Zed

hey!

tres?

I love Barney Frank, period.

hello all!

tell downstairs – nicely please

{{{{ Barney Frank }}}}

Suzanne @ 6

tell downstairs – nicely please

Done!

i’ll say it again:
We have not yet begun to fight.

We will fight them on the land.
We will fight them at sea.
We will fight them in the air.
We will fight them on the cable.
We will fight them on the airwaves.
We will fight them at the newsstands.
We will fight them in the grocery stores.
We will fight them through the innertoobz.
We will fight them in cyberspace.

We will never surrender.

Barney rocks.

what ydj said

yellowdog jim @ 9

i’ll say it again:
We have not yet begun to fight.

We will fight them on the land.
We will fight them at sea.
We will fight them in the air.
We will fight them on the cable.
We will fight them on the airwaves.
We will fight them at the newsstands.
We will fight them in the grocery stores.
We will fight them through the innertoobz.
We will fight them in cyberspace.

We will never surrender.

glad you said it again. it can’t be repeated enough! Word…

great posts TSF!!

always, thanks

yellowdog jim @ 9

i’ll say it again:
We have not yet begun to fight.

We will fight them on the land.
We will fight them at sea.
We will fight them in the air.
We will fight them on the cable.
We will fight them on the airwaves.
We will fight them at the newsstands.
We will fight them in the grocery stores.
We will fight them through the innertoobz.
We will fight them in cyberspace.

We will never surrender.

And lest we forget:

“The only thing we have to fear is … fear itself.”

Patrick McHenry (R-Hostel for Strapping Young Republican Lads) — Teddy, that is priceless *g*

I watch this video and just have the sense that every time Barney speaks, in his Wonderful Out Gayness, he ends each sentence to little Patrick McHenry, the Baby of the House, with the phrase, “you closeted weasel.”

But that’s just me.

Fewer and better rules in the Senate! This stuff is crazy-making.

If Barney had received the Speaker’s gavel, I’m sure we’d be knee deep in impeachment proceedings by now…!!!

LoudounLib @ 15

Patrick McHenry (R-Hostel for Strapping Young Republican Lads) — Teddy, that is priceless *g*

Oh, it is, but it’s not mine — it’s the General’s! Please to click.

TeddySanFran @ 16

I watch this video and just have the sense that every time Barney speaks, in his Wonderful Out Gayness, he ends each sentence to little Patrick McHenry, the Baby of the House, with the phrase, “you closeted weasel.”

But that’s just me.

I like it. It’s like reading the message in the fortune cookie and adding “in bed tonight.”

Teddy, Mon General wrote quite the manly letter iirc on the Strapping Young Republican Lads.

And of course, he correctly predicted a couple of months ago that the so-called “moderate” Republicans could not be counted on to actually follow through in their votes. (Not about the war votes specifically, but the fact that they never do.)

TeddySanFran @ 16

I watch this video and just have the sense that every time Barney speaks, in his Wonderful Out Gayness, he ends each sentence to little Patrick McHenry, the Baby of the House, with the phrase, “you closeted weasel.”

But that’s just me.

Went looking for a picture of the weasels from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but I found this, which seems so much more appropriate.

burnspbesq @ 14

yellowdog jim @ 9

i’ll say it again:
We have not yet begun to fight.

We will fight them on the land.
We will fight them at sea.
We will fight them in the air.
We will fight them on the cable.
We will fight them on the airwaves.
We will fight them at the newsstands.
We will fight them in the grocery stores.
We will fight them through the innertoobz.
We will fight them in cyberspace.

We will never surrender.

And lest we forget:

“The only thing we have to fear is … fear itself.”

More and better democrats, democrats worthy of their base and worthy of their electorate. By God, these fuckers will work for us, or we’ll find new fuckers. (So to speak.)

burns, there is more wrong there than i can even imagine

Point of odor: Republicans stink

I love, love, love Barney Frank.

I can hardly wait for that little twerp to get outed.

TeddySanFran @ 25

burns, there is more wrong there than i can even imagine

I kinda thought you’d like it.

burnspbesq @ 23

TeddySanFran @ 16

I watch this video and just have the sense that every time Barney speaks, in his Wonderful Out Gayness, he ends each sentence to little Patrick McHenry, the Baby of the House, with the phrase, “you closeted weasel.”

But that’s just me.

Went looking for a picture of the weasels from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but I found this, which seems so much more appropriate.

i get the feeling that burns keeps his nsa handlers scrambling most of the time trying to figure out which little hole to plug him into….

Has anyone been watching the PBS series called “The War”?

I came home from my Sunday run of errands and it had already started. watched it and then the beginning… My father fought on Tarawa, my father survived the fighting, one of 11 of his battalion which survived the second wave of Marines. It was hard watching this… knowing my sweet loving Dad, who I know has this underlying steal. He would never talk about his experiences and it was when I was mid 20’s that I found out anything.

