I can't stop listening to this song.
Lyrics below the fold.
Valerie
(Mark Ronson feat. Amy Winehouse)
Well sometimes I go out by myself and I look across the water
And I think of all the things, what you're doing and in my head I make a picture
'Cos since I've come on home, well my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair and the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over, stop making a fool out of me
Why won't you come on over Valerie, Valerie?
Did you have to go to jail, put your house on up for sale, did you get a good lawyer?
I hope you didn't catch a tan, I hope you find the right man who'll fix it for you
Are you shopping anywhere, changed the colour of your hair, are you busy?
And did you have to pay the fine you were dodging all the time are you still dizzy?
Yeah
'Cos since I've come on home, well my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair and the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over, stop making a fool out of me
Why won't you come on over Valerie, Valerie.
Valerie, Valerie?
Well sometimes I go out by myself and I look across the water
And I think of all the things, what you're doing and in my head I make a picture'
Cos since I've come on home, well my body's been a mess
And I've missed your ginger hair and the way you like to dress
Won't you come on over, stop making a fool out of me
Why won't you come on over Valerie, Valerie.
Valerie, Valerie?
Yeah Valerie
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#2
Cocktails!
#3
#3?
TRex…. dang stopped to listen to the music!
dang! Oh well, we got TRex and Amy Winehouse. What’s not to like?
How are you TRex? Did you see about our blog getting #2 this morning on Blogmad?
TRex!
TRex! tuesday or wednesday night I listened to just about every up on culturebully by Ms. Winehouse. valerie several times. Amy is something else. Thank you TRex for introducing
her to me. *G*
I want to be Amy Winehouse when I grow up.
(minus the substance abuse issue, though)
hmm – very soulful t-rex;o)
SnarKassandra @ 8
I did. Congratulations!
“everything up on culturebully”
TRex @ 13
But now in the last 48 hrs we have only had 2 posts. :(
You know, I’m contemplating going out tonight.
Winehouse has a beautiful voice.
EPU’d ~ Bill Moyers BEST line tonight:
TRex, do you ever listen to any Bettye LaVette? It just occurred to me that Amy reminds me of her.
lots to see on the tv tonight – starting with KO then B MOYERS and now B MAHER
For you NFL draft nuts, here’s a good one…Mel Kiper drafts your family…
http://www.everydayshouldbesaturday.com/?p=3370
Eli, maybe the Giants can find a good corner this way?!
Hey Twisted,
Big Dog is gonna be at the Big House tomorrow. You Going?
Great song. What’s that growing out of the top of Amy’s head?
Damn, that was one take. Another name to add to my list, thanks Trex! Here’s one backatcha!
http://www.ellis-music.com/music
Someone tell. What is soooooo wrong with Kucinich?
Is it for graduation? No, I won’t be there unfortunately. Did place a big order from Zingermans today though!
oddball @ 25
I like him!
Twisted Martini @ 26
Yeah. The kids get to hear a true inspiration. I just hope a certain 33% listens.
BTW, I will take a #23.
Is Moyers now a regular show on PBS? Gonna have to get a season pass. I can’t take Maher anymore, he lets the wingnuts get away with too much. New Rules are usually good though.
nice touch, checking her nails while singing…
belt it out, girl.
Twisted Martini @ 29
We don’t have HBO but sometimes we see Bill Maher on torrent.
Regent University is a tier 4 University. Lowest according to Stewart. Jiffy Lube Law!
TRex @
16
“Whatever, just make us a bicycle clown!”
(kid from the movie Wedding Crashers)
Ah… the fine waters of Late Nite. How is everyone this fine spring evening? TRex, that is one fine song you chose to highlight tonight.
Twisted Martini @ 29
Here you go TM: http://www.pbs.org/moyers/jour…..dates.html
Suzanne @ 34
Hiya Suzanne!
SnarKassandra @ 27
Mee Too.
Why the mainstream doesn’t, baffles me.
Single Payer Universal Health Care
Peace Dividend
Progressive Taxes
Compassionate
Vegetarian (Thats all I need to know)
Evening all. Good musical choice TRex.
Loo Hoo @
17
I think I’m hearing a LOT of Janis in this girl.
going to bed, love fdl and everyone here, lurk and love and amazed every day increasingly
fitz christy sexy rexy JANE simply astonishing the power this blog has become
let’s keep rollin beyotches
Loo Hoo @ 32
C&L RULES! http://www.crooksandliars.com/…..niversity/
Maybe that IS why. Also I think he is completely vegan.
Ed*ard Teller @ 23
The tatoos ain’t gonna look too pretty good when she’s 60 either. That’s the reason I encourage my daughter to go into plastic surgery. Cash on the barrelhead, no pesky insurance companies to deal with.
oddball @ 37
So I guess a #23 isn’t a pastrami reuben…what is it?
The Randy Tobias story has front paged on CNN. Waiting to see if it hits the Indy Star.
While the sun shines, and from every corner of the country, “WE WANT FITZ! … AG FITZ!
Trex, thanks for turning me on to Amy. I’m not a huge fan of this type of music, but I dig her.
#23
Mary’s Commute:
Delicious Zingermans Free Range Chicken Salad
Applewood Smoked Bacon
Hearty Challah Bread
MMMMMMM
AG Comey wouldn’t be bad, either.
Trexxx, right on!!! I’m a little miffed tho…, don’t you like Queen? I’m telling ya, ‘Another one bites the dust’ is becoming sooo apropo these days!!!
SnarKassandra @
42
Cassie, some answers to your questions in last thread been added.
JoyB @ 49
DING!
oddball @ 48
Just recently discovered Zingermans. Heaven on earth for foodies!
TRex, if you go out tonight, you know that when you get home, we are gonna still be here wanting details.
TRex @
16
Are you busy primping and getting ready for a hot Friday night…? Did you ditch us already?
I don’t know T… Feels kinda like you’re phonin’ it in tonight after a week of Paleolithic-scale Snark.
