I’m hopelessly confused now. Do homeless troops exist or not?
Recently, Fox News host Bill O’Reilly attacked former senator John Edwards for noting the 200,000 homeless veterans who “go to sleep under bridges and on grates” every night. “The only thing sleeping under a bridge is that guy’s brain,” quipped O’Reilly. [Har har! Good one, Bill!] O’Reilly continued his attack earlier this week, claiming “They may be out there, but there’s not many of them out there.”
Last night, however, O’Reilly pulled an about-face, acknowledging to National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse President Joseph Califano that there are upwards of 200,000 homeless vets in America:
CALIFANO: We have 200,000 veterans who are homeless.
O’REILLY: Right.
O’Reilly admitted Edwards’ claim was right, but still refused to admit his own inaccuracies. He also continued to attack the former senator, calling him “a liar” and “a charlatan.” O’Reilly insisted that homelessness “has nothing to do with the economy” and is “mostly because of addiction and mental illness.”
This is really not the class warfare issue that O’Reilly is making it out to be. There are 200,000 homeless veterans, and whether it’s because they’re poor, or because they’re so psychologically damaged by war that they can no longer function, the bottom line is that no-one’s taking care of them. They risked body and soul for this country, and now they’re sleeping under bridges? How does that square with "supporting our troops"?
This is one of the most infuriating things about Republicans: They make a great big frothing-at-the-mouth show of how much they care about X and Democrats don’t, yet their actions show that they don’t really care about X at all. Troops are a great example of this: Republicans love to rage about how we progressives don’t support the troops, yet the Bush administration sends troops to Iraq with inadequate armor or leave time, covers it up when they get raped and/or killed under suspicious circumstances, subjects wounded troops to Civil War conditions, and screws veterans again and again.
Troops are by no means the only example, however. Republicans claim to be "pro-life," yet they support the death penalty and unrestricted gun ownership. They launched an invasion which killed hundreds of thousands of Iraqis. And as passionate as they are about protecting fetuses, they have little concern for their well-being after they become babies. Where are their calls for more maternity leave, better postnatal care, or financial aid for indigent mothers? Where, for that matter, is their support for sex-ed and contraception to prevent the unwanted pregnancies that lead to abortions?
Republicans speak of Democracy, but coddle tyrants abroad and suppress votes at home… in the guise of preventing voter fraud.
Republicans speak of Freedom, but reserve the right to detain, torture and spy on anyone they please.
Republicans speak of Civility, but spray smears, insults, and threats like angry firehoses. (But, it should be noted, with a minimum of swearing)
Republicans speak of Accountability, but will not yield to law nor oversight.
Republicans speak of Christianity, but oppose peace, compassion and tolerance.
Republicans speak of Security, but inflame the Muslim world against us and resist efforts to secure ports, plants, and loose Russian nukes. (See also: Tora Bora, Al Qaqaa, Operation Ignore)
Republicans speak of America, and they are burying it.
(h/t Blue Texan)
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Eli’s
cominghere!EPU’d…As shown on KO just now, this is the video, Change for the Better…O.M.G.:
http://wizbangblue.com/2008/01…..e-soon.php
have you seen Billos mansion? hundreds of vets could live there
Great post, Eli.
I howled. I was uncomfortable, because it feels so creepily true, but I howled…
I knew a Republican, and these Republicans are not Republicans – they are Conservativefascists.
We did too!! It is pretty brilliant!!
Thanks! I’ve been sitting on a *very* rough outline of this post for about as long as I’ve been posting at FDL. Like, since last March.
O’Reilly insisted that homelessness “has nothing to do with the economy” and is “mostly because of addiction and mental illness.”
Everybody knows that “real soldiers” don’t get addicted or give in to such pussified things as mental illness…
Yep, I’m sure they all would have ended up exactly the same way if they had never served.
I have read in the SF Chronicle that there are homeless vets from the Iraq war on the streets in SF. It makes me so angry and sad.
Gawd, I wonder what made them mentally ill??? War has a way of doing that.
Congrats Gnome !
((( Eli )))
‘Support the troops’ = BushCo mean the exact opposite of what they say.
It just infuriates me that Republicans can pontificate about how we libruls hate the troops, but they can’t be bothered to do a damn thing to actually help them.
And if they’re *ex*-troops, they might as well not exist.
I think the one’s that want to kill and maim and revenge in honor of W’s
war on terraGlobal War for Oil and Dominance, are the one’s that are addicted and mentally ill.not to mention the absolute crime of sending them into theatre inumerable times,so they would succumb to PTS syndrome
Well, also, since they’ve been having so much trouble meeting recruitment numbers, they’re actually enlisting people who are mentally ill to begin with…
and their pay cuts,and benefit cuts
But, but, they don’t matter cause they didn’t make the “ultimate sacrifice”…
Yep, I’m sure they all would have ended up exactly the same way if they had never served.
