zed!

sneaking back in…first?

dangit

ROFLMAO Teddy – that will chap Ah-nold hide getting that stirred up on the net. Nice going!

Lovely. Why does he look like he’s leering even here?

peanutbutter @ 5

Lovely. Why does he look like he’s leering even here?

Because he is. Another simple answer to a simple question!

Thought there was no late late on Sundays.

Save it for Posterity’s sake, Teddy!!!

Loo Hoo. @ 7

Thought there was no late late on Sundays.

Doesn’t 300 comments start making the server cranky? It’s at 317 downstairs, and doesn’t seem to have yet posted my invite to come on up here yet…

hey CT, happy birthday! (it’s your birthday on the East Coast, anyway!)

Loo Hoo. @ 7

Thought there was no late late on Sundays.

Saturdays, LooHoo, not Sundays. In fact, Teddy put up a late late nite last night to help the servers.

I saw the invite.

LoudounLib @ 10

hey CT, happy birthday! (it’s your birthday on the East Coast, anyway!)

Oh hey, have a happy one in one and a half hours… (from the West coast)

some pretty pictures from sonoma:

http://freewayblogger.blogspot…..certo.html

and my favorite part of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

Suzanne @ 4

ROFLMAO Teddy – that will chap Ah-nold hide getting that stirred up on the net. Nice going!

Hope I don’t get my pay docked for this one….

peanutbutter @ 13

LoudounLib @ 10

hey CT, happy birthday! (it’s your birthday on the East Coast, anyway!)

Oh hey, have a happy one in one and a half hours… (from the West coast)

Mahalo Nui Loa!!!

It posted, peanutbutter.

But I like Ahnald for not endorsing the electoral change:

“It’s interesting,” said Mark DiCamillo, the poll director. “Voters initially favor the idea out of a general sense of fairness. Winner-take-all seems extreme in most settings — say, if you’re allocating bonuses across a company.”

But voters grow more partisan as they learn more, and California’s long history of ballot initiatives suggests two major challenges, DiCamillo noted: It is much easier to mobilize a “no” campaign, and initiatives that start out with less than 50 percent support invariably fail. “A well-funded, crafty ‘no’ campaign usually can defeat a well-funded ‘yes’ campaign,” he said. “I’ve seen it again and again. All you have to do is reframe the issue.”

The proposal took an early hit Friday when Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger did not endorse it. “In principle, I don’t like to change the rules in the middle of the game,” he said.

And now a short film to be shown at the 2008 Republican National Convention.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on his coming of age, er yeah that’s the ticket.

-GSD

TeddySanFran @ 15

Suzanne @ 4

ROFLMAO Teddy – that will chap Ah-nold hide getting that stirred up on the net. Nice going!

Hope I don’t get my pay docked for this one….

I’ll help cover any fine when my Soros check arrives.

Betcha the state GOP tries to get him to go along, though. Doesn’t he owe his governorship to “changing the rules in the middle of the game” — the recall?

scarlet p. @ 14

some pretty pictures from sonoma:

http://freewayblogger.blogspot…..certo.html

and my favorite part of the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto

My favorite pictures – scarlet p ones!

Teddy, Fansatic find!

btw, You might want to bookmark this photo site for a rainy day.

Tonights GOP convention proudly presents a brief film.

Arnold Schwarzengger goes to Brazil and spreads the word of God.

-GSD

TeddySanFran @ 21

Betcha the state GOP tries to get him to go along, though. Doesn’t he owe his governorship to “changing the rules in the middle of the game” — the recall?

So true.

GSD @ 19

And now a short film to be shown at the 2008 Republican National Convention.

Arnold Schwarzenegger on his coming of age, er yeah that’s the ticket.

-GSD

707!!
I’m really tempted to swap this one instead.

Suzanne @ 17

It posted, peanutbutter.

Yup, what, 10 minutes later? :-) Gets tiresome watching that thing spin…

Yanno, Teddy, since Ah-nold is obviously inhaling, doesn’t that preclude him from holding national office?

Good night, firepups. Have many sweet dreams of piles of money for Darcy Burner and a better Dem congress in ‘08.

Toodles.

Eureka Springs @ 23

Teddy, Fansatic find!

btw, You might want to bookmark this photo site for a rainy day.

I love the roller skates!

peanutbutter @ 27

Suzanne @ 17

It posted, peanutbutter.

Yup, what, 10 minutes later? :-) Gets tiresome watching that thing spin…

it posted immediately to the thread.. watch the wording… it will say first ‘your comment will appear shortly’ and then goes to ‘refreshing comments’. it is the refreshing comments part that gets stuck on a new thread – so you can safely navigate away from the page when you get stuck there – the comment has posted.

its a word press glitch the tech crew is working on

Teddy, if you change the video, then our comments (and deep inhaling jokes) will make no sense :(

I vant to apallogize to all de vomen I haf groped.

-Da Guvernah-nator

Suzanne @ 32

Teddy, if you change the video, then our comments (and deep inhaling jokes) will make no sense :(

The title of the post won’t make sense, either

Suzanne @ 31

peanutbutter @ 27

Yup, what, 10 minutes later? :-) Gets tiresome watching that thing spin…

it posted immediately to the thread.. watch the wording… it will say first ‘your comment will appear shortly’ and then goes to ‘refreshing comments’. it is the refreshing comments part that gets stuck on a new thread – so you can safely navigate away from the page when you get stuck there – the comment has posted.

its a word press glitch the tech crew is working on

That’s what I would have thought, but there have been times I’ve navigated away and it hadn’t posted. So I try to leave it alone and open a new tab instead…give it plenty of time to think it over.