(Or maybe I’m just jealous that I don’t have any cool Fri night plans)
CTuttle @ 50
Oh the whole, yes, I like Queen, but you have to agree that Ms. Mercury knew very little of restraint. Sometimes Queen reminds me of when you’re first learning to cook and you want to put EVERY SPICE in the cupboard into EVERYTHING.
Twisted Martini @ 45
Ask, and you shall receive.
CTuttle @ 50
How about “Who Wants to Live Forever?”
SnarKassandra @
42
Yeah, Cassie, my daughter is really into him for being Vegan. I keep asking her: so, what’s so wrong with an earthling?
TRex @ 56
Kinda like putting all your snark into one post?
Peterr, I’m waiting for the “why” he’s leaving.
Twisted Martini @ 61
Oh, it’s that liberally-biased reality you’re after . . . for that, you may have to wait a bit.
Until Entertainment Weekly hits the supermarket stands, anyway.
Peterr @ 57
And the IndyStar doesn’t mention WHY! http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..e-resigns/
*Abstinence only my ass.
Lou Costello @ 63
Yes, rather an irony overload don’t you think?
Iglesias on Bill Maher
Peterr @ 62
ABlog is tearing it up: http://americablog.blogspot.co…..nence.html
TM@61
If we get into the “why” cassie may have to leave
the room again. and we don’t want that to happen
two nights in row.
Iglesius “they wanted me to come up with bogus voter fraud charges”
I keep seeing Amy Winehouse perform Rehab (she was on Leno a couple nights ago, Letterman a couple weeks ago). It’s a really catchy song.
TRex @ 56
True, just the way Waxman, I hope, will toss everything into the pot for the upcoming Articles of Impeachment! I love habanero peppers! Although, we have a nastier pepper grown here!
Lou Costello @ 63
The comments to the IndyStar item, however, do . . . including one that quotes an ABCnews blog noting the real reason. There’s another that really hits it hard:
Too bad the editors there can’t do more than stenography. Not that I’ve got anything against stenographers — every court should have one — but you don’t need them in the newsroom.
Felix Moronia @ 67
He is leaving for sex. Big deal!
Does anyone know if its normal for the passport people to ask for a “supplemental identification list” 2 references list of family members adresses phone #, education, where I lived for the last ten years Plus my employers for the last ten years. Which to be honest I can’t remeber all this information. Is there anyway around this?
solai @ 68
They ticked off the wrong guy
DrDick @ 64
This has to be one of the best(?) examples of irony:
Mission-Not-So-Accomplished Day! http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..ished-day/
Twisted Martini >
So you want to receive twice in one evening eah ?
Well, here ya go.
I love this quote :
“…”I’m sure as heck not going to be going to federal prison for one day, let alone, four to eight years, because I’m shy about bringing in the deputy secretary of whatever,”…”
Pure gold !
“People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.” – Otto von Bismarck
Felix Moronia @ 67
Somehow, I think Cassie has heard of such things already. Indeed, her posts at YouThinkLeft show more maturity than some Bush administration appointees I could mention.
I had already seen the post on Americablog and the ABC news blog, what I was waiting for was how much the local media would whitewash /ignore the story.
Twisted Martini @ 58
Thanx, TM for the Fix!!!
Peterr @ 77
My brother is 23 and his girlfriend moved in with us a few weeks ago. I can guess what happens in his room while the radio is playing at night.
daCascadian @ 76
My German heritage demands that I ask — source, please?
(I would also add, “after fishing.”)
IIRC, isn’t Indy Star Danny-boy Quayle’s family paper? Or one of them at least?
Ah, home at last. Evening TRex and latenite firepups!
Glad you made it home Safe and Sound Oilfieldguy
Still smoldering over Bill Moyers piece the other nite. I haven’t touched my own blog in ages, but I feel a post coming on…maybe even suitable for the ladies of the lake.
Hi Oilfieldguy! Is it my imagination, or you’ve been too busy to show up in the comments? I think TRex is in front of the mirror and not with us.
Evening.
Undone-
You don’t know where you worked and lived for the past 10 years? Just do some research. You will thank yourself later.
Peterr @
77
I would make that more than all of the Bush administration!
ot from the previous thread,someone queried the possibility of a brownshirts blog.i’m not trying to needlessly alarm,but historically this pattern of govt includes the disappearance of people.
eg:
1)
nacht undt(?)nebel.
2)
read somewhere that in Argentina,
green ford falcons were used.
please do not take this seriously if from your much closer apprehension of the situation,my worries are not valid.
i worry,be aware.
Thanks Katymine
SnarKassandra @ 72
No, he leaving for massages. Of course his wife probably was not aware of this service her husband needed.
Felix Moronia @ 67
Oh so true, poor cassie! But I’m telling ya the sheer irony is astounding!!!
things come undone @ 73
Just put down what pops in your head. If they ask any questions, say “I searched my mind, and I just don’t recall…”
I love Freddie Mercury too, btw. My little one (4) and I listen to Killer Queen, and she’s asked what he’s singing about. I said, “A fancy lady.” I was ok not knowing until my 40’s.
dakine01 @ 82
It used to be owned by his wife’s family, but they sold out to Gannett a while ago.
CTuttle @ 92
I am NOT leaving! (Aunt Betsy is visiting with a friend & my cousin is watching comedy central)
JoyB @ 86
You are not dreaming. Supplying an addicted nation is hard work. And TRex is quite pretty. He never met a mirror he did not like.
Peterr >
I don`t recall (groan !) where I first tripped over it but I have checked into it and here is one location (google it for more). And yes, after fishing would, I think, also “qualify”.
“History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies and misfortunes of mankind.” – Edward Gibbon
SnarKassandra @
80
Pinochle
;>)
SnarKassandra @ 80
You wouldn’t happen to be listening to the radio, would ya???
darkblack @ 99
707!!!
nope. watching HOUSE from the other day.
