Comments on: Waxman Requesting Documents From Patrick Fitzgerald

By: MauriceHall07

MauriceHall07 — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 11:52:50 +0000

Hiya, everyone. Took me a few days to get registered, and I’m not used to those little Huffingtonpost pix of Jane everywhere — will we never see the dogs again?

Re: Plame and Fitzmas: better late than never, I suppose, but public discourse is shot to hell in the meantime.

Apropos of nothing and total change of topic: is the story about the Bush family buying property in Paraguay just a big ol’ urban legend? I keep trying to find any reputable source for this.

By: MarkH

MarkH — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 03:06:10 +0000

From the Obama camp…Mars Hillary Attacks!!!! Ack, Ack!!:

http://hillaryattacks.barackobama.com/

If he can’t make peace with Hillary’s camp, then how is he going to end the nasty partisanship when Republicans attack?

His continual naivete surprises me. How could he ever claim he can end the partisanship and work with Republicans? Doesn’t he realize the hard-core Repubs are so nasty that even Chuck Hagel (R-Neb) is running away from them?

Even the softie Henry Hyde was completely hypocritical liar when he said that going after Bill Clinton wasn’t particularly political. Want to bet Obama would buy into that lie and claim he could have ‘worked with’ Hyde?

Hillary is entirely cynical and manipulative and Obama is entirely naive and error-prone. What a pair.

I’m going to skip that garbage and vote for Edwards.

By: JimS

JimS — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:06:56 +0000

Just how is it that B*$h can keep a public prosecutor from talking about a case that has already been to trial, gotten a conviction and been simply washed away by a 2 bit dictator? Granted, he thinks he can do anything, but just what is it that ~~President Cheney~~, ~~VICE-President Cheney~~, The Dick doesn’t want to come out that isn’t already pretty much common knowledge?

By: behere

behere — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:21:30 +0000

Hello hugh,
Very insightful observations. You’re obviously intelligent and informed as well as observant. I agree with you regarding Ms. Clinton and her husband as well of course. He was the master of giving the impression that he was doing one thing while adroitly and subtly doing another . . . and the amazing thing is that through his slight of hand he magically created an illusion that has survived his obvious shortcomings. He’s still the darling of the democrats or so the spin goes . . .
Here’s my impression . . . we can’t solve this political conundrum politically. It recalls to mind the Einstein quote that you can’t solve the problem with the consciousness that created it. It strikes me that there was real “group” genius in the creation of the Constitution . . . they were able to take previous thinking and create a leap in consciousness based on historical perception. For its flaws the Constitution has survived, even though it has been assailed through the years . . . in part because of the genius of its conception and in part because of the faith of the people of this country. So, it seems to me that to really deal with this crisis of faith, it is necessary to recreate a situation whereby we look at the whole process and synthesis a new order of consciousness. As long as we accept the parameters of the problem in terms of the core consciousness that we the people have developed through these several hundred years we will continue to be bound by those parameters. It is obvious that “it” is no longer working . . . yet there is no movement toward the resolution of consciousness that would move us forward. Perhaps there is a way that the Internet can serve that purpose . . . and certainly this site is the beginning of what could become (and perhaps already has) a very meaningful dialogue.
Appreciate your contribution . . .
Bruche

By: Arnie

Arnie — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 19:23:20 +0000

Replay of 1812 War - film in reverse.

Does Whitehall have their insurance in order?

By: billinturkey

billinturkey — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:38:14 +0000

Sorry to get scatological, but how do you reconcile that with le caca and la merde both being words for sticky brown stuff. (I’m the father of francophone toddlers, and have changed my fair share of nappies, so I know what I’m talking about here)

What’s that…I thought this was a ‘foul-mouthed fem blog’. Whaddya mean, I can’t talk about changing nappies…

By: TexasEllen

TexasEllen — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:30:57 +0000

If Alumnus = alumna
Then shouldn’t

genus= gena (not genera)
Octopus = octopa (not octopi)
Phallus = phalla
Circus = Circa

Alumnus is male, alumna is female, alumni is plural of either.

Latin is a gender suffixing language. Seperate but confusing.

By: billinturkey

billinturkey — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:26:21 +0000

Turkish – phonetic spelling. Counter-intuitive grammar though

By: cinnamonape

cinnamonape — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:15:07 +0000

What a load of spinned feces!

Here is the text of a statement issued today by Stephen Hadley, President Bush’s national security adviser, concerning the new National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear weapons program. The intelligence estimate says that, contrary to previous assessments, Iran halted the program in 2003 in response to international pressure and has probably not restarted it since then, though it has the capacity to do so.

Today’s National Intelligence Estimate offers some positive news. It confirms that we were right to be worried about Iran seeking to develop nuclear weapons. It tells us that we have made progress in trying to ensure that this does not happen.

They stopped in 2003 and NOT as a result of international pressure…but due to internal financial issues. The report has nothing to say about their “ability to restart it”. f they had the capacity to do so the sanctions would have FAILED, not succeeded. The report indicates that the sanctions were largely irrelevant either way.

The estimate offers grounds for hope that the problem can be solved diplomatically — without the use of force — as the Administration has been trying to do. And it suggests that the President has the right strategy: intensified international pressure along with a willingness to negotiate a solution that serves Iranian interests while ensuring that the world will never have to face a nuclear armed Iran.

That’s why he has been threatening the use of force? Saying that the situation is on the verge of WWIII and that Russia and China have been actually encouraging the movement towards that result? And what about all these assertions that Iran has been receiving nuclear weapons technology from North Korea and then passing it on to Syria? The NIE blows apart all these claims and shows, without any doubt that Bush’s policy was incorrect.

In addition, does anyone recall Bush ever offering Iran cold-water nuclear reactors? I don’t?But maybe he has been very quiet about it…though he has screamed about Russia doing something similar. THAT would serve Iranian Interests and would be in conformity with the Non-Proliferation Treaty.

It’s the US that has been the belligerent in this situation, and once again, much like Iraq, the victim has been telling the truth. And even though Iran hasn’t been doing anything at all for nearly 5 years on nuclear weapons Bush still wants to impose even more sanctions and restrictions on them and blame THEM for NOT negotiating in good faith. Just like in Iraq, they can’t STOP something that hasn’t been occurring for half a decade.

By: Bustednuckles

Bustednuckles — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 18:08:03 +0000

Now how do I get to the new tread? Do I have to go to the homepage?

Yes but you can cheat and go to the bottom of the page here and click on ” Log in.”
It takes you there