Gotcha! I’m Number Zed! I’m Number Zed!

(But really: Dang, I wanted to read more of Teddy’s post!)

DELBERT!

McClinton!

Ha! The Failure in Generalship story made CNN…

Guitar_Playing_Bastard @
2

DELBERT!

RAWKS!

Who or what does today’s GOP care about aside from power and rich, white, Republican men?

Phoenix Woman @
3

McClinton!

‘n Rolls!

Oklahoma kiddo @ 6

Who or what does today’s GOP care about aside from power and rich, white, Republican men?

NOTHING AND NO ONE.

Simple answers to simple questions.

Ah, Willard “Ball-Glove” Romney. I love talking to GOP southerners about him. Those that are aware of him think of him as a cross between Satan and Michael Dukakis. Others just kind of laugh.

Oklahoma kiddo @ 6

Who or what does today’s GOP care about aside from power and rich, white, Republican men?

Multi-national corporations

This scandel just keep chugging along. Renzi is saying he won’t resign. They might be looking to J.D. Hayworth’c connection to Abramoff.

Administration considered firing at least 12 U.S. attorneys but cut list down
By Margaret Talev, Ron Hutcheson and Marisa Taylor
McClatchy Newspapers

Congressional sources who have seen unedited internal documents say the Bush administration considered firing at least a dozen U.S. attorneys before paring down its list to eight late last year.

The four who escaped dismissal came from states considered political battlegrounds in the last presidential election: Minnesota, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.

Two of the four said they resigned voluntarily before the mass firings of U.S. attorneys on Dec. 7. Two continue to serve as federal prosecutors.

The latest revelation could provide new evidence to critics who contend that politics, not performance, played the determining role in the firings. The White House and the Justice Department have repeatedly denied that politics played any role.

Congressional sources, who asked not to be identified because they were not authorized to discuss the information publicly, Friday confirmed two additional names to McClatchy Newspapers: U.S. Attorney Todd Graves of Kansas City, Mo., and U.S. Attorney Thomas Marino of Scranton, Pa. Graves resigned in March to return to private legal practice. Marino kept his job as the chief federal prosecutor in central and eastern Pennsylvania

…

McClatchy Link

http://tinyurl.com/2oht4x

Tom Friedman: “you know what disturbs me Wolf….we’ce got 140,000 troops in Iraq…”

Wolf Blitzer: “…about to go up to 160,000….”

Tom Friedman: “….and it doesn’t seem like we’ve got any (emphasis mine) intelligence…”

JT

Geez — the Bush Maladministration damn near guts the CIA and then relies on folks like Feith…

What does Friedman expect? Of course we don’t have any intelligence, and even if we did, what makes him think this crew would listen to it?

How long will it take for the MSM to realize Bushco wouldn’t know reality if it walked up and bit them in the butt?

cleter @ 9

Ah, Willard “Ball-Glove” Romney. I love talking to GOP southerners about him. Those that are aware of him think of him as a cross between Satan and Michael Dukakis. Others just kind of laugh.

Yeah, I know. I hope he continues to serve as a vaccum cleaner for GOP contributions.

Those prosthetic limb outfitters’ jobs will be offshored as soon as the numbers go a little higher.

Brisingamen @ 13

Geez — the Bush Maladministration damn near guts the CIA and then relies on folks like Feith…

What does Friedman expect? Of course we don’t have any intelligence, and even if we did, what makes him think this crew would listen to it?

How long will it take for the MSM to realize Bushco wouldn’t know reality if it walked up and bit them in the butt?

Tom Friedman is himself insulated from reality by the piles and piles of money at his disposal.

What’s on my mind:

I was driving home from work the other night, pretty late, when I heard an ad on the local news radio station from the Detroit Economic Club. They were advertising that on May 8, they will be having a meeting with guest speaker “The Honorable Alberto Gonzales” (link). I’m just dying to find out if ticket sales are going swell.

I love the timing. Speaking to the Detroit Economic Club one day before several of the purged US Attys conduct a forum on their firings, and two days before he is scheduled to speak before the House Judiciary Committee.

I had to snicker out loud that the person reading the ad was able to call him “The Honorable Alberto Gonzales”. I know that’s the formal thing to do, but Gonzales has proven himself to be less than honorable.

Phoenix Woman, I always look forward to your postings. They are always well-written and a delight!

landofthefree @
17

What’s on my mind:

I was driving home from work the other night, pretty late, when I heard an ad on the local news radio station from the Detroit Economic Club. They were advertising that on May 8, they will be having a meeting with guest speaker “The Honorable Alberto Gonzales” (link). I’m just dying to find out if ticket sales are going swell.

