You have to wonder what on earth the Republicans (and Joe Lieberman, natch) were thinking when they voted down Senator Webb’s plan to ensure that our nation’s soldiers are rested and mentally and physically ready to go into battle. What could possibly justify the continuation of the cruel, punishing policies that send soldiers back to war when they are not yet fit to fight?
Fellow Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel of Nebraska, a co-sponsor of Webb’s plan, said Republican senators were heavily lobbied by the administration against the measure.
“The White House has been very effective of making this a loyalty test for the party,” Hagel said after the vote.
Oh.
So, let me get this straight. The welfare of our armed men and women now takes a back seat to demonstrating your complete obeisance to President 25%?
That should tell every person in America everything they need to know about the Republican Party, a group of men and women who would rather frag the troops than cross King George.
Good to know.
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Zed
Suzanne!!!
peace. now.
tres
Funf?
CTuttle @ 1
Congratulations, CT !
((((( Suz & the Mod Squad )))))
Fuckery.
Think there’s ever a snowball’s chance in h*ll that Hagel would ever change party affiliation?
TeddySanFran @ 7
What kind?
TRex, I’ve heard no one put this with as much pith and punch as you today. Thank you.
Great post. We all know how the GOP supports the troops – at the end of a rope.
Most excellent 503, TRex.
Check out the RNC Chair’s logic…
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/053655.php
DrDick @ 11
Or the end of a gun.
Or the end of the road.
The White House must have privatized KKKarl Rove. This looks like his handiwork.
neurophius @ 9
Ugly-as-a-baboon’s-asshole Chickenhawk fuckery, that’s what kind.
TeddySanFran @ 7
Absolutely but will the Dems take Hagel’s comment and put today’s debacle at the feet of BushCo ?
I’m not holding my breath …
Thanks for the suggestions in the earlier thread, Teddy !
The USA has such very large (much bigger than today’s) problems facing it for the next twenty years or so, mainly of its making … all of this stuff accumulates and weaves itself together, you know. Next year’s election won’t magically make it all go away.
I know all you folks at FDL know and appreciate this. I really wish the USA would begin to leave the rest of the world alone to get on with things, and go into twice or thrice weekly therapy sessions.
Suzanne @ 12
What is a “503″??
Evening, all!
Well, we knew how smart they were. :-P
Suzanne @ 12
What’s a 503, 502?
Taught two classes back to back this evening, and came home just in time to see The Daily Show. Pretty tuckered at this point, and in the morning I still need to finish getting ready for my other class. But I put up a new open thread over at my blog, and thought some of you might enjoy the pretty picture.
TRex @ 16
Unfortunately, I can picture that.
This is TRex’s 503rd post here at the Lake – we celebrated 500 on the first Late Nite last nite.
marymccurnin @ 21
Kinds of Levi’s?
[number of TRex’s posts]
Renee in Ohio @ 22
Chihuly — nice!
Powerful post, TRex.
Have you seen El Gato Negro’s hilarious hat-tip to your last nite’s Late Night? I just found the link on Crooks and Liars…
http://www.blogintegrity.net/2…..oves-.html
Suzanne @ 24
Oh! Cool! I love TRex.
DrDick @ 18
His 503rd post!!!
Suzanne @ 24
Ahhh. That’s what theory seminar does to short term memory.
Tried to catch up below, to acknowledge, but too late.
So, acknowledge last post, damn ‘lil bitches.
And this one, too.
Your last two posts, combined with Aurora, IL and the Planned Parenthood facility news today, makes me wanna just do and say bad things about teh 1%er’s.
May they all rot in the hell of their own making.
They are the dinosaurs, we are the meteor.
I support our troops. Bring them HOME! NOW!
deleted redundant comment
CTuttle @ 29
Dayam, I’m always late…!!!
Lets see… from 60-100 dead military every month, 9 billion dollars a month… and I keep wondering what nasty secret Bushco has on these repugs to keep them all marching in line.
Jon @ 18
What’s been happening in the last 6 years is continuation of a policy from the ’60s and ’70s, except the battleground was mainly Central & South America and the “enemy” was communism.
And what was all that bullshit about how not running for re-election was gonna free up Senator Mr Elizabeth Taylor from Virginia to enable him to vote his fucking conscience, anyway? Backstabbing motherfucker didn’t even tell his co-Senator from Virginia, Jim Webb (with whom he co-sponsored the amendment last summer!) that he was gonna vote against it, even though he told his own GOP caucus in their stupid super-secret “Hi Larry Craig!” lunch meeting yesterday.
Senator John Warner, your integrity took a big hit today. You’re just another Bush toady, as it turns out. Fuck you.
neurophius @ 25
Well, shoot, and here I was ready to theorize it was a web page status code.
*slinks back under geek cover*
Another example of Bush the psychopath. It’s not his fault that Iraq is fucked up; if the military had done a better job we would win. They can stay in Iraq until they do the job right or come home in a box. Hitler had the same idea; the Germans deserved to die because they didn’t fight hard enough.
CD @ 27
I have some special uh catnip put aside for when we are graced with another visit from Senor Gato.
Just stopped in to say good night! Working’s putting a crimp in my late night hours…
I have a very heavy heart about today’s vote… what a bunch of assholes! (and I’m none to pleased with the Dems either)
Evening, all. Sorry to have missed Late Nite, but my flight was delayed leaving SF and I just got home.
Primo stuff, TRex.
And Big Mitch, if you’re still around:
Re Skokie, we’re just going to have to agree to disagree. Either everyone has free speech, or no one has it.
If we all were still wondering how the military vote has trended in the last election (it was never announced, by the way,) this answers all our questions, doesn’t it?
In the meantime, there’s some chickenhawks sitting in the House and the Senate right now that desperately need to find their way to a recruiter’s office if they think back-to-back fifteen month tours of duty are appropriate or humane.
Bastards.
-S
Petrocelli @ 34
Goes back much further than that. US military intervention in Latin American has been continuous since the early 1900s (IIRC something over 50 armed interventions). I actually have a list I use in one of my classes.
(Had to fix my screw up)
(waving to burns — yg FB mail, from a day or so ago)
TeddySanFran @ 7
I hate this goddam, fucking war!
Steve-AR @ 37
OHHHHHHH, HORRRRRORS!!! DID YOU SEE THAT?
Some Left-Wing Blog just compared Dear Leader to HITLER!! *clutches pearls* *swoons*
Quick! Put an ad on TV condemning them!!!
Senator Cornpone, where are you???
Alright, kids, it’s going to be an early night for me. I had kind of an emotional day. I am worried that my grandfather may not make it much longer. Say a prayer for him and for my family.
See you all tomorrow night.
Ed*ard Teller @ 44
Seconded.