And besides that – they *volunteered*, fer chrissakes. Screw ‘em.
Cue Super Chicken – “You knew the job was dangerous when you took it – Bwakaaah!!.
Consider snark tag to have been applied generously.
True, but those enlisting mentally ill people are mentally ill and addicted to war to begin with.
And stop-loss. I could have easily listed twice as many examples as I actually did – I just didn’t want the paragraph to get too huge.
“This is one of the most infuriating things about Republicans: They make a great big frothing-at-the-mouth show of how much they care about X and Democrats don’t, yet their actions show that they don’t really care about X at all.” In psychology, this is called crazy-making.
Great but sad post, Eli.
Billo’s remarks were beyond outrageous. As KO pointed out this week, there are many homeless vets between KO and Billo’s studios which are only a couple of blocks apart in NYC. He needs to cough up some jack and help a few brothers out.. even if it’s due to guilt and lies.
in Ken Burns the WAR…a study was done over 250 straight days of combat was the max
Really ?!! When’s Boehner headin’ off to Eye- Raq ? *g*
But, but, but….they are pro-life!!!
I’d say losing your mind is a pretty big sacrifice, but for Republicans it’s more of a vestigial organ, like an appendix.
And when they do make that sacrifice they won’t let anyone honor them or see the coffins as if the soldiers are shameful in some way.
Thanks, Gnome!
And hiya, Petro!
Ding!
Oh, there you go, reminding me of Laura Nyro… Great music she made.
Is it still illegal to take photographs of bombing sites in Iraq?
let me just *say* happy birthday – you really don’t wanna hear me sing it…
How’s it goin’, Eli ?
I wonder when karma will catch up with W …
I wish I did believe in karma (or saw any reason to) – I would probably be a lot happier.
if i start to think of the kids,old people,and non combatants again i shall get terribly sad,and depressed again
Thanks! In my mind I’m still about 20, but my knees will tell you a VERY different story!
Sometimes you have to take care of yourself in order to live and fight another day.
So Hillary hearts LIEberman, who wudda thunk it?
http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…..162/439176
Didn’t a Congress Puke say he was a grown-up embryo?? Well, why do the Pukes want to send everybody else’s grown-up embryos off to fight their war for oil??? Just doesn’t make sense.
Heh. The Pukes have an army of voluntary, great big, grown-up embryos that they are putting in harms way and are constantly at risk of being aborted by IEDs and such.
See, they are anti-choice and pro-abortion.
we must demand impeachment ,and an immediate END to the war…demand it
yea…how the hell did we get here? (media) imo
SHE TEH SUKKETH and Bill too! that is all
Republicans don’t care about ex-troops *or* ex-fetuses.
There is “instant” karma…like when my Ex drove over a snake and then a minute later a bee flew in the window and stung him next to his eye…
Then there is the kind of karma where you come back as a descendant of your own oppression…like a slave in future Iraq working for Halliburton, hauling metal in 120 degree heat after your family has been imprisoned and tortured….
IED, IUD whats the dif
One of the ways I take care of myself is by not watching television. Especially those shows that pretend to be news. The other stuff I can’t stand to watch because of all the commercials.
707
ewwwwwwwww you have good credit in heaven methinks
Yeah! That really is the charade in a nutshell.
i watch no TeeBee ,just movies
Now that’s just infuriating.. no surprise but infuriating.
Oh, [MULTIPLE expletives deleted]. I’ve always said that I would hold my nose, bring a barf bag, and vote for whoever was the Democratic nominee is if it’s not John Edwards. I’m now rethinking that. Why the fuck should I go to the polls and vote for her if she’s all snuggly with that little turd? Anyone? Can anyone help me out here with some cozy rationalization? Anyone???
Good god, man. Where have you been? Do you know the hours I have wondered about where you are spending your time? Love ya!!!
ya know…that is a real FU to all of us progressives
Pretty much all of a piece with the inappropriate actions of every Republican administration since (and including) Nixon.
How did you like Paulson’s stint presenting the ’stimulus package’? $10 to some outrageous power of ‘tax relief’, if they can find any more taxes to be relieved. The country’s economy is like a racehorse lying on its side, exhausted and malnourished, and the ‘remedy’ proposed is to turn up the joules and blast the heart with an electric shock. It will be wasted energy, and it may kill the animal.
These people should not be allowed to run a diner, never mind a first-world country.
Heh. That’s where we differ. Usually the commercials are more creative and funny than the shows… Sad, really.
And sending people back into war who have suffered major injuries.
Marion, my sentiments exactly. My partner worked in the Clinton WH for 8 years on a committee, and we have been fighting over Hillary for months, after seeing that post on Kos, he just said, He will NOT vote for her.
Romney, McCain, Ghouliani.
boy really arogant too…..just wipe out all of our sentiments…bankruptcy bill much
I need to do a post at my place about Dubya’s comments on that – the bullshit level was remarkable, even for Dubya.
