Gotta love those Talking Heads.

‘cept they make me miss my youth…

That’s brilliant, Pach!

Wow, most excellent, Pach. Nice week in review *g*

Well, these are not all fresh this week stories, but they more or less are “introduced” by the lyrics preceding them, and they help build the overriding narrative of the conservatives on a road to nowhere.

Thanks, Pach!

hope we all get to see the wingers’ hate show dwindle to a spot on the horizon…and then disappear.

OT from this afternoon’s Blue America post, a report on the meeting between Kirsten Gillibrand & constituents in NY-20 on the subject of Iraq.

“The meeting with Kirsten Gillibrand was wild (-)
by: fnagel
Sat Feb 17, 2007 at 21:26:35 PM EST”

http://www.re-mediablog.com/sh…..diaryId=48

You think this week was something…

Wait till next week. Hoo boy!

Plus, I love this song, and always loved the album, Little Creatures.

Pachacutec @
4

Well, these are not all fresh this week stories, but they more or less are “introduced” by the lyrics preceding them, and they help build the overriding narrative of the conservatives on a road to nowhere.

Make no excuses oh Great Inca. fabulous

Those darn Republicans stopped making sense a long time ago…)

Pach, nicely done! Who cares if a couple of your examples aren’t new? They’re still correct. You’re continuing Christy’s theme of Rnewal from the last thread, taking us all a step back and showing the world what fools and losers the rightwingers are.

I had to listen to the whole song before stopping to comment. Love, love, love the Talking heads!

Off topic sort of ….

If any of you are wondering why Siun isn’t here tonight it’s because she’s just done her first posting as an editor at

Today in Iraq

Here’s a sneak preview:

Condi Rice, Brig. Gen. Atta and Al-Maliki claim “success” after the first three days of official “surge” while the residents of Diyala and Kirkuk see violence increase as fighters escape the “surge.”

Pach, I love this from the Newsweek article:

Indeed, senior officials close to Bush who did not wish to be identified discussing private conversations with the president tell NEWSWEEK that Bush’s plan after he leaves the White House is to continue to promote the spread of democracy in the Middle East by inviting world leaders to his own policy institute, to be built alongside his presidential library.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..p;start=61

Please don’t miss this article by Dana Priest and Anne Hull about conditions at Walter Reed.

Completely destroys the “support the troops” theme. Should be spotlighted all over the MSM. Maybe Dana’s Pulitzer will help her colleagues take this seriously.

ccmask @ 12

Pach, I love this from the Newsweek article:

Indeed, senior officials close to Bush who did not wish to be identified discussing private conversations with the president tell NEWSWEEK that Bush’s plan after he leaves the White House is to continue to promote the spread of democracy in the Middle East by inviting world leaders to his own policy institute, to be built alongside his presidential library.

I’m going to guess that when these people say “policy institute,” they mean “golf course.”

Hi, mark!

Why do I have the feeling that the people of Diyala and Kirkuk have a very different definition of ’success’ from that of Condi, Al Maliki, and company?

ccmask @ 12

Pach, I love this from the Newsweek article:

Indeed, senior officials close to Bush who did not wish to be identified discussing private conversations with the president tell NEWSWEEK that Bush’s plan after he leaves the White House is to continue to promote the spread of democracy in the Middle East by inviting world leaders to his own policy institute, to be built alongside his presidential library.

Shrub’s House O’ Policy…

Good point PJ …

It was quite an experience to work over the wires and see all the happy Condi Maliki chat with the reports of deaths right afterwords!

Jane (nyc) @ 13

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..p;start=61

Please don’t miss this article by Dana Priest and Anne Hull about conditions at Walter Reed.

Completely destroys the “support the troops” theme. Should be spotlighted all over the MSM. Maybe Dana’s Pulitzer will help her colleagues take this seriously.

I read it awhile ago. If the administration can’t get this right then it kills their credibility to get other things right.

As do I PJ I’ll be back in Iraq next week am less than happy at the bloodsoaked hellhole that the the US and its allies have created there

I listened to Rep. Virgil Goode the other day and what struck me is this would not have been much different than politicians in the southern states advocting for withdrawl from the United States at the beginning of the Civil War.

EvilDrPuma @ 14

ccmask @ 12

Pach, I love this from the Newsweek article:

Indeed, senior officials close to Bush who did not wish to be identified discussing private conversations with the president tell NEWSWEEK that Bush’s plan after he leaves the White House is to continue to promote the spread of democracy in the Middle East by inviting world leaders to his own policy institute, to be built alongside his presidential library.

I’m going to guess that when these people say “policy institute,” they mean “golf course.”

It’s going to be the first drive thru think tank. Bush works the window in the slow lane. Slow food for thought.

I give it a 98 — it has a great beat and you can dance to it . . .

Bush’s plan after he leaves the White House is to continue to promote the spread of democracy in the Middle East by inviting world leaders to his own policy institute, to be built alongside his presidential library.

