Okay I wasn’t the only one creeped out by Joe Lieberman attesting to John McCain’s marital fidelity:
Even Joe Lieberman, who is not a Republican but who often "unites" with them, and sometimes on the first date, accused the Times of "puking" up 8-year-old rumors. That may not sound senatorial to you, but it was in fact a respectful invocation of Sen. Henry Clay’s famous 1850 speech about compromise, in which Clay asked: "What if, in the march of this nation to greatness and power, we should be buried beneath the puke that propels it onward?"
Lieberman had an even more important role to play in convincing us of McCain’s innocence. He explained that he and McCain had traveled the world and met many lovely ladies and that he had never seen McCain do anything inappropriate.
Not that there haven’t been some opportunities for those two mack daddies, right? When they hit Abu Dhabi in their Miami Vice unstructured white sports jackets and Don Johnson cheek stubble, it’s like ring-a-ding-ding, hey there, you with the stars in your eyes. I’m sure that China doll down in old Hong Kong waits for their return.
If only they weren’t so darned ethical!, say all those beautiful babies whose hearts are breaking. With Joe Lieberman as his wing man, McCain could have sampled the sexual banquet tables of this world, and not just young American lobbyists who look exactly like Amy Poehler impersonating his wife.
Be still my heart.
(h/t tparty)
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Thinking of McCain and Lieberman on the prowl presents a disturbing image.
Now is time to choose partners for sex!
Well, you said wild and crazy guys!
That will be the worst part about an Obama vs. McCain matchup. All the hot ladies will follow McCain’s every word.
This is a serious disadvantage to our side.
Two Very Important Things To Know About Disgraced Congressman Rick Renzi
Joe! You’re so money!
It’s an example of man-cow on dog.
Women can be pretty open minded about looks.
That was one of my fav SNL skits …
Lieberman had an even more important role to play in convincing us of McCain’s innocence. He explained that he and McCain had traveled the world and met many lovely ladies and that he had never seen McCain do anything inappropriate.
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ok thats it…lunch is off the table…yukkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
ewww . . . just, ewww . . .
Dude, I was about to eat!
DO NOT, Positively DO NOT let darkblack hear you say that ;-)
Steve Martin was on SNL last night. He wasn’t wild and crazy-but he’s damn funny anyway.
Lieberman’s comments are in keeping with the talking point. This is about sex, not corrupt lobbying practices. Cuz who can prove the sex?
Mac daddies!!!!!!!!!!!
bwhahaaaaaaa.
What ckls@11 said
:O===|
Some can, anyway.
You mean they slept in the same room, the same bed, checking each other out to make certain no inappropriate behavior took place? They were together 24/7 even escorting each other to the mensroom? I feel so much better knowing goodie two shoes Lieberman can attest to every moment of McCain’s whereabouts and behavior. Maybe the rooms were bugged and had hidden cameras when Lieberman left McCain to himelf.
I hope Lieberman goes gooper enough that he is not asked to caucus with the Democrats in 2008.
How much more will it take, Harry *Spineless* Reid?
~
planes, trains and automobiles
OMFG that is a disturbing thought – those two on the prowl.
Of course, the mere mention of Short Ride’s NAME invokes my gag relex, but now? I’m gonna need therapy. Lots and lots of therapy.
So, Ralph announces he’ll run…
*crickets*
such LUCKY UGLY OLD FUKKS some guys have all the luck
good morn
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76bLITHVpL8
Ralph and Saint McCain are going to split the grumpy old geezer vote.
~
Lieberman will not asked to caucus if there is an actual Democratic majority elected. Unfortunately, Reid and Pelosi are working hard to keep that from happening.
Lieberman works for a foreign government.
And as for China doll down in old Hong Kong. I can’t resist. I have my failings.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0janfcZ8LUw
hahahahahahahahaha!
http://www.236.com/blog/w/elec…..n_4373.php
Although I’m not real familiar with the details, I’m pretty sure that Lieberman left wife no.1 for a younger, richer no.2. Joe, in accordance to his sanctimonious wont, claimed it was for religious reasons. Also, since Haddassah means Esther in Hebrew, Joe thought that was kind of hot.
awwwwwww he was so cute,and a liberal too
Poor old Joe, apparently he reserves all of his unctuous sanctimony for Democrats.
