McCain: sucks at Risk.
Sooo sad. John McCain’s grasp of geography has never been the same since the breakup of Pangaea. How can we expect him to be the Diplomat-in-Chief if he doesn’t even know what a globe is? These increasingly frequent international senior moments makes one nostalgic for those "aw shucks" Huckabee foreign policy fuckups.
If McCain can’t distinguish between Iran and Iraq, how does he expect people to buy his line that he’s always been right about the war? Unless, of course, he’s just pandering to those Americans who can’t find the United States on a map.
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1!
Zed again. Hi, Watertiger!
Hi Watertiger! Enjoyed meeting you and your friends on Friday.
watertiger!
nope!
D’oh! Hi Betsy!
Hey, TexBetsy!
right back atcha. Dinner was so much fun!
omg “breakup of Pangaea” LO-fucking-L
Aloha, Water Tiger!
He’s certainly old enough…! ;-)
Can we just exile him and Barbie to Kamchatka? I doubt they’d ever find their way out, not in Risk™ but in real life…
:-)
Dude’s so old, he watched the first fish climb out of the water.
Let’s call it what it is. This guy is senile.
Tough guys fight wars, but smart guys win them. Once upon a time, McCain was tough. He was never smart. And, he was never a foreign-policy expert.
Hiya, WT! Good thing Texas borders Connecticut, George won’t have so far to go to get home.
Pleasure to have met you Friday!
Ahoy, matey!
Hi Watertiger. It was great meeting you. Do you think it might be time to bring Joey shortride back in to check McCain’s bearings again? I can’t imagine anyone else is willing to take on the job.
Leno says his Social Security number is 8.
Watertiger, where is the US on a map?
Sorry if I was a little spacey. I was still defrosting from the meat locker/convention center.
It is just too incredible to even digest….the only way that Iraq borders Pakistan is if Kuwait does not exist at all….now…it is possible that with the “new Iraq” map, they will make the old Iraq part of Kuwait, and therefore, Iraq would border Pakistan…So..the question is…is the new Iraq an expansion of Saudi Arabia…..??? Has Saudi Arabia taken over Iraq and Kuwait????
Hmmm…might suit Bandar Bush just fine.
looking forward to Oxdown where we can live blog Daily Show—spoilers and all.
And yes, he did cover the above issue along with lots of what we’ve been writing about the last couple of days. Somehow Jon and his writers have a way of boiling it down into concise statements that get to the heart of it and though he does it for comic effect, we here know it isn’t really funny. Sort of.
wow!
the “upstairs freshness” is posting again!!!
WAY kewl.
They fixed something that I have missed!!!! and others too, I’ve read.
:)
I guess Lieberman’s not allowed past the gates at Kennebunkport.
It’s restricted, doncha know.
McCain is self destructing before our eyes. Even without the Maliki statements (the coup de grace for the McCain campaign), he is single handedly destroying his own credibility as a foreign policy expert. He makes a not too bright 8th grader look good.
*steps back from the volunteer line*
Can we give McSame the test that new citizens have to take? You know the one where they have to tell parts of the actual Constitution, and know a few things about how the government is supposed to work?
He’d probably flunk.
Then that lawyer who thinks he’s really not eligible to run for POTUS can use that as some more evidence in his case.
I did enjoy that…! 8-)
north, south, east and west of Tikrit?
Spacey? I resemble that remark.
Actually I think he watched the birth of the first fish.
dugg
I’m having trouble keeping up a conversation with anyone because of the fast almost onslaught of posts. Which are more like comments than posts. (I have to do actual things, I don’t just sit and read ALL day, but I used to be able to complete a conversation…..
Between Iraq and Pakistan, and Iraq and Afghanistan, lies…Iran.
Damn. What a coincidence.
Dr. Dick!
And he seems to have lost his base. At least for today, the MSM isn’t playing along.
also in today’s news … McCain, not Maliki, knows ‘what Iraqis want’
McThuselah
OMG! There’s a Tikrit in the middle of the US. Someone shoot! I here there’s terraists there.
