Roll out the kegger, kids: (TPM via Digby)
Reader David F. reminds me of this anecdote from The Nelson Report, back in May 2004, via Josh Marshall:
We can contribute a second hand anecdote to newspaper stories on rising concern, last year, from Secretary of State Powell and Deputy Secretary Armitage about Administration attitudes and the risks they might entail: according to eye witnesses to debate at the highest levels of the Administration…the highest levels…whenever Powell or Armitage sought to question prisoner treatment issues, they were forced to endure what our source characterizes as "around the table, coarse, vulgar, frat-boy bully remarks about what these tough guys would do if THEY ever got their hands on prisoners…."
– let’s be clear: our source is not alleging "orders" from the White House. Our source is pointing out that, as we said in the Summary, a fish rots from its head. The atmosphere created by Rumsfeld’s controversial decisions was apparently aided and abetted by his colleagues in their callous disregard for the implications of the then-developing situation, and by their ridicule of the only combat veterans at the top of this Administration.
I keep thinking back to that trip to Europe not too long ago, with the German chancellor backrub/grope, the keg ‘o fish antics, and the disgusting talk with your mouth full to the poodle roll incident. Eight freaking years of a doofus at the helm with power lust and a vice president who isn’t shy about pushing him — and the whole of the US government — ever further to the heights of gory.
Jeebus, if you wrote this as fiction, no one would ever find the sheer level of idiocy and deliberate mendacity rolled into one package believable.
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Can we put impeachment back on the table now?
1st???
1′ish :)
It’s back!
impeach and incarcerate; repeat as needed
“Awesome speech, your Popiness.”
Re: tonight’s debate
ABC’s Charlie Gibson refers to them as “a boisterous crowd” outside the National Constitution Center where the debate will be tonight.
He means Protesters.
-Could somebody make Jake Tapper get off my teeVee-
…
Pennsylvania Poll
Franklin & Marshall College Poll Results – April 8-13, 2008
46% for Hillary
40% for Obama
14% undecided
Hillary was ahead 16% last month.
link takes you to a lot more information.
BTW- Is it too early to start talking of $200/bbl oil?
__________
Maybe a little
Wait until NEXT week.
I have been saying for years, if it was written as a novel this method to overthrow our government, that novel would be considered trash for how unlikley the scenario, and that americans would stand by and watch their government be overturned in a silent, bloodless coup
Americans should blame George Bush Sr.
He KNEW that his son was a nincompoop- and allowed him to become president.
Any man who had a patriotic bone in his body would have been out 24/7 sayin “don’t let my idiot kid fuck up our country”.
Re: the debate tonight
Hillary supporters outnumber Obama supporters.
America has been captured by enemies domestic.
Guess what? The Bush family only pretends to be patriotic. Heck, none of them will even serve in a war started by one of them. Mainly, they are either stealing something or looking for something to steal.
O/T (EPU’d from downstairs)
EPA to Bring Back Banned Pesticide Uses
Today, EPA announces they are revising their previous risk assessments and seek to re-register certain uses of these pesticides.
Today’s Federal Register — US EPA wants to re-register
certain uses of pentachlorophenol (contaminated with
chlorinated dibenzo dioxins/furans and hexachlorobenzene),
copper chromated arsenic compounds and creosote for
uses previously banned during the Clinton Administration
(note mention that pentachlorophenol poses cancer risks
for utility workers):
more here
No. I seem to recall that Rushbo was once warning his listeners of the “dire” consequences of an Al Gore Presidency, one side-effect would have been (according to “Pills”) gas at or above “$2.00 a gallon”.
The insanity of the 1600 Crew will be felt for generations, and there might never be a recovery to our former stature as a Nation. Amazing how one man can have so deleterious an effect on a nation, but not unforeseen.
The media narrative of The Decider Guy as a “regular guy” whom a voter would want to have over for a beer and a brat has been revived for McVain. His co-opting the media has begun in earnest and they are hardly looking below the surface to see that he’s no different from Bush. Other than the fact that he did not shirk is military service, he’s as batshit crazy in many, many ways. He’s hardly an intellectual match for either Obama or Clinton and he is, like Bush, seemingly proud of that.
“Forewarned is forearmed”, used to be useful expression in preparing to battle. Well we know what we’re facing… are we up to the challenge? I hope so.
Didn’t Jebidiah’s kid sign up fer the “Air National Guard Reserves on Saturday Only” or somethin?