WHO is this witch with a capital B on Maher? Maher states that Harry Reid should say “The war is lost and the troops didn’t lose it.” Tthis PERSON (ID’d as Lisa Something, conservative commentator) says: “Yeah and then it puts the onus back on those who lost it like Harry Reid.” WTF!?! What the HELL is she smoking. I WANT some of that! DAYH-UHM!
Instead of …
It’s Friday then it is conceal a major news story
It’s DOJ document dump Friday
OR
It’s who is going to resign Friday mid scandal
Or
It is Friday, it must be FBI search time…..
And what is up with Renzi first saying he is going to resign and then deny it…. WHAT a dufus…
Nola Sue @ 93
Worked for Gonzo!!!
Oilfieldguy @ 85
Here OFL, for reference:
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/btw/watch.html *Interactive Timeline is good tool.
Keep it all coming! I haven’t figured out how not to live without my Subaru in my suburb. I drove 40 minutes total this evening to participate in a Sierra Club hike.
Not fair…. Maher will not be on for two more hours!
SnarKassandra @ 102
You’re just so damn cute!!!! LOL!!!
Okay, quit talking about sex, it makes me a might nervous. It has been so long for me that I am actually endorsed the the American Medical Association as a “safe sex instrument.”
darkblack @ 99
Reading the bible. Duh
Gang, I’m beat. I’m just going to head off to bed with a book and a kitty. You kids play nice now. Be kind to your margins.
Good night.
Twisted Martini @ 95
Thanks. Although Gannett’s no great improvement over Danny boy. But I thought it was the paper his graandfather owned during ‘Nam which is partly how he wound up in the guard. IIRC, the head of the guard worked for his grandfather as an editor while grandpa was publisher.
TRex @ 112
‘Night, Trex.
G’night TRex, enjoy your rest!
Does he sing when he looks in the mirror?
Another Right On NYT’s editorial:
LINK
TRex @ 112
Have fun!!!
Rest up, TRex. Next week isn’t going to be any slower.
I’m wondering if the owner of this escort service/massage outservice whatever it is called is the same madam that was threatening to disclose client names to the highest bidder and was restrained by the court from doing so. If I remember correctly, her stated motive was to pay for her legal defense expenses.
LoudounLib @ 115
While visions of linen trousers dance in my head…
Good night, TRex! We’ll fill it all up nicely for you here. Thank you for the music these nights. Dolly Parton and Debbie Harry were spellbinding also.
When my kids were young they were instructed not to interact with strangers on-line…And if they absolutely had to, their story was always that they were a 37 year-old longshoreman from NJ. If they ever wrote that they had to go do “homework” or “take a bath” as was commented here few nights ago, there would be no more computer. Just saying.
SnarKassandra @
72
I leave FDL for the same reason. But I come back.
TRex @ 112
Aloha Oe!! Don’t let the bedbugs bite!!!
TRex @ 121
;-)
Thank you Mr. Costello. This whole thing needs one of my patented cheater pipe shampoos.
Suzanne @ 120
It is but she dropped the selling idea when it got a lot of bad pub. She gave to ABC instead.
I just knew MSM wouldn’t be able to leave this one alone. Laura Rozen scoped this in WaPo:
Nola Sue @ 93
Does strike me as slightly excessive. Course I don’t know what standard procedures are in the US – but really I’d think all they’d need would be evidence that you are who you claim to be and that you are a citizen.
Suzanne @ 120
That’s her. After getting various kinds of legal advice, she decided that selling her phone list might put her in additional jeopardy — but that didn’t deter her from giving away certain tidbits for free.
prostratedragon @ 129
Ooooooo! This could get fun.
Oilfieldguy @ 85
Keep us posted OFG!
Suzanne @ 120
Yer durn tootin’ it is!!!
Suzanne >
The same. She gave her data to ABC it appears.
Oh happy days !
“If you don’t deal with reality, reality will deal with you” – C.J. Campbell
AkaDad @ 111
This ‘bibleduh’…Is it a good book?
;>)
TRex avoids my steady gaze for he sees the shame in my eyes.
Twisted Martini @ 116
No, I sang in the studio and in clubs. You can hear my old music here.
I just found this site this afternoon. I don’t think I get any royalties if you download the songs, but I don’t mind if you do. They’re my songs. I’m not sure how they got on eMusic.
things come undone @
73
Were you born in the US, and were your parents US citizens?
TRex @ 138
Such a talented Therapod. I had no idea.
Ed*ard Teller @ 151
Sounds like it’s time to take up a collection.
Peterr @ 141
Hmmmmmmmmmmm.
This Tobias thing kills me. Clinton got crushed for saying he smoked pot but didn’t inhale, yet this asshole expects people to believe he had escorts come to his condo and he didn’t fuck ‘em? How stupid does he think we are?
Milan River @ 123
Glad I don’t live in your house.
things come undone @ 73
I have Passport form DS-11 with a date of 8/2005 that I picked up last week from the city office that processes the passports. It does not have anything about 10 years of addresses. Do you have a birth certificate?
The emergency contact is someone that a foreign embassy can contact in case of need.
Charlie Rose on….talking about Tenet tonite.
Twisted Martini @ 143
Stupid enough to elect Dubya twice.
I’m a little slow on the uptake(and keyboard!), however, I think she received monetary compensation! I mean, really, look at the sheer amount of names and no.’s she possessed, everyone concerned must of had their posteriors surgically removed from their chairs!
Twisted Martini @
143
I have to assume that’s a rhetorical question.
The tinsel tonsils of TRex, in my opinion, are a mere shadow, a cheap copy, a fanciful diversion from the music he plays at the keys fireside at the lake.
TRex
Wordsmith
No. Higher. Praise.
Bizarre event in Wasilla, Alaska this afternoon. I play bugle at funerals and memorial services for deceased veterans. I’m a disabled vet. I was supposed to play at a service in Wasilla today, but the scheduling didn’t work. A friend played, and here’s what he told me.
