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So!

Wrong again, Gramps. Go back to napping and watching afternoon tv.

So which is it? Conflict over or 100 more years?

How hard was that???

Then…. why are we there???

laughed at that earlier today Jane -

and apparently someone else forgot we live in a youtube world

I’m sure the media will announce this to the troops overseas.

Right? They can come home now, correct?

OT but any Chicago area folks shold be concerned: Chicago Tribune

TRIBUNE EXCLUSIVE: EPA’s top Midwest regulator forced out
Mary Gade, based in Chicago, says Bush administration made her quit over Dow Chemical case

By Michael Hawthorne | Tribune reporter
2:40 PM CDT, May 1, 2008

The Bush administration forced its top environmental regulator in the Midwest to quit Thursday after months of internal bickering about dioxin contamination downstream from Dow Chemical’s world headquarters in Michigan.

In an interview with the Tribune, Mary Gade said two top political appointees at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington stripped her of her powers as regional administrator and told her to quit or be fired by June 1.

Gade said she had told the agency she would resign her position, based in Chicago.

…

Though regional EPA administrators typically have wide latitude to enforce environmental laws, Gade drew fire from officials in Washington last month after she sent contractors to test soil in a Saginaw neighborhood where Dow had found high dioxin levels.

She said top lieutenants to Stephen Johnson, the national EPA administrator, repeatedly questioned her aggressive action against Dow, which long ago acknowledged it is responsible for the dioxin contamination but has resisted federal and state involvement in cleanup plans.

“There is no question this is about Dow,” Gade said. “I stand behind what I did and what my staff did. I’m proud of what we did.”

…

What most people don’t realize is, just after the cameras stopped rolling for the McCain interview – he said “HEY YOU KIDS! GET OFFA MY LAWN!”

I doubt anyone in the media will ask McCain about his statements now. Republics always get a pass. It may have been in one of those signing statements somewhere. Too bad those aren’t important enough to report about either.

It is so difficult to understand why Republics think it’s OK for companies to behave this way. It’s also hard to understand why Republics encourage that behavior. They have to be soulless.

wow
he has the BushCo logic down, the banner said the Mission was Accomplished, so there ya go!

Jeez, McCain reminds me of the scene in Moonstruck where the grandfather is crying and someone asks him why.

“I’m confused!”

I know gramps is a bulshit guy, but when Dana Perino says the banner can’t be attributed to bush, then thats the end of the story.

The actual meaning of ‘Mission’ is now in play until Republics find a meaning that works for them. Parrots at Fox, please stand by.

big surprise here, mkkkain is actually demonstrating he’s a bigger military moron the both the president and the vice president

that’s incredible, I didn’t think it would be possible to find a bigger military idiot then those in our administration

Dana “Lying sack of cute” Peroxide has been pushing the idea that the WH had nothing to do with the banner, just like all her predecessors have done.

Except the WH early on admitted that they prepared the banner.

Exactly. it’s not like they didn’t know this was the World Series Grand Slam photo op to beat all photo ops.

I’m now officially offering my political consulting services to whichever Dem gets the nomination.

My campaign strategy? Just let McGaffeMcCain talk.

Hey, McCain! Yeah, you, John Sidney McCain III. Fuck you.

Also, let’s say the friggin’ banner was never there. The entire Bush speech is saying all major combat operations are over. And we’re going home. We don’t occupy and exploit. hahahahahaha. We can still mock that.

So why do we need to keep sending troops over there Senator?

Losing

I don’t know if this is OT or frivolous, but has anyone else seen this story:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/200…..scort_list
DC Madam commits suicide.
In terms of what she knew….hmmm…

Because they’ve already been their and miss their iraqui friends?
Because they were foolish enough to volunteer?
Because so many of them are underprivileged anyway, so this works very well for them?

Thank you Senator.

I’ve been waiting for more info to come out.

Seems convenient, no?

Have I become a DFCT (dirty, f*cking conspiracy theorist?)
People who believe the Banner, will believe anything.

1,829 dayz and the killin’ goez on and on and…

Citizen demi:

Is there an echo in here…I asked the same question up stream a ways and the crickets drove me deaf waitin for a response.