Suzanne @ 28

Yanno, Teddy, since Ah-nold is obviously inhaling, doesn’t that preclude him from holding national office?

Youthful indiscretion; also IOKIYAR

GSD @ 33

I vant to apallogize to all de vomen I haf groped.

-Da Guvernah-nator

I am sorry de vomen slapped me and you found out.

Alrighty…work will come a’knockin’ early in the morning, so I will bid you all adieu until next time!

Great catch, GSD!!

TeddySanFran @ 36

Suzanne @ 28

Yanno, Teddy, since Ah-nold is obviously inhaling, doesn’t that preclude him from holding national office?

Youthful indiscretion; also IOKIYAR

I hear he hangs out in the legislature, especially the joint committees.

g’night pb

I have “favorited” them both on YouTube for later use. I’ll take my punishment for this seven second when it’s meted out.

LoudounLib @ 3

dangit

Are the Nats going to be the ones to kill off the Dodgers’ playoff chances, once and for all and before the end of August?

TeddySanFran @ 42

I have “favorited” them both on YouTube for later use. I’ll take my punishment for this seven second when it’s meted out.

I got your back, Teddy.

GSD @ 33

I vant to apallogize to all de vomen I haf groped.

-Da Guvernah-nator

A haf grope is an insult.

Aw, man, don’t get me started on that ‘recall’…Darrell Issa and the manufactured lynching of Gray Davis, who may not have been the most dynamic governor in history, but was not totally to blame for the ‘energy crisis’ – the thieves at Enron and their ilk did it. So Arnold got about 11% of the vote to stick him in office.

burnspbesq @ 43

LoudounLib @ 3

dangit

Are the Nats going to be the ones to kill off the Dodgers’ playoff chances, once and for all and before the end of August?

The Nats are nothing if not great spoilers, at times — I’m sure they’d love to contribute in any way possible ;-)

LoudounLib @ 47

burnspbesq @ 43

Are the Nats going to be the ones to kill off the Dodgers’ playoff chances, once and for all and before the end of August?

The Nats are nothing if not great spoilers, at times — I’m sure they’d love to contribute in any way possible ;-)

Giants did a number on the Brewers this weekend. sigh – it’s come to this.

LoudounLib @ 47

burnspbesq @ 43

Are the Nats going to be the ones to kill off the Dodgers’ playoff chances, once and for all and before the end of August?

The Nats are nothing if not great spoilers, at times — I’m sure they’d love to contribute in any way possible ;-)

NL East could be all but over a week from tonight. Mets lead by 6 over Philly and 7 over the Hated Braves; they play seven games against those teams this week. If they go 5-2 or better … Meanwhile, the Yanks and Sox, and Angels and Mariners, also go head to head this week.

Best enjoy it while you can, baseball fans. The is a large, strangely shaped (an oval with pointed ends?), dark cloud on the horizon, and it’s headed this way.

G’night, all. Time to take these creaky bones to bed and dream of the future, when the Younger will be back in school again.

punaise @ 48

LoudounLib @ 47

The Nats are nothing if not great spoilers, at times — I’m sure they’d love to contribute in any way possible ;-)

Giants did a number on the Brewers this weekend. sigh – it’s come to this.

Have no fear pun. ** will be gone soon and the curse will be lifted.

punaise @ 48

LoudounLib @ 47

The Nats are nothing if not great spoilers, at times — I’m sure they’d love to contribute in any way possible ;-)

Giants did a number on the Brewers this weekend. sigh – it’s come to this.

Two months ago the Brew-has had the best record in the National League. Is this a case of pretenders being found out?

peanutbutter @ 38

Alrighty…work will come a’knockin’ early in the morning, so I will bid you all adieu until next time!

Nite, PB!

Now that I am an official empty nester, I gotta say, it is very nice to not have to deal with all the back to school stuff any more.

punaise @ 48

LoudounLib @ 47

The Nats are nothing if not great spoilers, at times — I’m sure they’d love to contribute in any way possible ;-)

Giants did a number on the Brewers this weekend. sigh – it’s come to this.

speaking of numbers, I’m still in disbelief about that O’s/Rangers game earlier in the week. 30-3…the O’s are free-falling

I pose the following question to our friends in NorCal:

Is it possible to be a progressive and a Raiders fan without one’s head exploding?

Cho was a special ed student in high school:

By Brigid Schulte and Tim Craig
Washington Post Staff Writers

Fairfax County school officials determined that Seung Hui Cho suffered from an anxiety disorder so severe that they put him in special education and devised a plan to help, according to sources familiar with his history, but Virginia Tech was never told of the problem.

The disorder made Cho unable to speak in social settings and was deemed an emotional disability, the sources said. When he stopped getting the help that Fairfax was providing, Cho became even more isolated and suffered severe ridicule during his four years at Virginia Tech, experts suggested. In his senior year, Cho killed 32 students and faculty members and himself in the deadliest shooting by an individual in U.S. history.

The condition, called selective mutism, is a symptom of a larger social anxiety disorder. It prompted the Fairfax school system to develop a detailed special education plan to help ease Cho’s fears so he might begin to talk more openly, the sources said.