Alicia @ 27

I love, love, love Barney Frank.

I wonder if the next Preznit will find a place for Barney in the Cabinet, or in some wonderful Embassy. Seems to me he’s terribly underutilized.

Perhaps when we open an Embassy in Tehran again, he could head it up.

OT

Now I can sleep easy tonight.

Blackwater is going into the “drug interdiction” business.

http://www.villagevoice.com/bl…..rs_dru.php

Maybe the first President Bush can advise them.

From George Bush: the Unauthorized Biography:

http://www.tarpley.net/bush20.htm

On January 28, 1982, Reagan created the South Florida Task Force under Bush’s high-profile leadership to coordinate the efforts of the various federal agencies to stem the tide of narcotics into Bush’s old family bailiwick. On March 23, 1983, Bush was placed in charge of the National Narcotics Border Interdiction System…

George H. W. Bush has never been held accountable for his spectacular failure as an anti-drug fighter in the 80’s. Indeed, many of the people who worked under Bush in the “contra-supply” operations of the 80’s were barred from entering Costa Rica for a time because they were involved in cocaine smuggling.

http://www.fair.org/extra/8910/north-banned.html

And are we to believe that Blackwater is anything other than a narcotics smuggling ring operating under the color of authority?

SeamusD @ 28

I can hardly wait for that little twerp to get outed.

Hmmm. McHenry. Wasn’t he one of the tragic characters in a Shakespeare play?

SeamusD @ 28

I can hardly wait for that little twerp to get outed.

… patiently tapping foot …

hey katymine, the mod squad is planning on watching when our shift is over

wigwam @ 24

By God, these fuckers will work for us, or we’ll find new fuckers.

There it is, our mission statement. Thirteen words long, each word glorious.

hi katymine, check out this link from Sunday’s WaPo — an interview with a WWII fighter pilot. Very touching as this hero looks back on his experience.

TeddySanFran @ 35

SeamusD @ 28

I can hardly wait for that little twerp to get outed.

… patiently tapping foot …

spew

I love Barney. Do you think that Stupid Girls vid will end up on MSNBC tomorrow afternoon???? Maybe David Shuster will pick it up and give it some air time. I think it is perfect revenge. They’re all turning into hojoes, HA!

hi katymine! we sort of agreed on the previous thread that there wouldn’t be any War spoilers, since many of the mods have their tivos set to watch later.

but that is fascinating about your dad.

katymine @ 31

Has anyone been watching the PBS series called “The War”?

I came home from my Sunday run of errands and it had already started. watched it and then the beginning… My father fought on Tarawa, my father survived the fighting, one of 11 of his battalion which survived the second wave of Marines. It was hard watching this… knowing my sweet loving Dad, who I know has this underlying steal. He would never talk about his experiences and it was when I was mid 20’s that I found out anything.

Uhoh, at Suz’s behest I’ve refrained from talking about it… 8-)

Suzanne @ 30

burnspbesq @ 23

Went looking for a picture of the weasels from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but I found this, which seems so much more appropriate.

i get the feeling that burns keeps his nsa handlers scrambling most of the time trying to figure out which little hole to plug him into….

Just tryin’ to scramble their heads to the same extent that they scrambled poor Jose Padilla’s.

burnspbesq @ 37

wigwam @ 24

By God, these fuckers will work for us, or we’ll find new fuckers.

There it is, our mission statement. Thirteen words long, each word glorious.

hmmmm, we are actually working on a mission statement at work…might try to insert this into the next meeting *g*

TeddySanFran @ 32

Alicia @ 27

I love, love, love Barney Frank.

I wonder if the next Preznit will find a place for Barney in the Cabinet, or in some wonderful Embassy. Seems to me he’s terribly underutilized.

Perhaps when we open an Embassy in Tehran again, he could head it up.

WOuldn’t that be great? He really is a national treasure as far as I’m concerned. But he’s a pretty effective congressman, too!

Hey, katymine!

lolo @ 40

I love Barney. Do you think that Stupid Girls vid will end up on MSNBC tomorrow afternoon???? Maybe David Shuster will pick it up and give it some air time. I think it is perfect revenge. They’re all turning into hojoes, HA!

It’s pretty clear from some Countdown pickups that there’s some MSNBC monitoring hereabouts, at least to me. I wish I had an in with David Shuster, so I could tell him about it, but alas…

burnspbesq @ 23

TeddySanFran @ 16

I watch this video and just have the sense that every time Barney speaks, in his Wonderful Out Gayness, he ends each sentence to little Patrick McHenry, the Baby of the House, with the phrase, “you closeted weasel.”

But that’s just me.

Went looking for a picture of the weasels from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but I found this, which seems so much more appropriate.

oh dear

lolo, it could have been badgers

burnspbesq @ 37

wigwam @ 24

By God, these fuckers will work for us, or we’ll find new fuckers.

There it is, our mission statement. Thirteen words long, each word glorious.

And short enough for everyone to quickly memorize. I love it!