No wonder he wants the library in Texas. He hates to travel. So the lazy president will be the lazy ex-president. How stunning.

ccmask @ 21

It’s going to be the first drive thru think tank. Bush works the window in the slow lane. Slow food for thought.

“Now watch this drive-thru.”

ccmask @ 21

It’s going to be the first drive thru think tank. Bush works the window in the slow lane. Slow food for thought.

From Bush, “junk food for thought” is more like it.

TheOtherWA @ 23

Bush’s plan after he leaves the White House is to continue to promote the spread of democracy in the Middle East by inviting world leaders to his own policy institute, to be built alongside his presidential library.

No wonder he wants the library in Texas. He hates to travel. So the lazy president will be the lazy ex-president. How stunning.

Also, it will be composed entirely of audiobooks.

Yeah, because Bush is such a policy wonk. It’s what he’s known for. Regular think tank material.

He belongs under The Hague.

EvilDrPuma @ 25

ccmask @ 21

It’s going to be the first drive thru think tank. Bush works the window in the slow lane. Slow food for thought.

From Bush, “junk food for thought” is more like it.

“You want fries with that?”

A drive thru on the road to no where.

Went to a wedding tonight. Lots of white folk dancing.

No further comment.

Re: my earlier post…messed up the URL. Here is the correct one.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01172.html

That article in the Sunday WaPo, plus the “Forgotten Families” one in today’s WaPo that Christy linked to in her earlier post are damning indictments.

However, I keep wondering…what will finally be ENOUGH? How much more evidence of arrogant incompetence and complete lack of empathy do we need as a nation before we rebel against these war mongering corporatists?

markfromireland @
11

Off topic sort of ….

If any of you are wondering why Siun isn’t here tonight it’s because she’s just done her first posting as an editor at

Today in Iraq

Here’s a sneak preview:

Condi Rice, Brig. Gen. Atta and Al-Maliki claim “success” after the first three days of official “surge” while the residents of Diyala and Kirkuk see violence increase as fighters escape the “surge.”

MfI—great to see you stopping by and thanks for the links to siun’s excellent work.

Jane (nyc) @ 31

However, I keep wondering…what will finally be ENOUGH? How much more evidence of arrogant incompetence and complete lack of empathy do we need as a nation before we rebel against these war mongering corporatists?

That we haven’t gotten there already suggests that we never will.

He belongs under The Hague.

No he belongs cleaning up after a bomb in Baghdad or working as a morgue attendant Baaqubah. Or just leave the stinking swine on any road in Al-Qādisiyyah I really don’t care which ….

BTW, that Sadly, No! bit cracks me the hell up, though it’s old. Its a screencap from the computer game Sid Meier’s Civilization, a kind of 21st century game of Risk.

Pachacutec @ 30

Went to a wedding tonight. Lots of white folk dancing.

No further comment.

Been there, presided over, seen that.

No further comment here, either.

markfromireland @ 34

He belongs under The Hague.

No he belongs cleaning up after a bomb in Baghdad or working as a morgue attendant Baaqubah. Or just leave the stinking swine on any road in Al-Qādisiyyah I really don’t care which ….

That, too.

LoudounLib @ 28

EvilDrPuma @ 25

ccmask @ 21

It’s going to be the first drive thru think tank. Bush works the window in the slow lane. Slow food for thought.

From Bush, “junk food for thought” is more like it.

“You want fries with that?”

LOL. I wonder what kind of toys you get with his happy meal? Oil trucks-collect all 6

The first padded policy institute.

He is going to be a very lonely guy.

Like Lou Reed says, Gonna need a busload of faith to get by.

Peterr @ 36

Pachacutec @ 30

Went to a wedding tonight. Lots of white folk dancing.

No further comment.

Been there, presided over, seen that.

No further comment here, either.

You leave me no choice.

Or, alternatively…

Are we talking the hanky panky?

Oh, Eli. . . the humanity!

Actually the library will have only one audiobook and it will be titled “You’ll do it My Way” by Gee Dubya Bush

ccmask @ 42

Are we talking the hanky panky?

I could probably dig up the Locomotion if anyone wants it…

Eli –

no mas!

Eli @ 41

Or, alternatively…

Stop it man! Have you no couth!!!!?????

Eli-my son’s first plarole in a school play was doing the chicken dance. I’ll never forget it. It was so funny. Thanks for the blast. I only wish I had a video of it.

So many TH songs ring true in this line of snark but Blind, off of the Naked album keeps running through my mind this evening.

Thanks, Eli. Now I need the friggin’ oxycontin.

I won’t be blamed. This is not my fault.

Peterr @ 46

Eli –

no mas!

Por favor Senor … noooo mas!!

Y’all should check out my Monday Media Blogging. If nothing else, it should help you build up a tolerance.

No chicken dancing (or disco) but Mardi Gras cams are up.

Eli @ 26

TheOtherWA @ 23

Bush’s plan after he leaves the White House is to continue to promote the spread of democracy in the Middle East by inviting world leaders to his own policy institute, to be built alongside his presidential library.

No wonder he wants the library in Texas. He hates to travel. So the lazy president will be the lazy ex-president. How stunning.

