zed?

Well done, TB. Congrats.

2nd?

Betsy!

Oh, so close!!

It is interesting a bunch of college kids told Card what for. There is still hope for this country yet.

I saw the clip, and it warmed my tiny little liberal heart.

I’m guessing Card wouldn’t be able to pull the aw-shucks routine on Jon stewart if he went back to the Daily Show now…

This is one video I’m gonna play, even on dialup. I’ve been wanting to see the look on his face. Thanks, Jane (and Scarce for the video)

Excellent! Young, articulate protesters who “get it”. See how many faculty protested as well?

Howdy Mutant Poodle!

Wow, this video is AWESOME!!

I caught Democracy Now as I came through Atlanta a couple of hours ago on the highway. Good stuff today.

“Voices from A People’s History of the U.S.”

TRex @ 5

Oh, so close!!

Hey, TRex – Any comment on the Creationist Museum in Kentucky that shows your type cavorting with children?

TexBetsy @ 10

Howdy Mutant Poodle!

Top o’ the evening to ya, TB!

Just makes me bust with pride for all those young people who are so much smarter and wiser than their elders who bought the promotion of the war, hook, line and sinker.

The mantra “9/11″ holds no sway over these youth; they are not afraid of the threat of terrorists as much as they are this administration.

Bravo, graduates. Well done, in more ways than one.

Oh wow. That was great. It wasn’t just the college students either. It looked like a few of the faculty were as adamant in this as they were.

There’s still hope! Even in the darkest hour there is still hope with people like that in that university. We can still get them!

This is what happens when bubbles burst.

Nominated by an anonymous faculty member. This anonymity is so last thread!

It wasn’t just a bunch of college kids who protested. About half of the faculty protested too.

Watched that one yesterday. Three times. Now today. I keep on hoping Card will be more disturbed by the truth each time I play it, but – nah!

EPU’d:

I guess in the end the kabuki just got too tough to sustain…

I’ve never used the term kabuki for the weirdness of DC political machinations, but see it used a lot on the web. Neither wikipedia nor urban dictionary even defines political kabuki, let alone attempts an etymology. Anyone here know where the term comes from?

Great video! Does my heart good. Thanks, Jane!

Hey, TRex – Any comment on the Creationist Museum in Kentucky that shows your type cavorting with children?

Well, of all the children I have eaten, Christian children are not, in fact, the sweetest. In fact, they taste altogether too strongly of gall and wormwood.

Ed*ard Teller @ 19

Watched that one yesterday. Three times. Now today. I keep on hoping Card will be more disturbed by the truth each time I play it, but – nah!

EPU’d:

I guess in the end the kabuki just got too tough to sustain…

I’ve never used the term kabuki for the weirdness of DC political machinations, but see it used a lot on the web. Neither wikipedia nor urban dictionary even defines political kabuki, let alone attempts an etymology. Anyone here know where the term comes from?

I thought he kept wanting to say something like “but, but, I’m a GOOD guy. I’m on DADDY Bush’s team…”

An honorary doctorate from
Amherst won’t help Andrew Card much at the International Tribunal for War Crimes.

Amherst demeans itself by this act.

Massachusetts – The Cradle of Liberty !

It wasn’t just the students who protested, many faculty did too. I can only hope that Andy Card has many more “wonderful experiences” ahead of him. C & L has a longer version too of course, saw it last night.

noen @ 16

This is what happens when bubbles burst.

I think seismic is the word here – literally. Earthquakes happen because years of pressure on tectonic plates are relieved by the plates succumbing to the pressure and moving. Here, years of a disconnect between reality and the Bush fairy tale created huge pressure on people who wanted to believe, and what we’re seeing is an epic, seismic shift in how people perceive what is happening in our country.

It hasn’t hit everything – I think folks are slow catching up to the more esoteric issues, like wiretapping and the US Attorneys – but Iraq has gone through a 7.6 temblor and awakened people to the thought that things may not be as the powers that be say they are.

Or at least that’s my hope.

Nice ta see ol Andy “I was just here ta see how he was doin” Card. Lookin really good fer a criminal.

That vid warms this old SDS type’s political soul.

cbl – left some casting suggestions for ya EPU’d downstairs.

That’s my alma mater. UMass/Amherst.

On the down side, why’d they invite this warcriminal, anyway?

He might be a MA native, but he graduated U/SC – as in South Carolina.

Daddy Bush did well there primary-wise, iirc. Then, the offspring.

Ed*ard Teller @ 19

Watched that one yesterday. Three times. Now today. I keep on hoping Card will be more disturbed by the truth each time I play it, but – nah!

EPU’d:

I guess in the end the kabuki just got too tough to sustain…

I’ve never used the term kabuki for the weirdness of DC political machinations, but see it used a lot on the web. Neither wikipedia nor urban dictionary even defines political kabuki, let alone attempts an etymology. Anyone here know where the term comes from?

Kabuki is traditional Japanese theatre. Here’s something on political kabuki.

Last summer I wrote this lament in the FDL comment.

Looking back, a lot has been done within the year to pull the Overton Window back from the deluded, right-wing extreme and back towards admirable American values of liberty and justice for all.

