I can’t possibly compete for snarkaliciousness with our dear TRex, so I won’t try. In classic Eve Harrington fashion, I’ll ask you to be NICE — and reflect on some of our extraordinary victories in the past year.
First of all, did anybody really expect we’d have a Democratic Speaker of the House in 2007, and a woman? One year ago, I didn’t think so. The lady has a website where we can all contact her. How cool is that?
Second, did anybody really expect we’d be asking a group of Republican US Attorneys for a realistic appraisal of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ performance? Or that we’d be hoping for more Congressional testimony from Gonzales’ Deputy Attorney General?
One year ago, had any of us hope that Bill Moyers would ever return to PBS?
In June 2006, did anyone think that Marine Staff Sergeant Eric Alva would soon speak up for other gays serving — and wounded — in America’s misadventure in Iraq?
Last year, could you have predicted that a hot Marine would be counting how many times America’s Attorney General said “I don’t recall?”
There’s lots more who’ve earned our admiration. Why don’t you share in the comments who’s especially touched you this past year? Who has made a difference for you since June 2006? Who has surprised you? Who is unheralded and worthy of our notice? Links are especially welcome in this thread — if we need to know more and need to help out, please show us a link.
PS The video’s entirely unrelated to the topic of this thread — why do you ask? (My two favorites!!!)
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not-zed?
zed!
first?
TeddySF!
y’all zedded without me????? :( :( :(
Hiya!!
ohhh, very sneaky TSF! ;-)
Oh, Alfred — there are no more zeds in this new left-handed world-of-FDL. But your attempt is nevertheless noted!
I swear, I can’t leave you alone for a moment, can i? :>
Substitute!
Glad I went to the store for more rubber bands and . . .
Oh, hi Nice Mods . . .
Teddy! I let downstairs know
newspaperbrat @ 4
Will go and let everyone you got late nite and ze zed oh mighty rascalTeddySF!
Well, I have to say Marcy’s TNH and Anatomy of Deceit have propelled her to my list of heroes.
TeddySanFran is not a substitute — she is an understudy!
Hey Peterr – when dayshift changed us to a left hand world – they hid all the rubber bands. I’ve been looking backstage to try to find them :(
TeddySanFran @ 13
You are a GIRL Teddy?
TeddySanFran @ 1
That’s clearly a foul, spit-ball!!! *g*
Well I have one hero (or rather, a group of heroes) to mention: the entire cast and crew of FDL. I first came here in January of this year, around the time of the SOTU and then hung around for the Libby trial, and I am hooked. And I’ve “met” a bunch of great people in the process.
So, thank you!
One year ago, I wouldn’t have believed I would be submitting a paper for publication in the 2007 volume of the Proceedings of the Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference. But I did it today. (Still sad that I couldn’t be in London to deliver the paper myself–but it’s a publication either way.)
LoudounLib @ 17
I’ll second that emotion!!!
EPU’d:
Ed*ard Teller @ 136
I am 100% hetero and even I think the guy is HOT, you can’t get any cooler than this guy. And they drag him to Kansas to question what kind of discharge he’s already gotten.
Who would think a year that a whole bunch of liberal teens would get together and start a liberal news and opinion site run by 12-19 yr olds? Or that it would be any good? And that one of they would come to the lake and find a home here.
EDP, that’s fantastic — congrats!
SnarKassandra @ 22
Good points!
Congratulations, EvilDrPuma! My hat off to a professional accomplishment I can only imagine.
Teddy!
Ahhh, the snarkalicious irony of it all?!!
Please tell me I’m not dreaming this?
LoudounLib @ 23
Thank you, thank you…now I’m just one paper away from filling my personal quota for the summer.
EvilDrPuma @ 18
Congratulations EDP – a considerable accomplishment and am mightily impressed!
Bugboy @ 21
Code Pink his A**!!! Gotta love those Gyrines!!! ;)
And congratulations to you and yours, SnK. You are a source of hope for a lot of us.
Hi TSF…. in Sacto waiting for a flight home.
My heroes are those wonderful people who staffed my phone banks in 2006 working their hearts out calling from 8am to 9pm and then working their fingers to the bone doing data entry to update our call lists.
The next group of heroes are the door to door canvassers who braved the AZ heat to knock on doors and talk to very voter.
It is all those who volunteered, gave their time, spent their own money for supplies, drove a ton of miles, and did it just to make a difference, take our country back even against the odds in AZ.
Bugboy @ 21
Whatever one’s sexual orientation……..that dude was just plain HOT.
RonD @ 30
Damned right. One student of Cassie’s caliber can make a humdrum semester into a great experience.
RonD @ 25
Most Certainly!!! Publish or Acckkk…..!!! :O
SnarKassandra @ 15
[edited for mainstream gender constructs]
Evening all. I think my heroes are the hundreds and thousands of ordinary people who have dedicated themselves to keeping informed about the issues they care about, networking with others who think the same way, and taking action to achieve their goals. In the process they have created this marvelous new phenomenon called the “netroots”, which holds the possibility of revitalizing democracy in this country and the world.
EvilDrPuma @ 18
Congratulations!
DrDick #36,
Amen.
TeddySanFran @ 35
Psst…DADT!!! ;)
Thanks for the congratulations, everybody. But please…GoodMrsPuma couldn’t handle a more swelled ego than she already has to deal with!
Congrats to both EDP and to Cassie for major personal achievements and furthering the advance of knowledge.
Hear hear, DrDick!
I don’t feel that this is an appropriate topic for this blog.
Suzanne, is that your letter to Judge Walton at page 285 of the .pdf at Smoking Gun?
TRex @ 43
Go get your own post!
TRex!
TRex @ 43
Back for another fix, you recidivist theropod, you?
masaccio @ 44
Different Suzanne. Not me
TRex @ 43
Some Fast, Hmmm, TRex???
TRex @ 43
Hiya TRex!!!
TRex, get thee back to thy vacation.
EvilDrPuma @ 18
Wowsers! Our very own EDD? Congratulations!
EvilDrPuma @ 47
He’s hopelessly hooked. He’ll never go cold turkey.
TRex is jonesin’ for some snark.
Teddy is your real name Theodore? Or something else? I completely didn’t understand your response.
EvilDrPuma @ 47
And worse yet, We’re his Enablers!!! *g*
TRex must be singing along with Amy Winehouse:
“They tried to make me go to rehab, I said no no no…”
Congratulations, EvilDrPuma! If you write your quota, will you cease to be evil?
LoudounLib @ 57
Okay, that’s funny.
Hey, gang. I want you all to know that I’ve been ABSOLUTELY MISERABLE without you. Last night, it took FOREVER for me to fall asleep because I was just laying there with all these words just flying around in my head.
