late late

uno?

Hey egregious!

Boo!

yellowdog jim @ 2

uno?

egregious!!

Dire straits indeed.

woohoo, dance party – be sure to let downstairs know

Egregious!!!

i sent downstairs a link.

egregious!

yellowdog jim @ 9

i sent downstairs a link.

It was a triple play.

“You feel all right, when you hear the music playing”

EG!

we dancin? to the radio?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivIv3VSAePg

Today I put all 5 of my Josh Groban CD’s on the player, cranked up the speakers to the point the bottom floor windows were kind of vibrating and I put most of the components together for my home office….. Singing to the music … boy was it theraputic!

Oh, my god. I’m so full…

I’m at my mother’s house down in south georgia. Ohhhh, the dinner we had. It was hours ago and I’m still creaking a bit at the seams when I walk.

And tomorrow I am actually going to church. For all the wrong reasons, of course. I have a crush on this one baritone in the choir.

His name is *Andrew*…

Hey egregious – kinda late where you live. Glad you’re in!

What’s this supposed to mean for diplomacy?

Rice, Al-Maliki Avoid Each Other At UN Meeting
from Huff Po by The Huffington Post News Editors

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki kept a polite distance Saturday as they attended a group meeting and avoided discussion of a Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.

With tensions soaring over the Sept. 16 incident, Rice and al-Maliki chose not to speak directly at a United Nations gathering at which they were among senior diplomats and officials from Iraq’s neighbors, including Iran and Syria, weighing future assistance to Iraq.

Got EPU’d so I thought I’d repost this:

OT, but of interest to us here at The Lake:

Snatched: Israeli commandos ‘nuclear’ raid

ISRAELI commandos from the elite Sayeret Matkal unit – almost certainly dressed in Syrian uniforms – made their way stealthily towards a secret military compound near Dayr az-Zawr in northern Syria. They were looking for proof that Syria and North Korea were collaborating on a nuclear programme.

Israel had been surveying the site for months, according to Washington and Israeli sources. President George W Bush was told during the summer that Israeli intelligence suggested North Korean personnel and nuclear-related material were at the Syrian site.

Israel was determined not to take any chances with its neighbour. Following the example set by its raid on an Iraqi nuclear reactor at Osirak 1981, it drew up plans to bomb the Syrian compound.

But Washington was not satisfied. It demanded clear evidence of nuclear-related activities before giving the operation its blessing. The task of the commandos was to provide it.

Today the site near Dayr az-Zawr lies in ruins after it was pounded by Israeli F15Is on September 6. Before the Israelis issued the order to strike, the commandos had secretly seized samples of nuclear material and taken them back into Israel for examination by scientists, the sources say. A laboratory confirmed that the unspecified material was North Korean in origin. America approved an attack…

Plenty more “informed” speculation (propaganda?) in the UK’s TimesOnline article.

Hi Trex. Great to see you.

katymine @ 15

Today I put all 5 of my Josh Groban CD’s on the player, cranked up the speakers to the point the bottom floor windows were kind of vibrating and I put most of the components together for my home office….. Singing to the music … boy was it theraputic!

Round the little cottage by the creek in the redwoods, I crank up the Morrison Hotel/Hard Rock Cafe CD by the Doors.

DrDick @ 11

yellowdog jim @ 9

i sent downstairs a link.

It was a triple play.

cool

TexBetsy @ 18

What’s this supposed to mean for diplomacy?

Rice, Al-Maliki Avoid Each Other At UN Meeting
from Huff Po by The Huffington Post News Editors

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki kept a polite distance Saturday as they attended a group meeting and avoided discussion of a Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.

With tensions soaring over the Sept. 16 incident, Rice and al-Maliki chose not to speak directly at a United Nations gathering at which they were among senior diplomats and officials from Iraq’s neighbors, including Iran and Syria, weighing future assistance to Iraq.

I think it’s a case of the blind snubbing the naked. Or something.

TRex @ 16

Oh, my god. I’m so full…

I’m at my mother’s house down in south georgia. Ohhhh, the dinner we had. It was hours ago and I’m still creaking a bit at the seams when I walk.

And tomorrow I am actually going to church. For all the wrong reasons, of course. I have a crush on this one baritone in the choir.

His name is *Andrew*…

what did mamarex fix?

egregious! what a great post, a great “round-up”. And, so many links! awesome.

egregious delivers some uncommon sense!

And her shoes! Oh my!!!

what did mamarex fix?

She and I cooked together and we made, um, meatloaf (my favorite, but only like my mom makes it), mashed potatoes, pinto beans, cornbread, macaroni and cheese, slaw, sliced home grown tomatoes, big pitchers of iced tea, and lemon chess pie for dessert.

Oof.

Soooooooo good.

Thanks, I rather like these shoes myself :)

egregious @ 28

Thanks, I rather like these shoes myself :)

And you are looking divine tonight, I might add.

egregious!

TRex @ 27

what did mamarex fix?

She and I cooked together and we made, um, meatloaf (my favorite, but only like my mom makes it), mashed potatoes, pinto beans, cornbread, macaroni and cheese, slaw, sliced home grown tomatoes, big pitchers of iced tea, and lemon chess pie for dessert.

Oof.

Soooooooo good.

Oh my. A comfort food OD if I ever saw one. ;-)

Snake Farm

Oh my. A comfort food OD if I ever saw one. ;-)

We are southerners after all.

All that food was for five people, too. I’m taking sacks of leftovers back to Athens with me.

Who would have thunk it? Bill O. is a connoisseur of “soul food”…

O’REILLY: No, no, I mean, I like that soul food. I had the meatloaf special. I had coconut shrimp. I had the iced tea. It was great.

(Coconut shrimp? WTF?) Check out the whole article at Media Matters:

O’Reilly surprised “there was no difference” between Harlem restaurant and other New York restaurants

Another red-soled-shoe post! Thanks, eg, you rock.

Hey Suz- do you still have that linky for mamarex’s mac and cheese? I saved the recipe, but not the link. A little bit of FDL history that should be mentioned… ;)

CD @ 34

Who would have thunk it? Bill O. is a connoisseur of “soul food”…

O’REILLY: No, no, I mean, I like that soul food. I had the meatloaf special. I had coconut shrimp. I had the iced tea. It was great.

