Huckabee and hatch..must be trash day.

And for being a stand up person.

Any day you get see Orrin’s head explode is a great day. Hats off to Sen Dodd.

That was the best part of all of yesterday, especially all of his fearmongering about AQ that followed.

Be afraid! Be verrry afraid!

Senator Dodd is a class act. It’s too bad the MSM can’t be bothered even to report on his campaign; most of the bottom feeders I know have never even heard of him.

Thank you Chris Dodd for standing up for our Constitution!

Extra bonus points for the Hatch outburst.

Why does Orrin Hatch, Bush et al have an irrational fear of oversight?

I thought is was the repugs that have an irrational fear of government.

He may not have Hatched but he’s still an egghead.

Chris Dodd said this morning on Thom Hartmans show this morning that over 600,000 phone calls, emails and faxes received into the Senate regarding Telecom Immunity.

Wow 600K

Thank you Senator Dodd!!!

Thank you Jane for posting this…I’m going to get some popcorn!!! Love it.

Thank you Jane for providing this invaluable resource known as FDL.

If people power starts to be the driving force in the ‘08 campaign, this FISA win could be the starting point.

Thank you Chris Dodd for standing up for our Constitution!

Amen.

I love Hatch’s body language!!!

I’ll be so happy when immoral fucks like Hatch leave — or better, are booted out of — office. So sick of these eternal, unrepentant liars.

Meanwhile, please consider donating to Dodd’s campaign. Why should Ron Paul get all the dough? Maybe we can help Dodd break Paul’s record. I just sent him $100 and I feel good! Like maybe there’s hope in these horrible times after his stunning work on the FISA bill nightmare! I know it’s temporary, and fraught with peril ahead thanks to ethics-free Dems like Reid and the loathsome Jay Rockefeller.

Thanks, Jane, for keeping your eagle eye (and ever-sharp writing) on this.

Most bottom feeders don’t realize there’s a constitutional crisis at hand.

Have you seen Gladiator where the senators are commenting that Commodus will bring the crowd death and they will love him for it? And asking each other how does a people know it’s conquered? Etc.

Hey! How those Niners doin’? What’s Britney doin’?

Are we not entertained???

For a view of what Labour has brought about in UK, many parallels to the US, read and enjoy John Pilger in The Guardian, this link was EPU’d below.

How many were tapped? ;)

Magnificent!

This bill should not include text which panders to people who believe in imaginary government conspiracies.

A Senator concerned about pandering. How novel. Thank you Sen. Hatch (Hypocrite, UT)

This bill should not include text which panders to people who believe in imaginary government conspiracies.

The only allowable text in Orrin’s book is that which panders to people who believe in imaginary government powers, like the power to disregard the fourth amendment whenever it proves bothersome.

Yeah, “there’s nothing to fear if they haven’t done anything wrong.”

Most bottom feeders don’t realize there’s a constitution.al crisis at hand

Fixed it for me, hope you like?

Oh my, Senator Craig is on cspan2 now.. as gay as he could possibly be. Reminiscing about his years in the Senate choir.

Chris Dodd said this morning on Thom Hartmans show this morning that over 600,000 phone calls, emails and faxes received into the Senate regarding Telecom Immunity.

Wow 600K

Holy cow, can this be right! I thought I read about 2,500, which I thought was relatively few. But that might have been to Harry’s office specifically. But if this 600K is true, 2,500 must have been either a lie, or just out and out wrong.

Totally OfT, apologies:

Just got a call from John Edwards’ HQ, in answer to my call from yesterday, saying that Edwards has come out against retroactive telecom immunity.

P.S. didn’t I read here yesterday that former senators are allowed on the Senate floor? If that’s correct, I wonder if they’re allowed to speak?

Imaginary government conspiracies….

How about imaginary Senators, citing imaginary BS!!!

He’s delusional.

I just gave Dodd $100.

Just an aside: You can’t only blame the mainstream media for superficial “horserace” coverage of the presidential campaigns.

Salon has a featured piece by Walter Shapiro, entitled “America’s next top Democrat”, with the lede:
“With the Iowa vote nearing, Clinton, Obama and Edwards reveal sharp tonal differences, betting the farm not on policy but on political panache.”

Babs Comstock alert on Hardballs!!

OT..Some good news:

TALLAHASSEE –
A federal judge ordered state election officials to stop enforcing a 2-year-old voter registration law, ruling Tuesday that there is already proof that the change put in place by the GOP-controlled Florida Legislature has resulted in “actual harm to real individuals

link

Again, I hope we will not get too far ahead of ourselves. This was one small win in a much larger game. We don’t want to win this battle, only to lose the war because we were so busy crowing about how we won, when the final tally is not yet on the wall.

We need to find a way to change mindsets in such a way that it changes votes! We need to focus on actual changes of heart! We need some serious publicity.