I spoke with Christy today and she said I needed to get outside more and do something completely unrelated to the Internet. I refrained from asking her, “Huh? What do you mean? Is anything truly unrelated to the Internet?”
In other news, my phone STILL HASN’T COME and now the seller’s getting all hinky on me, so I’ve opened a dispute through eBay AND PayPal. That’ll teach those bitchez to not send my phone and then ignore my emails.
Did any of you hear about a reporter getting arrested at Giuliani’s press conference because of a question he asked at a different press conference?
LINK
Link with video (I embedded it MYSELF!!! With a few mistakes but no temper tantrums. :)
DrDick @ 53
Yup. “If once down the snark path you go, forever will it dominate your destiny….Consume you, it will…”
Scooter – He no wanna go jail!
LINK
LoudounLib @ 57
And what about Paris’s release and re-arrest??? Couldn’t happen to a nicer individual!!!
TRex:
The brits are dissing you and your brethern. Go over and devour them! Therapod vengeance is at hand…linky!
Comey’s a hero I didn’t know about a year ago. And I didn’t know that Fitz was such a hero.
Demi, message for you below.
Hi TRex!
LoudounLib @ 57
I would rather be online all day,
I ain’t got nothin’ to do, it’s plain.
I’m gonna,
I’m gonna lose my readers,
So, I lurk and fret the time away…
They tried to make me go to Rehab,
I said, “NOOOOOOO, NOOOOOOOOOOOOO, NO.”
CTuttle @ 64
She got re-arrested!!! And I missed it!!!!
I hate having relatives visit! Especially the ones I don’t like and I still have to go out to a stupid dinner and act nice.
SnarKassandra @ 61
Congrats! That is progress. You are well on your way to becoming a real tech geek (and as the father of one, that ain’t no bad thing to be).
EvilDrPuma @ 18
Congratulations, EvilDrPuma!
Loo Hoo, oh gawd yes — heroes, those two. And so many more that I didn’t know about, a year ago, until I saw the FDL light.
SnarKassandra @ 61
SnarKassandra @ 61
U.S. death toll in Iraq passes 3,500
LoudounLib @ 71
There is no such thing as FDL lite.
okay, now my ignorance will show.
what’s this message below.
not jiggy.
EDP — you are quoting me in stereo!
Congrats!
;-) Mary
I understand that (spitting) Paris has not been re-arrested – there is a hearing scheduled tomorrow morning to determine the legality of the Sheriff allowing home detention when the Judge that ordered her to jail specifically prohibited same.
I bet punaise’s paycheck she is in the medical/psych ward tomorrow afternoon.
CTuttle @ 64
Rearrest???? I heard about her release (and have been livid about it all day), but not that she had been arrested again. I am sick to death of the rich and powerful getting off with no accountability (and yes I’m looking at you Scooter!).
At least I can say I knew Trex when he was a famous blogger, before he faded away, forgotten by his fans, replaced by other talented bloggers.
Paris — feh…
SnarKassandra @ 73
As Egregious says, strong bad language. I am so PISSED!
katymine @ 31
No one can challenge the heroics of the folks whose boots were on the ground this year. Thanks to you and all of them!
Speaking of publications, one year ago, I was invited to write something on religion and politics. It started “A priest, a progressive, and a theocon walk into a bar . . .”
My first FDL guest post.
I was touched to be asked to do it by Christy, and beyond touched by the reaction it and subsequent guest posts have received. Religion is not an easy topic to discuss, and yet even those who profess no religious beliefs recognize that (like it or not) it is part of the political landscape these days.
As a poster, I read (and sometimes re-read) all the comments, even when I have had to leave the thread early. It has made me even more aware of the efforts put in by our hosts Christy, Jane, Pach, and TRex; by regular guests like Donita and Howie and Tula; and by irregular guests like myself, Looseheadprop, Hugh, and others.
Looking back on a year, I think of voices that have become more frequent in the comments, and also those that have diminished in frequency or disappeared altogether.
FDL is a powerful place — in part because of the front page pieces, but even moreso because of the comments and the actions that grow out of the discussions. There’s a sense of welcoming here at FDL that you don’t see in too many other places. There’s a sense of honoring the gifts of the community, in that when legal insights are needed, the lawyers step up; when local insights are needed, the locals step up; when insights into the ways of DC are needed, the folks with political experience show the way. There’s a sense of respect here at FDL, even (or especially) when we disagree with each other.
And goodness knows, there’s a sense of snark here at FDL that just cannot be beat.
Teddy, thanks for the great topic for Late Nite FDL.
TRex @ 43
Whose computer are you logged onto tonite??
Thanks for the much-needed laud to heroes. We need ‘em in the era of George Dumb-ya “Ah calls him Vladimir” Slingbush.
AZ Matt @ 80
Bite your tongue.
Or I will.
Alfred Kelgarries @ 65
I’d call that a nice example of the headline not matching the content. That sentence about likely prey species being similarly slow-moving kind of obviates the need to declare T. rex a scavenger. Besides, I don’t know a lot of cases where scavengers are the largest-bodied carnivores in the food web….
dmoore @ 75
Not hip?
Did you get my message downstairs?
Suzanne @ 78
If there is a God (which I doubt or there would be no Dubya).
Oh, Trex, you must resist and get thee back to the outdoors. Mingle and mash with your own reptilian kind. They miss you and you need your fresh air. They dare not say it but you are their leader and master, too.
Punaise has filed chapter 11.
Why, our little party’s just beginning.
;>)
SnarKassandra @ 76
My fingers hurt.
SnarKassandra @ 68
Actually, she’s spending the night at home, however, her sentencing Judge wants to have a few words with her in the Morn, And, the County Sheriff!!! Serious sh*t needs to be explained!!!
Heroes? emptywheel and her TNH work; As Steve Gilliard pointed out, Mike Stark, who steve credited as the crucial last straw that one the election for us by disgracing Macaca Allen. I think he was right. Henry Waxman. Most importantly, all those who volunteered and went door to door for Election 06. And last but not at all least, the entire FDL team including Jeralyn as well for all of the Libby coverage.
TRex @ 88
Ooooh, touchy tonight are we? It is just blogging withdrawal. Nothing a month of gardening in the sunshine and reading good books at night can’t cure.
The US Attorneys who were canned for being decent human beings I didn’t know about a year ago. Too bad it brings all the others into question.
Ned Lamont … for being a challenger and for making it patriotic to be concerned about this war
1 year ago, who would have believed that Irving Lewis “Scooter” Libby’s defense team would be shitting bricks and self-destructing from within during closing arguments?
Peter Zeidenberg, the ultimate sleeper.
