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It's hard to imagine that Joe Lieberman could make himself any sillier than he already has, but there he was criticizing Speaker Pelosi for having the temerity to do what the American people want its leaders to do, and what dozens of other Congressional delegations have been doing for years -- talking to the Syrians about the prospects for discussions on the issues that divide Syria from the US and Israel. And it took Arlen Specter, who has also talked to the Syrians, to explain to Joe how foolish Joe's opinions really are. Crooks & Liars has the video.
And of course, Joe just had to tell us how well the Bush/Lieberman/McCain surge is doing. But back in Iraq, ten more US troops and dozens of Iraqis were killed this weekend. And what was the basis for Joe's upbeat assessment? Only that a prominent cleric is calling for all Iraqis to unite against the Americans.
BAGHDAD - The powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his militiamen on Sunday to redouble their battle to oust American forces and argued that
Iraq's army and police should join him in defeating "your archenemy."Al-Sadr commands an enormous following among Iraq's majority Shiites and has close allies in the Shiite-dominated government. The statement Sunday carried his seal and was distributed in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, where the cleric called for an enormous demonstration to mark the fourth anniversary of Baghdad's fall.
"You, the Iraqi army and police forces, don't walk alongside the occupiers, because they are your archenemy," the al-Sadr statement said.
He urged his followers not to attack fellow Iraqis but to turn all their efforts on American forces.
"God has ordered you to be patient in front of your enemy, and unify your efforts against them — not against the sons of Iraq," the statement said.
Al-Sadr apparently issued the statement in response to three days of clashes between his Mahdi Army militiamen and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops in Diwaniyah, south of Baghdad.
In Washington, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record), an independent of Connecticut, said al-Sadr's words showed the American troop surge was working.
You have to wonder which planet Joe is on.
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Scarecrow!
Jeez, could’ve had the zed if i’d checked the comments first.
Actually, “silly” might be too kind…
Oh, Scarecrow, on the last post… defense is part of the discretionary, rather than the non-discretionary, part of the budget.
Although, I suppose, it’s an easy mistake to make–the military thinks of ever-increasing budgets as an entitlement….
The was a similar out-of-mind situation on Hardball; I think it was Friday or maybe Thursday. Tweetie had some sort of military expert guest who asserted that a sign of U.S. winning was that Iraqi insurgents were using more powerful weapons, like chlorine truck bombs.
We passed 1984 a long time ago.
Silly is a very kind word for Leiberman, Scarecrow. Maybe in the spirit of Easter and all.
But I’d say willfully ignorant, criminal.
Joe is on Planet Joe.
I wonder:
What he sold to whom in exchange for winning his last election.
His soul to Karl Rove?
His intellect to George Bush?
His heart to Dick Cheney?
His reasoning ability to Charley Brown?
I’d say Collaborator.
Have there been any Joe polls in CT since the election?
LoudounLib @
5
I was thinking that. Monty Python sketches are “silly”. I don’t know what to call Lieberman.
sweetgumroot @ 10
All of the above. Except the intellect exchange was The Chimpy giving his to Joe.
Thas easy he’s from Planet Joe, the planet of Liars and Idiots! And he’s never coming back.
montag @
6
Ah, thanks. Freudian. I’ll fix that.
I respect a people’s right to fight to rid their country of colonialist occupiers.
The planet where it’s acceptable to step on your own dick for the benefit of a national TV audience, positing a canard that even Dick Cheney might not be able to twist past his own tongue.
I want my party, the Democratic Party, to isolate Lieberman. I want to be rid of this man.
Speaking of silly, I hope you all don’t mind if I post some clever puns. I figure everyone needs a laugh on a cold Easter, and I came across these while cleaning out my email.
PUNS
The second set is even better than the first, so be sure to read them all.
Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning submissions
to its yearly neologism contest, in which readers are asked to supply
alternate meanings for common words. The winners are:
1. Coffee (n.), the person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted (adj.), appalled over how much weight you have
gained.
3. Abdicate (v.), to give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade (v.), to attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly (adj.), impotent.
6. Negligent (adj.) describes a condition in which you absentmindedly
answer the door in your nightgown.
7. Lymph (v.), to walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle (n.), olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence (n.) emergency vehicle that picks you up after you are
run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash (n.), a rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle (n.), a humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude (n.), the formal, dignified bearing adopted by
proctologists.
13. Pokemon (n), a Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster (n.), a person who sprinkles his conversation with
Yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism (n.), (back by popular demand): The belief that,
when you die, your Soul flies up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent (n.), an opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by
Jewish men
The Washington Post’s Style Invitational also asked readers to take
any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or
changing one letter, and supply a new definition. Here are this year’s
winners:
1. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops
bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows
little sign of breaking down in the near future.