Coconut shrimp? WTF? Check out the whole article at Media Matters:

O’Reilly surprised “there was no difference” between Harlem restaurant and other New York restaurants

R.E.M.’s manager was telling me about that Bill-O cultural field trip today. He was apparently amazed that black people can walk upright and speak English and everything.

Will the wonders never cease?

I believe that one could dance to this one, if one were so inclined.

The Neville Brothers, “Yellow Moon.”

EPU’d, but on topic I think (even if it is Late Late Nite and that doesn’t matter):

“I just want to say that I am seriously disturbed about the “We LUVS us Gen. Petraeus, We HATES us MoveOn.org” resolution. Even after a couple of days, I can’t seem to get over it. What, 22 Democrats supported it? This is a serious assault on the First Amendment. Not only are they attempting to suppress free speach, they are attempting to suppress political speech–the most important kind, especially in these days of creeping fascism in our government.

I know I’m not saying anything new here. Just continuing to react to an ugly week in the USA.”

But I’m glad egregious was able to put something of a positive spin on it all.

Hey TexBetsy, how’s everything?

Valley Girl @ 36

Hey Suz- do you still have that linky for mamarex’s mac and cheese? I saved the recipe, but not the link. A little bit of FDL history that should be mentioned… ;)

Comment 162

TexBetsy @ 18

What’s this supposed to mean for diplomacy?

Rice, Al-Maliki Avoid Each Other At UN Meeting
from Huff Po by The Huffington Post News Editors

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki kept a polite distance Saturday as they attended a group meeting and avoided discussion of a Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.

With tensions soaring over the Sept. 16 incident, Rice and al-Maliki chose not to speak directly at a United Nations gathering at which they were among senior diplomats and officials from Iraq’s neighbors, including Iran and Syria, weighing future assistance to Iraq.

That Condi “still technically a virgin” Rice just had nothing to wear with her Blackwater guards.

Note to herself: “Must accessorize better. Does Prada go with Blackwater?”

Suzanne @ 32

Snake Farm

Nothing like a little Ray Wylie to brighten my view.

TRex @ 29

egregious @ 28

Thanks, I rather like these shoes myself :)

And you are looking divine tonight, I might add.

[swoon…faints as the great TRex speaks to lil ol’ me]

Was that the famous Mamarex mac and cheese?

OMG!!!1!12!1

From that Media Matters link:

“I think black Americans are starting to think more and more for themselves. They’re getting away from the Sharptons and the [Rev. Jesse] Jacksons and the people trying to lead them into a race-based culture. They’re just trying to figure it out. ‘Look, I can make it. If I work hard and get educated, I can make it.”

Yes, Bill. It’s amazing, isn’t it? You’d almost think that each black person had their own individual personality. Soon, they’ll even be able to read and write!

*beats head on desk*

DrDick @ 43

Suzanne @ 32

Snake Farm

Nothing like a little Ray Wylie to brighten my view.

just sounds nasty…

Suzanne @ 46

DrDick @ 43

Nothing like a little Ray Wylie to brighten my view.

just sounds nasty…

….pretty much is.

neurophius @ 39

EPU’d, but on topic I think (even if it is Late Late Nite and that doesn’t matter):

“I just want to say that I am seriously disturbed about the “We LUVS us Gen. Petraeus, We HATES us MoveOn.org” resolution. Even after a couple of days, I can’t seem to get over it. What, 22 Democrats supported it? This is a serious assault on the First Amendment. Not only are they attempting to suppress free speach, they are attempting to suppress political speech–the most important kind, especially in these days of creeping fascism in our government.

I know I’m not saying anything new here. Just continuing to react to an ugly week in the USA.”

But I’m glad egregious was able to put something of a positive spin on it all.

You’re right, of course. But on the other hand, I’d be happy to have Congress censure MoveOn every week if it meant that MoveOn could rake in $2 million in donations every time it happens.

Hey yellowdog jim!

Alright, gang, I just wanted to say hi.

I have to head off for bed so I don’t nod off during the sermon tomorrow.

And yes, it was the famous RexMama mac and cheese. We don’t make any other kind. That stuff in the box is for yankees and pikers.

Oh, has anyone seen bustedknuckles?

He apparently made lots of new friends at Donita’s Portland show.

TRex @ 50

Alright, gang, I just wanted to say hi.

I have to head off for bed so I don’t nod off during the sermon tomorrow.

And yes, it was the famous RexMama mac and cheese. We don’t make any other kind. That stuff in the box is for yankees and pikers.

Yankees and pikers? Isn’t that redundant?

haven’t seen him tonight, trex

Guys and gals, it is in fact late here.

Good night to all!

Ok… I am headed off to bed…. I finally had my glass of wine and boy did it hit me…. Nite Nite you all ….. AND you are all the best….

g’nite eg and thanks for the ear candy late late nite :)

Night egregious. A great post deserves a great night’s sleep.

g’nite karymine – and any other leaving sleepy pups i may have missed

Night katymine.

down to my last quarter:

Sonia Dada:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntqQszzOA4g

nite all.

Night Jayt

egregious @ 49

Hey yellowdog jim!

Howdy, egregious!
nice shoes.

Saturday Night Weather Report

Suzanne @ 63

Saturday Night Weather Report

Not around here. Just regular old water (which is very welcome).

Mad Dogs says:

TexBetsy @ 18

What’s this supposed to mean for diplomacy?

Rice, Al-Maliki Avoid Each Other At UN Meeting
from Huff Po by The Huffington Post News Editors

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki kept a polite distance Saturday as they attended a group meeting and avoided discussion of a Baghdad shootout involving guards from a U.S. company protecting American diplomats.

With tensions soaring over the Sept. 16 incident, Rice and al-Maliki chose not to speak directly at a United Nations gathering at which they were among senior diplomats and officials from Iraq’s neighbors, including Iran and Syria, weighing future assistance to Iraq.

That Condi “still technically a virgin” Rice just had nothing to wear with her Blackwater guards.

Note to herself: “Must accessorize better. Does Prada go with Blackwater?”

Nope.

Pravda.

yellowdog jim @ 62

egregious @ 49

Hey yellowdog jim!

Howdy, egregious!
nice shoes.

and good night.