The memorial service was held at a new Veterans’ Memorial in the town park. The deceased Veteran’s family was told beforehand that the city didn’t want the Army honor guard to discharge weapons at the service. The veteran had been decorated during the first Gulf War, so he merited a full honor guard, including a 21-gun salute by serving members of his service. The Army chaplain, head of the honor guard, had Federal orders demanding the volley – which contains blanks – be discharged.
Immediately after the Army honor guard fired the salute and taps were played, the Wasilla police handed the widow a ticket, even before the honor guard finished folding her husband’s flag.
TRex @
112
marginal behavior is discouraged!
TRex, we’re keeping you up, but is that you in the little bowler and stripey overalls? (on your emusic album cover, not outside my window)
dakine01 @
149
Point taken DrDick.
Twisted Martini >
I think he`s pitchin that to GW`s ~30% group.
Some people never give up ya know.
“Against stupidity, the very gods themselves must contend in vain.” – Friedrich von Shille
Oilfieldguy @ 150
As I said, such a talented therapod.
Ed*ard Teller @ 151
Isn’t new republic governor of AK former mayor of Wasilla?
dakine01 @
82
YES.
My lovely and talented wife delivered for them when she was just a wee child. And BOY do they rip those kids off. Seriously.
Here’s a question: How is it decided whether there will be a “daily” press briefing? Along with being addicted to FDL, I read the press briefing transcript whenever it’s available. I know that when the press is traveling with the president, they’ll often have a short “gaggle,” but I was really, really, really looking forward to Ms. Perino’s last briefing before Tony Snow returns on Monday and all feel obliged to toss rose petals instead of hard-hitting questions.
Ed*ard Teller @ 151
Unbelievably insensitive on the part of the PD.
Fern @ 130
It sounds really excessive to me, and I worked at a passport issuing USPS. I didn’t process the apps, but I was there when people were dealing wth the forms a lot. I gave out a lot of the forms. I’ve seen them, and don’t remember seeing anything about place of employment. The only time anyone wanted extra information, it was for naturalized citizens, and even then, they didn’t want places of employment! I mean, an authority can ask for some additional evidence of citizenship, if something looks hinky, but not weird crap like that. As for “references,” sometimes we required witnesses to vouch for naturalized citizens, but that was only for people who didn’t have a picture ID or something like that.
Other Pat @ 160
Snow is coming back? I thought he dying from cancer?
ET – does Wasilla have a do not discharge fire arms within city limits law?
“Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to” – Peggy Noonan
Ed*ard Teller @ 151
now that’s just not right…
Milan River @ 123
My girls had very strict rules too. Seems they learned them well.
Oilfieldguy @ 97
TRex is actually not at all vain, in my experience, esp for a 60 ft therapod covered with glittering scales.
When I spoke to him earlier, he was lamenting how tired he was and how long a week it had been… and there was a cat on his lap. He was fading. He may be asleep with the computer in front of him now.
Ed*ard Teller @ 151
That’s disgraceful, ET.
dakine01 @ 103
In introducing her, he said she was a former speechwriter for Dan Quayle. When your accomplishments are thin enough to list that more than fifteen years later, well, I think that says it all.
Thanks, TRex.
I’m now a big Winehouse fan.
LJ/Aquaria @
139
yes I gave the passport office everything they asked for and now I got a letter asking for more information. The IRS wanted me to pay more taxes 4 years ago because someone took my idenity and to my embarrasment made a lot more money than I did. But I hired an accountant together we got the jerk who took my identity fired got his employer to send a letter to the IRS explaining what happened and I have filed taxes for the last two years the IRS has not challenged the returns although I admit they havn’t closed the case.
Ed*ard Teller @ 151
I am burning mad, that is utter Bullsh*t! I’m a 20 yr Vet., I have participated in numerous Vet burials, not once have encountered such horsesh*t!!!!
prostratedragon @ 129
Oh goody. I usually don’t care about people’s sex lives, ceptn’ when they’re total hypocrites and liars!! And republicans especially.
Ed*ard Teller @
151
Budgetary shortfall in Wasilla? For instance, I recall a couple years ago Bloomberg in NYC ordered the writing of all kinds of ridiculous but legal tickets to deal with a budget problem. The program wilted under public outrage, as you might have guessed.
SnarKassandra @ 163
Snow is coming back? I thought he dying from cancer?
OK, I’m aging by the minute, but I thought I remembered hearing that he was returning on Monday.
Redshift @ 170
I heard her and it was just dumbfounding. I know I’m going to have to watch this week’s show again just to verify the idiocy!
twisted martini
love queen – what about under pressure – i think it fits this bush crew very well…..
Evening, everybody.
Please do not use the quote this comment button when there are already quoted comments within the comment you want to respond to.
It can and will bust the margins and can lead to cranky moderators.
Peterr @ 141
No doubt, a solemn man indeed.
;>)
katymine @ 145
yes I have a birth certificate I am just wondering why if they have not challenged my taxes are they giving me bull now.
CTuttle >
No, she is in a fight w/Feds over ownership of the list, as I recall, and they threatened to grab any money she was gonna get for the list. So her lawyer said they gave it to a 1st class investigative organization (which appears to be ABC).
She claims all she was running was an adult fantasy organization and all her independent contractors were responsible for their own behavior. She claims she gave out 1099s every year etc.
Gonna be fun to watch this one sort itself out.
“I’m not a person who thinks the world would be entirely different if it was run by women. If you think that, you’ve forgotten what high school was like.” – Madeleine Albright
Other Pat @ 176
Snow is coming back? I thought he dying from cancer?
OK, I’m aging by the minute, but I thought I remembered hearing that he was returning on Monday.
You’re both correct. He starts back Monday but is most likely to be failing noticeably in the coming months. Hell of a way to go ain’t it?
Illegal Immigration? Could it be…. S A T A N ??
Salt Lake Tribune
Maybe… all I know is Satan Said Dance.