Part of his individualized program in Fairfax excused Cho from participating in class discussions, according to the sources, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the confidentiality of Cho’s records. Another part of the plan called for private therapy to resolve his underlying anxiety. The therapy and special provisions were “apparently effective,” the sources said.

burnspbesq @ 56

I pose the following question to our friends in NorCal:

Is it possible to be a progressive and a Raiders fan without one’s head exploding?

Yes.

burnspbesq @ 56

I pose the following question to our friends in NorCal:

Is it possible to be a progressive and a Raiders fan without one’s head exploding?

far-fetched, but not out of the question.

burnspbesq @ 56

I pose the following question to our friends in NorCal:

Is it possible to be a progressive and a Raiders fan without one’s head exploding?

If you’re a Raider fan, how would anyone know that your head exploded?

Poll: Young voters disenchanted with Republican party

burnspbesq @ 56

I pose the following question to our friends in NorCal:

Is it possible to be a progressive and a Raiders fan without one’s head exploding?

Being a Die-hard Broncos fan, since Craig Morton QB’ed, I’d have to say no, an oxymoron…!!!

CTuttle @ 62

Being a Die-hard Broncos fan, since Craig Morton QB’ed, I’d have to say no, an oxymoron…!!!

Craig Morton. Fun team. Was it Red Miller’s team then?

I grew up in a town where basketball and soccer were both bigger than football, and my college’s football team sucked while I was there, so I have never been much of a football fan. If that makes me a bad American, so be it.

I don’t recall seeing my oldest girl’s head explode and she is a die-hard Raiders fan – also likes the A’s (must be from her father’s side of the family) but she claims it is just being an East Bay fan through and through.

punaise @ 61

Poll: Young voters disenchanted with Republican party

That’s healthy!

Suzanne @ 54

Now that I am an official empty nester, I gotta say, it is very nice to not have to deal with all the back to school stuff any more.

Having 9 more years before I’m an ‘empty-nester’, I have mixed emotions about back-to-school. On the plus side – free time during the day. On the minus side – 5:00 AM wake-up! I’m a late sleeper by nature, but being a mom made short work of that.

newtonusr @ 63

CTuttle @ 62

Being a Die-hard Broncos fan, since Craig Morton QB’ed, I’d have to say no, an oxymoron…!!!

Craig Morton. Fun team. Was it Red Miller’s team then?

Good question, I thought Pat Bowlen had bought the team in ‘75 or ‘76…

I can pretty much do without football, although I do still stick with the Skins. During football season I’m always just waiting for spring training to begin.

we just re-upped for another four years of high school – this time, punaisette.

Alicia, it is the best – not having to wake up early. Having breakfast for dinner if I feel like it. Or dinner for breakfast. I can run around nekkid and no one goes blind.

It is very freeing.

I’m out; back to work tomorrow after a week off.

Pleasant dreams, everyone.

Salon.com:

Hey, Dems: Run against Bush — and toughen up — or lose in ‘08

Drew Westen, author of “The Political Brain,” evaluates the Democratic presidential candidates’ ads and the party’s messaging in general. Short version: More Jim Webb, less John Kerry.

g’night burns — wow, that vacation went fast, huh?

CTuttle @ 68

newtonusr @ 63

Craig Morton. Fun team. Was it Red Miller’s team then?

Good question, I thought Pat Bowlen had bought the team in ‘75 or ‘76…

In case you’re not kidding…

LoudounLib @ 74

g’night burns — wow, that vacation went fast, huh?

Didn’t really feel like a vacation, since I didn’t go anywhere. More like a nine-day weekend, full of chores and back-to-school shopping.

Next year, I’m taking a real vacation. Going to the Outer Banks for a week in June, right after school gets out. Spouse and kid are welcome to come, but if they don’t want to, that’s cool too.

Alicia @ 46

Aw, man, don’t get me started on that ‘recall’…Darrell Issa and the manufactured lynching of Gray Davis, who may not have been the most dynamic governor in history, but was not totally to blame for the ‘energy crisis’ – the thieves at Enron and their ilk did it. So Arnold got about 11% of the vote to stick him in office.

We wuz robbed. It was a clear decision to take Gray Davis down. Why the GOP feared him so, I’ll never know, but they wanted this governorship, that’s for sure.

At least we didn’t get Issa!

burnspbesq @ 76

LoudounLib @ 74

g’night burns — wow, that vacation went fast, huh?

Didn’t really feel like a vacation, since I didn’t go anywhere. More like a nine-day weekend, full of chores and back-to-school shopping.

Understood. But at least it was a week away from the job ;-)

it was the ‘reek, all’ election.

LoudounLib @ 69

I can pretty much do without football, although I do still stick with the Skins. During football season I’m always just waiting for spring training to begin.

LL, who needs it when you’re a (FB) Music Mogul *g* you fast!

I am so glad I am retired. Other than the bad pay, the bennies are great (unless of course you are talking actual benefits).

Tribe Scribe — aiiiyeee, I’ve been found out ;-)

Suz, I am envious…can’t wait to find out what retirement’s all about in 5 years…

LoudounLib @ 83

Suz, I am envious…can’t wait to find out what retirement’s all about in 5 years…

I’m hoping for four years. Sounds too good, Suz!

Suzanne @ 81

I am so glad I am retired. Other than the bad pay, the bennies are great (unless of course you are talking actual benefits).