For Sunday lovers

Can’t resist one more word of wisdom (with a musical connection, yet) from Bill O., i.e. “what white America doesn’t know”:

O’REILLY: You know, and I went to the concert by Anita Baker at Radio City Music Hall, and the crowd was 50/50, black/white, and the blacks were well-dressed. And she came out — Anita Baker came out on the stage and said, “Look, this is a show for the family. We’re not gonna have any profanity here. We’re not gonna do any rapping here.” The band was excellent, but they were dressed in tuxedoes, and this is what white America doesn’t know, particularly people who don’t have a lot of interaction with black Americans. They think that the culture is dominated by Twista, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg.

DrDick @ 31

TRex @ 27

She and I cooked together and we made, um, meatloaf (my favorite, but only like my mom makes it), mashed potatoes, pinto beans, cornbread, macaroni and cheese, slaw, sliced home grown tomatoes, big pitchers of iced tea, and lemon chess pie for dessert.

Oof.

Soooooooo good.

Oh my. A comfort food OD if I ever saw one. ;-)

Meatloaf made outside the family is definitely an acquired taste.
People tend to be very particular about meatloaf.
Jest sayin’…

CD @ 68

Can’t resist one more word of wisdom (with a musical connection, yet) from Bill O., i.e. “what white America doesn’t know”:

O’REILLY: You know, and I went to the concert by Anita Baker at Radio City Music Hall, and the crowd was 50/50, black/white, and the blacks were well-dressed. And she came out — Anita Baker came out on the stage and said, “Look, this is a show for the family. We’re not gonna have any profanity here. We’re not gonna do any rapping here.” The band was excellent, but they were dressed in tuxedoes, and this is what white America doesn’t know, particularly people who don’t have a lot of interaction with black Americans. They think that the culture is dominated by Twista, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg.

It is better to remain silent and have people think you are stupid than to open you mouth and confirm it.

CD @ 68

Can’t resist one more word of wisdom (with a musical connection, yet) from Bill O., i.e. “what white America doesn’t know”:

O’REILLY: You know, and I went to the concert by Anita Baker at Radio City Music Hall, and the crowd was 50/50, black/white, and the blacks were well-dressed. And she came out — Anita Baker came out on the stage and said, “Look, this is a show for the family. We’re not gonna have any profanity here. We’re not gonna do any rapping here.” The band was excellent, but they were dressed in tuxedoes, and this is what white America doesn’t know, particularly people who don’t have a lot of interaction with black Americans. They think that the culture is dominated by Twista, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg.

thank you, Mr. billO, for setting us straight.

With this knowledge, I might even get to meet a black person someday.

Increasing spread of cholera in Iraq is due to insurgents using chlorine bombs. Did you know that 7000 Kurds have been infected?

It is going to hit the rest of Iraq soon. That is nasty…. really nasty and since they now do not have a public health system and any healthcare is pretty sparse … this could turn ugly

http://thinkprogress.org/2007/09/22/cholera-iraq/

Suz- thanks so much for that link above.

For anyone who did not follow the saga of the “revelation of mamarex’s mac n’ cheese recipe” it really was quite an epic drama. ;) Really.

egregious,

Excellent post!

katymine @ 72

do not have a public health system and any healthcare is pretty sparse

sounds familiar.

Valley Girl @ 73

Suz- thanks so much for that link above.

For anyone who did not follow the saga of the “revelation of mamarex’s mac n’ cheese recipe” it really was quite an epic drama. ;) Really.

and a fucking fabulous mac recipe
*putting quarter into swear jar

neurophius @ 71

thank you, Mr. billO, for setting us straight.

With this knowledge, I might even get to meet a black person someday.

I can hardly wait until he realizes that there are still Indians around and that they don’t all wear buckskins and feathers and live in tipis.

CD @ 68

Can’t resist one more word of wisdom (with a musical connection, yet) from Bill O., i.e. “what white America doesn’t know”:

O’REILLY: You know, and I went to the concert by Anita Baker at Radio City Music Hall, and the crowd was 50/50, black/white, and the blacks were well-dressed. And she came out — Anita Baker came out on the stage and said, “Look, this is a show for the family. We’re not gonna have any profanity here. We’re not gonna do any rapping here.” The band was excellent, but they were dressed in tuxedoes, and this is what white America doesn’t know, particularly people who don’t have a lot of interaction with black Americans. They think that the culture is dominated by Twista, Ludacris, and Snoop Dogg.

Gee, what’s Bill trying to tell us? That people of the black persuasion are really sort of, well, OK?

Fuckin’ newsflash from Falafel Breath.

Kirk- I left you some kitty links down stairs. (No purchases involved.) And, that was funny! The shy kitty.

neurophius @ 71

Mr. billO

I have to wonder what his ratings are like in the African-American community

Blub @ 80

neurophius @ 71

Mr. billO

I have to wonder what his ratings are like in the African-American community

They have negative numbers in those ratings?

kirk murphy @ 65

Mad Dogs says:
That Condi “still technically a virgin” Rice just had nothing to wear with her Blackwater guards.

Note to herself: “Must accessorize better. Does Prada go with Blackwater?”

Nope.

Pravda.

teeheehee

TexBetsy @ 81

Blub @ 80

I have to wonder what his ratings are like in the African-American community

They have negative numbers in those ratings?

Nah. Armstrong Williams, Michael Steele.
Oops, forgot Ken Blackwell.

lolo @ 82

kirk murphy @ 65

Nope.

Pravda.

teeheehee

{{{{{{{lolo}}}}}}}
How you doing? Haven’t seen you around here much lately.

newtonusr @ 83

Armstrong Williams, Michael Steele.

oh.. and Ward Connerly. We can’t forget him. Mr Equal-opportunity-has-spoiled-the-American-black

newtonusr @ 83

TexBetsy @ 81

They have negative numbers in those ratings?

Nah. Armstrong Williams, Michael Steele.

imaginary numbers

This is odd.

Immigration hearing for U.S. peace activist postponed
from AfterDowningStreet.org – Impeach Bush and Cheney Now!

By CBC

An American peace activist will be in limbo in Vancouver for at least another 10 days after her immigration hearing was postponed on Tuesday.

Alison Bodine, 22, was arrested by Canadian border officials on Thursday, when she stopped at the Canada Border Services facility at the Peace Arch border crossing.

She intended to pick up some anti-war literature that was confiscated as she entered Canada. Instead, the U.S. resident learned she was wanted on a Canada-wide warrant.

