Christy!

Christy isn’t going to submit gracefully.

It’s an FDL McCain EXTRAVAGANZA!!!

Top of the morning to you, Christy…

McCain Mania!

Hi Christy!

McCain’s apparent transformation from his earlier ‘maverick’ role suggests that he is controllable; if Bush has been a puppet, then McCain will be the next one. I am so afraid that if they manage to get him elected it will be four more years of Cheney and Rove.

Well I AM so enjoying the fact that neocon heads are exploding right and left thanks to McCain. That there is a silver lining. Any evidence that voters are rejecting the GOP leadership that screwed everyone over including their own party is a Good Thing.

Necessary to start installing the war machine at this point, since he’s the presumptive Rethug nnominee…

Count on it

Am I the only one who’s not convinced he’s got this thing locked up yet? The GOP is looking at him the way a john looks at a 72-year-old 500-pound hooker with herpes lesions all over her face. It’s well within the realm of possibility that Huck could win a string of states in the next few weeks/months.

some guys just love war,McCain is one of them….he is Napoleanesque imo

Well, the difference in party attitudes towards women is best summed up this way: Paul Pelosi shops for his wife’s clothes; Reverend Hucklebee lets his wife leave the house dressed like Carol Burnett.

And Old Lord McCain lets Heiress McCain dress like Tinky-Winky

He’s Napoleon’s eskimo? ;)

We could hope.

McCain 2008
Because Bush Deserves 4 More Years…

Here in WA, we will cancel the vote if that is what it takes to sink Huckabee.

McCain is too old to be president.

Hey, when 70% of the country wants us out of Iraq, staying in for 100 years is the maverick position. Swimming against the current like a spawning salmon, is McCain.

Chimpy said Sunday that McCain is a bona fide conservative…He seems to have a short memory. Those tax cuts and such…

Prof. Shadia Drury (Canada Research Chair in Social Justice at the University of Regina) appears to be about the only one in the world on track to take out the neo-cons and their war fetish — at their philosophical roots.

http://newhumanist.org.uk/1463

Separated at birth?

John McCain and shoe-banging Nikita Krushchev?

Here we go:

Filed at 11:41 a.m. ET

ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Republican John McCain challenged the notion he is struggling to rally conservative critics as he picked up the endorsement Monday of evangelical leader Gary Bauer.

”We’re doing fine. We’re doing fine,” McCain told reporters in Annapolis, dismissing the notion that losses in two states on Saturday had hurt his campaign.

First spew of the morning!

Thanks, Teddy *g*

Gary Bauer — Rove’s errand boy.

a small man with a huge ego,and chip on his shoulder

Thanks Dov, this looks like a good read…

I’ve always wondered about Cheney’s position that terrorists “don’t deserve” the protections afforded US citizens. This seems like a ridiculous (surprise!) stand.

If a society claims to believe in certain principles, then to my thinking, those principles extend to all humans, not just those that live within those borders.

We treat serial killers better than the unfortunates sent to Gitmo. I don’t understand why Jeffrey Dahlmer or Ted Bundy “deserve” better legal protection than anyone else.

really some guys REALLY feel big and important dropping the bombs from way up high….gives em a stiffy

And this:

A well-known abortion foe, Bauer said in a statement that McCain ”has dedicated his life to defending human rights around the world, including the rights of the unborn.”

(Same link as 21.)

Nice…

McCain is too old to be president.

Among other things. (still snorting at Carol Burnett’s GWTW skit; will never again be able to look at Janet Huckabee with a straight face!)

So we have “McCain: Less jobs, more wars”

what are the dems offering again?
“more jobs, more war” ?

Ok, a SCOTUS seat. anything else?

the Huckafields and the McCoyns are going to have settle this the old-fashioned way.

”has dedicated his life to defending human rights around the world,”

It’s working out very nicely in Basra.

I’ve always wondered about Cheney’s position that terrorists “don’t deserve” the protections afforded US citizens. This seems like a ridiculous (surprise!) stand.

If a society claims to believe in certain principles, then to my thinking, those principles extend to all humans, not just those that live within those borders.

Amen.

Well, with the Dems we get at least some small chance of rational policies. And that SCOTUS (and all the other Federal judgeships) ain’t no small matter by any means.

whats the latest out of the Wa State gop vote? Is the Huckster gonna call for a investigation?

Better health care, more early childhood education and support opportunities, more balanced education platform, a DOJ that isn’t infiltrated with political bots but instead is run by someone with a commitment to the rule of law, an actual foreign policy that rests on diplomacy and long-term strategy rather than “yee haw!”…

I could keep going, if you like, but I believe that makes the point nicely.

On C-SPAN, now, has on members of Breaking the Silence, the Israeli group that speaks out against Israeli human rights abuses. Many are from the military who comes from a position of conscience. Rarely do we hear the other side.

Last I heard, there was a potential FEC complaint in the works for starters, but I don’t know for certain that anything has been filed as yet.