I love the timing. Speaking to the Detroit Economic Club one day before several of the purged US Attys conduct a forum on their firings, and two days before he is scheduled to speak before the House Judiciary Committee.

I had to snicker out loud that the person reading the ad was able to call him “The Honorable Alberto Gonzales”. I know that’s the formal thing to do, but Gonzales has proven himself to be less than honorable.

And we should expedite that Less Than Honorable discharge for the General.

From the conservative Flagstaff Daily Sun:

Renzi stonewall an embarrassment to 1st District

Friday, April 27, 2007 8:30 AM MST

We acknowledge that U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi deserves his day in court.

And if he’s indicted as a result of the FBI’s public corruption investigation, he’ll certainly get it.

But what about the court of public opinion? Is it too much to ask of the people’s representative that he actually level with them?

But that’s not Renzi’s style. He’s aloof and unresponsive with the press. And, taking his cue from the Bush White House, he seldom admits mistakes.

In this case, those mistakes may involve indictable offenses. The FBI doesn’t get search warrants on members of Congress on a whim. And Renzi has hired a high-powered Beltway defense attorney specializing in public corruption cases.

But even if he is cleared of criminal wrongdoing, the ethical cloud will remain. His unwillingness to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest between his personal financial interests and public duties raises a red flag. And the fact that he won’t even discuss that apparent conflict, much less acknowledge it, means such conduct is likely to continue.

…

Daily Sun

AZ Matt @ 11 — I actually WANT Renzi to hang around a bit longer. Let him Hoover up campaign donations and then dump them into his legal fund. And let him pull a DeLay and wait until a week AFTER he wins the GOP primary to resign. That’ll make it that much harder for the Republicans.

We don’t know that bin Laden was the man behind the September 11 attacks.

The idea that he was seems to have been accepted by the left as much as the right, but we have no proof of that.

karen allen @ 18

Phoenix Woman, I always look forward to your postings. They are always well-written and a delight!

Gawrsh. Thanks!

Mack @ 15

Those prosthetic limb outfitters’ jobs will be offshored as soon as the numbers go a little higher.

I only wish you were being cynical. Alas, you’re probably prophetic.

DavidD @ 22

We don’t know that bin Laden was the man behind the September 11 attacks.

The idea that he was seems to have been accepted by the left as much as the right, but we have no proof of that.

You know he is not even on the FBI most wanted list?

If you google “Bill Moyers” at the moment, the first result (in “News results”) is loofah-boy’s response.

It’s really funny. Caution: your keyboard may be at risk.

Phoenix Woman @
3

McClinton!

YEEEEEEHAAAA!!!!!!!!!

You goin’ on the Cruise in January?

Catch Osama bin Laden? He’s a Bush crony and not to be caught. That would be like biting the hand that feeds you.

Clean-up on aisle 22, please.

Phoenix Woman @ 21

AZ Matt @ 11 — I actually WANT Renzi to hang around a bit longer. Let him Hoover up campaign donations and then dump them into his legal fund. And let him pull a DeLay and wait until a week AFTER he wins the GOP primary to resign. That’ll make it that much harder for the Republicans.

Well, he seems willing to accommodate you. I too like Repugs with crap on them.

anwaya @
26

If you google “Bill Moyers” at the moment, the first result (in “News results”) is loofah-boy’s response.

It’s really funny. Caution: your keyboard may be at risk.

Yeah, because when I’m looking to the news to give me fair and factual, I turn to Bill O’LIEly.

Dis-gusting.

Ahhh, spring fever has hit with a vengeance.
A beautiful spring day with a high of 70 today.
And here I am stuck in the dang shop with a truck to grease.

Crap.

There’s this: Congressional sources who have seen unedited internal documents say the Bush administration considered firing at least a dozen U.S. attorneys before paring down its list to eight late last year.

And this: Kyle Sampson, Gonzales’ former chief of staff and a central figure in the firings plan, has acknowledged that he raised the possibility of ousting U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald.

From here: http://www.realcities.com/mld/…..145453.htm

Mark Fiore animated cartoon – Gun Crazy: LINK!!!

If you have a few minutes, I highly recommend this digby post regarding what former cable news superstar Ashleigh Banfield had to say about the Iraq and Afghan wars about four years ago. She basically lost her job for her brutally honest speech about how Americans and cable news views war. It’s a very good read.
Truths & Consequences – digby

1. I was/am stunned at the Romney statement. And even more distressed that Romney’s words barely gets a mention by the MSM. Still, I think it’s a very good attack point for the Democrats. Always refer to Romney as “leading Republican spokesman, MR,”…..refuses to track down Bin Laden. Let the R teamers slice each other up over that.