She’s better looking than Fred?*g*
Yep and she will tell all of us progressives to STFU whennever it is convenient for her.
it will come out of SS
That’s the only thing that will drive me to it. And it’ll take 2 barf bags.
As I suspect Obama will, too – just more gracefully.
((((( Loo Hoo )))))
*sniff* … you didn’t call or write … I thought you stopped caring about me … *sniff* … wow, feels nice talking like my mom … *g*
i shall not either ….she is now throwing poop(JoShmo) in my face
I sooooo agree!!! I’ve never seen him quite so transparent and he’s really nervous…probly packin’ for Paraguay as we speak. Paulson seems nuts in a handbag if you ask me…and Bernanke…he’s at the “sigh, we are so f’d” stage…
All BS.
Most excellent, Eli.
GOPs lie, cheat, steal, rape, thieve, pillage and plunder. And let a city drown.
And then ask if you’d like some more.
damn her ,cant she just fake her Liebergasm,like when Harry met SAlly
Terrific post Eli, worth the wait.
Here’s something…if Bill O says that there are SO FEW Homeless Vets thaen why doesn’t HE put out about $1000 of his salary to support them. Let them get a hot shower, cleaned up, and a few meals for a month in a hotel.
Might be too many? How about $100 per Veteran then? At least that’s a weekend in a cheap hotel…and maybe a couple of cheapo hot meals?
Oh, still too many? But Bill O’…I thought there was just a teeny handful!
There is nothing in SS. It is just an “idea” that is written on paper somewhere with the lost emails…kinda like the Constitution. There is no money…lather, rinse, repeat. The Feds have to print it like crazy to survive. There is nothing but a false economy right now. There is no money, and what imaginary money there is, is yet to be printed and worthless anyway. The dollar is a worthless piece of paper right now, and they know it.
hy the fuck should I go to the polls and vote for her if she’s all snuggly with that little turd? Anyone? Can anyone help me out here with some cozy rationalization? Anyone???
Maybe she’s buttering him up for that sweet ambassadorship to Uzbekistan??
im begining to think she is undiplomatic,and lacks common sense,not saying she isnt booksmart
Where’s your place? I’d like to come over and look around.
Thanks, Teddy, thanks, eg.
Just click on my name.
Jeez, just $10 each for a sandwich and a cup of coffee. He shouldn’t even use up all his petty cash fund for that, right?
(Not a whole lot of political content today – most of my time and energy went here…)
USA Today says home invasions are increasing in this country.
Britain has very strict gun control laws — and 4 x the number of home invasions as in the U.S..
Home invasion: when criminals force their way into a home, usually at night, and have plenty of time and privacy to commit crimes.
Did you see W run away from the podium?? He’s callin’ all the friends he screwed all over the world asking for a bailout.
Talk about junk bonds. Runs in the family.
he is a cheap mofo methinks!goes with his odious blowhard personality
Oh, God, haven’t those poor people suffered enough?
Eli Thank you for breaching the subject of the plight our Veterans whom we owe so much. Disclosure I am a vet but I am covered by the Vietnam Nam era bill (very lucky indeed).
I have been sickened and disgusted by what I have seen done to our vets… cut benefits, denied medical care, PTS Syndrome and lack of proper financing for the Veterans Affairs Department. All Perpetrated by the Republican party to cut costs in the name of fiscal responsibility! What fucking bullshit, just eliminating the welfare to the oil companies would go a long way towards fixing the problem. Our vets deserve all the respect and gratitude we can give them. That even one vet on the streets is a national shame!
The care I get at the VA is exceptional and because of the right wing, this current crop of veterans get only a limited amount of services and very little in the way of other benefits.
This country needs to revert to the benefits that were/are (if you don’t make too much money $26K) given to the vets of WWII Korea and the Vietnam Nam era.
In fact I think a way to fix a lot of problems of this country could be alleviated if we adopted from Star Ship Troopers that the only people who can vote or serve in the government are veterans. It sure would make those wing nuts and corporatist shake in their boots if they thought they would lose all their power…..
thank you!
Ah, but he said this isn’t about poverty, but about stuff that no-one can do anything about. Giving them money wouldn’t make them any less addled or addicted.
But the thing is, *either* explanation for 200,000 homeless vets is equally damning.
My good boy. You’ve always been my favorite. **sniff**
But not the mute button. We want to hear you.
No, no, no, no, NO.
That might lead to a whole new set of problems – on the other hand, I’d rather have Al Gore, John Kerry, or Wes Clark as president right now than Dubya.
bullkaka
the Britts threw plenty of money at what they then called
COMBAT FATIGUE,and it worked!!!(WW2)
Hah … wait ’til CT hears … he’ll turn green with envy …*g*
vetenarians
Marion at least the vets would be taken care of! Then what do you think should be done for our vets…???
You are both getting my keyboard wet.