Well, I couldn’t even before this post.
Did you see the post a while back, it must have been before Christmas, ’cause it was a Huckabee Christmas card?
She had that dog in her lap and someone photoshop switched her head with the dogs.
I still think of that everytime I see her.
Oh, and Good morning, Christy and all.

McBush- a president for the 18th century

Here in WA, we will cancel the vote if that is what it takes to sink Huckabee.

That story is a testament to how moribund the media is. Since when do you get to stop the vote in order to make sure “your” candidate wins?*

(*I know the answer is “Since Bush v Gore!” but I’m being rhetorical here.)

I caught a glimpse of Meet the Press in re-run last night. Russert played a piece from Morning JoeScar. JoeScar was stating that the bulk of the GOP knows that November is going to be a landslide for the Dems. He believes the Right Wingers are trying to get the base to “rally” around McCain so they can blame him for the November loss and try to get a good Conservative elected in 2012. I guess the native wing nuts aren’t buying the kool-aid.

yeah, maybe i just need some sleep cause i’m just not seeing the bright side.

Have been in and out, must have missed that one! Lordy.

hahahahaha
but i think in the 18th century wealthy men paid others to go to war like TeddyRs daddy…so i think McCain just loves him some blood and guts

Right now, I’d sum up the whole Presidential race like this:

Obama wants to bring America into the 21st century. Hillary wants to bring it back to the 20th.

McCain wants to bring it back to the 19th. And Huckabee wants to bring it back to the 18th.

pretty good summation

And Gates caves:

Filed at 12:03 p.m. ET

FORWARD OPERATING BASE FALCON, Iraq (AP) — Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday endorsed, for the first time, the idea of pausing the drawdown of U.S. forces from Iraq this summer.

”A brief period of consolidation and evaluation probably does make sense,” Gates told reporters after meeting with Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq. Petraeus has indicated in recent weeks that he wants a ”period of evaluation” this summer to assess the impact on Iraq security of reducing the U.S. military presence from 20 brigades to 15 brigades.

A bridge from the 21st century.

i got the flu…got it at the doctors office while being treated for something else…wahhhhh

Meanwhile, the real reason that violence has dropped is the six-month truce declared by Moqtada al-Sadr back in late August — a truce that is about to expire soon, and may not be extended as Sadr’s people are tired of being used as punching bags by the Sunnis and rival Shiite groups:

Influential members within the movement loyal to Iraqi cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have told him they do not want his Mehdi Army militia to extend a ceasefire when it expires this month, Sadr’s spokesman said on Monday.

The U.S. military says the Shi’ite cleric’s announcement on August 29 to freeze the activities of the feared Mehdi Army for six months has been vital to cutting violence. A return to hostilities could seriously jeopardise those security gains.

Sadr has been gauging the mood among senior figures and five main committees had reported back with their views on the truce, Sadr’s spokesman Salah al-Ubaidi, one of the cleric’s senior officials in the southern holy city of Najaf, told Reuters.

Ubaidi said one of those committees, made up of Sadrist legislators in Baghdad, had recommended not renewing the ceasefire, citing problems with the authorities in Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of Baghdad.

“The parliament committee said they don’t want the ceasefire to remain. They want it lifted because of oppressive acts by security forces in Diwaniya,” he said without elaborating.

Recent statements from Sadr’s camp have indicated growing unhappiness that followers were being targeted by Iraqi forces.

Rep Tom Lantos dead at 80

McCain: Like hope, but different.

http://www.dailykos.com/

heh heh

If a society claims to believe in certain principles, then to my thinking, those principles extend to all humans, not just those that live within those borders.

Yep.

That’s what the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is all about.

And the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights – a treaty ratified by the US Senate.

Of course, what with the demands of incumbent of the spearhead of corporatist rule, the Senate effectively gutted America’s adherence to the treaty.

But, hey – it gave it us a great peice of paper to wave at the Evil Empire – the folks with the gulags and secret police and closed trials and kangaroo courts.

The ostensible reason for pouring our naton’s wealth down the military-industrial rat hole.

Sure glad we don’t have to do that anymore.

Now we can pour our wealth down the Pentagon-contractor rathole to defend our very own Gulags and secret police and closed trials and kangaroo courts.

Go ownership society!

there was an Abe Lincoln flick on this morning,and some of his lines on politicians were priceless

Tinky-Winky!
omg, that is too funny.

Why is Gates reneging on the drawdown? He’s betting that Sadr doesn’t extend the six-month truce past its expiration date at the end of this month.

Chimp reneged in Jan…i look for the article

Cheney sneakily smuggles in a premise that just who is a terrorist has already been settled. He hopes people will buy off on that part — then it’s easier to peddle the rest. It’s true though that our Constitution recognizes the rights of only our own citizens. But morally the rest have those rights as well, just by the nature that they are human.

Re the Dahmers and Bundys — in large part they lose their rights to life, liberty, property, pursuit of happiness when imprisoned. Those guys get all their rights protected unless and until they are proven guilty…as it should be.

Gitmo is insane, though. Torture is morally evil, but even practically (playing devil’s advocate) — under torture people will say anything — which makes what they say worthless.