Hedley Lamarr @ 69

DrDick @ 31

Oh my. A comfort food OD if I ever saw one. ;-)

Meatloaf made outside the family is definitely an acquired taste.

People tend to be very particular about meatloaf.
Jest sayin’…

I agree, even if the same ingredients go into a meatloaf, my mom and my grandmother’s meatloaf taste different from each other.
At my house, I make meatloaf and it never tastes the same. Go figure.

Blub @ 80

neurophius @ 71

Mr. billO

I have to wonder what his ratings are like in the African-American community

***
Blub: Apparently Bill’s African-American ratings in Harlem are spectacular. He says, of the staff and patrons at the restaurant where he ate with Jesse Jackson, “They all watch The Factor…”

I mean, would Bill lie? *G*

yellowdog jim @ 86

newtonusr @ 83

Nah. Armstrong Williams, Michael Steele.

imaginary numbers

The Euclidean Electorate.

a while ago, right after katrina, shrub’s JAR among African-Americans was actually statistically zilch.. he might’ve done a dead cat bounce off that since then.. dunno. I can’t imagine that O’Really’s audience is much larger than that.

lolo!

(and vg, thanks for links! tee-hee!)

CD @ 89

Blub @ 80

I have to wonder what his ratings are like in the African-American community

***
Blub: Apparently Bill’s African-American ratings in Harlem are spectacular. He says, of the staff and patrons at the restaurant where he ate with Jesse Jackson, “They all watch The Factor…”

I mean, would Bill lie? *G*

I believe they think it is a comedy show. They like watching a white guy make an ass of himself every night.

Just got here! Snoopy Dance for the FDL A team!!! WoooHoooo!!!

And a tip of the hat, and a hug, to the team of moderators!

Bob in HI

DrDick @ 93

CD @ 89

***
Blub: Apparently Bill’s African-American ratings in Harlem are spectacular. He says, of the staff and patrons at the restaurant where he ate with Jesse Jackson, “They all watch The Factor…”

I mean, would Bill lie? *G*

I believe they think it is a comedy show. They like watching a white guy make an ass of himself every night.

But shows like that zap your brain cells.

IMHO, we have to make this a shibboleth: no private armies. No presidential candidate who fails to condemn Blackwater and their ilk gets our votes. If these guys come back to the U.S. without judicial restraint, we’re Chile.

CD @ 89

Blub @ 80

I have to wonder what his ratings are like in the African-American community

***
Blub: Apparently Bill’s African-American ratings in Harlem are spectacular. He says, of the staff and patrons at the restaurant where he ate with Al Sharpton, “They all watch The Factor…”

I mean, would Bill lie? *G*

Evening egregious. Nice post.

I.W.I.W.A.L.

wigwam @ 96

IMHO, we have to make this a shibboleth: no private armies. No presidential candidate who fails to condemn Blackwater and their ilk gets our votes. If these guys come back to the U.S. without judicial restraint, we’re Chile.

“Mercenary” must become a very bad word, said with a spitting sound. By the way, I would make the comparison to Columbia, with all the private armies killing everyone in sight.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL2-B6uW-1M
Night Time is the Right Time

DrDick @ 100

wigwam @ 96

IMHO, we have to make this a shibboleth: no private armies. No presidential candidate who fails to condemn Blackwater and their ilk gets our votes. If these guys come back to the U.S. without judicial restraint, we’re Chile.

“Mercenary” must become a very bad word, said with a spitting sound. By the way, I would make the comparison to Columbia, with all the private armies killing everyone in sight.

just like maryanne said dr (pause) dick, with spit

DrDick @ 100

private armies killing everyone in sight.

I’m scared to death that the next step will see Blackwater deployed to “secure” the US-Mexican border. I know for a fact that’s precisely what Duncan Hunter wants to see happen.

Blub @ 103

DrDick @ 100

private armies killing everyone in sight.

I’m scared to death that the next step will see Blackwater deployed to “secure” the US-Mexican border.

already privatizing that

TRex @ 16

Oh, my god. I’m so full…

I’m at my mother’s house down in south georgia. Ohhhh, the dinner we had. It was hours ago and I’m still creaking a bit at the seams when I walk.

And tomorrow I am actually going to church. For all the wrong reasons, of course. I have a crush on this one baritone in the choir.

His name is *Andrew*…

God can do that. I think he used an extraordinarily pretty young lady to induce me to go to an Episcopal Church in Houston in 1980, and my relationship with the Episcopal church proved to be much more enduring than my relationship with the pretty young lady!

Bob in HI

Blub @ 103

DrDick @ 100

private armies killing everyone in sight.

I’m scared to death that the next step will see Blackwater deployed to “secure” the US-Mexican border.

Or rounding up all the “illegals” (and anyone else the Busheviks don’t like).

time for me to say good night.

sleep well my friends.

Night Betsy.

good night betsy.
restful sleep to you

Margot @ 101

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yL2-B6uW-1M
Night Time is the Right Time

Too bad utube doesn’t have up the proper response to your video:

In the Middle of the Night – Jimmie Vaughan and LouAnn Barton

pain free sleep wishes, tex

Blub @ 103

DrDick @ 100

private armies killing everyone in sight.

I’m scared to death that the next step will see Blackwater deployed to “secure” the US-Mexican border. I know for a fact that’s precisely what Duncan Hunter wants to see happen.

There are enough of those minutemen nutcakes running around here…. it is getting cooler so their RV’s will be heading south and them boys will be setting up their petrols and stop themselves a brown invasion.

AND then we get to hear how those poor boys have to make do and pay for all their supplies ALL by themselves and NO ONE at the Minutemen group helps them when they see them getting thousands of dollars in donations. Those poor babies…

DrDick @ 93

make an ass of himself every night.

to tell ya the truth, that’s precisely why I watch him every now and then. it used to be you had to tune into Rush or some other hate-mongering talk radio Nazi to get the trashy gems when can now find on the Factor.. it’s so much more socially acceptable to watch Faux for such gratuitous amusement, especially since TSA employees always tune airport waiting lounge TVs at Lindbergh Field to it, and I spend a lot of time waiting for flights there

TexBetsy @ 107

time for me to say good night.

sleep well my friends.

gnight

TexBetsy @ 107

time for me to say good night.

sleep well my friends.

Sleep Well, Ma’am!!!

Suzanne @ 99

I.W.I.W.A.L.

I have NO IDEA what to say in response to that.