Just quoting BillO’s rant. If no-one can do anything about it, then I guess it’s no-one’s fault, right?
Oh, God, haven’t those poor people suffered enough?
IIRC, Uzbekistan has the reputation for boiling people they don’t like…
But hey, JoeLie’s a sweet guy, right? Should be no problem…
Here Here… that war dodging whimp!
he needs to be called on it everyday…these guys are not throw aways!
Ah. She’s just being a politician. She hates the jerk.
You guys, this is the reason we have to elect Hillary. She knows WTF is going on, all of the agencies, all of the allstars, etc. Barack is well intentioned and a hell of a guy, but we need FORCE. And Hillary has the FORCE with her.
***I know this is not a popular thought here, but it’s my best offer. Hillary owns the FORCE to get these %$#@)).
i want him MR. Dual Citizen gone
You forgot. He’s going to take care of them. Said so on national television. Is he going back on his word? We cannot allow that to happen. He claims it on TV, he owes it. Period.
I totally agree with you on this … Hillary as President would certainly get back at a lot of Repugs.
Having said that, I still believe that Edwards would be the best President; maybe not for Corporate America though.
im getting angry,and that neb Shields tonite declared…THE SURGE a smashing success
Any decent human being would take care of the vets. It occurs to me that the folks who are running the show now are not decent human beings. Hence, they must go. Then the vets can and will be taken care of. The Iraq mess hits rather close to home here in Savannah — we’ve got Fort Stewart and Hunter Army Air Field right handy by. I drive past Hunter every time I get animal food.
I found myself wondering what exactly he meant by “take care of”…
simple,non flashy word….just be decent
cyanide?
Not thuggish enough.
Nancy needs a heap of angry post cards
ice pick?
Sad that it seems to have gone so out of favor in Washington the last 7 years.
Straight outta fantasy land but one could wish that she’s setting the little self-righteous bastard up for a purge like nobody’s business if she gets elected. Pressure the Dems in the Senate to elect a Majority Leader with some cojones, leading to a shakeup in committee assignments. Done in a double super secret fashion, of course. Like Judy Tanuta (sp?) said, “It could happen.” Can’t resist ROFLMAO after proofing this. I need to get a grip.
Getting warmer. So to speak.
wow Darth could get out his 100,000 dollar ladies..I..talian shotgun,and shoot them in the face
Why should we care about them! they only use workers as chattel. the best way to get back at them is to raise taxes say on anything 500K per year to 90% as it once was… I know i know taxes are regressive, but what could be done with the money to better society. such as education pre k through 4 years of college and universal health for all… free!
Also the infrastructure could be fixed ,, no more falling down bridges.. those just for a start.
Lovely fantasy. But I’m afraid that’s all it is. [sigh]
Goddess. I just watched Hillary’s RGJoe lovefest.
Do you realize we’ll all be here four years from now trying to nominate an insurgent progressive against President Clinton if she’s elected? Do you?
The woman is inexcusably tone-deaf. Why would she say that in the middle of a fight for the Democratic presidential nomination? Why?
Just disappear them….What Veterans of Foreign Wars???? Huh???
Round ‘em up off the streets…just do what Ghouliani did.
See, everything is fine.
she believes shes got it wrapped up
Exactly. Anyone who’s not management who doesn’t clearly understand that they are little more than an indentured servant just isn’t paying attention. I’m lucky because my liege lords are decent folks who treat us well. I’m in the minority in that.
Googling “Independent Democrat Party” the first hit is about South Africa.
Hillary says RG Joe is an Independent Democrat.. So his citizenship must be in question.
it would be expensive but they could Putin them
Twain, but wait! I support Hillary, an awful thing in the late nights at FDL.
Love you all, but I don’t think this particular time in our history is a time to gamble.
Maybe we should all vote Ron Paul in and piss them all off.
he does have dual citizenship with Israel
Easily.
The lack of decent mental health care for returning vets was what got me into blogging 3 years ago. Egrdaughter suggested during a rant if I felt so strongly about the matter, I should blog about it [”ok…what’s a blog?”]
And there have been so many more vets cast aside since then. What kind of a nation are we, that we can allow this?
Proof right there that she shouldn’t be president. I believe she will not win the nomination.
at least we would end all foreign wars
? indeed. Trying to appeal to R voters?
I support Edwards but will certainly support Hillary if she gets the nomination. I don’t like many of her policies (or her smooching Lieberman) but I prefer her to Obama.
I kept sending people link-and-rant e-mails, and blogging seemed like a good way to get it out of my system and leave them alone…
it will be the status quo
Which, unfortunately, she may have. We all keep forgetting to factor in the “Super Delegates.” Now THERE’S an undemocratic (no pun intended, much…) system that has GOT to go.
What a jerk. He just committed to supporting them! Is he going to go back on his word in front of all of America (and whomever else watches him)? That could be brutal, if reported properly!!