Top of the morning, demi…*g*

It is her Purple States outfit.

That picture is one of best showing the extent of the radical surgery done for skin cancer that McCain had several years ago. Usually he is viewed with that side away from the camera or in shadow. The excision went from his temple to below his jaw removing lymph nodes.

I want to know what type of cancer, what the prognosis is, has he had chemo and what are the chances of it recurring. It isn’t just his age, he has other health issues which means the VP pick would be so much more significant.

With regard to this back and forward thing, does anyone think that the first eight years of the 21st Century have been an improvement over the last eight years of the 20th Century? I think Democrats do better on the right track vs. wrong track argument. Serious progress toward civil rights, human rights, improved standard of living, respected standing in the world were accomplished during the last half of the 20th Century. Unfortunately, the last seven years have destroyed much of that.

Merkins are getting it…tie the war to the Boooosh lovers

AP Poll: Leaving Iraq Will Help Economy
By JEANNINE AVERSA – 2 days ago

WASHINGTON (AP) — The heck with Congress’ big stimulus bill. The way to get the country out of recession — and most people think we’re in one — is to get the country out of Iraq, according to an Associated Press-Ipsos poll.

Does the fact that we need to keep more troops in Iraq mean that we’re still winning?

Meanwhile, the real reason that violence has dropped is the six-month truce declared by Moqtada al-Sadr back in late August — a truce that is about to expire soon, and may not be extended as Sadr’s people are tired of being used as punching bags by the Sunnis and rival Shiite groups:

I’m tired of hearing that the surge worked. What will it take for Corporate Media to report the facts?

Hey! You’re sure in a good mood, today.
Are you Irish, too? *g*

melanoma….verrry serious

never happen…never!

Is cancer of the head a drawback to McBush? Politically I mean.

Yes, Katy.
And, I think that should be lifted up more often than I hear.
They were talking on Moyers the other night about a candidate’s health being something to look at.

And in this corner- dressed in red- and sporting a grapefruit sized head cancer–McBUSH!!!

You’re sure in a good mood, today.

You can tell that–really? And what reason might that be for that? *g*

A CSPAN caller this morning suggested Colin Powell for Veep, as Powell is so widely respected. It was good to get the day started with a laugh. Especially after watching Powell’s UN presentation yesterday.

You’d’ve thought the goopers could have found a candidate that DIDN’T have head cancer- if only for the aesthetics of the thing.

it is often fatal

What will it take? Losing their audience to Keith Olbermann and us. And maybe not even then — look at how willing CNN is to let Glenn Beck kill their ratings. (And remember, in February of 2003 MSNBC killed Phil Donahue’s show, which was getting the best ratings of all the shows on the infant network, rather than let him criticize Bush on the eve of the invasion of Iraq.)

What will it take for Corporate Media to report the facts?
Aye, there’s the rub.
The word Corporate means that they will Never report the facts, ’cause the facts are what We want, the Corporations not so much.
Means we have to look harder, dig deeper, go to the alternative sources.

rwcole–

I believe his cancer has been successfully treated. I think it ought not be something we poke fun at. There but for the grace of God….

That’s a jawbreaker. He’s making it last.

AZ Matt:
Why do so many republicans dress dowdy or like 50’s society debs? If I met one who looked like that w/o knowing a thing about him/her, my first impression thoughts would be uninteresting & no fun. (I try to fight those 1st impressions but they are more often right than not.)

All of your Top o’ the mornings…
I actually went and looked at the calendar to see if today is St. Paddy’s day.
Silly me….

sad

So McBush isn’t likely to serve long if elected?

I actually feel a little sorry for McBush. Goopers are sendin him to sea in a leaky boat and they’re gonna blame him for losing the ship.

I knew it when you said “yo” downstream.

i think with melanoma,it is never 100% successful unfortunately…his wife had a serious stroke last year also…i think they should just be happy they are alive and he is a decent Senator…stress kills they need to just be happy where they are imo

Making us loved around the world!

Bush orders clampdown on flights to US
EU officials furious as Washington says it wants extra data on all air passengers
Ian Traynor in Brussels The Guardian, Monday February 11 2008

The US administration is pressing the 27 governments of the European Union to sign up for a range of new security measures for transatlantic travel, including allowing armed guards on all flights from Europe to America by US airlines.

The demand to put armed air marshals on to the flights is part of a travel clampdown by the Bush administration that officials in Brussels described as “blackmail” and “troublesome”, and could see west Europeans and Britons required to have US visas if their governments balk at Washington’s requirements.

According to a US document being circulated for signature in European capitals, EU states would also need to supply personal data on all air passengers overflying but not landing in the US in order to gain or retain visa-free travel to America, senior EU officials said.

And within months the US department of homeland security is to impose a new permit system for Europeans flying to the US, compelling all travellers to apply online for permission to enter the country before booking or buying a ticket, a procedure that will take several days.

