Christy and coffee!

These guests are so idiotic… it’s the same old same old..

Let’s hear from some one new for a change.

Anyway I never bother watching.

I do very well with FDL. Kos… and the usual unreliable sources… hahahaha

Bob White!

Good morning all. This day in history ~ May 6th 1937: “Oh the humanity!”

What’s catching my eye is that not enough dems are calling Bush and the BS about leaving his doo doo for them to clean up in the post repuke era to begin in 08.

It won’t matter… that they think they can pin the failure on the next dems administration… It won’t stick… cos when the do a little truth and reconcilliation… most of them will be hauled in and made to suffer once again without exec priv to hide behind.

There will be a massive shreader party in Jan 08 as they try to destroy all the eividence.

I imagine all of it exits on hard drives and back ups and is recoverable. Interesting attribute of the digital age. You can’t destroy electrons…. hahahaa

Anyway I am off to work in the boat and imagine a world worth sailing in.

Good morning, Christy!

You wrote:

(Since Vice President Cheney isn’t in the Sunday line-up today, I thought it would be safe to post this photo of a lovely quail sent to me by Tom in AZ.)

Might also want to include an elderly lawyer.

Good to see a mix of people and ideologies. Could this start to be the norm?

I missed any early posts; total luch on scoring the zed…so, I’ll just say Charlie Savage is onto the Graves/Shhlozman USA shuffle in MO.

http://www.boston.com/news/nat.....n_firings/

Globe front page. GO Charlie!

Good morning, Christy - how was your trip to New York? Like you, I would like to know more about the contents of Kyle Sampson’s notebook.

I see one correction to make in your post:

…think they’ll ask him what the penalty ought to be for lying to Congress, perpetrating a fraud on the American public, dissembling on the road to a war of choice, and perverting our judicial system ought to be?

Morning Christy!

Morning all!

I have to admit to getting really impatient these days. I won’t mince words.

It’s nice to see/hear the slicing & dicing by Lugars & Schumers & Rangels & Edwards & all.

But I’d far rather cut to the chase and dump the whole filthy administration right out of office with all their dirty bathwater. Just one big swoosh - out the door & into the gutter where they belong!

Ahhh! Now THAT would be worth watching! ;->

smapdi @ 3

Bob White!

Gambel!

smapdi @ 3

Bob White!

Christy -

Thanks for the pix of a wonderful memory from my childhood living on a farm. I used to love seeing bob whites followed by their new families scuddling for the ditches bordering the fields during the summer. Have talked the man who farms for me into leaving borders between the tree line and plantings in some areas in hopes of encouraging reintroduction of quail population. Have at least one flock of wild turkey that have made their way back into the landscape.

SanderO @ 2

These guests are so idiotic… it’s the same old same old..

Let’s hear from some one new for a change.

Anyway I never bother watching.

I do very well with FDL. Kos… and the usual unreliable sources… hahahaha

From Bill Moyers Journal with Jon Stewart:

MOYERS: How do you explain that the Washington press corps, by and large, particularly the Sunday shows join the game with them? I mean, you watch those shows

STEWART: They don’t all, I mean…

MOYERS: No, not all of them do, but there’s a kind of wink-wink questioning going on there. You know, I’ll ask the devil’s advocate…

STEWART: Well, it’s because it’s the Harlem Globetrotters playing the Washington Generals. It’s they’re the only teams playing, and they know they’ve got to play each other every week, and they all have sort of assumed their role. And, I mean, at this point, the government is just you know, blowing the doors off the media. And not everywhere, and I think, this is where you know, a lot of those blog reporters and all of those things are bringing a lot of urgency and a lot of momentum to stories that wouldn’t normally carry any momentum.

Watched a rerun early this a.m. of Alex. Pelosi’s “Journey with George” as well as an interview tweety did w/her concerning the documentary. Boy! is the disease of the media laid out bare for all to see………beyond disgusting. And the more I see and hear of the tweet, the more revolting he becomes.

I admit not fully reading all the junk on the Graves ouster with Shlozman. I got the gist at TPM. Is this quote form Savage’s piece new:

Schlozman was reshaping the Civil Rights Division,” said Joe Rich , who was chief of the voting rights section until taking a buyout in 2005, in an interview. “Schlozman didn’t know anything about voting law. . . . All he knew is he wanted to be sure that the Republicans were going to win.”

Pretty ugly.

Newt on Face the Nation? The man who “would not run”….are him & Buchanon waiting for the rest of them to implode before they change hats?