T-REX –
Late-Late-Nite alert — and Sunday and Monday and Tuesday and Wednesday BATTLE STATIONS ALERT!!!
This is the week we take down Rushbo –
See Digby for the sordid details . . .
Bulletproof?
Why would any ABC radio (or TV) advertiser put up with this racist sack of offal?
Seriously — attack the ABC TV advertisers . . .
dakine01 @
158
That’s where Sarah got her start. I can’t imagine HER keeping people from firing weapons there. I’ve played hundreds of Vet services in towns around Alaska, and this is the first time this has come up.
from the same article wrt Tobias:
Tobias was the second public figure identified as a customer of Palfrey’s service. Palfrey recently made good on her threat to identify high-profile clients, listing in court documents a military strategist known for his “shock and awe” combat theories.
Who was the first????
patrick rex,
perhaps I was projecting. If I were as pretty as TRex, there would not be a safe mirror in five counties.
I did not mean to cast aspersions on our most talented host this evening. I swat with a handfull of daffodils to my friends and logging chains to my foes.
things come undone @ 172
Ah. I hate to say it, but the ID theft is what this is about. They’re worried that someone will be using your ID to acquire a passport. The State Department is making this call. This will probably take a while to iron out, I’m sorry to say. If you have a decent Congress rep, I’d call ‘em up for some assistance with the process.
Ed*ard Teller @ 187
Then I would get her involved and call her to ask WTF! It is not right to treat a grieving family in that fashion and it DIS-honors his service.
Ed*ard Teller @ 187
I’d say it’s time to take up a collection, to deal with that ticket.
[Weird stuff in the toobz — my last comments kept replacing my comment @ 141. Closed the browser, open again, and let’s see what happens this time . . .]
Twisted Martini @ 143
Bout like the congregation.
Eyelids. are. slamming. shut.
Good night all!
Other Pat @ 176
Snow is coming back? I thought he dying from cancer?
OK, I’m aging by the minute, but I thought I remembered hearing that he was returning on Monday.
He is returning monday! I’m still fuming about ET’s post, sorry y’all, I might self destruct!!!
katymine @
164
duh. It is enforced randomly. But most municipalities have these laws, and I’ve never heard of an honor salute being illegal. Anywhere.
LoudounLib @ 194
Nite nite. And on this note, my brain and machine seem to be going into shutdown as well. C-ya in the A and M.
G’nite, dakine.
Night y’all, pull me up a chair in the morning, will ya?
Ed*ard Teller @ 151
Now that’s some kinda fuckery.
RonD @ 179
Evening RonD
Other Pat @ 176
Snow is coming back? I thought he dying from cancer?
OK, I’m aging by the minute, but I thought I remembered hearing that he was returning on Monday.
I’m going to miss Dana Perino. Compared to Snow, Dana is much more pleasant when she lies.
ccmask @
188
Mmm. Retired military man, as I recall. It came out last week. Whoever, he wasn’t in a current gov/sensitive position.
LJ/Aquaria @ 190
Ah. I hate to say it, but the ID theft is what this is about. They’re worried that someone will be using your ID to acquire a passport. The State Department is making this call. This will probably take a while to iron out, I’m sorry to say. If you have a decent Congress rep, I’d call ‘em up for some assistance with the process.
Thank you I was afraid of this
AkaDad @ 202
OK, I’m aging by the minute, but I thought I remembered hearing that he was returning on Monday.
I’m going to miss Dana Perino. Compared to Snow, Dana is much more pleasant when she lies.
Yes, she manages a twinkle in her eye, rather than a snarl on her lips. It’s still the same old sewage, however.
I can’t remember his name but he was the guy behind Shock and Awe.*edited with mental note to read the entire comment before responding*
ccmask @ 188
Harlan Ullman, who according to CNN is “a former Navy commander and ‘a highly respected and widely recognized expert in national security whose advice is sought by governments and businesses,’ according to his Web site.”
Calls are in to the governor, the local legislators and all the local Fascist Vet groups. You can join me in expressing your discontent to Mayor Diane by visiting her page. Please be somewhat polite…
I’m gonna make sure Diane Benson weighs in on this before Don Young even fucking hears about it. Oh yeah. Don’s probably busy not answering his phone anyway.
LJ/Aquaria @ 162
You have to give your employer to make a political contribution too. I wonder why?
Ed*ard Teller @ 196
It’s Alaska, for pete’s sake, however, that is totally unforgivable! It is utter Horse sh*t!!! Whoa, gotta check my blood pressure!!!
Well, half right. A retired Navy Cmdr. :
http://tinyurl.com/3drpuz
See y’all tomorrow.
AkaDad @
202
Really? I find both of them pompous and haughty, much like the president they’re serving. What really irks me about Ms. Perino is how she typically interrupts to answer before allowing the question to be completed.
SnarKassandra @ 212
Night, Cassie. Now don’t be listening to that radio too much.
Heading to bed myself. G’night, all!
. . . and now, it’s back to the Mavs’ game.
Night, Peterr.
SnarKassandra @ 212
Sleep Late!
Other Pat @ 176
She is snarky to reporters.
SnarKassandra @ 212
Nite, my dear, sweet dreams!!!
Nite Cassie and Peterr.
Peterr @ 207
Well, you can’t believe things you hear on the tubes, don’t ya know, Peterrr
ET that is just looney and a disgrace to all concerned.
Bleah !
“Those who make peaceful change impossible make violent change inevitable” – JFK
Ahhh, the Lake becomes a pond, Sighhh….
Other Pat @ 213
I miss Snotty!
Good nite, Miss Cassie.
CTuttle @ 224
Too true. The waters seem to have become rather shallow rather early tonight.
DrDick, are you teaching at the UofM or MSU? I lived in Miz Oola/Lolo 2000-2003. And way back in’74. Love it there.