Suzanne @ 49

lolo, it could have been badgers

or ferrets

LoudounLib @ 12

yellowdog jim @ 9

i’ll say it again:
We have not yet begun to fight.

We will fight them on the land.
We will fight them at sea.
We will fight them in the air.
We will fight them on the cable.
We will fight them on the airwaves.
We will fight them at the newsstands.
We will fight them in the grocery stores.
We will fight them through the innertoobz.
We will fight them in cyberspace.

We will never surrender.

glad you said it again. it can’t be repeated enough! Word…

we tip the yellowdog sombrero to John Paul Jones
and to
Sir Winston Churchill.
We will fight them on the beaches.
at about 9:00 minutes in.

Cliff Varnell @ 33

OT

Now I can sleep easy tonight.

Blackwater is going into the “drug interdiction” business.

A very good friend of mine (head of the north county SD teachers union) tells me that the first public schools of the modern type were started under Frederick the Great. He had a peace-time army sitting around idle, and an idle army is a very dangerous thing. So, he put them to work teaching kids. Reckon we can make school marms our of all those bad-ass black-water warriors?

badgers??

Maybe all the Blackwater warriors could go stay at Patrick McHenry’s.

burnspbesq @ 14

We will never surrender.

And lest we forget:

“The only thing we have to fear is … fear itself.”

well, yes.
but we are brave enough to be afraid.

Suz, I’d left you a note at #334, last thread, about my trip

So, wigwam, you live in North San Diego County?

Suzanne, I am still crying. Watching the Guadalcanal canal battle knowing that Tarawa was just as bad if not worse. My father talks about his trip to Hawaii on the Queen Mary and how much he hated Hawaii. I am sure that it is due to military hospitals and his injuries. Injuries that still plague his life, cause an eventual fractured hip and continues to be deaf in one ear from the grenade that caused it all.

My mother was a member of the WAVES [Navy} and her brother was an Army Aircorp pilot who went on to fight in 3 wars [WWII, Korea & Vietnam]. My grandmother was Rosie the riveter in Flint MI. My mother was stationed on Treasure Island in CA SF Bay as a purser for the wester fleet.

{{{ katymine }}} thank you for sharing your parents’ stories.

Incidentally, BlueAmerica is at $95,918 right now.

I am posting this for all those wealthy early rising folk who drop by Late Late Nite before Scarecrow gets the morning shift cranked up. It sure will be exciting to see us cross $100,000! Whose donation will cross the one-hundred-kay mark?

LoudounLib @ 57

Suz, I’d left you a note at #334, last thread, about my trip

i saw – scotland – i am so jealous

Wow, katymine. You have a family of Patriots. Congratulations!

Hope you are feeling okay after your exercise. I can only imagine what it must be like…

TeddySanFran @ 61

Incidentally, BlueAmerica is at $95,918 right now.

I am posting this for all those wealthy early rising folk who drop by Late Late Nite before Scarecrow gets the morning shift cranked up. It sure will be exciting to see us cross $100,000! Whose donation will cross the one-hundred-kay mark?

can we raise a wee bit less than 5K before dawn?

TeddySanFran @ 61

Incidentally, BlueAmerica is at $95,918 right now.

I am posting this for all those wealthy early rising folk who drop by Late Late Nite before Scarecrow gets the morning shift cranked up. It sure will be exciting to see us cross $100,000! Whose donation will cross the one-hundred-kay mark?

I’m making a note to pony up some dough to Blue America in the morning.

yellowdog jim @ 56

burnspbesq @ 14

We will never surrender.

And lest we forget:

“The only thing we have to fear is … fear itself.”

well, yes.
but we are brave enough to be afraid.

The Clash: Guns of Brixton

When they kick out your front door
How you gonna come?
With your hands on your head
Or on the trigger of your gun

When the law break in
How you gonna go?
Shot down on the pavement
Or waiting in death row

You can crush us
You can bruise us
But you’ll have to answer to
Oh, Guns of Brixton

(youTube thereof)

BTW… All three are alive and kicking…. they all have been interviewed and video taped for the national archives. Mom will be 86, Dad is 84 and Uncle Stanley is also 84.

katymine @ 67

BTW… All three are alive and kicking…. they all have been interviewed and video taped for the national archives. Mom will be 86, Dad is 84 and Uncle Stanley is also 84.

{{{ Mom, Dad and Uncle Stanley }}}

can we raise a wee bit less than 5K before dawn?

$96,038 now

TeddySanFran @ 69

can we raise a wee bit less than 5K before dawn?

$96,038 now

can we raise a wee bit less than 4K before dawn?

TeddySanFran @ 69

can we raise a wee bit less than 5K before dawn?

$96,038 now

Can I make a pledge and have them send me a reminder, or do I have to put my plastic where my mouth is immediately?

we are kinda hoping for a before scarecrow gets in here in a little less than 6 hours, burns

Not from me… I blew through a bottle of Italian wine this evening…. Hey… I survived no alcohol for over 10 days and Doctors telling me tests results. Not sober enough to fill anything out but will hit the page tomorrow.

