Comments on: Late Late Nite FDL: Rage, Rage Against the Goddamn Machine http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/ Firedoglake weblog Thu, 16 Feb 2012 12:54:50 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Spankayyyyy! http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1087939 Spankayyyyy! Sat, 10 Nov 2007 03:35:50 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1087939 <p>Wankuz, all.</p> Wankuz, all.

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086559 Elliott Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:02:02 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086559 <p><a href="#comment-1086557"><em>notableabsence @ 277</em></a></p> <blockquote> <p>okay. I know I’ve read this before but forget. can someone give a quick rundown on why it didn’t have to be 60 votes?</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/">Glen Greenwald</a></p> notableabsence @ 277

okay. I know I’ve read this before but forget. can someone give a quick rundown on why it didn’t have to be 60 votes?

Glen Greenwald

]]> By: notableabsence http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086557 notableabsence Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:55:18 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086557 <p><a href="#comment-1086463"><em>selise @ 246</em></a></p> <blockquote> <p>without the unanimous consent agreement it would have taken 60 votes to pass. which means that some dems voting no (or not voting) really wanted the nomination to pass but wanted to pretend otherwise. the rest of the dems, even those voting “no”, helped to draw the curtain over what happened by not objecting to the unanimous consent agreement - which would have forced senators to cast real votes.</p> </blockquote> <p>okay. I know I’ve read this before but forget. can someone give a quick rundown on why it didn’t have to be 60 votes?</p> selise @ 246

without the unanimous consent agreement it would have taken 60 votes to pass. which means that some dems voting no (or not voting) really wanted the nomination to pass but wanted to pretend otherwise. the rest of the dems, even those voting “no”, helped to draw the curtain over what happened by not objecting to the unanimous consent agreement – which would have forced senators to cast real votes.

okay. I know I’ve read this before but forget. can someone give a quick rundown on why it didn’t have to be 60 votes?

]]> By: egregious http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086493 egregious Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:01:07 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086493 <p>Scarecrow is here with the morning wisdom.</p> <p><a href="http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/09/giuliani-gets-americas-stupidest-endorsement/">Giuliani Gets America’s Stupidest Endorsement</a></p> Scarecrow is here with the morning wisdom.

Giuliani Gets America’s Stupidest Endorsement

]]> By: Lindy http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086492 Lindy Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:47:01 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086492 <blockquote><p>When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.</p></blockquote> <p>The man was wise. We see this happening here everyday.</p>

When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.

The man was wise. We see this happening here everyday.

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086491 selise Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:46:54 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086491 <p>for anyone as pissed off at the senate as i am - <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/11/09/filibuster/index.html">glenn greenwald explains it all.</a></p> for anyone as pissed off at the senate as i am – glenn greenwald explains it all.

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086490 Elliott Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:46:48 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086490 <p>who was it around here who said maybe we’re one archduke assassination away from WW III?</p> who was it around here who said maybe we’re one archduke assassination away from WW III?

]]> By: selise http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086489 selise Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:45:27 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086489 <p><a href="#comment-1086487"><em>solai @ 270</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>I still can’t shake the feeling that while Rice and Bush are supporting Bhutto, Cheney’s working behind the scene (directly with Musharaf) to undermine them.</p></blockquote> <p>and i can’t shake the feeling that the whole thing is kabuki. (not arguing it is - it’s just my intuition, there’s no evidence that i know of)</p> solai @ 270

I still can’t shake the feeling that while Rice and Bush are supporting Bhutto, Cheney’s working behind the scene (directly with Musharaf) to undermine them.

and i can’t shake the feeling that the whole thing is kabuki. (not arguing it is – it’s just my intuition, there’s no evidence that i know of)

]]> By: Elliott http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086488 Elliott Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:45:10 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086488 <p><a href="#comment-1086486"><em>twolf1 @ 269</em></a><br /> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071109/ap_on_re_as/pakistan;_ylt=ArPrGQY82tjTYyUd1k29IfKs0NUE">Bhutto under house arrest in Pakistan</a><br /> </p><blockquote>Pakistani police placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest Friday, uncoiling barbed wire in front of her Islamabad home and reportedly rounding up 5,000 of her supporters to block a mass protest against emergency rule.</blockquote> <p>Bhutto tried twice to leave by car but was blocked by police after a scuffle with her supporters who tried to remove a barricade. The former prime minister had planned to address a rally in nearby Rawalpindi, defying a ban on public gatherings.</p> <p>A suicide bombing at the home of a Pakistan government minister in the northwestern city of Peshawar, meanwhile, killed at least four people, police said. The minister was unhurt.</p> <p>.<br /> silly you, she’s not under house arrest, they’re providing security for her!</p> <blockquote><p>“It is wrong to say that she is under house arrest. Security has been provided to her,” Junior Minister for Information Tariq Azeem told IANS.</p> <p>Azeem said Bhutto was free to go anywhere she liked but “the government wants to ensure her security.</p></blockquote> <p><a href="http://agonist.org/20071102/extremists_gain_control_in_northern_pakistan">link</a></p> twolf1 @ 269
Bhutto under house arrest in Pakistan

Pakistani police placed opposition leader Benazir Bhutto under house arrest Friday, uncoiling barbed wire in front of her Islamabad home and reportedly rounding up 5,000 of her supporters to block a mass protest against emergency rule.

Bhutto tried twice to leave by car but was blocked by police after a scuffle with her supporters who tried to remove a barricade. The former prime minister had planned to address a rally in nearby Rawalpindi, defying a ban on public gatherings.

A suicide bombing at the home of a Pakistan government minister in the northwestern city of Peshawar, meanwhile, killed at least four people, police said. The minister was unhurt.

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silly you, she’s not under house arrest, they’re providing security for her!

“It is wrong to say that she is under house arrest. Security has been provided to her,” Junior Minister for Information Tariq Azeem told IANS.

Azeem said Bhutto was free to go anywhere she liked but “the government wants to ensure her security.

link

]]> By: solai http://firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086487 solai Fri, 09 Nov 2007 12:38:27 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/11/08/late-late-nite-fdl-rage-rage-against-the-goddamn-machine/#comment-1086487 <p>I still can’t shake the feeling that while Rice and Bush are supporting Bhutto, Cheney’s working behind the scene (directly with Musharaf) to undermine them.</p> I still can’t shake the feeling that while Rice and Bush are supporting Bhutto, Cheney’s working behind the scene (directly with Musharaf) to undermine them.

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