Felix Moronia @ 228
UofM. I am going to take a short hike up the Rattlesnake tomorrow. Have to take a break from the hundred (really) term papers I got in today.
229 comments in one hour and 24 minutes are not still waters in my book :)
Oh TRex – that’s my favorite Amy. I’ve been blasting it too. I love it with just her and the guitar. She’s a hot mess and I can’t get enough of her.
Suzanne @ 230
True, sigh, true!!!
5000 Club
Goodnight SnarKassandra
Hi everyone. I’m late checking in. Bill Moyers’ show was good tonight. Jon Stewart was kind of serious, but right on. Josh Marshall’s enthusiasm for uncovering the dirty laundry is infectious.
On my PBS affiliate Charlie Rose is discussing George Tenet’s book. Guests are Tyler Drumheller, former European Chief, Tenet’s former chief of staff, and Scott Shane, a NYT reporter. It’s kind of a dance-around. So far I haven’t heard anything “unusual” – they’re just “dancing.”
Somehow I think the hiring of Regent University grads is going to come to a grinding halt.
LINK
Since we’re in a new age of accountabilty (so they say) with the Imus firing, we may finally have some impact on Rush Limpdick. Incredible how he keeps getting away with this shit. Spread this far and wide, and DEMAND your local stations and advertisers pull the vi**gra vagrant NOW.
Hear the “song” at CrooksandLiars.com
*Mod Note: Edited to allow to pass through spam filters*
Ed*ard Teller @ 196
Now that I have let the initial wave of raw fury pass by, I have a question; was the honor guard tasked from Ft. Wainwright, in other words, were they active duty members, if so, they, and I repeat they were following federal guidelines/protocol! It exculpates the widow!!!
things come undone @ 204
Wish I could have given you more hope. You might consult a lawyer well-versed in these things as well. It can’t hurt.
I hope they caught the person who did this to you. I’ve been ID thefted (twice!), and it’s no fun. I know that this gets investigated/tried under Patriot Act now.
Good evening friends. Looks like things have been busy!
Pat9 @ 235
I’m watching that too. There sure is a lot of BS. Haven’t heard the Impeachment word yet.
Am I reading this right, AZ Matt, is DOJ admitting that they screened potential job applicants based on political reasons?
Texas Betsy @ 239
Evening, Aunt Betsy.
What is this ’sleep’ you speak of?
Here’s a lullaby for you crib divers:
Heaven is a Half-pipe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..mp;search=
Suzanne @ 241
Was that legal?
Texas Betsy @ 244
When has that ever stopped this bunch?
AZ Matt@236, unfortunately the damage has occurred already!!! Now, let’s undo the carnage that has been wrought!!!
The White House Scales Back Talk of Iraq Progress
By DAVID E. SANGER
WASHINGTON, April 27 — The Bush administration will not try to assess whether the troop increase in Iraq is producing signs of political progress or greater security until September, and many of Mr. Bush’s top advisers now anticipate that any gains by then will be limited, according to senior administration officials.
In interviews over the past week, the officials made clear that the White House is gradually scaling back its expectations for the government of President Nuri Kamal al-Maliki. The timelines they are now discussing suggest that the White House may maintain the increased numbers of American troops in Iraq well into next year.
That prospect would entail a dramatically longer commitment of frontline troops, patrolling the most dangerous neighborhoods of Baghdad, than the one envisioned in legislation that passed the House and Senate this week. That vote, largely symbolic because Democrats do not have the votes to override the promised presidential veto, set deadlines that would lead to the withdrawal of combat troops by the end of March 2008.
Suzanne @ 241
I would say yes since they are making these changes. I think there will be less of this:
Pat9 @ 235
I quit watching Charlie Rose when I saw an interview he did with Michael Moore. Whatever else anyone can say about Moore, he deserves a chance to answer a damned question, rather than have an interviewer pontificate about how wrong Moore is to state what little he was allowed. Rose just kept going on and on about how the media wasn’t the bad guy, that they were doing their jobs, that they were reporting the facts, etc., etc. Michael Moore finally stopped talking and just stared at the guy like, “I’d love to say something, but why should I? You’re making my point about the arrogance, ignorance and incompetence of the media, dufus.”
I was just thinking the same thing about Rose…
Well that certainly inspires confidence. Makes me glad I’m white. Just wish my son was.
Loo Hoo @ 209
I suspect the purpose is to be able to investigate allegations of employers pressuring people to make contributions (or laundering them through their employees.) And perhaps to provide sunshine to discourage them doing it in the first place.
Aloha TB, another bar has been lowered, yet, the obstinacy has grown, and who pays for it???
Watching old tapes of Watergate a few days ago-very sad to compare and contrast the conduct of the media then vs.now
CTuttle @ 246
I think that is coming. The spotlights that Conyers, Leahy, and Waxman are shining on this crap certainly brought about this change. What Josh, McClatchy, Marcy and others are doing is exposing the material to the wider media. Look at what Josh did, it got Feinstein moving and the Bushies are crumbling.
DrDick @ 251
Not sure what you mean by that Dr Dick.
=:-O
Try this.
Bekka Bramlett is just something else. And I’ve backed her on guitar.
Didn’t see the Dem debate the other night, but man oh man, after watching clips at C&L, Mike Gravel was amazing! Hey, Ned Lamont was down over 40% when he started, and he f-ing beat LieberME in primary! Let’s prove how much stronger blogs are at framing the issues now. I’ve got a new favorite web site (behind FDL of course!)
http://www.gravel2008.us
It may also be a backdoor ID check, of sorts.
Suzanne @
206
Suzanne, we love you. Thanks for keeping the place nice and tidy.
Texas Betsy @ 256
I meant that I would not want to be a minority with these people in charge of the civil rights division of the justice department. My son is Indian and lives in Oklahoma. Do I need to say more?
Late Late Nite is upstairs
Now, why is the Washington Times calling Tobias a former official in this headline?