2. Foreploy (v): Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose
of getting laid.
3. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the
subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
4. Giraffiti (n): Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
5. Sarchasm (n): The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the
person who doesn’t get it.
6. Inoculatte (v): To take coffee intravenously when you are running
late.
7. Hipatitis (n): Terminal coolness.
8. Osteopornosis (n): A degenerate disease. (This one got extra
credit.)
9. Karmageddon (n): It’s like, when everybody is sending off all these
really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it’s
like, a serious bummer.
10. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
consuming only things that are good for you.
11. Glibido (v): All talk and no action.
12. Dopeler effect (n): The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter
when they come at you rapidly.
13. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
you’ve accidentally walked through a spider web.
14. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into
your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
15. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in
the fruit you’re eating.
And the pick of the literature:
16. Ignoranus (n): A person who’s both stupid and an asshole.
Renee in Ohio @
13
Stupid? Suck-Up? Power-hungry jerk? Idjit?
sweetgumroot @ 10
Don’t forget Richard Mellon Scaiffe, Mel Sembler and that organization that sounds like aflack.
Joe is far too vile to be silly.
OT but last thread made me think of this
Jane- good read-
Man Who Tried to Save the World: The Dangerous Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Fred Cuny
by Scott Anderson
http://search.barnesandnoble.c.....amp;itm=20
A true story that says much about foreign policy…
author’s newwest book- Moonlight Hotel- is fiction and also good-this guy knows of what he writes
Oklahoma kiddo @ 18
I don’t think the Dems need to do anything to isolate the man. He seems to be doing just fine all by his lonesome self.
And I’m open to suggestions on substitutes for “silly.” This is an on open “name Joe” thread, but I want something really clever, or I’m sticking with the Monty Python definitioin of “silly.”
I just published a list of vocabulary words required for survival in the Bush era. Anyone want to suggest some additions?
EPU’d from before the Book Salon:
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And LO! And so it came to pass that it was blog-commented on the Holy Day of the Bunny, that verily the “BeGonezalez” drumbeat accelerateth. I hereby repeateth and reiterateth my prediction of yore that Prince Alberto will be in the can prior to the advent of April the 17th.
The probability of that event is undeniably increasing, neh? :)
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Too bad that Shmenator LIEberman cannot be similarly canned.
eCAHNomics @ 19
These are GREAT!
LOL eCAHNomics!
Scarecrow @ 24
I’m sticking with “vile”, and will add “faithless”.
Lieberman is a very dangerous Senator. Especially dangerous in view of his wants and desires respective of the Middle East. In this area Senator Lieberman is doing the bidding of the Israeli government.
Eli @ 29
“Faithless” ? Nah, he is just the example to show that Christians & Muslims are not the only ones that can be religious and observant and cruel and heartless all at the same time. All religions can have vile extremists.
Isn’t Lieberman still allowed to caucus?
My current nominee: “homicidally fatuous”.
Can one really be simultaneously silly and dangerous?
Standing against the tide
Jerusalem Post - Jerusalem
Author: JONATHAN S. TOBIN
Date: Mar 29, 2007
Start Page: 16
Section: Opinion
Text Word Count: 1224
Abstract (Document Summary)
Earlier this month, the Union of Reform Judaism, which passed an anti-war resolution in 2005, again broke this mold by adopting a resolution opposing the sending of more US troops to Iraq. They were joined by the smaller Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association, which not only demanded a complete withdrawal of American troops from Iraq but upped the ante by also stating its opposition to any preemptive US attacks on Iran.
The idea that an American defeat in Iraq - and like it or not, that is what the sort of a withdrawal contemplated by some in Congress will be considered in the Muslim world - would make it easier to prevail against Iran is ludicrous. Such an outcome would similarly embolden Iran’s Islamist allies elsewhere, such as Hamas and Hizbullah.
Those who ask the Jewish community to join the anti- war bandwagon must do better than merely bash [George W. Bush] and [Dick Cheney] and assail the original rationales for war. They must explain to us why a world in which America bugged out of Iraq will not be a safer one for Iran and al-Qaida, and a riskier one for America and Israel. Until they do, [Joseph Lieberman]’s courageous appeal to reason should be heeded.
kirk murphy @ 34My current nominee: “homicidally fatuous”.
Or just irrelevant.. that’s what Joe’s really afraid of.. realization of his own utter irrelevance
Cassie @ 31
Faithless in the sense of unreliable and without honor, not in the sense of unreligious. Although I *do* believe his smarmy piousness is a phony facade, especially seeing as how he only wields it against Democrats.