Marion they must be taken care of it needs to be a priority of the incoming administration. Those questions must be asked of the candidates. “What are you going to do about our vets?” And then in the race in the fall hammer it to the republicans that under their watch our veterans were let down. Do it every day and keep it front and center. I wonder how many of those serving would see the light and vote democratic?
eeeeeek what a lousy choice
heheeeeeeeeeeheeeeeeee
he is still looking for WMDs and Osama iirc
Well. THAT’s a magnificent, uncategorizable (by me) blog. I’ve bookmarked it under ‘Politics’, just by association, but you’ve put in more interesting, oddly relevant items than I’ve run into anywhere recently.
The broad dynamic range photos: the last one reminds me of the work of (sp?) Artzybasheff, who did covers for Time back in the ’50s; last night I was reading about a Welch Theosophist who wrote some of the early fantasy (1900 to 1920-ish) and did not want A. to do the illustrations for his book. (He eventually succeeded, but the book was delayed.)
‘The Meerkaat Hunter’ is a character in a book I wrote; Lesotho, South Africa, about 1500,000 B.C.; lies in a shallow depression holding a bone bow with bone arrows in the pre-dawn hours, waiting for the sentinel to emerge from the colony’s hole.
Wonder what I would find if I clicked on some other names.
I know, it’s great, now you can rant to thousands of people.
with our pissant media…hahahahaha Glenn Blech makes 10 million dollars a year
So, the Super Size Me guy is going to premier the search for OBL at Sundance on Monday…
Actually, one of the creepiest things I’ve seen recently was a Ron Paul primary ad that claimed that a majority of active duty and retired military supported him. I’ve only seen it once (I don’t watch much network TV where it was shown) and I didn’t see any attribution or basis for that statement, but if it’s true I’m creeped out in ways I can’t begin to describe. I may prowl around his web site to see if I can find that ad….
The choices would be better if we had Dodd and Biden still in the race. Sometimes Americans make really poor choices and we pay the price.
Funny thig about that, I worked for Xerox and when I started we were taken care of. Free medical benefits good vacations and the opportunity to get ahead and earn more money by you work. Now things are just the bottom line benefits are shit and opportunity has gone out the door… money money money… greedy bastards
We are the nation we have always been. Self righteous, ignorant dickheads who can be “innocent” (I hate the has America finally lost its innocence question) when it feels right to be in total denial.
our liberal media picked them for us last year…remember?
What are you going to do about our vets? I’ll tell you what they are going to do, what they always do. Make a bunch of fucking empty promises they will forget as soon ass their jive asses get eleceted.
That is the best idea I’ve heard in ages; that everyone who wants to be elected to our national government must have some sort of National Service experience.
Minimum 2 years Military/Peace Corp or other.
I joined the Army @ age 18 to play in the band (6th US Army, 1974-1977) and have money for college. The experience shaped all of my thinking about my responsibilities as a citizen and the government’s responsibilities to it’s citizens.
Under these rules GWB could still be Prez, but Cheney excluded. Lieberman out too, I believe. Not a perfect world, but better.
((((( mary )))))
Ron Paul would destroy this country and constitution and public education… our kids and grand kids would be fucked under his administration!
Totally agree. The tax structure needs to go back to what it was before W did his deeds.
Heh, thanks. I generally consider it to be a politics blog, but the “Multi Medium” title is meant to indicate that it’s a little bit all over the map.
And I actually have some old Artzybasheff pictures of anthropomorphized planes and tanks and such.
Hiya y’all!
Hi Eli!!!!
Repuglicans think sneaky-like. Yes, there’s 200,000 homeless vets, but they don’t all sleep under bridges. The ones that sleep in shelters or cars or parks don’t count, so BillO is still right, ya see?
GWB was awol and should be peeling potatos in a stockade somewhere it was as he sez a time of war
Eureka! I found the linky to the ad.
What up kiddo?
Cassie! What would we do without you!
Hi, Cassie!
Hi Kassie!
Got a clip? What I saw on Think Progress was like, My Friend on the other Side of the Aisle….
Standard political politeness that could make any one of us gag.
It would certainly would be better, they would know and believe they could never let the vets down without retribution! Besides what about no one left behind?? It is a good creed!
ACDC – Moneytalks:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syHA0PJxu24
look how many hellos!
Hiya Cassie … feel like sending me some warm Texas air ? *g*
Do I dare click on it ugg
hypocritical self righteous ignorant dickheads…
they are all the most non-Jesus Xtians in the universe
Yesterday I wrote about Governor Cleric Huckabee and the theocracy he wants to make in the US. And how the media didn’t report it.
It is gonna freeze tonight.
Just like the Repubs already have.
Yup. It is nasty cold out tonight…but wait a minute and the weather will change.
http://www.clih.net That’s a low income housing website Lots of links to better ones.