LoudounLib @ 8
No. IIRC, according to Howie Klein, Hagel has one of the worst Right-Wing, wacko voting records in the Senate.
neurophius @ 46
don’t forget the little black cocktail dress at your 8am presser
EPU’d –
Petrocelli @ 411
I wish! I haven’t finished the revisions, and I’m corresponding with some people about the propriety of one of the revision concepts.
Back in 2004, when we tried to premiere The Skies are Weeping in Anchorage, an Israeli-American blogger created a protest meme against my work, which keeps recurring when people present or create art about Rachel Corrie – the All the Other Rachels meme.
Essentially, there have been, since before the First Intifada, Israeli or American-Israeli women killed in terrorist attacks in Israel who were named “Rachel.” At premieres of “Skies” and of “My Name is Rachel Corrie,” protesters invariably appear with signs and handouts based on the material of the second link above, and show up at discussion groups at these peformances, asking “Why not write music about all these other Rachels.”
That has been going on for three and 1/2 years now, and nobody seems to have written the music. I’ve started on a piece about that, but I’m not sure it would really be appreciated, from me, by the originators of the meme. When I wrote “The Skies,” I asked permission to do the project from the Corrie family, and they were in on the creative process. I would want them and the families of “all the other Rachels” involved in this in the same way, which is complicated, to say the least!
{{{{Trex}}}} much love to your grandpa and to your family.
TRex @ 46
Will do, TRex.
Two words which should strike fear into the ReThug Party:
Terri Schaivo
If Miss Nancy,
‘Gutless’‘Fittin’ Harry Reid can get the word out about this this vote could be a real problem for the ReThuglicans and Mr. 25%.TRex @ 46
Night TRex. My thoughts are with you and your grandfather.
burnspbesq @ 40
Evening, Burns! I agree with ya, no matter how repugnant the views…!!!
TRex @ 47
Done…
Goodnight Trex. Hope you grandpa does well.
TRex @ 46
Rabena maak, habibi!
FunnyDiva
hang in there, TRex…
“The White House has been very effective of making this a loyalty test for the party,” Hagel said after the vote.
———————————
They have? How did the White House do this? Did they threaten to send George Bush to “help campaign” for the Senators who voted in favor of the measure? Because frankly, that’s about the only threat that the White House can make these days.
DrDick @ 43
I was waiting for you to fix it before replying … *g* … I’m sure your figures are correct, I was born in the 60’s, so my knowledge of it was from then, onwards.
G’nite, TRex!
Good night. Thank you. My best thoughts are with you and yours.
Haven’t heard this one in a long time, but it seems sadly appropriate tonight.
What’s so funny …
My best to you and your grandfather…
CD @ 27
thank you! i was gonna try to remember to link that tonight (dang migraine rearranged the few marbles i have left, bangs head with fist to get them to settle back into place). El Gato is my favorite kitteh! (thank goodness my kittehs can’t read, that i know of)
TRex @ 47
There is never a good time for a dear one to depart, keep well TRex.
Love and Hugs to you, Patrick and the rest of the family !
TRex @ 47
prayers, TRex – sending love to you and yours
Petrocelli @ 61
I was born in the early fifties, but looked it up for my class.
DrDick @ 69
Oh, so not the early 1900’s then? *evil grin*
LoudounLib @ 52
Amen.
(((GrampRex)))
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 66
((((NDFG))))
Migraine’s suk. Feel better and show those #@$%#$@$ marbles who’s boss!
FunnyDiva
nite trex. good thoughts.
burnspbesq @ 40
I missed the Skokie discussion but that was what the ACLU is all about. They took a huge membership and financial hit for defending the First Amendment. We now know that the Constitution doesn’t defend itself.
hey margot!
Well, I need to get some sleep, as my students have enough trouble understanding me when I am reasonably coherent. Take care and enjoy the snark.
TRex @ 47
((((((( TRex, Grandfather, & entire family )))))))).
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 66
In an aside, does pounding one’s head truly make a migraine more tolerable, my wife does the same thing for her’s and I’m forever scolding her…?!!!
HI Margot. Good night Dr. D.
Ms. Margot is that an unclad ankle I am seeing?
DrDick @ 78
G’ nite Sir, nice talking recipes with you.
G’nite all, I’d better get back to completing this book.
g’night DrD, hope the kidz will give you a break tomorrow.
Jon @ 18
yep.. and with a political/popular attention span and policy horizon of about 2 days, we have no chance in heck of solving them. Nothing to see here.. got back to the exploits of OJ, Paris and Britney.
hi and bye, {{{petro}}}
Peace to you, TRex.
Hmmm.
DrDick @ 77
Nite!!!
CTuttle @ 80
Replaces a horrid pain with a bad pain.
There is a pressure point between the thumb and first finger on the fleshy part. Pinch it with vigor and it will help the migraine.
Gracious. I’m having flashbacks to the Waltons.
Goodnight everyone.
Suzanne, I left a note in the last post re: your mod concerns very near the end…hope you caught it.
Take care gentlefolk.
Petrocelli @ 82
Buenos Noches, Mi Amigo!!!
g’night Laura, I’m not far behind you.
LoudounLib @ 77
Hey LL!
(( ))
I am checking out. Going to go cuddle with the two dogs and the cat that thinks its a dog. And the hubby.
CTuttle @ 80
Hmmm … my wife usually pounds my head when she has a migraine, although lately, I’m starting to think she’s just pretendin’ … *g*
G’nite !
((((( LL )))))
Tonights soundtrack
CTuttle @ 80
hmm, haven’t tried pounding, but I do intense accupressure to certain points along back of skull, really helps. If she manages to pound on one of those spots, bet it would be more tolerable for a little while. If you learn those accupressure points, bet your wife would appreciate it a lot more than a scolding *g*
Petrocelli @ 35
Yeah, I know, but it just don’t make any of this any easier to deal with.
Our backs are up against the wall, that’s for sure. And NEVER in my lifetime, did I think I’d be here for this, as far as it’s gone in the toilet.
And the pace is quickening, evermore, too.
At this rate, I might still be here when it’s come to a finale, duct tape and plastic sheeting be damned. At 54, I never dreamed I’d be seeing any of this . . . not until 2000, and the erection, that is. At THAT point, I was real worried. More than I’ve ever been.
And now, well, it’s a daily samo samo . . . sad.
Petrocelli @ 94
707! Nite!
Frank Probst @ 61
People like Collins and Coleman really do wanna get their asses handed to them a year from now. They really are a bunch of dumb mother fuc-ers!!
Steve-AR @ 38
Who’s gonna be our Steiner Group?
Just a quick drive-by post, then I have to scoot.
First: Sending prayers for TRex and family.
Second: Speaking of Texas senators(and managing not to gag), Hutchison has been making noises about possible retirement.
Hutchison speaks!
First Weasel Cornyn gone, and then Hutchison. It’s a dream of mine.