Also, it will be composed entirely of audiobooks.

Cool – check out the talking pet goat!

Eli, you know don’t you that maybe you might be spending too much time at U Tube. Cut back a little.

Pachacutec @ 50

Thanks, Eli. Now I need the friggin’ oxycontin.

I won’t be blamed. This is not my fault.

You brought up the dancing white people. You might as well have handed me a loaded gun.

At least I didn’t post the Separate Ways video.

Now I have to cleanse my palette with some more Heads.

Cool – check out the talking pet goat!

It’s the only animal on his merry-go-round.

Drive thru for Bush–too funny http://www.worth1000.com/entri…..PuWT_w.jpg

AZ Matt @ 55

Eli, you know don’t you that maybe you might be spending too much time at U Tube. Cut back a little.

Pshaw. It only took me a couple of minutes to come up with those.

I don’t know which is worse – Pach’s collection of links or Eli’s collection of YouTubes.

That link broke—it was a drive thru McDonald’s with the M upside down to read W.
I guess a side of pickles would be extra.

Peterr @ 61

I don’t know which is worse – Pach’s collection of links or Eli’s collection of YouTubes.

It is a toss-up isn’t it.

I should point out that my collection of YouTubes can *not* be used to build a YouCentrifuge to power a YouClear weapon.

I figured if we’re talking about dancing white people I should give you some David Byrne in purre form. That’s what the second link was for.

ccmask @ 62

That link broke—it was a drive thru McDonald’s with the M upside down to read W.
I guess a side of pickles would be extra.

Copying and pasting the link works.

john swifty:
saw your comment about pottery class with your son as i was signing off—-left a response end of last thread

time for sleep

take care all

((((fdl creative firepups))))

From the Limbaugh/Coulter link: “At the very least, you could bet your bottom dollar that President Limbaugh would encourage the government to negotiate prices for prescription drugs.”

I’ll take Lawrence Welk over Rush any day.

Two Baghdad explosions caught on tape, 2007.

Welcome to world of Mohammed Ibn Laith a 16 year old who writes on my site. This is his description of a bombing:

Running with Abu Hussein and his sons stumbling as I run towards the smoke. Knowing where to run to automatically. Knowing that today it was my fathers turn to go with the others to the market. How will I tell my mother that my father too is dead?

Late on this side of the Atlantic goodnight congratulations to Siun. *poof*

The worst case scenario accordion to Peterr.

I like the segue from “can’t say what we’ve seen” to the link about Malkkkin’s trip to Baghdad.

Ow! My arm. Patting your own back can be hazardous.

MFI –

Good to see you back here again – been hitting your site from time to time, but you’ve been missed here at the ‘Lake.

Peterr, North Dakota thanks you.

Great recap, Pach! I must look up the lyrics to “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy”–the refrain keeps running thru my head. and the big fool says to push on.

From tomorrow’s WaPo on the dismissal of US Attorneys:

All but one of the U.S. attorneys recently fired by the Justice Department had positive job reviews before they were dismissed, but many ran into political trouble with Washington over issues ranging from immigration to the death penalty, according to prosecutors, congressional aides and others familiar with the cases.

Two months after the firings first began to make waves on Capitol Hill, it has also become clear that most of the prosecutors were overseeing significant public-corruption investigations at the time they were asked to leave.

What? They weren’t dismissed for poor performance? They were investigating public corruption?

I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you!

Peterr @ 74

From tomorrow’s WaPo on the dismissal of US Attorneys:

All but one of the U.S. attorneys recently fired by the Justice Department had positive job reviews before they were dismissed, but many ran into political trouble with Washington over issues ranging from immigration to the death penalty, according to prosecutors, congressional aides and others familiar with the cases.

Two months after the firings first began to make waves on Capitol Hill, it has also become clear that most of the prosecutors were overseeing significant public-corruption investigations at the time they were asked to leave.

What? They weren’t dismissed for poor performance? They were investigating public corruption?

I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you!

It really is a stunning admission of guilt. I wonder where WaPo placed it: A1, or A20 (AKA Pincusville)?

Eli: I did copy & paste it and it worked for me the first time but then it disappeared.

ccmask @ 75

Eli: I did copy & paste it and it worked for me the first time but then it disappeared.

That’s odd. I have no idea why that would be. As long as it doesn’t look like you’ve followed a link, you should be okay.

If you google drive thru in the images, it’s on the top of the third page of hits. Can you get it?

Eli @ 76

Peterr @ 74

From tomorrow’s WaPo on the dismissal of US Attorneys:

All but one of the U.S. attorneys recently fired by the Justice Department had positive job reviews before they were dismissed, but many ran into political trouble with Washington over issues ranging from immigration to the death penalty, according to prosecutors, congressional aides and others familiar with the cases.

Two months after the firings first began to make waves on Capitol Hill, it has also become clear that most of the prosecutors were overseeing significant public-corruption investigations at the time they were asked to leave.

What? They weren’t dismissed for poor performance? They were investigating public corruption?