B-B-B-Bennies and the jest

LoudounLib @ 82

Tribe Scribe — aiiiyeee, I’ve been found out ;-)

I’m just a minnowy Music Expert –
(bowing in your most excellent presence :)

My ex got 6 years of my retirement or I could retire at the end of this school year…

and he refuses to move it over to his IRA so I can buy back the years.

newtonusr @ 75

CTuttle @ 68

Good question, I thought Pat Bowlen had bought the team in ‘75 or ‘76…

In case you’re not kidding…

Sorry, I pretty much remembered the Dan Reeves era, didn’t follow them too closely prior! Tho, I remembered Staubach beating on them SB XII or XIII (1978!)

I do nothing and I do it magnificently. I wake up when I wanna, eat what I wanna when I wanna where i wanna for how ever long i wanna – its all about me and my time schedule – not someone else’s imposed upon me.

But, on the flip side, pennies count when on a fixed income.

TribeScribe @ 86

LoudounLib @ 82

Tribe Scribe — aiiiyeee, I’ve been found out ;-)

I’m just a minnowy Music Expert –
(bowing in your most excellent presence :)

Ah, yes, I remember it well — the days when I was a Music Expert. Just keep plugging away at it and maybe you’ll join me ;-)

dang it, punaise, i can’t think of a single elton john song now to retort back with.

Suz, that sounds wonderful. What I’m most looking forward to is not having to report to work, as in no more public safety jobs after I retire. I’ll find something fun and part-time.

TeddySanFran @ 77

Alicia @ 46

Aw, man, don’t get me started on that ‘recall’…Darrell Issa and the manufactured lynching of Gray Davis, who may not have been the most dynamic governor in history, but was not totally to blame for the ‘energy crisis’ – the thieves at Enron and their ilk did it. So Arnold got about 11% of the vote to stick him in office.

We wuz robbed. It was a clear decision to take Gray Davis down. Why the GOP feared him so, I’ll never know, but they wanted this governorship, that’s for sure.

At least we didn’t get Issa!

Teddy, from what I understand, there has been a Texas Republican big-money consortium that has had their eye on putting Ahnuld in office a la Reagan for many years – starting with making him the ‘fitness guy’ if you remember that. I think that they manufactured that opportunity. I think Gray Davis was incidental to the process.

Suzanne @ 89

I do nothing and I do it magnificently. I wake up when I wanna, eat what I wanna when I wanna where i wanna for how ever long i wanna – its all about me and my time schedule – not someone else’s imposed upon me.

But, on the flip side, pennies count when on a fixed income.

I hear ya, Ma’am!!! I shall bid another fond adieu to the Lake, expecting an early birthday gift! ;-)

Aloha Oe!!!

Loo Hoo. @ 87

My ex got 6 years of my retirement or I could retire at the end of this school year…

and he refuses to move it over to his IRA so I can buy back the years.

that sux loohoo :(

g’night CT, enjoy your birthday!

Suzanne @ 91

dang it, punaise, i can’t think of a single elton john song now to retort back with.

what’s Taupin you?

g’nite CT – happy birthday in 41 minutes.

Loo Hoo. @ 87

My ex got 6 years of my retirement or I could retire at the end of this school year…

and he refuses to move it over to his IRA so I can buy back the years.

Pardon me for dipping in where it is none of my business, but…
He sounds fucking swell.

newtonusr @ 99

Loo Hoo. @ 87

My ex got 6 years of my retirement or I could retire at the end of this school year…

and he refuses to move it over to his IRA so I can buy back the years.

Pardon me for dipping in where it is none of my business, but…
He sounds fucking swell.

Agreed.

Happy B-day, CTuttle!

LoudounLib @ 90

TribeScribe @ 86

I’m just a minnowy Music Expert –
(bowing in your most excellent presence :)

Ah, yes, I remember it well — the days when I was a Music Expert. Just keep plugging away at it and maybe you’ll join me ;-)

aw geez. how many more levels are there?
does your aura grow and do you sprout wings when you get there? *g*

punaise @ 85

Suzanne @ 81

I am so glad I am retired. Other than the bad pay, the bennies are great (unless of course you are talking actual benefits).

B-B-B-Bennies and the jest

LOL
What did we do without you,Punaise? ;)

ohmygawd, pun, i’m so folding under pressure here. i can only think of tiny dancer and sure as hell can’t figure out a way to pun that one

Tribe Scribe, that is the burning question. Apparently there is yet one more level to be reached after mogul, and I’m not quite there yet.

He’s mean. That’s why I divorced him. Just plain mean. But at least I don’t have him around telling me how stupid and lazy I am!

good night, yellow brick blog…

punaise @ 107

good night, yellow brick blog…

where the pups of FDL howl…

Loo Hoo. @ 106

He’s mean. That’s why I divorced him. Just plain mean. But at least I don’t have him around telling me how stupid and lazy I am!

I hear ya, loohoo. fundy #2 was meaner than a junk yard dog. enjoyed it. the poverty was worth it just to get the hell away and have peace and quiet again.

punaise @ 107

good night, yellow brick blog…

Don’t let the sun go down on you, punaise!

punaise @ 107

good night, yellow brick blog…

(banging head on keyboard) why could i not think of that? g’nite pun

here’s some Cheney news…the two eclipses coming up oppose his ascendant (who he is, his body)…we won’t hear too much about this at first, not til Saturn crosses his ascendant around October 7th.
Things will start to get hairy with his health at that time.
thought you’d like to know.

spiderpaws @ 112

here’s some Cheney news…the two eclipses coming up oppose his ascendant (who he is, his body)…we won’t hear too much about this at first, not til Saturn crosses his ascendant around October 7th.
Things will start to get hairy with his health at that time.
thought you’d like to know.

