Happy Birthday, Tex

Feliz aniversário TexBetsy!!

So?

Suzanne!
Happy Birthday Betsy!

dugg

Oh, and Feliz aniversário to Thomas Jefferson. I’m sure he’s spinning as we speak

thanks y’all!

A group of my 8th graders once wanted to know my birthday. So I told them I share a birthday with Thom Jefferson and they should figure it out. (Before internet in schools.) So a few of the kids went to the library to look it up. They came back and very excitedly reported to the class that I was born in 1743. Ummmmm…. hmmmmm….

what a great video!

lmao. hysterical. What an honor to share a birthday with Jefferson. One of the greatest assholes in political history (no, not the biggest asshole in political history)has a birthday the day after mine.

geez, i was wondering when anyone was gonna notice it. thanks tex

a memory those kids are gonna carry the rest of their lives.

Ha! Ha! Bon anniversaire, ma chere (choose any diacritics I can’t put in on my keyboard). Hiya Tex!

One of the greatest assholes in political history (no, not the biggest asshole in political history)has a birthday the day after mine.

So it’s not Barbara Bush…

hi christine!

teehee

Pravda and Tass were never so compliant as the U.S. press, and they were much less dangerous, because no Soviet citizen was so stupid as to believe them.

Big kisses dear (French style, of course).

Heh, I was way-laid by the Neillson survey again…!

If McCain wants victory in Iraq, he should run for president of Iraq.

Hey Suze, how go the wedding preparations? You doin ok?

haven’t we inflicted enough on these people already?

got The Mother Of The Bride gown today along with a really sexy pair of silver strappy high heels that are comfortable

Just linked to Cassie’s blog. American Teen Brings the Focus to Iraqi Teens

Birthday’s over. I’m exhausted. Time to sleep. Night y’all. Remember the wish: A WHOLE PAIN FREE YEAR! (maybe even some pleasure thrown in)

oohh la la.
Can we see?

Speaking of MLB, my Bosox beat the Yanks today, 8-5, to win 2 of 3 game series in Fenway… FTFY!!!

works for me wigwam

pain free year long wishes tex

If John McCain wants to fight them over there so he doesn’t have to fight them over here, he should do just that.

Not brief, but…

FTFY

In our last two elections we (were told we) elected a good-old-boy with whom the press would like to have a beer. How well do you think that has worked out?

bride to be has not emailed me the picture she took with her camera phone. when i get it i’ll link it

boa noite, betsy. may your wish come true.

Hey Pal,
Nice weekend, watching some movies that really made me cry: Lives of Others, and The Good Shepherd.

ummm i swear i’m not throwing poo but this made me chuckle

“The Good Shepherd” knocked my socks off.

The president of the United States of America is a self-admitted war criminal

I’ve seen it twice now, and just hold my breath.

hmmm, not much of a reaction to this video. perhaps i should reconsider my choice of doing a baseball post later this week.

The admission by the president of the United States of America that he’s a war criminal made headlines everywhere in the world except the United States of America.

Loved it, Suz…
Didn’t want to give certain baseball fans a reason to run away with the thread
:-)

The Goodyear Blimp and all! What a rush for those youngsters…! ;-)

I coached little league baseball and soccer from when my kids were in grade school through the beginning of their high school. One of the coolest things I ever experienced.

We did a lot of videos. On one soccer video, and on a video I produced for a boys’ basketball team my son played on, but I didn’t coach, we tried this same sort of thing - fake announcers, trying to make it look big league.

But this video is the best. Good job!

Ya wouldn’t be referring to moi? Would ya…? 8-P

oh ok… well, off topic is the topic - just wanted the sports folks to know that late late nite is sports friendly - yada yada no sports flame wars yada yada civil, etc.

Pravda and Tass were never more compliant than the mainstream American press, and they were far less dangerous, because the Soviet people were never so stupid as to believe them.

is america waking up from the koolaid in time to save america?

God, I hope so.

I’m hoping (against hope) that that is ChimpFatigue, and it’s a foregone conclusion.
But more likely the attitude of our press is, “Oh, that’s Old Europe.”

aww sorry Suz but baseball isn’t my cup of tea. (it’s like watching paint dry for me). i blame my parents. they are elitist mango juice drinking, soccer freaks

Well, in that case…

GO NINERS!

Can you Digg it?

Nah. I thought you were all about puck.

i’m trying to watch this compassion forum but my attention span is not allowing it

thanks nahant and neuro for the diggs :)

The thing I’m obsessing about is that IMHO they must be brought to justice. And, people I respect and admire, Jack Balkin, Marty Lederman, and Glenn Greenwald seem to think that there’s no chance in hell. To put my pants on tomorrow, I have to believe that it is not only possible but likely.

Heh, Football, Hockey, and Baseball, in that order! ;-)

Happy birthday, Betsy
Listen to this
as you read this
and this
and this

OK I’ll stop. ;) Hugs.

Except he may be too stoopid to realize that is what he admitted to.

even experts can be wrong.

i have hope they will. it keeps me fighting. if everyone gives up fighting, they will not be brought to justice.