I’m shocked. Shocked I tell you!

It really is a stunning admission of guilt. I wonder where WaPo placed it: A1, or A20 (AKA Pincusville)?

A11

I think someone high up at the WaPoo is pissed at our current administration about something.

The Washington Post is edited by wingers. They’re in the tank and have been for years.

Pachacutec @ 81

The Washington Post is edited by wingers. They’re in the tank and have been for years.

And yet they still have some reporters who manage to make life miserable for the wingers by filing stories like the one above.

Go figure.

Editors do not like reporters testifying in court.

Owners like it even less.

Peterr @ 82

Pachacutec @ 81

The Washington Post is edited by wingers. They’re in the tank and have been for years.

And yet they still have some reporters who manage to make life miserable for the wingers by filing stories like the one above.

Go figure.

And editors who put their stories on A11. Or 21.

Is anyone else stunned by the silence of the media on the Wilkes and Foggo indictments this week? That was Tuesday. USA Lam’s last day was Thursday.

It’s a sex scandal for God’s sake! The #3 guy in the CIA is charged with taking bribes from a guy who also bribed a congressman! With hookers!

*ATTENTION TALKING HEADS ON TV!! This is a story!*

I mean, wtf?

Hey Pach — your name came up in an email exchange earlier (hi, RBG!). Any chance you’ve got something to say about keeping organizations juiced and excited between seasons or missions?

TheOtherWA @ 85

Is anyone else stunned by the silence of the media on the Wilkes and Foggo indictments this week?

I’m not. I’d be shocked if it *was* a story.

Which is not the same as saying it shouldn’t be.

Peterr @ 82

Pachacutec @ 81

The Washington Post is edited by wingers. They’re in the tank and have been for years.

And yet they still have some reporters who manage to make life miserable for the wingers by filing stories like the one above.

Go figure.

At the top of their editorial page it says “An Independent Newspaper”….hmmmmm

LoudounLib @ 88

At the top of their editorial page it says “An Independent Newspaper”….hmmmmm

The Lieberman Post!

Angry Black Bitch noticed that same Limbaugh/Coulter mess . . . and speculates further on other odd coincidences:

Has an alien Geraldo Rivera taken over the body of Paula Zahn?

[snip]

Geraldo is missing from a bitch’s world…and Paula Zahn has gone from bad to worse on the stunt tip. Race baiting…gay baiting…and now it looks like she intends to bring the rare no matter how much of a big deal the media makes of it crime of women who attack pregnant women for their fetuses out in the open.

Gawd, if that’s not proof that Geraldo now inhabits Paula Zahn’s body as an alien parasite I don’t know what…I just don’t know what!

Click through for embedded links.

Rayne @ 86

Hey Pach — your name came up in an email exchange earlier (hi, RBG!). Any chance you’ve got something to say about keeping organizations juiced and excited between seasons or missions?

Not sure what you mean. Email me.

Eli @ 89

LoudounLib @ 88

At the top of their editorial page it says “An Independent Newspaper”….hmmmmm

The Lieberman Post!

;-)

Eli @ 87

TheOtherWA @ 85

Is anyone else stunned by the silence of the media on the Wilkes and Foggo indictments this week?

I’m not. I’d be shocked if it *was* a story.

Which is not the same as saying it shouldn’t be.

But, it’s sex. And hookers. And bribes funded with taxpayer dollars. Where’s Bill Donohue with his ranting and raving about morals and depravity? Cunningham, Wilkes and Foggo deserve all the scorn that can be heaped on them.

In other news, the moles removed from Bush’s head were not cancerous. . . but they were grateful.

TheOtherWA @ 93

But, it’s sex. And hookers. And bribed funding with taxpayer dollars. Where’s Bill Donohue with his ranting and raving about morals and depravity? Cunningham, Wilkes and Foggo deserve all the scorn that can be heaped on them.

Protecting Republicans trumps ratings and sensationalism every time. Bush had a gay hooker in the White House press corps, and the media barely batted an eye.

Digby calls that the “Clinton Rules.”

Pachacutec @ 94

In other news, the moles removed from Bush’s head were not cancerous. . . but they were grateful.

shrewd

TheOtherWA @ 85

Is anyone else stunned by the silence of the media on the Wilkes and Foggo indictments this week? That was Tuesday. USA Lam’s last day was Thursday.

It’s a sex scandal for God’s sake! The #3 guy in the CIA is charged with taking bribes from a guy who also bribed a congressman! With hookers!

*ATTENTION TALKING HEADS ON TV!! This is a story!*

I mean, wtf?

Are you kidding? The media owners like GE and Disney have most likely clamped down. Stories like that are bad for the bottom line. After all can’t upset the proles, the gravy train must be protected at all costs.

Pachacutec @ 94

In other news, the moles removed from Bush’s head were not cancerous. . . but they were grateful.

Those moles were terrists – mission accomplished!