Thank You Senator Dodd,
Not only for showing us what true leadership (should) look(s) like.
Whatever meltdown Mr. Hatch has, I’d rather not focus on him, but to the future of taking back our government.
As to his and others talks yesterday about Fear, I say “Excuse Me?” We’ve been having the Fear Factor shoved down our throats for too long. The fact that so many Republicans could only chant 911 over and over and show videos of Bin Laden yesterday made me think that they are on the defensive.
We Are Not Afraid.
We Are Not Stupid and Naive.
We are paying attention and we are taking action.
PS – Thank you for the video. Nice to know we are helping.

Booby Hatch.

If his head were to explode the walls would be covered with doo-doo.

-G

Yeah, that’s much more accurate!! :)

Heard Chris Dodd this morning say “over 600,000″ and it has been repeated or replayed again by Sam Sedar just a few minutes ago.

Dodd did not specify except “the Senate”

somebody ought to send Orrin Hugh’s list.

Earth to Orrin…the constitution panders to people with irrational fear of government and it’s OK. has been for years.

Holy cow, can this be right! I thought I read about 2,500, which I thought was relatively few. But that might have been to Harry’s office specifically. But if this 600K is true, 2,500 must have been either a lie, or just out and out wrong.

Margin of error: ±24,000%.

watching that pathetic excuse for a senate last night made feel so very sick,on how vile these career liars are! fresh air ,before i puke

Kinda turns that whole “if you haven’t done anything wrong, what are you worried about” line from officials to citizens right on its ear, doesn’t it. bah!

Just gave $25 that I really don’t have to give. But it is important to support the leadership of Senator Dodd. So I gave. Let’s see if we can out-do the Ron Paul supporters.

I could have lived my entire life quite well without Orrin “Toady” Hatch in it. His career began by toadying up to the Nixon felons, on to the Reagun felons, the George the father felons, and now again the George the turd felons; absolute consistency in picking felon du jour that so called senator.

hey little boots…if ya were spying since early 2001….WHY DID YOU NOT STOP 9/11?????????????????????????????????????

Actually, Hatch does inspire fear of government, his type anyway.

Hatch – “There is such a thing as irrational fear trust of government”.

fixed it for him. I’m just that kind of helpful sorta guy.

Does anyone have a link to video from Bond’s speech? I especially loved his verbal stumbling as he took out a BlackBerry, fumbled with it for a long time, and then finally read a statement from it. Compare that to all of Dodd’s comments as the day went on where he was speaking from what he knows to be true and making many coherent points without notes.

Good gawd. Orin Hatch, Huckabee, Romney, Rudy, Bush, Cheney, Alito, Clarence Thomas, Scalia, Rice, Rumsfeld, Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham, and the rest of the GOP, border on the bizarre.

Thanks to Dodd. Thanks to FDL. Thanks to all those who made themselves heard. Feels good to win one. Here’s to many, many more.

Is anyone having a problem with Firefox?
I am getting errors which close the browser… disabled all my add-ons

Yeah, I watched it until I couldn’t stand it anymore, then I changed the channel.

Twetty has all these lyin ass mofo’s from Huckleberry, McCain and Mitt on.

Is anyone having a problem with Firefox?
I am getting errors which close the browser… disabled all my add-ons

You’re seeing this while viewing FDL? I’m not. My only add-ons are google tool bar and NoScript.

why did they not stop 9/11? anybody?

And props to Dean M for merging Orrin’s meltdown with the FDL bug…pounding head and all.

If we can make one unctuous, smarmy, right-wing apologist’s head explode, then, with apologies to Lena Lamont, all our hard work ain’t been in vain for nothin’.

so much unfettered spying ,and still the buildings were hit??????????????????????????????????????????????

A more wretched hive of scum and villainy you will not find.

-G

AZMatt reporting that Reid considering postponing FISA an extra month:

http://thehill.com/leading-the…..12-18.html

Thanks Senator Dodd.

BTW, the fearmongering blogs are essentially, the PEOPLE acting as active, partcipatory citizens. As they SHOULD be, Orrin.

Hey pups, if I read Sen. Hatch correctly, he’s afraid of us being active citizens in the process of legislation. FDL keep up the sunshine!!!

My general impression of the Senator is he lives in a world of fantasy, but seems to be unaware of it.

OT: Allen Raymond who was at the center of the 2002 phone jamming operation in New Hampshire and did time has come out with a tell all book about how to rig an election. “”After 10 full years inside the GOP, 90 days among honest criminals wasn’t really any great ordeal.” AR

the more i ponder who was in charge….thaqt question will not go away

That’s so great! I feel so much better!

Bob Kerrey’s explanation about his statement about Obama flies for me.

I wish your question got asked more.

We know BushCheneyCo ignored what they were told; was what they were told based on these new powers they sought from the telecoms in early 2001?

There may be even more sinister reasons for amnestithizing the telecoms: nothing will come out in court about what they knew and when they knew it.

THANK YOU CHRIS DODD

why did they not stop 9/11? anybody?

To answer your question with another question: what has been the asserted basis for 95% of this administration’s most egregious policies, from the raping of the Constitution on down the list?