There something Vichy about Joe …
raven @ 35
Whatt am I missing? When did he appeal to reason?
The senate’s organizing resolution is done, and afik it cant be undone. Kick Joe off his committees, remove his seniority. Let him switch parties, who cares! Let’s be done with him. Call his stupid Droopy Dog bluff.
Israel can do a fine job of looking after itself vis a vis the Syrians. Why don’t we instead worry about the rights and welfare of the Lebanese, whom Syria tramples at will?
Great puns and add-ons.
He’s on the planet that “forgets” that more than 90% of all attacks are now, always have been, and always will be against occupation troops and their allies.
He’s on the planet that completely fails to realise that the one the Syrians particularly the current Allawite minority based secularist govt would never do is support fundamentalist fighters in Irak or anywhere else:
Kind of like most of the US political class it seems to me. “Hey it worked before ….
Here’s a very partial list of “incidents” in Irak today:
Baghdad – A U.S. force raided al-Mustansiriya University in eastern Baghdad, a university source said.
Baghdad – An Iraqi policeman was killed and five others wounded when an explosive charge went off in northern Baghdad, Iraqi police sources said.
Baghdad – Five Iraqi civilians were killed and 20 others were wounded when a vehicle rigged with explosives went off in southern Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said.
Baghdad – Four U.S. soldiers were killed and another was wounded in a blast in the province of Diala, the U.S. army said.
Basra – The Shatt al-Arab Hotel, which has been used as a British base, was handed over to the Iraqi forces on Sunday, the spokeswoman for the Multi-National Force – South, Capt. Katie Brown, said.
Dalouiya – An explosive device went off near a U.S. patrol, severely damaging one of the vehicles, a source from Dalouiya police, Salah al-Din province, said.
Diala- At least three people were killed and four others were wounded on Sunday as clashes broke out between tribesmen and al-Qaeda linked militants in Diala province, 57 km northeast of Baghdad, an eyewitness said.
Diala- Iraqi security forces detained five suspected militants on Sunday during a security crackdown in Diala province, 57 km northeast of Baghdad, a security source said.
Diwaniya - Fifty people were arrested in a raid in the northern part of al-Diwaniya, conducted by forces from the Iraqi army’s 8th Division backed by U.S. and Polish troops, as a curfew is still active in the predominantly Shiite city, a security source said.
Falluja – Thirteen unidentified bodies were found in Falluja, Anbar province, a source in the city’s local council said.
Hilla – Two policemen belonging to the Iraqi Scorpion Squad were wounded when an explosive charge targeted an Iraqi army patrol in central Hilla, a police source said.
Kirkuk – An explosive device went off near the War Veterans Society’s headquarters in central Kirkuk but no casualties or injuries were reported, a source from the Kirkuk police said.
Kirkuk – An Iraqi soldier was killed by unidentified gunmen on the Huweija-Zab road in Kirkuk while 12 suspects were arrested, a Kirkuk police source said.
Kirkuk – Three civilians were wounded when an explosive charge went off in the district of al-Rashad, Kirkuk city, a police source said.
Kut – Iraqi army forces killed a gunman while six Iraqi soldiers were injured in clashes in the area of al-Samra, in Kut, an Iraqi army source in Wassit province said.
Kut – Three persons belonging to the self-styled Islamic Army were arrested by Iraqi security forces in the district of al-Wihda, south of the capital Baghdad, a security source in Wassit province said.
Missan- Three identified bodies were found on Sunday in Missan province, 380 km southeast of Baghdad, a medical source said.
Mosul- An Iraqi army base and a police station came under mortar attack with no reports of casualties in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, a security source said on Sunday.
Mosul – Seventeen civilians were killed and 30 others wounded in a blast that targeted a residential building in southern Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said.
Sulaymaniya – Security forces managed to defuse a rocket placed near the Central Institute of Teachers office in Halabja, Sulaymaniya, an official source in the Iraqi Kurdistan region’s government said.
There’s nearly 80 security incidents reported today on the independent Iraki news agency Arabic language service.
Did I mention that during the assault on Al-Fallujah that the Jaish al Mahdi fought alongside the other groups? How’s that for a Sunni/Shia split?
What planet is he on? The planet where the loser thinks they can dictate the terms.
You have absolutely no idea how hated and despised the occupation troops are in Irak. Most casualties occur during the next phase btw - you’re still only in the shatter attack phase.
( edited to fix typos )
poof
Hmmm. Joe Lieberman:
Willfully obtuse.
The Lone Deranger (actually more pertinent to the Chimpy).
Psychotic Reactionary.