Damn, it’s been a while!
True, looks, advanced decrepitude, demonstrated wingnut whackjobbery, and just about everything else.
hahahahahahahahahaha kaching
Lieberman is Belle and McCain is Lieberman’s Rhett Butler. Ah,the androgynous Mr. Lieberman protecting his Rhett. Not the odd couple exactly, Belle and Rhett
McCain sucks up to Bush. Lieberman sucks up to McCain. Seems reasonable.
Lieberman: proving you can be both pious and corrupt.
Oy.
Of course Lieberman wouldn’t have observed any improprieties in associating with female lobbyists. He’s married to one.
so joe is saying that since he never saw mccain do anything “inapropriate” behind closed doors, that means joe goes behind closed doors with mccain?
hmmm
Question for you….
Why is it that McBush did not want Cindy to live in DeeCee… insisted that she stay here in AZ?
if only i could photoshop
oh the PLOT…it SICKENS!
a place I don’t want to go, even briefly, with my imagination.
Bwaahaaahaaahaaahaaa
*gasp*
Lahoma and I find Lieberman to be the most disgusting and distasteful politician to have come down the pike in our lifetime. If you leave out Zell Miller. That is.
don’t forget joe’s “sweet fraulein down in berlin town” Joe would prefer the Berlin’s Rot district to the yabba dabba do of those arabic girls. But you know, you are right, slavery is legal there, so I am sure it is cross platform.
That’s required to be a Republic these days. Joe really should officially join that party.
*channeling punaise*
“My contempt for Joe Lieberman knows no bounds.”
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i like zell better,he is just an old prik…Joe is a hypocrit and an old prik
Anything one does with either McCain or Lieberman and Photoshop requires the use of brain bleach afterward.
tru dat
Lieberman and McCain. Have you ever seen a more compatible couple of sycophants?
where can we put straycock in this scenario( 3 some)?
http://www.doublespeakshow.com…..linton.jpg
oh HOLY JOE should definately be in the middle ,no?
In my own blog, I said the same thing about whether McCain had relations with her.
I don’t care.
I do care whether he was influenced to do favors for Paxon Communications.
I care whether Paxon made political contributions and gave him access to their company jet.
Interesting how the story’s point gets skewed towards the sex…which only matters to McCain and his wife…and away from the more important matter of lobbyists’ influence.
I thought more of this song with the China Doll line
There are however limits.
I can’t watch Lieberman. He comes across as so arrogant, self-righteous and pompous. He really is a disgusting specimen.
After that one little ordeal which exceeded four hours, I never saw the man evince any interest whatsoever in all the groupies that follow us, even as we stroll through the streets of Sodom and Gommorah together.
Interesting how the story’s point gets skewed towards the sex
It’s the NYT’s own fault. It was a horribly written story. The sex part should not have been in there.
boogie –
If the story breaks on the lobbying angle, pretty much everyone in Washington has skin in the game that could cost them dearly. And the MSM knows it as well, which is why they’re much better playing this as a sex scandal.
I want to wait off on this until they bring out the hospital records showing that McCain is impotent from his being tortured in North Vietnam…and then the birth records of his children to show they were sired by “other men”.
It fits into the idea that a) he wasn’t unfaithful and
b) if he was, so what, his wife didn’t mind.
Sorry if this has already been dealt with, but Ralph “I haven’t screwed up enough elections” Nader has decided to run yet again.
Did you see this YouTube on Ralph Nader?
Says it all.
Yes, it’s so ridiculous. Who gives a rat’s behind, except for people who enjoy tearing others’ down…
It’s very clever, the way that the real issue is buried…and very sad for us that more people don’t give them heck for writing such nonsense.
I really, really want the Straight Talk Lobbyist Express(tm) to keep the rubber on the road (so to speak) until after the GOP convention — after McBush secures the nomination, they can crash into the muddy ditch.
St McCain and the Lobbyist Harlot are the perfect standard bearers for the BushCo Lobbyists-R-Us GOP den of thieves — with this phony on the ticket, we could even pick up Senate seats in Idaho, Wyoming, and Texas.
A comment from TPM Election Central — Texas is in play
Here’s what The Politico has to say on the subject of McVain.
I didn’t know that. Is this really true? Where can I find the 911 on this tidbit?