Mc….What was my name again?
Me too, siri. I’m prolly not making a lick of sense.
you’re not alone.
OT, but I have to share this special, and very rare, Montana moment with you. Went fishing this morning at my usual place, but did not catch anything. I did have a rather special fishing companion for a while, however. I was standing up to my knees in the river fishing and a bald eagle came flying up the river about 4-5 feet above the water. He flew right in front of me and then landed on the root ball of a down tree in a big logjam on the gravel bar about 20-30 feet away from me. He just sat there watching me fish for about 20 minutes and then flew off to a big tree about 100 yards away, where he staid until I left an hour later. Have to say that pretty much makes up for not catching any fish. I definitely need to start taking my camera with me out there. This is why I love Montana.
McAncient
I wonder what Adinnerjacket thinks about being called “the Iraq/Pakistan border.” Can’t make the ayatollahs very happy either. But if Cheney glassifies it, maybe Iran will be just the border.
This, placed in the middle of a post with no spew warning attached, is dangerous. I was lucky that I wasn’t eating chicken noodle soup. I’ve never looked my best with noodles coming out of my nose…
McDecrepit
When was the last time he made it to a hearing or the floor for a vote?
Campaigning must be hard work.
WT, can I just say that the photo of that kid who ‘fucking loves coloring’ is the best evah.
What a nice moment for you – sounds wonderful. That’s Montana for sure.
Camera. Never leave home without it. But thanks for the visual, Dr.
He has just about the worst record in the Senate. Obama has also missed a lot, but has done much better. Wonder if I could get paid for my job while I was galavanting all over the country interviewing for my new job and never showing up for work?
McBigbang.
so cool! they are majestic.
Absolutely beautiful.
Doc,if you would have caught something only to have him swoop down and snatch it from the end of your line, the moment would have been complete.
BTW, greetings from the Great Swamp.
It’s “I’m a dinner jacket”.
well, lol
i’m chasing you around!
i’m trying to talk to you and i’m like chasing you down to continue this conversation.
and i had another one going, but i’m afraid that’s lost and i hope i don’t seem rude!!
lol
some guy called into a radio show just to say, man, mccain is a parody of himself. “The dude is OLD! That’s not bias. He’s OLD.” the host couldn’t contain her snicker, and she’s usually pretty straight and cordial with other people’s opinions.
I’m waiting for McOLD to say he’s gonna build a fence on the Mexican/Canadian border…
how does he expect people to buy his line that he’s always been right about the war?
Has anyone ever verified that McBrain is talking about the same war as everybody else?
I mean, the Spanish-American War seems to be coming along quite nicely…
Saw a McCain commercial today where they said he has always supported the troops. And McCain approved that message.
*gigggggle* jimwhite
Oh hell, now I’m embarasked I might have missed it!
Wrong thing to read with a mouthful of vodka and cranberry juice.
McCain: “I have an excellent record on [issue]. I have the full support of all the organizations that pay attention to [that issue]. I’m John McCain and that’s the way I see the facts as they are.”
Actually I think that is what he was waiting for. Got bored when he saw what a lousy fisherman I am. 8-P
I have never seen one this close in the wild, except from the car before. He was totally unconcerned about me, even when I left the water to change lures once. It really was a special moment and they really are magnificent animals.
that’s one of the best no fish fishing stories i’ve heard, dr dick
Sorry, Ron. You should try SaranWrap on the monitor.
It’s my mood lifter.
Tee hee. I had overlooked the McCain: Sucks at Risk caption.
Brilliant!!
Hi Suzanne! Please excuse my lack of manners.
How’s that quilt coming?
Wonder if the eagle went home empty-clawed and had to tell a story about the one that got away….