In the interest of accuracy in reporting, all wonderful memories of farm upbringing aside, I fear that ain’t a Bobwhite. That thar be a Gambel’s Quail, thru & thru.

Sorry if this spoils anyone’s coffee besides mine.
BOTH are beautiful birds for sure. ;->

G’mornin’ Christy

The story that has hit me the hardest today is this one.

— She had raised her daughter for six years following the divorce, handled the shuttling to soccer practice and cheerleading, made sure schoolwork was done. Hardly a day went by when the two weren’t together. Then Lt. Eva Crouch was mobilized with the Kentucky National Guard, and Sara went to stay with Dad.

A year and a half later, her assignment up, Crouch pulled into her driveway with one thing in mind _ bringing home the little girl who shared her smile and blue eyes. She dialed her ex and said she’d be there the next day to pick Sara up, but his response sent her reeling.

“Not without a court order you won’t.”

You mean……none of the shows are concerned with the sentence give to Paris?

I had to look up Gamble’s Quail, I didnt know. Do they at least make the same sound?

‘Morning, Christy, FirePups!! I’m beginning to think that we need to have a Sunday morning chat with someone we’d have like to see on the Sunday morning television shows, to fill in the void of the corporate-owned media. Imagine if Sundays at FDL were the place to go (as if this isn’t already the place to be Sunday morning)…

Morning all — coffee is warm and life is good here this morning. Sunshine all around today.

Here’s some Frank Rich to enjoy with your coffee: “Is Condi Hiding the Smoking Gun?”

http://select.nytimes.com/2007.....ch.html?hp

Good morning. Rain here in Minnesota. I am now living with my daughter. Quite a transition I might say — going from living alone to a large house with land and 4 kids, 4 cats, 3 dogs, 3horses — and me.

Been unable to comment for awhile, but thanks for all you do to keep this place up and visible. I would check in here whenever I could and I would seem to know more than those reading the newspapers. Obvious statement that, we already knew the newspapers aren’t about to share anything new.

However, I did read the Boston Globe article linkes above. Veeeerrrryyyy interesting. And distrubing.

Do you think anyone on today’s shows will talk about this?

To the Army’s 1st Information Operations Command,
the “media” is just another threat – along with “al Qaeda,” “hackers,” and “drug cartels.”

Then again, the talking heads aren’t really media anyway.

smapdi @ 20

I had to look up Gamble’s Quail, I didnt know. Do they at least make the same sound?

Nope. Bobwhite’s cuter. Gambel’s is more of a generic 2-note yell. It would be hard to turn down either, tho. They act like plump little feathered windup toys.

The thot of bigshot ordering his underlings to release a cage of tame, farm-reared quail to stand there stupidly while he plays blast-a-way with their lives….. Well. Suffice to say, everyone in DC should have known what the bigman would do if he was given free rein in office, on a silver platter yet.

hm-m-m…. Maybe coffee would help, sigh.
Back in a sec just to lurk. I promise. I’ll try to keep my grumpies to myself from now on.

Where are all the cheerier voices? Everyone sleep in? Glued to the telly? C’mon! Woof!

Trailer on CNN describes shrub’s approval rating at a “paltry” 28%. *g*

Checked out defs on “paltry”………”trifling; insignificant; practically worthless; contemptible; petty”. Yup, all very accurate descriptors of the twit.

All the Repugs are going to talk about is the Repug debate and which one of these canditates channelled Reagan enough to beat Hillary.

The Repug strategy seems to be that they have decided for us that Hillary is inevitable, while at the same time heaping false allegation on her and making her synonymous with the Democratic Party. I think they’re relying on the fact that fifteen years of Clinton bashing will be enough to keep her out of the WH. I think they are more scared of Obama. They love bashing Hillary and if nothing else, would at least enjoy themselves to no end screaming and complaining about her.

Sangemon at 18 — Oh, God. Reading just that passage hit me right in the gut. I’ve been in the middle of custody nastiness with clients and as a mediator and guardian for the kids, and invariably it is the children who are always, ALWAYS, destroyed in situations like this. There is a very good reason that I stopped doing domestic cases — I constantly wanted to smack all the adults involved upside the head. Nothing like having to live through fertility problems while watching people value their own egos more than the needs of their own children. Am going to have to go and read that whole article now…

Mornin’ all.

Can anyone get Frank Rich out from behind the firewall?

GrandmaJ! HI There! Good to hear from you! ;->

Morning, everyone.
Just reading the polls. My favorite:
How do you view Bush’s recent actions in Iraq?
62% say that they show he is stubborn and unwilling to admit mistakes.