College lacrosse, British football, golf, in that order.

High heels?!
Tell about the dress.

Yeah! The Dress!

Investigate. Interrogate. Impeach. Indict. Convict. Incarcerate. Bring ‘em to justice!

Speaking of young people and sports - Go WWU Vikings Womens Crew!

Yes, that is ETette being interviewed…

on tv.. gymnastics, diving (natch), and ice skating

in person watching the game: baseball. football not so much.

dress is seafoam green with metalic threads woven into the empire bodice and cropped jacket with 3/4 sleeves. has chiffon box pleated overskirt.

John McCain supports President Bush’s policy of torturing human beings.

John McCain:
Worse than Bush

Futebol,american football, college basketball

I like Golf only when I’m playing it otherwise it is boring… Do you mean Rugby or Aussie Rules Football?

cool !!!!

sweet!!!

John McCain supports President Bush’s criminal policy of bombing innocent civilians.

John McCain:
Worse than Bush

Sounds beautiful!

John McCain supports President Bush’s illegal occupation of foreign countries.

you know…

I’ve only experienced it on tv, with my son who plays all the time.. he is just 26, but has been playing golf (which his Dad and Mom have never played) since the age of 12.

i’m shocked, shocked i tell you.

this is close to what the shoes look like but in silver leather

any guesses on what the scandal of the week will be?

will it be obama and bitterness?

bush’s casual admission that he approved torture?

a yet to be disclosed scandal?

But every new “leader” needs an example.
From an unlikely source:

“There was no evidence of a wedding: no decorations, no musical instruments found, no large quantities of food or leftover servings one would expect from a wedding celebration,” Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt (search) said Saturday. “There may have been some kind of celebration. Bad people have celebrations, too.”

But video that APTN shot a day after the attack shows fragments of musical instruments, pots and pans and brightly colored beddings used for celebrations, scattered around the bombed out tent.

An AP reporter and photographer, who interviewed more than a dozen survivors a day after the bombing, were able to identify many of them on the wedding party video — which runs for several hours.

The conspiracy of silence scares the shit out of me. I fear we’ve jumped the shark. How can the fourth estate ignore the fact that The President of the United States has confessed that he’s a war criminal? Especially so after his five-year denial of the fact that we commit torture, and now he has admitted to authorizing it five years ago and multiple times since. Is there nothing left of the American sense of justice?

yes
yes
yes
yes
and yes

wait….

no, rather I’ll be plesantly surprised if they talk about bush’s torture admission

denial is a powerful emotion that is hard to overcome. but we must overcome the media’s and their reluctance to admit they were and still are lax in the performance of their duties as the 4th estate.

msm = pillocks

bad people celebrate too.

head hanging in shame

Egads, my stomach is churning listening to Shotgun Hillary Clinton talk about Obama’s “elitism”.

Jeebus.

-G

Also, relax it’s just fascism.

-G

The “media”, if compelled to report these kinds of stories, must fall back on, “We have been investigating this for some time and we are now ready to confirm that…”

This still infant communication device that we play with will advance to the next phase when we figure out how to drive the other MSM’s agenda. Seems right now that we’re trying to bust through the ceiling to get upstairs. We need ladders.

Oh and that Evan Meacham is just sooooooooo serious.

-G

boa noite, pups
sleep well

boa noite wobbly

Per http://www.aclu.org/safefree/g.....80412.html

WASHINGTON – In a stunning admission to ABC news Friday night, President Bush declared that he knew his top national security advisers discussed and approved specific details of the CIA’s use of torture. Bush reportedly told ABC, “I’m aware our national security team met on this issue. And I approved.” Bush also defended the use of waterboarding.

Recent reports indicate that high-level advisers including Dick Cheney, Condoleeza Rice, Donald Rumsfeld, Colin Powell and George Tenet were part of the National Security Council’s “Principals Committee” that met regularly and approved the CIA’s use of “combined” “enhanced” interrogation techniques, even pushing the limits of the now infamous 2002 Justice Department “torture memo.” These top advisers reportedly signed off on how the CIA would interrogate suspects – whether they would be slapped, deprived of sleep or subjected to simulated drowning.

“We have always known that the CIA’s use of torture was approved from the very top levels of the U.S. government, yet the latest revelations about knowledge from the president himself and authorization from his top advisers only confirms our worst fears,” said Anthony D. Romero, Executive Director of the ACLU. “It is a very sad day when the president of the United States subverts the Constitution, the rule of law, and American values of justice.”

Romero added, “It is more important than ever that the U.S. government, when seeking justice against those it suspects of harming us, adhere to our commitment to due process and the rule of law. That’s why the ACLU has taken the extraordinary step to offer our assistance to those being prosecuted under the unconstitutional military commissions process. We unfortunately can’t erase or make up for what has already happened, but at least we can attempt to restore some of the values and some semblance of due process that the Bush administration has squandered in the name of national security.”