Just a coincidence, I’m sure.

Nah -> LIHOP.

why did they not stop 9/11? anybody?

too busy felonying, stealing, spying up young boys and commercial espionage to pay attention to anything like a threat to the nation; who’d do such a thing.

does anybody else wonder why they did not hear about the PLOT while all the phone companies were listening to EVERYBODY?

From your link:

Without extending the time for debate, some Democrats fear that the White House will warn that failure to enact the bill could increase the chances of a terrorist attack and pressure Democrats to pass a bill they oppose — the same scenario as last August.

“People are firm for the moment … but then the intimidation starts,” said Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), a staunch critic of the telecom immunity provision. “Too often Democrats allow themselves to be intimidated by phony arguments.”

Tell more truth, Russ! We can handle the truth, even if your colleagues can’t.

Maybe they didn’t talk about it on the phone?

and of course little boots’s line …hey ya covered your ass!

Still waiting to be teleported off this rock. BushCo leaving would be ok too…

When I saw the word “fearmongering” come from Hatch’s mouth, I literally couldn’t stay in my chair. What a pot calling the kettle a fearmonger.

I have 7 Oscars to Give Out–a special statue I call the Fearmonger:

My nomminees for Most Predictable Banal Boilerplate Senate Fearmongers Pushing Telcom Immunity 12/17/07

1) Jeff Sessions–Same old speech no matter where the hell he’s opening his mouth–whatever Bush Unitary Executive tool is being pushed is fine by him. Jeffy says “the government doesn’t care about your Christmas conversations.” As if Jeffy even knows what the Immunity Initiative is actually covring up.

2) John Kyle (My Candidate for Top Three Dumbest Senators)

3) Orin Hatch

Best Actor Who Blathers Inane Banal Cliches Meaning Nothing

John Warner (Far and Away) He’s been treading water for years now–Time to go home and rest. Cascade after cascade of grandiose, specious phrases “full of sound and fury signifying absolutely nothing”.

Most Disigenuous Spinner trying to cover his true intentions:

Harry Reid (Take a bow–tried to kill Dodd’s effort from the getgo, helped by superficial Barbie and Ken mentality from MSM who never understood what was going on in the Senate yesterday (and rarely does).

Media Noodnick Apt to be most befuckled by yesterday’s events:

Time’s own Joe Klien.

Maybe the 911 terrorists used Qwest exclusively…..

why did they not stop 9/11? anybody?

To answer your question with another question: what has been the asserted basis for 95% of this administration’s most egregious policies, from the raping of the Constitution on down the list?

Just a coincidence, I’m sure.

Is this the kind of imaginary conspiracy Hatch is talking about? If so, I’m imagining it too. Nice to get a Pearl Harbor just when you need it most.

9/11 IS their excuse for everything….that is why they didnt stop it imo

I’ll be so happy when immoral fucks like Hatch leave — or better, are booted out of — office.

You and me both. I’m geographically a constituent of his, but have voted against Mr. “18 years is long enough” every time.

I’m betting he has a much more extreme meltdown before he finally leaves. Maybe multiple meltdowns. My wife says he’s a space alien, too.

sorry to lol

I’m using Firefox and I’m not having any problems, except when the FDL computer breaks down.

I think one of the most effective torture mechanisms, far more effective than Waterboarding, would be to place a DVR and TV in front of the subject and tune it to Dana Perrino’s inane press conferences 24X7.

I wonder if Mukasey would view that as torture.

I said this yesterday and I’ll say it again. Either orrin has a shitty tailor or he’s wasting away. That suit is pretty ill fitting. Look at it. I mean so are mine – in the other direction, a little snug, ya know. But I don’t wear ‘em on the Senate floor. look where the shoulder seams are. it’s very loose.

Oh yeah. he’s an asshole, too.

Why does Orrin Hatch, Bush et al have an irrational fear of oversight?

EXCELLANTEMENTE!!

A Little OT but since we are discussing one Mormon how about the other one – Willard: Editor & Publisher

Ex-Mormon Cartoonist Steve Benson Says Romney Not Telling Truth
By Dave Astor

Published: December 18, 2007 3:50 PM ET

NEW YORK As an ex-Mormon, Arizona Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson has strong opinions about current Mormon Mitt Romney. He said the Republican candidate’s recent speech on religion should not be trusted by media people and other Americans.

In his talk, Romney said “I believe in my Mormon faith” while also noting that the church’s “teachings” would not influence his decisions if elected president.

“Yeah, right,” responded Benson, adding that “Romney also believes in misrepresenting what his Mormon Church actually espouses.”

Benson is the grandson of former Mormon leader Ezra Taft Benson.

He told E&P that a Mormon believer is required by church doctrine (as dictated by the church’s “living prophet”) to “obey God’s commands” over anything else. He said “Romney, like all ‘temple Mormons,’ made his secret vows using Masonic-derived handshakes, passwords, and symbolic death oaths that he promised in the temple never to reveal to the outside world” — and that Romney also secretly vowed to devote his “time, talents,” and more “to the building of the Mormon religion on earth.”