Zogby out with a 29% approval for Clusterfuck- his lowest rating ever in that poll. Clusterfuck was on an upswing- fueled by returning gooper love- either this is a bad read- or the gooper love is dwindling again.. at any rate- the Petraeus dog an pony was apparently not the pancea some had hoped.
teh wall has been officially hit. Good night all!
Strategerie @ 42
I read somewhere that 40% of all political donations by people in the military goes to Democrats. The two biggest recipients? Obama and Ron Paul.
Burnsesq, are you still here?
*waving to all the leaving sleepy pups*
newdealfarmgrrrlll @ 96
I have applied pressure to her scalp to alleviate the pressure, I think chiding would have been a better choice of words…!!! *g*
Clusterfuck still has some goopers by the shorthairs- until the primary filing deadlines come and go- there is fear of a primary opponent financed and supported by the White House.
After the deadlines- new ballgame.
Hey! George has got Turdblossom all ready to cut loose on their coward asses…
TRex @ 47
Loss of family is always hard. Us older folks have seen it thru it all . . . . Best thoughts to you and yours, from me and mine. Love them hard when here, and cherish the memories.
LoudounLib @ 102
Nite, Ma’am!!!
LoudounLib @ 103
Nite LL! (and g’night to any other sleepy pups i missed)
I’m confused. It’s nearly a quarter till ten here, and I haven’t heard of Fredrick of Hollywood fucking up today. That’s not par for the course. Maybe sunspots are preventing transmissions to the Great Land.
rwcole @ 107
I don’t believe that. I believe they are dumb enough to follow the Decider over the cliff.
ET: Are you following any of the Pete (Got) Kott trial? Today was a corker with the $30k in the closet and the tie-in with Conoco too.
BigMitch @ 112
I heard he was taking this week off.
OK, I’m so late to the un-party here that I can’t digest the comment-swirl. But I offer this up at risk it has been said perhaps multiple times above and possibly in better and stronger terms. But it better be said at least once.
It’s wholly appropriate to knock republic party heads around for dissing the troops in favor of sickly obeisance to the losers in the white house. Of course that is what the redcoats on the hill have been doing in embarrassing quantity for the last seven years.
What is more of a surprise, totally unacceptable, and a huge disappointment considering recent history, is that the democrats “up” there would be such passive wusses that they do not at least force the scarlet knights to at least trot out a proper filibuster.
What the hell are they thinking, basically letting the potential for a filibuster in effect finesse the process?
Democrats: please remember to put on some underpants (or Depends might be more appropriate) before showing up for your lazy-assed job tomorrow.
It would have made for wonderful video, the repubs having to talk endlessly while shielding their identities. It’s not out of the question that if our demo-worms had called their bluffs most if not all of the presidential candidates would have had to call in sick.
This stinks of Rahm, the Lieberman-wannabe.
BigMitch @ 105
Yup.
BigMitch @ 113
ok, that make me laugh – thanks :)
Figures I catch up as the exodus is going on. Good evening to those staying, and sweet dreams to those going.
Two degrees in bebop, a Ph.D. in swing …
Is Petrocelli still here?
burnspbesq @ 122
Oooh! Thank you! That album is on my top 3 list of Must Take With If Exiled to Desert Island.
TJ @ 123
Yo, just came back to get DrD’s Curry tips … *g*
rwcole @ 109
You mean Freddy Kruger isn’t it? Jeb! Jeb! Jeb! :P
BigMitch @ 114
Didn’t he take this week off from campaigning ?
rwcole @ 103
He.. Fox is showing a miraculous JAR increase from 31% to 37% in one week. All the others agree with Zogby however.. O’Really must’ve acquired veto rights over their polling partner
pet – i wudda figured that you would get your curry tips from kin – not some guy in montana
Al speaks very highly of your abilities, and I’m wondering if you have any insights. I’m having severe pain in my upper back/shoulder, going around under my arm. I’ve been to the doc twice in 2 days. Muscle relaxers aren’t helping. The doc thinks it might be shingles that haven’t erupted yet.
Any thoughts?
Ahgoo @ 116
Kott’s GF was the embroiderer of the Veco Corrupt Bastards Club baseball cap. Oops, said “baseball” when da Mitch is in da house.
Well CT is here, and he endorsed the views of Burns, so let me clarify.
The constitution has a lot of compromises in it. I believe in the constitution. Therefore, I accept a lot of compromises. One that I accept is complete freedom of speech, minus such things as libel, slander, trade secrets, state secrets, and use of public airways, etc. You can’t yell theater in a crowded firehouse, sort of thing.
The Nazis, it breaks my heart to say, had a right to free speech. Skokie had a right to regulate it, as long as it did so without reference to content. A fair application of that rule, probably (but not certainly) meant that they had to give the Nazi’s the permit. I bought the package on the Constitution, and therefore, that goes with the deal.
Why is it even close? Well, there is the doctrine of fighting words, and it is hard to imagine something more odius. But, truth to tell, the law is based on “reasonable man” assumptions, and the reasonable man is never provoked to violence.
The real problem is that the Nazi showed that for all of its brilliance, the constitution may have been powerless to protect Holocaust survivors from the verbal assualt of a bunch of worthless assholes. I say “may have” because as I recall the whole story, the Nazis ended up not able to march as they wanted, and they settled for being removed to a place where their provocative hate speech was, well, not so provocative.
My bitch with the ACLU is not that they took the case: they have a right to do that, too.If I had been asked, I would have considered not taking it which is also their right, because bad cases make bad law. What tweeked me off was that they purposefully used a Jewish lawyer and that this was part of their litigation strategy. Either they win on the facts and the law, or they lose. That kind of stagecraft gives lawying a bad name.
There must be something here that you can agree with, CT. No?
Suzanne @ 129
None of my people ever thought of making it in a crock pot … the man’s a genius I tell you … *g*
TJ @ 130
We should take this private, I’ll send you an invite on Facebook.
Petrocelli @ 133
Crock pots are perfect for working people. About the only thing I’ve failed with is bean soup.
We’re living in a new Gilded Age, but at least this time we have Paul Krugman and his blog to bash the bad guys.
Ed*ard Teller @ 130
:-)
Would like a play by play of the trial though. Do tell more.
Petrocelli,
I don’t know if you caught my #51 – response to your query at late night on performing in Toronto.
Can’t sleep. I’m back.
Hi Betsy
BigMitch @ 137
I haven’t dared go near the place. I’m hoping I’ll have time to go to Vic’s trial, though. I’ve been on his case for eleven years, and it may end up getting to be one of the craziest political trials in Alaska history, what with his libertarian views finally coming out, and having an attorney who’s so libertarian he probably jacks off to old, faded black-and-white pictures of Ayn Rand.
it is fucking sprinkling outside – i hope the blue tarp over the blue velvet chaise on the deck works – big time
Ed*ard Teller @ 138
No I didn’t Sir, thanks for calling it to my attention.