2. Moyers and the push-back: these folks STILL don’t get the power and speed of the internet. They don’t realize that they can no longer blather away in lies without getting called on it. Maybe they’ll learn. Maybe.

Ghostman

OT but WOW! I was just over at dKos, where they had a post rather arrogantly and smugly patting themselves on the back cuz they don’t “allow” folks to holler “First” or “Frist” or “zed” or anything. Rather like they were above such antics. Wanted to tell ‘em to get over they bad a** selves but not really worth the effort. :})

Ghostman @ 36

1. I was/am stunned at the Romney statement. And even more distressed that Romney’s words barely gets a mention by the MSM. Still, I think it’s a very good attack point for the Democrats. Always refer to Romney as “leading Republican spokesman, MR,”…..refuses to track down Bin Laden. Let the R teamers slice each other up over that.

2. Moyers and the push-back: these folks STILL don’t get the power and speed of the internet. They don’t realize that they can no longer blather away in lies without getting called on it. Maybe they’ll learn. Maybe.

Ghostman

I wouldn’t be holdin’ my breath while I waited.

Ghostman @ 36

1. I was/am stunned at the Romney statement. And even more distressed that Romney’s words barely gets a mention by the MSM. Still, I think it’s a very good attack point for the Democrats. Always refer to Romney as “leading Republican spokesman, MR,”…..refuses to track down Bin Laden. Let the R teamers slice each other up over that.

2. Moyers and the push-back: these folks STILL don’t get the power and speed of the internet. They don’t realize that they can no longer blather away in lies without getting called on it. Maybe they’ll learn. Maybe.

Ghostman

Maybe — but it take several long, painful sessions in front of the class with those tall pointy hats on their heads. Up to the front, wingnuts, and write it on the board:

I will not spread lies again.
I will not spread lies again.
I will not spread lies again. . .

I believe the first session is 50 times, and it goes up from there with repeated offenses.

DavidD @
22

We don’t know that bin Laden was the man behind the September 11 attacks.

The idea that he was seems to have been accepted by the left as much as the right, but we have no proof of that.

Indeed. The story of 9/11 is far from clear, complete or convincing and Bin Laden is on record as saying he did not do it. And generally he’s been pretty forthright about claiming credit for things he’s done.

dakine01 @ 37

OT but WOW! I was just over at dKos, where they had a post rather arrogantly and smugly patting themselves on the back cuz they don’t “allow” folks to holler “First” or “Frist” or “zed” or anything. Rather like they were above such antics. Wanted to tell ‘em to get over they bad a** selves but not really worth the effort. :})

Just Kos being Kos.

I actually don’t think this is a bad thing since a lot of the MSM takes dKos to task for a whole lotta nothing. Better to not give them any more ammo.

Besides, I love the fact that FDL is one of the only sites that let’s this happen. I hope someday to be the first person to yell ZED or Icky Icky Ptang (MPython ref.). Let the Kommandant do what he sees fit.

but what happens if the mushroom cloud above your city takes the form of a gay black pregnant hooker?

Waxman to Sec. Gates and Fred Fielding on Tillman case dated today:

Dear Mr. Secretary:

The Oversight Committee is investigating why the Tillman family and the American public were misled about the cause of death of Army Corporal Patrick Tillman. To assist the Committee with its investigation, I ask that you provide documents relating to how and when high-ranking Defense Department officials learned of the circumstances surrounding Corporal Tillman’s death.

…

Waxman-Gates letter
and

Dear Mr. Fielding:

The Oversight Committee is investigating why the Tillman family and the American public were misled about the cause of death of Army Corporal Patrick Tillman. To assist the Committee with its investigation, I ask that you provide documents relating to how and when White House officials learned of the circumstances surrounding Corporal Tillman’s death.

Specifically, the Committee requests that you provide all documents received or generated by any official in the Executive Office of the President, including the Communications Office and Office of Speechwriting, between April 22, 2002, and July I , 2004, that relate to Corporal Tillman. These documents should be provided to the Committee by Friday, May 18, 2007.

…

Waxman-Fielding letter

Peterr @ 39Maybe — but it take several long, painful sessions in front of the class with those tall pointy hats on their heads. Up to the front, wingnuts, and write it on the board:

I will not spread lies again.
I will not spread lies again.
I will not spread lies again. . .

I believe the first session is 50 times, and it goes up from there with repeated offenses.