So, said Benson, the only way Romney could be truly independent of the church as U.S. president would be to disavow Mormon doctrine. “He hasn’t done that,” said the Creators Syndicate-distributed cartoonist.

“When Mitt says he belongs to a church that doesn’t tell him what to do, that’s false; it’s a 24/7, do-what-you’re-told-to-do church,” added Benson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1993.

That was the year Benson left what he calls the “Mormon cult.” One reason for his decision was disgust with the way Mormon officials tried to fool church members and the general public into believing that Ezra Taft Benson — Steve’s then-94-year-old grandfather and church president — was still capable of leading the church. “He was not mentally or physically in a place where he could make any meaningful decisions,” recalled Benson. “I know it because I saw his condition with my own eyes.”

…

Benson himself drew a post-Romney speech cartoon that pictured John F. Kennedy saying “Ask not what your country can do for you…” followed by Romney saying “…do whatever it takes for me to win Iowa.” (Many people believe Romney gave what he hoped would be a JFK-like speech on religion because he was losing support in Iowa.) But Benson said he hasn’t heavily focused on Romney’s Mormonism in other cartoons. “Religious issues are very touchy,” he said. “I do what I can, but I pick my battles.”

Another reason Benson distrusts the words in Romney’s speech is because the candidate has changed his public positions on issues such as abortion and gay rights to woo conservative GOP voters in states like Iowa rather than the more liberal voters he once courted to become governor of Massachusetts. “He flips and flops like Jesus is coming tomorrow,” said the cartoonist. “It’s like Romney is reading from the Mormon Church playbook.”

…

oh inner rot that would be poetic justice!

for WH Press Secretary-torture, I’d put Scotty McClellan up against OhDana any day…

tag team with all of them…in mud mebbe?

I have no idea why, if they were wiretapping early in the admin, they didn’t stop 9/11. Except that, just because they were wiretapping doesn’t mean they knew what to do with the information that they were getting. Or that they were targeting for the right information to stop the kind of attack we experienced. Remember, they said, “Nobody could have imagined…”

I do think this is a very good point, though.

Dana = DAD.

watching the Senate vote on C-Span right now – a question occurs to me:

Who is more consistently wrong in their voting – Clarence Thomas or Mary Landrieu?

But yeah. If that Intel Committee bill had passed yesterday, this video would been the consolation prize, I guess.

That shows two things: the incompetence of those in charge of the “unfettered spying” and the capability of those who hit the building.

“Thank you Chris Dodd for standing up for our Constitution!
Extra bonus points for the Hatch outburst.”

But was it Dodd or DiFi that was making Orrin’s head explode? (Go next door to see EW on this.)

Bob in HI

Maybe the Hatch has developed a wasting disease over these many yrs, as in wasting our time & $$$. That Scanners scene looks so much better in my mind’s eye if I imagine, well, you know.

Speaking of nutty, looney GOP Senators, this one is going to be fun to watch. Sen. Tom Coburn has asked for an investigation of Alaska Rep. Don Young’s earmarks in the 2005 Transportation bill. He’s calling for a joint house-senate special committee.

Coburn is the guy who got Ted Stevens to threaten to resign early last year. And now he’s going up against the guy who threatened to kill anyone who stands in his way.

So the nutty Dr. who says “lesbianism is so rampant in some of the Ojklamhoma schools that they’ll only let one girl go to the bathroom at a time,” is going up against Toobz and the rabid mink. Doncha love it?

“Alleged government activities”? Yes, they are alleged until we can prove them to have been illegal in a court of law. That’s why we don’t want this damn retroactive immunity sweetheart deal which protects both the Bush administration and the Telcos from facing the law of the land.

Tip: send individually addressed postcards to the Senators. Naturally, that’s cheaper than first class envelope mail, and postcards should skip the anthrax-sniffing hardware that delays regular mail to D.C. offices by several weeks.

I just thought of that. Kind of Python-esque. Orrin giving a speech and his head exploding half-way through.

I have no idea why, if they were wiretapping early in the admin, they didn’t stop 9/11.

That assumes that the surveillance they were doing was on terrorist suspects. I don’t think it was. Otherwise, they could have easily gotten a FISA warrant.

Who is more consistently wrong in their voting – Clarence Thomas or Mary Landrieu?

I dislike Mary Landrieu almost as much as I dislike FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin. One is self serving yellow dog democrat and the other is a self serving twit.

G’DAY me Teller

I am surely wondering why it is you now have found your “w”

Agreed.

“Alleged government activities”? Yes, they are alleged until we can prove them to have been illegal in a court of law. That’s why we don’t want this damn retroactive immunity sweetheart deal which protects both the Bush administration and the Telcos from facing the law of the land.

very very nice indeed

“Twit.” That’s Python-esque, too.

It mysteriously re-appeared when I re-registered for the new fdl format. So sad. Must be a bloggers’ conspiracy, eh?