Now can we end this horrendous war?

Sally @ 23

Here’s some Frank Rich to enjoy with your coffee: “Is Condi Hiding the Smoking Gun?”

http://select.nytimes.com/2007.....ch.html?hp

I like that he calls on Powell to come clean. Why isn’t he being subpeonaed?

Grandma J — Great to see you! :) Hope the move was a pleasant one, and we are happy to have you back in the comments — you were missed.

Sorry, solai. Looks like the war will go on and on and alla killing for months and months.

What a tragedy.

This gets my attention:

New Story for Firing Emerges
Ex-U.S. Attorney Clashed With Bosses Over Murder Probe

A U.S. attorney in Seattle was singled out for dismissal in part because he clashed with senior Justice Department officials over the investigation of a federal prosecutor’s murder, and he was recommended for removal 18 months earlier than was previously known, according to newly disclosed documents and interviews.
“The idea that I was pushing too hard to investigate the assassination of a federal prosecutor — it’s mind-numbing” that they would suggest that, McKay said. ” . . . If it’s true, it’s just immoral, and if it’s false, then the idea that they would use the death of Tom Wales to cover up what they did is just unconscionable.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/.....id=topnews

Waccamaw @ 27

Trailer on CNN describes shrub’s approval rating at a “paltry” 28%. *g*

Checked out defs on “paltry”………”trifling; insignificant; practically worthless; contemptible; petty”. Yup, all very accurate descriptors of the twit.

The Republicans have the Democrats right where they want them.

You can almost smell the overreach.

Good morning Adie. Been awhile since I commented. Thanks for remembering me.

solai @ 32

Morning, everyone.
Just reading the polls. My favorite:
How do you view Bush’s recent actions in Iraq?
62% say that they show he is stubborn and unwilling to admit mistakes.

Now can we end this horrendous war?

I second that! NOW!

Here’s a nice one from the NYT this morning.

With New Clout, Antiwar Groups Push Dems

Please sir, I’d like some more.

Now, I’m watching a segment on the Kansas tornado. I’ll be anxious to see how FEMA responds.

Dont be grumpy! With all these riches and Monica’s tears to make us happy. We just had that racist Cannon tell us during the Comey hearing that nothing improper had happened, but the interviews with congress and the Office of Perpetual iRresponsibility tell us something different.

And good morning to you, too, Christy. Has anyone (besides your hubby and beautiful child) told you that you are amazing recently? I was fighting to share a computer with my 5 year old grandson when Comey testified. But the little I did read of your commentary was excellent.

Don’t have my own computer yet (but soon) and then I can be a regular again.

And this gem from Tristero:

It blows my mind to think 28 percent of this country still thinks God’s Joke From Texas is doing a fine job. Ok, ok, I know it’s not entirely scientifically kosher, but that sort of means you go walking down a street - or go to a mall - and more than 1 out of every 4 people you pass is completely insane.

Sally @ 23

Here’s some Frank Rich to enjoy with your coffee: “Is Condi Hiding the Smoking Gun?”

http://select.nytimes.com/2007.....ch.html?hp

::cries:: Oh no! It’s behind the subscribers wall…

Anyway good morning everyone! It’s sunny outside and I’m just lazily plodding my room until brunch is served on campus….::Homer Simpson voice:: mmmmm…brruuuuunnch

EPU’d from Marion
Marion in Savannah says:
May 6th, 2007 at 3:55 am

Good morning, pups. It’s MoDo and Frank Rich in the NYT today. Modo is writing about one of France’s presidential candidates instead of ours, and tells us it’s not just cocktail wienies they serve the press in France. Frank Rich feels that Condi Rice has an obligation to explain why we’re mired in Iraq.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

Coffee and tea are all ready, and help yourselves to waffles.

Palestinians ‘tortured’ by Israel

The treatment of Palestinian detainees by Israel’s security services amounts to torture in some cases, says a report released on Sunday by two Israeli rights groups.

“These measures are defined as torture under international law. Their use is not negligible, even if not routine,” the report said.

Sixty-seven per cent of those surveyed said they were subjected to “beatings, painful binding, swearing, humiliation and denial of basic needs”.

http://english.aljazeera.net/N.....72E7EF.htm

“EPU’d from Marion
Marion in Savannah says:
May 6th, 2007 at 3:55 am”

Send some karmic hugs, firepups. Marion’s recovering from perio surgery and in a bit of pain this morn.