Ah, but does the chalk cut those words into their skin? And if it did, do they even have blood to bleed?

AZ Matt 43,

YES!!!

HotFlash: at the end of the last thread I tried to explain about the Alaska Mike Gravel formerly represented and the Alaska now represented by Steven and Murkowski. The difference is a big ol’ pipeline running thru the state.

of course osama bin laden is behind 9-1-1.
they found his water pipe and picnic lunch on the ground beside mohammad atta’s fluttered down to the ground passport!

AZ Matt @ 43

Waxman to Sec. Gates and Fred Fielding on Tillman case dated today:

Dear Mr. Secretary:

The Oversight Committee is investigating why the Tillman family and the American public were misled about the cause of death of Army Corporal Patrick Tillman. To assist the Committee with its investigation, I ask that you provide documents relating to how and when high-ranking Defense Department officials learned of the circumstances surrounding Corporal Tillman’s death.

…

Waxman-Gates letter
and

Dear Mr. Fielding:

The Oversight Committee is investigating why the Tillman family and the American public were misled about the cause of death of Army Corporal Patrick Tillman. To assist the Committee with its investigation, I ask that you provide documents relating to how and when White House officials learned of the circumstances surrounding Corporal Tillman’s death.

Specifically, the Committee requests that you provide all documents received or generated by any official in the Executive Office of the President, including the Communications Office and Office of Speechwriting, between April 22, 2002, and July I , 2004, that relate to Corporal Tillman. These documents should be provided to the Committee by Friday, May 18, 2007.

…

Waxman-Fielding letter

Henry is a MACHINE!

Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 42

but what happens if the mushroom cloud above your city takes the form of a gay black pregnant hooker?

Sounds less scary than the shape of Dick Cheney

TiredFed @ 48-

He is a well oiled machine!

Go Henry!!!!!!

Mabel’s Wig Shack @
42

but what happens if the mushroom cloud above your city takes the form of a gay black pregnant hooker?

You should share your hallucinegenics with the rest of the class…

dakine01 @ 37

OT but WOW! I was just over at dKos, where they had a post rather arrogantly and smugly patting themselves on the back cuz they don’t “allow” folks to holler “First” or “Frist” or “zed” or anything. Rather like they were above such antics. Wanted to tell ‘em to get over they bad a** selves but not really worth the effort. :})

didn’t see that post but have wandered over there occasionally. It is much rowdier over here. ;) which I like.

Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 47

of course osama bin laden is behind 9-1-1.
they found his water pipe and picnic lunch on the ground beside mohammad atta’s fluttered down to the ground passport!

Oh, don’t be ridiculous, everybody knows Atta threw his passport out the airplane window right before the plane hit. That’s just conspiracy theory.

TiredFed:

Henry is a MACHINE!

I’d append that to say:

Henry is a scary, effin’ Machine!

I think he’s making up for all the time he was in the minority and saw all the sh*t that went down. Now he’s gonna make it better.

My hope is that he doesn’t let up the pressure. I saw how the Repubs treated the Tillmans and Pvt. Lynch and it was horrid.

DavidD @ 22

We don’t know that bin Laden was the man behind the September 11 attacks.

The idea that he was seems to have been accepted by the left as much as the right, but we have no proof of that.

WTF?

PW!

Semi OT, I was just waxing nostalgic about my HS days in Minneapolis, back when the state was represented by Humphrey & Mondale. [I have conveniently blocked out the long periods of sub-zero weather.] I remember having just moved there from NYC and going to a neighborhood barbecue right near Cedar Square West. Mondale showed up, with maybe one aide in tow. It was a simpler time. I was at Mondale HQ when he was elected VP, and that was a big thrill, too…

The thought of slimy Norm Coleman holding the office of men whose boots he isn’t fit to polish just makes me ill. I think he’s a one-termer, or maybe I just hope so, because there was a time when you could count on politicians from Minnesota being honest, smart, and progressive, and not oily focus-grouped weather vanes.

End of nostalgic haze/rant. Back to thanking PW for the afternoon goodies.

Atikar @ 54

TiredFed:

Henry is a MACHINE!

I’d append that to say:

Henry is a scary, effin’ Machine!

I think he’s making up for all the time he was in the minority and saw all the sh*t that went down. Now he’s gonna make it better.

My hope is that he doesn’t let up the pressure. I saw how the Repubs treated the Tillmans and Pvt. Lynch and it was horrid.

Yeah, I hope Henry hauls in Lt. Col. Wormdirt, too, to explain his role in teh Tillman’s case in excruciating detail.