Well, it looks like the US was asleep at the switch in Iraq. Yahoo reporting on the fallout from the Turkish strikes into Iraq.

“Dozens of planes reportedly were involved in the incursion, which would be the largest aerial attack in years against the outlawed rebel separatist group. Other reports put the number of planes at a much smaller number.”

Wow, dozens of planes hitting inside Iraq and the US didn’t even know about it.

I bet the Iranians are taking notice. Oh, wait, maybe the US is winking and nodding and they know exactly what Turkey is up to and they are just stabbing the Kurds in the back. Bush’s have a record of doing that.

This also explains why the Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani snubbed COndi Rice today.

The US backstabs away.

-G

wafer thin.

What’s up with Bill. From Huffpo:

George H. W. Bush has responded to Bill Clinton’s claim that under President Hillary, the two ex-presidents would travel the world restoring America’s image.

Says Bill:

Well, the first thing she intends to do, because you can do this without passing a bill, the first thing she intends to do is to send me and former President Bush and a number of other people around the world to tell them that America is open for business and cooperation again.

Poppy says: I don’t think so.

Former President Bush wholeheartedly supports the President of the United States, including his foreign policy. He has never discussed an “around-the-world mission” with either former President Bill Clinton or Senator Clinton, nor does he think such a mission is warranted since he is proud of the role America continues to play around the world as the beacon of home for freedom and democracy.

I just thought of that. Kind of Python-esque. Orrin giving a speech and his head exploding half-way through.

I can hear it now

“This bill should not include text which panders to people who believe in imaginary government conspiracies.”

We agree. we don’t want to add language to the bill, we want to leave it out.

LIHOP

An even more apropos explosion from that film for our pal Orrin…

Yeah but everytime you see anyone connected to anyone running from their side (as lame as most Dems in Congress have been) doesn’t it seem hard for Obama, Edwards or the Hillster to lose to them?

uggggggggg

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..77344.html

Interesting. I’m sure Bill knew Poppy would say that. So, now the Clintons have been able to be “distanced” without “distancing” themselves from Bill’s earlier excursions with Poppy.

It looks like Babs is going to spit in Bill’s egg-nog this Christmas.

Frankly Bill, I don’t want that blubbery old crypto-fascist anywhere near US foreign policy.

Enough please.

I think Bill must be trying scuttle Hillary’s chances or something because that is just a plum stupid thing to say.

-G

Feingold on senate floor now, asking for with troop drawdown…

Doncha love it?

Good times.

The Dem President and Congress in 09 could reverse it couldn’t they?

oh poppy is senile im afraid

Orrin Hatch doesn’t get the “irrational fears” thing.

Rule #1: When Republicans accuse their opponents of something, it is about something that they’ve been doing often enough to be noticed. It’s kinda like psychological “projection.”

There’s also a certain amount of cluelessness involved. Compare this with White Americans who deny that Race is a factor in American society. But people of color can see it just as plainly as the noses on our pasty white faces.

Hatch wonders cluelessly, “Why are you afraid of us?” and doesn’t connect his last 100 votes to the erosion of our civil liberties, distortion of the balance of powers, diminution of the Bill of Rights, obstruction of justice, etc. etc. He just doesn’t get it.

Bob in HI

yes i believe so

I am going to personally thank Sen. Dodd this week in Des Moines. I have committed to caucausing for Edwards, but I am looking…..

On a side note – since it is a week before Christmas, it must be my Birthday! Thanks Jane for providing a wonderful forumn.

Why you meanie foul-mouthed fem bloggers you…for being so mean to the Bush Regime and making Hatch have to say it out loud too!

Good for you Girl Pups & Boy Pups. Love that about you people. LOL :-)

If they didn’t then, they probably will now!

hey, egregious, been to busy to tell you – LOVE your recent posts here!

LIHOP

Wasn’t Condi in that neighborhood today?

One wonders whether Mr. Cheney has escalated their feud to another level…

Have I said today that I dislike FCC Chairman Kevin J. Martin? Well, I do. He is a wanker of the first order.

Feingold proposing and speaking in favor of anti-war amendment right NOW – C-Span2.

how can hatch , (and forgive me, in my mind he has always been urine hatch, can’t help it) accuse us of being partisan when we criticize democrats as often as we do repugnicans? We’re not partisan; we’re patriots!

Jane’s the best.

This is something I came across today. It is a letter from Poppy to his kids on his thoughts about the pending first Gulf War:

http://bushlibrary.tamu.edu/re…..-31-90.pdf

I wonder if they can reverse mergers and acquisitions too?

She was, and for some reason, they are making a big deal about it….she travels all over the place all the time….why the big deal?

When Dodd responded to Hatch’s whine that AT&T’s reputation might be hurt if we don’t shred the Constitution, that was the closest I’ve ever heard a Senator come to asking “Are You A MORON?” right on the Senate floor.

Best part of the day for me.