In a team whose heroes must remain anonymous, this guy lit a fire under Wells and sunk what was left of Libby’s case. He did it with virtually no attention given, and I sincerely believe that he just sees it as part of his job.
I fear that, if I ever am in a position to need a criminal defense, that my attorney would never see this guy coming.
Steven Colbert, who stood up at the Correspondent’s Dinner and told it like it was-and made them take it.
EvilDrPuma @ 18
So will I be able to see this in JSTOR by the end of the year? Just doing the “librarian” thing…
Christine
Suzanne @ 14
Office Depot and Staples are still open — if you can’t find them we can go buy a bunch.
AZ Matt @ 97
How does he read with those little forelegs?…Must use a stick to turn the pages, or something.
;>)
darkblack @ 93
And your little weasel, too!!
Here, you’all want something to snark on read this:
That was from the AP story I linked to above. Marcy should have no mercy on these fools, I doubt if Fitz or Walton do.
I feel like these are toasts for the heros and I should be tipping a glass … hot tea will have to do
Snarkassandra -been thinking about you and your Aunt Betsy this afternoon and how is it going with the visiting branch of the family.
Had a 16-year old visitor to the museum today and she reminded me just a bit of you. Asked if she might check her email when she spotted my laptop on. Had to explain our wi fi wasn’t functioning at all which led to a chat that included me asking her what sites she liked…she mentioned my space and then said she wanted to create a blog but her friends weren’t interested in the world and thinks she is a nerd – told her she needed to find some new friends and hope that wasn’t too tough. Then I told her about YOU and I like to think she was inspired. Stay tuned – she is coming back to the galleries on Saturday – shall I give her your blog linky?
Peterr @ 84
“He ain’t Heavy, He’s my Brother…”, Amen, Peterr!!! :-)
grrr, browser crash….heroes? Verizon Yahoo? Not so much!
All Hail the Mods!
During the Libby Trial, I was asked to add some posts on non-Libby news in between the liveblogging and Libby analysis, so that other things didn’t completely disappear around here. Given the blog traffic and the schedule of the trial being run by Judge Walton, things were very crazy backstage.
I am beyond impressed with the folks behind the scenes here at FDL. The site administrator, the techies, the cast of mods . . . a big hat tip to you all.
And also a big hat tip to those of you who hit the “donate” button to keep things humming along.
TRex @ 87
ROWR!!!
I’m simply in shock at all that’s happened in the past six months or so. I didn’t think we’d take both houses of congress. I didn’t think we’d already find as much corruption and outright hubris as we’ve found (not that I didn’t think there was a whole lotta nasty going on behind closed GOP doors – I just figured they covered their tracks better). I never thought we’d be seriously discussing how and when to get out of Iraq, with a chance it could happen before the end of 2008.
What a difference a lot of work and an election make.
Oh, and I didn’t realize how much time I’d spend here, learning stuff & shooting the breeze with so many cool people.
I like Loo Hoo better :) :)
check yr email.
One year ago little did i know that within a few weeks i would be discovering FDL, with great posts, guests, interviews, REAL news, commenters, and, be still my heart! SNARK! Late nite keeps me going, even if I do mostly lurk.
And I’m also greatful that Minnesota started regaining its nice blue color, instead of that muddy purple. Now we just have to get rid of those muddy discolored hues, Barium Red Bachman, Putrid Puce Pawlenty, and Scarlet (Fever) Coleman. Pure Blue!
Christine Edmonson @ 102
It’s a conference proceedings volume, not a journal article, so probably not–and the volume isn’t due to be released until March 2008.
For next year, I am co-organizing my first conference symposium (on herding in complex societies), and we have hopes of getting a volume published from that too, so I’m just digging my way in deeper.
My hero?
None other than Jane Hamsher, who has taken what most people would consider a lethal blow to their confidence and will to live and, well, kicked ass, re-defining the blogging paradigm, boldly pioneering new technologies and modes of communication, and running the BEST GODDAMN BLOG ON THE WEB!!
I heart Jane. When I grow up, I want to be just like her.
TeddySanFran @ 85
Onto can only be used in this context, right?
AZ Matt @ 105
Walton was rather forthright in asserting Fitz’s Authority, unfortunately, the DC Circuit is staffed with wannabe Scalias/Alitos!!! Fifty/Fifty???
CTuttle @ 95
It’s the Sheriff that’s got some splalin’ to do. Not Paris Hilton. She’s a ping pong ball in all of this. I can’t believe I commented on this, oh well. Damn you, Dan Abrams ; )
Good question TSF, and the answer…?
Oh, lets have some fun with that one shall we?…
Yes, go on…
OK this one was a little less than a year ago…
EDP — herding in complex societies? Just look at FDL ;-)
TeddySanFran @ 85
Onto can only be used in this context, right?
Peterr, at 84, thanks,
My hero is the unassuming Patrick F.
TRex @ 60
Get your $ back and order one of these. Seriously cool.
LoudounLib @ 121
I’m pretty sure none of the papers are about herding cats…but I can double-check if you like….
Cassie -
I have been trying to find an image I saw, I’m pretty sure it was here at the Lake, a photo of TeddySanFran taken at last year’s Yearly Kos in Las Vegas. The photo should answer your questions, but,alas, I lack the search skills to find it. Perhaps you’ll do better or another pup can suggest a link.
;-) EDP
newspaperbrat @ 108
Yeah!!!! Tell her about our blog. That would be great.
((( waves to petedownunder )))
EvilDrPuma @ 115
Oh, you are so right — these do take a long time and get published years later. I have found many conference papers on Google, though, and it always surprises me! Good luck on all your publishing — we are behind you.
Christine
Is anyone watching Colbert right now???
OMG!!
darkblack @ 93
sheer perfection!
(((((((((darkblack!)))))))
LoudounLib @ 121
I think he is talking about cattle and sheep, not cats.
(((Waives back to LoudounLib))
AZ Matt @ 63
Cow manure. They have exactly as much chance of getting the convictions overturned as I have of getting my wife’s permission to go on a date with TRex.
Joe Klein’s conscience @ 131
Just switched over — wtf?! Colbert as gladiator?
Does it have to be exactly a year? Or can it go back to April 06?
John Laesch, who introduced himself to us at YearlyKos in Las Vegas last year by saying: “Yes, I am running against the Speaker of the House!”
I wasn’t the only one who laughed, thinking his a fool’s errand. Well, we have John Laesch to thank for keeping Denny Hastert home campaigning for his seat, knowing how unwelcome he was outside his own district after the Foley scandal broke. And how hard he had to campaign at home to keep his own seat.
Here’s to John Laesch’s 2008 campaign!