FDL, and its sister and brother blogs, (and Ned Lamont too) deserve a lot of credit for helping to change the acceptable limits of honest public discourse…and for helping to discredit the dangerous and specious notion that free speech and rational dialogue are anything other than patriotic.

dakine01 @ 22

I thought he kept wanting to say something like “but, but, I’m a GOOD guy. I’m on DADDY Bush’s team…”

Crooks and Liars has in it’s archives an interview that John Stewart did with Andrew some time ago. It’s very interesting to watch because Andrew comes off as a total Kool-Aide drinker. From what I can tell in that video, he completely and totally believes in what he is (or has been) doing.

This is one of the most hopeful things I’ve seen for quite a while now. University campuses are bellwethers.

Ed*ard Teller @ 19

I think the meaning of kabuki speaks for itself. Actors in makeup and costume depict great drama, often tragic, in a highly stylized fashion that is more like puppetry performed with humans. character roles are well established, so that outcome is highly predictable. Innovation and freedom of character parts is not possible.

BTW, I just gave that link for purposes of definition. I haven’t finished reading the whole site. I am excited about doing my first link here though!

Lea-no uh @ 36

BTW, I just gave that link for purposes of definition. I haven’t finished reading the whole site. I am excited about doing my first link here though!

Congrats!

Take to the streets, brothers and sisters!

Political Kabuki: A Definition

Political Kabuki: An extremely stylized political show where the roles of the actors(for example, Senators) are as predefined as the outcome, the result being, even under the most extreme circumstances, only barely (if at all) recognizable as what can be considered reasonable discourse amongst educated men and women interested in the public good.

Fits right with what Rayne was saying.

aliasofwestgate @ 15

Oh wow. That was great. It wasn’t just the college students either. It looked like a few of the faculty were as adamant in this as they were.

There’s still hope! Even in the darkest hour there is still hope with people like that in that university. We can still get them!

All the people on the stage (behind Card) with the yellow Honor Grads/Dis Card signs are faculty members. Longer clip here showing many be-sashed faculty with anti-Card signs as well. This was an outraged community, although news reports will make it sound like young people acting out.

I guess about all I can say to Card’s abuse at Amherst: may every public event for every shrubco member henceforward be exactly like this one… boo’d off every stage, with a historical legacy more comparable to felons than to statesmen.

Blank Kludge @ 30

That’s my alma mater. UMass/Amherst.

On the down side, why’d they invite this warcriminal, anyway?

He might be a MA native, but he graduated U/SC – as in South Carolina.

Daddy Bush did well there primary-wise, iirc. Then, the offspring.

I certainly don’t know but I would hazzard a guess that the Amhurst admin is simply operating by the old rules. Those rules say that if you can bestow an honorific on someone as influential as Card, that is quite a feather in your cap. And that it can only help when seeking donors. It shouldn’t matter what party they belong to either.

The old rules don’t cover the most corrupt and despised administration in US history though.

Politics is like the Rocky Horror picture show.

The audience knows what the actors are gonna say before they say it- and can shout it out along with em. In the end- nothing happens.

How are you feeling Alias?

Mutant Poodle @ 12

TRex @ 5

Oh, so close!!

Hey, TRex – Any comment on the Creationist Museum in Kentucky that shows your type cavorting with children?

Cavorting??? Snort, Yeah, and T’s sorry a** was left of the Ark!!! *g*

Blub @ 41

I guess about all I can say to Card’s abuse at Amherst: may every public event for every shrubco member henceforward be exactly like this one… boo’d off every stage, with a historical legacy more comparable to felons than to statesmen.

Well, if Cheney faced a protest in Utah (albeit more restrained), you know something’s up…

Speaking of political theater, here’s a quick vignette of the recent drama in the Texas legislature. The author even quotes Molly Ivins…

Texas house meltdown

This must be the reason (ya think?) Bush and Cheney only hold audience on military bases where the uniformed audience is ordered to applaud at the appropriate moments. Bush and Cheney are probably getting as much of a kick out of this video as the lefties: “Hey, Andy, we told you so!” Especially after Card has been splashed all over the front page papers with Gonzales lately. Are these people so delusional they think nothing bad sticks to them?

Micheal Scheuer ( Former CIA head of OBL unit) on the Taliban, Al Queda and the really good “hider” OBL.

http://www.amconmag.com/2007/2…..icle1.html

I have met a young man who is from Afghanistan and studying communication’s in the states on a Fulbright. He communicates with his family once a week in Afghanistan. Many reports from his family of the Taliban regaining control in the surrounding areas around cities.

TexBetsy @ 44

How are you feeling Alias?

Still tiring pretty easily and i can feel the ache where the chronic pain had been centered pre-op. Otherwise? i’m fairly good. Mentally i’m back, it’s the physical bit that’s frustrating me.

Because i like to sit down and relax, but i want to go out to the movies. i’d love to see Pirates of the Carribbean: At World’s End, but doubt be able to sit in the theater seats for nearly three hours quite yet. I’m still on restricted duty for a few more days.

CD @ 47

Speaking of political theater, here’s a quick vignette of the recent drama in the Texas legislature. The author even quotes Molly Ivins…

Texas house meltdown

And if the clusterf*cks at the DCCC can’t turn this gift horse into solid wins at both the national and local levels….. well… I’m kind of at a loss for words about that…

Mutant Poodle @ 46

Blub @ 41

I guess about all I can say to Card’s abuse at Amherst: may every public event for every shrubco member henceforward be exactly like this one… boo’d off every stage, with a historical legacy more comparable to felons than to statesmen.