It will be too late for most of it, because by then all of the big mergers will have taken place. They can probably make a law against it, but I doubt it will be retroactive.

What a mess.

Well he is a moron mormon.

Nothing says “Thank you” like a campaign contribution…

Buying politicians is a bad policy… from anyone.

Hatch probably thought he said, “Are you a Mormon?”

She was in Kirkuk talking about how wonderfully peaceful it is there.

Just wait till it’s nut-cuttin’ time – when the Kurds and Sunni’s go to war over who gets control of Kirkuk and the rich oil fields there.

My guess is that she’s “preserving the record” that, under *this* administration, Kirkuk is at peace. It will thus be more clear to the wingers that the war to come over Kirkuk is the Dem’s fault.

jmo/ymmv

well, total mental illlness handwriting for one thing. But the biggy here is his reference to impeachment if he fails in iraq. And exactly where is that option today???

My thoughts exactly.

Byrd now up on C-Span2 in support of Feingold/Reed(Reid?) amendment.

The Federal Communications Commission, overturning a 32-year-old ban, voted Tuesday to allow broadcasters in the nation’s 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper.

This is one of those events that flies totally under the radar, but which will have a major impact on the ability of ordinary citizens to understand what goes on around them. It is an outrage that the notion of freedom of speech, expression, and the press has been rhetorically turned on its head to justify what amounts to corporate censorship of the free flow of information necessary to a viable constitutional republic.

From another recovering Saint:

Jesus’ General:

The lesson Mormons, including Mitt, take from this is that the greater good may require the violation of important laws, in this case, theft and murder. It’s a lesson that is stressed in Sunday classes for adults and children as well as the weekday seminary classes Mormon teens are required to attend. It’s an important scripture and doctrine.

This is why it is critical to discuss a candidates religious beliefs. It gives us the best insight we can get into how someone like Mitt would govern. He’s the type of leader who would believe that his actions are condoned by God and are not subject to Earthly laws like the Constitution.

Sound familiar?

link

Poppy Bush thinks ev’ry life is PREYSHUSH! Awwwwww….

This is perhaps one of the most dumbass things I have heard of in a long, long time! I don’t even know how to imagine anything more outrageously stupid. Never thought I’d say that regarding anything that Bill Clinton did that wasn’t sexual, but was political.

It is truly disastrous.

yea …glad we won both houses of congress last year/

It’s been going on already with ad hoc waivers, but this will certainly accelerate the process.

O.M.G…Nancy Lugosi is…really, really not in touch with reality:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…..243/423840

Hope this is right, I found it on the intertoobz; ahem:

Breithlá Sona! Go maire tú an céad!

The Federal Communications Commission, overturning a 32-year-old ban, voted Tuesday to allow broadcasters in the nation’s 20 largest media markets to also own a newspaper.

Was it 60 Minutes this week which had a piece on Kevin Martin; how he traveled to town-hall meetings around the country where people stayed till the early morning hours to tell him how vociferously they objected to such consolidation, how Congress gave him an earful and asked him to hold off, etc.?

And in the end, none of it mattered – to Kevin Martin; who did what he was always going to do anyway. Maybe his wife can get him a slot on MTP, ’cause it’s friendly, ya know, to put forward his case.

I have been watching Kevin J. Martin over the last several months as he listens to the objects of citizens to this FCC ruling. The vast majority did not want it to happen. There were hearings across the country. He simply did not care and you could tell he felt put upon to have to be there. Wanker. Tool. Asshat. I could go on.

B’orrin Orrin didn’t get the memo — he was supposed to pretend we didn’t exist! By acknowledging us, he’s forced to admit we’re a threat.

Happy Birthday Irish Jim.

I will caucus for Edwardss since I like his populist views but Dodd has become my second choice.

This is what has been troubling me the most lately: the FCC vote , FISA and everything else. These guys are going to take us down the road to ruin and their own personal financial aggrandisement to the point (and i believe to a large extent we are already there, look at the state of most government departments, losing most of their good people who quit in disgust and are deliberately replaced with incompetents so no one is minding ANY store for us) where everything is so f**ked up it will take geniuses and years to sort it all out if that’s even possible. This was a deliberate rape of our country and it’s hard to imagine coming back from it. The FCC mergers are the icing on the cake.

Happy Birthday!!

I wonder if Dodd’s new found popularity will hender Edwards? I don’t think it will hurt the two front runners.

Happy Birthday IrishJim!

Interesting. I’m sure Bill knew Poppy would say that. So, now the Clintons have been able to be “distanced” without “distancing” themselves from Bill’s earlier excursions with Poppy.

And made total assholes of themselves in the process? The only thing about Bill spouting off like this that makes any sense to me is maybe he has another blockage in his veins, and this blockage goes to his brain. Maybe a little touch of Alzheimers or he got syphilis from some of his “youthful indiscretions” and now it’s eating his brain. Don’t forget what he said just a few weeks ago about being against the Iraq war “from the beginning.” Did he forget we now have video tape? Or is he getting senile?