1,814 DAYZ AND THE KILLIN’ GOEZ ON AND ON AND…
Citizen Hardin Smith and the Firepup Freedom Fighters:
How do we get this issue catapulted into the Democratic primary debate for the next week and beyond? And how do we leverage our numbers in e-mails and letters to get Pelosi to take the leash offa Conyers and initiate an impeachment inquiry in the House Judiciary Committee? It doesn’t matter what the outcome of the inquiry is…the issues and facts would be out there and forced into the Presidential campaign dialogue.
Is impeachment on the table yet?
KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION, WE ARE ALL RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR COUNTRY’S WARS!!
re the debate tonight:
McBush’s first words as Prez:
“I sure to hate to send more troops to war- but—–”
Oh yes! It occurs to me that there’s a world of difference between an untutored person with crude manners and an person who has had every opportunity and reason to learn better, but nevertheless puts crude manners on maximum display. One doesn’t know what others might think about things, but the other doesn’t give a damn: “So?” to the max.
Say it with me now, Daffy, sprezzatura!
is anyone blogging the debate live? The network is holding releasing any video until it has aired all the time zones.
Some Bush child signed up for and received a “direct” appointment as an intelligence officer in the Naval Reserves. Direct appointees (are in my humble opinion, as a former Naval Officer) scum-sucking political appointments, who feel they are too good to go to OCS and become part of the fleet. I had a “direct-appointee” in my unit, and he was less than worthless, knew nothing about the Navy and was always bothering the enlisted folks …. too much saluting.
Also, as an “intel” officer he is “restricted line” which means he’s not likely to get any closer to anything dangerous than my recently deceased grandfather, which is to say never.
Comin on ta Frau Merkel was among his finest hours.
“Awesome speech, your Popiness.”
I’m waitin’ for the highlights on Crooks N Liars…
Frickers aren’t airing the debate live here in the Isles, ABC is tape delaying it by 5 hours…! 8-(
what time does it start?
Heh. I have this picture on my office door… The wording of the caption isn’t exactly PC, but the idea is clear.
In an earlier post I suggested that Republicans were by and large merely a collection of thieves, liars, pedophiles, hypocrites, war criminals and mass murderers. This is merely common knowledge for those who are only willing to hear and see. I also suggested that the only good Republican should be either in prison or waiting for the trap door to drop. As Woody Guthrie once said, “some people will rob you with a six shooter and some will rob you with a fountain pen.”
Hey, JayT, long time no see…! ;-)
8 Eastern.
8pm Eastern…!
Look at the 2yr dollar vs Euro slide graph.
I would say that downslope has an R-Square in the high 80s’ to low 90’s (reflective of the tightness of the negative linear trend). That alone is gonna push the USD denominated bbl crude price up if it continues.
Tonight @ 8PM! Exclusive WebCast of the Clinton-Obama Debate LIVE from the National Constitution Center.
Bush expects to receive his commission in a month or two. He will go to officer candidate school in Rhode Island, then intelligence school in Virginia Beach. The commitment involves two weeks of annual training. He can volunteer for active duty or be deployed after he finishes his intelligence certification, which takes about two years.
He’ll have to run a mile and a half in 13 minutes, which he said he can do now, but he’s trying to get down to the 10 minutes and 30 seconds required for SEALs and special operations. He’s also a golfer and weightlifter.
Bush is chief operating officer and part owner of his firm, which provides equity capital to developers, most of whom are involved in specialty shopping centers with high-end tenants such as Starbucks.
Though he was raised in Florida, Bush settled in Texas after graduating from Rice University and the University of Texas Law School. He is a member of the board of directors of the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and the Fort Worth Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and is involved with the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Bush attends a small Catholic parish in downtown Fort Worth.
Bush was known as “George P.” during his frequent travels on his uncle’s plane during the 2000 campaign. He drew shrieks from the ladies and was compared to John F. Kennedy Jr. when he spoke at the Republican National Convention. During the 2004 campaign, he was a clerk for a federal judge; the Hatch Act prevented him from getting involved until the final months, when he had a heavy schedule of appearances in swing states with large Hispanic populations, including Florida, Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico.
Bush wouldn’t talk about any political plans of his own, but friends say they believe the family may soon be in store for another gubernatorial campaign.
8 P.M on ABC est but they aren’t airing it live. As Ctuttle says, tape delay. sucks. I have to go find a live blog that is not ABC. Probably head over to daily kos or TPM (though it will only be Josh blogging)
The talk with the mouth full stuff is just a cowboy twist on the preppy Go to Hell attitude that Bush feels he can afford. Up yours, everybody!