It seems that our secret police and intelligence services are collectin’ the bodies and tryin’ ta tidy up before a new administration with a real Attorney General and special prosecutors hits town.

Are we fucked in this country er what??!! And Mrs. McClinton would do what exactly ta clean up the corruption she and Mr. Bill have made over $100million on in the last 3 years?

Give me a break!

KEEP THE FAITH AND PASS THE AMMUNITION BEFORE THE DOTS GET CONNECTED RIGHT AROUND OUR NECKS!!

hard to know what actually happened, or where her thoughts were yesterday -in spite of things she said at other times- but there better be a full and open investigation

John McCain is a first-class motherfucker. Just like his good buddies Bush and Lieberman.

It seems that our secret police and intelligence services are collectin’ the bodies and tryin’ ta tidy up before a new administration with a real Attorney General and special prosecutors hits town.
But, we will always have The Banner Proclamation.

I’m sure there was. And I’m sure it’s about over.

I sure hope she salted away many copies of video and audio tapes, as well as client lists.

The report I read said there were a couple of suicide notes. Wouldn’t those be hard to effectively fake? I mean, if there were a real investigation?

A disturbing off topic, today is the “National Day of Prayer”, which is supposedly to bring different faiths together… …not anymore.
To be a coordinator for this years state sponsored events, one must pledge,

I believe that the Holy Bible is the inerrant Word of The Living God. I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the only One by which I can obtain salvation and have an ongoing relationship with God. I believe in the deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, his virgin birth, his sinless life, his miracles, the atoning work of his shed blood, his resurrection and ascension, his intercession and his coming return to power and glory. I believe that those who follow Jesus are family and there should be unity among all who claim his name. I agree that these statements are true in my life.

No state endorsement of religion there, no siree.

May I add, her poor mother!

I assume they would… …if there was a real investigation.

Too bad Bush’s “claim his name” goes unchallenged.

Hi Jane!

Sooo, this means StCain can fly right on over there, strip to his skivvies & just dive right in to the Tigris for a game ‘a water polo. Kool!

How’s next Thurs. sound Jonnie?

Tarpon Springs is just north of me. She had been in prison for prostitution in the 90’s and has stated numerous times that she would never spend a day in federal prison. It’s unfortunate that she did this on her mother’s property. Who did she think was going to find her? Mother is in her late 70’s or early 80’s. She left a number of notes telling of her intention.

Dang! I had my “One True God” pin right here. Where is it when it’s needed, sigh.

Next Thursday? No time like the present I say!

Cindy! Fire up the jet, Johnny’s going swimming!

If it also has a flag motif then you are dressing right!

OT: Per press reports, Jeane Palfrey (the DC Madam) has committed suicide. Given the information she had on enormously powerful people, I’m suspicious about the claim of “suicide.”

Forgive me for my seeming lack of compassion.
I hadn’t read upthread yet.

If we’re weeping for the Madame here on three successive threads while the rest of the world goes to p@t, what – pray tell – will the MSM do to uncover the story and still stick to their guns on not bothering this poor downtrodden administration, hounded at every turn even while they single-handedly salvage the last drop of oil under the sea?

Hey guys.

Mission accomplished. So what’s 100 years of mop-up duty? I’m fine with that.

sorta like a 2-headed lead nickel.

See my #41. This lady was no dummy. I think we can rest assured that any documented information she had is in a safe place, perhaps to be released to the public per her instructions. She had threatened to release her client list once before. Now she’s got nothing to lose by it’s release. A parting shot, shall we say. I hope there are some pols in DC sweating bullets for the next couple of weeks.

Bye fellas. I’ve avoided dinner prep. long enuf. When the head cook’s tummy starts growling, it’s past time…

Stay safe, dear pups.

BBC is reporting that Sami al Haj an al Jazeera reporter arrested in 2001 and held in Guantanamo has been released to Sudan.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7378828.stm

McCain has cottoned on to the Rovian conceit that he can invent his own reality; he doesn’t need anybody else’s to get elected. A choice he’s betting his campaign on. It’s up to the Democratic Party and us to remind voters what’s real and what’s Bushspeak.