The data from the US’s new electronic transport authorisation system is to be combined with extensive personal passenger details already being provided by EU countries to the US for the “profiling” of potential terrorists and assessment of other security risks.

Washington is also asking European airlines to provide personal data on non-travellers – for example family members – who are allowed beyond departure barriers to help elderly, young or ill passengers to board aircraft flying to America, a demand the airlines reject as “absurd”.

Seven demands tabled by Washington are contained in a 10-page “memorandum of understanding” (MOU) that the US authorities are negotiating or planning to negotiate with all EU governments, according to ministers and diplomats from EU member states and senior officials in Brussels. The Americans have launched their security drive with some of the 12 mainly east European EU countries whose citizens still need visas to enter the US.

“The Americans are trying to get a beefing up of their visa-waiver programmes. It’s all contained in the MOU they want to put to all EU member states,” said a diplomat from a west European country. “It’s a very delicate problem.”

…

I put this up in late night but know that some of you are already asleep then.

Do you believe that it’s an appropriate campaign issue?

Trying to relive Happy Days I guess.

Actually it might be a DC thing. Did you see the fashion critiques on an early Colbert show? very funny. What does Abramoff’s attire say? “guilty”.

OTOH Mrs. Fred Thompson wasn’t dowdy enough.

here’s an account of the surgery in some detail

Dear Chimperor…Bin Ladden determined to strike in the US(ca2001)

agreed.

Asking how a past dx may (or may not) affect physical capacity to hold office feels OK to me.

But no matter how much I may despise someone, mocking them for a past hx or disease or for the consequences of disfiguring yet life-saving/extending surgery – that’s just not OK.

Thought experiment: how would we respond to mocking comments about mastectomies?

Let’s not go there.

look at how willing CNN is to let Glenn Beck kill their ratings.

MSNBC put Morning Joe on the air. I don’t know how Scarborough rated compared to KO, but I assume he was much, much lower, ass that he is.

I’m with da doc on this!

It’s legitimate to ask whether he is healthy enough to serve as our president.

It is out of bounds to make fun of him for having cancer. Sooner or later someone you love will get cancer, and I doubt you would take kindly to having people ridicule that.

good point on definition of terrorist.

What IS the gray area of citizen criminal vs. POW? If terrorism is endless, then endless incarceration, as is now the case? That doesn’t seem very viable for any society to sustain.

(just sayin’. I know we’re on the same page. If I sound argumentative, it’s with Bushco, not you! *g*)

Making light of someone’s illness is not a good idea. I do think the people have a right to know the health of their candidates. If the person elected prez is ill, then we have actually elected the vice to be prez. In some cases that might be okay but in others, like now, it would be horrible.

Does the fact that we need to keep more troops in Iraq mean that we’re still winning?

Yes, it shows that the insurgency is in its final throes. /s

well for a repuke….hey Hillary kinda really digs him as a friend ,so she sez

I’m with Dr. Kirk on this too. thanks, doc!

I think we’re all just so sick of Bushco that anything that comes close is going to get us all riled up. Which isn’t always a bad thing, seeing as how the GOP use this to their advantage. But we can set limits on how we express our repulsion of McCain’s positions.

A totally off topic factoid –

Juggernaut comes from the large wagon that transports an image of Jagannath, which is a manifestation of the Hindu God Krishna; also translated as Lord of the Universe.

Next time you see some Hare Krishnas on parade with a decorated wagon — that is a juggernaut.

Obama up on CSPAN2

(just walked in, but I think it’s live)

Thanks for clarifying that!

is this just another in the long line of the Dobson/Bauer power feud . . .?

Yes.

Another edition of simple answers to simple questions.

McCain is trying desperately to get some TheoCon street cred, to (a) shut down Huckabee, and (b) get the TheoCons on board for the fall campaign. First there was his erstwhile competitor KS Sen Sam Brownback, who as a rightwing Roman Catholic certainly helped boost McCain in Florida — but in Brownback’s own Kansas, the TheoCon apparatus would not be deterred from their hatred of St. John. Now we’ve got Gary Bauer, trying to do the same with the protestant evangelical fundamentalists. Good luck with that, Gary. Dobson’s got a whole lot more clout than you, and isn’t afraid to use it. As you know.

It’ll be interesting to see who else from the TheoCon side of the world McCain can get endorsements from — or who he can at least get to hold their fire, if they won’t come right out and endorse him.

I’ve never seen a Hare Krishna juggernaut, but your factoid might have been the splash of water to snap us out of our illness bashing! LOL.

It’s Cheney shot an old guy in the face and got away with it day today…everybody duck!

And on the subject of veeps, hearing more rumblings that Paw-lenty is going to be McCainiac’s choice…which will leave Carol “who needs to worry about bridges?” Molnau to run Minnesota.

Unless…. PW, Biodun, other MinnPups, has the recall movement begun? Is it do-able?

well,i really cant understand the mind of the conservative/any repuke…cause i just simply DONT THINK the way they do period…on ANYTHING

Whose side is God on?

oops, event was yesterday…

Techincally, it was Bill Clinton who said that, not Hillary, I believe. FWIW.