How far has fallen America? Bush, McCain and Lieberman. This is going to begin to change come this November.
Hmmm … if only we can get a bunch of motivated people to call/fax/e- mail Ralph Nader and tell him to eat it !!!
Pretty good. ;0)
“I don’t recall…”
Soon… President Obama.
Ralph Nader did some good things. Being a spoiler was not one of them.
Even more important was the POLICY that he was pushing for PAXSON. McCain wanted the FCC to grant Paxson, a religious broadcaster, the right to buy a non-commercial TV Station to run evangelical and fund-raising programming. The FCC ruled that if Paxson wanted the station it would have to abide by the stations original license…to broadcast non-commercial and educational programming. It couldn’t fund-raise for churches (or missions, or other non-station activities), and it couldn’t proslytize. Paxson, and the fundamentalist right-wing, went crazy over this, and threatened to open the entire Non-Commercial spectrum to religious programming and to rescind limitations on commercialization.
Essentially that would have opened up every non-commercial station on TV or radio to big money corporate assimilation and right-wing fundamentalist preach-a-thons. Many of the licenses of these stations are held by colleges who see little value in “managing” student-run stations, or not-for-profit NPR stations and wouldn’t mind selling the licenses for several million dollars.
That’s what McCain and Paxson were doing…allowing a massive sell-off of the radio spectrum and destroying the last bastion of community-based, local radio and TV that actually presented some balance to the bombast of right-wing talk radio, or monopolized dreck of commercial radio…and TV.
THIS needs to be made clear…THAT is what McCain and Paxson were doing…and McCain was willing to sell out the public for a few thousand in campaign contributions, and help with his Presidential campaign (and perhaps a few dinners with a pretty lobbyist).
Precisely. He’s turning into the Harold Stassen of the 21st Century, and it’s not pretty.
Nader and Lieberman were born of the same mold.
Yesterday evening I attended an event with Mike Malloy and Scott Ritter speaking and afterwards a bunch of us went out to dinner. These were people who have been involved in AZ politics for decades. This came out in the discussion, no I don’t have a source to cite.
Their was the discussion of Cindy’s father, history of the beer distributorship and that rumors of Cindy sleeping around the republican leadership at that time… until she found McBush to make her Mrs Senator..
Yeah! A collective “Go Cheney yourself!”
He is still in denial about the 2000 race …
I think it’s possible that Ralph Nader may possibly be even more pig headed than George Bush. I can’t recollect him ever changing his opinion about anything, or expressing regret over any action, once his mind is made up. I don’t mean at all that he’s dummer or a worse person than Bush, simply that he may be more stubborn.
It appears that Frank Rich bears some ill will to Hillary
in your quote this captures best what appears to be happening with Obama’s campaign:
While I have some lingering doubts about whether Obama’s rhetoric and actions are consistent (remember, Obama chose Lieberman as his Senatorial “mentor”), I have no doubt that Obama is appealing to people’s desire for change in the same way Ronald Reagan did — and Reagan campaigned on nothing other than being Ronald Reagan.
If Obama is successful, the media will need to learn new rules and new relationships very quickly. The cozy relationship that they’ve had with lobbyists and political consultants and politicians (that really started with Reagan in 1980) will be gone. Lieberman and McCain both know this, and they’ve been among the chief beneficiaries of the relationship.
Thanks for the info, C-Ape. I knew there was more to it than what was being reported.
And the Reagan-era rulings that these communications giants could combine more and more stations, newspapers, etc., is why we’re not getting “fair and balanced” newsreporting.
Oh, am I steamed now…
Why would you think so badly of Nader ?
He has done everything possible to win the Presidency, including a 50 – state strategy of ignoring all 50 states …
Lahoma and I going to ride the horses down to the Red River on this warm, sunny and glorious Oklahoma Sunday. My lady has asked if I have any interest in prepping the horses, while she packs a lunch? I guess I do. She wants me to edit her lesson plan for tomorrow. Life is good.
Does he even have enough time to get on ballots?
I think it’s possible that Ralph Nader may possibly be even more pig headed than George Bush. I can’t recollect him ever changing his opinion about anything, or expressing regret over any action, once his mind is made up. I don’t mean at all that he’s dummer or a worse person than Bush, simply that he may be more stubborn.
