Comments on: Late Nite FDL: Don’t Go There, Girl

By: Geralyn Horton

Geralyn Horton — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 15:15:23 +0000

Every day this war goes on, the Bush family and its allies get richer, while 9 American citizens out of 10 get poorer and deeper in debt. The psychic energy required for our President/War Profiteer to not realize this himself and feel guilty about it must be even greater than the energy he is putting into the effort to convince Americans that his version of the war’s effect on Iraqis bears some relationship to reality.

By: Mauimom

Mauimom — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 14:31:51 +0000

Proposed new slogan/chant for the next anti-war demonstration [would look good on freeway blogger signs as well]:

How would you know? You didn’t go!! or

How would Bush know? He didn’t go!!

By: Judge Moonbox

Judge Moonbox — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 13:45:32 +0000

We should also remember that what Dan Rather did in bringing attention to Bush’s being AWOL comes close to proving that 2 2=4 using dollar bills that turn out to be counterfeit. Would such have proved that he’s biased against those who think 2 2=5? Of all the records that have been mentioned regarding Bush’s “service” record, there isn’t one vouching for him which couldn’t have been a lie by an applepolisher afraid of his then-Congressman father.

By: bob h

bob h — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:06:26 +0000

Don’t blame Bush; alcohol has erased his memory of those times, and his speechwriter is a graduate of Regent University.

By: NoSnow

NoSnow — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:06:12 +0000

And the MSM lapped it up like the finest milk and honey. Blech.

By: bobschacht

bobschacht — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:08:04 +0000

Is this place bugged? It seemed so during the 100s. Anyway, as long as we’re OT, I’d like to provide this:

Second Quarter report on Priming the Pump

*On April 27, looseheadprop wrote her top post on Priming the Pump

*In looseheadprop’s post, she called for a “virtual think tank” to develop articles of impeachment that satisfied certain standards and order of proof.

In the days since her post, I didn’t notice anyone stepping up to respond. So, following a tip by Selise, I started a workspace to develop such a virtual think tank, Priming the Pump workspace on May 19.

*On May 20, I headlined looseheadprop’s idea in a post on DailyKos, Priming the Pump for Impeachment. I also notified David Swanson, who had organized an impeachment website. That same day, the site got more than 300 views. Around that time, half a dozen people, mostly associated with FDL, “joined” the site.

My vision for this workspace was to create a communal workspace in which activists interested in impeachment could work to develop and refine articles of impeachment on Bush, Cheney, and Gonzales, following guidelines suggested by looseheadprop. This vision has not been realized, as to date I have been the only one who has added content to the site.

But that doesn’t mean that the site has been ignored. Usage statistics show a steady stream of visitors. The most popular pages on the site have been (”Articles of Impeachment for” [AOIF]):

1. The home page, 627 views
2;. AOIF President George W. Bush, 147 views;
3. AOIF Vice President Dick Cheney, 121 views;
4. AOIF Attorney-General Alberto Gonzales, 114 views;
5. AOIF George W. Bush et al. (BushCo.), 61 views;
6. Introduction and guiding principles, 50 views

Also, in addition to the daily stream of views, there have also been a few days with especially large numbers of visits:

* Initial launch:
5/20/2007 309 views
5/21/2007 78
5/22/2007 70

5/24/2007 36

5/27/2007 67
5/28/2007 43
5/29/2007 31

7/13/2007 41

8/1/2007 44

When new resources become available, I add them. There is still a lot of basic work to do, but each page has solid information to start with. The Gonzales page is a particular focus of attention now, because there are indications that the impeachment of Gonzales is the most likely to be put back on the table.

And each page has a “discussion” tab, and those comments do get viewers.

The invitation to help remains open!

Bob in HI

By: things come undone

things come undone — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:35:58 +0000

Thank You Mod!

By: ccmask

ccmask — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:26:40 +0000

Fern @ 288

ccmask @ 286

If Maliki makes it to Monday, I would be very surprised. rip

Why do you say that?

I think he is getting set up. Bush is sticking up for him so that he will look so surprised when it happens. JMO

By: QuakerGirl

QuakerGirl — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:15:00 +0000

Fern @ 288

ccmask @ 286

If Maliki makes it to Monday, I would be very surprised. rip

Why do you say that?

Didn’t Condi Rice pursue him so he’d be our boy in ~~Havana~~ Iraq.

By: things come undone

things come undone — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 05:13:37 +0000

Mod help please at my comment at 284 instead of ” It also shields you acknowledging ” could you please change it to “It also shields you from acknowledging”

Done.