Someone’s gotta grab Clark as a veep candidate. Hillary should do it NOW. Having someone on the ticket who outranks McBush would be hilarious.

amen

McBush caught praising Rove (Raw Story).

um – as one-third of all women and one-quarter of all men alive in the US may be expected to develop cancer, the suggestion that anyone – no matter how indecent – deserves a death from cancer seems unlikely to resonate with the body politic.

The same moral “logic” that would call for such an outcome would consign prison inmates to suffer and die from neglected / untreated disease – a human rights crime so egregious (sorry, eg) that even the US Federal Courts have rejected it.

As I’ve worked on oncology wards, this is not an abstract concept for me. I pray it will remain an abstract concept for all who are blessed to be ignorant of such suffering.

[Though until we’ve reined in Big Test Tube with the Precautionary Principle, my prayers will be for naught…]

Doesn’t Webb outrank him, too?

huffco oil! arianna didn’t pass the smell test for some reason and now i know the rest of the story. do the connections to big oil and big money on both sides seem odd?

nope…i heard her say it…ill find it ifin ya want me too,she was very animated with her speech also…iirc they went to Alaska together to fact find on global warming,so i think she really likes him genuinely

OK

Mine.

And, as Thers said on Saturday night at Late Nite FDL, your favorite candidate sucks. Whoever your candidate may be.

/snark

*g*

This was such an inspired post, one could perhaps make the case that God was speaking through Thers . . .

OK, but did she praise Reagan?

Surprisingly enough, many politicians of opposing parties have been personal friends and liked each other. It has only been in the last twenty or so years that the scorched earth style has taken precedence and Newt Gingrich and company have a large share of the blame for that.

Barry Goldwater and George McGovern were quite good friends away from the Senate floor while foes on the Senate floor. I really don’t think it is a bad thing for Senator Clinton to speak well of someone like McCain on a personal level while opposing 99% of his views.

Did anybody see the MSNBC reaction to McCain’s victory speech tuesday night?

Is this how “in love” with McCain the media is gonna be for the rest of the year?

In honor of Harry Whittington Day.

The Cheney Quail Hunt Game.

-G

“McCain: Less jobs, more war…

Wasn’t it JoeScar who actually said that first?

Since it’s grammatically incorrect, I’d have to say that he’s at least in the running for being the person who originated it…

it really doesnt bother me,cept i wish she would remain adversarial till the campaign is over…civil yes,cordial no

An even more off topic link, if that’s possible — actress photos morphing from one into another.

http://glumbert.com/wii/view.php?name=womenfilm

And more totally OT videos — including one starring Dick Cheney!

http://glumbert.com/

Mr. McCain’s temple melanoma would be classified as type 2 for which textbooks cite 10-year survival figures of about 60 percent to 70 percent.

60-70% 10-year survival rate for a cancer treated in 2000? That definitely sounds relevant to a presidency that would begin in 2009.

Yes Dakine – I remember that era.

I’d still love to see our elected reps remember it – and act like it. If they put the nation and our people ahead of party affiliation, we wouldn’t have the authoritarian rule of the last seven years.

David Bronchoccio interviewed someone that was losing their home because of predatory lending practices. He and his family were in dire financial straits and yet he was still going to support the Republican Presidential candidate. This is what the Republican Party banks on, an uniformed mallable electorate. Maybe it will take millions of Americans on the soup line or homeless shelters before they finally wake up to how the Republican Party is a far greater threat to American ideals and aspirations than any cave dwelling terrorist.

And, as Thers said on Saturday night at Late Nite FDL, your favorite candidate sucks. Whoever your candidate may be.

/snark

*g*

This was such an inspired post, one could perhaps make the case that God was speaking through Thers . . .

Amen.

It was Joe!

Grammatically incorrect or not, for a slogan, that is a keeper!

Ah Hah … so those b*stards are responsible for the failure in Iraq … *g*

Preemption: not legal
Occupation: not legal
War: extremely costly to a nation
War on the other side of the globe: Logistically imposible and unsustainable.
War against civilian population: immoral. costing hube political blowback for decades which redifines America in the worlds eyes as an agressor bully.
Solution: years of healing by wiser leadership

paging Echan…that really is the definition of “too dumb to live”

Is it certain McBush (best.viral.name.evah) had a melanoma?

I thought it was a basal cell or squamous cell carcenoma.

no 60 to 70% survival is teh serious

I strongly object to the phrase “too dumb to live” as I know and love people who are severely mentally retarded. Find something else for your purposes please.

Yep. Ds are on a different level of stupidity.

Grammatically incorrect

I’ve given up on that one. Still, it grates every time I hear it. Like it or not, less for fewer has entered the vernacular.

I take it you’re not a fan of the Darwin Awards.

No.

Grammatically incorrect or not, for a slogan, that is a keeper!