This is right out of Alice in Wonderland……
Barney Frank IS the Mad Hatter.
Quite the tea party….

Well, I’m sure all those working people who check in at dawn will have some spare change lying around to put BlueAmerica over the $100,000 mark.

Won’t that be a wonderful way to start the week?! Especially since all our candidates are looking for a boost, this being the last week of the quarterly reporting period.

What is about parlimentary, does this fucking stupid fuck not understand.

And what the hell is with ‘American Samao’ too, BTW? Why the interest there?

Other than all that, Barney Frank is just the man to put this lil weasel in place.

Suzanne @ 70

TeddySanFran @ 69

$96,038 now

can we raise a wee bit less than 4K before dawn?

$96,088 now.

I gave all I can give this month to MoveOn. So many causes, so little money…

Loo Hoo. @ 78

I gave all I can give this month to MoveOn. So many causes, so little money…

I’m tempted to buy lottery tickets and submit them as gifts.

How about

i’ll say it again:
We have not yet begun to fight.

We will cream them on the land.
We will steam them at sea.
We will deflate them in the air.
We will vibrate them off the cable.
We will electrify them off the airwaves.
We will bury them at the newsstands.
We will replace them in the grocery stores.
We will convict them through the innertoobz.
We will always beat them to the next electron in cyberspace.

We will eventually prevail.

I understand, katymine :0

woohoo, ll

loohoo, so many have given so much already this week

if my clients would ever pay me I might be in a position to chip in…

if my little cottage by the creek in the redwoods would sell, i could chip in more than just my time

Its those keystone republicans that are dragging congressional poll rating into the mud. Look at those fumbling, bumbling idiots. Just look at them!

punaise @ 82

if my clients would ever pay me I might be in a position to chip in…

Man, do I hear that!

Did not mean to do a driveby but going to bed… Love ya all… Night Teddy * and {{{TSF}}} an you too Suzanne.
Lordy … {{{{{everyone at FDL}}}}} you are a great bunch of people…..

My finite, fixed income precludes any spare change from this end… Sorry… 8-(

g’nite katymine – you should sleep well with that bottle of Italian wine in ya :)

interesting though depressing angle from la Digby:

…it would appear that the Democratic strategy is less obscure than one might think. The only conclusion you can reach is that they are consciously voting against the wishes of Democratic voters in the hopes of picking up Republicans. Apparently they believe Democratic voters will enthusiastically turn out next year no matter what they do, so they might as well poach a few GOPers. Why else would they consistently defy their own voters?

newtonusr @ 85

punaise @ 82

if my clients would ever pay me I might be in a position to chip in…

Man, do I hear that!

What kind of clients do you guys have? I didn’t mean WHAT KIND, I meant, well, you know.

It’s true that I’m on vacay now, but I put 3 hours of overtime in for an online training session and 1 hour overtime for a teleconference meeting for Monday, so I need to split. Glad I could give what I could to BlueAmerica.

Good night all!

Night, katymine. Have a good sleep.

Nite, LL!!!

CTuttle @ 93

Nite, LL!!!

Likewise, have a wonderful vacation!

I’m in. Who’s next?

punaise @ 89

interesting though depressing angle from la Digby:

…it would appear that the Democratic strategy is less obscure than one might think. The only conclusion you can reach is that they are consciously voting against the wishes of Democratic voters in the hopes of picking up Republicans. Apparently they believe Democratic voters will enthusiastically turn out next year no matter what they do, so they might as well poach a few GOPers. Why else would they consistently defy their own voters?

the dems WILL hear the cry (courtesy of wigwam) of By God, these fuckers will work for us, or we’ll find new fuckers.

Oh I forgot the funny thing I was going to tell ya… Was at Trader Joe’s and looking for my favorite Malbec red wine and were looking through the “featured” bottles.

There was a box of Shiraz bottles with one bottle with the label upsidedown. I just started cracking up, almost bought the bottle but decided that I would never drink it. How can you drink it because it was a novelty. As I am waiting in checkout… I see person after person see that single bottle with the upsidedown label.

Loo Hoo. @ 90

newtonusr @ 85

Man, do I hear that!

What kind of clients do you guys have? I didn’t mean WHAT KIND, I meant, well, you know.

Mostly humans, with the occasional Gooper.
You pun?

Loo Hoo. @ 90

newtonusr @ 85

Man, do I hear that!

What kind of clients do you guys have? I didn’t mean WHAT KIND, I meant, well, you know.

the kind who occasionally ignore “30 days net”

burnspbesq @ 95

I’m in. Who’s next?

see me @77

$ 96,338 now.

I really wasn’t pushing for tonite, because I know people have given so much to our candidates and to MoveOn this week, but it looks like we are moving the needle anyway.