Well, if Cheney faced a protest in Utah (albeit more restrained), you know something’s up…

Wait’ll Shrub and Turd Blossom see their ‘welcoming’ parties!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTCQSk2l8bc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..mp;search=

noen @ 33

dakine01 @ 22

I thought he kept wanting to say something like “but, but, I’m a GOOD guy. I’m on DADDY Bush’s team…”

Crooks and Liars has in it’s archives an interview that John Stewart did with Andrew some time ago. It’s very interesting to watch because Andrew comes off as a total Kool-Aide drinker. From what I can tell in that video, he completely and totally believes in what he is (or has been) doing.

IIRC from back when I lived in MA, Card has always been somewhat of a borderline conservative. If memory does serve me, he ran for governor against Dukakis AND senate against Kennedy. I know he was Treasury Sec under Daddy. I guess I assumed he was Daddy’s guy first before signing on with Little Boots.

CTuttle @ 51

Wait’ll Shrub and Turd Blossom see their ‘welcoming’ parties!!!

Yeah… That’ll be happening here in the Twin Cities when the GOP comes here for their convention in 08. We are VERY liberal here, in case you’ve noticed.

He ain’t a Kool Aid drinker- he’s the Kool Aid manufacturer. Ya don’t wanna know where it comes from though.

When I reread this part of Comey’s testimony I really have to wonder why in the hell Gonzales and Card are not in jail instead of speaking at commencement ceremonies

Justice is in trouble! The Supreme Court knew that back in the 2000 Presidential selection!

Thanks Jane.

I’ll sleep better tonight and, hopefully, be less obnoxious tomorrow. *g*

Hope you are doing well. We think of you often.
Give Kobe a pat for us ;->

aliasofwestgate @ 49

TexBetsy @ 44

How are you feeling Alias?

Still tiring pretty easily and i can feel the ache where the chronic pain had been centered pre-op. Otherwise? i’m fairly good. Mentally i’m back, it’s the physical bit that’s frustrating me.

Because i like to sit down and relax, but i want to go out to the movies. i’d love to see Pirates of the Carribbean: At World’s End, but doubt be able to sit in the theater seats for nearly three hours quite yet. I’m still on restricted duty for a few more days.

After gallbladder surgery 25 years ago I found out that sitting at a drive-in to watch ET and a bad Kirk Douglas western comedy for four hours was an unnatural act. It was eight days after the surgery and the next morning I woke up with pain that turned out to be the incision becoming infected. Not good times.

So, based on my experience, you’re probably correct to avoid Pirates just now.

Lea-no uh @ 31

Kabuki is traditional Japanese theatre. Here’s something on political kabuki.

Thanks, Leah-no uh and Rayne. I really like Rayne’s definition, as it explains how the term might have come about. and I enjoy Leah-no uh’s link to a long quote by Stuart Chase, the FDR wordsmith who came up with the term New Deal. I know what Japanese Kabuki, Noh and other theatro-musical terms mean, having studied them and even written a Kabuki-esque ballet for robots, called Robot Gagaku.

I’m mainly interested in the origin and history of the term in the context of DC politics.

There’s a longer video here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dp4MYii7MqA

It shows the hall, the graduates with their signs, all the banners on stage and over a minute of the boo-ing. It’s great!

Jane I think someone needs to translate what Rahm said! What?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Card

http://www.sourcewatch.org/ind….._Card,_Jr.

dakine01 @ 58

aliasofwestgate @ 49

Still tiring pretty easily and i can feel the ache where the chronic pain had been centered pre-op. Otherwise? i’m fairly good. Mentally i’m back, it’s the physical bit that’s frustrating me.

Because i like to sit down and relax, but i want to go out to the movies. i’d love to see Pirates of the Carribbean: At World’s End, but doubt be able to sit in the theater seats for nearly three hours quite yet. I’m still on restricted duty for a few more days.

After gallbladder surgery 25 years ago I found out that sitting at a drive-in to watch ET and a bad Kirk Douglas western comedy for four hours was an unnatural act. It was eight days after the surgery and the next morning I woke up with pain that turned out to be the incision becoming infected. Not good times.

So, based on my experience, you’re probably correct to avoid Pirates just now.

It isn’t that great anyway. Unless all you are looking for is your fix of Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp. That was reason enough for me but the movie kind of slows down in parts.

Well, well, well! That scene brings back memories of days of yore.

Speaking of a turning tide, this memorial day post written by a soldier in Iraq is worth reading.

CD @ 47

Speaking of political theater, here’s a quick vignette of the recent drama in the Texas legislature. The author even quotes Molly Ivins…

Texas house meltdown

And it should be remembered that Bush, Rove, Abu, etc. are all a product of Texas politics. (Molly’s book Shrub is a good introduction.)

noen @ 54

CTuttle @ 51

Wait’ll Shrub and Turd Blossom see their ‘welcoming’ parties!!!

Yeah… That’ll be happening here in the Twin Cities when the GOP comes here for their convention in 08. We are VERY liberal here, in case you’ve noticed.