Well, the witching hour is approaching the Great Divide, so I think I will head to bed. Take care and enjoy the snark.

VG, KPIG just played Austin Lounge Lizards UCSC Banana Slug Fight Song – make me immediately think of you

katymine @ 112

minutemen nutcakes…

I thought I’d heard they’d basically given up in San Diego.. and a few of the regulars actually changed sides and are now helping the humanitarian relief groups in the hills. Gilchrist and his neo-Nazi friends are now more about doing pickets anywhere he can find brown people in more-Minutemen-friendly Orange County, where he has guys like Rohrabacher (R-Klan) protecting him

Suzanne @ 118

VG, KPIG just played Austin Lounge Lizards UCSC Banana Slug Fight Song – make me immediately think of you

All the talk of BillO. made me think of their song about the shallow end of the gene pool.

Bob in HI

Sleep well, TexB and DrD.

Wishing blissful sleep for you both.

(repsectively, of course :)

g’nite dr (pause) d

Wow, Watching CNN’s special on the Jena Six, I wasn’t aware that the white student who was beaten, was expelled a month later for bringing a shotgun to school…!!! Hmmm…

I haven’t heard yet what they will do this year… there isn’t much action here when it is 110 but in a few months the nuts will start coming out of their caves and who know…. We also have that fine upstanding Sheriff Joe the single person who has cost our county MILLIONS of dollars in legal and settlements thinking he can enforce FEDERAL immigration laws all on his own.

It just isn’t minuteman season yet… funny how No More Deaths is out there year round and gets charged with being a coyote when they try to do a medical transport for immigrates found nearly dead.

katymine @ 124

Sheriff Joe

he’s the thug who tortures prisoners in Maricopa County, right?

By the way, whatever happened to those two young No More Deaths volunteers the shrubco Justice Dept tried to imprison for giving medical assistance to crossers?

katymine, do you happen to know if the case against the No More Deaths folks worked out (or where it is in the”justice” system)?

katymine @ 124

I haven’t heard yet what they will do this year… there isn’t much action here when it is 110 but in a few months the nuts will start coming out of their caves and who know…. We also have that fine upstanding Sheriff Joe the single person who has cost our county MILLIONS of dollars in legal and settlements thinking he can enforce FEDERAL immigration laws all on his own.

It just isn’t minuteman season yet… funny how No More Deaths is out there year round and gets charged with being a coyote when they try to do a medical transport for immigrates found nearly dead.

The Maricopa Sheriff, who dresses the prisoners in pink and warehouses them in tents…???

blub, jinx! :)

DrDick @ 100

wigwam @ 96

IMHO, we have to make this a shibboleth: no private armies. No presidential candidate who fails to condemn Blackwater and their ilk gets our votes. If these guys come back to the U.S. without judicial restraint, we’re Chile.

“Mercenary” must become a very bad word, said with a spitting sound. By the way, I would make the comparison to Columbia, with all the private armies killing everyone in sight.

We should avoid the sanitizing/neutral word contractor altogether. Taking a leaf from DeLay’s book, “mercenary” or “corrupt profiteer” should work in all cases, depending on facts.

“Corrupt” resonates in my (red) part of the world – and the t spits nicely!

oh.. there’s supposed to be anti-Blackwater rallies and teach-ins and a protest march October 6 and 7 in San Diego
http://www.prcsd.org/encampment.html

burnspbesq @ 116

Suzanne @ 99

I.W.I.W.A.L.

I have NO IDEA what to say in response to that.

Daughter

CTuttle @ 127

The Maricopa Sheriff, who dresses the prisoners in pink and warehouses them in tents…???

I think he also has them on chain gangs, permanently puts “stun torture belts” on prisoners and otherwise violates their human rights. He also put a TB patient in solitary for 200 days, denying visitors, showers, reading/writing materials and TV, before a court ordered him to stop

SunnyNobility @ 129

“mercenary”

or how about “Private Republican Party Army” or just “Black Shirt” thugs?

SunnyNobility @ 129

DrDick @ 100

“Mercenary” must become a very bad word, said with a spitting sound. By the way, I would make the comparison to Columbia, with all the private armies killing everyone in sight.

We should avoid the sanitizing/neutral word contractor altogether. Taking a leaf from DeLay’s book, “mercenary” or “corrupt profiteer” should work in all cases, depending on facts.

“Corrupt” resonates in my (red) part of the world – and the t spits nicely!

killer for hire

Suzanne @ 118

VG, KPIG just played Austin Lounge Lizards UCSC Banana Slug Fight Song – make me immediately think of you

Suz! That is funny! I did not even know there a BSFS. Irony, perhaps? Will google that later.

Uh, did I ever tell about the first apt. I rented in SC (the one with the green walls, purple wood trim, and coordinating colors plastic drapes)? And how I was reading the National Enquirer many years later? And, uh, the outside of the place Victorian Facade looked kinda familar? Like, it had been rejuvenated as a cannabis friendly B&B?

Blub @ 133

SunnyNobility @ 129

“mercenary”

or how about “Private Republican Party Army” or just “Black Shirt” thugs?

Let’s just keep it simple – hired guns, literally

Blub @ 132

CTuttle @ 127

The Maricopa Sheriff, who dresses the prisoners in pink and warehouses them in tents…???

I think he also has them on chain gangs, permanently puts “stun torture belts” on prisoners and otherwise violates their human rights. He also put a TB patient in solitary for 200 days, denying visitors, showers, reading/writing materials and TV, before a court ordered him to stop

…but, he’s a local legend…!!! ;-)

Valley Girl @ 135

Suzanne @ 118

VG, KPIG just played Austin Lounge Lizards UCSC Banana Slug Fight Song – make me immediately think of you

Suz! That is funny! I did not even know there a BSFS. Irony, perhaps? Will google that later.

Uh, did I ever tell about the first apt. I rented in SC (the one with the green walls, purple wood trim, and coordinating colors plastic drapes)? And how I was reading the National Enquirer many years later? And, uh, the outside of the place Victorian Facade looked kinda familar? Like, it had been rejuvenated as a cannabis friendly B&B?

yeup – did i tell you the owners recently sold it and moved to hawaii? i don’t know if The Compassionate Flower Inn will live on only in smoky memories or will continue.