Nader might be dummer than Bush — Nader is a useful idiot for the right wing, and either doesn’t know it or won’t admit it.
Bush might be a Cheney sock puppet and a NeoCon tool, but they are all pulling in the same direction — and there’s crazy old Ralph, pulling right along with them.
Maybe he’s counting on a massive groundswell of support and a write-in candidacy… /snark I sincerely hope he’s met with a massive groundswell of ennui.
Details, mere details … /s
On one of my road trips….. think 2006… heard an interview of Nader. He said that he types up all his stuff on an old manual typewriter. He is quite proud that he does NOT own a computer, has never used a computer. Stated that he has never been on the internet. Kind of implied that the toobz was the reincarnation of the devil. My question would be is this true today?
Does ANYONE in the year of 2008 want to vote for a person for President who has never used a computer, know or experience the internet? I want a President who lives and understands the 21st Century….
So… for anyone who does NOT want Nader to be a spoiler is to get involved… make sure that he does NOT get on your state ballot…. devote time and money to have his signatures validated and challenged. We did that in AZ and he failed to be on the ballot due to bogus signatures. BTW it was Repubs who paid for the signature gathering.
The video is lost way down thread.
Try This
I was pointed to the video on the last thread, and found it on youtube so I can send it around to everyone I know.
So freakin funny! And timely!
I can imagine that we will soon be flooded with all sorts of “new posters” who argue that we should rally behind the “true progressive” message of Citizen Ralph this Fall. Or perhaps many of those that have already registered and have been trying to stir up dissension [”I’m not voting for either” or “If X wins the nomination, and not Y, staying home and hoping McCain wins”] will decide that Nader is the new virus to win the election. So watch all those erstwhile pseudo-”Hillary supporters” change over to “Naderistas” in about a week…using the same handles.
I am with you in spirit … grew up reading L’Amour novels and dreaming of the Red River, Rio Grande, Big Bend … *sigh*
Joey the Spooner and Huggy Bear, reporting for duty.
-G
Scory, I was on motherearthnews.com today and read their questions to the candidates. They asked about the environmental policy.
On nuclear energy, Obama weaved such a web of non-committal, it was a work of art, so to speak. He has ties to the Nuclear industry, and it was obvious from his answer that he is most likely going to back them if he is elected.
He also talked out both sides of his mouth with reference to “having to do something about mercury in the environment” but then he backed up coal industry as being “safe”.
Great word, ennui :)
707 !!!
Colin McEnroe is one of the shining lights of Connecticut journalism.
And humor.
Plus, whenever you read a Hartford Courant article online, be sure to check out the comments, too. It’s always a hoot!
Ever notice how Repug women either look like church ladies or two bit whores? What’s with that? And blonde? Maybe we should invest in companies that make bleached blonde bottled dyes? That must be some profit on that product!
WooHoo, McEnroe is FUNNY:
But then it didn’t run. The Times sat on this story for months. Why? Because the Times finds this kind of story distasteful. In New York, there are other kinds of newspapers that handle stories like this. They are called “tabloids,” from the Greek root “tab,” meaning “SLAIN FROZEN PROSTITUTE,” and the Latin suffix “-loid,” meaning “IN QUEENS LOVE NEST WITH HALF-GOAT POPE BABY.”
Hopefully Ralph will get less than the 400,000 he got last time in 04.
Cue the weepy stories about liberals being meaner than Republicans.
-G
P.S. Ralph wants more Alitos and Scalias on the SC.
Exactly … I wonder if Gore knew all along that Nader would run in 2008 …
Madonna/whore complex. The prime demographic.
-G
The thugs and their wingnut allies and enablers like Lieberman and the MSM are doing their damndest to sidetrack the story foff the K-Street line. I don’t see how it can work. McCain’s dealings with the lobbyists going back to the Keating five is fair game. The Obama team know this, and they are no doubt already developing a narrative to use in the months leading up to the Conventions. If they aren’t, they are not doing their job.
The two months after the March sign-off on the primaries (assuming Hillary suspends her campaign) are the most critical months of the campaign. Remember last time out, when the thugs were able to ‘brand’ Kerry as a flip-flopper. The Swiftboating was later, and successfully neutralized the effect of the Democratic convention. To win this election big, Obama needs the ground game, which will go into gear when the colleges are out at the end of May, and the aerial attack, which should start right away, before the thugs can get their act together. They should also develop a strategy to neutralize the conservative punditocracy. Ridicule seems to me to be the best bet. It’s self-enforcing.
