ-on-a-crutch, Byron, almost everything out of your mouth this morning is a cheap shot.
Byron hearts Wilson on trial.
caller – asking about Armitage. Armitage works for Colin Powell. caller perplexed because Powell didnt tell Bush “we got a problem.”
poor poor byron
Byron – yak yak yak
Oh now another mouth-breather calling in to spout the Armitage-as-leaker line…now putting a new spin on it, accusing Powell and Armitage as undermining Bush by failing to disclose problems to Bush…
God, Marcy, you stick it that bastard, York knows SQUAT except for the talking points.
Democrats line is busy — damnitall, want to call in and ask why we should believe a f*cking thing that comes out of Byron York’s mouth when it’s clear that the media was used like toilet tissue by the White House and OVP.
nuther redneck, “I liken this to the Duke rape case”
caller thinks story is fabricated by the press. he thinks this is like the duke rape case. people r ready to hammer the bush administration. marcy, if libby is found innocent, will you help him regain his good name?
Hey dumb ass, thanks for that question.
Why is the Dem line busy, but NO Dem on C-SPAN for 3 calls in a row?????
Anybody else tried to call in???
shorter marcy – when scooter was supposed to be doing his job protecting the country, he was busy trying to quell a critic.
Byron Dork agrees with the caller. this case is a product of a hungry media
heeeyyy !
why didn’t you guys wake me up ?!?!? This is Bambi vs. Godzilla
oh and, STFU Okla caller, ‘army of condescension and arrogance’ – we know that’s you Albaugh !
Mornin’ Dogs
—you can email cspan too, dont know the addy though :(
Byron Dork supporting the hungry media line has just indicted himself as part of the media harem of whores…
Agh…what an idiot. He can’t even defend his own industry.
My gawd, york is a smarmy, condesending windbag. ugh
Oh. My. F*cking. God.
ANOTHER Republican talking point.
Are they NOT taking calls from Dems????
sounds like they will only b taking one more question
jesus christ, no attempt at balance on these calls
Dork thinks it’s going to get “kind of spectacular”
Good job Marcy. It’s tough to fight both the right wing spinmeister Byron York and the holy callers but keep it going girl you are rocking those bush apologists. Start your own topics kill the downplay as fast as it gets set up. You’re doing great. I’m watching because of you and we need to show this case is as important as life and death.
good props for FDL, Marcy and Anatomy
dork – trial will get spectacular when (if) the big witnesses arrive – russert and teh VP.
marcy – biggest question is whether scooter takes the stand or not. it seems his team is trying to get him out of taking the stand. shout out to jane hamsher, web addy on screen, now shot of book cover.
dork thought he was being sandbagged on “Whose you favorite President”.
Smackdown Marcy!
host says when show returns, “open phones, a chance to hear your comments.”
Here’s the email address, whale on them
journal@c-span.org
thank you Marcy
great to see you smiling at the end
Didja catch the CSPAN promo about ‘Who is your favorite President?’
That would be Gore, eh?
I was hoping to see Marcy have Byron in a chokehold as they left the set but it appeared peaceful.
C-Span does an excellent job to avoid bias. I’m not sure what explains the call selection this morning.
CSPAN
202-737-0002 (dem)
202-628-0205 (Ind)
the only thing ‘vestigial’ here is the Chimp’s tail
wonder how all the kewl kidz will respond in the Media Room to Byron’s charge overzealous media
need to know re broadcast for this one – usually on Sunday nights – anyone ???
Morning folks, Marcy still on CSpan? Did I miss her?
CSAPN must be rethuglikan day today. Open this Dem lines!!!
Brian York is rattled to his bones and so outclassed by Marcy he is close to a meltdown.
woo hoo!
Marcy 100
York -zip
cbl @ 304
I figure it will replay later on today at the earliest. They rerun them late at night too.
another crazy gooper caller – his fav president is Ronald.
Beware of this Lincloln meme…that was Civil War on U.S. soil.
that’s right (Bill), we would not ask for your opinion.
same guy (Bill Robinson) – loves to read the national review and looks down on ‘blooooogs’
You can immediately distinguish the Rethugs from the Dems calling in: sound educated? Articulate? Democrat.
twolf1 @ 312
He loooooved Reagan.
…another GOP caller…
Does Cathie Martin go back to work today?
Firedoglake I hope the site has it’s best week. Thanks Marcy, good job.
Bookmark This Page.
this GOP caller agrees with Hagel, doesn’t agree w/ the war and thinks we were lied to. “if this war is so important, why doesn’t Bush enlist his daughters?”
I loved how Dork tried to jump right in when talking about how it all started and about Fitz’ presser, he gave the wrong date. Marcy instantly quoted the correct presser date, he sheepishly had to say “so I’m off by 3 days” (hehehe oops).
Okay, I’m turning that off, can’t stand TV during the day, unless its to hear Patrick Leahy yell at someone in a Judiciary Hearing.
Second cup of coffee before taking the hound out. 10 below here, wind chill makes it 25 below. Dog is looking at me saying WHEN? I’m telling him I’M the deciderer. You’re job is to wait.
Hey FDL crew — whenever you appear on C-SPAN, be sure to wave at the camera as you leave the set.
Puncture that veil between the media and the viewer.
carolyn urban – it’s important fer yer dog ta understand that you are the one with thumbs
carolyn urban — oh my, where are you? Are you sending that chill our way?