DrDick @ 133
Cattle, sheep, llamas..I’m jazzed because we have one and maybe two papers from Indus Valley people (my favorite early state).
Hi pups -
I’ve been away at my friend’s sentencing for the last few days.
Hope you all have been well.
Have I missed much?
dmoore @ 113
Nutin’.
TSF and all the headliners are heros, but so are so many of the commenters. I feel a kinship I don’t have at work, or even among my close friends because most people don’t breathe politics. My brother’s one of the good guys, though. No college edumacation, but you ought to see the bumper stickers on his Prius!
DrDick @ 133
LOL, I’m positive many keyboards spanning the Lake’s shores have been invaded by cats, wanting some loving, most insistently!!! *g*
personal heroes:
Det. Vicky Armel
MPO Mike Garbarino
(waving to kirk)
kirk murphy @ 140
The repubs are still stupid. And TRex doesn’t know how to go on vacation.
Cozumel @ 118
yeah yeah blame it on Dan Abrams! ;~)
kirk murphy @ 140
They re-arranged the furniture and Trex is having a serious snark relapse. You’re just in time.
TRex @ 116
And you, TRex, and Christy, and, well all of FDL! Adore you all.
TEDDY!!!!!!
Does it have to be exactly a year or can it go back to april 06?
Night Teddy and Pups, I’m going take this jet lagged bod to bed.
EvilDrPuma @ 139
Indus Valley is still rather enigmatic isn’t it? Not as highly centralized/urbanized as the others? I am afraid I do not know much about them and kind of skim over them when I talk about early states in Intro. I gather from some of your earlier comments that you do Celtic archaeology?
petedownunder @ 150
Is it good night or good morning?
g’night Pete, hope you shake the jet lag soon!
SnarKassandra @ 149
What would Jesus’ cat do?
Cassie, I am sure that there is sufficient fudge factor in the “year” for you :) What about April ‘06?
SnarKassandra @ 152
Night – I’m in California this week, back to Oz next week.
Yawn.
SnarKassandra @ 149
Blogger years are sure okay!
EvilDrPuma @ 154
Find a bigger font or a doorbell or just hiss till they got Teddy’s attention?
EvilDrPuma @ 125
No, according to David Brooks last June, here at FDL we’re rabid venomous lambs. (Link to an early comment quoting him here and Christy’s reaction here.)
Don’t even think about herding the Rabid Venomous Lambshers of the Left.
CTuttle @ 142
Personally, my young cat has been attacking my bare feet all evening (I refer to her as the “Toebiter Thunderkitty”).
A year ago I never imagined I’d have congress members answering my questions in real time. FDL is an amazing place and the people are incredible, one and all.
Aunt Betsy is my hero cause she found a way for me to stay with my brother AND have a whole big family and have my life get better.
Peterr, I love that — Rabid Venomous Lambshers. Perfect!
Joe Klein’s conscience @ 131
Yes! i love him.
petedownunder @ 150
Night pdu.
EDP #154, the question is, What would Schroedinger’s Cat do?
((( big hugs to Aunt Betsy )))
SnarKassandra @ 162
Ab-so-forking-lutely correct, Cassie. TexB is a hero.
LoudounLib @ 167
(Gentle little hugs. She is sleeping.)
OT: Has anyone else had a problem with IE 7 crashing? It seems to be a problem since FDL got it’s little makeover. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence (crashing sometimes when I try to open an FDL page), if it’s something that is not FDL related, or if it’s a new FDL “feature”.
Yes. TexB is indeed a hero of the first order.
SnarKassandra @ 169
Gotcha, Cassie — well big hugs to her when she wakes up — she is well deserving!
Suzanne @ 168
Ditto!
Nice to see you, Kirk. You’re one of the commenters I admire, and now you’re a headliner too!
Night Petedownunder!
DrDick @ 151
I’ve mostly worked with Roman Period material to date, but I’m eager to do Iron Age/Celtic work as well, and have taught a course on Celtic archaeology.
As for the Indus Valley, I’d say it’s enigmatic in the same way that, say, Teotihuacan is enigmatic. It’s not that it’s less urbanized or centralized, unless you mean that there might be a corporate rulership instead of self-aggrandizing dynastic kings. But I think it’s the differences from Egypt or Shang China that make it all the more important.
RonD @ 166
Whatever you do, don’t look at the cat or it will do something else.
LOTF @170 — yes! I’ve been having problems on and off. Just the other day I downloaded Firefox, and I mostly access FDL through there with no problems.
Firefox is much less buggy than IE.
landofthefree @ 170
the little bugs are still being worked on. the poor tech crew is all sweaty and icky after working hard all day fixing the major bugs that always happen with an upgrade. Let me tell ya, they are Cranky with a capital c.
RonD @ 166
We’ll never know until we open the box.
landofthefree @ 170
We are all beta testers today! Be proud!
Thanks for the update, pete and Cassie.
Sleep well, pete – hope the lag soon falls behind you!
Cassie – sadly – I muyst agree with you.
From what I saw in Federal Court, the Rethugs are very much in charge.
A Republic, if you can keep it.
We failed.
LoudounLib @ 81
another point on which you and I agree, good neighbor LL.
Would someone please write a letter on my behalf to some judge somewhere, begging for mercy from having to witness a news media fixated on the meaningless antics of a meaningless twit who makes even f*****g Monica Goodling look like a f*****g genius…….JUST BECAUSE she’s rich???
Much obliged.
Firefox is handling the new lefthand slant to the Lake well on this end – even with dialup (crossing fingers and toes and knocking on wood)
( brews a big pot of chamomile tea for the tech crew, for its calming properties )
Suzanne @ 179
(((Tech crew)))
Let’s not forget ol’ Big Dog barking at Chris Wallace and showing some guts last September.
I still think that this emboldened (however briefly) the Dems to start fighting back.
Teddy Baltimore
lol oddmommy — well I’m off this weekend, and I’ve got to do some writing for work anyway — I can probably churn something out ;-)
demimoore, my mail is adelphia changed to roadrunner. Will you give me your address again? I tried it from work today too, and no luck. Maybe I wrote it down wrong?
Suzanne @ 179
Cool. HUGE PROPS to the techies & mods who keep this place humming. It’s pretty frackin’ amazing when you think of the traffic and troll traffic with the major stories covered here at FDL this past year.
I just was wondering if it was an FDL-specific thing, or if it was just my puter. My machine has been pretty unstable lately. When my IE crashes, I get an error that has something to do with a Flash plugin. Of course, I sometimes try to get my computer out of hibernation and I get a screen full of random digits. I’m hoping my lappy will last me another six months or so.
loohoo, deborah-not-demi, would you like me to send ya both each other info?