On a par with us here, we voted in a ‘Green’ Mayor, who was a Musician, Y’all elected a Pro Wrestler Gov…!!!

spurious @ 65

CD @ 47

Speaking of political theater, here’s a quick vignette of the recent drama in the Texas legislature. The author even quotes Molly Ivins…

Texas house meltdown

And it should be remembered that Bush, Rove, Abu, etc. are all a product of Texas politics. (Molly’s book Shrub is a good introduction.)

I am hoping the Texas voters wake up to the corruption and shenanigans and VOTE DEM in 08.

Thank you Jane for sharing this video with us! ;)

noen @ 64

dakine01 @ 58

After gallbladder surgery 25 years ago I found out that sitting at a drive-in to watch ET and a bad Kirk Douglas western comedy for four hours was an unnatural act. It was eight days after the surgery and the next morning I woke up with pain that turned out to be the incision becoming infected. Not good times.

So, based on my experience, you’re probably correct to avoid Pirates just now.

It isn’t that great anyway. Unless all you are looking for is your fix of Orlando Bloom and Johnny Depp. That was reason enough for me but the movie kind of slows down in parts.

Well, for me, it would be a fix of Keira Knightley but that’s just the vestigial remnants of sexism manifesting again…

noen. I’ve heard about the spoilers. (never bothered me to hear them before i saw the movie)
I’m also a bit of a myth nut and i like what they did with the 2nd film. Not every movie needs a happy ending to be good, and seeing Disney go with an unhappy ending? Unusual considering the way the Rat usually is about those things. Then again, that entire cast and crew are a different breed than the usual ones in the disney stables.

I want to see HOW they did it and how well i’ll like that. *grins* The journey’s the thing, after all. And all three movies are a journey.

California should have elected the porn star- we might be further along.

Blank Kludge @ 63

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Card

A dedicated Chief of Staff, he was once asked by his wife “Are you married to me or George W. Bush?”

Heh.

spurious @ 65

And it should be remembered that Bush, Rove, Abu, etc. are all a product of Texas politics. (Molly’s book Shrub is a good introduction.)

I don’t know about that. I tend to think that Bush, Rove and Gonzo are hellspawn straight from the great beast himself if you ask me.

Then Rove begat Clusterfuck and on the seventh day he rested.

Goddammit Democrats. This is not a difficult concept, we want these wars we started stopped!

Doodle Bean @ 61

There’s a longer video here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dp4MYii7MqA

It shows the hall, the graduates with their signs, all the banners on stage and over a minute of the boo-ing. It’s great!

It is! The whole affair comes across as a far larger, vastly more indignant event than in the cover clip at the top of this article!

Doodle Bean @ 61

There’s a longer video here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dp4MYii7MqA

It shows the hall, the graduates with their signs, all the banners on stage and over a minute of the boo-ing. It’s great!

Dirty, Freaking, Mocking Hippies…

Sorry Jane! We seem to have gone severely Off topic. *grins sheepishly*

Frank33 @ 78

Dirty, Freaking, Mocking Hippies…

And DAMNED proud of it.

So what’s Andy doin now that someone else is changing shrub’s Depends?

noen @ 74

spurious @ 65

And it should be remembered that Bush, Rove, Abu, etc. are all a product of Texas politics. (Molly’s book Shrub is a good introduction.)

I don’t know about that. I tend to think that Bush, Rove and Gonzo are hellspawn straight from the great beast himself if you ask me.

That may well be. But Texas has a long tradition of crooked politics, dating back at least to Lyndon Johnson. (Begging pardon of current Texas residents, some of whom are my relatives.)

rwcole @ 74

Then Rove begat Clusterfuck and on the seventh day he rested.

Bwhahaha!!! 707!!!

aliasofwestgate @ 70

noen. I’ve heard about the spoilers. (never bothered me to hear them before i saw the movie)
I’m also a bit of a myth nut and i like what they did with the 2nd film. Not every movie needs a happy ending to be good, and seeing Disney go with an unhappy ending? Unusual considering the way the Rat usually is about those things. Then again, that entire cast and crew are a different breed than the usual ones in the disney stables.

I want to see HOW they did it and how well i’ll like that. *grins* The journey’s the thing, after all. And all three movies are a journey.

It isn’t a bad movie, just not an A. It actually has some “big things” to say which also surprised me since it’s coming from Disney. The opening scene is very political and reference today’s situation. I won’t give it away though.

If it’s mythic you like then I am sure you’d love Pan’s Labyrinth. But I’m sure you’ve seen it by now.

rwcole @ 74

Then Rove begat Clusterfuck and on the seventh day he rested.

There was no begating. more like “shatting”.

spurious @ 72

Blank Kludge @ 63

A dedicated Chief of Staff, he was once asked by his wife “Are you married to me or George W. Bush?”

Heh.

W solved that problem with his new CoS, Josh Bolten, who’s married to no one and has a creepy collection of photos of GWB’s hands.

Notice how that motherfucker/fatherfucker, back-door Bush advisor, Henry Kissinger, is laying low these days? Make no mistake, this little boy is busying himself though.