Way to go, NitePups!

burnspbesq @ 95

I’m in. Who’s next?

yeah burns – what was the total when you were there? (unclamping burns doll’s wallet from vise)

katymine @ 97

Oh I forgot the funny thing I was going to tell ya… Was at Trader Joe’s and looking for my favorite Malbec red wine and were looking through the “featured” bottles.

There was a box of Shiraz bottles with one bottle with the label upsidedown. I just started cracking up, almost bought the bottle but decided that I would never drink it. How can you drink it because it was a novelty. As I am waiting in checkout… I see person after person see that single bottle with the upsidedown label.

from ther land of Down Under, IIRC – thus the cute gimmick

No, newtonusr, I meant what kind of work do you do…por eso, what kind of clients?

katymine @ 97

Oh I forgot the funny thing I was going to tell ya… Was at Trader Joe’s and looking for my favorite Malbec red wine and were looking through the “featured” bottles.

There was a box of Shiraz bottles with one bottle with the label upsidedown. I just started cracking up, almost bought the bottle but decided that I would never drink it. How can you drink it because it was a novelty. As I am waiting in checkout… I see person after person see that single bottle with the upsidedown label.

Somebody will drink it…!!! ;-)

newtonusr @ 98

Loo Hoo. @ 90

What kind of clients do you guys have? I didn’t mean WHAT KIND, I meant, well, you know.

Mostly humans, with the occasional Gooper.
You pun?

homeowners, primarily (architectural services).

ok, I’m out for realz.

{{{ nitepups }}}

katymine, maybe you’ll see that bottle of wine at auction one day for thousands of dollars!

Loo Hoo. @ 104

No, newtonusr, I meant what kind of work do you do…por eso, what kind of clients?

Ah, you had to ask…
Mac Consultant.

g’nite ll and enjoy your vacation

Don’t forget to submit your questions for Tim Russert’s Wednesday Democratic candidates’ debate here!

Suzanne @ 102

burnspbesq @ 95

I’m in. Who’s next?

yeah burns – what was the total when you were there? (unclamping burns doll’s wallet from vise)

Before or after?

So the MacIntoshes are your real clients, newtonusr. They just kind of demand human involvement.

Well, I’m calling it an evening! I bid ya’ll a fond adieu! Aloha Oe!!!

d r i f t g l a s s has a long Sunday rant, starting thus:

Somewhere Chris Matthews is jerking off like a gibbon on a three-day poppers-and-V*agra tweak, because…

Today was Supah!Hillary!Day!

Yay!

On every single fucking Mouse Circus outlet, there she sat, in front of the same bookcase, wearing the same pearls (Or hematite. God curse the dodgy color control on the Official Castle Driftglass teevee machine.) pushing the same talking points, using the same 37 syllables.

Over and over again.