Ted Wedel @ 187
Yep. I don’t generally think of Bubba as “heroic”, but he came strong to the hoop that day, and I agree that he showed Democrats what it takes.
Suzanne @ 179
As the father of a techie, they have my respect and admiration (especially for having to deal with all of us technically marginal folks).
My heroes and heroines are all the unsung, invisible, anonymous AUSAs who ignore the lunacy and corruption at the top of DOJ and continue to do their jobs with zeal and integrity.
People like Cathy Seibel and Dan Dorsky from SDNY, who go way out of their way to understand a terribly complex case, and do the right thing instead of the easy thing.
People like John Hueston from CDCa, who turn their lives upside down for years at a time to do the impossible when outgunned by defendants with unlimited resources, like the Enron defendants.
People like Peter Zeidenberg, who no one other than his family and friends and collegues knew a year ago, and who no one other than his family and friends and colleagues will know a year from now, but who did something enormously important.
People who turn down mind-boggling amounts of money to work the same ridiculous hours as the lawyers in private practice who make said mind-boggling amounts of money, in exchange for knowing that what they are doing is important.
Heroes and heroines, each and every one.
kirk murphy @ 182
Kirk, I think we’re turning her around. Kinda slow like a therapod, but it’s gaining momentum.
There’s chocolate chip cookie bars in the fridge, but you have to save some for her Aunt Betsy’s breakfast. Don’t all rush the fridge, OK?
Claire McCaskill knocking off a MO wingnut.
John Tester stepping up in Montana.
Pombo — gone.
Delay — gone.
My personal favorite newcomer over the last couple weeks has been Sheldon Whitehouse. What he’s done in the Judiciary committee hearings has been stunning. When an old hand and committee chair like Patrick Leahy says “If you need more time, take mine,” you know some incredible questions are being asked.
And that chart contrasting DOJ/White House communications under Clinton with the same under Bush . . . priceless.
LoudounLib @ 185
Adds a tablespoon of cherry brandy…
SnarKassandra @ 196
Wrrfle?
We have Governor Spitzer in New York, not Giuliani. ……….Thank. Gawd.
burnspbesq @ 194
I will second that. To all those who toil for little material reward or recognition to maintain the public good!
omg, chocolate chip cookie bars?!?! Thanks!
How about this…?
Oh, there’s more…
okay, Suzanne and Loo Hoo,
I think I got this new ‘techno thing figured out.
Loo, check yr email….I think we’re hooked up now. Sheesh! Oh, I am blonde, btw.
Suz, let’s see if she’s got me.
We’ll let ya know. (licking P B and J off my fingers)
Evening all, come on ’round the bonfire … help me burn some Ottawa Senators’
memorabiliajunk !!! *g*… curses … the Hockey sticks are not wood !!!
Loo Hoo, very good — I’m sure they could use that too ;-)
Teddy is on the left and RBG is on the right
http://photos1.blogger.com/blo…..G_0101.jpg
Suzanne @ 191
My bestest hero! Please.
evenin’ Petro, sorry about the hockey results :-(
SnarKassandra @ 196
Aunt Betsy has these for breakfast? No wonder everyone wants to sleepover !!!
Never in my life did I expect to see someone channel Edward R. Murrow on cable TV news. But since his first Special Comment on August 30, 2006, Keith O. has delivered 19 of the finest examples of TV commentary. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C….._Olbermann)
Kathryn in MA @ 207
Thank you!!!!
(( Jim Webb ))
Peterr @ 197
Whitehouse has been so good that Schumer, Feinstein and Leahy have allowed him to step out front and eclipse them somewhat. That’s saying something, they being US Senators and all.
Petrocelli @ 210
In the summer she doesn’t even get out of bed until 10 or 11. Cause she is up all night with YOU!
Petrocelli @ 205
LOL! Yeah, the Sens just were not up to the task.
Peterr – I’m with you on Sen. Whitehouse. What a terrific surprise he’s been. He actually makes committee meetings and hearings very interesting. he’s definitely one to watch.
I’m outtie here… gotta get to bed so I can finish the garden in the morning, hopefully before the thunderstorms arrive. Hasta la pasta!
Kathryn in MA @ 207
Who is that Big Girl eating that Danish!???!
Night LoF.
Teddy, I second that. And I’m way behind on my reading, but I just read a great article about him in a recent Rolling Stone. (Disclaimer — yeah I still read it — hard to shake a habit of 30 years!)
My political hero is Nancy Pelosi because she became the first woman speaker and cause she is not afraid of Bush. Most of the time.
My other hero is still Molly Ivins. Always.
LoudounLib @ 209
Oh, I’m not sad … actually I didn’t see the game last night. I knew from Monday that they were doomed. They let it all out against Buffalo and couldn’t regroup for Anaheim.
Not that I’m taking anything away from the Ducks, they played their game every minute of every game in every round. I’m really happy for Giguere and Randy Carlyle … I remember Randy’s rookie season.
Congratulations to the Ducks and their fans !!!
Loo Hoo. @ 195
I’m not ready to give up without a fight. I think we came close before November, 2006, but the tide is changing, slowly but inevitably.
Petrocelli @ 206
Turtle, turtle, turtle
;>)
I really enjoyed seeing Steve Gilliard’s posts here, and Tula Connel, and emptywheel, and following the trial was so interesting.
One highlight was Amb. Wilson’s chat with us.
This has been like someone coming to my house and installing windows on the most interesting parts of the political world.
Thank you!
Heroes…
Rachel Carson
Judy Bari
David “gypsy” Chain
Jennifer Whitney
Starhawk
My parents and grandparents
Orca
Healing Tree
Lady Bug
Sorrel
and many others….
_ _ _ _
Eugene T-shirt:
My heroes have always…
Burned horse meat factories…
And the Agency corrals that supply them
_ _ _ _
A Republic, if you can keep it.
landofthefree @ 216
Are we having pasta tomorrow??? Good night.
SnarKassandra @ 220
Good choices. Another one I could recommend is Eloise Cobell, a fine example of an ordinary person making a huge difference.
A to-do list for heroes:
1)Draw down the occupation of Iraq.
2)Restore habeus corpus.
3)Stop the warrantless surveillance programs.
4)Close Guantanamo, and the secret prisons around the world.
5)Impeachment proceedings against Chimpy, Cheney, Abu, and Rice.
6)Obstruction and perjury charges against appropriate underlings.
7)Medicare bargaining for lower drug prices.
8)Rolling back enough of the tax cuts to start fixing our budget.
9)Lay the groundwork for universal healthcare.
10)An Apollo program for clean energy.
Then I’ll start to relax.