I’m so proud of all those who chose to protest

Ed*ard Teller @ 77

Doodle Bean @ 61

There’s a longer video here: http://youtube.com/watch?v=dp4MYii7MqA

It shows the hall, the graduates with their signs, all the banners on stage and over a minute of the boo-ing. It’s great!

It is! The whole affair comes across as a far larger, vastly more indignant event than in the cover clip at the top of this article!

This is a GREAT video–really shows the scope of the protest. U-Mass is a huge school. This is no small thing that so many participated.

Creepy collection of GWB’s hands?

marshen @ 48

…Especially after Card has been splashed all over the front page papers with Gonzales lately. Are these people so delusional they think nothing bad sticks to them?

Considering they don’t give a sh*t with the majority of the American public thinks, this needn’t be delusion. On the other hand, his response to the question seemed rather disconnected from reality. I’m sure he fit right in with the Bush Misadministration crowd.

- Tom

I too wondered how Card got this invite.

Not a likely explanation, but, nonetheless:

Perhaps some thought that it was time to put the Cards on the Table.

Kissinger is busy planning the guest list to his own funeral. He’s so old that his social security ran out.

Unfortunately, lots of unsavory characters are given honorary degrees.

Joe Lieberman from Trinity College.

John McCain from UPenn.

Mitch McConnell from Eastern Kentucky.

For a humorous take on this, check out this in Foreign Policy.

rwcole @ 92

Kissinger is busy planning the guest list to his own funeral. He’s so old that his social security ran out.

From your mouth to God’s ear.

TSF showed us the YouTube way back at #40.

Yeah.. what on earth are these colleges hoping for? Some golden crumbs/earmarks from the next rethug appropriation bill that they’re not going to be able to get through Congress??? I mean, this administration, and especially people like Abu and Card, are literally toxic waste. Even Commissar Goodling served up Abu’s extremities to Congress. What are these people thinking? They’d be better off giving their honorary degrees to Rove.. at least he might still have enough evil mojo left in him to get them something in return.

My dreamy vision is that shrub is so ruined by ‘09 that he has to retire to a cabin at the corner of the shrub family compound in Kennebunkport, not daring to reemerge except for rare trips to the general store there, for, say, 10 years.

Valley Girl @ 92

I too wondered how Card got this invite.

Not a likely explanation, but, nonetheless:

Perhaps some thought that it was time to put the Cards on the Table.

It was an anonymous faculty member.

Kissinger too old. In a pigs eye.

noen @ 83

aliasofwestgate @ 70

noen. I’ve heard about the spoilers. (never bothered me to hear them before i saw the movie)
I’m also a bit of a myth nut and i like what they did with the 2nd film. Not every movie needs a happy ending to be good, and seeing Disney go with an unhappy ending? Unusual considering the way the Rat usually is about those things. Then again, that entire cast and crew are a different breed than the usual ones in the disney stables.

I want to see HOW they did it and how well i’ll like that. *grins* The journey’s the thing, after all. And all three movies are a journey.

It isn’t a bad movie, just not an A. It actually has some “big things” to say which also surprised me since it’s coming from Disney. The opening scene is very political and reference today’s situation. I won’t give it away though.

If it’s mythic you like then I am sure you’d love Pan’s Labyrinth. But I’m sure you’ve seen it by now.

I’ve seen Pan’s Labyrinth and love it! The thing about pirates is the writers. They’re the secret weapon in the fact that they got away with what they have, so far. I’m there to have fun, the movie doesn’t have to be perfect. Pirates has a love for me just because of the way Jack Sparrow is, he’s more of an anti hero than a true hero. Damned rare in the Disney lexicon, and no small thanks to the writers AND Depp for bringing him to life.

Myth nut is putting it mildly. I’ve been delving into asian myth the last few years. Studying Journey to the West in some detail in my free time. So seeing all the western maritime myths played out in various ways, has been fun with the Pirates movies. Because that’s an area i’d explored a bit and then put down so i could explore the journey of Tripitaka and his rowdy cohorts to India.

TeddySanFran @ 86

spurious @ 72

Heh.

W solved that problem with his new CoS, Josh Bolten, who’s married to no one and has a creepy collection of photos of GWB’s hands.

Ick!

Loo Hoo. @ 97

Valley Girl @ 92

I too wondered how Card got this invite.

Not a likely explanation, but, nonetheless:

Perhaps some thought that it was time to put the Cards on the Table.

It was an anonymous faculty member.

One in that top 1% who are actually benefitting from Bush’s economy.

New Thread

Loo Hoo. @ 89

Creepy collection of GWB’s hands?

yup

TexBetsy @ 102

One in that top 1% who are actually benefitting from Bush’s economy.

…or the 27% who have been successfully gulled into thinking they are benefiting :P

Loo Hoo. @ 97

Valley Girl @ 92

I too wondered how Card got this invite.

Not a likely explanation, but, nonetheless:

Perhaps some thought that it was time to put the Cards on the Table.

It was an anonymous faculty member.

One anonymous faculty member may have nominated him. But it takes more than that to make a village ;) haha. I loved the longer YouTube, btw.

And Negroponte has been laying low too.