I know, they always stick to the damn Clinton Rules. Guessing how many nights the Clintons spend together gets on the front page of the NYTimes, but all Repub sex must be ignored. Especially when said Repub is pushing abstinence only education. All Repub divorces must be ignored too.

Who the HELL made these rules anyway? They suck.

Pach — incoming, to the only addy I have.

Re: that WaPo story on the USA’s — anybody else have the impression that some folks inside the general ranks of the DOJ have had enough?

TheOtherWA @ 100

Who the HELL made these rules anyway? They suck.

Umm… Republicans?

Okay, gang, share stories of dancing white people and dancing media monkeys without me. . . I’ll be back in the morning lurking in the, er. . . Talking Head thread.

Gnite!

g’nite, Pach.

TheOtherWA @ 100

Guessing how many nights the Clintons spend together gets on the front page of the NYTimes, but all Repub sex must be ignored.

That just might be a mercy. Just thinking about Repub sex makes me queasy. Dogs, bears and whatnot, I really don’t want to know.

g’nite Pach

Rayne – Did you catch the WAPO link above? Nothing new really but I noticed a mention of Cummins early notice compared to the others. I checked around with AR bloggers and no new speculation as to a reason for dismissal here. Will keep my nose to the screen..)

Just thinking about Repub sex makes me queasy. Dogs, bears and whatnot, I really don’t want to know.

Good point.

good to see you here, mfi

thanks for the link

visceral, searing

markfromireland @ 69

Two Baghdad explosions caught on tape, 2007.

Welcome to world of Mohammed Ibn Laith a 16 year old who writes on my site. This is his description of a bombing:

Running with Abu Hussein and his sons stumbling as I run towards the smoke. Knowing where to run to automatically. Knowing that today it was my fathers turn to go with the others to the market. How will I tell my mother that my father too is dead?

Late on this side of the Atlantic goodnight congratulations to Siun. *poof*

Eureka Springs, AR @ 105

g’nite Pach

Rayne – Did you catch the WAPO link above? Nothing new really but I noticed a mention of Cummins early notice compared to the others. I checked around with AR bloggers and no new speculation as to a reason for dismissal here. Will keep my nose to the screen..)

Any thing to do with this?

great post tonight Pach…

Eureka Springs AR (106) — yeah, I’ve combed that article a couple of times now. I think the media is missing a potential tie between all of these USA’s, but I’ll leave it at that since I’m still in speculation zone with that. Oh, and there’s more than 7 USA’s separated…the media are missing the boat on that one, too.

Cummins is clearly PO’d and he should be. As I understand it, it’s simply NOT done to impugn an attorney’s reputation, not to code of conduct. Wonder if Christy might want to comment on that…anyhow, in legal profession, your integrity is part and parcel of your offering, and Abu G.’s office basically slandered and libeled the integrity of these dismissed USA’s as if they were just janitorial staff and not professionals who relied on the integrity of their position as officers of the court for their living.

Keep your eyes peeled, there’s still something going on there.

Valley Girl @ 109

Eureka Springs, AR @ 105

g’nite Pach

Rayne – Did you catch the WAPO link above? Nothing new really but I noticed a mention of Cummins early notice compared to the others. I checked around with AR bloggers and no new speculation as to a reason for dismissal here. Will keep my nose to the screen..)

Any thing to do with this?

I’m going to guess no, since

Blunt, a Republican, took office in January 2005 after 12 years of Democratic governors…

Why would the Bush DOJ want a Repub convicted of anything?

TheOtherWA @ 111

Valley Girl @ 109

Eureka Springs, AR @ 105

g’nite Pach

Rayne – Did you catch the WAPO link above? Nothing new really but I noticed a mention of Cummins early notice compared to the others. I checked around with AR bloggers and no new speculation as to a reason for dismissal here. Will keep my nose to the screen..)

Any thing to do with this?

I’m going to guess no, since

Blunt, a Republican, took office in January 2005 after 12 years of Democratic governors…

Why would the Bush DOJ want a Repub convicted of anything?

Not sure about your meaning here. All I was thinking was that the Blunt investigation was probably in progress/ had started at the time that Cummins was handed the case. And, Matt Blunt is the son of Roy Blunt. I had hoped that he would get fingered in the Abramoff investigations/ scandal, but alas not so far.

Don’t like to know about Repub sex? We won’t mention Dick Cheney having sex, or Bushboy.

VG — incoming.

Yeah, it sure seems strange that we haven’t seen more prosecutions in connection with Abramoff, doesn’t it? There were allegedly 65 members of Congress implicated in investigations as of a year ago (does not include family members, either), and we’ve not heard a PEEP about this.

Vitally important, too, since many of the yahoos implicated could still be in office, and could still be voting in the Senate for more warmongering. Dems should be ensuring they have a candidate prepped and ready to run for Senate or House in every state and congressional district for this reason.

And I’d start with emphasis on the states with dismissed USA’s.

karen allen @ 114

Don’t like to know about Repub sex? We won’t mention Dick Cheney having sex, or Bushboy.

Dick Cheney having sex would be shock and awe. The shock would be the defribulator and awe honey it happens to everyone sometimes.