DavidD@22

Read “The Looming Towers: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11″ by Wright

do-si-do at 57:

Lt. Col. Wormdirt

LOL!

mc @
29

Clean-up on aisle 22, please.

i disagree. plus he has a pretty progressive blog

From the Desk of Patrick Fitzgerald… to the Desk of Henry Waxman
Wax is the most prolific letter writer since Henry James…

Atikar @ 59

do-si-do at 57:

Lt. Col. Wormdirt

LOL!

Gawd. When I heard he had said that my jaw hit the ground and bounced.

I think Henry and/or his staff may lurk here at the Lake. I highlighted a number of questions that Jane asked a year ago, and that now appear in between the lines of Waxman’s delightful letter.

If so, welcome Henry! Keep up the good work.

(You who sit and lurk also serve, and don’t think that we who speak up around here don’t know it.)

HotFlash @ 40

DavidD @
22

We don’t know that bin Laden was the man behind the September 11 attacks.

The idea that he was seems to have been accepted by the left as much as the right, but we have no proof of that.

Indeed. The story of 9/11 is far from clear, complete or convincing and Bin Laden is on record as saying he did not do it. And generally he’s been pretty forthright about claiming credit for things he’s done.

The 911 Commission was not an investigation into 911 as much as an obfuscation of the facts, especially facts which contradicted the official narrative. Jes’ my 2 cents.

Regarding Moyers. He is the gold standard for journalism. He is what every journalist should aspire too, and he is squeaky clean. A decent, hardworking, very bright man that listens.

Ahgoo @ 46

HotFlash: at the end of the last thread I tried to explain about the Alaska Mike Gravel formerly represented and the Alaska now represented by Steven and Murkowski. The difference is a big ol’ pipeline running thru the state.

Thanks, I’ll go look. That dammy dammy oil again.

xargaw @ 65

Regarding Moyers. He is the gold standard for journalism. He is what every journalist should aspire too, and he is squeaky clean. A decent, hardworking, very bright man that listens.

One of a dying breed. Can’t wait to get home tonight and see his interviews with Stewart and Josh Marshall. Right after watching McLaughlin and Gwen Ifill.

xargaw @ 65

Regarding Moyers. He is the gold standard for journalism. He is what every journalist should aspire too, and he is squeaky clean. A decent, hardworking, very bright man that listens.

But, but, but, but, he’s a liberal!

A scary liberal!

xargaw @ 65

Regarding Moyers. He is the gold standard for journalism. He is what every journalist should aspire too, and he is squeaky clean. A decent, hardworking, very bright man that listens.

and the fact that he worked for LBJ makes him all the more interesting…

Mandrake @ 64

HotFlash @ 40

DavidD @
22

We don’t know that bin Laden was the man behind the September 11 attacks.

The idea that he was seems to have been accepted by the left as much as the right, but we have no proof of that.

Indeed. The story of 9/11 is far from clear, complete or convincing and Bin Laden is on record as saying he did not do it. And generally he’s been pretty forthright about claiming credit for things he’s done.

The 911 Commission was not an investigation into 911 as much as an obfuscation of the facts, especially facts which contradicted the official narrative. Jes’ my 2 cents.

Ypup. I’ll be real glad when Henry has the leisure to dig into that one, huge questions on that one. And anthrax.

Moyers did a pretty interesting series of interviews with Joseph Campbell as well concerning Campbell’s work with mythology.

Urban Pirate @ 68

xargaw @ 65

Regarding Moyers. He is the gold standard for journalism. He is what every journalist should aspire too, and he is squeaky clean. A decent, hardworking, very bright man that listens.

But, but, but, but, he’s a liberal!

A scary liberal!

Funny how: A decent, hardworking, very bright man that listens. equals A scary liberal!

Pretty much in every case I can think of.

do-si-do @ 52

dakine01 @ 37

OT but WOW! I was just over at dKos, where they had a post rather arrogantly and smugly patting themselves on the back cuz they don’t “allow” folks to holler “First” or “Frist” or “zed” or anything. Rather like they were above such antics. Wanted to tell ‘em to get over they bad a** selves but not really worth the effort. :})

didn’t see that post but have wandered over there occasionally. It is much rowdier over here. ;) which I like.

We like to play. :D It’s part of why i like it here.