2000 was not just about how many voted for him, it was about how many heard his opposition to Gore and decided not to vote. Of course, there is some truth to Bush stealing the election(s) but Nader contributed to that.
Self righteousness is the worse abomination …
ROFL
Jane – good one! Heh heh. But who is Butch and who is Scumdance?
My theory is they’re manufactured in a town called Stepford.
- Tom
Nader is totally aware of what he is doing. He is a bitter, sour, contemptuous old man who knows only one emotion – hate. As for any good he did in the long distant pass, he is only as good as his last act and that wasn’t good.
I am sure that the Republican Media will give much more airplay to Nader’s message than they did to John Edwards.
-G
I may show up at a Nader rally with a pie or some rotten lettuce.
Hear, hear!!! [loud applause]
Uh oh … has the NYT given up on the McCain story ?
… nothing in today’s edition, at least not front page worthy …
LOL !!!
((( GregB & bmaz )))
I have some out of date eggs in my fridge I can send you.
My theory is they’re manufactured in a town called Stepford.
Nah, that was outsourced 20 years ago.
Well at least Taylor Marsh will have someone to cheer for, when Obama wins the nomination …
I’m stocking up the rotten tomatoes … *g*
Don’t go away. Be right back. I’m going to toss some biscuits in the oven – very late breakfast.
i know it is expensive,but rotten tomatos would be great…hey ketcup works too”G” saint ronnie said so
I think Nader is governed by both idealism and his ego. He’s never seriously tried to create a viable 3rd party and only comes out every 4 years for the presidential race. He could have been a valuable voice in the Senate for decades, but squondered that opportunity because his ego wouldn’t allow it. Wellstone could have used his support there.
From an idealism standpoint, I think there should be more than two parties. Instant-runoff voting is the answer.
- Tom
From MoDo’s column today … “The first serious female candidate for president was rejected by voters drawn to the more feminine management style of her male rival. The bullying and bellicosity of the Bush administration have left many Americans exhausted and yearning for a more nurturing and inclusive style.”
I wonder if MoDo will follow her own advice …
Speaking of people who shouldn’t run, my son called me from his cellphone yesterday, here in Texas, and said he was looking at the dumbest driver in the world. He said the car had a W08 sticker on the rear windshield. I really didn’t know what to make of it.
They make stickers for everything and I guess this is for the 19 percenters who want to tout their perverse ignorance. Maybe something like, “You’ll drag Bush out of the White House away from my cold dead hands.” I don’t know.
good TALKING point…hey Ralphie baby …where the hell,ya been the last 7 years…SURELY YOU JEST! man
it was NOT -Jenna
Modos BOTOX went straight to her brain years ago,everybody else knows this cept for Pinch and her
The Obama team know this, and they are no doubt already developing a narrative to use in the months leading up to the Conventions.
He’s already on it:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/…..88153.html
I didn’t asking him to describe the driver. It may have been Barbara. I did quickly wonder what other Bush’s may have the same middle initial. It also brought back questions I always had about why they wanted to capture so much executive power when they wouldn’t occupy the office forever.
I’m still scratching my head.
it was NOT -Jenna
I thought she was the smart one.
I have always had some serious problems with the repeated mantra that Obama was “mentored by Joe Lieberman”. It was never explained what this meant…and never shown that this supposed relationship had Obama voting for bills that Lieberman supported with the Blue-Doga and Republicans.
What is a “mentor” in the Senate? In the first year a Freshman Senator is oriented to the arcane Senate rules and traditions by a Senior Senator. This is usually someone that shares a Committee assignments with that Frosh. Information about the procedures to author legislation, tabling, cloture, blocking, how bills are shared between Committees, down to where offices, meeting rooms, and other facilities are located are provided by the mentor. While one has some latitude in selecting “mentors”, it also depends on the duties of that mentor and whether they are already “mentoring” others. Obviously a Democrat will mentor Democrats since the services and activities of one party caucus will be different than the others.