Am I a bad person for rubbing my hands together gleefully at this news?

Thanks spidey. Big time (grin)

spiderpaws @ 112

here’s some Cheney news…the two eclipses coming up oppose his ascendant (who he is, his body)…we won’t hear too much about this at first, not til Saturn crosses his ascendant around October 7th.
Things will start to get hairy with his health at that time.
thought you’d like to know.

As long as it’s an act of Dog…

LooHoo might take comfort in the fact her ex will be holding worthless stock soon.

punaise @ 97

Suzanne @ 91

dang it, punaise, i can’t think of a single elton john song now to retort back with.

what’s Taupin you?

oh, punaise, i missed you SO!

newt, it could also be a very convenient excuse to try to bail out of the accountability moment coming like a roaring freight train towards him.

That’s good news Spidey, both items!

spidey, what’s it looking like for travel (of the overseas variety) in late Sept/early Oct?

How does it work if a VP has to be replaced? Congressional approval?

Loo Hoo. @ 120

How does it work if a VP has to be replaced? Congressional approval?

Trying to remember – I believe Ford had to be confirmed by the Senate when Agnew was indicted resigned.

Suzanne @ 117

newt, it could also be a very convenient excuse to try to bail out of the accountability moment coming like a roaring freight train towards him.

“accountability moment”. I dream of this for these pricks. Very few have come their way, considering.

I keep hoping the dems are holding on to some secret final hearings that will blow the republicans to smithereens just before the elections.

Looks like Abu might be taking a walk.

Loo Hoo. @ 120

How does it work if a VP has to be replaced? Congressional approval?

Preznit nominates someone who must be approved by both Houses 50% plus one. Amendment XXV, Section 2.

(That little Constitution Rhonda Ross for Congress handed out at Yearly Kos comes in handy!)

But there’s actually no requirement to do so. We could go directly to impeachment instead. ;)

I’m out, y’all….good night.

Straight to impeachment…

Night LL.

Highlights of your vacation, punaise?

Iirc, Agnew resigned to avoid an indictment up in New England. Perhaps that is similar to what cheeney hopes to avoid if he resigns for health reasons. Not gonna happen that way but nice try, (pause) dick.

g’nite ll. progressive dreams

Nighters, Suzanne. Sleep as late as you like with nobody needing anything!

I read g’nite all!

g’nite ll. progressive dreams

Well I would wait to travel til after the eclipses are totaly finished…that would be after September 11 and out of the orb of influence (5-8 days). There is a partial solar eclipse on that day. After that things look pretty good until October 11th when Mercury goes retrograde. This is not necesarily a bad time to travel but you want to have all your plans made, tickets bought and ducks lined up before retrograde starts. And be prepared for little snafus during retrograde. Things slow down then so I find it a nice time to travel if you don’t get hungup on everything being perfect.

Spiro Agnew

And with that cheerful wiki link, I shall retire.

Good nite, all — and Christy, Good Morning! If you want to take down the YouTube, I will certainly understand!

sorry loo hoo – i’ll try to remember the capital letters :)

Krugman’s got a good one up today:

And Rudy Giuliani’s call for “free-market solutions, not soc*alist models” was about health care, not education.

But thinking about how we’d react if they said the same things about education helps dispel the fog of obfuscation right-wingers use to obscure the true nature of their position on children’s health.

The truth is that there’s no difference in principle between saying that every American child is entitled to an education and saying that every American child is entitled to adequate health care. It’s just a matter of historical accident that we think of access to free K-12 education as a basic right, but consider having the government pay children’s medical bills “welfare,“ with all the negative connotations that go with that term.

This health thing will be the best time to get Cheney out. He does not believe for a minute he will be impeached. He feels he is immune, above the fray. His health could knock him on his ass just like he did to the quail.

g’nite teddy thanks for the great posts (and I like the video)

spiderpaws @ 135

This health thing will be the best time to get Cheney out. He does not believe for a minute he will be impeached. He feels he is immune, above the fray. His health could knock him on his ass just like he did to the quail.

kinda like a karmic payback for shooting an old guy in the face. works for me :)

goodnite Teddy, so glad you found that clip of Ahnold! choice

TeddySanFran @ 124

Loo Hoo. @ 120

How does it work if a VP has to be replaced? Congressional approval?

Preznit nominates someone who must be approved by both Houses 50% plus one. Amendment XXV, Section 2.

(That little Constitution Rhonda Ross for Congress handed out at Yearly Kos comes in handy!)

But there’s actually no requirement to do so. We could go directly to impeachment instead. ;)

In which case Nancy Pelosi becomes president, if the Senate manages to convict or the President resigns.

Good night, Teddy. I’m going to hit it too.

LooHoo, your comment is freed. You had a word within a word that is a brand name drug word.

…and everything else he shot in the face especially helpless baby quail that couldn’t yet fly. That’s his kinda thing tho, get ‘em while there down so you can’t miss…unless you’re drunk.

spiderpaws @ 142

…and everything else he shot in the face especially helpless baby quail that couldn’t yet fly. That’s his kinda thing tho, get ‘em while there down so you can’t miss…unless you’re drunk.

is why him and george stick firecrackers in frogs and blow em up boosh get along so well.