CTuttle @ 137

…but, he’s a local legend…!!! ;-)

just another rethug with bondage fantasies

Suzanne @ 136

hired guns, literally

But that’s what worries me. What happens if they’re not just hired guns? But that they actually have loyalties… and not to us.

Shrub is asking for $200 Bil. for the war to get through till next year…??? WTF???

CTuttle @ 141

Shrub is asking for $200 Bil. for the war to get through till next year…??? WTF???

Don’t worry. DiFi’ll give it to him. Heck, she’ll offer $400.

Blub @ 140

Suzanne @ 136

hired guns, literally

But that’s what worries me. What happens if they’re not just hired guns? But that they actually have loyalties… and not to us.

the hired gun’s loyalty is to the cash paid – not to the person paying.

Blub @ 142

CTuttle @ 141

Shrub is asking for $200 Bil. for the war to get through till next year…??? WTF???

Don’t worry. DiFi’ll give it to him. Heck, she’ll offer $400.

Not. Another. Dime.!!!

Suzanne @ 143

the hired gun’s loyalty is to the cash paid – not to the person paying.

true, but it hasn’t escaped notice that their CEO is a known theocon rethug wingnut, and that their brigades have company-sponsored “prayer meetings” The problem is, that they may not just be about the highest bidder.. they may actually, at some point, decide they have their own agenda

Suzanne @ 138

Valley Girl @ 135

Suz! That is funny! I did not even know there a BSFS. Irony, perhaps? Will google that later.

Uh, did I ever tell about the first apt. I rented in SC (the one with the green walls, purple wood trim, and coordinating colors plastic drapes)? And how I was reading the National Enquirer many years later? And, uh, the outside of the place Victorian Facade looked kinda familar? Like, it had been rejuvenated as a cannabis friendly B&B?

yeup – did i tell you the owners recently sold it and moved to hawaii? i don’t know if The Compassionate Flower Inn will live on only in smoky memories or will continue.

Suz, now that I think of it, yes you did. I gotta say that that whole area is just full of stories. And, now that I think of it, thanks again- I do remember you gave me some nice links for the Brookdale Lodge.

Suzanne @ 138

Valley Girl @ 135

Suz! That is funny! I did not even know there a BSFS. Irony, perhaps? Will google that later.

Uh, did I ever tell about the first apt. I rented in SC (the one with the green walls, purple wood trim, and coordinating colors plastic drapes)? And how I was reading the National Enquirer many years later? And, uh, the outside of the place Victorian Facade looked kinda familar? Like, it had been rejuvenated as a cannabis friendly B&B?

yeup – did i tell you the owners recently sold it and moved to hawaii? i don’t know if The Compassionate Flower Inn will live on only in smoky memories or will continue.

Hmmm… If they moved to Puna, they’re still in bizness…!!! ;-)

Skip Rope Song
emmylou harris and the mcgarricle sisters

You guys keep saying “Mukasey bla bla Bush” “Mukasey best we can hope for bla bla Bush.”

Stop looking backwards. Look at 2008. Mukasey with Gonzo’s powers. Mukasey with Giuliani ties.

We’re screwed. We’re screwed because very very few people seem to understand the power of the vote purge. Even fewer understand the power of the well-timed wrongful indictment. Amazingly, no one seems to understand the significance of Mukasey, with executive privilege, wiretapping anyone or anything BEFORE NEXT ELECTION.

That is why Giuliani will win in 2008. And while you are lamenting that loss, they’ll be moving on to the NEXT coup.

Look forward.

doctordawg @ 149

You guys keep saying “Mukasey bla bla Bush” “Mukasey best we can hope for bla bla Bush.”

Stop looking backwards. Look at 2008. Mukasey with Gonzo’s powers. Mukasey with Giuliani ties.

We’re screwed. We’re screwed because very very few people seem to understand the power of the vote purge. Even fewer understand the power of the well-timed wrongful indictment. Amazingly, no one seems to understand the significance of Mukasey, with executive privilege, wiretapping anyone or anything BEFORE NEXT ELECTION.

That is why Giuliani will win in 2008. And while you are lamenting that loss, they’ll be moving on to the NEXT coup.

Look forward.

hey docdawg – isn’t this the same as what you were saying last time you were here – there has been no change?

Suzanne @ 150

doctordawg @ 149

You guys keep saying “Mukasey bla bla Bush” “Mukasey best we can hope for bla bla Bush.”

Stop looking backwards. Look at 2008. Mukasey with Gonzo’s powers. Mukasey with Giuliani ties.

We’re screwed. We’re screwed because very very few people seem to understand the power of the vote purge. Even fewer understand the power of the well-timed wrongful indictment. Amazingly, no one seems to understand the significance of Mukasey, with executive privilege, wiretapping anyone or anything BEFORE NEXT ELECTION.

That is why Giuliani will win in 2008. And while you are lamenting that loss, they’ll be moving on to the NEXT coup.

Look forward.

hey docdawg – isn’t this the same as what you were saying last time you were here – there has been no change?

Nah, Suzanne. It was the time before that, if I recall correctly.
Or, maybe it was both… I’m so confused.

yellowdog jim @ 148

Skip Rope Song
emmylou harris and the mcgarricle sisters

I love the Sisters, I was trying to find their music the other day. Thanks!

Dang, Suz and Newton, sharp tongues… eh?

CTuttle @ 153

Dang, Suz and Newton, sharp tongues… eh?

ct, i think we lead sheltered lives.

yellowdog jim @ 154

CTuttle @ 153

Dang, Suz and Newton, sharp tongues… eh?

ct, i think we lead sheltered lives.

I gotta get rid of my rose-colored glasses…!!! 8-)

Margot @ 152

yellowdog jim @ 148

Skip Rope Song
emmylou harris and the mcgarricle sisters

I love the Sisters, I was trying to find their music the other day. Thanks!

i’d misspelled McGarrigle, though.
now i feel better.

and you are very welcome.
my pleasure

time for me to head out – g’nite all

Suzanne @ 157

time for me to head out – g’nite all

Bonne Nuit, Ma Cheri!!! *g*

Suzanne @ 157

time for me to head out – g’nite all

goodnight suzanne.
thx

yellowdog jim
Hey, that’s why I just called them The Sisters. It’s too late for me to spell such a hard name. I bet that’s why I couldn’t find them on YouTube, come to think of it.