Blub @ 96

Yeah.. what on earth are these colleges hoping for? Some golden crumbs/earmarks from the next rethug appropriation bill that they’re not going to be able to get through Congress??? I mean, this administration, and especially people like Abu and Card, are literally toxic waste. Even Commissar Goodling served up Abu’s extremities to Congress. What are these people thinking? They’d be better off giving their honorary degrees to Rove.. at least he might still have enough evil mojo left in him to get them something in return.

Given that one well placed donor can fund a Dept. chair, or an entire building, or a stadium… then, yeah, that’s exactly what they were hoping for.

My dreamy vision is that shrub is so ruined by ‘09 that he has to retire to a cabin at the corner of the shrub family compound in Kennebunkport, not daring to reemerge except for rare trips to the general store there, for, say, 10 years.

Not very likely. GW’s estate in Texas is the model of energy efficency from what I’ve heard. And if things were to get really bad Papa Bush has 700,000 acres in Paraguay socked away for when they lay waste to the northern hemisphere.

Kissinger is only 84. I saw him the other night on tv being interviewed.

TeddySanFran @ 104

Loo Hoo. @ 89

Creepy collection of GWB’s hands?

yup

Behind the images, friends say, is a Bolten philosophy. “He thinks of himself and the rest of the White House staff as ‘the hands’ of the president, to help him realize his vision,” former White House aide Kristen Silverberg says.

I’m going to be sick.

aliasofwestgate @ 100

noen @ 83

It isn’t a bad movie, just not an A. It actually has some “big things” to say which also surprised me since it’s coming from Disney. The opening scene is very political and reference today’s situation. I won’t give it away though.

If it’s mythic you like then I am sure you’d love Pan’s Labyrinth. But I’m sure you’ve seen it by now.

I’ve seen Pan’s Labyrinth and love it! The thing about pirates is the writers. They’re the secret weapon in the fact that they got away with what they have, so far. I’m there to have fun, the movie doesn’t have to be perfect. Pirates has a love for me just because of the way Jack Sparrow is, he’s more of an anti hero than a true hero. Damned rare in the Disney lexicon, and no small thanks to the writers AND Depp for bringing him to life.

Myth nut is putting it mildly. I’ve been delving into asian myth the last few years. Studying Journey to the West in some detail in my free time. So seeing all the western maritime myths played out in various ways, has been fun with the Pirates movies. Because that’s an area i’d explored a bit and then put down so i could explore the journey of Tripitaka and his rowdy cohorts to India.

Have you seen a lot of the earlier H’wood pirate type movies? I’ve had an enjoyment for the them for years.

Captain Blood
The Sea Hawk
Against All Flags
Crimson Pirate

And on and on…

I was actually at this event on Friday – my husband received his (real) doctorate.

UMass made the blunder of blunders on this one, but it was so great to see everyone protesting. You literally could not hear a word the speaker said from the time they said Card’s name until he sat down.

So awesome!

Then, on Saturday, I went across town to Amherst College to see Patrick Fitzgerald give a talk, as a recipient of an honorary degree from that great school. The contrast was stark. Fitz – the epitome of honesty. Card – the face of all that is wrong with our current leadership.

Quite a weekend here!

And, fwiw, the UMass Amherst Board of Trustees members, as of 2006 are listed here

New thread upstairs.

willie stargell is from a little, ol’ rural, black town about 50 mi east of OKC, earlsboro…i did some mentoring there with 1st year teachers…

i nominated him for an honorary degree from OU, but it was never approved…

earlsboro was/is a pit, sump of rural poverty of the worst kind…

How many times will the A*P*C Rosen Weismann espionage trial be delayed?

I am still not clear as to how McNulty’s resignation effects this trial?

Anyone hear or read anything about this upcoming trial in the MSM? Still going to JTA (Jewish Telegraphic Agency) and the wrong wing website Forward to get updates.

AT JTA
Prosecutors drop secret trial demand in A*P*C case

Prosecutors dropped their demands for a secret trial in the classified information case against two former A*P*C staffers.
Judge T.S. Ellis III, the federal judge trying the case in Alexandria, Va., last month rejected as unconstitutional the prosecution’s request for a trial before a jury sworn to secrecy. Instead, he ordered the prosecution to submit a proposal for declassifying evidence in the case against Steve Rosen, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s former foreign policy chief, and Keith Weissman, its former Iran analyst.
The prosecution had the option of appealing his decision or agreeing to go to trial, but without declassifying any more evidence. Instead, on Thursday, it acceded to Ellis’ order and submitted a new plan for declassifiying evidence. Ellis, prosecutors and defense lawyers will consider the plan next month.
Ellis is likely to set a new trial date before the end of June. So far, at least five trial dates have been set and have lapsed for Weissman and Rosen, who were indicted in August 2005. The two men are charged under never-used 1917 statute with receiving and relaying to colleagues, Israeli diplomats and journalists classified information about Iran.

Hope @ 111

I was actually at this event on Friday – my husband received his (real) doctorate.

UMass made the blunder of blunders on this one, but it was so great to see everyone protesting. You literally could not hear a word the speaker said from the time they said Card’s name until he sat down.

So awesome!

Then, on Saturday, I went across town to Amherst College to see Patrick Fitzgerald give a talk, as a recipient of an honorary degree from that great school. The contrast was stark. Fitz – the epitome of honesty. Card – the face of all that is wrong with our current leadership.

Quite a weekend here!