Somebody has been working on her message discipline.

~~~ModNote: Edited for content to clear filters.~~~

burnspbesq @ 112

Suzanne @ 102

yeah burns – what was the total when you were there? (unclamping burns doll’s wallet from vise)

Before or after?

after of course :)

TeddySanFran @ 111

Don’t forget to submit your questions for Tim Russert’s Wednesday Democratic candidates’ debate here!

Good thinking, Teddy. Maybe we can come up with some perfect group questions like “Why do you think the Constitution has become destroyed in the face of terrorism?”

Ed*ard Teller @ 80

How about

i’ll say it again:
We have not yet begun to fight.

We will cream them on the land.
We will steam them at sea.
We will deflate them in the air.
We will vibrate them off the cable.
We will electrify them off the airwaves.
We will bury them at the newsstands.
We will replace them in the grocery stores.
We will convict them through the innertoobz.
We will always beat them to the next electron in cyberspace.

We will eventually prevail.

very good.

(are we not up to fight the good fight?)

We will fight for every vote in every election.

We SHALL overcome.

Loo Hoo. @ 113

So the MacIntoshes are your real clients, newtonusr. They just kind of demand human involvement.

In a way. 90% of my business if fixing folks f***-ups, so it’s 50-50.

g’nite ct

Alfred, are you here?

burns, to be clear, i was not asking what the size of your donation was – just what the total was when you were there….

i would never presume to ask the size of anyone’s donation to anything

oops, sorry Suzanne, I blame d r i f t g l a s s .

pun, the lurking mod is the one who sprung your v*agra free

g’nite pups – sleep well.

don’t let the BushBugs bite!

Speaking of clients, mine expects me sometime tomorrow morning, so I will bid you all good nite. Thanks for a wonderful evening, all, and for all of your BlueAmerica tithes tonite!

I believe we made things very easy for the incoming asset-based morning folks….

g’nite kirk

Suzanne @ 116

burnspbesq @ 112

Before or after?

after of course :)

Check your email on FB.

dreamland beckons.

that’d be blackwater bugs, KM.

Good night, all.

Suzanne @ 122

burns, to be clear, i was not asking what the size of your donation was – just what the total was when you were there….

i would never presume to ask the size of anyone’s donation to anything

Understood.

g’nite teddy, burns, and all the other leaving sleeping pups

And you think nothing could be more nuts. Via WaPo:

A Pentagon group has encouraged some U.S. military snipers in Iraq to target suspected insurgents by scattering pieces of “bait,” such as detonation cords, plastic explosives and ammunition, and then killing Iraqis who pick up the items, according to military court documents.

The classified program was described in investigative documents related to recently filed murder charges against three snipers who are accused of planting evidence on Iraqis they killed.

Suzanne @ 124

pun, the lurking mod is the one who sprung your v*agra free

merci, lurkster.

ok, folks, i’m going to bail while the bailing is good – dirty floors are calling my name and the cobwebs appear to be on steroids so time to start welding my broom around the little cottage by the creek in the redwoods

g’nite all

punaise @ 134

Suzanne @ 124

pun, the lurking mod is the one who sprung your v*agra free

merci, lurkster.

I am afraid I have no frenchie-talk for you punaise. But no problemo.

I’m out too. Thanks Teddy and pups.

nite Loo Hoo

Put Another log On the Fire—Muppets, Candice Bergen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YS9DhwT2E8
A song for the senators and congressmen who ask a lot of us and don’t vote right on anything.

Loo Hoo. @ 58

So, wigwam, you live in North San Diego County?

No, but I’ve got family and friends in that area.

(Wow, never seen it so quiet here.)

Hey, did anything come out of Jack Goldsmith’s SJC testimony that was scheduled for last Monday?

Hmmm.

In some bizarrely twisted way, I find this from Digby to be good news:

Now this is curious. In the latest Gallup poll, more Republicans approve of the job Congress is doing than there are Democrats who approve. According to the poll, 37% of Republicans approve of Congress’ performance, compared to 23% of Democrats and 14% of independents, with an overall rating of 24% approval and 71% disapproval.

This is odd, of course, considering that both houses have Democratic majorities. But on second thought, the current Congress has passed President Bush’s funding requests for Iraq, passed his FISA bill, and has given the White House exactly what it wanted on a host of other issues. So what do Republicans really have to complain about?

It tells me that rank-and-file democrats and independents understand that they are getting screwed. That’s the first precondition for change. So, good on them.

wigwam @ 142

In some bizarrely twisted way, I find this from Digby to be good news:

Now this is curious. In the latest Gallup poll, more Republicans approve of the job Congress is doing than there are Democrats who approve. According to the poll, 37% of Republicans approve of Congress’ performance, compared to 23% of Democrats and 14% of independents, with an overall rating of 24% approval and 71% disapproval.

This is odd, of course, considering that both houses have Democratic majorities. But on second thought, the current Congress has passed President Bush’s funding requests for Iraq, passed his FISA bill, and has given the White House exactly what it wanted on a host of other issues. So what do Republicans really have to complain about?

It tells me that rank-and-file democrats and independents understand that they are getting screwed. That’s the first precondition for change. So, good on them.

Congress has a Repubmocrat (Republicans Bush Democrats) majority.

Bob in HI

Good Morning from a dry, clear and 68 degree Blue Ridge GA.
bobschacht @ 143

wigwam @ 142

In some bizarrely twisted way, I find this from Digby to be good news:
It tells me that rank-and-file democrats and independents understand that they are getting screwed. That’s the first precondition for change. So, good on them.

Congress has a Repubmocrat (Republicans Bush Democrats) majority.

Bob in HI

My congressman is the odious Nathan Deal.