Before I turn into a work of origami I must step away from the computer. See you guys later.

I seem to have regurgitated a duplicate comment.

*burp* – sorry.

No way this FCC ruling flew under the public radar. Thousands of people all over the country showed up at meetings to object to this. Congress pointed this out to whatsisname Martin, he blew it off and Congress LET him. I weep for my country these days, literally.

I want them all, all of them, arrested.

Weren’t about 3,800 troops supposed to be leaving Iraq right about now?

omg …i just pulled up a lung…from termite on kos

The latest shit profiterole from Madame Speaker.

I think he’s on another mid-life crazies binge…check out his cool jeans…he’s even letting his hair grow….

I just noticed it this morning…not that I have anything against either thing…but it was weird to see him changing..especially in the middle of his wife’s campaign.

I called Hillary’s and Burrack’s campaigns and asked what the h#l@ they were doing in Iowa instead of doing the People’s business? This may hurt them as well. LEADERSHIP

could be pump brain,from cardiac surgery

She’s at least realizing that she is an idiot. Now, put Impeachment back on the table….Gawd…

If the conspiracies were imaginary, we’d just be paranoid.

‘Fear’ sounds about right, Senator.

Is there such a thing? I dunno. He does look good though.

yes darth has the worst case on record….it is caused by the heart-lung machine you can google it

I made my first and only contribution to a presidential hopeful this cycle to Dodd last night. It’s not an endorsement, but it’s a seriously felt reward, however minor, for real leadership.

Yes.

No way this FCC ruling flew under the public radar.

There was a lot of outrage among the few people who concern themselves about these sorts of things. The average citizen neither knows nor cares, and is sure not going to hear about it or what it means on the nightly news tv show.

Anyway, I think we agree that it totally sucks.

3,890 to be exact.

I made my first and only contribution to a presidential hopeful this cycle to Dodd last night. It’s not an endorsement, but it’s a seriously felt reward, however minor, for real leadership.

Leadership. And it was a joy to behold.

Just wanted to say i love you all. i know i’m not here often, but it makes my day when i am. you are wonderful creative thinkers and patriots and i’m sending all the best vibes your way for the holidays. May they be full of light, courage, and as much joy as is possible to contain in the face of such oppression. Sante!

HB IrishJim!

Kevin Martin is a despicable tool.

In this particular kerfuffle, it seems to be poppy that’s rational and Bill that’s not.

This is the Dodd moment I was referring to earlier:

An eighth argument offered by immunity supporters claims that litigation will harm the telecoms by causing them “reputational damage.” The fact is there is no evidence that this legislation has reduced or would reduce the defendant companies’ bottom lines or customer base. This morning I quoted from the Dow Jones Market Watch. The date is October 23, 2007, well after the reports were out about AT&T’s involvement in the surveillance program.

Third quarter earnings rose 41.5 percent. Boosted by the acquisition of BellSouth and the addition of 2 million net wireless customers, AT&T’s net income was $3.06 billion, compared with $2.17 billion a year ago.

Hardly a company that is suffering reputational damage. AT&T has posted these record profits during a time of very public litigation. So the argument that reputational damage somehow prevents us from going forward has no basis in fact.

But moreover, to claim that “reputational damage” ought to trump our rights and liberties–I find it frightening that anyone in government would even make that argument. To say that a violation of millions of Americans’ privacy over 5 years is outweighed by the potential for reputational damage is to show a rather extraordinary lack of balance when it comes to understanding the relative importance of these issues.

little explanation

Also of interest to the vice president’s people may be the ticklish question of whether heart surgery itself, most notably coronary artery bypass grafting (typically referred to as cabg, or “cabbage,” surgery), has a long-term impact on cognitive function. Of late, there has been significant interest in reports that bypass patients may be at an increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s and other dementias as they age. But there are less-extreme post-op cognitive changes under investigation as well. From bypass patients and their families, you frequently hear stories of people who just didn’t feel or behave quite the same after surgery. Such personality changes are extremely common in the short term and may persist indefinitely for some, as the Cleveland Clinic notes in its literature on the subject: “Long-term deficits in mental functioning–such as an inability to process complex problems, follow directions or plan actions–also may occur, although they are often subtle. The person may express these deficits by being short-tempered or easily frustrated. He or she also may be depressed or have mood swings.”

The diagnosis in such cases is typically “pump head,” or postperfusion syndrome, a cognitive disorder that surfaces in the immediate wake of cabg surgery, possibly as a by-product of stopping a patient’s heart and running his blood through a bypass pump (a process that can, among other insults, release tiny air bubbles, fat, blood clots, and other debris into the bloodstream). Initially, pump head was thought to be temporary, with patients returning to normal within a year of surgery. In recent years, however, there has been evidence to suggest it is the improvements that are only temporary. In particular, in a 2001 article in the New England Journal of Medicine, researchers from Duke University found a cognitive decline–defined as a 20 percent drop in test scores from a patient’s presurgery performance–in 42 percent of bypass patients five years after surgery

First of all, sorry about the fact that my last post had “replying to PhysioProf @ 146″ attached. That was not meant as a reply to PhysioProf. This post is.