Christy Hardin Smith @ 29

Sangemon at 18 — Oh, God. Reading just that passage hit me right in the gut. I’ve been in the middle of custody nastiness with clients and as a mediator and guardian for the kids, and invariably it is the children who are always, ALWAYS, destroyed in situations like this. There is a very good reason that I stopped doing domestic cases — I constantly wanted to smack all the adults involved upside the head. Nothing like having to live through fertility problems while watching people value their own egos more than the needs of their own children. Am going to have to go and read that whole article now…

First thing I read when I got up this morning and it killed me.

{{{Marion}}}
who is so pleasant in the mornings.

Multi-task reading, so sorry for dripping/dropping quotes in. This Savage coverage is cute:

Schlozman moved fast, so fast that his office got one of the names on the indictments wrong. He announced the indictments of four former ACORN workers on Nov. 1, 2006, warning that “this national investigation is very much ongoing.” Missouri Republicans seized on the indictments to blast Democrats in the campaign endgame.

Critics later accused Schlozman of violating the Justice Department’s own rules. A 1995 Justice election crime manual says “federal prosecutors . . . should be extremely careful not to conduct overt investigations during the preelection period” to avoid “chilling legitimate voting and campaign activities” and causing “the investigation itself to become a campaign issue.”

“In investigating election fraud matters, the Justice Department must refrain from any conduct which has the possibility of affecting the election itself,” the manual states, adding in underlining that “most, if not all, investigation of alleged election crime must await the end of the election to which the allegation relates.”

The department said Schlozman’s office got permission from headquarters for the election-eve indictments. It added that the department interprets the policy as having an unwritten exception for voter registration fraud, because investigators need not interview voters for such cases.

Signing statement written in invisible ink? Jeez. From the farking Justice Department! I go back to the U.S. News coverage of how they used 9.11…
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/n...../27fbi.htm

In the dark days after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a small group of lawyers from the White House and the Justice Department began meeting to debate a number of novel legal strategies to help prevent another attack. Soon after, President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to begin conducting electronic eavesdropping on terrorism suspects in the United States, including American citizens, without court approval. Meeting in the FBI’s state-of-the-art command center in the J. Edgar Hoover Building, the lawyers talked with senior FBI officials about using the same legal authority to conduct physical searches of homes and businesses of terrorism suspects–also without court approval, one current and one former government official tell U.S. News. “There was a fair amount of discussion at Justice on the warrantless physical search issue,” says a former senior FBI official. “Discussions about–if [the searches] happened–where would the information go, and would it taint cases.”

That MO is SOP across the board these days.

MSNBC talking about gas prices. We need a national “Do not drive” day.
$4/gallon coming?

Morning all. This caught my eye this morning; 59 years and the killing goes on and on.

Bushra’s final exam

By Gideon Levy

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/855435.html

Blood on the hands: Two crimson handprints stain the white wall. The tile floor shines in shades of brown, the walls are painted in white and soft pastels, their
new house, after the two previous ones were destroyed by the Israel Defense Forces. The bloody handprints stand as silent testimony on the wall of the staircase that goes up to the second floor. This is where Ruqiya stood, the blood of her dead daughter all over her hands, as she pounded them on the wall in a panic, desperately calling to the neighbors for help. She pounded and pounded, her palms staining the wall, when outside stood a line of terrifying jeeps, on the roof of the building down the street stood the snipers and in the other room Bushra lay dead in a spreading pool of blood, a bullet hole in the center of her forehead.

(snip)

Fox News Sunday has the head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Convention — think they’ll ask him what the penalty ought to be for lying to Congress, perpetrating a fraud on the American public, dissembling on the road to a war of choice, and perverting our judicial system

Anytime you submit your political views to a religous authority, you start to mix religion and the interests of the public. History has proven that this generally is a mistake, often leading to religous wars. In the course of the Bush administration, we have too much influence of religion on policy. This is a real danger to peace and tranquility in our country. The question to the head of the Southern Baptisi Convention ought to be: “What will it take to get your fingers out of politics?”

GrandmaJ @ 24

Good morning. Rain here in Minnesota. I am now living with my daughter. Quite a transition I might say — going from living alone to a large house with land and 4 kids, 4 cats, 3 dogs, 3horses — and me.

Been unable to comment for awhile, but thanks for all you do to keep this place up and visible. I would check in here whenever I could and I would seem to know more than those reading the newspapers. Obvious statement that, we already knew the newspapers aren’t about to share anything new.