Margot @ 160

yellowdog jim
Hey, that’s why I just called them The Sisters. It’s too late for me to spell such a hard name. I bet that’s why I couldn’t find them on YouTube, come to think of it.

i spelled “emmylou” and found them together.
sweet surprise.

Uhoh, crickets… I shall bid a fond adieu! Aloha Oe!!!

Blub says:

SunnyNobility @ 129

“mercenary”

or how about “Private Republican Party Army” or just “Black Shirt” thugs?

Game over.

Blub, you just created teh “Ancient Forest” word picture of the Blackwater militia.

In the Forest Wars, wonky ecologists and besotted tree-lovers came to press conferences talking about voles per canopy acre and sacred old-growth.

Outside of the Forest Wars, people heard “old-growth” and wondered if it was something they needed to find mirrors to trim.

A year or two before he died, David Brower came and spoke at the Environmental Law (ELAW) conference held at University of Oregon School of Law in Eugene.

One of the sweet aspects of ELAW (to be precise, PIELC, but everyone calls it ELAW) is you get to talk and dine with the speakers.

David Brower had been fighting the Forest Wars for one decade for each year of my (still) paltry involvement.

In a small group, his eyes sparkled as he told us “Ancient Forest” pulled at people’s hearts strongly enough to drag them into action.

Black Shirt forces action.

Repulsion.

Brilliant, Bliub – hoping for viral spread.

Blub @ 140

Suzanne @136

hired guns, literally

But that’s what worries me. What happens if they’re not just hired guns? But that they actually have loyalties… and not to us.

Has anyone seen a breakdown of the nationalities of these folks?

Earlier I meant to use the term “war profiteer”, not just profiteer (profiteering being a republican value). Pity our elected reps are too dignified(?) to seriously engage in the semantics wars. They’ve been whipped in every skirmish and emerge unembarrassed.

Yoo: History will prove Bush right…
http://www.dailyreportonline.c…..ublic_.htm
Enjoy!!! ;-) *poof*

This is a test.
Either everyone danced their pants off or this site has crashed.

Okay, I guess it was the dancing.

Hi demi

hi

I’m still here, but about to retire.

Bob in HI

The U.K.’s Sunday Times reports:

Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources in Washington and Jerusalem.

The attack was launched with American approval on September 6 after Washington was shown evidence the material was nuclear related, the well-placed sources say.

They confirmed that samples taken from Syria for testing had been identified as North Korean. This raised fears that Syria might have joined North Korea and Iran in seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.
Israeli special forces had been gathering intelligence for several months in Syria, according to Israeli sources. They located the nuclear material at a compound near Dayr az-Zwar in the north.

I am sure you will all join me in saying thank you to the State of Israel.

http://rawstory.com/news/afp/I…..22007.html

Two weeks ago I reported that a friend of mine, back state-side from Dubai where he works on Islamic Terrorism for a well know think-tank, told me that we would be going into Syria before we ever went into Iran, and that all we were waiting for was an “incident” to justify the new war.

Methinks we’re cooking one up right on schedule.

{tiptoes in}

{whispering} Is anybody awake? That must have been some party here at the ‘Lake!

Sleep well, firepups!

I’ll stop by again later this morning.

BigMitch @ 171

The U.K.’s Sunday Times reports:

Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources in Washington and Jerusalem.

The attack was launched with American approval on September 6 after Washington was shown evidence the material was nuclear related, the well-placed sources say.

They confirmed that samples taken from Syria for testing had been identified as North Korean. This raised fears that Syria might have joined North Korea and Iran in seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.
Israeli special forces had been gathering intelligence for several months in Syria, according to Israeli sources. They located the nuclear material at a compound near Dayr az-Zwar in the north.

I am sure you will all join me in saying thank you to the State of Israel.

Nope. Just a little too convenient, and Syria, as I continue to believe, with a lot of Syrian blood in me, couldn’t find it’s ass with both hands and a flashlight.
I buy this the day ElBaradei confirms it and not before.
And why the hell should anyone applaud Israel for bombing a site where nuclear material was stored? Can you say “environmental disaster?”

I can’t believe President Bush is still railing about Hussein whacking Nelson Mandela. It’s old news by now, and he had the bastard hanged. Give it a rest, George.

Are you guys still here?

Tech,
What’s this about George still talking about Mandela? I missed it.

Demi-I was being snarky. He blathered at his last presser that Hussein assasinated Nelson Mandela, so I thought I’d have a little late night fun at his expense.

I saw the presser.
He’s so delusional. It makes me nuts that our leader is so strange.
I was listening to Rene M on NPR the other morning interviewing the French Foreign Minister and I just wondered why we can’t have a sane president.

By the way, you don’t work at Technicolor do you?

BigMitch @ 171

The U.K.’s Sunday Times reports:

Israeli commandos seized nuclear material of North Korean origin during a daring raid on a secret military site in Syria before Israel bombed it this month, according to informed sources in Washington and Jerusalem.

The attack was launched with American approval on September 6 after Washington was shown evidence the material was nuclear related, the well-placed sources say.

They confirmed that samples taken from Syria for testing had been identified as North Korean. This raised fears that Syria might have joined North Korea and Iran in seeking to acquire nuclear weapons.
Israeli special forces had been gathering intelligence for several months in Syria, according to Israeli sources. They located the nuclear material at a compound near Dayr az-Zwar in the north.

I am sure you will all join me in saying thank you to the State of Israel.

Hmm. Anybody wanna buy some aluminum tubes?

David Olsen @ 181

BigMitch @ 171

The U.K.’s Sunday Times reports:I am sure you will all join me in saying thank you to the State of Israel.

Hmm. Anybody wanna buy some aluminum tubes?

One can’t help noting that Israel introduced nuclear weapons in the middle east, making it inevitable that its neighbors will attempt to and eventually succeed in acquiring their own nuclear weapons, an eventuality that is in nobody’s best interest, especially not in the best interest of Israel.

demi @ 177

Tech,
What’s this about George still talking about Mandela? I missed it.

As Emily Litella would say…
Never mind

Good morning!

Good morning egregious! A nice late night uplifting that you wrote last night.

morning egregious

David Olsen @ 181

BigMitch @ 171

The U.K.’s Sunday Times reports:I am sure you will all join me in saying thank you to the State of Israel.

Hmm. Anybody wanna buy some aluminum tubes?

1 800 ERI POSTE…..”Hello?”