Former AIDS czar resigns in sex scandal
http://washingtontimes.com/upi…..12642-4809
More from the WaPo. Their reporters are cranking out some good stuff just wish we could see the last of the editorial board.
Link
RonD @ 255
I tried to get Watergate tapes on Netflix but I couldn’t find any. I wanted to see how young the Administration looked back then.
Houston Chronicle
The death of Pulitzer Prize winner David Halberstam, 73, in a car accident has drawn a flood of tributes. A prolific writer of more than 20 books, the lanky, gruff-voiced Halberstam made his fame as a hard-nosed 29-year old Vietnam War correspondent for The New York Times whose dispatches exposed the false optimism of U.S. officials and commanders about that conflict.
Halberstam’s refusal to take officials at their word and insistence on questioning every available source made him a hero to a generation of journalists who followed. His landmark examination of what went wrong in Vietnam — The Best and the Brightest — was published in 1972 and profiled how ostensibly brilliant statesmen led the country into a bloody, ultimately losing fight in Southeast Asia.
Two days after Halberstam’s death, PBS aired a segment of Bill Moyers’ Journal called “Buying the War,” an examination of the failure of many journalists to adequately question the Bush administration’s justification for invading Iraq. The emotional outpouring after the 9/11 attacks pushed media outlets into self-censorship and suppressed critical analysis.
Phil Donahue’s talk show had high ratings, but because he allowed guests to voice antiwar opinions NBC canceled the program weeks before the war began.
(snip)
In another instance, officials planted a false story in The New York Times indicating that Iraq had purchased aluminum tubes to be used to process uranium for nuclear weapons. Vice President Dick Cheney and others then went on Sunday talk shows citing the story as confirmation of Saddam Hussein’s efforts to produce weapons of mass destruction.
Moyers offers some examples of pre-war reporting that Halberstam would have embraced. The Knight Ridder Washington Bureau’s John Walcott, Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel published insightful pieces questioning the accuracy of U.S. intelligence claims, but they were lost in the din of cheerleading in support of the war. (Weeks before the war, the Houston Chronicle editorial board warned in an editorial that there was too little justification for the United States to invade Iraq, and too much risk.)
Halberstam’s life is a lesson plan in how news media in a free society should hold government accountable to the truth. After the deaths of more than 3,300 U.S. troops and tens of thousands of Iraqis in a war that shows no signs of ending, Moyer’s report details the disastrous consequences of what happens when journalists abdicate that role.
SnarKassandra @
27
Me too! His concept of a Department of Peace convinced me he is true blue. I hope President Gore has the honor of appointing Congressman Kuchich the founding Director of the Department of Peace. Imagine the possibility of other, dare I say blessed, honorable and qualified Cabinet members.
ccmask @ 250
I was Not impressed with his exclusive interview with Shrub, the other nite, not one hardball question! Interestingly, Shrub, still flailed at Rose’s whiffleballs!!!
newspaperbrat @ 268
I feel better already…
RonD @ 255
In Nixon’s time the ownership of the major media was not concenrated in as few hands as it is now, and that makes a big difference. The news today is more slanted to suit the agenda of the corporate oligarchs. It is no longer really news, but advocacy pretending to be news, and therefore corrupt and dishonest.
AZ Matt @ 255
Amen! Not a moment to soon!!!(err, Too late?)
Great song.
newtonusr @ 269
With who as vice pres?
Texas Betsy @ 274
How about Edwards? He is the only one currently talking about social and economic justice issues.
thanks for that… when i can see something new i feel alive again
GPB@258
bekka got good music genes from mom bonnie and daddy delaney ;o)
Texas Betsy @ 274
Well I have been noodling between the dashing Edwards and Obama and/or Pelosi.
Who would you nominate dear Texas Betsy?
Texas Betsy @ 248
Ah, the clueless “conventional wisdom” of the Washington press corps strikes again. They still don’t get that the veto/override logic doesn’t cause Bush to get his way, because he needs a bill of some sort to pass to fund his war. Despite the fact that public opinion is trending steadily to the Democrats’ advantage in this, and Bush and Cheney have no credibility, they’re still convinced that at some point people will buy Bush’s logic that the Dems are “undermining the troops,” rather than continuing to see that Bush’s utter unwillingness to compromise is what’s blocking the bill.
(Heck, the way a lot of the recent polls are looking, a majority might well be happier if the funding did “run out” and force the troops to come home in July.)
Texas Betsy @ 274
Any one of them that participated yesterday in the Debate! Anybody but the current dictatorship!
Anyone but Joe Lieberman? Probably Edwards. Perhaps Richardson.
RonD @
255
Where did you get those, RonD?
Redshift for Veep!!!
And my dream ticket is, has been, and will remain Gore/Edwards.
Anyone watching Howie’s videoblog from San Diego?
Where’s Steve Audio when you need him?!?
(takes cigar out of mouth, taps it and says, sideways to the camera: “They also need a Steve Lighting, if he’s available…”)
*Rimshot*
These are the JOKES!
Howie, I love ya, man!
Alicia @ 284
DING DING! A doubly delicious irony giving new meaning to “poetic justice”.
Texas Betsy >
His last speech is here (scroll down). Hard to hear sometimes but interesting.
A true giant.
“Eventually, the truth will emerge. And when it does, this house of cards, built of deceit, will fall.” – Robert C. Byrd
Guitar_Playing_Bastard @
258
She is amazing. My husband and I both work with Delaney, and have known Bekka since she was a young thing. Awesome pipes.
Alicia @ 284
That would be cool, deja vu all over again!!! I pulled the lever for that ticket, I would happily do it again!!! As opposed to holding my nose while pulling the lever for Hillary, I’d do it, but, puh-lease!!!
CTuttle @ 289
I have to say, that personally I would prefer Edwards/Gore, but I have to agree about Hillary.
dreamcatcher @
271
That’s about as short, sweet and true to the telling as it can get.
Someone contact the media and alert them.
Dang phooks DESERVE to start hearing it from the masses that pay their way.