(( Patrick Murphy ))
Peterr @ 197
Ned Lamont’s valor in CT snapped me out of my deep clinical /depression doldrums and cynicism last year, bless ‘em, and Jane and all the busy firepups and others who flocked to help on the ground – and who can forget CT Bob and the countless locals.
Whoever she is, she gives great hugs, and i’m looking for more at YKos2
RonD @ 228
I hope you are willing to spread around the hero jobs. Not gonna find one person to do all that.
SnarKassandra @ 232
I think this a job for the 21st century League of Justice (or maybe the X-Men).
dmoore @ 204
Got it, but please Suzanne, hold on tight. I want to know that Deborah has my phone # in second mail.
Heroes
WaPoO chatz tomorrow; questions accepted anytime!
Jonathan Weisman at 11am eastern
Carl Bernstein at 2pm eastern
TeddySanFran @ 213
why?? I thought we were mad at him.
Good night, sweet friends.
TeddySanFran @ 229
Joe Sestak
John Hall
Jerry McNerney
Kathryn in MA @ 231
((( Kathryn )))
‘Night, Kathryn.
kirk murphy @ 225,
I have a friend who has mentioned Starhawk to me, very favorably.
Kathryn in MA @ 238
Good night Kathryn (who spells it the same way as my sister).
OT – hey tech crew – do you have any innterest in Firefox crash logs? *g*
Intel Mac, OS 10.4.9, running concurrently with Safari & Netscape Navigator 9 beta
Suzanne @ 184
I don’t know, Ma’am, I’m less than impressed with my DSL Firefox tonite, extremely sluggish and unresponsive at times, and I definitely do not like the Lefthand slant, only my $.02, tho!!! :-/
OfT — oddmommy, did you see it’s going to be 95 here tomorrow? Oy…not ready for that yet!
i may not make it to late night tomorrow, but i will be on in the afternoon. i will see all y’all sat night or some time soon
good night
g’night Cassie, and our best to Aunt Betsy :-)
Good night, SnarKassandra! You are all of THAT.
SnarKassandra @ 247
Night Cassie. Sleep well.
Petrocelli @ 205
Mi Amigo!!! Hola!!!
Good night, Cassie.
CT – the sluggishness is something we have noticed also and that is on the list for the tech crew.
The list is going to be added to as we figure out all the needed tweaks to the upgrade.
newtonusr – tech crew will be answering your question shortly.
oddmommy @ 237
Not as mad as I would be if Macaca was still Virginia’s Senator, and the Senate in GOP hands.
SnarKassandra @ 220
Mine too. Plus Jane. And Christy, Pach, TRex, and all you other snarkologists of FDL.
Suzanne @ 253
tnx
newtonusr – the tech crew wants to know if they may email you at the email addy you provided – that yes, they would be very interested in seeing the logs.
Suzanne @ 253
Can’t Bold or do other functions in Quote and Reply modes, extremely funky feel tonite!
Ct – they are working on the bigger stuff right now – like the sluggishness rather than spending time on bells and whistle stuff.
Peterr @ 197
Sheldon Whitehouse is my hero too!
I’ve even caught myself muttering WHITEHOUSE FOR PRESIDENT, WHITEHOUSE IN THE WHITEHOUSE!
Suzanne @ 257
Perfect. Apologies – I’ve been running 3 browsers all day, but a few hours ago I ran a repair utility that cleared my logs. You’re welcome to whatever I have since.
What has surprised me ?
1. ‘Bush Lite’ (Harper) is still leader of Canada.
2. Blogs can be so great – FDL, TNH, TPM …
3. The MSM is getting bitchslapped by bloggers, yet preen in front of the camera like they’re still the only game in town.
4. Even over the internets, we can still touch each other’s hearts and put a comforting hand on our friends’ shoulder, in their time of need.
I Love You All !!!
thanks, newtonusr. they are currently putting out a different fire but will get to you via email in a bit.
((( Petro )))
newtonusr @ 244
I got tired of Firefox crashing while on FDL, so I switched to Opera … it has been flawless thus far.
It even goes back to the last comment you were reading when you refresh.
Margot @ 242
I’m so glad.
I love Star for her writing and her activism.
Our “leaders” could learn so much from her.
Rather than taking power, she offers care and freely gives away her power.
I wish you joy in her books and – should you wish – the Reclaiming community.
Bright Blessings.
Suzanne @ 259
Roger That, Ma’am!!!;)
A year ago I would never have imagined we would need heros to fight for restoration of habeas corpus. Senator Dodd!
A year ago I had never considered contributing to a campaign outside of my state.
FDL and BA!
A year ago I was about to learn of the Roots Project! Pachacutec!
A year ago I would never have thought our own Hitler VP, Cheneys lesbian daughter would give birth for all the wing-nuts to see and hear about. And what happened? *crickets* (not heroic but its fu**ing funny)
The new Al Gore!
Waters, Kucinich, Feingold, Leahy, Waxman, Pelosi, Ned, etc…
John Dean
Glenn Greenwald
Molly
The Italians who are pursuing charges against US agents for illegal renditions.
All firedogs from posters to lurkers who took action and inspired me to do the same.
and many others
CTuttle @ 251
Hey Buddy !!!
Catching up on the rest of the comments.
Lots of rejoicing in Toronto last night … that Ottawa lost *g* …
… the Toronto-Ottawa rivalry lives on …
A year ago, I had but a wee small fleeting hope (that I dared not say out loud in fear of jinxing it) that our country could be saved.
Today, we have hope and are impatient that the process is not fast enough.
LoudounLib @ 235
Thank you for that one, had been looking for it yesterday on CD. Mentioned this very song in threads yesterday.
We could be heroes; not terribly hard given the tremendous role models we’ve had at the Lake, and that we been finding as the course of things has gotten harder.
And of course we’ve also had plenty of examples of how not to be heroes. (Ahem. Lieberman.)
edit: Ah, found it, a recent cover of Heroes by the Wallflowers:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLY48-MENiI
With my good nite to all of you tonite, I offer a heartfelt salute to all, and my sincere thanks for all the fine hours I’ve been priviledged to enjoy your company. Good night, all.
Yes, it was about one year ago I started to marvel at how congruent my views were with John Dean’s. And just starting to get over my shock at same.
Night RonD.
spurious @ 255
Oops, I forgot Marcy. And Peterr, and LHP, and Phoenix Woman, and Scarecrow, and everybody else I’ve forgotten.
Off to bed. Night, all.
Just spoke with dmoore. Systems clear, Suzanne! Thank you so much.
Night Spurious.
Petrocelli @ 265
Never thought I’d go back, but…
I’m currently using the Netscape beta, and have not had an issue with it yet. Fast, crash-resistent, decent config, etc.