In terms of controlling someones political views I don’t think mentoring means much of anything. No one has shown to me any situation where Obama broke with the vast majority of Democrats (or when he did vote antagonistically to the former- supporting the “progressive wing”) with Lieberman and the Blue Dogs or Republicans.
Obama never joined with Lieberman’s Senate New Democratic Coalition which was made up of Blue Dogs and “centrists”. It’s been members of that caucus that has continually been behind the failure of the Democrats to enact legislation that protects the Constitutional rights of Americans and confronted the Bush Administrations attacks on the poor and Middle-Class.
Absolutely right, 1% is far greater than 0% … and Ralph would have been able to encourage more progressive candidates to run for office …
iirc,Palph is older than McVain…senile methunks
oopsie Ralph
Sounds like the perfect running mate for McCain. The problem with Nader is that he brings nothing new to the table. He has never acknowledged his role in bringing the disaster of George Bush to us. He may have been against many of Bush’s policies but he certainly never tried to become a focus of opposition to them. Now with some hope of even limited change in the air, now he decides that both major political parties are essentially the same, and that now he needs to run because apparently the rest of us who have been opposing Bush lo these many years and trying to rally opposition to him and his assaults on the Constitution are too pig ignorant to have noticed that neither Clinton nor Obama are the progressives we would like them to be. Message to Nader, we have been paying a lot more attention to what has been going on than you, and we don’t need the condescension of another one of your electoral visitations, thanks.
I’m sure his campaign will have the same verve as Freddie’s …
He’s 74.
I gave up on Ralph many, many years ago. He wasn’t really interested, only in playing games and leading people on. He’s been on my Don’t Trust This Guy list for far too many years. I’ll go with my intuition. He would have been the same person in congress he is today – of the Lieberman mold. He jerks us around the same way.
Noooo! Paul Nader! Has a great ring to it.
Blimp/Corvair ‘08!
you sir are a wordsmith,bravo
Well Senator Clinton voted for the Iraq War resolution, abstained from voting when the bankruptcy bill came to the floor (Obama voted against it) and voted for the Kyl-Lieberman amendment, which said:
And Ned Lamont endorsed Obama and Russ Feingold voted for him.
This “mentor” thing is used as a distraction.
Okay Hugh, I’m stealing your words and e- mailing Ralph … if he has an e- mail that is …
hahahahahahaha,at least Freddie has beaudacious tatas to come home to
Seems like Nader has become a self-mocking machine.
Here, here! (loud applause with shouts of praise)
have i mentioned the discovery of WHITE pepper and Colmans mustard has changed my life? no i dont snort it
LOL !!!
Ralph’s bed has 3- point seatbelts, or so I’ve heard …
O/T -
Bush was threatening the House with the scawy, scawy, terrorist threats if they don’t pass the immunity for the telecoms.
He makes no mention of his breaking the law, of ignoring the Fourth Amendment.
Nor how his Administration ignored the Intelligence they *did* have prior to 9/11…
Wanna bet that we start getting some “red alerts” orange alerts”, etc. when election time comes nearer?
Shoot, that reminds me … I’d promised wobblybits a Raw food recipe for Butternut Squash Soup …
i have NOT seen the sun in 2 weeks
im soooooooooo ready for spring
http://www.islingtongardeners……lowers.jpg
white pepper tastes so much different than black,or is it just me?
Whoops. I should have added that Bill Clinton was in the hospital the day the bankruptcy bill was voted on, which is why Hillary was not there.
Nader for 2008 is an awesome webpage.
Sure got me fired up.
I’ve never cooked with White Pepper but I will try it now that you’ve told me about it … got any interesting recipes, I’m on FB …
and the reason he cant work with Obama is?
“White Lightning” … he must have had a full Jug, then decided to run …
it tastes like parma cheese…so,make noodles drain,take a dollop of sour cream,put in noodles (in the same pot) sprinkle with any white cheese,and tap in the white pepper…go to table …chow down…i like extra wide noodles…yum
I’ll give him credit though, his campaign add about one guy with no staff being “priceless” in comparison to the money, etc. of the other candidates. I think that was 2004. Democrats should hire that add agency.
whats FB?
TIA’s social networking site.
Lesser known Nader facts.
Ralph Nader
Here are a couple of interesting sources on the McCain backdoor efforts to influence the FCC to allow the sell off of public broadcaster WQEX-Pittsburgh to Paxson (and its religious broadcast arm, Cornerstone).