Bay State Librul @ 61

From the Desk of Patrick Fitzgerald… to the Desk of Henry Waxman
Wax is the most prolific letter writer since Henry James…

Noticed how productive Henry was/is while he was my Rep. a few yrs. ago. I’ve moved even more west, & can’t believe the L.A. Times is still ignoring our hometown hero on a grand scale…

You should share your hallucinegenics with the rest of the class…
dakine01

isn’t that funny. the first time i read that i saw a ‘not’ before the word share. went back and no word ‘not.’
:-O

Phoenix Woman @ 14

cleter @ 9

Ah, Willard “Ball-Glove” Romney. I love talking to GOP southerners about him. Those that are aware of him think of him as a cross between Satan and Michael Dukakis. Others just kind of laugh.

Yeah, I know. I hope he continues to serve as a vaccum cleaner for GOP contributions.

HA, HA, HA! I laugh every time I hear somebody on NPR or some other outlet ruminating over whether he can win over the evangelicals. If mainstream Baptists consider Mormonism a cult religion, you can forget the evangelicals, darlin’! This guy’s staff have NOT done their research on the South OR fundies. What a JOKE!

Kudos to His Highness Waxman and to his Royal Scribes. Long live them all with passels of quivers and barrels of ink.

Mutant Poodle @ 56

PW!

Semi OT, I was just waxing nostalgic about my HS days in Minneapolis, back when the state was represented by Humphrey & Mondale. [I have conveniently blocked out the long periods of sub-zero weather.] I remember having just moved there from NYC and going to a neighborhood barbecue right near Cedar Square West. Mondale showed up, with maybe one aide in tow. It was a simpler time. I was at Mondale HQ when he was elected VP, and that was a big thrill, too…

The thought of slimy Norm Coleman holding the office of men whose boots he isn’t fit to polish just makes me ill. I think he’s a one-termer, or maybe I just hope so, because there was a time when you could count on politicians from Minnesota being honest, smart, and progressive, and not oily focus-grouped weather vanes.

End of nostalgic haze/rant. Back to thanking PW for the afternoon goodies.

The current holder of the seat of the greatest Senator not named Feingold is only temporary.

Thanks Paul

Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 47

of course osama bin laden is behind 9-1-1.
they found his water pipe and picnic lunch on the ground beside mohammad atta’s fluttered down to the ground passport!

And at the pentagon, the plane’s wings magically dissolved before they could shear off or damage the building. It’s a miracle I tell you.

landofthefree @ 35

If you have a few minutes, I highly recommend this digby post regarding what former cable news superstar Ashleigh Banfield had to say about the Iraq and Afghan wars about four years ago. She basically lost her job for her brutally honest speech about how Americans and cable news views war. It’s a very good read.
Truths & Consequences – digby

LOTF–That is a great post by Digby. It’s important to honor those who have tried to tell the truth.

Amazing how in the 500 channel universe, it’s all still Pravda.

One source of some the material coming out of the House is the blog at Speaker Pelosi’s site, The Gavel. That has a link to the Waxman letter for example. I bookmarked it and check to see what is there on a daily basis.

The Gavel

egregious @ 79

Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 47

of course osama bin laden is behind 9-1-1.
they found his water pipe and picnic lunch on the ground beside mohammad atta’s fluttered down to the ground passport!

And at the pentagon, the plane’s wings magically dissolved before they could shear off or damage the building. It’s a miracle I tell you.

Umm..do you think Barbara Olsen is vacationing in Taos?

Guys, let’s not go down the tinfoil hat route.

landofthefree @ 35

If you have a few minutes, I highly recommend this digby post regarding what former cable news superstar Ashleigh Banfield had to say about the Iraq and Afghan wars about four years ago. She basically lost her job for her brutally honest speech about how Americans and cable news views war. It’s a very good read.
Truths & Consequences – digby

This is a most revealing synopsis of what happened to someone who dared to speak out. Imus, for all of his failings and there are many, understood and gave this sage advice: don’t do anything for the money.

In the business of journalism, it cost her the job. And she just got recognized and understood by Digby.

This is how to build a true career in time of corruption.

Urban Pirate @ 68

xargaw @ 65

Regarding Moyers. He is the gold standard for journalism. He is what every journalist should aspire too, and he is squeaky clean. A decent, hardworking, very bright man that listens.

But, but, but, but, he’s a liberal!

A scary liberal!

Ummm, apparently you all have not been keeping up with the O’Reilly “Soros Controls the Media” watch. Moyers is a Soros operative. I know he looks and sounds harmless, but don’t be fooled. I mean, has anybody on here seen the back of his neck?? Ya’ know, the implant site?

PhoenixWoman: I love this comment over at the Mitt link….