Lost in the Bozone Again (h/t to eCAHNomics and apologies to Commander Cody).
Cassie @ 40
Sorry,I should have clarified. While I am probably more pro-Israel than many here on the Lake it is clear to be that Lieberman is doing just what OK Kiddo says. . .the bidding of the Israeli Government. I don’t think he gives a rats ass what anyone in the states says or thinks.
smapdi @ 40
But because the organizing resolution is done, he would keep chairmanship of Homeland Security and Senate Oversight.
Scarecrow @ 24
Maybe it requires some Agnew-ish alliteration:
The Galoomphing Gopher of Gaseous Grandiosity
The Chattering Courtesan of Conservatism
Etcetera, etc.
“…Sen. Joseph Lieberman (news, bio, voting record), an independent of Connecticut…”
Yes, Joe Lieberman IS acting “independent of Connecticut”. He’s on his own.
“Silliest Senator Ever” covers some phenomenal territory. I’m of the opinion that he’s the silliest of his generation. Beyond that, I don’t know of a metric that compare Lieberman to the Dixiecrats who filibustered civil rights legislation, or the Senator who beat his colleague unconscious for condemning slavery, to mention but a few.
Scarecrow —
Well as long as we’re thinking in Python-esque terms, how about “splitter”? (From “Life Of Brian”, my all time fave)
When I say isolate I mean no caucus. I want Lieberman thrown out of the Democratic Party. Formally. And I understand the consequences of such an action.
What initial is Liberman using after his name theses days - “I” or “D”?
I - Insufferable
D - Dumbass
This is one of the reason people like Monica Goodling have been hired by the Justice Department. From the Boston Globe:
Boston Globe Link
Scarecrow — boy, you’ve become quite the universal soldier here at FDL. Nice work!
And Happy Easter to all you FirePups. Hope you’ve not partaken too heavily of the chocolate bunnies.
Rayne @ 54
Somebody asked me this morning if the Easter bunny had pooped chocolate all over my living room!
Nope, Rayne. Waiting for the sales to start tomorrow. :)
raven @ 36
This is the crap you get from the JP. Let them explain in clear terms how the US in Iraq is making life more difficult for Al Qaida. They can not, because exactly the opposite is true.
The bastards at the JP are engaged in a blood-feud that they want the US to join. They seldom admit it, but it shows here.
Cassie @
26
misprision 1 (ms-przhn)
n.
1. Maladministration of public office.
2. Neglect in preventing or reporting a felony or treason by one not an accessory.
3. An act of sedition against a government or the courts.
markfromireland: I hope you don’t disappear. We need to hear the information that you have.
Joe Lieberman is an ignoranus.
(Thanks eCAHNomics!)
darkblack @ 18
I wonder whatever gave you such a benign view of Cheney.
In what budget is the funding for the huge embassy being built in Iraq now? What is stopping legislators from cutting those funds? I’m believing if we can stop that from being built, Bush & Co won’t need to “win” the war quite so badly.
The bastards at the JP are engaged in a blood-feud that they want the US to join. They seldom admit it, but it shows here.
Funny, I figured this would be their stance so I just googled em up, searched the site for Lieberman and there it was.
sweetgumroot @
10
You’re assuming he had any of those things before the election. At this point, the best he can hope for is a post-retirement appointment as a Freedom Fellow of the $500 million Center of George W Bush Studies, to be constructed at SMU… OT.. but check out http://www.chicagotribune.com/.....;cset=true
for the latest on shrub’s monstrous monument to himself.
rxbusa @ 58
THANKS!!!
markfromireland — thanks for stopping by; the reality list is sobering. siun will be along in a while with more.
Blub @ 64
Y’know, even Dallas is gonna hate having an eighty-foot-tall dildo sticking up out of their fair city….
Cassie — heh. Chocolate bunny poop…be careful, unwrapped Whoppers and chocolate covered raisins are often not what they seem.
Renee — yeah, me too, no sale yet at Publix, Winn Dixie or Walgreens. Going to have to load up on the sale stuff tomorrow, I guess. The Easter Bunny didn’t get me any of those chocolate covered marshmallow eggs and I’d love to get some for myself, but I’m too cheap to pay full price. ;-)
I completely agree that the Bush/Lieberman/McCain SURGE is working … oil is SURGING above $60 a barrel, sales of weapons and equipment are SURGING, shares of Halliburton are SURGING. The President is winning his war … with the constitution.
It all makes sense, when you see it from their perspective.
PS: The incomparable Wynton Marsalis was on Jon Stewart, and said modern music has no depth because there isn’t as much suffering today. Just watch Bush take credit for ‘deepening’ black music by causing widespread suffering in N’ Orleans & L’ siana.
dakine01 @ 46
Dakine01 lets all the air out of my balloon. Sigh.