Haven’t run Opera yet today – I’ll save it for Late Late Night.
BTW, the tech crew may be interested in your crash-logs, too. Mac or PC?
g’night RonD and spurious
Petrocelli @ 262
My only bone, is with 3, the MSM, is the only game in town, they own the cameras they preen in front of!!! *g*
TSF – YGM
Yeah, I too was thinking about that hero who trudged into the bowels of VA with a videocam and rid us of George Allen. Otherwise, we would have been looking at him in the debates this week and, God help us, he might have been looking good to many. I fantasize he’s now engaged in haberdashery with Ricky Santorum
(no offense to haberdashers intended).
Then there were those heroic out of state firefighters who, by taking abuse in a Montana airport, purged the execrable Conrad Burns.
So many unsung heroes. So many things that wouldn’t have happened but for the blessing of the tubes. My top heroes of the last year would have to be the citizen journalists – the troubadours of our time.
Petrocelli @ 269
Sounds like a mere Provincial Affair, trivial at best!!! :P
And Teddy and Kirk who bring my old second home back to the forefront with their wonderful San Francisco activist values…)
LoudounLib @ 246
Arrrgh! Nor am I! Finally surrendered to mr oddmommy last week in the first annual Battle of the Air Conditioner….guess there’s NO chance of the Knights of the Open Windows making a comeback at this point…..
Suzanne @ 270
Keep being impatient with your politicians … that’s the only to make them work hard and not sit back on their haunches. If they get a few hundred calls for a wrong headed vote, they will do better the next time.
That said, if America could go to public funded elections, it would give the politicians even more impetus to work for the common good.
Loo Hoo. @ 276
Didja ask her … “How’s Ashton?” *g*
I’m off to books and beds. Be excellent to each other.
I’d like to say one thing before I go off reading for awhile. I rarely see much I would jump with ulterior motives definitely in mind, and rarely do I say such a thing – but that “hot Marine” (Mr. Adam Kokesh) can count anything for me.
newtonusr @ 278
Mac … but I haven’t had a crash in 3 weeks, since running Opera.
Night EDP. Congrats again on your paper.
Goodnight RonD and spurious – sleep well!
LooHoo, thanks for your good wishes and kind assessment (blushes again)
And thanks LooHoo and kristine for sharing your hope.
A precious gift.
‘Omen-i-Estel Edain, u-chebin estel anim’
Kirk,
This friend and I met on one of those quirky online communities, a debate group, which has several Republican “movement” conservatives, some Dominionists, a Libertarian or two,
some atheists, liberals, Christians, agnostics, and her, the lone Wiccan, who’s very pro-union liberal. She lives in Louisiana.
And she’s the most Christian-acting of them all. She’s the one who called me when I was sick in the hospital, etc. She is so refreshing and I just love the insights I get from her.
Petrocelli @ 290
Nice! Version 9.2.1?
SunnyNobility @ 282
((( SR Sidarth )))
Petro -
As I told Suzanne last night, if I were the real Demi, we’d be meeting with the real Issa, instead of little issa. :)
g’night EDP
Petrocelli @ 262
Oh, Petrocelli-you too!
Mac Firefox and PC Firefox are two completely different animals from what I’ve seen. I run PC Firefox and love it – and have spoke with folks who try it on their Macs and they hate it because of the crashing, etc.
EvilDrPuma @ 288
We strive to, Nite, EDP!!!
Well, I think I will join the stampede and head for bed. I am going to attempt a big hike (17 miles round trip) tomorrow. We’ll see if I make it all the way. If not it will be a beautiful and joyous trek in the Bitterroot Mountains. Take care and enjoy the snark.
Suzanne @ 299
The only crash I have ever had on FFox, and I mean ever, was this afternoon while flogging it in FDL (admittedly, on purpose).
kirk murphy @ 292
Is that Arabic ? *g*
RonD @ 272
Ron, I’ll say it again. You are peachy!
I’ve gotta go too, working overtime at 11 AM — good night all, keep on pushing!
(waving to all the rabid firepups stampeding off to bed)
lol Suzanne, it did seem to hit some of us all at once! ;-)
dmoore @ 296
If you were the real Demi, I’d be the real Issa !!! *g*
SunnyNobility @ 282
Really good call.
Girl Scout is hitting the hay.
I’ve got a big day tomorrow!
nite all
(laughing LL) I’ve never seen a rabid firepup stampede before.
Last blast from here: Loo Hoo and dmoore, best of luck tomorrow!
Petrocelli @ 287
Forgot, dear!
There is an un-named Iraq war vet who, since memorial Day weekend, has walked a mile lap around the CA Capital grounds for each soldier who has died in Iraq and every 200 unknown Iraqi dead. He carries a 3×5 card with the name, age, hometown, rank, branch, cause of death and location of death. Each card has a yellow ribbon, with the name and age of each soldier. At the end of the lap he reads the information. Adds the ribbon to a board, and files the card with a volunteer manning the “base camp.”
I was fortunate to walk some laps with him this week and see him complete his obligation today. A sad, solemn milestone, made worse by the refusal of the CHP horse police who prevented the veteran and his supporters from concluding his mission at the Veteran’s Memorail on the public capital grounds – for lack of a permit – that wass purportedly denied as not needed when sought prior to the start at the end of May.
The un-named Iraq War Veteran is my personal hero this year.
Wow….was it the brazen lusting? Where everybody go?
I could tone it down a bit…..tomorrow. /snickle-snigger/
LoudounLib @ 312
thanks, we’ll do our best to live up to the lake. Imagine me walking in there with my best professional attire, sitting and crossing my legs, stopping to check my perfectly manicured nails and then asking, What the f**k are you people thinking?
DrDick @ 301
Night. Hope you don’t get a flat again!
Loo Hoo. @ 313
Did you draft a list of questions to ask li’l issa?
Here’s mine … if he appears as cocky as Alvin (B.S.) – Can I call you Dick ?
Laura Strand @ 314
Thank you for sharing this unsung hero with us.
dmoore @ 310
Talk in the mornin’!
dmoore @ 315
707 !!! 707 !!!
Please take one of those videocams hidden in a purse !!!
LoudounLib @ 312
Thanks!
Anybody left?
I’m still here, wordsmith, and Late Late Nite will be posting soon. Perhaps those who have not stampeded off to bed are doing the refresh trying to catch the next zed.
dmoore @ 315
You got nothing better to do with two fucking billion a week? Get real, mofo.
newtonusr @ 294
I’m using 9.1 at present … was not aware of an update.
new threadiness
Late Late Nite is upstairs, folks
Teddy is requesting the pleasure of your company upstairs
LoudounLib @ 295
Sidarth made up nicely for D’Souza and Ponnuru, who give all us Indians a bad name. That jackass D’Souza mocked Obama’s “quiet riot” speech … can y’all ship D’Souza off to Colombia so he can tell those people how great BushCo is?