Well, as one of those awful elitists who tend to trend Democratic, (and as a person with a latent English-teacher gene inherited from my mother), it really should be “Fewer Jobs, More Wars”

/annoying message…

“McCain: Less jobs, more war…

That particular grammatical error really irritates me too. And it’s ubiquitous.

wish we saw less examples of it….

McCain is bound and determined to fight and try to win the Vietnam war. That is Iraq to him. Seriously, I believe that he honestly sees Iraq Debacle as a way to rejuvinate Vietnam and indirectly prove that “we coulda won it if we only tried harder!” bullshit.

That was back in the day when Tip O’Neill, D-MA and Silvio Conte, R-MA could share an apartment

eCAHN, when talking about those born with genuine mental disabilities, not even funny.

No matter how many American, Iraqi, Afghan, and other lives it takes.

McCain gets the Gary Bauer endorsement.

Well with the solid backing of Bauer and Bush how can he go wrong.

Frankly I think the slogan “Fewer jobs, more wars” is innovative, daring and seeks to find the, as yet, unrepresented constituency that believe in the message.

Fewer Jobs = Less People

LOL…

Thanks for that. *smirks*

Um, I wasn’t aware that the Darwin Awards were about mentally retarded.

not ever funny

One of the key metrics of the fall election is US casualties in Iraq.

Average monthly casualties for five years of the war to date are 71. During the last several months they have been running about 40- a 44% decline. If they continue to decline- it will make it possible for McBush to win- if they climb again- it’s all over.

My regards to your mother.

What I meant was that if you don’t like the phrase too dumb to live you’d also be opposed to the Darwin Awards, because that is the idea behind them. No reflection on mentally retarded meant by my comment at all.

would you please STOP scolding me for your personal reasons…it happened to be Echans phrase,that i think is quite funny,as has ABSOLUTELY nothing to do with retarded ,or mentally challenged people…quit it

All right — don’t make me pull this blog over all of you. I mean it. Everyone is edgy these days, and we ought not take it out on each other.

Deep breath, everyone…

CNN reporting two CBS journlists missing near Basra, asks for no speculation on their identities, families have been notified.

this really is a tradgedy,because he is trying to win the last war,with OTHER peoples children…he learned NOTHING in captivity imo

While the phrase may be just a funny to you, there are far too many folks who might take it seriously or do find it offensive. Not really trying to be PC here, just trying to let you realize that some things, at their heart, are not all that funny.

Average monthly casualties for five years of the war to date are 71. During the last several months they have been running about 40- a 44% decline. If they continue to decline- it will make it possible for McBush to win- if they climb again- it’s all over.

And they will rise again if al Sadr decides to end the cease fire. Can’t wait to see how msm will explain that since the surge worked oh so well..

Don’t know. I can’t find McBush’s final rank in the military. His father and grandfather were both admirals and he didn’t ever make it that far- despite alleged assistance from the Navy Brass. Someone should probably delve into the whole story. He was last in his class at Annapolis- should never have made it out accoring to some- “although he did well in subjects that INTERESTED him” (whatever those may have been).

This guy really hasn’t been vetted well.

Everyone is edgy these days, and we ought not take it out on each other.

Not so sure I like this extended primary time it tends to keep us all too tense for far too long.

im really just trying to inject a little humor,into an otherwise sad post,on a man that could have been a great leader,if he learned any good lessons in Viet Nam,sadly he did not

Heads UP Conyers starting to listen about impeachment.

Action requested

Let’s push Conyers over the edge by flooding his office with phone calls, faxes, and Emails on Monday and Tuesday. Let him know that only impeachment hearings
1-will make it on TV,
2-will force compliance with subpoenas by eliminating “executive privilege”,
3-will hold brazen criminals accountable, and
4-will convince voters that Democrats care about the Constitution.
Call 202-225-5126
Fax 202-225-0072
Email john.conyers@mail.house.gov

All right — don’t make me pull this blog over all of you.

“Are we there yet?”

I know — it’s exhausting, and I don’t see it getting better any time soon in terms of edginess. SIGH

it is called dark humor,…lighten up eh!!!

I’m starting to really appreciate why Glenzilla can’t wait ’til the nominees are selected.

(though I’m sure he says it better than that…)

John McCain

After a long rehabilitation, McCain resumed his service with the Navy. He served as U.S. Navy Liaison Officer to the U.S. Senate from 1977 to 1980, and retired as a captain in 1981. He served two terms in the U.S. House of Representatives before being elected to the Senate in 1986. He was re-elected in 1992, 1998, and 2004.

My bold.

Was it McCain’s first wife or his mistress that secured a “loan” from Charles Keating to buy a strip mall in Arizona after McCain wrote a letter to a Federal Prosecutor to “back off” investigations about S&L Fraud?

Sadley, no.