I do wish you all the best in this, and I hope we are blessed with your presence in Toronto very soon !
Tex Betsy — it’s a good thing. You want to be really really tired on Saturday so you can sleep the whole day. It works for me.
Suzanne @ 142
Around here, I consider all rain good
Suzanne @ 141
Supposed to rain down here tomorrow. I’m annoyed because I have two window sills stripped to bare wood. Of course. :-P Hope the chaise comes thru ok…
With friends like these:
“ANTIGUA, Guatemala, Sept. 18 — President Bush and Vicente Fox once portrayed themselves as diplomatic allies and close friends, but the former Mexican president takes some jabs at Bush in a new autobiography, calling him “the cockiest guy I have ever met in my life” and a “windshield cowboy” afraid to ride a powerful horse.”
Nobody likes us anymore, do they?
wb tex – i think – glad you are here but wish you were snoring.
BigMitch @ 144
Gotta get through two days of work and ex-inlaws before I get there. Also, am leading one of the services for the 3rd grade crowd.
Blub @ 146
A windshield cowboy????
7O7
(hmmm…is that seven zero seven or seven oh seven?)
Blub @ 147
We love you guys … we just wish you’d get rid of BushCo STAT !!!
Suzanne, why’s the chaise outside?
ET — Wo is Vic’s lawyer?
Alrighty. Can’t stay awake any longer. See you all tomorrow…!
night pb
Blub @ 147
Major spew alert!
Oldie but goodie…
Stager wanted it out of the living room to make it look bigger – was in storage but that storage unit went away (friend no longer needed it) so it came back – deep sigh – i really really like it and am worried
we need the rain so badly – i am fucking conflicted big time
Jon Stewart en fuego.
When we staged our house in Palo Alto, the stager wanted all furniture except beds removed from bedrooms. Sometimes you just have to say no.
BigMitch @ 153
Woe TO Vic’s attorney. That would be John Henry Browne. I think Fred James hooked ‘em up.
whoa. spent way too much time YouTubing for more Little Feat stuff. Work awaits in am. so good night Firepups!
BigMitch @ 157
Wes Clark on tonight and Big Dog is gonna be on tomorrow night.
TJ @ 159
Never sold a house. Not sure I could manage it.
“stager”… what a perfect job title for shrubworld America. We “stage” our houses when we want to sell them to ’sell’ that perfect lifestyle/image… we “stage” a war, we “stage” a democracy….
Why was the Daily Show a repeat Monday?
waving g’nite to the sleepy pups leaving
BigMitch @ 158
Wait for Colbert’s “The Word” …
TJ @ 164
Jon was getting an emmy, I believe.
TJ @ 165
Musta been ‘cuz of all that post- Emmy partying …
Blub @ 164
Interestingly, when we moved to PA and tried the stager’s tricks, all the realtors wanted to clutter up the house more. I think staging around here means floral prints and ruffles.
BigMitch @ 168
Well, let’s just say I missed the obvious!
Blub @ 163
reality has a liberal bias
TJ @ 170
Dood, are you still on FB ?
Petrocelli @ 173
She ain’t a dude. Don’t think.
Petrocelli @ 173
Yup, I just thought about my answer too long.
Pet – click on her f and you will be at her f/b page
TexBetsy @ 138
Hi Betsy. Any dessert or snacks left? I missed Late Nite because my plane was delayed :-(
Suzanne @ 153
If you’ve covered it well with the tarp, it should be fine Suzanne. I well remember the day we had all our furniture in the backyard because new carpet was being laid. All went well until we heard the thunder and raced around madly covering everything with anything waterproof we could find. It rained heavily but all was well, even if the carpet guy cracked up at the sight of chair and table legs wearing disposable gloves.
F’cockta = been shit upon.
rwcole @ 109
It makes me wonder what clusterfuck has on these bastards. They all know where the bodies are buried, including most dems I fear. It’s a sad fucking state of affairs.
Suzanne @ 162
Did you know Wes endorsed HRC?
tbsa @ 181
Yep. And Did you know Big Mitch predicted Wes would be Veep on her ticket?
burnspbesq @ 177
DrD was sharing his sinfully succulent Lamb Curry earlier …
It is raining so hard here that the dog Strider just put his paws over his ears.
The Way-Back Machine is working tonight.
Tom Rush, “No Regrets.”
burnspbesq @ 177
Sure. How about this?
Ed*ard Teller @ 184
Not raining in town.
persiflage @ 178
At least you didn’t resort to condoms.
Ed*ard Teller @ 184
poor pup
tbsa @ 180
Clusterfuck’s minions have everything carried by phone or wireless (or fax or email).
If you’ve covered it well with the tarp, it should be fine Suzanne. I well remember the day we had all our furniture in the backyard because new carpet was being laid. All went well until we heard the thunder and raced around madly covering everything with anything waterproof we could find. It rained heavily but all was well, even if the carpet guy cracked up at the sight of chair and table legs wearing disposable gloves
spew
hmmm i still have one box left of those purple paramedic gloves i scored from off the guys at station 1 before i retired – i used to use them for when i was dusting for prints and for housework…. hmmmmm
TexBetsy @ 186
Awesome! You da bomb.
BigMitch @ 182
Big Mitch is damn smart…
TJ View this users Facebook profile says
September 19th, 2007 at 11:18 pm
persiflage @ 178
Suzanne @ 153
Stager wanted it out of the living room to make it look bigger – was in storage but that storage unit went away (friend no longer needed it) so it came back – deep sigh – i really really like it and am worried
we need the rain so badly – i am fucking conflicted big time
If you’ve covered it well with the tarp, it should be fine Suzanne. I well remember the day we had all our furniture in the backyard because new carpet was being laid. All went well until we heard the thunder and raced around madly covering everything with anything waterproof we could find. It rained heavily but all was well, even if the carpet guy cracked up at the sight of chair and table legs wearing disposable gloves.
At least you didn’t resort to condoms.
Hmm – “based” on the chair and table legs I’m seeing right now, your part of the may be quite special.
TJ @ 184
Only because I never thought of it!
tbsa @ 193
The secret is to make LOTS of predictions, and only remember the ones that turn out right.
Big Mitch is damn smart…
yup – and sometimes Big Mitch is a damn smartypants – but he always makes me think. a very good thing
BigMitch @ 196
How many of the predictions do you make aloud or in public?
Suzanne @ 197
Well, I was trying to figure out why Wes would do such a thing as endorse HRC. It makes sense to me now.
TexBetsy @ 198
After they turn out right? All of them!
BigMitch @ 200
And at the time of predicting?
BigMitch @ 196
The genius of a balanced ticket – he’s from Arkansas and she’s from NY!
I’d like to see an Edwards/Gore ticket, with Gore as VP totally devoted to the environment.
Ed*ard Teller @ 202
Will HRC announce who her VP would be before winning the nomination?