We have crossed a threshold. Nobody in their right mind takes McCain seriously any more. So, the people to be on the lookout for are those who pretend to. They are either lying sacks of shit attempting to scam the country for their own selfish gain, or they are every bit as demented as McCain himself. In either case, they are to be shunned.
Maniac coloring kid always gives me a smile. Makes me want to break out the crayons.
the quilt – well, all that keeping the place clean and now packing has put the quilt on the back burner. it is going in the car with me up to oregon where i will be able to work on it without having to put the sewing machine away every night just in case
I’ll bet he blamed it on Dr. Dick.
Wow! Makes the day worth living–what a moment.
I do think the Repub convention will be fun with everyone pretending they are excited about their candidate. The speeches probably should be recorded for the future.
I am used to it, my students do it all the time. They never read the text, don’t come to class, and it is my fault they flunked.
I’ll bet he blamed it on Dr. Dick.
And the strange weapon in his hand which kept scaring all the fish away…
That’s right, I heard you sold the place, congrats!
And the quilt will be beautiful when it’s done. I don’t think I could attempt anything but squares or straight lines. *g*
Displaying their enthusiasm by the degree of rigor mortis which has set in.
Photos!!
During Netroots Nation
Last night at “the garden room” of a vegetarian restaurant.
Given visible energy and momentum being generated by Obama’s ME visits, with Maliki in perticular, and what can only be described as a budding presidential aura, now the attack line is “he is presumptuously negotiating with Iraqis, he broke a taboo and revealed contents of a private meeting, he has overstepped“. gah.
Indeed, I have often wondered about this.
It pays big bucks to lie for Foxs and Corporate Media, so I sorta get that. It’s hard work to make the steaming pile so very appealing.
It is made easier though with people who refuse to admit they’ve been fooled. One of my most rational relatives gets upset with me when I mention the many many many blunders of McCain (he’s voting for BO) because (i think) he cannot grasp the fact that his earlier assessment of McCain (as maverick) could have been so wrong. Or that it was possible for proud people to be stupid enough to have bought it once upon a time.
It’s even more shameful to think someone pulled something over on you than to be the con artist in some people’s eyes.
This is OT but I need to get it in SOMEWHERE.
In CO we are being inundated with a new commercial on teevee during the afternoons and eves. it plays back to back in many cases. it’s a john mccain green background and white stick figures and a really catchy jingle in the background telling us all to “Just text, ATMATM, just text!!!
If you are lost, or cornfused or an anvil just dropped on your stick figure bf, and you just really need an ATM due to the event, you just text ATMATM and the location of a nearest ATM pops in on your cell phone.
This commercial started around the beginning of the last FISA fight.
So I’m thinkin’ there the big push cause they can easily, and with your cooperation, link your cell phone to your bank account, or some such other invasive evil thing.
And that’s my opinion, and it oughta be yours! j/k a saying i love to throw around in fun…..
and this opinion is no where NEAR my tin foil material. this just makes sense to me.
do you ever get calls from parents?
Let me guess… their parents agree?
i bet those students don’t get hit with the i told you to ignore that fool and his tools like the eagle did from his mrs when he went home
No eagles, but I do have a nesting pair of Mississippi kites on my property.
Nope. I have never heard from a single parent, even though I do periodically get whiners come in and try to get their grade changed. Helps to have a reputation as being tough (but fair). Almost never change grades unless I made a mistake somewhere.
*head desk*
Aaarrrrghhhh!!!
we havea new garden fountain that attracts hummingbirds that like to “wash their butts” as my nature loving family puts it.
Early night for me. Goodnight, all-the best of all possible tomorrows to you all.
g’nite rond
Night RonD. Enjoy the humidity. ;-)
sleep well ron d
What is funny about all this is that it will in no way affect the media’s portrayal of McCain as an expert on national security.
Goodnight to everyone from me, too.
Back to the last thread about O’Reilly calling me a KKK type. That can’t stand. I am pissed off. I checked Fox’ news site, and of course there’s no place to contact anyone important…
What are we going to do? He called so many respected people akin to KKK members.