-G

I have been at that point for a month and a half. And then some…

Part II Solution:
Replace American Oil Cartel White House Administration with Alternative Energy Cartel. Move of off peak oil economy onto sustainable technology economy.
Put idle construction industry back to work building housing for the people in poverty who can help with their work as a down payment called sweat equity. Existing models are working very well.
Enhance investment tax credits moving capital into the alternative energy industry.
Move the military into a defensive position out of Iraq. Bring the National Guard back for their mission position, to defend the states including providing logistics for natural disasters.
Make private armies illegal if they are not already. (Blackwater)
Candidate McCain is pro big oil…Clinton or Obama? I say Gore/Edwards can pull it off. AL has the financial connections Edwards know the landscape of the poverty class which has expanded and large enough to be a component of the economy (over 40 million people).
Dismantle NAFTA and reinvest in our manufacturing sector to the the new sustainable based economy with zero carbon footprint.
Save the planet and stop wars. Our military can assist UN forces in peacekeeping operations.
Impeach the administrations for multiple crimes. Apologise for murdering over one million civilians and destroying a soveriegn nation. Make restitution. AAArgh!!!

Ha.
What I find distasteful is when someone is intentionally cruel to another commenter here.
It happens from time to time.
Sometimes people are called on it, and sometimes not.
Some folks have more leeway here than others.
And, yes, I know Life’s Not Fair.
I don’t mean to say that Egregious didn’t have a right to her comment, but sometimes we can look the other way, especially if it wasn’t an intentional hurt.

so have all the humor police weighed in??/snark

Thanks!

On the lighter side when running against McNasty there will be reason to “go personal” as his positions on the war, choice torture etc will be enough to sink him. Could it be that we will have an election without name calling?

Hey we can all dream.

same way some people learn from a near death disease…life is precious,and he is cavalier

Let’s just say that sometimes even the best comedians fall flat. And other’s should maybe not give up their day jobs and try comedy.

“Too dumb to live” is a staple of the hospital culture. Everyone who works there knows these people… …and I have never heard it applied to one with a developmental disability.

More like this guy…

Oh, dear. Now I’m in trouble.
I didn’t see Any of the above comments before I wrote.
Honestly, there was no X amount of new comments showing when I commented.
Sorry to bring it back up.

McCain is bound and determined to fight and try to win the Vietnam war. That is Iraq to him. Seriously, I believe that he honestly sees Iraq Debacle as a way to rejuvinate Vietnam and indirectly prove that “we coulda won it if we only tried harder!” bullshit.

I may be wrong here, but Obama is the first Presidential candidate of the post-Kennedy era that either wasn’t eligible for the draft, or didn’t have direct experience with the Vietnam War.

Just called Conyers office and the phone rang and rang before someone answered. Keep those cards and letters coming. We just might see impeachment hearings begin.

More on McBush:

Following in the footsteps of his father and grandfather, McCain entered the United States Naval Academy. McCain was a rebellious midshipman, and his career at the Naval Academy was ambivalent and lackluster.[14] He had his share of run-ins with the faculty and leadership; each year he was given over 100 demerits (for unshined shoes, formation faults, talking out of place, and the like),[14] earning him membership in the “Century Club”.[3] He did not take well to those of higher rank arbitrarily wielding power over him — “It was bullshit, and I resented the hell out of it”[14] — and would sometimes intervene when he saw it being done to others.[3] At 5 foot 7 inches[15] and 127 pounds[16] (1.70 m and 58 kg), he competed as a lightweight boxer for three years, where he lacked skills but was fearless and “didn’t have a reverse gear,” as he later put it.[16] Possessed of a strong intelligence,[17] he did well in a few subjects that interested him, such as English literature, history and government.[3][14] Despite his low standing, he was a leader among his fellow midshipmen,[14] especially in organizing off-Yard activities; one classmate said that “being on liberty with John McCain was like being in a train wreck.”[14] Despite his difficulties, he later wrote that he never wavered in his desire to show his father and family that he was of the same mettle as his naval forbears. Dropping out was unthinkable, and so he successfully completed his training and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1958; he was sixth from the bottom in class rank,[18] 894th out of 899.[14]

some oedipal similarities with another guy we know?

so ……who need to be the judge….that is why many dems “turn off” regular peeps…to self righteous…just sayin

Just a happy thought, I believe it is
18 million Democrats voted
12 million Republicans voted

You will need to provide a local zip code in his district… I was trying last evening, ended up signing up for his blog and must wait 24 hrs before I can post on his blog. I plan to add the two articles from Harper’s Magazine by Scott Horton. One on the case for impeachment http://harpers.org/archive/2008/02/hbc-90002302
And one on the Corruption in a U.S. Attorney’s Office
http://harpers.org/archive/2008/02/hbc-90002353

We need to push this issue to the fore front of our congresscritters. I alos got on to Nancy Pelosi’s speakers blog and left the links to the two articles… I am trying and I hope we can get more to join in the efforts to let them know what it truly means to the American people that these criminals are thumbing their nose at thye constitution and the people of this country…. We deserve much better from our elected officials!

saying enough

Sending faxes does not require an in district zip. It also might be more effective.