KO’s interview with the head of the Iraq/Afghanistan vets association said the big problem was lack of low coast housing. 15 years ago I recognized that after I lost my house to environmental impacts.
I have housed a dozen homeles here. It gets harder every day.
The flippers buy the affordable housing remodel, sell and pocket the difference. The County and state give lip service to affordable housing. Great language in the codes but no action. It has gotten a lot worse and now we have the population that got sub primed competing for rentals as rates are going through the roof. Subsidy prograns ahve been cut back under Bushco HUD and are not equal to market rates. A the recession grows it will get viscious.
You know that you’ll hate yourself in the morning if you don’t!!
OT..
link
Care to guess his party affiliation?
he said on the teebee…only perfect people will get to heaven
Best of luck with it. I think I’ll be by often to see what you’ve added. That’s right: I think that’s why the A. covers caught my eye when I was young — the spirit in the machine.
Everyone on FOX news is in this same predicament! They keep trying to sell Americans on the “truth”. Emphasize TRUTH. Ain’t happening.
the only perfect ones are angels and God and they are already there!
If service included public service, such as nursing, teaching , non profit work etc., I’d be okay with that at state and federal levels. It would be preferable to legislatures full of lawyers and insurance agents.
Soon we are all gonna need affordable housing. What are they going to do when 20 or 30% of us cannot pay our rent/mortgages?
How is Los Osos doing these days?
Well, I guess he’s not going, then…
for Huckadoodle doo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzpxjbLMMHg
therehere. *g*Cool, thanks! My poor wee blog doesn’t get a whole lotta love.
*sad puppy dog eyes*
Ah shit I have been Paulified, quick get the disinfectant, burn out my eyes erase my brain…. ahh that should do it. Thanks Marion I don’t know what I would do without ya1
Lucky for us that they cycle through this neighborhood now and again.
Ditto to that
huh????
Yeah, that’s kind of it. Once you’ve played on the Team, it’s harder to turn around and shaft them.*
*(although not as hard for the sociopaths, but they tend to be weeded out in the recruiting process, at least they USED to be weeded out, before things got so desperate for the recruiters…)
No, somebody tell me that sadlyyes is wrong on Beck making $10,000,000 per year. Please. That just makes me puke.
I think he’s on CNN. That absolutely needs to stop. Tomorrow.
Projects.
3 months ago, did anyone guess that there’d be a Repug candidate more batsh*t crazy than McCain … and he’d be leading the race ?
Oh do you mean the Blackwater bunch?
They’re all crazy!
Here — I’ve got lots of brain bleach. I stock it in 55 gallon drums!
The photography is incredible on your blog Eli…as well as the content!!!
Lawyers are cool.
think what the other propagana catapolterz make
Hannity,Oreilly…rushbo makes 30,000,000
Thanks, LS!
Absolutely include teachers, nurses and many other service related occupations in the National Service category. And pay them more to begin with.
Does Rudy count? Everybody THOUGHT he was leading way, way, way back then… At least that’s what The People Inside The Beltway kept telling us… /snark
I sometimes wonder how hard it is to speak nothing but 100% bullshit.
Marion, I live in Fallbrook, right outside of Camp Pendleton. People here are crazy for Ron Paul cuz he wants to stop the war. The Military is up for grabs at this point, imo, but not in favor of war. The dem candidates ought to be capitalizing on this big time.
Some are (Christy) some aren’t! I don’t think there is one lawyer on the right that is any good.
Worst. Campaign. Strategy. Ever.
He is a Genius.
You’d think. But everybody knows that Democrats hate the troops, right? [sigh]
Perhaps.
The temp tonight in KC is predicted to be around zero. Leading the local news tonight was a story on the largest local homeless shelter. They are expecting to be overrun tonight, as they were last night — but they’re not going to turn anyone away.
In a nutshell, that’s what the next four years are going to be like, for whoever is elected president. But perhaps a bunch of DFHs and vets (not mutually exclusive categories, mind you) will keep reminding them of what they said.
Times good for ya?
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11…..ref=slogin
the takeover is nearly complete
Another chickenshit, chickenhawk. Here’s a thought, him and Olielly and Limpwithnoballs sharing an OP.
They’ve had lots of practice so it’s easy now. They even believe it themselves.
the Blackwater bunch? Although some are vets, many are foreign mercenaries, not permitted to run for office in the first place.
But, oh what fun it is watching him implode all over the TeeBee!
Billo is an Originalist. If you don’t own a home, you don’t exist (and that’s just the first requirement).
consider the source…they would be flipping burgers otherwise,and as old cystass always sez…its just entertainment
anyone read the link i posted?
The News we got up here showed McCain behaving even more crazy than Rudy but Huck has taken the cake these last couple of weeks …
Like Dionne Warwick and her Psychic Friends.
That is, by definition, impossible.
Or Psycho Friends, as the case may be.
I read it Cassie-nice work!