Valley Girl – Interesting catch. I remember hearing about that story a while back. Not sure if Cummins had a choice on that case since it was passed to him (due to a recusal) from the St. Louis office.
I am with Rayne on this one, something fishy lies beneath the lilly pads. Why would they toss out so many of their own in such a public and crude manner!?

Bleach. Need brain bleach.

I can’t begin to imagine what kind of medications it would take for someone to even begin to think positively about sex acts of any kind with DeadEye.

Once I find the brain bleach, I am going to bed and resting my scrubbed mind — that was toooo much.

Valley Girl @113

Not sure about your meaning here. All I was thinking was that the Blunt investigation was probably in progress/ had started at the time that Cummins was handed the case. And, Matt Blunt is the son of Roy Blunt. I had hoped that he would get fingered in the Abramoff investigations/ scandal, but alas not so far.

Cummins said there was nothing there, so he brought no indictments of any Republicans. The Bush WH would like that, it’s not a reason to get rid of the prosecutor who didn’t indict a member of the GOP.

Stop the thread! It’s making me think bad thoughts…

ewwwww…..

Deadeye’s mottled, oxygen starved little soldier.

Blergh.

Enough to gross out Paris Hilton.

Don’t look now, but Victoria Toensing has a “Why’s mean ole Patrick Fitzgerald bein’ so mean to Scooter Libby?” article in Sunday’s WaPo.

Well, okay, look if you want: http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01705.html

I just don’t care enough about the horseshit I’ve got no doubt she’s peddling, and I’m sure someone else here is better-informed enough to smack it down the way it deserves to be… which yeah, I can say without reading it, because, well, it’s written. By. Victoria. Toensing.

Chris’ article help at all kirk?

Pure speculation on my part was that KKKarl wanted to set up Cummins for a judge nomination. It may be true and Cummins is just yelling like a bright shiny pony right now. After all he is not stepping down and Bushco wouldn’t hesitate to nominate him six months down the line, imo.
But that is the obvious and I am wearing a new tin foil hat.

Oh gosh, just the title alone – Trial in Error – and her opening question, asking for an explanation.

I think she is gonna get one – but she’s not gonna like it.

Ok, here’s my thought in the AR US Attorney switcheroo. They didn’t get rid of Cummins for anything he did or didn’t do. They simply needed to move him out to make room for Rove’s oppo research guy, Griffin. Now Griffin has the power of the office to subpoena anyone and anything in eastern AR. An employee of a political party doesn’t have that authority.

What might he look for? Gov. Clinton’s official papers, perhaps.

Arkansas is one of five states that allow governors to keep their official papers out of the public domain. [snip]
When he left office as governor, some four thousand boxes in all, were placed in private storage at an undisclosed location. In 1998, even as planning was begun for the Clinton presidential library in Little Rock, it was impossible for anyone with out a court order to see records from Clinton’s administration as governor. From The Boys on the Tracks by Mara Leveritt

Anyone without a court order. As USA, Griffin won’t much problem getting those.

Suzanne @ 122

Chris’ article help at all kirk?

Mmmm. Onion dip.

Thanks for his article and your link…

MMMMM!

(if I’m recalling the wrong article, apologies in advance – this would seem pretty weird.)

I only got to the end of page 1 of the 4 page article – went from needing brain bleach to trying to lower my blood pressure.

kirk, it did help with the brain bleach needed regarding the little soldier.

This is tangentially related to the topic, but do not fail to visit Bob Altemeyer’s site for the first few chapters of a book he’s distributing free on the web on authoritarian psychology.

If you recall, Bob Altemeyer was a source for John Dean’s Conservatives Without Conscience and was a visitor to FDL during one John Dean’s book salons here.

I’ve just gotten through the intro and the first chapter (still reading some of the notes in the latter), and his description of surreptitiously dividing students into groups of low- and high-RWAs (right-wing authoritarians) into separate groups to play something called the Global Change Game is just fascinating, and brings up the old intellectual arguments from the `70s about how effective were philosophies of cooperation v. philosophies of market-driven competition. Very, very illuminating.

h/t to Dave Neiwert at Orcinus for providing the link to Altemeyer’s book site.

TheOtherWA @ 125

Ok, here’s my thought in the AR US Attorney switcheroo. They didn’t get rid of Cummins for anything he did or didn’t do. They simply needed to move him out to make room for Rove’s oppo research guy, Griffin. Now Griffin has the power of the office to subpoena anyone and anything in eastern AR. An employee of a political party doesn’t have that authority.

What might he look for? Gov. Clinton’s official papers, perhaps.

Arkansas is one of five states that allow governors to keep their official papers out of the public domain. [snip]
When he left office as governor, some four thousand boxes in all, were placed in private storage at an undisclosed location. In 1998, even as planning was begun for the Clinton presidential library in Little Rock, it was impossible for anyone with out a court order to see records from Clinton’s administration as governor. From The Boys on the Tracks by Mara Leveritt

Anyone without a court order. As USA, Griffin won’t much problem getting those.