On April 27, 2007 – 1:41pm hrebendorf said:

Probably because no one takes ol’ Mitt all that seriously. He’s got the haircut and the bucks, but he also has a history that will come back to bite him once the campaign season really starts. Add his latest comment to the list. He’s unelectable in my opinion. I hope he gets the nomination.

egregious @
79

Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 47

of course osama bin laden is behind 9-1-1.
they found his water pipe and picnic lunch on the ground beside mohammad atta’s fluttered down to the ground passport!

And at the pentagon, the plane’s wings magically dissolved before they could shear off or damage the building. It’s a miracle I tell you.

Without melting the plastic cable spools on the lawn!

Miracles just happening over and over again.

allan_in_upstate @ 82

Umm..do you think Barbara Olsen is vacationing in Taos?

Guys, let’s not go down the tinfoil hat route.

Just ‘coz we think it’s suspicious doesn’t mean it isn’t. And you don’t want to know what I think happened to Barbara Olsen.

Hot Flash said : “Indeed. The story of 9/11 is far from clear, complete or convincing and Bin Laden is on record as saying he did not do it. And generally he’s been pretty forthright about claiming credit for things he’s done.”

Source Please! I was under the impression that bin Laden has stated several times that he was informed of the forthcoming 9/11 attacks, that he “blessed them” before their mission, AND those involved were trained at AQ camps in Afghanistan.

HotFlash @ 87

allan_in_upstate @ 82

Umm..do you think Barbara Olsen is vacationing in Taos?

Guys, let’s not go down the tinfoil hat route.

Just ‘coz we think it’s suspicious doesn’t mean it isn’t. And you don’t want to know what I think happened to Barbara Olsen.

I’m game.

Mr. Moyers, no small plane rides in the near future, please. We need every single actual journalist safe and sound and doing their job for the American public right now!

Dee @ 90

Mr. Moyers, no small plane rides in the near future, please. We need every single actual journalist safe and sound and doing their job for the American public right now!

However, Tweety, Timmeh, Noron, Falafel Man…please take that Cesna thru Tornado Alley!

When I left a note to Banfield on Digby’s site, I wrote of the long reach of Jack Welch.

Enough of this Jerk.

Please help us to identify the Jerks who think they can destroy the Democracy because they figured out how to make money.

Let’s go after the Jack Welches of 2007.

My 77, “quivers of quills” vice “passels of quivers.”

Max Cleland on Blitzer now…

HotFlash @ 87

allan_in_upstate @ 82

Umm..do you think Barbara Olsen is vacationing in Taos?

Guys, let’s not go down the tinfoil hat route.

Just ‘coz we think it’s suspicious doesn’t mean it isn’t. And you don’t want to know what I think happened to Barbara Olsen.

This tin foil hat conspiracy theory stuff is just…I don’t know…dumb I tell you. Everybody knows that the fighter jets were right there to stop those planes within a few minutes. They just didn’t get there in time because they were all practicing stopping hijacked airliners from attacking us that morning.

Any updates on the DoJ docudump?

It’s the weekend – let’s go crazy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0u4KH7HdEVg

Cinnamonape, I have to dash to a tune-and-attend, but I will look up that link and get it to you, I think you’re usually on latenight, no?

Allan, I think Mr Olsen got a fast divorce for being a good Bushie.

I’ll be back, prolly after midnight.

allan_in_upstate @ 82

egregious @ 79

Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 47

of course osama bin laden is behind 9-1-1.
they found his water pipe and picnic lunch on the ground beside mohammad atta’s fluttered down to the ground passport!

And at the pentagon, the plane’s wings magically dissolved before they could shear off or damage the building. It’s a miracle I tell you.

Umm..do you think Barbara Olsen is vacationing in Taos?

Guys, let’s not go down the tinfoil hat route.

I won’t comment on Barbara Olsen or the Pentagon nor do I really care about either other than the fact that it is inconcievable that the Pentagon was not protected on that or any other day.

But people who question the official 911 narrative are not all tinfoil hats. Some people have nutty theories but there are many serious truthers who just want the government to do a real investigation and it is impossible for them to distance themselves from the nuts b/c the media lumps them all together to make sure everybody who questions the official narrative is perceived as nuts.

WTC7 is the key.

I won’t say anymore about this b/c it inevitably engenders a lot of hostility and censorship by many on the left.

In addition to the weekly Friday Document Dump, was there a bad news dump this fine Friday afternoon?

From WaPo: LINK

Interior Plans Broader Offshore Drilling
By JOHN HEILPRIN
The Associated Press
Friday, April 27, 2007

WASHINGTON — The Interior Department has put the final touches on a five-year plan to expand oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico and offshore from Alaska and Virginia.