Wow! Thanks for the first person account.

Hope at 112, you should bring your comment up.

TeddySanFran

W solved that problem with his new CoS, Josh Bolten, who’s married to no one and has a creepy collection of photos of GWB’s hands.

I really like to hear more about that. I’m in DC and have an “ear to the ground” re Bolton, but haven’t heard this one. Do tell.

Hope @ 112

I was actually at this event on Friday – my husband received his (real) doctorate.

UMass made the blunder of blunders on this one, but it was so great to see everyone protesting. You literally could not hear a word the speaker said from the time they said Card’s name until he sat down.

So awesome!

Then, on Saturday, I went across town to Amherst College to see Patrick Fitzgerald give a talk, as a recipient of an honorary degree from that great school. The contrast was stark. Fitz – the epitome of honesty. Card – the face of all that is wrong with our current leadership.

Quite a weekend here!

Amherst is an incredible town…North Hampton fabulous!

I linked to this twice yesterday. I saw this all on Saturday. I’ve watched it close to 30 times in the past few days. I just cannot get over the surge of sustained displeasure.

It warms every single cell of my liberal body.

alas, can’t find any video online of Fitz at Amherst College. :(

Oklahoma kiddo says
May 28th, 2007 at 6:07 pm

Kissinger is only 84. I saw him the other night on tv being interviewed.

“only”…now there’s a word with which to reckon…

i’d hafta say, mho, that fucknozzle Kenry K’s outlived his usefulness by at LEAST a decade…
.

FYI, PW is upstairs

Hope @ 112

I was actually at this event on Friday – my husband received his (real) doctorate.

UMass made the blunder of blunders on this one, but it was so great to see everyone protesting. You literally could not hear a word the speaker said from the time they said Card’s name until he sat down.

So awesome!

Then, on Saturday, I went across town to Amherst College to see Patrick Fitzgerald give a talk, as a recipient of an honorary degree from that great school. The contrast was stark. Fitz – the epitome of honesty. Card – the face of all that is wrong with our current leadership.

Quite a weekend here!

Congratulations to your husband. I’m sure this will undoubtedly be memorable for him!

Not so much in this video but in video I linked to yesterday, it’s someone’s home video and you can’t hear shit. From the time the woman faculty member introduces Card until after he sits down, the booing,catcalling, yelling is so sustained that nothing is audible. I watched that over & over. On this video, however, you see Card’s face. I dare say, he’s looks a little shaken.

He was a guest on The Daily Show a week or more ago and he came across as this oblivious arrogant prick, smug in the power he welded. A free Ph.D, my ass – not even deserving of a sack of shit.

Valley Girl @ 122

alas, can’t find any video online of Fitz at Amherst College. :(

CSPAN was there- should be televised @ some point.

Valley Girl @ 122

alas, can’t find any video online of Fitz at Amherst College. :(

Somebody posted a link yesterday or the day before.

Valley Girl @ 122

alas, can’t find any video online of Fitz at Amherst College. :(

No video, but here’s the audio, and a photo :0)

http://www.amherst.edu/commenc…..index.html

spurious @ 127

Valley Girl @ 122

alas, can’t find any video online of Fitz at Amherst College. :(

Somebody posted a link yesterday or the day before.

Yeah that was me, but it’s audio only. Really worth hearing:

Fitzgerald Amherst Speech, Q&A

Don’t Pass the Salted Peanuts, Henry

October 4, 2006, Wednesday
By MAUREEN DOWD (NYT); Editorial Desk
Late Edition – Final, Section A, Page 31, Column 1, 772 words
DISPLAYING ABSTRACT – Maureen Dowd Op-Ed column deplores fact, revealed in Bob Woodward’s new book State of Denial, that Henry Kissinger has been advising Pres Bush on Iraq war, telling him that only way to beat an insurgency is to stick it out, no matter how many American soldiers and foreign civilians die; recalls Kissinger’s role in prolonging Vietnam war, urging Pres Nixon to resist pressure to withdraw troops from Vietnam

Thanks U2- MR and spur- I am looking forward to seeing it.

And, course I am deep EPU territory here, but this You Tube is a great comment from the past- Buffalo Springfield

http://youtube.com/watch?v=30W3iRL48gQ

Thanks for the audio links, Hope and Marie R!

Oklahoma kiddo @ 53

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTCQSk2l8bc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v…..mp;search=

Right on, Gil Scott Heron!

Wordsmith @ 125

Hope @ 112

I was actually at this event on Friday – my husband received his (real) doctorate.

UMass made the blunder of blunders on this one, but it was so great to see everyone protesting. You literally could not hear a word the speaker said from the time they said Card’s name until he sat down.

So awesome!

Then, on Saturday, I went across town to Amherst College to see Patrick Fitzgerald give a talk, as a recipient of an honorary degree from that great school. The contrast was stark. Fitz – the epitome of honesty. Card – the face of all that is wrong with our current leadership.

Quite a weekend here!

Congratulations to your husband. I’m sure this will undoubtedly be memorable for him!

Not so much in this video but in video I linked to yesterday, it’s someone’s home video and you can’t hear shit. From the time the woman faculty member introduces Card until after he sits down, the booing,catcalling, yelling is so sustained that nothing is audible. I watched that over & over. On this video, however, you see Card’s face. I dare say, he’s looks a little shaken.