However, I did read the Boston Globe article linkes above. Veeeerrrryyyy interesting. And distrubing.

Hi Grandma. Good to see you! I was thinking of you several times…

What’s catching my eye this morning? An internet buddy of mine started chronicaling his health ordeals in an effort to help others who suffer from his condition. It’s pretty surreal and I had no idea he was going through so much. If anyone is interested, you can read his story about anxiety/panic disorder. I’m glad he’s doing better!

That and watching George Tenet weasel, lie, and dodge culpability disgusts me.

GrandmaJ @ 38

Good morning Adie. Been awhile since I commented. Thanks for remembering me.

This place isn’t the same when you’re not here.
Here’s hoping you get that new ‘puter soon ;->

Boehner on Foxnews Sunday. Less of a smirk than usual. But same talking points.

“It’s hard not to be drawn to a presidential candidate with a name like a Bond girl, a smile like an angel, a figure that looks great in a bikini at 53, a campaign style like Joan of Arc, and a buffet for the press corps brimming with crustless fromage sandwiches, icy chocolate profiteroles, raspberry parfaits, red Bordeaux, espresso and little almond gteaux. (When in France, let us eat cake.)” ~Maureen Dowd

Let us EAT CAKE?
Uh, yeah, and then be dragged by a starving mob to the guillotine and wind up with your head on a pike…for God’s SAKE. But I hope those crusty chees-parfaits were delicious, but look out, you’ve got something in your teeth.

retirin’ in five @ 48

“EPU’d from Marion
Marion in Savannah says:
May 6th, 2007 at 3:55 am”

Send some karmic hugs, firepups. Marion’s recovering from perio surgery and in a bit of pain this morn.

{{{{{Marion}}}}}

Just you rest, hon. Grumpy or not, we’ll pull the sled today, kay? ;->

Sack has an especially nice ‘toon for tenet:

http://editorialcartoonists.co.....cfm/34924/

Ahhhh…okay, have had my first cuppa coffee. Feeling much more human now.

There’s this from the Krugman article:

If former or incumbent national security advisers like Henry Kissinger, Brent Scowcroft and Zbigniew Brzezinski could testify before Congress without defiling the Constitution, so can she. As for her answers to Senator Levin’s questions, five of eight were pure Alberto Gonzales: she either didn’t recall or didn’t know.

ccmask @ 55

GrandmaJ @ 24

Good morning. Rain here in Minnesota. I am now living with my daughter. Quite a transition I might say — going from living alone to a large house with land and 4 kids, 4 cats, 3 dogs, 3horses — and me.

Been unable to comment for awhile, but thanks for all you do to keep this place up and visible. I would check in here whenever I could and I would seem to know more than those reading the newspapers. Obvious statement that, we already knew the newspapers aren’t about to share anything new.

However, I did read the Boston Globe article linkes above. Veeeerrrryyyy interesting. And distrubing.

Hi Grandma. Good to see you! I was thinking of you several times…

You had horses Grandma?! ::swooons:: My gram had to move from a big beautiful house with gorgeous gardens and woods to a tiny (albeit totally New-England-y quaint) apartment. She loves the apartment, but that house was her baby, she designed it and decorated it. It was very hard for her to move. I still have dreams of that house. I hope your transition has been a happy one, I wish you luck (^_^).

I hope everybody noted the following from T-Rex’s LLNFDL–
George Bush: 17-points lower than Spiro Agnew just prior to his resignation.

Can you tell me again why impeachment is such a non-starter? If he were merely a bad president, I might understand it, but he’s so much more….

Did everyone see that Dana Perino issued a correction: it turns out that Bush is “a commander guy,” not “the commander guy.” So glad we cleared that up.

Just read the Boston Globe article. Disturbing. But it brings up a matter that I’m not clear on. Congress retracted that provision that allowed USAs to serve w/o Senate confirmation, correct?
So, for those that are serving w/o confirmation, are they out 120 days after the change or are they immune from the new rule since they were installed when AGAG had the power to appoint them?
Christy???? Anybody????

Waccamaw @ 61

Sack has an especially nice ‘toon for tenet:

http://editorialcartoonists.co.....cfm/34924/

He got the face down PERFECT. He has that “I have no idea what’s around my neck” expression…

I’m listenning to BBC at the moment, sorta. Couldn’t get CSPAN to stream. With all the Bushie scandals breaking out, and questions about a ’smoking gun’ that will end this farce, I’m reminded of something I heard on BBC about a year ago relating to Blair’s peerage purchasing scandal. The interviewer asked if THIS was the smoking gun that would bring down Blair. The response (from someone very much like the ‘usual suspects’ parading each Sunday AM here) was ‘By itself, no.’