Delurk From Al Da Spook:
Have a new Tutorials post up that shows how to get any of my blogs (or any other RSS feed for that matter) subscribed to in RSS with Internet Explorer 7. Will do firefox tomorrow if not killed by falling poisonous meteorite.
Would appreciate feedback on format in the comments. this is adopted from my boss’s in house technical book publishing software (proprietary which he wrote) and is not quite set up for Teh Web yet.
TexBetsy @ 201
I have been negligent about keeping up on my blog, but before I began a regular denizen here, I was pretty vocal about what I thought was happening in the future. If I was right most of the time, well, let’s just say, Bush was impeached and throwed in jail a whole bunch of times. Wasn’t he?
If I may mention the national pastime, as Yogi said, “Predicting is hard, especially about the future.”
Suzanne @ 187
I imagine purple furniture legs would look quite elegant. Isn’t it always the way that when you desperately wish it would rain you’re confronted with cloudless skies. The minute you put something valuable and vulnerable to water marks, the heavens open up.
Speaking of water, we’re all doing the happy dance here because this past winter has been a good one for rain, our dams rose from 24% capacity to 42%, the best we’ve had in many years.
hey AK, TLM and I were just saying it was about time for you to show up
tbsa @ 199
Wes Clark seemed very, er diplomatic on TDS tonight …
Time for me to become a sleeping person.
Goodnight, everyone.
One last quarter into the jukebox before I go.
I had such a crush on Maria McKee when I was in my late 20s.
Suzanne @ 208
Dayam. I HATE being predictable. :):)
something for those interested in atom publishing protocol implementations
Petrocelli @ 209
Indeed.
On the West Coast. I just watched it.
persiflage @ 207
Great news Persi … is that for all of Oz or just the Western part?
tbsa @ 213
I’ll make it a point to look for a repeat tomorrow during the day.
twȝk @ 212
yummy, thanks! some light reading before i go to beddy bye…:)
althespook,
I have a link for you from Citizens for Legitimate Government re: Minot.
http://www.legitgov.org/minot_…..ities.html
TJ @ 215
It should be uploaded on the Daily Show site by tomorrow afternoon.
Margot @ 217
GOD
DAMN
IT.
I’m waking my minder up for this.
GOD
FUCKING
DAMN
IT.
I just HOPE this isn’t true…cause if it is these bozos are restarting the whole “kennedy assasination death squad” crap. We at the Omega Sector are not really happy with that sort of thing.
Great news Persi … is that for all of Oz or just the Western part?
Just my city Petro, although both Melbourne and Sydney had major storms which improved their water supply a lot. There are still areas in drought though, especially in the farming areas.
meanwhile, back in the SANE world (well sort of if you squint)
The Governator Ain’t Pleased. Teh Kweeyahs are getting restless.
althespook @ 216
:) tim has been working out the rough edges of mod_atom and it looks it coming together.
persiflage @ 220
Oh boy, I hope the farmers get some rain … that drought has been dragging on for a while now.
customary cute animal post #1.
Anything to take my mind off of Minot.
althespook @ 224
awwwww!
TexBetsy @ 225
Hey TexB! will hopefully have email up fully tomorrow. ak is gone forever, but mk158 will have almost all its contacts and saved mail, so that’s something.
it was the Storm worm, btw. my google server got infected.
1. All six people listed below are from Minot Airforce base
2. All were directly involved as loaders or as pilots
3. All are now dead
is this true? does Cheney have a North Dakota hunting licence?
althespook @ 226
yikes!
you get the info about the central tex firepup fall get-together?
Ed*ard Teller @ 227
Heard a report on this the other night as well.
Petrocelli @ 219
As we have this habit of eating food, I hope so too. Apparently this year’s wheat crop was very poor compared to previous years. I expect the price of flour and other wheat-based products will soar in the coming months.
TexBetsy @ 229
was it msm, texB? can you get linky in some way? this needs to go on Ratiocinations ASAP…
TexBetsy @ 228
Did. will be there. please keep the taser wielders away, or at least warn them. I have been known to cause spontaneous tasering in unprepared individuals. :)
Wheelchair-Bound Woman Dies After Being Shocked With Taser 10 Times
Murderous vicious monsters.
The European Parliament’s report An Appraisal of Technologies of Poltical Control largely dispenses with the cute little euphemism “Taser”.
The EP report discusses these often-lethal weapons under
Interrogation, Torture Techniques and Technologies
Ed*ard Teller @ 227
We have a dead guy in the NW who may have been involved as well.
And yes this is “Ludlumesque”. So were JFK, MLK, and RFK. Life is stranger than fiction.
Al Spook, it was on Mike Malloy. Don’t recall the source.
BigMitch @ 196
Dang, I gotta remember that…!!! ;-)
Way too much taser use. Too much violence in this country.
TexBetsy @ 237
Did you catch Naomi Wolf on Colbert?
BigMitch @ 238
nope
Wow, I leave for about a hour and everyone’s praising Mitch, then, Persi and AK, drop in, and, Petro ain’t left yet!!! Hmmm… *g*
TexBetsy @ 235
That’s okay, fortunately it isn’t that solid. All but two of the deaths were before the nuke incident. Two of the pre-incident ones were barksdale people. And all appear to be reasonable fatality situations given the high-risk lifestyles some young military (and no so young! :)) adopt.
Okay, putting the tin foil hat back in the safe FOR NOW…
Short version of Naomi Wolf: There are ten steps that all totalitarians use to get to the destruction of freedom. First: Hype a big threat. Second: Private security forces answerable to no one. etc. We are well on the road, and the tasering of this student was a big step in her view.
fuck
where’s the quarter suzanne?
CTuttle @ 240
That’s why you shouldn’t miss staff meetings, CT.
Fortunately, the dead folks aren’t a smoking gun. Not yet…and new Tutorials Post on using RSS in IE.
Suzanne @ 243
Elaborate please.
whew
dang, i hate it when i am catching up from walking the cutest dog in the world
Suzanne @ 243
is everything all right? (I would say not, based on the comment…)
tell token uncle al says he is indeed the cutest dog in the world.
darkblack prepaid for me downstairs, tex
that was a case of premature fuck, commenting while still catching up, on the minot link
Wolf’s closing point was that past experience invariably shows that once the gov’t gains the ability to toss individuals of its choice into secret prisons sans habeas corpus, things then tend to unfold/unravel very quickly.
Hmmm.
CTuttle @ 240
They call me “Boomerang” … *g*
Suzanne @ 249
it’s not accurate suz. nothing to panic over, yet.
one more stab at sleep i think
althespook @ 245
Nice job on that ‘Tutorial’! How did you get Google Ads???
Petrocelli @ 251
some people call me maurice
TexBetsy @ 253
Good Luck, Ma’am! Sleep Well!!!