He was a guest on The Daily Show a week or more ago and he came across as this oblivious arrogant prick, smug in the power he welded. A free Ph.D, my ass – not even deserving of a sack of shit.

Thanks for the congrats. A memorable day, indeed. I don’t know if this is kosher here, but here is a link to a blog post I wrote elsewhere about the Card event, and Fitz – with photos and video. Sorry if this is bad form.

http://www.democracycellprojec……html#more

For Jane’s information, the look on Card’s face is known in the South as a “mule eatin’ briars” grin.

Hope you’re doing well. The medical interventions don’t seem to have affected your wit, for you remain the Princess of snark.

kathleen @ 57

When I reread this part of Comey’s testimony I really have to wonder why in the hell Gonzales and Card are not in jail instead of speaking at commencement ceremonies

Justice is in trouble! The Supreme Court knew that back in the 2000 Presidential selection!

I still can’t believe Ollie North is free!

Andrew Card drew the wrong card today!
How can he possibly not know he is a shameful creature

Hope says @ 133 – May 28th, 2007 at 6:32 pm:

Not to me!

This is the video I saw Saturday and yesterday, which is the same video you have. (update!)

Thanks again to the audio link to PatFitz. I am listening to it now- only about 1/2 through but I am thoroughly enjoying it.

If Card thinks that’s a wonderful experience he just might love water boarding.

Actually that statement is soooooooooooo typical. A lie that everyone knows is a lie for one. For another it doesn’t answer the question. It’s mildly contemptuous, Yep, it’s perfect.

god, that part of the story about the guy who left and wanted to come back (and did) was wonderful.

He was really wonderful to listen to. He just exudes integrity.

Hope @ 134-

Thanks so much for the link to your write up & photos.
Adding my congratulations to your husband for his doctoral degree.

Marie Roget @ 143

Hope @ 134-

Thanks so much for the link to your write up & photos.
Adding my congratulations to your husband for his doctoral degree.

You’re welcome, and thank you!

There once was a flunky named Card
Whose grab for a feather was marred
When the boos he deserved
Were most generously served
And he stood there with a s**t-eating rictus on his stupid-ass face.

Sorry, I’m just no good at these limer.. whatevers.

Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 137

Andrew Card drew the wrong card today!
How can he possibly not know he is a shameful creature

You don’t get it. These guys can do no wrong. Evidence Wolfie’s statement today; it’s all the media’s fault.

Very proud of my alma mater – go umass!

Wish I had known about Fitz in advance – I would have tried to see his speech.

I don’t know who advised Card to go to UMass Amherst for an honorary degree. Some of the leaders of the Left there go back to the early Vietnam protests. I saw one in particular (no names here) put Jack Valenti on the spot at a teach-in at Yale right at the start of that conflict. These are people who know how to organize going back to the Civil Rights movement. The University authorities were out of their heads on this one.

Card didn’t get what he deserved. Maybe a criminal investigation by the next administration will assure his just deserts.

PeterK @ 146

Mabel’s Wig Shack @ 137

Andrew Card drew the wrong card today!
How can he possibly not know he is a shameful creature

You don’t get it. These guys can do no wrong. Evidence Wolfie’s statement today; it’s all the media’s fault.

Captain Kangaroo rotted my mind!!!!!

justintime @ 23

An honorary doctorate from
Amherst won’t help Andrew Card much at the International Tribunal for War Crimes.

Amherst demeans itself by this act.

Amherst students & faculty redeemed their school and hope the name leaks for he/she should apologize to students, faculty. alumni and parents sooner than later.

All of the honorary degrees and medals that these cronies bestow on one another render them more and more meaningless.

When I saw this video on the TV, I stood up applauding and hollering with joy because our great students and faculty are learning how to protest in great numbers! My 3 year-old son ran into the room to see what all of the excietment was. He’s learning young. ;) This video made my weekend!

Every one of these neo-con war-profiteering war-mongerers should be ashamed to show their faces in public! This is just the beginning of the end for all of them.

Thanks for posting it, Jane — FDL rocks!

So now Congressman Emanuel is a closet Andrew Card who needs to be warned about where his perfidy will lead.

Jane, I’ve always admired you, but you’re well on your way to Ralph Nadering yourself. Isn’t it enough to see how this administration’s genuine perfidy is finally becoming apparent to the country? Shouldn’t your next thought be on how to capitalize on that to achieve your goals, rather than on fantasizing that this come-uppance will be visited next upon someone who you think is insufficiently zealous in pursuit of those goals?

Was your point to document how disrespectful and jaded some people in our society have become?

Ted Turner was at my commencement and I had to watch as one of the most liberal speakers I had ever seen attacked and vilified my religious beliefs. I never booed nor did I even turn my back. I gritted my teeth and showed respect even though the woman was disrespecting my beliefs.

What a bunch of idiots…

Speak up Americans!!

I am thrilled to see Americans finding their voices to speak up for what they know is true, fighting for a clear expression of our American values.

People like Andrew Card have gotten away with polluting our national heart far too long.

The words “God bless America” have sounded a mocking noise since 2000. Today they ring in my heart with meaning. I feel as if I can breathe again.