Well, my coach just turned into a pumpkin, so I’m headed off to my downy couch. Nahant, I’ve enjoyed our chat this evening. Y’all stay well and happy, now, you hear?
hahahahahahahaa
shes harmless,just trying to make a buk
just popped in. As some you know, I just got tired of the campaign coverage and all so i decided not to follow it and that meant not comming here, too. Saw the headlines about willard winning MI. And saw the O-town Sentinel saying today that rudy is hanging on for dear life in FL. That’s about it. Don’t know what’s going on with HRC and BO and I don’t wanna know. get e-mails from the Edwards Campaign and those are all very upbeat, so i assume his campaign people are stoned.
But the real reason i popped in was to let you know that the “heart over head pick o’ the week” is the same: Take the New York Football Giants and the points. That’s 7 last time I looked.
Anything new that’s not campaign related.
Eli, my personal opinion is that there just can’t be enough of this story. O’Reiley needs to be called out and you can’t do it enough. Everytime he responds he just says something stupider and more stupider.
thanks
Oh sorry, by the Blackwater bunch, you were referring to the sociopaths I mentioned?
Won’t it be great when they replace your local police?
Idon’t think there is one lawyer on the right that is any good.
Bruce Fein…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_fein
What did Letterman tell O’Reiley? That 60% of what he said was crap?
Yes’m ! *g*
What am I? A piece of grabage here?
It perpetually amazes me that anyone can take Rush or BillO seriously as any kind of moral authorities, given both their words and deeds.
Giants are my guys and I’ll always root for them, but Brett Favre could be considered kind of a sentimental pick as well.
It can’t be that hard. David Brooks, David Broder, Bill Kristol, Mitch McConnell, countless other Republican politicians and their enablers do it all the time. In fact, not having a brain is probably a plus.
Letterman is a very gracious host.
Well, there is freezing and then there is freeeezing. Which is what we have here tonight. Forty below with the windchill.
So I’ll just have a little of what you consider cold and be very happy with it!
I dunno. I guess so. On paper, or in theory it sounds fine to me. But when you sit out the early primaries…. wait…. I’m on vacation from the campaign….. Never mind.
Total sucker for guys named “Eli”, huh?
If you take out the conjunctions, articles, and prepositions, it’s closer to 99%.
No chance, BFL! The cheezeheads will prevail, it’s gonna be freezing ass cold and Eli’s productivity drops with the temperature.
Yes, and left a note too :)
And I’ve been missing it? damn.
That was just an amazing coincidence – I’ve been a Giants fan since ‘85.
Damn, one ill-advised adverb.
Jonathan Turley
Can’t have destiny without NY.
Thanks Dru.
I only have 4 more school days until we move so maybe it will be different in El Paso.
Waving to Fern in Winterpeg … *g*
Do you remember Marty Glickman, the announcer who used to insist on calling them the New York Footaball Giants more thah 20-25 years after the baseball Giants moved to ‘Frisco?
here it is just Texas cold.
Alas, no. I mainly remember the Mets announcers from that time – Bob Murphy and Gary Thorne. Murph had one of the greatest voices of all time.
Chris Berman still calls them that on SportsCenter all the time.
I didn’t know you are moving. Good luck with that!
You do *not* want to get me started on Chris Berman. It’s like Schtick is his only language.
It is not my choice to move. I want to stay here, but my brother got transferred so we are leaving next Sunday.
No, but I remember when giants had to be like actually big.
*grins* Figures she’s in Winterpeg.
I think Michigan got the latest arctic front from you guys though. 3 inches of snow(so far) and it’s -7F. I’m probably going to need a mainline of tea and hot chocolate in the morning.
Eli
Been lurking tonight. Great thread. BillO is worthless and has to be called out at every opportunity.
I clicked on your blog. It’s a small world. In a previous lifetime I worked with insect parasitic nematodes and know one of the scientists in the article.
Heh! He’s pretty bad, but not as bad as Stuart Scott. I miss the Big Show, Olbermann and Patrick were the shit.
sorry BF… I forgot, I was only using Christy as an example
ROFL !!!
(Winnepeg)
Thanks, Jim! That’s pretty cool.
Hiya alias, it’s been a strange winter … seen lots of temp. fluctuations but it will get colder in Toronto I’m sure …
Teddy, in my opinion Hillary will not come out in favor of great plans for the very impoverished.
I support Hillary at this time. That could change, but I have two rooms I could rent…if conditions were right.
I would take Captain Boo-Yah over Berman *any* day. But yes, KO and Dan Patrick were awesome.
KO had the best line in SportsCenter history, in reference to a 20-game T-Wolves losing streak:
“They are drooling the drool of regret… on the pillow of remorse.”
Some of Letterman & O’Reiley:
Letterman: But I mean honestly – you’ve raised some points, uh, but the truth of it is a reasonable person can’t believe what you’re saying.