Agreed.
thanks for the info elliot
I’ll do it in comments here if anyone is interested… as much as I can.
Hiya – finally released from Our Lady of Perpetual Stomach Problems.
and hey, I’m not misssin’ a debate live-blog… *g*
Nice
And the style mimics those obnoxious and omnipresent “motivational” posters.
Funny as hell
Citizen Flamethrower, this is my fondest dream. How, indeed?
Thats George P. He’ll never get close to active duty but can later claim military experience when he’s running for office. It’s not like Prince Harry in any way. It’s all for show, but what else would anyone expect from a Bush?
Yeah. When someone knows better, that kind of crudeness is a simple act of aggression.
Than, along with, “Awesome speech, your holiness.”
“Corpo-aristocrats” as feared by Jefferson, more concerned with perpetuation of corporate driven profit than the wealth and health of the republic and its constitution. Executive Oil would meets FDR’s definition of “fascists!” I think America needs a snap of the towel on the arse, to wake up!
Priceless. I’m printing it out and putting it on our new laptop cover.
George P is 30 years old.
He’ll have to be at least 35 before becoming Governor of Texas- so he’s got some time to kill
She prolly skipping the Olympics just to not to meet him again … *g*
You think that the Bush “brand” will survive Bunnypants? I wonder…especially if there are ever any prosecutions.
bingo.
It all says I want you to know how little respect I have for you.
((JoFish)) obrigada, I would appreciate it
Heh, I thought you were laying low from Joe Wilson…! ;-)
Clusterfuck figured his whole life that when he was walkin around slappin people and makin fun of them- he was WORKING.
If you loathe those “motivational” posters as much as I do, you will LOOOOVE these folks. The inside of my office has almost no wall space left — it’s all taken up with “demotivators.”
What’s with this (tape delay)?
~ Winston Churchill
No Bush will win office unless brush futures hits $5 Million a Bushel …
He’s Naval Reserve, not Air Force
Okay, well let me go feed tha dawgs and get settled in with my laptop in front of the toob… is it on CNN this time around? Will I have to watch the beard? ps.. I will do it on the set with DVR so I can rerun stuff if I miss anything particularly good..
Hugely ironic.
The Demotivators site has the Bush administration’s foreign policy right there on the home page.
Increase success by lowering expectations.
Hey, Marion, thanks for these. We ought to be able to dream up a few additions, eh?
I certainly hope that their days as a political dynasty are over. If so, that will be the single positive accomplishment coming from George W. Bush. If he’s destroyed the Republic Party, then we should raise a statue of him.
((marion)) This site is great. I personally love the ‘ambition’ poster *g*
Sssshhhhhh………
As far as y’all are concerned, I was never here, ok?
But But But…yer talking like 9/11 never happened! /s
it was news to me.
Wha .. Joe Wilson poisoned a pregnant firepup ?!! I’m calling the National Enquirer right away … *g*
Apparently, you’re a Right Coaster…! We Lefties are often tape delayed so as not to interupt normal television patterns…
GREAT!
I propose this one as the order of the day for the White House:
“Teamwork
A few harmless flakes working together can unleash an avalanche of destruction.”
If I had to guess….I aould say they want to capitalize as much as possible on audience share in each media market. So they make the rest of us wait until it is 8pm in our respective time zones or you tap into the local affiliate stations back east.
True, but I didn’t say he was in the Air Force Reserve.
Heartlander. We get no respect at all. *g*
it’s on ABC, right?
One of the creepiest world leader moments evah. Ewwwwwwww….
Don’t think I can handle another fuckin DEBATE!
This leaves so many possible responses, I think I’d better just go eat dinner.
Splash..opps, tripped.:)
Hi all! Sorry OT, but.wow, LOTS of ‘bits and pieces’ in this article…
Introducing the other Guantanamo
By David Vine
‘On the small, remote island of Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean halfway between Africa and Indonesia, the United States has one of the most secretive military bases in the world.
From its position almost 16,000 kilometers closer to the Persian Gulf than the east coast of the United States, this huge US air and naval base has been a major, if little known, launch pad for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.’
http://atimes.com/atimes/Front_Page/JD17Aa01.html
Yea, he only had to deal with that little thing called world War II ;-)
Central time zone then, eh?
considering the other crap masquerading as television programming, a debate will be at least interesting (although stale)
Yeah- imagine if he’d succeeded—
911 call- “his is Frau Merkel in room 405- I goota creep in my pants!”