The first is from Lanny Davis, former Lieberman advisor and now involved in the Clinton campaign. He was a lobbyist for the PBS-affiliate WQED (who owned the license of WQEX) and was willing to sell it’s public committment to Pittsburgh to make several million in the deal.
The next is a report on the actual political fallout from the FCC ruling on the transaction. Note that the FCC didn’t prevent the sale, nor did it prohibit Paxson from airing religious-oriented programs. It simply stated that half of it’s programming must be devoted to educational material, it could not proslytize, and it could not fundraise for entities other than the station itself.
WQEX wins, then losesThe campaign to save WQEX was mounted, not by WQED management and its CPB bigwigs. They were willing to sell out Pittsburgh viewers (and by extension allow the same sort of sales nationwide, once the gate was opened). Of course, that meant big money to many large city public-stations that had arranged to acquire many smaller regional frequencies, nationwide.
Opposition came from those in the service communities who would lose their public broadcasting stations.
McCain, and other right-wing Senators would have allowed religious broadcasters to control what were once frequencies set aside for non-commercial public broadcasting. This sort of information is what needs to get out to every College station, every community broadcaster, and out over the internet about McCain. It would have amplified the right-wing propaganda machine by an order of magnitude and killed off the last semblance of balance and education on the airwaves…stations like the Pacifica network, and independent community broadcasters that air “Democracy Now”, etc.
another quikie
buy some frozen fish fillets any milde white fish,or salmon too,thaw and season ,fry up and remove from pan,use some of drippings make a roux,make white sauce add Colmans mustard and white pepper,spoon over fish 15 minutes tops
Constitution;
An agreement under which we are governed. Attorneys operate under “the rule of law” which emanates from the constitution as a body of common law decisions and the Statutes which I regret I am not in command of.
The pain for me is that as we read the Bill of Rights and the Articles of the Constitution we cannot justify the actions of our elected representatives.
The “Corporate Culture” has overlain the political culture and the government. Justice has been slain by corruption. Expediency has been used to implement the abuse of our rights.
A corporate fascism has grown to control our democratic process. Casually ridiculing these events does not address the crimes against the American people.
In the criminal justice system, when an alledged crime is commited it is charged or investigated by a grand jury of a District Attorney. When high crimes and misdameanors are alleged a similar investigation is called for. Nixon was impeached and removed from office for far far less than has occurred under the Bush/Cheney administration.
To whom do we turn for justice if not the legal community?
Wow! Me too! They do have comments, so I congratulated him on becoming the Harold Stassen of the 21st Century. He’s old enough to remember who that was…
Facebook … and thanks for the pasta recipe !
On the webpage itself these are at the head of the page:
News & Analysis:
Nader’s Achievements
Hillary/Obama Want to Bump It Up
Holding Obama Accountable
More …
Note that there is no mention of oh what do you call them, oh yeah, right, Republicans. Below there is a civics lesson in which Clinton, Obama, and McCain are cited neutrally. Then a story slamming Clinton. After 7 years of the worst President in our history, there is no mention of either Bush or the Republicans. I guess it must have slipped Nader’s mind.
Well. It’s a wonder Bushco hasn’t shoved him into Gitmo.
FDL should make a stand alone page that highlights a list of McCain’s lobby efforts with links to facts like this.
this morning during one of the bobble head shows…. a commercial asking Arizonians to call Rep Harry Mitchell to vote for the Senate FISA bill and protect America….. kind of like the 24 GOP thingy and it was put on my some group with the word “Democratic”…. was cooking in another room than the TeeVee and did not catch it…. too busy doing the OMG and the
The funny thing is that it is TOO late for Mitchell to vote for a bill because I know that it is in conference…. and I really do not think he is on the conference committee.
i slow on the uptake
The first time I heard the phrase ‘concern troll’, I thought of King Ralph bitching about Gore in 2000 …
LOL
I will try colmans mustard if I can find it up here (Toronto)
hmm I guess you can’t use extra characters to looking like swearing… gee thought the use of at, pound, dollar sign was standard replacement…
I wonder if he’ll publish a rolling announcement of all his contributors. Bet that a lot of Neo-Cons will be contributing to it like the last two times he ran.