What can be done? Blame Harry?
I cant believe I voted for this guy’s ticket.
Rayne @ 68
LOL. they will taste just as good tomorrow.
Rayne @ 55
Did we miss you at book salon? Andrew Cockburn was great in answering questions.
It’s 02:30 here on Monday morning and even I need to get some sleep sometimes :-) so I’m afraid that was it.
Not to leave the marshmallow bunnies out of the “fun”, we have Bunnyocalypse.
smapdi @
71
The positive thing is all the other Dem’s would retain their chairmanships if/whenLIEberman does jump ship. That’s also why Waxman is so important on Oversight from the House.
Israel doesn’t want peace
Who would have believed it? A high-ranking U.S. official says Israel wants peace talks to resume and instantly her president “severely” denies the veracity of her words. Is Israel even hearing these voices? Are we digesting the significance of these voices for peace? Seven million apathetic Israeli citizens prove that we are not.
It’s hard to determine when the breaking point occurred. Was it the absolute dismissal of the Saudi initiative? The refusal to acknowledge the Syrian initiative? Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s annual Passover interviews? The revulsion at the statements made by Nancy Pelosi, the speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, in Damascus, alleging that Israel was ready to renew peace talks with Syria?
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/846420.html
not silly. silly is cognate with seelig–holy.
montag @
68
Has anyone ever actually seen a picture of what this library is supposed to look like? The only thing I could find on the web is http://www.texaschapbookpress......ibrary.jpg , and somehow I don’t think that’s it :P
Re: Joe L.
The Witless Wonk of Warmongering
markfromireland @ 74
Gladelig Paske and sweet dreams (not Cadbury creme egg sweet) Nice to see you here.
montag @ 80
Warmongering Wanker?
Blub @ 78
Nah, me neither. Truth in architecture would require something more in line with what I suggested, though. :)
But, if they’re gonna get people to come to it, they’ll have to make it look like a Texas BBQ joint. Lots of red paint and a corrugated roof would do it. :)
hey firedogs,
didn’t realize you had all moved on from the Book Salon thread, was thoroughly immersed in the really great questions and comments -
o/t for a sec -
Eureka Springs -
list of potential detention sites by state -
myleftwing
or google -
Project End Game, Rex 84, KBR contracts
(caveat blogtor - you are in tin foil country)
now . . . do I really want to dive in to a thread about this morally reprehensible, intellectually pusillanimous pig ?!?!
Scarecrow @ 81
Yeah, better. The Witless Wanker of Warmongering.
Lieberman is increasingly irrelevant by his own hand. He’ll be caucusing with a gaggle of geese before long.
Dru! I’ve been thinking of you.
Just another manic Easter Sunday?
AP - The powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr ordered his militiamen on Sunday to redouble their battle to oust American forces and argued that Iraq’s army and police should join him in defeating “your archenemy.” The U.S. military announced the weekend deaths of 10 American soldiers, including six killed on Sunday.
greenwarrior @
62
I have several benign views of Cheney, and some less so.
;>)
we seem to be coming to consensus….
Dana @ 86
Hi Dana; if the silly traitor got with the geese he might at least be in the right company wrt vocal range! :>) Hope you are doing well and had a nice weekend with the family.
carolyn urban -
clicking on Mark from Ireland’s name will take you to one of his two sites -
Lieberman is quite simply a putz. Oh, and I wish Alf would come back on the air, so he could get his old job back.
His neo-con buddy Michael Ledeen is coming up with more BS reasons to attack Iran. Joe will be thrilled.
I’ve got googlenews custom sections on sen. lieberman iraq and senator lieberman iran.
Many items crossover to both. (IOW something about BOTH in the same article.) That is worrying. Makes me want to puke no matter what I look at.
kirk murphy–the pun wasn’t lost on you! And yes, there is consensus, I believe.
Heh. Put down that cat, Alf!
Dana @ 94
Joe Lieberman, the palms-down choice.
The one and only positive thing about Al Gore being cheated out of the Presidency:
No Vice President Lieberman!
Alicia @
97
Just wait until Romney-Lieberman ‘08 :)
Off topic
Someone said something about Rumsfeld and WWII on the previous thread … I know what he was doing
Rummy - Separated at birth
Blub @ 97
Nah, I think Joe will hold out until he sees if Giuliani gets the nomination. Holy Joe would become even more craven than he is now for a chance to run with “America’s Mayor.”
They could call it the Rooty-Tooty campaign.
thanks cbl. I have been to his site before. Just missed his point of view here.
What color is the sky in your world, Joey?