Sure you can. Obama will sing “Fly Me To The Moon” and you’ll love it :)
yeah, with their own little version of enhanced interrogation centers and detainees. But Gitmo is so sunny and wonderful!
I love that website. Every year, Mr. ReddHedd and I sit around and laugh at their posters and I threaten to get him one for his office wall. Maybe this year, I’ll sneak one in and surprise him. *g*
Marion, this site is great!
Incompetence: when you compensate for a lack of skill by redoubling your efforts, there’s no stopping what you can’t do.
ROFLMAO.
And, kids, you can make your own! Wow. almost as great as the freeway blogger!
This closes the deal for me regarding The Sheik.
Check ball.
Aargh, Eliot Engel of NY, just said on the House floor that he is embarrassed and disappointed with Carter for meeting with Hamas… WTF?
What is that quote? If an institution persists even tho the objective seems to be failing, you don’t understand what the real objective is. BushCo, inc Poppy, meant to seize control, and rob everyone blind. i think they will leave 1/20/09 (please God) because the place has been gutted. what else is there to take?
OMG, no! We don’t talk to opposing parties ie. enemies. We bomb them. FGS, doesn’t Jimmy know that by now?
There’s a new book: Bombing your way to YES! j/k
It’s disheartening when our own side is submitting bills calling for condemning Carter’s outreach efforts…!
what else is there to take?
the ‘w’ keys on the keyboards.
Bobby got game.
Speaking of Angela’s….
Of course Clusterfuck is a classic manipulator…he figured that Merkel didn’t get much sexual attention so a little flirt would go a long way with her…it’s particularly insulting when you see how the fucker thinks.
Mr. No Hops, with his Wax Museum defense.
I tell these Iverson-wannabees “dawg, I may be 62, but I warn ya, I got the moves and reflexes of a 50 yr old.”
Live bloggin upstairs…
me too, except I’m 47. after a few games of pick-up at the Y, it sinks in that the young turks aren’t passing to me for a very good reason.
In street pickup, the only pass is usually the inbound pass.
Seriously, when you play with these young cats, you had better drop your first bucket if you get a look. Or you will not handle the rock again.
I play a ton of 5-on-5 full court at the 24 Hour Fitness here where all the big dogs hang. Lotta ex-pros and Div I players along with the street cats (and us “Old School/grey dudes”).
well I’d never be able to shoot my way into those games.
the only thing worse than my defense is my free-throw shooting. and my perimeter shooting. and my move off the ball. I can set an OK screen.
Going to the meaningless final Warriors game tonight. How sad is it that a fun and exciting (albeit frustrating) 48-33 Western Conference team is excluded from the playoffs while five Eastern teams with worse records (as bad as 37-44) make it in?
I started playing hoops at age 43, mostly in city parks, where you had to shoot up “first 5 / second 5″, so I worked on my charity stripe shot to where it’s now consistently between 80 and 90%. Got me in a lot of games.
I also play at some gyms where they do “1’s and 2’s to 15″ — where shots from beyond the arc are worth 2 instead of 1. I worked that shot up to better than 50% for a while (was goin’ out on Sunday afternoons and shoot around 300-400 attempts from beyond the arc).
I’m mostly an assist player though. And I play hard “D”, got the suture scars and ortho injuries to prove it.
50% on a good day for me. the tre? don’t ask. I’m better at darts.
may we meet on a geezer court some day!
A friend sent this link to me a few hours ago. That’s the ASIA times, folks, not the LA Times. Had me fooled for a minute, too. Let’s spotlight it over at NewsTrust and get some attention for it.
Thanks,
Bob in HI
Geez, I’ve spent considerable at both the “Original” and the “Other” Guantanamos. I hope it isn’t a bad omen…
considerable time, that is.
I guess we won’t have Joe Klein writing a version of “Primary Colors” for this administration. It would be too sad, since it would have to include all the human tragedy unfolding around the Boy King. Although I’ll bet that Jane Hamsher could really do the whole criminal gang justice.
Yeah, that’d be cool. Geezer hoops.
;)
My money shot in games is the 17-20 baseline or flats set shot. Gimme my look and I will rain on your homeboy ass.
“…who the fuck is guardin’ Old School?…”
Drivin’ to the hole is not my thing. No shake, all bake.
you’ll have to spot me points on lingo! :~)
I had read about the Angela Merkel groping and the talking/chewing with the mic on episode; however, I had never seen video. My first reaction when I looked at the video stills is, “he’s drunk”. Has anyone heard of any speculation/rumor (from credible sources) that he may be drunk on these types of occasions?