Suzanne @ 251
Maurice, please, speak of the pompitus of love.
CTuttle @ 254
Old Spook’s Network. :):)
Seriously, if you are on Blogspot (a google setup) and have a Google Account (gmail), then you just select an adsense blog component. they check you out for being a Progressive or a click fraudster and if you aren’t (i signed the Rethuglican loyalty oath with my mouse behind my back, so it didn’t count) you get an adsense account. then you just pick were you want em and let er rip.
you make about $0.10 a year on it. I do it just to be annoying to my accountant. to make real money at internet ads you have to host your own site and have good traffic numbers. I think this is what my boss is angling for.
TexBetsy @ 253
nite texB!
CTuttle @ 254
thanks for the compliment! PLEASE nitpick in the comments about browser issues, anything unclear, or anything else. we really want this blog spit-shined and holystoned.
Suzanne @ 255
Heh, Petro’s the Joker, I’m the Toker…!!! ;-)
CTuttle @ 261
Um … I thought we were the Canadian version of Cheech & Chong …
CTuttle @ 261
I LOVED him when I was young and foolish. I didn’t find out until two years ago that he is black. Does that say something about race in america or what?
althespook @ 260
AK, you have to give me lessons in time management, I don’t know how you do all that you do …
Petrocelli @ 264
I can modulate bell’s and legget’s inequalities to a slight degree. Allows me to squeeze about 48 hours into a normal day. I pay for it eventually of course.
(Okay i made all that up. But it SOUNDS neat, dunnit? :):):))
althespook @ 265
Yes, it does … *g*
it sounded totally mathematical, al
Better luck this time, Betsy.
Suzanne @ 267
It is actually quantum mechanics and is the top of the heap in human science. it also denies the belief of a lot of scientists (developed to fight the concept of a “scientific soul”) that consciousness is an “epiphenomenon” (illusion, like a TV picture).
I have more fun on the science groups and blogs pointing this out to the modern day Sadducees….and yes, I am an evil spook!
Suzanne @ 267
Logical even…! By the way, Petro, I’d have to be Chong, I’m tall and lanky…!!!
althespook @ 269
Utilizing String Theory and the orderliness of Chaos…!!!
I did catch the homage to Bell’s theorem and almost understood the rest of it :)
CTuttle @ 270
Hokay meng … whatever jou say … *g*
Check out this blog from the Military Times. Seems like the troops on the ground know the real deal and the Republican politicians and Bush Democrats are blinded by their ties to profits.
http://www.militarytimes.com/f…..?t=1560031
For Pet and CT
Petrocelli @ 273
Far Out, Dude…!!! *g*
Suzanne @ 272
Do a giiiiiigle for “single sided cartesian closure” or “cartesian dualism”. you’ll read a lot of innaccurate crap but you’ll get the gist of the problem from the modern atheist-scientist standpoint.
(BTW giiiiiigle is the new search engine from google for girls aged 8 to 14. figures.)
althespook @ 269
Just to clarify, does it agree with or oppose the idea of soul/consciousness ?
waving white flag, that got my eyes to glaze over just reading it, ak
BigMitch, thank you for posting that (with my “rabbit-ears” and dial-up, I would have missed it).
I agree with Naomi. In 1997 (98?) I spoke with the then-head of US Forest Law Enforcement about use of “pain compliance” [nerve crush] holds on non-violent prisoners.
He said there was no role for violent force against immobile passive protesters (the nerve crush holds were used – at that time – on people chained to objects to block logging roads). He said protesters shuold be allowed water, and law enforcement should wait it out.
[We both knew lock-downs are very physically uncomofortable.]
Fast-forward:
In August of 2005 I was in the big new natural foods store in Grants Pass, OR and saw a USFS LEO (law enforcement officer).
In 2005, forest defenders at the “Biscuit” timber sale in the Siskiyou Wilderness Area were sitting on platforms suspended from the trees they sought to protect.
[Platforms of this nature have been around for almost two decades - not new.]
What was new – and murderous – in the Biscuit was USFS LEOs’ deliberately slicing the platform support lines on one side, flipping the horizontal platforms vertical –
hundreds of feet above the ground.
The LEO – in front of Starhawk – quite proudly admitted the actions.
The protesters “deserved it – they were slowing the cut”.
Murder to let the trees fall on time – OK with the USFS.
Hell, the USFS will even do it for Big Timber – on our public National FOrest land.
Where sitting betwwen the trees is punishable by death.
If USFS LEO’s decide it.
The Executive Branch is back, baybeee!
They don’t need no stinking trials – this is America. We’re free of all that.
Fortunately, the platforms’ occupants had safety gear and were usiing it – or they would been have killed by the USFS attmpted homicides.
To protect and serve – industry.
The decline above happened over seven to eight years.
Naomi is right about the Florida electrotorture – resist now, or the future is lost.
Thanks again for posting this, BigMitch.
Petrocelli @ 278
cognitive epiphenomenality denies the existence of consciousness as an objective reality. Otherewise, “souls” are real and religion is valid. Early science (and much modern as well) can’t seem to see their way out of this trap.
bell and leggett’s inequalities, the basis of quantum mechanics, demonstrate clearly and have done so EXPERIMENTALLY time after time for decades that consciousness causes a wave to turn into a particle by measuring it. even if the wave is a billion years old. recent studies show that when we are NOT observing neutrons in a particle accelerator like CERN, they spontaneously convert back to waves and vanish. This was a peer reviewed journal article, not some nutjob site.
Makes me grind my teeth, it does…
BTW, i come down on the said of Bell and Leggett. Duh. My dad was a theologian, i know far too much about the ancient writings to fear ANY modern religion’s problems. We are so lost from where the first century revelators were there is no connection at all.
Suzanne @ 279
see my precis at @281 then. It’ll do for now.
althespook @ 281
Energy forms around, and is guided by consciousness … this might be an oversimplification but it is one of the core aspects of yoga.
Ijust read it, al – made me think of that ancient guy, name began with an a, some of his ancient writings were found written over by some monk in a book of prayers.. i forget his name – but i think of all the information that has been lost – archimedis (sp) maybe?
1,605 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND..
Citizen Trex and the latenite Firepup Patriots:
Sigh…my heart is breakin’ lookin at the picture under the headline. What the fuck is goin’ on…where are the ‘Nam vets to tell truth to stupidity and the parents of these brave young kids who are gunna be bringin’ back Hell if they ever do get home??!!!
And the political elite…where the fuck are they includin’ John Kerry, John Madman McCain and folks like Bob Kerry who is soon to be another war hawk senator from Nebraska??!!
The American oligarchy is deliberately breakin’ my country and those who know…those who have experienced war…those who have been given the defference of age and experience to lead, they are nowhere to be seen.