Was 2 deg. F when I went to bed last night, is now 12 deg. F — warming trend, means snow today.
caller- thinks the WMDs went to Syria and Iran
FYI Dana Milbank, WaPo about White House “use” of the media.
never thought I’d say this but WOOT Dana.
carolyn urban – it’s important fer yer dog ta understand that you are the one with thumbs
true, dat but it’s just smartass for the dogs to leave sticky notes as the reminder.
By the way, York misrepresented the eventual recusal early in the investigation. Ashcroft was giving Rove regular updates as to how, who and what was happening in the investigation. AG was chief legal in the WH then, too. It was Gonzales, Card and Ashcroft who allowed a window of opportunity as advance warning of the investigation – a chance to destroy evidence on the notice to preserve.
I think it was top, dedicated FBI/DOJ that complained enough to push Ashcroft aside for a Special Counsel.
Who gives a shit what Gibson drivels about Obama.
What we, as progressives NEED to NEVER FORGET is that Obama….just like Clinton pimped for Lieberman and against Lamont.
So I say fuck Obama.
Larry
That’s one helluva story. Syria and Iran. Perfect.
Of course, Brewster Jennings & Associates might have had some idea of validity.
Convenient. Bullet to the head of that source. And Cheney’s got his minions in place for more Niger/yelllowcake.
“To go, plz.”
–
Google temp reading locally is 0 degrees F.
(WMass)
good morning!
omg! I hope there’s coffee…
You cued that right in Rayne, I looked out and it’s snowing. 14 deg here right now.
Pat_AlexVA, yes that article was brought up in the C-span interview. I hope Marcy stared a hole through the dork.
I hear ya, twolf1, but I don’t think he grasps that.
Rayne, I’m in Vermont, the mountains. We’re actually psyched here that it’s finally cold and snowy.
A laser to the hair.
new thread
Hey Byron – Meet Our Marcy
What a week here on this blog. I’m catching everythng afterwards, reading at night till my eyes blear out. The quality of information, the intelligence of the commentary – wow. I can’t help comparing this to the black hole of misinformation and no information of two years ago. I tried fruitlessly to google information on the Ohio election. Silence. Googled the Cia leak. Hardly anything. Thank god I stumbled on to Jane at Huffpo, followed her here. Where there was complete darkness, silence, Jane and Christy have trained a BIG ASS SPOTLIGHT. Cheney must curse them on a daily basis.
I despise Joe Lieberman more than I did yesterday. I really didn’t think it was possible.
Now I feel old. I was arround when this all started… Way back when (probably 2000 or 2001) a website was created called MediaWhoresOnline. They tracked all the conservative pundits and general right-wing losers in the news. One of their early discoveries was the fact that Chris Matthews dyes his hair. Not only dyes his hair, but used a color called “Canary Yellow”. From then on, the name Tweety was applied to Chris because Tweety was a Canary.
Jane Hamsher @ 134
From last night’s thread: Jane will post today at 1:00 PM Pacific Time.
Hey – leave Tweety alone. She aint vacant – she’s chilled out.
Both men are from the Tweety bird family there are alot of cartoons idiot birds flying around Washington these days. Look up in the sky it’s a cloud it’s a plane it’s the tweety birds in flight to spread the lies/blame/spin for the Snakes in the White House.
Am proud to say I was one of the earliest posters to FDL, way back, and have been lurking in all the many months since then. Never tried a “Fitz!” before though, it must have been the glass of Merlot. But thanks for the welcome anyway, Hotflash, it’s fun to be actively participating again in this group of well-informed Plameologists.
Am enjoying the tesimony of such high-level figures squirming under oath, runnig the risks of perjuring themselves, and getting to the truth. And am really looking forward to Fluscher’s testimony. :)
It’s completely amazing to me that Wilson himself has even visited! This place so very, very cool and your attitude just adds to that. Thanks.
Doh! Need to learn to use the Preview, apparently.
This one deserves an EPU!
Re: Chris Matthews v John Gibson and which of them looks most like tweety bird.————————————————- Actually, Chris is the hands down, proud papa of one oversized, ROUND-BIG FAT HEAD!! —————————————Sprinkle on top of that BIG FAT HEAD just the right amount of, “SPAGHETTI-STRINGY, SCHOOL-BOY BLOND HAIR——————————————————–Then what is remaining is the perfect template to imagine from. For many the Chris template, self included, is the obvious choice of Tweety-bird cartoon look-alike’s, and yet there is another choice. ——————————————————Re: John Gibson–He too has a massive cranial structure that is supported by a relatively flimsy stantion.—————————————————Different from Chris, Mr. Gibson’s hair stands tall and straight like an acre of sugar cane with color by Clorox.—————————————————-Gibson’s geometry is thrown off by the dimension’s of the forehead being elongated by that spikey hair, and generally tall head.—————————————————–The other factor in that dimension equation is the target area that encompasses the eye’s, nose, mouth, chin. Instead of residing in the balanced middle, providing Ergonomic and spatial integrity, Gibson’s enabler’s are well below the “EQUATOR,” below the eyebrow cliff, located within there lowest functional prominence. . .
Re: whomever the party or parties we’re having the foresight to select John Gibson is indeed correct!