…it is sooooo delicious to contemplate….the idea he could have a massive @#$$%%^&*(!~@#$%^^&?”: !!!!!!!!!! And guess what, it isn’t a one nighter. Saturn crosses his ascendant and nestles into his first house for 2 1/2 years!!!!!!!!! bye bye birdie! good bye old sweetiepie. bye bye birdie, time for you to die.

oops…time for you to fly!

spiderpaws @ 144

…it is sooooo delicious to contemplate….the idea he could have a massive @#$$%%^&*(!~@#$%^^&?”: !!!!!!!!!! And guess what, it isn’t a one nighter. Saturn crosses his ascendant and nestles into his first house for 2 1/2 years!!!!!!!!! bye bye birdie! good bye old sweetiepie. bye bye birdie, time for you to die.

lets presume his ticker takes a lickin and stops ticking. what about that crack team of medics that area always just a heartbeat away from him? you think this is an unrecoverable event in his stars?

spiderpaws @ 145

oops…time for you to fly!

i would say that was freudian eh, spidey (laughing)

This is equivalant to having a ten ton elephant sitting on your chest…it really cramps your style on a personal and health basis. there is only so much any crack team can do with a bad ticker and personally I think they put in a dud battery last time. Even if they save him, he will be so fragile he will have to go sit in his lazyboy and shoot quail from that position.

Hopefully, his chair is gonna be in the federal pen and I happen to know that they don’t let the prisoners have access to weapons (or quail) in any of their facilities.

We’ve had some very good astrologers talking about the horrible month September is stacking up to be. Some actually predict the market will crash big time.

…do the feds have lazyboys? other than themselves?

…Pluto on the US ascendant in one of these eclipses.

September was when it crashed big time last time, iirc, spidey.

nope, no lazyboys, no quail, big time is going to be doing hard time :)

…okay, looks like everyone toddled off to the land of nod

spiderpaws @ 152

…Pluto on the US ascendant in one of these eclipses.

which eclipse? this one or the next one?

i think newt is still around (and now would be a great time for any of the non-commenting readers to de-lurk).

somehow I dont think he will make it to the pen (as you call it – am thinking of a chicken pen here)…maybe one with a big hard stone on top

spiderpaws-I always enjoy your astral projections.
A dud battery! Hmm, now how could something like that possibly happen with his top med team by his side…

looks like its just us californians…maybe we should call Arnold up and get some of what he’s got.

Suzanne @ 157

i think newt is still around (and now would be a great time for any of the non-commenting readers to de-lurk).

I’m here, Suz. Just don’t know jack about astrology, so I read quietly.

ironranger @ 158

spiderpaws-I always enjoy your astral projections.
A dud battery! Hmm, now how could something like that possibly happen with his top med team by his side…

(putting on tin foil hat and affixing strap) payback by the intelligence community?

here they are all standing around and it comes out that two of them are Dems and one an independant with only one Repub on the team…the independant pulls out the battery he brought and says this could decide this elective surgery, let’s use it. So they do…

spiderpaws @ 162

here they are all standing around and it comes out that two of them are Dems and one an independant with only one Repub on the team…the independant pulls out the battery he brought and says this could decide this elective surgery, let’s use it. So they do…

I bet dick vetts the medical team and makes sure they are all republicans and drink the koolaid.

And it is all tin foil hat at this moment :)

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.

spiderpaws @ 164

There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.

And that same crack is how the truth gets out.

…snore…well gang, in view of the exteme liveliness of ya’ll, I’m moving on…Suzanne, am off to the hill.

enjoy the almost full moon, spidey – it is a lovely, soft, bright night up here in the redwoods.

Suzanne@162:
Tin foil hat or not, I’m just glad I’m one of the little people. For all that talk of loyalty in the wh, it still looks a watch-your-back, palace intrigue world to me.

…yah, here too…purrfect for night people…

Not computer savvy enough to know how to post a link, but any Arnold afficionado should be familiar with the Youtube posting of “Arnold in Brazil.” You’ll see what a creep he is as he boorishly leers, fondles and intimidates his gracious Brazilian female hosts. Think Borat with a German accent. Enjoy!!!

ironranger @ 168

Suzanne@162:
Tin foil hat or not, I’m just glad I’m one of the little people. For all that talk of loyalty in the wh, it still looks a watch-your-back, palace intrigue world to me.

I agree, ironranger. A definite hostile work environment.

Loo Hoo. @ 135

Krugman’s got a good one up today:

And Rudy Giuliani’s call for “free-market solutions, not soc*alist models” was about health care, not education.

But thinking about how we’d react if they said the same things about education helps dispel the fog of obfuscation right-wingers use to obscure the true nature of their position on children’s health.

The truth is that there’s no difference in principle between saying that every American child is entitled to an education and saying that every American child is entitled to adequate health care. It’s just a matter of historical accident that we think of access to free K-12 education as a basic right, but consider having the government pay children’s medical bills “welfare,“ with all the negative connotations that go with that term.

Loo Hoo, thanks for posting that. Another gem by Krugman.

Technicolouryawn @ 170

Not computer savvy enough to know how to post a link, but any Arnold afficionado should be familiar with the Youtube posting of “Arnold in Brazil.” You’ll see what a creep he is as he boorishly leers, fondles and intimidates his gracious Brazilian female hosts. Think Borat with a German accent. Enjoy!!!

go to the page with the URL you want us to see. copy it and paste it here in the submit comment box.

once ya get a few of those under your belt, we will teach ya how to do an embedded link.