It’s time to hit the streets folks, there is no other way and BOTH political parties must be turned outta their comfortable deamworld and given prison stripes and shovels ‘cuz there’s a lotta shit they’ve gotta clean up.
The only politician with the gavitas, experience and political skills to lead us outta this mess isn’t runnin’ yet…we’re gunna hafta go drag Al Gore’s substantial ass onto the stage here soon.
KEEP THE FAITH AND TAKE NO MORE SHIT FORM ANY OF ‘EM!!!
Petrocelli @ 283
same thing in anthropomorphic terms, i suspect. remember, please, my BOSS is the guru on this; i’m just repeating what i learned from him (checked out on my own of course, he is ALSO a whack job, nice, but a wj…)
hey norske – been a while since we have been on a thread together.
althespook @ 286
Deepak Chopra has written about Quantum Mechanics … once my book is complete, I’m going to read some of his …
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Hey, ciizen Suzanne, wazup kid? why are you up so late?
norske, i be working the night shift here at the lake now – part of the mod squad keeping the lake troll free
Suzanne @ 284
we find more and more evidence of advanced knowledge thousands of years ago. A brass device found as a lump of corroded brass, created at least 2500 years ago, is a perfect astrological computer. A recent formula found on an eqyptian papyrus predates the basic geometry of Euclid by at least 300 years (may be what you are remembering).
If you read the Purana Veda (and i’ll bet Petro has!) you cannot help but be convinced there was an advanced civilization here in the days of the chixilub impact, and that impact destroyed it. IF so, the people must have been reptilian derived, not mammals cause there weren’t any then. And that hearkens right back to the bizarre “children of the serpent” reference in the whole curses on adam, eve, and Teh Soipent biz in Eden. (for those textually challeneged, the actual writings say that “the woman’s seed (children) will crush the serpent in the head”, and the “serpent’s seed (plural, children) will crush the children of the woman in the heel”. And when you move that whole concept forward to the “wheat and the weeds” of the gospels (weed were bearded darnell, a poisonous wheat look alike which was mixed with seed wheat as an extortion tactic back then…and even today!) it has looked to me like we have a whole lotta jurrassic soul-refugees among us…and they are the ones fucking up by the numbers (cause they’re reptiles inside and cannot function at a fully human (mammal) level).
Whew. I gotta go to bed soon, I’m startin to get as whacky as my boss…
Suzanne: great gig…glad yer here. Gotta go take care of patients.
I’m heading off, I bid ya’ll a fond adieu! Aloha Oe!!!
CTuttle @ 293
Night CT.
Sleep well CT!
waving to all the leaving (and working) pups
althespook @ 291
My friend is taking a Psychology course in a prominent Toronto University. The Prof. told her that the roots of western religions have been traced to the Greeks and their roots have been traced to India.
What I know from the Vedas is, there are more than one way Humans can evolve.
Existing in any time or environment really goes back to one’s level of consciousness, which is changeable like everything else, including our genes … this will really make your eyes glaze over, Suz … *g*
you trying to get me sleepy so i’ll leave, pet?
Petrocelli @ 297
The problem in the Purana is the warfare. something went south in that evolutionary branch and they essentially wiped themselves out. the meteor(s) finished what was left. not good.
Suzanne @ 298
Sorry, I try not to get too cerebral on FDL … I have enough of that writing for 12 hours every day … *g*
i was teasing you, pet
its time for me to head out (really) so i’ll say g’nite
Suzanne @ 301
Oh I know … *g* … G’nite Suz !
Goodnight Suzanne, sleep well, sweet dreams.
althespook @ 299
What has happened through time has been pretty consistent.
That is why yoga/meditation is as relevant today as it has ever been … same world, different time …
g’nite suz – sleep well.
congrats on the sprinkles.
nothing here yet, but sure smells like cold winter rain.
January in September
a servicemark of ExxonMobil
kirk murphy @ 305
Hey Captain Kirk … care to join the consciousness/no consciousness chat ?
Ed*ard Teller @ 227
Fer cryin out loud, look up each and every death as purported in the link.
Then google up the issue at hand, and find a similar story about dead folks from Minot.
Then follow EACH AND EVERY link about dead folks.
One was from July, LONG before the incident took place.
Others, are from Barksdale (the couple, husband and wife).
Are they all part of this issue? I don’t know.
But for CRYING out loud, stop doing what I do, which is latching out on every new post and going bonkers on it.
Gimme meat, with facts, and details.
This crap posted about 6 people dead from Minot is pure horseshit.
No WONDER this nation is being flushed down the toilet.
It’s like the punk who had a rep, but STILL got into the Kerry Speech, and had permission to leave the line for a radio interview, and returned to the line, got permission from the campus thugs to do so, and then monopolized the mic and abused his privilages . . . and was told to leave but he DIDN’T!!!!
The tasered punk was NOT a victim of brutality.
He asked for it. Ok, not the taser, but he was LOOKING for publicity. His history speaks of this. And I’m a champion of street liberty’s and protests. This guy was an idjit, or a shill.
MUCH unlike the pastor at the Saturday Protest in DC, who had his leg broken..
Apples and oranges, people, GET IT STRAIGHT!
Damn what an ignorant public we have.
persiflage @ 303
sleep well suzanne. pet token for us.
4:20 a.m. in Toronto … G’nite y’all !
Petrocelli @ 308
Nite Pet! I’m poofing as well. (splorp)
Nite Petro
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Latenite Firepup Patriots:
I never got inta the “zen” thing when it was blastin’ thru popular culture in the late 60’s and 70’s but I did spend some time with the thoughts of a guy named Ralph Waldo Emmerson and since I was raised a Unitarian, I had a general acceptance of things beyond my immediate experience. Just think how much richer, safer and more beautiful the world would be if the organized religion that has morphed and survived into our “time” were replaced by one of the holistic Buddisms…or jest think about what a very much better place the whole fuckin world would be without ANY of the organized brainfucks we call religion today…wouldn’t be any war, that’s a cinch.
KEEP THE FAITH AND DO THE WORK
Yeah, so much for getting a decent night’s sleep.
George Will has some questions he would like to see asked in Judge Mukasey’s confirmation hearing.
Surprisingly, they seem to mostly be the right questions.
And then there’s Broder, who today laments the fact that Newt has decided to pass up the 2008 Presidential race.
To which any sentient being can only respond,
“Oh. My. F**king. God.”
The interview of Naomi Klein about her new book, The Shock Doctrine, by Amy Goodman on Democracy Now! on Monday is receiving good reviews
For 5 reviews of this news report, see NewsTrust
I saw the report on Monday, and was very impressed with the way it reveals the whole Bush & Cheney program, how all the madness going on all over their regime fits into one huge diabolical pattern (my words).
Bob in HI
This is a fascinating little promotional video.
Alison Krauss and Robert Plant talk about their forthcoming album of duets.