I know that they are a bunch of paranoid bastards, but do they fear Hillary so much that they will go to any length to dig up dirt?

Perfect end to the day. Thank you

Helpless Dancer-

I know that they are a bunch of paranoid bastards, but do they fear Hillary so much that they will go to any length to dig up dirt?

Yes.

That was today edition of Simple Answers to Simple Questions.

These are people who bribed state troopers to make up stories about then Gov. Clinton. They funded the production of the Clinton Chronicles video and other hit pieces they couldn’t get into the msm.

They will stop at nothing.

that’s it for me tonight, folks. g’nite

g’nite Suzanne – sweet dreams to you and your bran.

and your brain.

(apologies for the cereal typos…

this bad habit chaffs me.)

That Toensing piece in the WaPo is unbelievable. She’s outdone herself. Really.

It’s written as if she was a prosecutor and she’s indicted everyone she doesn’t like.

THIS GRAND JURY CHARGES PATRICK J. FITZERALD with ignoring the fact that there was no basis… (blah, blah, blah)

THIS GRAND JURY CHARGES THE CIA for making a boilerplate criminal referral to cover its derriere.(blah, blah, blah)

THIS GRAND JURY CHARGES JOSEPH C. WILSON IV with misleading the public about how he was sent to Niger…(blah, blah, blah)

THIS GRAND JURY CHARGES THE MEDIA with hypocrisy in asserting that criminal law was applicable to this “leak”…(blah, blah, blah)

Jane’s gonna blow a gasket tomorrow. Hell, the entire lefty blogosphere will too, after they stop laughing at this idjit.

g’nite Suzzane

Jane’s gonna blow a gasket tomorrow. Hell, the entire lefty blogosphere will too, after they stop laughing at this idjit.

Someone mentioned this morning that article looks like it was written to any potential cheatin’ (paper reading) juror.

TheOtherWA @ 131

Helpless Dancer-

I know that they are a bunch of paranoid bastards, but do they fear Hillary so much that they will go to any length to dig up dirt?

Yes.

That was today edition of Simple Answers to Simple Questions.

These are people who bribed state troopers to make up stories about then Gov. Clinton. They funded the production of the Clinton Chronicles video and other hit pieces they couldn’t get into the msm.

They will stop at nothing.

Yes, it was stupid question. It still seems a little irrational though, but irrational is the GOP’s method of choice. The Kewl Kids seem to regard her as the front runner, but as far as the base goes? To me, she ran to the center so hard that she overshot.

After mentioning the Toensing garbage I went back to look at the comments. It’s been up all day and there are 14 pages of them! I wasn’t here very long this morning, so I guess I missed the discussion about it. Jane’s probably already blown a gasket and will write most snarkily about it.

Helpless Dancer, no it wasn’t a stupid question, I was being a smark aleck. The things the GOP does defy common sense, so your question was perfecly logical.

Helpless Dancer @
136

TheOtherWA @ 131

Helpless Dancer-

I know that they are a bunch of paranoid bastards, but do they fear Hillary so much that they will go to any length to dig up dirt?

Yes.

That was today edition of Simple Answers to Simple Questions.

These are people who bribed state troopers to make up stories about then Gov. Clinton. They funded the production of the Clinton Chronicles video and other hit pieces they couldn’t get into the msm.

They will stop at nothing.

Yes, it was stupid question. It still seems a little irrational though, but irrational is the GOP’s method of choice. The Kewl Kids seem to regard her as the front runner, but as far as the base goes? To me, she ran to the center so hard that she overshot.

She may be the “unlucky”front runner….you know the one like a pioneer…who ends up w/all the arrows in the back…

President Pelosi.

Isn’t there enough evidence to go RICO on these criminals?

truth out!

http://vids.myspace.com/index……1804435293

TheOtherWA @ 137

After mentioning the Toensing garbage I went back to look at the comments. It’s been up all day and there are 14 pages of them! I wasn’t here very long this morning, so I guess I missed the discussion about it. Jane’s probably already blown a gasket and will write most snarkily about it.

Helpless Dancer, no it wasn’t a stupid question, I was being a smark aleck. The things the GOP does defy common sense, so your question was perfecly logical.

It was a stupid question. After all these years, one should realize that the GOP attacks on the Clintons is a reflex action. Call it their gag reflex. Ken Starr would be proud.

Speaking of uncontroled investigations, some right wing harpy who appeared on the Lou Dobbs show claimed that Fitz’s investigation has cost “tens of millions of dollars”.

Eli @
41

Or, alternatively…

You can tell it’s authentic “Disco” because of his white pants!

he’p me god. this is just the recent stuff. great round up. you’re killing me. i need more anime, less politics, I think. i feel like the frame of reference is gone.

We’re going round in circles
just like the ship
that turns to every passing cloud
we turn to every passing signal that comes through.
We put the empty frame of reason to the cabin door,
but we won’t be needing reason anymore.

Maybe Bush will call it the International House O’Policy…or IHOP, for short.