More on McBush:

In 1976, McCain briefly thought of running for the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida.[72] Instead, based upon the recommendation of Admiral James L. Holloway III,[63] in 1977 McCain was appointed the Navy’s liaison to the U.S. Senate.[72] Returning to the Washington, D.C. area, McCain soon became the leader of the Russell Senate Office Building liaison operation, and would later say it represented “[my] real entry into the world of politics and the beginning of my second career as a public servant.”[63] McCain was influenced by senators of both parties, and especially by a strong bond with Republican Senator John Tower of Texas, ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.[63] McCain was still living with his wife, although they had been briefly separated soon after returning to Washington.[64]

In 1979, while attending a military reception in Hawaii, McCain met and fell in love with Cindy Lou Hensley, 17 years his junior, a teacher from Phoenix, Arizona who was the daughter of James Willis Hensley, a wealthy Anheuser-Busch distributor, and Marguerite Smith Hensley.[71] By then McCain’s naval career had stalled, as he had poor annual physicals and he had been given no major sea command.[73] It was unlikely he would ever be promoted to admiral as his grandfather and father had been; he had no base from which to go into politics, and he was at a turning point.[64]

McCain filed for and obtained an uncontested divorce from his wife Carol in Florida on April 2, 1980;[25] he gave her a generous settlement, including houses in Virginia and Florida and financial support for her ongoing medical treatments, and they would remain on good terms.[71] McCain and Hensley were married on May 17, 1980[18] in Phoenix, Arizona, with Senators William Cohen and Gary Hart as best man and groomsman.[71] McCain’s children were upset with him and did not attend the wedding,[64] but after several years they reconciled with him and Cindy.[64][27] Carol became a personal assistant to Nancy Reagan and later head of the White House Visitors Center.[74]

McCain retired from the Navy in 1981 as a Captain.[15] During his military career, he received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, the Purple Heart, and a Distinguished Flying Cross.[75]

yes, a dead horse has been beat

Well, when in doubt, just tryo to think about how you’d feel having the “comedy” applied to someone or something you love. If you would find it distressing then maybe the folks it is being applied to would also find it distressing.

Courtesy, humanity, etc are not bad things.

Otherwise, we become the people we decry.

Guess we’re a family here- we certainly quarrel like one.

new thread from Blue Texan

Thanks RevDeb for reminding us all to call Rep. Conyers office again. I just spoke with a staffer in his office and she was receptive, and sincerely interested to learn that my CA district and Rep. Sam Farr support impeachment across party lines. Having called and written pleas to Conyers office regularly this was the first time a staffer signaled how very much aware they are that we the number of citizens throughout the country supporting impeachment continue to swell in increasing numbers.

More saps in action…..

-G

hahahahahahaha
some peeps need to step out more(as good as it gets)

We try to be as even=handed as humanly possible. Considering the hundreds upon hundreds of comments we have to wade through each week on top of research, writing and phone calls and such, I think we do a fairly decent job. If you have a particular complaint, perhaps you should address it directly to Jane or I via e-mail?

you are priceless my friend

Last I heard, there was a potential FEC complaint in the works for starters, but I don’t know for certain that anything has been filed as yet.

FEC is out-of-commission. While the cats away the mice will play!

AZMatt at 86 — my first thought at reading the memo about the new restrictions, is how convenient it would be to match up their newly minted overheard phone conversations with travelers. If someone who wants to fly to the U.S. has ever been on the phone joking about Bush, or ridiculing this war, forget about flying over here. Gotta keep those disagreeable folks out ya know.

Dastardly deeds are being done in our name. Once again, I am ashamed of this administration.

Yest, that and
“You make me what to be a better person.”

It reflects a policy change. To reduce our casualties far less risky combat engagements ans stepped up bombing attacks and night time raids on suspected homes. Also fast trigger fingers “shot first and don’t ask questions later” policy reduces our casualties.

Pasification never worked.

i freakkkkkkin love that movie!

i thought it was you make me want to be a better MAN…guess ill just have to watch it again the horror

On the one hand- Clusterfuck can order fewer “missions” and reduce casualties in order to help McBush- but then what’s the point of the SURGE?

If he allows the military to be aggressive- then casualties may certainly rise back to where they were- and americans don’t find 40 a month an acceptable figure anyway I would guess.

There’s no reason for you to take my comment personally, is there?
My comment was certainly not intended to be offensive.
Just my observations.

No, but I’m wondering what you mean by it and, if it would improve the way things are done, I’d like to know. I think you can see why that would be, can’t you?

I meant what I said.
I think some commenters are treated more equally than others.
That’s my observation and I’d just like to see everyone treated the same way.
In my opinion, that would be nice.
You can see that, can’t you?

Yes, I can. But as I don’t think that is the case, I’m still wondering what you mean by it. Which was why I asked if you’d e-mail concerns to me if you have them. As in specifics if you are seeing something that I clearly am not — as opposed to something vague which doesn’t specifically tell me what the problem is that you are seeing.

Which probably makes no sense as it runs around in a rhetorical circle, but there you are…

I’ll take your word for it.
Maybe it’s just me projecting.
I’ll let it go.

FEWER jobs more war.

grammar grammar grammar