Yes, if he weren’t such a pompous jerk, and all other things being equal, his background might actually prompt me to vote for him.
St.McBush’08™: “I did not have relations with that lobbyist…”
Heh. Now he’s not even concerned, just a troll who lives under a bridge and eats raw goats.
i think it is ubiquitous,any English mustard POWDER will do,and they have recipes on their page
Butternut Squash Soup
For Soup:
3 cups Butternut Squash, peeled, seeded and chopped (yes, we’re thorough *g*)
1 Mango, cubed
2 Teaspoons curry (turmeric)
4 cups Orange Juice
½ cup honey or dates
For Garnish:
1 banana, sliced
½ cup chopped mint
A pinch of Jalapeno (I used 2 pinches *g*)
1 mango, diced
In a Blender, combine the Butternut Squash, Mango, curry, Orange Juice and Honey/Dates and blend until creamy. Garnish with Banana slices, mint, jalapeno and mango pieces.
Serve immediately after blending.
* If you see wobblybits, please tell her I’ve left this recipe here *
Double Zed!
Day Four: Barack Obama Gets It
This is somewhat puzzling to me. The part of the spectrum in question is the FM band, between 88.1 – 91.9 mHz. In most rural areas I’ve driven through, this part of the spectrum is already heavily populated by religious broadcasters.
“he definitely will not poll even a fraction of what he did before. but it is offensive that everyone seems to jump at this character when he has always been a true believer and lived his life that way. i don’t think his run will have an impact. he has every right to run, and i grant anyone has the right to criticize him for doing it. i say save your venom for mccain, or focus on getting accountability for bush…”
In the interest of full diclosure, the above comes from dachoste downstairs near the end of the Sunday Talking Heads thread, and I agree with it totally.
Why does this guy take such a beating here?
Universal single payer health care? Check.
Stop the Iraq war and MIC’s ever expanding Defense budget? Check.
Reign in corporate greed and hold them to account re: the environment? Check.
Undo the terrible effects of NAFTA and the like. Check.
If anything, I think he will be useful because he’s free to say things candidates who have a realistic chance of winning cannot.
Nader is descended from Maronite Christians from Lebanon. They weren’t Muslim. I’d imagine that they not only speak Arabic, but a bevy of other languages.
His sister, Laura Nader, is a Professor of Anthropology at UC Berkeley specializing on the Middle East and the Anthropology of Law. She’s extremely intelligent and informed.
That doesn’t mean that I’m ever going to vote for her big brother, though.
I certainly didn’t mean to suggest that he was Muslim. Nor would it matter to me if he were. I just thought his background was very interesting (in a good way).
SPEAK UP,GIVE SPEECHES….dont run
To me (Canadian) Ralph is representative of the self defeatist, all or nothing approach mindset …
Yes, and most are likely broadcasting in violation of their licenses if they are fund-raising for anything other than the stations’ own behalf. Proslytizing is, I suppose, harder to determine…but the FCC has nailed little college stations for running sponsorship announcements that say something like “Come on in and see their selection of…” as representing “encouragement” that crosses the line. I’d imagine that they’d be able to use the same criteria to see if a station proslytized rather than “informed”.
But the FCC was under Kennard when this decision was laid down. Kennard was a guy who started off his career at Stanford Universities college station and then moved his way up through commercial broadcasting, became a lawyer, and so on. He was also behind the movement to allow microbroadcasting. A real advocate of local content, and the original view that the airwaves were a public trust for the benefit of the public.
Then Bush appointed Michael “McColin” Powell.
Wow. ‘ring a ding ding’ AND an “Irrepressible Rickey Nelson” reference.
You are a GODDESS, Jane.
I don’t understand. Who’s running?
What do you mean by “Give speeches?”
Ralph is running,he threw his hat in the ring today after seven years in HYBERNATION
Please clarify. I got the “all or nothing” part. But self defeatist?
I gotcha now.
People who are self defeatists are often those who hate themselves for not being perfect … all or nothing.
This is from my years of experience in yoga/meditation and might not be the same definition in Western Psych teachings …
Thanks.
Of course Mack Daddy and RGJoe didn’t need to look at the ladies even once on these taxpayer-funded jaunts around the world. They had Lindsey’s sweet mouth along for the ride.
This was SO FUNNY! Thanks, Jane.