That’s some weird stuff there, siri. I’d be suspicious too.
sleep well. how’s your cold?
Nighters, Ron.
ok
well
i can’t do the constant reload thing any more t’night.
night all.
sweet dreammmmmsss
Night Jim
Oh that’s good. I read a little while ago about a disturbing trend of those parents who don’t let go and when johnny gets a bad grade (in college!) they call the prof. they feel they have a right to because they’re footing the bill. One of the profs interviewed says he doesn’t take their calls anymore. Another just asks the parents when they will let their kids become adults and take responsibility. and then hangs up.
Sweet dreams, Jim!
Well of course he overstepped. That’s what uppity people do, isn’t he?
F*ck’em if they can’t take a joke.
We could boycott his sponsors.
But since no one we know needs “Verbal Advantage,” I doubt it would have any effect.
yeah i really wonder if it’s showing in other states.
nite jim, nite ron.
Wait, that didn’t come out right.
It really is as though they are the Stepford Media, living inside a hermetically sealed bubble where no new information which might threaten their pre-determined narrative is allowed to enter. Either that or their heads are so far up their asses that they can lick their tonsils.
peeps, had The Flight from Hell home last night, so I’m going to retire a bit early.
All you Austinites – I love your town!
According to the peeps who keep track, McCain last appeared on the Senate floor for a vote on April 23, 2008. Since then, he has been ‘missing in action’.
He is busy criticizing Obama’s votes on this or that – but McSlime hasn’t actually voted on ANYTHING since April 23. Good place to be attacking someone who actually manages to get back to DC once in a while and do his current, actual job.
Hi, newton!
Is Verbal Advantage code for something?
Oh it has happened to colleagues of mine and other faculty I know. I am not sure why it hasn’t happened to me, especially as I am a fairly tough grader.
Can’t find a map?
Yeah, that’s pretty mean and personal. Billo is a whiner and so very bugged about being left out of all the fun.
what a creep. I hope you enjoyed the gathering. don’t let a jerk steal your fun!
Watertiger!
McCain: Sucks at Risk
That would make a cool t-shirt.
Thanks, watertiger! Sorry your flight was a bitch, sweet dreams.
Gooper lessons for arguing better. It’s a real product.
wow – very cool.
and i were a fish i’d be hiding from the two of you too.
g’nite siri
g’nite jimwhite
Oh! how do they handle it? Do they invite them to audit the class???
sleep well watertiger. i have a couch whenever you decide to come back!
g’nite watertiger
707!
Night WT. Get better soon.
They’d need the phonetic version Newt! ;-)
This is a nice juicy talking point!
Isn’t mcshrub one of those who want to fight the Russians over arctic oil? Perhaps rethug geographic knowledge is limited to the waging of politcally convenient wars of discretion
I swear to Gahd, the commercial stresses pronunciation.
Thought it was a Bob Dole product endorsement, or something…
According to the peeps who keep track, McCain last appeared on the Senate floor for a vote on April 23, 2008. Since then, he has been ‘missing in action’.
And I assume that he’s refused his Senate pay-check during that time? /s
Nice “work” if ya can get it.
Like ABBA!
gtg pups! rock on.
Come back….!!!! We love our town too!!! Austin is…well…Austin…
Mostly just tell them (politely) to get a life and let their child take responsibility fro her/his own life. That and suggesting that if little Johnny/Jenny actually attended class and read the text (s)he might actually do better.
Oh yeah, we can work with that!
At least Hillary and Barack have been back since.
Heh, Shrub must’ve been the shining example for the need, eh?
kerry was pretty bad in 2004 at not showing up to vote (don’t know if he was mccain level of bad though). those of us in MA who thought his job was supposed to be representing us were pretty pissed.
Crikey. It was a stern Gergen who said it tonight. very stern.
Good point. Let’s get David on this. I am not happy be compared to the KKK.
g’nite dosido
So how much pay does that come to from 4/24 to present? Sorry, math challenged. Or maybe just lazy.