And regarding Walter Reed Hospital, just think about how little of all the billions wasted (lost?) in Iraq could have gone to fixing up the place and treating our returning soldiers with the respect they deserve.

Of course, all the crony Republican contractors who profited from all the money thrown down the Iraq hole would have screamed bloody murder: “Why are you wasting all that taxpayer money on the troops GW? I have country club dues to pay and three ex-wives to support. Gimme. Gimme. Gimme. Slobber. Drool.”

One really has to wonder what happened to the formerly honorable and patriotic Republican Party to turn them all into a greater threat to our democracy than the former Soviet Union. Bush and Cheney selling off our nation’s future to the Red Chinese. Bush and Cheney issuing executive orders meant to bypass completely the U.S. Congress. Bush, Cheney and Gonzales authorizing two national security breaches in 2003: 1) exposing the classified identity of a covert CIA operative and 2) revealing to a reporter the identity of a CIA front company, of which Valerie Plame was a member as well as countless other covert CIA operatives charged with protecting our nation from nuclear and biological weapons proliferation. Bush, Cheney and Gonzales totally trashing the U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Geneva Conventions, and anything else the old vanguard of the Republican Party once respected and held dear.

The corruption in the Nixon administration doesn’t hold a candle to the corruption running rampant in the Bush administration, and throughout today’s perverse incarnation of the “culture of corruption” Republican Party.

IMPEACH NOW!!!!!

it’s a bright, sunny morning in dresden, one of the few in the past three months. tomorrow morning i’m off to bavaria to meet up with a friend and on tuesday we fly out of munich for three days in madrid. a mixing of business and pleasure it will be. not being a laptop owner i may or may not be able to stay informed. we’ll see how convenient the internet cafes are in madrid. so, since it’s the middle of the night in the western hemisphere (or very early morning) i’ll blag on a little at the blog whilst most of you have better things to do and the toobz are idling and the moderators may be as well.

victoria toensing’s flacking in wapo was unsurprising wurlitzing. pure propaganda. she’ll never change. never. so we should all save our energy as far as being indignant about her parroting is concerned. likewise regarding marcel york. they, and everyone they represent have a vested interest in resisting change and in denying the validity of any criticism of their world view, their entitlement. they look you strait in the eye and tell you that yellow is purple. it doesn’t matter whether or not they are simply liars or just unable to ascertain what the facts truly are (i.e. why irving libby is on trial, or why fitzgerald hasn’t brought charges against anyone else). it was people like these that made the bolshevik revolution possible, and then the same people were shocked and indignant that lenin was able to take power. the very same thing happened in cuba in 1959 and by democratic means in venezuela in 1999. i don’t imagine or expect a communist takeover in the U.S. but some kind of rebellion against fuckwad’s administration and the kewl kids is well under way.

we progressives and democrats must respond to the excretions of vickie T. and her ilk, yes, and at the same time be mindful that we can be classier and more erudite. and we need to be mindful that we’re human, too, and one of the things we must stay on guard against is becoming too cocky and overlooking our own flaws and imperfections. we haven’t become fat and complacent yet. let’s pledge ourselves to stay lean and mean, and remember that humility is a good thing.

In Richard Lester’s 1979 film “Cuba” Sean Connery plays a foreign military advisor to the Batista regime. He is asked “Will Castro win?” and he replies “It all depends on whether or not the people believe he’s right.” At the moment, the American people believe that we are right about a lot of what needs to happen in our country. We need to make sure that we keep earning their trust.

Firepups seem to be sleepin’ in this morning. Marion? Twolf1? Where’s the coffee?

Good morning, retirin’. I allowed myself a bit of a lie-in this morning. Sorry to tell you it’s Babbling Brooks again in the NYT, along with Nicholas Kristof on how President Carter is changing people’s lives in Africa and Frank Rich on W’s “malleable war.”

http://mgpaquin.blogspot.com/

Columbian coffee today, and Irish Breakfast tea. To keep with the theme, English muffins. It’s not so cold here today, thank heavens.

Mornin’ all!

Well, look at that… Retirin’ knocks on the screen and everybody answers! Good morning, twolf.

Helicopter crashes in Afghanistan

Eight US troops have been killed and 14 wounded in a helicopter crash in south-eastern Afghanistan, the US-led coalition has said.

The helicopter, reported to be a Chinook, came down after the pilot reported engine trouble.

Hi Marion in Savannah, not as cold here (PA) either, a balmy 23 degrees.

Talking Head thread upstairs…

…caller on CSPAN calls for Gore/Feingold 08 :)

Jane (nyc) @
31

Re: my earlier post…messed up the URL. Here is the correct one.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..01172.html

That article in the Sunday WaPo, plus the “Forgotten Families” one in today’s WaPo that Christy linked to in her earlier post are damning indictments.

However, I keep wondering…what will finally be ENOUGH? How much more evidence of arrogant incompetence and complete lack of empathy do we need as a nation before we rebel against these war mongering corporatists?

And 10 billion dollars missing. Thanks, Bremer.
Murtha, get on this!