He started as a Conservative Southern Democrat and switched parties in the early ’90s ( it was suggested he was going to switch parties and he said he would return all contributions if he did so; he was reelected and switched parties and kept the money.)
Conservative Democrats, particularly Southern democrats, have worked with the Republicans to frustrate progressives for years. And the ruling ‘centrist’ group is actually way to the right, leavened with a bit of pragmatism and self preservation.

MR. Bill @ 144

Good Morning from a dry, clear and 68 degree Blue Ridge GA.
bobschacht @ 143

Congress has a Repubmocrat (Republicans Bush Democrats) majority.

Bob in HI

My congressman is the odious Nathan Deal.
He started as a Conservative Southern Democrat and switched parties in the early ’90s ( it was suggested he was going to switch parties and he said he would return all contributions if he did so; he was reelected and switched parties and kept the money.)
Conservative Democrats, particularly Southern democrats, have worked with the Republicans to frustrate progressives for years. And the ruling ‘centrist’ group is actually way to the right, leavened with a bit of pragmatism and self preservation.

Mornin! The there is that skunk John Barrow.

raven @ 145

MR. Bill @ 144

Good Morning from a dry, clear and 68 degree Blue Ridge GA.

My congressman is the odious Nathan Deal.
He started as a Conservative Southern Democrat and switched parties in the early ’90s ( it was suggested he was going to switch parties and he said he would return all contributions if he did so; he was reelected and switched parties and kept the money.)
Conservative Democrats, particularly Southern democrats, have worked with the Republicans to frustrate progressives for years. And the ruling ‘centrist’ group is actually way to the right, leavened with a bit of pragmatism and self preservation.

Mornin! The there is that skunk John Barrow.

Well, I blame the Georgia Democrats for marginalizing progressives, and making it easy for the Republicans to own the state. Sonny Perdue would be run out of most states..

MR. Bill @ 146

raven @ 145

Mornin! The there is that skunk John Barrow.

Well, I blame the Georgia Democrats for marginalizing progressives, and making it easy for the Republicans to own the state. Sonny Perdue would be run out of most states..

And take Zig Zag Zell with him!

Poor old Zell slipped his cams. I knew his sons in college, outrageous guys who turned into conservatives. They, like Zell, seemed to repudiate their partying. As well as any progressive thought that they had embraced in the ’70s. Haven’t seen ‘em in a decade..He’s an embarrassment to Young Harris.
And remember Zell got his start as Lester Maddox’s chief of staff.

Mornin all!

Iran closes border with northern Iraq

Iran closed major border crossings with northern Iraq on Monday to protest the U.S. detention of an Iranian official the military accused of weapons smuggling, a Kurdish official said.

Iran watching U.S. troops, says in missile range

U.S. troop movements are being monitored by Iran using satellites and other technology and would be in range of Iranian missiles if an attack was launched, a top Iranian military official said.

Good morning, pups. Today the NYT has Roger Cohen and Paul Krugman. Mr. Cohen writes about a new collection of photographs showing young Nazis “in all their dumb humanity.” Mr. Krugman has a column titled “Politics in Black and White” and says that racial tension in the South has never gone away, and has never stopped being important.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

The coffee and tea are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. Are we all ready to start a new week and watch the battles of the budget?

U.S. Aims To Lure Insurgents With ‘Bait’

A Pentagon group has encouraged some U.S. military snipers in Iraq to target suspected insurgents by scattering pieces of “bait,” such as detonation cords, plastic explosives and ammunition, and then killing Iraqis who pick up the items, according to military court documents.
………
“Baiting is putting an object out there that we know they will use, with the intention of destroying the enemy,” Capt. Matthew P. Didier, the leader of an elite sniper scout platoon attached to the 1st Battalion of the 501st Infantry Regiment, said in a sworn statement. “Basically, we would put an item out there and watch it. If someone found the item, picked it up and attempted to leave with the item, we would engage the individual as I saw this as a sign they would use the item against U.S. Forces.”

Marion in Savannah @ 151

Good morning, pups. Today the NYT has Roger Cohen and Paul Krugman. Mr. Cohen writes about a new collection of photographs showing young Nazis “in all their dumb humanity.” Mr. Krugman has a column titled “Politics in Black and White” and says that racial tension in the South has never gone away, and has never stopped being important.

http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/

The coffee and tea are ready, and the biscuits are out of the oven. Are we all ready to start a new week and watch the battles of the budget?

Good morning Marion. While I may not be ready to start the week, the weeks seems ready to start regardless.
And commentors are tearing R. Novak a new one over a column calling Alan Greenspan a traitor.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/…..00736.html
The final lines “Why did three Republican presidents name a Federal Reserve chairman fundamentally opposed to the GOP’s economic doctrine? Did Greenspan deceive them?” are actually high comedy.

MR. Bill, thanks for that link! Poor Novakula… [snort]

Marion in Savannah @ 154

MR. Bill, thanks for that link! Poor Novakula… [snort]

Well, we gather the crumbs of amusement as they fall from life’s table. Rightwingers fighting among themselves make me think of Japanese monster movies…
And I imagine a succinct statement of the GOP Economic doctrine would be something like “them that’s got shall have/ them that’s not shall lose..”

Good morning!

twolf1 @ 152

U.S. Aims To Lure Insurgents With ‘Bait’

that’s insane.

Good Morning pups!

selise @ 157

twolf1 @ 152

U.S. Aims To Lure Insurgents With ‘Bait’

that’s insane.

Or the people picking up this bait might be among the millions who are unemployed, desperate, and starving because we invaded their country and ruined their economy. Maybe they are reduced to being garbage pickers.