Interior officials said Friday the plan will include more environmental buffer zones around lease areas and make other minor changes to a previous draft. Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is scheduled to announce the “major oil and gas development program” Monday, a department statement says.

…

Emptywheel is upstairs

Mabel’s Wig Shack @
47

of course osama bin laden is behind 9-1-1.
they found his water pipe and picnic lunch on the ground beside mohammad atta’s fluttered down to the ground passport!

Atta’s passport and will was found in a rental car at the Boston Airport. It was al-Suqami’s passport found at the WTC site. My understanding is that a LOT of material (including body parts and luggage) were recovered from the tail section of the plane. That section of the plane was not pulverized by the collapse of the building or immolated in the inferno.

barbara olson did not just bring ken lay a tray of sliced melon and i’ll argue that point to the death.

cinnamonape 102,

“That section of the plane was not pulverized by the collapse of the building or immolated in the inferno”

??

What about all the “other” bodies in the WTC? Where are they buried?

The purpose of the 911 comission was to get the “facts” in print. Everytime I start thinking conspiracy theory, I hit myself in the head with it. When it gets real bad, I use Bill Clinton’s book.

Maybe they should build towers out of passport paper.

ccmask @ 106

Maybe they should build towers out of passport paper.

in a world of origami only one man could be trusted to prevent fire………frosty the snowman…as you’ve never known him before…coming soon to a theatre near you…

LS @
104

cinnamonape 102,

“That section of the plane was not pulverized by the collapse of the building or immolated in the inferno”

??

What about all the “other” bodies in the WTC? Where are they buried?

Unpleasantness. There were lots of bodies found around the WTC (those who jumped), and complete bodies that were recovered (recall all those funerals of the police and firemen who died). There were also some survivors who were recovered from sections of the But many those who were inside and crushed and shredded by several million tons of collapsing steel, glass, concrete, plasticized wood, and other debris blown through the building at tornado-level pressures might not have a lot to be recovered.

I’m puzzled? Are you saying that these people IN the WTC buildings didn’t die? That it was all a hoax?

ccmask @
106

Maybe they should build towers out of passport paper.

Paper from the WTC buildings was one of the materials that actually filled most of the streets of lower Manhattan that day, along with tons of toxics from cathode ray tubes, superheated vaporized plastics, and all sorts of things that were used in equipment in the WTC (including medical offices and fire detectors). The emergency crews and construction workers involved in the cleanup will likely suffer from respiratory and other long term illnesses as a result of entering the site without proper protective gear.

Here’s a series of articles just on the air quality alone.

http://delta.ucdavis.edu/news.htm

The soil was likely even more toxic.

Speak truth to power

Speak truth to corporate power

Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 47
of course osama bin laden is behind 9-1-1.
they found his water pipe and picnic lunch on the ground beside mohammad atta’s fluttered down to the ground passport!
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egregious @ 79
And at the pentagon, the plane’s wings magically dissolved before they could shear off or damage the building. It’s a miracle I tell you.
————
allan_in_upstate @ 82
Umm..do you think Barbara Olsen is vacationing in Taos?

Guys, let’s not go down the tinfoil hat route.
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Mandrake @ 98
I won’t comment on Barbara Olsen or the Pentagon nor do I really care about either other than the fact that it is inconcievable that the Pentagon was not protected on that or any other day.

But people who question the official 911 narrative are not all tinfoil hats. Some people have nutty theories but there are many serious truthers who just want the government to do a real investigation and it is impossible for them to distance themselves from the nuts b/c the media lumps them all together to make sure everybody who questions the official narrative is perceived as nuts.

WTC7 is the key.

I won’t say anymore about this b/c it inevitably engenders a lot of hostility and censorship by many on the left.

Didn’t WTC & and WTC 4 both share a common 7-story understory as well as a foundation with the Towers that collapsed as a result of the airliner crashes?

I think any Structural Engineer will tell you that if one destroys the structural integrity of a building at its base it will face the possibility of collapse at the base (as did WTC7) or require demolition (as did WTC4).

WRT WTC7, Silverstein said we had to pull it.

gee… put another way, Mitt says that We LOST Osama. What will Broder say?

DavidD @
22

We don’t know that bin Laden was the man behind the September 11 attacks.

The idea that he was seems to have been accepted by the left as much as the right, but we have no proof of that.

The discussion has moved to issues related to the Bush administration and how to get rid of them, so we can go back and do a proper investigation.

We shall never forget.

This needs to hit the MSM. Everyone go to this piece and try and get the word out to counter Petreus.
http://www.armedforcesjournal.com/2007/05/2635198