The war keeps going on it seems the MSM has chosen Hilary and Rudy as the front runners.
The GOP base desperate for a win is holding their nose at Mr I use to be pro gun control, I’m waffling on abortion, I announce my divorce to my wife at a press conference. If they lose you know the Fundementalists are going to claim they lost because they supported someone they couldn’t believe in. They are going to claim Rudy lost because he and Mitt too for that matter will say anything to be elected.
I and many but not all of our base are not happy with the media picking Hilary lets leave some troops in Iraq, lets have a healthcare plan that supports the medical/ health insurance industry.
We want no troops in Iraq. We want a healthcare plan as good as France has not a second rate corporate welfare plan.
If we lose with Hilary it will be because she compromised! It will be because the Democratic leadership bent to Bush like the Weimar Republic of old.

We can’t win if everyone thinks that we are powerless, that we won’t fight for what we believe. That we wont fight for what the majority of people want!
A Hilary win is not a win for us unless once she gets power she goes back on her campaign plans and gets all the troops home and gets us a better healthcare plan than what she is now proposing.
Given the overwhelming support for both issues there is no reason to be a Rudy or Mitt, for her to say anything she has to get elected.

things come undone @ 189

We can’t win if everyone thinks that we are powerless, that we won’t fight for what we believe. That we wont fight for what the majority of people want!
A Hilary win is not a win for us unless once she gets power she goes back on her campaign plans and gets all the troops home and gets us a better healthcare plan than what she is now proposing.
Given the overwhelming support for both issues there is no reason to be a Rudy or Mitt, for her to say anything she has to get elected.

I’m concerned that Hillary serves the same masters as Bush.

Any Democratic Presidential Candidate who wants to keep troops in Iraq risks turning off the base. They risk losing!
Why can Bush accept support from Swift Vote jerks who lie about Kerry? Why can Bush go to Bob Jones that Fundementalist school that doesn’t allow interracial dating.
But the MSM is accusing us of pushing the Democrats to far left! Funny how Congress started droping in the polls only after they caved into Bush on the war.
You don’t get numbers that low unless you lose the bloggers, the regular democrats and the independents.
I’m starting to think the Democratic party has been comprimised by Joe Liebermans who want the war to go on forever.

Wigwam@ 190 exactly and I’m giving the Evil Eye to all the Democrats who want to keep troops in Iraq. I’m thinking maybe its to late for this election but we do need to consider some primary challenges for Democrats.

Iraq concedes possible ’security vacuum’

An Iraqi official conceded Sunday that Blackwater USA’s exit would create a “security vacuum” in Baghdad and said U.S. and Iraqi officials were instead working on revamping regulations governing private security companies after a deadly shooting of civilians.

egregious 1 800 ERI POSTE…..”Hello?” ok what does that mean?

things come undone @ 191

Any Democratic Presidential Candidate who wants to keep troops in Iraq risks turning off the base. They risk losing!

morning!

yup. that’s why we get the kabuki…. most of them, imo, are trying to pretend to be anti-war when indeed they are not.

and that is why they are pissed at the grassroots and the netroots. because we see through their kabuki and are calling them on it.

kinda hard for them to keep up the pretense if their own supposed allies won’t let them.

that, in any event, if my current working hypothesis.

things come undone @ 194

egregious 1 800 ERI POSTE…..”Hello?” ok what does that mean?

Eriposte the blogger painstakingly untangled the set of lies surrounding the aluminum tubes that were part of the justification for invading Iraq.

So we need to call him/her and say there’s some followup consulting available.

things come undone @ 192

Wigwam@ 190 exactly and I’m giving the Evil Eye to all the Democrats who want to keep troops in Iraq. I’m thinking maybe its to late for this election but we do need to consider some primary challenges for Democrats.

Siun has been trying to get straight answers out of candidates on the question of “residual troops.” IIRC, only Kucinich has given a straight answer. I did find an Edwards ad the seemed to be unequivocal for immediate and complete troop withdrawal, but I don’t think that his campaign has given Siun a straight answer yet. The same goes for Obama. So far I’ve not seen Hillary make any claim that she’d completely withdraw the troops, and she’s so deep into the pockets of the Lobby (google Haim Saban) that I doubt that she has any intention of complete withdrawal. In fact, she will not even take nukes off the table in going after Bin Laden.

Marcel Marceau, Acclaimed Mime, Is Dead at 84

New thread

Barron’s September 24, 2007 pg 59 no link subscription only
“1.6 million U.S housholds have already made the decision to relocate” to another country. “That figure has remained stable for a year and a half “. “Another 1.8 million are seriously considering relocation,” ” 7.7 million are somewhat serious. “
“Add it up almost 10% of U.S households plan on leaving.” ” The largest group that has actually made the choice to leave is in the households where the adults are 25 to 34 years old.”
It seems that Barrons a big part of Bush’s elite base if there ever was one has noticed that young people with money don’t seem to have any faith in Bush or the Democrats abilty to make things better.
Almost 10% of the population! The implications are scary.

twolf1 @ 198

Marcel Marceau, Acclaimed Mime, Is Dead at 84

last words
….

I got up late. Coffee, tea and muffins upstairs.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

Frank Rich does snark. Who knew?

Here’s the song I’d like them to perform: DIRE STRAITS IN IRAQ: ‘LIVES FOR NOTHING’

Great site, great minds.. always informative and a good read.

Despair not my friends! Even though the Democratic Congress has suffered some setbacks this week, rejoice, the republican party is coming apart at the seams. They’ve written off the black and hispanic vote in the next election and possibly for all time; the white-wing-nut-religious-crazies will soon be the only ones left in the party with the top one-half-of-one-percent rich unless they get fed up and bolt for a third party run; a distinct possibility I believe.

And the topper; Nobody, but the Beltway Types, believe the republican party anymore. Ronald Regan’s ‘Shiny City on a Hill.’ A lie. People are finally coming around to the fact that their financial interests are not the same as those of the top-half-of-one-percenters; i.e ‘the haves and have-mores’ Most people are hanging on by their economic fingertips and they now know that anything they want or need from government will absolutely be decimated by republican rule. The old republican God, guns, Gays mantra just doesn’t have the magic it once had.

I think it’s the big HELLO moment for voters and the republican party. I believe in my bones that if trends continue, 2008 will be an electoral disaster of epic proportions for the republican party. And that’s something to be happy about on this nice fall day.