Hard to imagine an unlikelier pairing of singers, but the fragments that you get to hear in this video, and the one track that is currently available on the iTunes music store, sound reallllly good.
Around here occasionally we take a moment to notice The Shrub’s accelerating launch into the rococo. Sydney Blumenthal has noticed, too:
Bush’s Stairway to Paradise
Apparently Brush has misinterpreted someone’s promise to fly him directly to the capital of Paraguay at the moment of necessity. Blumenthal describes some of the shades that are likely to chase him up that stairway:
Blumenthal does a nice job on the role of class complacency in this debacle, too.
I must check out Naomi Klein’s book. “Baghdad Year Zero” certainly fit a lot of things I’d been thinking at the time.
burnspbesq @ 316
The Wonderful Chattanooga TN NPR Station played one of the duets, a cover of an Everly Brothers song, “Gone Gone Gone”.
I love Allison Krause, and Plant is worthy of respect. But it wasn’t to my taste…
It’s 56 and clear in Trendy Blue Ridge Ga.
I’ve been rebuilding a wooden ‘chimney’ (actually a chase for the metal flue) on a log cabin. The builder (one of the major ones in these here parts) seems to have designed all such chimneys on their cabins so that they leak. They inevitably rot and need to be replaced. Work for me, just sad that a obvious design flaw (bad flashing and poorly designed chimney) has been replicated over and over.
MR. Bill @ 318
Ah Alison’ from my home town, Champaign, Il!
MR. Bill @ 318
I just finished a small picket fence out of treated pine. When waling the Bohdi to the a bakery we walk past the president of UGA’s house. He has the wonderful old picket fence and I noticed that the top horizontal rail has a ” pyramid shaped cap” on top of it. I wonder if that is anti-rot or just decorative? Any ideas?
MR. Bill @ 318
Have you heard Dolly’s cover of “Stairway”?
burnspbesq @ 314
Here is my comment to Mr. Broder: “You have GOT to be kidding!
Newt was once interesting, but his attempt to demonize democrats and liberals is the sort of thing Joseph Gobbels would be proud of. His big ideas are as deep as a Neil Boortz rant, the libertarianism of unbid government contractors… His ego and overreaching and hypocrisies are legend. He tried to impeach Clinton while carrying on his own affair with a government employee.
When he was first elected, as a college professor from notorious party school West Georgia College, I was glad a Republican had replaced a corrupt old line democrat.
I didn’t realize Gingrich would attempt subvert democracy and attempt to marginalize most of the country.
If the Republican Party need saving, Newt is part of the reason.”
Raven, the cap on the rail is probably decorative.
And yeah , I love Dolly’s cover of “stairway”, as well as the Dolly/Linda Ronstadt/EmmyLou Harris cover of “After the Gold Rush”…
Good morning, pups. In the NYT today we have TOMC who says that if St. McCain was all that upset about the way things were going in Iraq he’s had years to speechify about it instead of [crickets] and hugging on Bush. Roger Cohen writes about the French Revolution of 2007 and how Sarkozy is smashing taboos.
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
The coffee and tea are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. It’s pouring down rain here, so maybe those seeds I planted yesterday will sprout. Have a great day.
Good morning Marion..
Please send some of the Rain up the Savannah valley to the mountains, we could use it.
And now that Marion is on duty, I’ll go build stuff..Love and peace.
And go give David Broder hell if you have the stomach for it, please.
good morning everyone
Hi Millineryman!!!!
The local FOX affiliate in NY last night asked people if they thought Ahmadinejad should be allowed to place a wreath at Ground Zero when he comes to town for the UNGA.
You would not believe how many people responding tied Iran into the WTC attacks. It’s like Iraq has been completely replaced as the bogus insitgator for the attacks.
Good morning!
Good morning, MM and pups.
Good morning folks.
Can’t believe that box turtle is still ruffled about MoveOn. Maybe there should be a hearing about what a people powered movement is versus what a whiny ass titty baby millionaire club is.
They got nothin’ nothin’ NAWTHING.
And they know it. Yet they still follow Mr 25% around like puppy dogs. Harry should take the measure out on the Capitol steps and burn it with a lighter.
Reid or someone should attach the Webb amendment to Cornyn’s resolution, if possible.
Few things would get me to become so vehement (and without reading all the comments!) but:
GODDAMN THE REPUBLICAN PARTY AND FUCK YOU BUSH!!!
-MS
Good Morning!
at least last night I was bundled up enough so I didn’t wake up frozen to death.
But what a crummy day yesterday.
Filibuster Chart
How do we en-spine our legislators?
What a sad, disgusting day for our country.
From the WaPo this morning:
Shorter John Warner: George Bush made me his bit*h.
Kevster @ 330
Oh please, could we have a hearing on the Betray-US ad? please please!!
Make the Repervs actually do the filibuster. Meanwhile, hold a counter-filibuster on the Capitol Steps. With the testimony of the families Webb’s amendment would help!
Loyalty oath to Bush? How Goodling.
Shame them, shame them, shame them.
A little rain in eastern NC. *does Snoopy dance*
neurophius @ 15
I never thought he was gone; he just hid out in the “bowels” of the WH.;-(
Good Morning everyone.
Local Fargo Forum columnist Mike McFeely describing a p.r. debacle over the ousting-in-progress of UND’s athletic director said this:
“…somebody put a tent over this circus.”
One would think he’d been watching Congress, too.
Oh, and Bush plays by Belichek Rules, as described by football player: if you ain’t cheatin’, you ain’t tryin’.
Pretty much sums up the whole Bush-the-Lesser era.
This, too, sums up this era. Loyalty to party. Not to our country or to our troops. Loyalty to the republican party is the mandate.
IMO, Congress should expend all its energy assuring that the next election is fair. A fair election means a landslide for the dem party. But, I’m worried that it won’t be fair.
Rather law suit
I hope his lawyer will be seeking documents from Shrub
Awol then and now
Good Morning, Firepups,
It’s clear and comfortably cool this morning in central Jersey. That helps to clear the setbacks of yesterday [Habeas, Webb amendment, representation for DC] in some perspective [just temporary, we shall overcome, keep working at it]. Not to mention personal worries [the health problems of Mr. NJP’s parents].
Mr. NJP is off to work at the offices of his consulting client, and then attend a meeting of his peace group. I have a busy morning printing out final copies of several reports to deliver this afternoon.
And, oh yeah, it’s my birthday. Mr. NJP made me a CD from one of my favorite double albums (Judy Collins, So Early in the Spring), and bought me a Robert Fagles set: his new translations of the Iliad and the Odyssey. Classics for a classic.
There’s a big pot of coffee, and morning glory muffins. Help yourselves. Be kind.
Work for peace, every day.
Happy birthday njprogressive!!!
New thread upstairs…you’ve got to be taught.
Come on upstairs for Scarecrow’s morning wisdom:
Morning Cuppa Moral Lessons