Allright, gotta get going. We’ll reinforce a floor of a cabin today to support a new wood stove.
Y’all keep up the good work.

egregious @ 159

Maybe they are reduced to being garbage pickers.

exactly.

and what have we become? the murderers of garbage pickers?

To my mind, the question of the week is going to be: Are the Democrats really going to let Bush label them as useless when he is vetoing their spending bills? And that under the bullshit line that he suddenly became fiscal conservative again, while at the same time asking for more money for Iraq? Is it that he only signs spending bills full of Republican pork? Or or the Democrats finally going to call Bullshit?

On another point, I am so sick of NPR’s coverage of the Iraq war. This morning when interviewing a Baath party leader, NPR said, “he believes that Al Quada wasn’t in Iraq until the invasion,” or something to that effect. He believes? Does he also believe the sky is blue? Or is it a fact? What a load of bullshit.

I was just rereading the WaPo article about the loose nukes.

I don’t find their account credible but I have absolutely no experience with the storage and transport of nuclear weapons.

makes me very nervous with all the saber rattling towards Iran

The airmen attached the gray missiles to the plane’s wings, six on each side. After eyeballing the missiles on the right side, a flight officer signed a manifest that listed a dozen unarmed AGM-129 missiles. The officer did not notice that the six on the left contained nuclear warheads, each with the destructive power of up to 10 Hiroshima bombs.

each one TEN times Hiroshima!

Bush and co claim that they want to cut Government spending because you can’t trust the Government to do anything right. But, out of the other side of their mouths, they scream “trust us” with the right to invade our privacy in the name of security. Hmm.

Specter gets a surprise visitor

“I don’t recognize that name. Who? General Jameson?” Specter asked.

“No, sir, Jenna. She’s, well, she’s kind of an actress, in, well, uh, the adult film industry,” Kane explained.

“Paul, do you mean pornos?” Specter chuckled.

“Yes, senator, that’s what we’d call it.”

“I don’t think I’m meeting her,” Specter said.

My whole focus is the Kyl/Lieberman Iran bill. Anyone hear if/how the dems are going to counter this?

Contractor Blamed in DHS Data Breaches

The FBI is investigating a major information technology firm with a $1.7 billion Department of Homeland Security contract after it allegedly failed to detect cyber break-ins traced to a Chinese-language Web site and then tried to cover up its deficiencies, according to congressional investigators.

At the center of the probe is Unisys Corp., a company that in 2002 won a $1 billion deal to build, secure and manage the information technology networks for the Transportation Security Administration and DHS headquarters. In 2005, the company was awarded a $750 million follow-on contract.

DHS data breaches: well I feel safer now. Hope Mueller has gotten past his anti computer stage.

twolf1 @ 167

Contractor Blamed in DHS Data Breaches

The FBI is investigating a major information technology firm with a $1.7 billion Department of Homeland Security contract after it allegedly failed to detect cyber break-ins traced to a Chinese-language Web site and then tried to cover up its deficiencies, according to congressional investigators.

At the center of the probe is Unisys Corp., a company that in 2002 won a $1 billion deal to build, secure and manage the information technology networks for the Transportation Security Administration and DHS headquarters. In 2005, the company was awarded a $750 million follow-on contract.

Good thing they contracted that out. I’d hate to see the Government being held responsible for that kind of snafu.

If moveon really wanted to damage the goopers they should just follow McHenry around the little twit sits in the safest gooper seat in the country and is a Rove protege and possiblity the stupidest fuck on the face of the earth

katherine Graham Cracker @ 170

If moveon really wanted to damage the goopers they should just follow McHenry around the little twit sits in the safest gooper seat in the country and is a Rove protege and possiblity the stupidest fuck on the face of the earth

Or just called Bush a liar, and then backed it up with some facts.

Iranian President Ahmadinejad will be addressing the UN General Assembly today.

http://www.c-span.org/watch/cs…..mp;Code=CS

Scarecrow’s morning wisdom in the new thread:

Morning Cuppa Cheney’s War Provocations

the ad was successful all of the polls done since the ad show the gooper numbers dropping

solai @ 166

My whole focus is the Kyl/Lieberman Iran bill. Anyone hear if/how the dems are going to counter this?

no, but i posted some additional info on it in the next thread – here.

Unfortunately not OT. If only the presiding Gentleman from Massachusetts could teach the gentleman in red sox from his state something about being this effective and (sigh) regularly so.

McHenry’s an insufferable little twit, isn’t he?

Not enough praise here for Our Barney! I am so grateful that he is my congressman, watching over our Common Good and setting a sterling example of public service.
Of course all his admirable qualities make him unfit for Higher Office.

Suzanne @ 49

lolo, it could have been badgers

We don’t need no stinkin’ badgers!

Elliott @ 163

I was just rereading the WaPo article about the loose nukes.

I don’t find their account credible but I have absolutely no experience with the storage and transport of nuclear weapons.

makes me very nervous with all the saber rattling towards Iran

The airmen attached the gray missiles to the plane’s wings, six on each side. After eyeballing the missiles on the right side, a flight officer signed a manifest that listed a dozen unarmed AGM-129 missiles. The officer did not notice that the six on the left contained nuclear warheads, each with the destructive power of up to 10 Hiroshima bombs.

each one TEN times Hiroshima!

The propaganda phase of the “investigation” to cover up whatever horrendous thing was just narrowly avoided.

First comes the punishment of innocents, then the investigation, then the coverup and finally the politicians who were to blame claim credit for having stopped the disaster.

Next up, Bush or Cheney to claim credit for averting disasters.