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-O’Reilly: Possible, but do you right now? Do you want the Untied States to win in Iraq?
-Letterman: First of all, I don’t -
-O’Reilly: It’s an easy question, If you don’t want the United States to win -
-Letterman: It’s not easy for me because I’m thoughtful.
*************************************
Letterman: You bonehead.
Ha! You remembered.
Oh definitely, Petro. We had 50-60s here in West Michigan just last week. Now we get the bitter cold. I’m used to the fluctuations, but that is just plain crazy! Low 40s is good over here, this time of year. 60s? Not so much. It makes this cold seem even worse.
Sorry to hear that. I hope the change will turn out to be a positive.
I hear ya, sis … sitting by the fire with a Single Malt Scotch does make it seem warmer somehow … *g*
Here in Maine, we had the whitest December I’ve seen. Then it got warm long enough after Xmas that trees started to bud. Absolutely insane.
A gem, for sure! The radio gig they did recently for a while was nice, but just not the same, somehow.
Here’s what I was thinking of re: O’Reiley. This was from anothet time O’Reiley was on and they were talking about the “War on Christmas.”
LETTERMAN: I don’t — I don’t think this is an actual threat. I think this is something that happened here and it happened there, and so people like you are trying to make us think that it’s a threat.
O’REILLY: Wrong.
LETTERMAN: Because nobody said “Happy Holidays” to me and then said, “Oh, Merry Christmas. Oh, I can’t say Merry Christmas.”
[…]
LETTERMAN: I’m not smart enough to debate your point to point on this, but I have the feeling — I have the feeling — I have the feeling about 60 percent of what you say is crap. But I don’t know that for a fact.
PAUL SHAFFER (Late Show music director): Sixty percent.
LETTERMAN: Sixty percent, that’s just a — I’m just spitballing here now.
OK.
Damn, and all I’ve got is some mediocre Canadian!
If someone out there in the universe is dreaming my reality, and I have to experience it, I just wish they would stop dreaming the nightmare and make it a nice dream…a flying dream would be nice. Oh…is it me???
finished off the Highland Park last night.
*pouts*
And Linsery Nelson and those jackets he wore? And Ralph Kiner?
This
gives a local flavor to the story. Funny!
Do you like Highland Park too ? I keep Crown Royal for emergencies (and unwelcome guests) *g*
Lindsay Nelson was a little before my time. Kiner was great, and a wonderful guy, but not in the same league, voicewise. Ditto for the Scooter. Mel Allen, on the other hand…
Also Ernie Harwell, Jack Buck, and, of course, Vin Scully.
No drinks for me until tuesday, anyway. Since i have work until that day. For now? Some nice long grain and wild rice all warmed up, and maybe a bit later? Some jasmine tea, or maybe chamomile before bed. My toes are actually thawed now! YAY!
Vin Scully was, God, I guess, announcers.
A friend of mine gave me some Basil/Ginger Tea and it was A- mazing.
Stay warm, spring’s just around the corner …
Ya which corner!
He is impressive as hell. I subscribe to MLB.TV each year so I can watch baseball games over the internets, so I got to watch and listen to him call an entire Mets-Dodgers game with no-one else in the booth to banter with (as per usual). He. Is. Awesome.
The “Highland Park” corner, weren’t you listening ? *g*
Deed I do.
Used to drink Lagavullin, but it got pretty pricey.
Vin Scully is the utmost. He is the level to which all other announcers aspire and fall woefully short.
He is the last of the giants.
Mary, when I came 12 years ago the rental vacancy rate was 6% now 0% they rent in a day or so.
We are looking at a $300 to $400 a month sewer bill in a year or so. All the little low cost units are flipped for mcmansions. The down home folks are getting the boot. I like jogging on the peninsula sand with my dog. the pacific air is clean and little pollen here. Other than cost and housing available it is good.
LOL Great!
It sounds like we need half-way houses or something like that for vets who are having trouble. Let’s get ‘em off the streets (if they want) and help ‘em with drug addiction and their other basic necessities.
One of my grandfathers (my father’s father) was a WWI vet (he sometimes fought hand to hand and bayonet to bayonet with Germans in France) and he had a very tough time afterward. When I knew him he was fine, but when I was in my 30s my father told me that for many years after the war my grandfather was pretty crazy and prone to violence. Somehow, after time passed, he straightened out and was the most gentle lovable man you’d ever want to meet. He was somewhat lucky in that he lived in the country and farmed for a living. Out there he didn’t have to deal with city folk crowding him and he didn’t have a drug problem or physical ailments. Not everybody is so lucky.
If past is prologue, then somebody should have noted the experiences of our veterans and helped them. Why is there no program for them? Maybe the monies were always spent on military programs large companies wanted.
If we had a president who thought of people first, maybe then something could be done.
Yeah, it’s not like there were any troubled Vietnam vets or anything to prepare us…
Hey Alias!!