Time for this old retired foul-mouthed fem to amble off to clean house for another day of not having a showing :(

I leave you in the more than capable hands of the Lurking Mod. G’nite all.

Looks like poor Ah’nuld needed some medical marijuana to fight the nasty side effects of steroid abuse.

slainte,
cl

Good morning!

Suzanne @ 128

Iirc, Agnew resigned to avoid an indictment up in New England. Perhaps that is similar to what cheeney hopes to avoid if he resigns for health reasons. Not gonna happen that way but nice try, (pause) dick.

No Agnew resigned BECAUSE he was indicted for taking bribes while Governor of Maryland. To avoid the higher level charges he plead nolo contendere (no contest) to criminal charges of tax evasion and money laundering,in a scheme wherein he accepted $29,500 in bribes while as governor of Maryland. These were paid to Agnew by the construction magnates to get their projects approved. Even after Agnew went from Baltimore to Washington, DC, he continued to demand payments. His bribers turned “States” witnesses.

As punishment for his bargained plea Agnew was fined $10,000 and put on three years’ probation. The plea bargain was mocked as the “greatest deal since the Lord spared Isaac on the mountaintop” by former Maryland Attorney General Stephen Sachs. The fine barely covered the taxes and interest due on what was “unreported income” from 1967. However in a groundbreaking public interest “civil case” students of Professor John Banzhaf from The George Washington University Law School (aka Banzhaf’s Bandits), found four residents of the state of Maryland willing to put their names on a case and sought to have Agnew repay the state $268,482 – the amount he was known to have been bribed.

After two appeals by Agnew, he finally remitted $268,482 to Maryland state Treasurer William James in early 1983. Because of his nolo contendere , Agnew was disbarred by the State of Maryland. In Maryland lawyers are automatically disbarred for felony convictions, and a em>nolo plea exposes the defendant to the same penalties as a guilty plea.

Good morning, pups. The NYT has Roger Cohen and Paul Krugman today. Cohen writes about whether the US should run Iraq the way it ran Japan after the end of WWII or pull puppet strings from the sidelines. Krugman tries to explain that health insurance for children is not “A Socialist Plot.”

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

Coffee and tea are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. I’m going to go and try to pry my eyelids open…

Good Morning!

Hi again. Lord knows why I’m in moderation. Here’s the NYT stuff:

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

Hmmph.

I didn’t read all the posts, but do you have this one from when Arnold was on a travel show, this time for the carnival in Rio, “Schwarzenegger Gone Wild”.

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

An Arnold quote, “my favorite body part, the ass”.

Here’s a link I found over at Sadly, No!

In the future, I want my children to grow up with the belief that what I did here was wrong, in a society that doesn’t deem that idea unpatriotic.

Thunder, that was an amazing link, thank you.

egregious @ 184

Thunder, that was an amazing link, thank you.

Morning, egregious. I wonder how long before the military shuts his blog down?

Good morning Everybody,

Just a quick splash. This pdf file is one example of church planting.

I have not determined how much this enterprise has cost taxpayers, but I will work on it.

The author, a worker with drug addicts, decided to plant a church near the center he worked at. The addicts, once reaching Step 5 of their treatment plan, were encouraged to take leadership roles in the new church.

Here’s a little analysis by the author of being the drug treatment worker and the pastor:

Confusion of Roles: Although there are professional relationships, most relationships in a church setting are personal and voluntary. The relationships in social services, however, must be professional and contractual. This author is Pastor of the church and Executive Director of The Haven, and he relates to residents from professional and pastoral roles. Haven staff members that are also church members relate to clients as residents while at work and fellow parishioners while at church. The Executive Director and senior staff supervise line staff at work and then relate to them as church members on Sunday. The possibility of role confusion is real as well as the charge that those staff/residents that attend church will be treated differently from those staff/residents that do not.

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How much taxpayer money has gone into The Haven?
Why aren’t churches already established, with leadership in place that are not newly on Step 5 of a drug treatment program used?
Chaching.

I really despise the Kagans

Escalation Architect Bemoans Label Of ‘Armchair General,’ Claims Iraqi Deaths Are ‘Way Down’

ifthethunderdontgetya @ 183

Here’s a link I found over at Sadly, No!

In the future, I want my children to grow up with the belief that what I did here was wrong, in a society that doesn’t deem that idea unpatriotic.

Took a while to read and now I’m sitting here with tears in my eyes. Bookmarked for future reference and praying that AH makes it home with enough of his faculties to continue his hopes for a career in journalism.

If it doesn’t last ’til morning, it will be weird. I saw this quite a while ago — years. There are others, too.