The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on Congress to demand an independent prosecutor to investigate possible violations by the Bush administration of laws including the War Crimes Act, the federal Anti-Torture Act, and federal assault laws.

“No one in the executive branch of government can be trusted to fairly investigate or prosecute any crimes since the head of every relevant department, along with the president and vice president, either knew or participated in the planning and approval of illegal acts,” said Caroline Fredrickson, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. “Congress cannot look the other way; it must demand an independent investigation and independent prosecutor.”

Fredrickson added, “Congress is duty-bound by the Constitution not only to hold the president, vice president, and all civil officers to account, but it must also send a message to future presidents that it will use its constitutional powers to prevent illegal, and immoral conduct.”

The ACLU’s letter calling for an independent prosecutor for torture crimes and any criminal cover up is available at:
www.aclu.org/pdfs/safefree/let.....7_1213.pdf

ABC’s recent news story is available online at:
http://abcnews.go.com/TheLaw/L.....038;page=1

Fredrickson added, “Congress is duty-bound by the Constitution not only to hold the president, vice president, and all civil officers to account, but it must also send a message to future presidents that it will use its constitutional powers to prevent illegal, and immoral conduct.”

NOW can we impeach?

Prolly not.

Aww, you should click on my name for more links and analysis…! ;-)

I thought the video was hilarious!

fork

i like the idea of everyone calling nancy’s office and asking now that bush has admitted he is a war criminal by authorizing torture, can we PLEASE impeach. we need to be calling her and our congresscritter every day - putting pressure on them to do their forking job now

This still infant communication device that we play with will advance to the next phase when we figure out how to drive the other MSM’s agenda. Seems right now that we’re trying to bust through the ceiling to get upstairs. We need ladders.

So, it is my understanding that:

– overland radio/TV transmission (and even cable TV) is a crude and expensive broadcast medium. Satellite, Internet, and podcast are far more powerful and efficient.

– much of the rest of the world has fiber to the apartment, offering hundreds of megabits per second, e.g., Tokyo and Bejing.

– a person with a relatively low budget can set up a TV studio in their office.

So, why can’t the left set up alternative news shows? Already some are doing so but not yet at top resolutions. But things are happening very fast now.

You’re talking about Amy Goodman.
At this stage, we need thousands of “Amy’s” singing in unison.
But OK.

I still think that blog comment warfare is among the effective forms of political activism.

http://www.slowpokecomics.com/.....ctive.html

Now, they must impeach. General Yamasita was executed by the U.S. after WWII for failure to exercise command responsibility to stop war crimes by those he had authority to stop. The members of the House are just as responsibile as Yamashita if they fail to stop GWB via their constitutional power of impeachment.

This group certainly has the skills to take on such and operation.

.well, that is certainly your right to think so

just as it is certainly my right to disagree and wonder why you are here if you think this is such an ineffective method?

Has the MSM gotten around yet to ask John McCain whether he approves of President Bush’s approval of torture?

John McCain:
Where Do You Stand?
Time for a little Straight Talk

mcbush stands wherever boosh tells him to

or little dickie cheney

Repeated comments to the same link will be treated as an abuse of commenter privileges and they will be moderated.
Thank you.

Fair enough…

I am admin of a political discussion forum and have only deleted personal attacks but not people’s opinions, many of which I disagree with. But I am surprised that since so few of the comments on this thread have had to do with the “topic” that you found my remarks so threatening that you had to delete them.

My view is this: political discussion is a good thing, best kept civil and without censorship. But I also think that as far as detailed issue discussion goes, forums are a better format than blogs.

I have been an infrequent commenter on FDL for some time and a daily reader for 2 years. I posted a recipe once and participated in a late nite discussion another time.

I am not hostile to you, this blog or even the topic. I was just a bit turned off that the comments seemed to become a “chat room” instead of discussion about what was originally posted… which is what I thought was what “comments” are all about. That’s why I posted the link to Jen’s cartoon.

And believe it or not… I have participated in a “Bongothon For Peace”

Kindest regards…

this is the off topic thread, where there is no topic, gonzoid.

additionally, as front pager, i do not moderate my own threads. that is done by the lurking mod.

From the NY Times an article on medical Insurance that needs to be told to every American! We must have UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE FOR ALL AMERICANS!!

Health insurance companies are rapidly adopting a new pricing system for very expensive drugs, asking patients to pay hundreds and even thousands of dollars for prescriptions for medications that may save their lives or slow the progress of serious diseases.

With the new pricing system, insurers abandoned the traditional arrangement that has patients pay a fixed amount, like $10, $20 or $30 for a prescription, no matter what the drug’s actual cost. Instead, they are charging patients a percentage of the cost of certain high-priced drugs, usually 20 to 33 percent, which can amount to thousands of dollars a month.

The system means that the burden of expensive health care can now affect insured people, too.

No one knows how many patients are affected, but hundreds of drugs are priced this new way. They are used to treat diseases that may be fairly common, including multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, hemophilia, hepatitis C and some cancers. There are no cheaper equiv