I recall making a comment here, probably at the end of a Sat. Late Night thread, or maybe in this Talking Heads. I recall absolute outrage in my commment. I feel deja vu all over again.

When the conventional wisdom moves away from ‘Overreaching Dems’ I will have a better perspective. But for now, I am not sanguine.

Elizabeth B. @ 59

“It’s hard not to be drawn to a presidential candidate with a name like a Bond girl, a smile like an angel, a figure that looks great in a bikini at 53, a campaign style like Joan of Arc, and a buffet for the press corps brimming with crustless fromage sandwiches, icy chocolate profiteroles, raspberry parfaits, red Bordeaux, espresso and little almond gteaux. (When in France, let us eat cake.)” ~Maureen Dowd

Let us EAT CAKE?
Uh, yeah, and then be dragged by a starving mob to the guillotine and wind up with your head on a pike…for God’s SAKE. But I hope those crusty chees-parfaits were delicious, but look out, you’ve got something in your teeth.

Is there some way of getting Maureen on the no-fly list, so that she can inflict her
trivialization-of-politics-through-pop-culture-references schtick
on the French in the future, instead of us?

The whole Tenet belated mea cupla/blood on my hands/book shill tour is quite nauseating. But, today, on Timmeh, Tenet hits a new low, even for him.

When asked about the ‘16 words’ in the SOTU in 2003 (which Tenet, admits, he hadn’t read in advance - he farmed it out to subordinates who, ipso facto, are to blame for its inclusion), Tenet tells Timmeh that he didn’t hear the State of the Union when it was given.

Excuse me?!?!?

This ranks up there with other classic BushCo dodges:

-Who would’ve thought Al Quaeda would attack us with airplanes?

-I didn’t participate in the firing of any US Attorneys.

And so forth. (Too numerous to mention.)

Let me get this straight: Tenet, head of the f*cking CIA, didn’t watch the State of the Union???

Pardon me - I have to start drinking heavily.

P.S. Timmeh, IMHO, is being fairly diligent in his questioning of Tenet. Shocking.

Blank Kludge @ 68

When the conventional wisdom moves away from ‘Overreaching Dems’ I will have a better perspective. But for now, I am not sanguine.

“Conventional wisdom” is an oxymoron.

mornin’ y’all. coffee’s on. laundry is going. wish we had some of that rain GJ (welcome back). I’m about 6 threads behind, so can anyone tell me if there’s a strategy for getting more Comey questions to Conyers/Sanchez or do we just do our own thing?

Balrog @ 40

Here’s a nice one from the NYT this morning.

With New Clout, Antiwar Groups Push Dems

Please sir, I’d like some more.

Good morning Doggies! Here’s a question I had about that article…is it me, or is the Times assigning more power and clout to these groups then they really have? Move On has been awfully slow to come around on the war, and other than Vote Vets, I haven’t heard of any of them.

The term “anti-war” also conjures up images of hippies burning flags, etc. Is that why the Times uses it, to strip legitimacy from the movement?

SEE #66
ANYONE KNOW?????

Interesting Comey article. He seemed like the first guy who had to go to make everything else work.

Still, I wonder: Without Comey’s protection, what deal did Fitz cut to let Roverer off the hook? 5 times Roverer gets to testily, or 4 times, lie, and one time tell the truth? At best?

Fitz is on the “average” list and then is not fired. Lam’s firing is verrry transparent. No reason to fire her but for her dogged pursuit of Rethuglicans. Black in Guam going after Abramoff in 02(?) is the first to be fired and it stops the investigation in its tracks.

cuewhiffle @ 71

Blank Kludge @ 68

When the conventional wisdom moves away from ‘Overreaching Dems’ I will have a better perspective. But for now, I am not sanguine.

“Conventional wisdom” is an oxymoron.

I thought Oxymoron was Excellence In Broadcasting. But, thank you. I guess I’m waiting for more hands raised in Dem Presidential debates supporting Kucinich’s move to oust the VP, or at least statements along those lines, or something.

solai @ 66

Just read the Boston Globe article. Disturbing. But it brings up a matter that I’m not clear on. Congress retracted that provision that allowed USAs to serve w/o Senate confirmation, correct?
So, for those that are serving w/o confirmation, are they out 120 days after the change or are they immune from the new rule since they were installed when AGAG had the power to appoint them?
Christy???? Anybody????