I woke up this morning wondering why there is such a drive on to push Clinton/Obama down our throats. I don’t know ANYONE personally who supports either of them. Yet, they are presented as the front runners in the Democratic primary race. Where are those numbers coming from? Why are they the ones getting the lion’s share of MSM (bought and paid for by your friendly, neighborhood Republican party) attention? Am I the only one who feels this way? I have no problem with a woman being president…or with a black man being president, but not these. Hillary is too much of a Hawk for me. Obama’s mentor, Joe Lieberman, sets my teeth on edge and makes me wonder about Obama (in the vein of birds of a feather, and all that). These are, of course, my opinions, but I welcome any input.

http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2…..on,00.html
Figures Fox News has the most best, most recent story on the Mark Foley scandal if Mark gets off we will get crucified by the Right.
The House of Representives and Mark Foley of course are refusing to turn over the Emails to prosecutors because of priviledge?
Is House Speaker Nancy trying to tank our election hopes? Is she that afraid of Lefty bloggers taking over her party?
Why is she protecting a Republican pedophile? I’m sure that there have been other cases where priviledge is an issue and it has been handled. What is the legal theory behind the House’s refusal to turn over the papers?
Nobody is going to want Nancy to campaign or fundraise for them after this! Cindy will have a cakewalk running against Nancy and I don’t see how Nancy stays speaker of the House after this.
Heck how can we impeach Bush and Cheney if Nancy who protects pedophiles is next inline to be president.
Just what kind of Blackmail does Rove have on her?
We have to condemm this loud and often or we are no better than Mark Foley.
God forbid Mark gets off and then goes after an other kid.

Lindy @ 190

Why are they the ones getting the lion’s share of MSM (bought and paid for by your friendly, neighborhood Republican party) attention?

they are considered the front runners because they have raised the most money. the race pre-primaries is one dollar one vote.

the best democracy money can buy.

Lindy @ 190

I woke up this morning wondering why there is such a drive on to push Clinton/Obama down our throats. I don’t know ANYONE personally who supports either of them. Yet, they are presented as the front runners in the Democratic primary race. Where are those numbers coming from? Why are they the ones getting the lion’s share of MSM (bought and paid for by your friendly, neighborhood Republican party) attention? Am I the only one who feels this way? I have no problem with a woman being president…or with a black man being president, but not these. Hillary is too much of a Hawk for me. Obama’s mentor, Joe Lieberman, sets my teeth on edge and makes me wonder about Obama (in the vein of birds of a feather, and all that). These are, of course, my opinions, but I welcome any input.

I wonder that same thing myself about who their supporters are.

That’s why it’s essential to keep all the candidates in the debates.

selise @ 192

Lindy @ 190

Why are they the ones getting the lion’s share of MSM (bought and paid for by your friendly, neighborhood Republican party) attention?

they are considered the front runners because they have raised the most money. the race pre-primaries is one dollar one vote.

the best democracy money can buy.

Oh, I don’t know, selise, don’t you think we can get one a little bit better than this one for ALL that money.

Lindy @ 190

I woke up this morning wondering why there is such a drive on to push Clinton/Obama down our throats. I don’t know ANYONE personally who supports either of them. Yet, they are presented as the front runners in the Democratic primary race. Where are those numbers coming from? Why are they the ones getting the lion’s share of MSM (bought and paid for by your friendly, neighborhood Republican party) attention? Am I the only one who feels this way? I have no problem with a woman being president…or with a black man being president, but not these. Hillary is too much of a Hawk for me. Obama’s mentor, Joe Lieberman, sets my teeth on edge and makes me wonder about Obama (in the vein of birds of a feather, and all that). These are, of course, my opinions, but I welcome any input.

I agree I think the establishment wants someone who will keep troops in Iraq and keep healthcare run by private enterprise. I think they are afraid of change.
Thats why I think the primaries are being rushed they don’t want people to have time to find out Hilary and Obama’s postion on the issues.
However the people who do show up to vote in primaries tend to be informed activist voters. With all the antiwar sentiment pushing people to vote and be informed unlike previous elections I’m thinking Hilary and Obama are in for a surprise.
The electorate is polarized, angry and informed halfa** postions on the war and healthcare will only get lukewarm support.
Which won’t cut it when voters are angry.

Good morning.

Mark gets off we will get crucified by the Right.

We who?

oh ma gawd

gonzales resigns!!!

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..s-resigns/

now we need to make SURE there is NO recess appointment for his replacement

Gonzo’s gone.

MSNBC reporting from NYTimes breaking….

Gonzales has resigned.

Prairie Sunshine @ 199

Gonzo’s gone.

A recess apointment?

perris @ 198

oh ma gawd

gonzales resigns!!!

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..s-resigns/

now we need to make SURE there is NO recess appointment for his replacement

I’d say “OMG” but am I really surprised? Still the August recess, isn’t it?

Prairie Sunshine @ 199

Gonzo’s gone.

Prairie Sunshine @ 200

MSNBC reporting from NYTimes breaking….

Gonzales has resigned.

tee hee

ZED for me

perris @ 198

oh ma gawd

gonzales resigns!!!

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..s-resigns/

now we need to make SURE there is NO recess appointment for his replacement

NY Times headline AG Gonsales resigns

Wonder what they’re trying to hide with this coming out now (Monday morning?)

Elliott @ 202

perris @ 198

oh ma gawd

gonzales resigns!!!

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/…..s-resigns/

now we need to make SURE there is NO recess appointment for his replacement

I’d say “OMG” but am I really surprised? Still the August recess, isn’t it?

good point, I predicted a resignation and recess appointment if gonzo was to resign at all

can emergency sessions be called to prevent this

Christy has a new thread

raven @ 197

Mark gets off we will get crucified by the Right.

We who?

You know the Right is going to blame us for what Nancy did why she did it I don’t know. My vote is for blackmail. I don’t know why the other Democrats are going along with this I vote we depose Nancy unless she changes her mind.