It’s been going on already with ad hoc waivers, but this will certainly accelerate the process.

Nothing like media consolidation to boost your confidence in the MSM.

Peace and Joy to you and everyone!

Here’s another bit of good news…

ACLU Demands Disclosure of Legal Memos Justifying Illegal Spying
Documents Would Increase Public Understanding of Warrantless Wiretapping Program

WASHINGTON, DC – December 18 — The American Civil Liberties Union, the National Security Archive and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) today filed papers urging a federal judge to compel the Justice Department and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to disclose legal and policy memos relating to the National Security Agency’s (NSA) warrantless wiretapping program. Two years after the media’s disclosure that the NSA was secretly intercepting the phone calls and emails of people in the United States without a warrant in direct violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), the government continues to withhold documents that could shed light on its legal justification for the program.

http://www.commondreams.org/news2007/1218-12.htm

That video from Dodd up top on the left of the page…is so cute!!

He’s awesome.

some elder statesmen should just retire gracefully or follow in Jimmy Carters footsteps

smintheus on DailyKos on Tue Dec 18, 2007:

And let’s not forget that the victory won by Dodd was also due to excellent organization. He was almost flawless in the way he worked the Senate floor because he was prepared to take advantage of every opening. When Dodd seized the opportunity to object to Reid’s call for unanimous consent on the motion to proceed, the initiative basically shifted to his side.

We also witnessed the level of Dodd’s advance preparation with his outreach to the net-roots. Given how little advance notice Sen. Reid gave of his plan to bring FISA to the floor on Monday, Dodd’s outreach turned out to be remarkably effective. It’s the way it needs to be done.

Take the time today to tell Senator Dodd how much you appreciate his excellent work in blocking this vote.

Confirming what I was trying to say yesterday in the comment threads.

Bob in HI

Teddy now yelling at the bad boys on cspan2.

I love it when Teddy yells at everyone!! Go Ted!

For the Arizona Pups: Misunderstood Repubs.

Ariz. legislator gets 10 days in jail for DUI
The Associated Press
Dec. 18, 2007 09:40 AM

PARKER – A state legislator faces jail time after pleading guilty to a reduced charge in a drunken driving case.

Republican Representative Trish Groe of Lake Havasu City pleaded guilty in La Paz County Superior Court to misdemeanor drunken driving and was sentenced to spend 10 days in a Maricopa County jail.

Groe had been charged with one felony count of aggravated DUI and one misdemeanor count of false reporting to a police officer.

Kittykitty, I agree….I love it too, and I Love this site

I wonder if he’s getting a little antsy thinking that he may not get back into the white house after all.

and Ted’s sporting a new ‘do’ — looking very distinguished. NO MORE GIGANTIC BLANK CHECKS! You tell em Ted!

Geez, I thought he was gonna blow a gasket there for a minute!! Good on him!

Now, whiney Sessions….Wah wah wah….

It’s interesting for sure, since he jumped protesters recently…

I wonder if he is somehow “competitive” with HRC…he’s sure not being helpful.

Hillary just added her name to the amendment just now…hmmmm

Hillary just added her name to the amendment just now…hmmmm

you aren’t insinuating she put her finger in the wind , are you?

Dang, didn’t Mitch just say things are going swimmingly in Iraq?

Dang, didn’t Mitch just say things are going swimmingly in Iraq?

depends on what the definition of swimming is.

depends on what the definition of swimming is.

And what you’re swimming in.

Oh, confetti!

Tell us what you really think about politicians.

I don’t know if you have the latest version of Firefox, but here’s a link to it, if not.
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/

Hear! Hear!

My spouse and I contributed $100 to Dodd’s campaign, yesterday, as a token of respect, acknowledging his fortitude. We both support Kucinich, albeit the Ron Paul gambit may have been eclipsed by a possible McCain/Lieberman ticket–either scenario loathsome for all too apparent reasons. Edwards/Dodd, anyone?

why did they not stop 9/11? anybody?
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We need a new 9/11 commission investigation to answer that and some other questions.

Did they plan it and thus want it to happen?
Did they truly try to stop it and failed?

There are many questions yet unanswered (for the public at least).

I admit I always find myself multitasking when Hatch and Cornyn speak. When Ted and Dodd spoke I was riveted. When Corny & Hatch spoke, I started looking for recipes.

Hi gang!

My favorite part of the orrible meltdown was when sir hash lost ‘is place in that printed-out thingie he was shoutin’ from. I hope someone can make a yootoob of it. he was flitting all over several pages simultaneously, trying to re-boot his mind on multiple wrong sentences in the canned rant & he got downright panicky. Too bad a colleague didn’t pass the lad a square of foil.

confession: I usually mute sens hash & corninny. cantstandum.

John and Orrin, kiss my can!!!!