Congress is working on eliminating that provision but AFAIK the Pres has not signed it into law. So they can still make indefinite interim appointments without Senate confirmation.

solai @ 74

SEE #66
ANYONE KNOW?????

and to clarify, repealing the provision would probably not affect the ones who were appointed under prior law. that’s why Griffin and Jeff Taylor are still there.

Ninbus @ 6.38 -

Didn’t tenet also say he didn’t even read the transcript? Talk about a stomach turning interview……..blerrrrrrrrgh!

whateva @ 75

Interesting Comey article. He seemed like the first guy who had to go to make everything else work.

Still, I wonder: Without Comey’s protection, what deal did Fitz cut to let Roverer off the hook? 5 times Roverer gets to testily, or 4 times, lie, and one time tell the truth? At best?

Fitz is on the “average” list and then is not fired. Lam’s firing is verrry transparent. No reason to fire her but for her dogged pursuit of Rethuglicans. Black in Guam going after Abramoff in 02(?) is the first to be fired and it stops the investigation in its tracks.

I think the Black firing was a test case. They got away with it (no oversight) so they went whole hog after that.

If a lie is told and Tenet does not hear it/read it, does that mean it is not a lie?

solai @ 52

MSNBC talking about gas prices. We need a national “Do not drive” day.
$4/gallon coming?

in April 1997, there was a “gas out” conducted nationwide in protest of gas prices.
Gasoline prices dropped 30 cents a gallon overnight.

On May 15th 2007, all myspace and facebook members are asked to not go to a gas station in protest of
high gas prices. Gas is now over $3.00 a gallon in most places.

There are 73,000,000 American members currently on the myspace network, and the
average car takes about 20 to 30 dollars to fill up.

If all myspace members did not go to the pump on the 15th, it would take
$2,200,000,000.00 (that’s BILLION) out of the oil companys pockets for just one day,
so please do not go to the gas station on May 15th and lets try to put a dent in the
Middle Eastern oil industry for at least one day.

If you agree (which I can’t see why you wouldn’t) repost this bulletin, repost it with
‘Don’t pump gas on May 15th’

I joined this group on Facebook.

If the partisan USAs are not removed then I fear we will lose in 2008. They will purge the rolls, have massive arrests aimed at minorities, drum up phony charges against dems, suppress the vote, etc.
They did all this in 2006 and we won anyway. But they will learn from their mistakes and their efforts will be tenfold next time.

solai @ 74

SEE #66
ANYONE KNOW?????

I might be wrong, but I think it is until the end of Bush’s tenure…anyone else out there??

Nice head ware on that quail. Mother Nature is the ultimate artist and designer.

Any other NJ resident’s here? I’m going to need some help with a state wide action soon. The grant program that funds land preservation expires next year. Action is required to get the program onto the ballot and then to get it approved by voters.

I went to my town’s Arbor Day and Earth Day Festival yesterday, and to my surprise I found out that this program had an expiration date. I’m now going to assist a local organization with outreach and communications, and if anyone in NJ wants to help, please drop me a line at

my username at mac dot com

Thanks!

Actually, Elizabeth8, I, respectfully, don’t agree. It doesn’t address the issue of consumption. It will just mean filling up day before/day after with no reduction in actual amount of gas purchased.
Having said that, I’ll honor your request and not purchase that day.

solai @ 83

If the partisan USAs are not removed then I fear we will lose in 2008. They will purge the rolls, have massive arrests aimed at minorities, drum up phony charges against dems, suppress the vote, etc.
They did all this in 2006 and we won anyway. But they will learn from their mistakes and their efforts will be tenfold next time.

I wouldn’t be too worried yet, Leahy is plowing through…crossing his t’s and dotting his i’s. All good lawyers have a pretty clear idea of what the answers are to the questions they ask. This thing is snowballing like whoa.

Elizabeth B. @ 84

solai @ 74

SEE #66
ANYONE KNOW?????

I might be wrong, but I think it is until the end of Bush’s tenure…anyone else out there??

I believe interim appointments under the existing Patriot Act provision last until the end of the current Congressional term (basically Nov 08)

I’m assuming everyone’s aware of this:
http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-.....amp;EDATE=

Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales to Appoint Kenneth E. Melson as Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys

WASHINGTON, May 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Attorney General Alberto
R. Gonzales today announced that he will appoint Kenneth E. Melson as
director of the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA) at the
Department of Justice effective on May 14, 2007. Melson has served as first
assistant U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia since June
1986 and will leave that position prior to taking office as director of
EOUSA. He will succeed Michael Battle, who served as director of EOUSA
since June 2005.