Petrocelli @ 326
camino is a nice geko based mac browser. Snappier than firefox.
Margot @ 293
Oh Margot, I’m so glad for your experience.
This morning I was sitting with educated friends who were discussing Christians’ antipathy to science ( with excellent citations of “media Christians”)..
My grandmother’s and mother’s Christian churches and congregations offered their communities the same love and care your pagan friend offered you.
In the seventies I joined a large Protestant church as a (newly) adult member.
The church is less than five miles from Caltech and ten miles from JPL and the City of Hope.
Scientists all over the fucking place.
So many Christians I know are wonderful generous scientifically literate tolerant people.
And – in the late 70’s – MSM began to give more and more prominence and air time to a tiny unrepresentative group of haters…
and told us they were “Christian leaders”
Funny, when the megacorp CEO’s kill workers and kids -
MSM news tells us it’s the exception.
When a few ambitious sociopaths used Christ’s name to sell hate, fear, and poverty, MSM repeatedly welcomed them – for decades.
Qui bono?
_ _ _ _
No bonus points:
To their literal eternal shame – the “mainstream” Protestant denominations’ leaders were effectively silent during the Moral Majority’s Kultur War until it was too late, and Falwell begot the Christianists.
First they came…
_ _ _ _
Bonus despair point questions:
Who benefits most from twisting Jesus’ message of love and foregiveness?
What did Jesus do to the moneychangers in the Temple?
tw3k @ 331
Petro – stick with what works.
Camino (chimera) is interesting, too.
kirk murphy @ 332
I’m often ‘thrown’ into debates with fundies of all faiths, about the merits of yoga. The conversation usually ends abruptly, when I start pointing out that their beliefs contradict their holy book. Even yoga has many fundies … where there’s money and power, the biggest crooks are fundies !!!
kirk,
I hear you. I’ve never felt so surrounded by (can I say this?) evil
as when I had to give patients care that took lots of time, and had to endure Pat Robertson for hours on end.
I just thought I was in hell…
These heroes of mine died 40 years ago today (June 8, 1967) during a hostile attack on their ship while serving in the Naval Forces of the United States in the Mediterranean Sea. Their skipper, Commander W. L. McGonagle, received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his courageous actions on that day:
Cryptologic Tech 3rd Class William B. Allenbaugh, USN
Lt Cmdr. Philip M. Armstrong Jr., USN
Seaman Gary R. Blanchard, USN
Cryptologic Technician 2nd Class Allen M. Blue, NSA
Quartermaster 3rd Class Francis Brown, USN
Cryptologic Tech 2nd Class Ronnie J. Campbell, USN
Cryptologic Tech 2nd Class Jerry L. Converse, USN
Cryptologic Tech 2nd Class Robert B. Eisenberg, USN
Cryptologic Tech 2nd Class Jerry L. Goss, USN
Cryptologic Tech 1st Class Curtis L. Graves, USN
Cryptologic Tech Lawrence P. Hayden, USN
Cryptologic Tech 1st Class Warren Hersey, USN
Cryptologic Tech 3rd Class Alan Higgins, USN
Seaman Carl L. Hoar, USN
Cryptologic Tech 2nd Class Richard W. Keene, USN
Cryptologic Tech James L. Lenau, USN
Chief Cryptologic Tech Raymond E. Linn, USN
Cryptologic Tech 1st Class James M. Lupton, USN
Cryptologic Tech 3rd Class Duane R. Marggraf, USN
Cryptologic Tech David W. Marlborough, USN
Cryptologic Tech 2nd Class Anthony P. Mendle, USN
Cryptologic Tech Carl C. Nygren, USN
Lt. James C. Pierce, USN
Sgt. Jack Raper, U.S.M.C.
Cpl. Edward Rehmayer II, U.S.M.C.
Interior Comms Electrician David N. Skolak, USN
Cryptologic Tech 1st Class John C. Smith Jr, USN
Chief Cryptologic Tech Melvin D. Smith, USN
Postal Clerk 2nd Class John C. Spicher, USN
Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Alexander N. Thompson, USN
Cryptologic Tech 3rd Class Thomas R. Thornton, USN
Cryptologic Tech 3rd Class Phillipe C. Tiedtke, USN
Lt. Stephen S. Toth, USN
Cryptologic Tech 1st Class Frederick J. Walton, USN
May they be honored as long as our nation remains independent.
Just thought I’d say that Jane is looking wonderful in that video segment! I hope you feel as good as you’re looking, Jane! :-)
Petrocelli,
Here in my part of the Bible Belt,
meditation is seen as Satanic by some churches.
Margot @ 338
Yep, and many Rabbis (if not all) say it is not kosher, but there are lots of Christians and Jews practising yoga/meditation and getting lots of benefits from doing so. IIRC, even Laura Bush has learnt Yoga/Meditation.
Jane! Brains and Beauty! What more can I say!
It’s always a pleasure to drop in at FDL and bask in the radiant smile of Jane Hamsher!
One day this site will be recognized as the twenty-first century equivalent of Common Sense.
“Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.”
A toast to Jane, Christy, Marcy, T-Rex, and the Spirit of FDL!
Just a thought.
In March 2004, the Bush Gang backed down from their demand that the DOJ rubber-stamp (reauthorize without question) the illegal, warrantless wiretapping program, but only after about 30 top DOJ officials threatened to resign in protest.
In the Fall of 2003, John Ashcroft recused himself from the Valerie Plame case, turning it over to one of his deputies, James Comey, who then appointed Patrick Fitzgerald. Ashcroft’s recusal, though, apparently occurred months after the initial request by the CIA to investigate the outing of one of their covert “protected” operatives.
Therefore, did CIA officials threaten to resign in protest if a full-scale investigation wasn’t immediately launched into who was responsible for committing this treasonous act? Was this what prompted Ashcroft to finally recuse himself and stop his stonewalling of any investigation happening?
I believe this is very likely what happened in the Fall of 2003.
Both of these incidences involving the White House, John Ashcroft and James Comey occurred just months apart. Both involved illegal activities of the Bush administration. Which makes me think that the only thing that got the attention of the people involved was the threat of mass resignations, first at the CIA and several months later at the DOJ, within one year of Bush trying to get reelected.
A thought to all named and un-named people
who added to and expanded the horizons of our world,
speak only opinions based on fact,
and increase justice and peace,
and pushed back the darkness
of those who would place limits to our horizons,
use misdirection, fraud and lie
and deny justice
They be teh Heros.