Know we got our hands full, but, a FELL Swoop upon the 4th Estate is desperately needed.
And yes, I know, FDL and the blogs is at the forefront of that already . . . someone just needs to tell the REST of Sacramento, CA about the demise and fall. Course, Christine Craft is shouting it loud. :GRIN:
Redshift >
Given the way the DoD does budgets you can bet they have more than enough “hidden away” to fund operations much later than July.
Just sayin don`t get misled by the propaganda.
“All governments lie, but disaster lies in wait for countries whose officials smoke the same hashish they give out.” – I.F. Stone
radiofreewill @ 243
I love that song! I used to go out skating every night after I got off work from the hospital. Love my rollerskates. ;)
DrDick @ 290
I adore John Edwards, but I think we really need what Gore has to bring to the table, and I can’t picture him getting in the race to be VP again.
I think that, as distasteful as another race against these cheating thugs would be for him, I don’t think there’s a better bully pulpit for his environmental issues than the Presidency of the United States. It’s the only position that would make him more effective as an environmentalist than what he’s doing now.
He’s the only person with the moral authority and clout to goad the country into taking global warming seriously. He’s already made some inroads – there’s definitely a sea change on that subject. And we can’t wait any longer to deal with it. We have to get rid of the Office of Faith-Based Science before we go beyond the point of no return.
But I do love me some John Edwards. He is a true populist, and he gets it. Imagine a couple of smart, principled people in the White House – if it’s still white by the time the thugs get through smearing it with their filth…
Hi Aunt Betsy.
LJ/A: I don’t usually watch Charlie Rose either. Your remark was refreshing because the way the media has let us down – well, maybe they’ll be different now. They all are on the defensive because they can’t take what they therselves have been dishing out, plus what they’re hearing now is the TRUTH, whereas they fed us spin (lies, if you will) these past six years. I’m not surprised that news consumers are giving up newspapers and TV and spending time on blogs so they’ll be properly informed. An e-mail from Greg Palast is worth more than hours with Timmeh.
I really think Murtha is right on, when he said we should fund for two months at a time until we get it right!(i.e. timeline) Pelosi is dead on when she said: “Why are we on the Seventh ‘Emergency Supplemental’ bill?” Where’s the emergency???
Pat9 @ 294
Hi Pat. And good night!
Otto’s bottom line:
“Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.”
Otto von Bismarck
Texas Betsy @ 274
Tom Harkin. This is a time for adults. Harkin.
CTuttle @ 296
I had some day dreams following the election that Bush would be impeached by Mother’s Day, and Cheney indicted on his way to his swearing in ceremony soon followed by Pelosi’s oath of presidential office and Murtha’s oath of vice presidential office. And we all lived happily ever after. Live and in living color on CSpan. Would not these two put together an interesting cabinet?
PerryAnn @ 298
How true!! Makes me p*ke when I think about the current Chickenhawk regime!!!
newspaperbrat @ 300
Aren’t dreams divine?!!!
newspaperbrat @ 300
Fitz as AG!!!!
CTuttle @ 302
newspaperbrat @ 300
CTuttle @ 296
I really think Murtha is right on, when he said we should fund for two months at a time until we get it right!(i.e. timeline) Pelosi is dead on when she said: “Why are we on the Seventh ‘Emergency Supplemental’ bill?” Where’s the emergency???
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I had some day dreams following the election that Bush would be impeached by Mother’s Day, and Cheney indicted on his way to his swearing in ceremony soon followed by Pelosi’s oath of presidential office and Murtha’s oath of vice presidential office. And we all lived happily ever after. Live and in living color on CSpan. Would not these two put together an interesting cabinet?
Aren’t dreams divine?!!!
CTuttle @ 303
newspaperbrat @ 300
CTuttle @ 296
I really think Murtha is right on, when he said we should fund for two months at a time until we get it right!(i.e. timeline) Pelosi is dead on when she said: “Why are we on the Seventh ‘Emergency Supplemental’ bill?” Where’s the emergency???
***
I had some day dreams following the election that Bush would be impeached by Mother’s Day, and Cheney indicted on his way to his swearing in ceremony soon followed by Pelosi’s oath of presidential office and Murtha’s oath of vice presidential office. And we all lived happily ever after. Live and in living color on CSpan. Would not these two put together an interesting cabinet?
Fitz as AG!!!!
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OH STOP MY POUNDING HEART! ‘~)
Uh-oh, npb, usually it’s me busting margins!!! I concur!!!
Oops, my bad!!! npb, sorry!!
Npb, pardon this luddite, but wow, you can double quote? I love FDL!!!
CT, yes but the margin busting happens MUCH more frequently when one does that. In addition, it may trigger a length of comment filter that could land you in moderation
Use with care and only when needed.
Suzanne @ 308
Roger, that Madame!!!
LoudounLib @
11
that’s a can of worms that, most likely, can not be untangled …….
Ed*ard Teller @
196
What about starter’s pistols at the local high school track meet?
Hey, a great new song. A couple months ago I did a piece at the Fire on the Mountain blog entitled “Top Girls’/Women’s Names For Pop Songs” and discovered an anomaly which this tune continues!
Yay! another white girl trying to be black. The REAL black girl singers (who don’t get noticed) always really love that. Her back up singers have better chops. Why aren’t they out front… Oh that’s right, they’re black.
I was thinking that, too. What, about Amy, is different or better than the women she sounds like? Nevertheless, I’m liking her lyrics. And, I think it’s ok that black people influence white people here. Interracial marriages have skyrocketed. Maybe we’re becoming, all of us, more of a culture together? The downside is that Amy gets the money somebody else didn’t. That seems to have happened with blues and jazz, too. But I think I see the greatest black artists allowing the influence in turn that whites have on the musical forms they adopt from the African American community. If the races kind of call and respond to each other (and I’m still sorry about the money thing), it’s better than not. I get the beef Sid has, though. It was my first thought.