Looks legit to me. But, I have’t seen LHP or Mary(4) give opinion. Or emptywheel.

solai @ 86

Actually, Elizabeth8, I, respectfully, don’t agree. It doesn’t address the issue of consumption. It will just mean filling up day before/day after with no reduction in actual amount of gas purchased.
Having said that, I’ll honor your request and not purchase that day.

::laughs:: You know, I don’t even drive…I have never purchased gas…I guess that’s obvious.

Good morning from L.A. Went to a wonderful raucous street party on Olvera Street yesterday to celebrate Cinco de Mayo- great music, terrific food, & came away w/a Chile Relleno recipe that I’ve got to try soon…

Catching up for the week on several blogs & what caught my eye this a.m. is Pat Lang’s take on George Tenet- like Larry Johnson, his good friend, Pat pulls no punches:

Dead Man Talking

solai @ 86

Actually, Elizabeth8, I, respectfully, don’t agree. It doesn’t address the issue of consumption. It will just mean filling up day before/day after with no reduction in actual amount of gas purchased.
Having said that, I’ll honor your request and not purchase that day.

A more effective measure would be to stop driving for a day or two; carpool, take the day off and stay home, take the bus, whatever. even better if 4 people carpool who used to drive alone.

::laughs:: You know, I don’t even drive…I have never purchased gas…I guess that’s obvious.

And I carpool.

Adie and ccmask - it feels good to be remembered.

And I am certainly chomping at the bit to get both a T.V. and computer hooked up soon. I am having withdrawal symptoms from not knowing the very latest. Cable guy was here - now all I need is electricity. Coming soon. The only reason I am commenting this morning is because everyone here went out of town for the weekend and it is just me — and the 3 dogs (sitting besides me as I type) and 4 cats. Already was outside to water and feed the horses.

And I rode horses again. Both in Texas and my daughter’s horse. Happy dance. :=) Sorry to be so ‘windy’, but it has been awhile. And I need to chat.

Is Condi Hiding the Smoking Gun? By FRANK RICH

IF, as J.F.K. had it, victory has a hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan, the defeat in Iraq is the most pitiful orphan imaginable. Its parents have not only tossed it to the wolves but are also trying to pin its mutant DNA on any patsy they can find.

George Tenet is just the latest to join this blame game, which began more than three years ago when his fellow Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Tommy Franks told Bob Woodward that Douglas Feith, the Pentagon’s intelligence bozo, was the “stupidest guy on the face of the earth” (that’s the expurgated version). Last fall, Kenneth Adelman, the neocon cheerleader who foresaw a “cakewalk” in Iraq, told Vanity Fair that Mr. Tenet, General Franks and Paul Bremer were “three of the most incompetent people who’ve ever served in such key spots.” Richard Perle chimed in that the “huge mistakes” were “not made by neoconservatives” and instead took a shot at President Bush. Ahmad Chalabi, the neocons’ former darling, told Dexter Filkins of The Times “the real culprit in all this is Wolfowitz.”

[Mod Note; To help keep the FDL servers running smoothly and to avoid any copyright issues, please do not post entire articles. Thank you.]

GrandmaJ, where did you come from and where did you move too?

solai @ 93

::laughs:: You know, I don’t even drive…I have never purchased gas…I guess that’s obvious.

And I carpool.

Public Transportation, Baby!! note: REQUIRES headphones!

We need to look on the bright side of expensive gasoline.
More public transportation will be available.
Less polution.
Less traffic.
Overweight people will, by default, lose weight because the have to walk more.
People will be healthier bacause they are exercizing more.
People will be less likely to buy things they don’t need because they will have to carry it.

this caught my eye this morning..another repub involved in a scandal…peter smith-former vermont rep–education official at unesco and the name letitia chambers is ringing a bell, but can’t remember whyhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/.....rrer=email

Smith first encountered Navigant through Letitia Chambers, a former executive director of the Commission on Higher Education who serves as Navigant’s Washington director, Seguin said. Chambers did not respond to requests for comment.

Good morning, GrandmaJ, Nice to see you here again. I hope the move brings you joy!

Good morning pups - the Central Valley growers have been trucking their sunshine into the farmers’ markets…last week brought the season’s first cherries…this week apricots and peaches returned….

…and the local salmon fishery re-opened this weekend.

must.go.hiking.

Wooh! Marcinkowski quoted on Timmeh.

He is a pithy sumbitch.