I love ABBA, and I totally resent McBush hijacking Super Trooper….or anything else….no…I won’t let him…I won’t let go of it…don’t you dare…stop it…let go…let go…right now!!! That music does not belong to Neocons. Period.
Yeah, well, he’s also collecting a military disability pension.
He’s also collecting about $2100 per month in Social Security benefits too.
Plus, as a Senator, he gets the “free” healthcare provided to all congresscritters.
And his wife’s income for last year was in the neighborhood of $6 million.
Yup.
And Obama is the “elitist”.
Night dosido
I don’t think Gergen is capable of real sternness, more likely it was a severe wedgie.
Funny how that works isn’t it? Seems that they were able to pull that on off the last two elections as well, with the idiot child of one of the most prominent families in America, going back generations.
Roughly $46,000 for three months.
Sweet dreams, dosi…
Grrrrr…
I did have a wonderful time. But are Howard Dean, Al Gore, Nanci Pelosi, Darcy Burner, Don Siegleman, etc., etc. going to let this stand? Maybe Krugman or Froomkin will hit it in the next issue. (Froomkin is a good bet.)
Likely after Shrub leaves office the family won’t be prominent but notorious.
Legions…Jebians….legions..they will never go away unless we stop them….
Yeah. The ‘regular guy’ owns 8 houses and a jet.
The elitist owns one that he is making payments on out of his Senate salary since Michelle had to quit her job to take care of the kids since Daddy’s never home anymore.
The ‘regular guy’ had a dad and a grand-dad who were both Admirals in the Navy.
The elitist is the child of a single mom who lived on welfare and food stamps. And his wife grew up very close to being in the projects in Chicago.
The ‘regular guy’ has an entire staff of lobbyists working in his campaign and has collected most of his ‘illegal’ campaign cash from the lobbyists clients.
The elitist is collecting money from regular people – his average contribution is $68. No PAC money allowed.
Oh yeah, the ‘regular guy’ drinks bitter coffee at diners.
The elitist would rather have orange juice.
Pffft!
I fear that in this country enough money (which they have) buys all the forgiveness you need. Perhaps some polite tut-tutting about that wayward boy, but then what can you do with children these days?
If Countdown is to be believed, and I think it was Rachel who did the story, Chimpy has made his former Body-man (the kid who carries his coat) his Deputy Chief-of-Staff.
I love America.
Our public discourse makes tepid sewage look like fine wine.
And McCain really attacking O’s remarks about the surge,etc. He wasted no time.
Obama made a comment about the enemy “reconstituting” itself. Gosh, what a word. How would W mangle it? Let me count the ways.
Sounds like a band name: The Stern Gergen’s.
-G
Oh come on now! You actually expect the leader of the most powerful country in the world to be articulate?
i’ll go with door number 2.
Yo, Dick!
Whoo-hoo, local news is saying Obama will make a visit here to the Isles in early August!
Hey Dr. Dick,
I’m hosting one of those Democratic Party Platform meetings. Wanna come?
This was in the Austin paper. He is going back after an absence. He was there in the early years when he was also Jenna’s boyfriend, acc. to the paper. So, he’s back.
Jenna’s former boyfriend!!! How come we never hear anything about the twin?
So how much pay does that come to from 4/24 to present? Sorry, math challenged. Or maybe just lazy.
Assuming that the pay is stretched over the entire year, even during period (like August) when they’re not in session, I put it at $42,325 paid for staying way the hell away from the “work”-place….
I heard that, too. A little lame-duck resume padding favor.
Won’t that be a first visit for an election from a candidate for you folks?
-G
Well, not any more. ;)
Sure. It doesn’t cost anything does it? Because I am limping along just trying to get through the summer until my first check in September.
Çool! Live blog?
Yes, sir. Jenna’s high school boyfriend.
Shit that is more than I make for working my ass off for 9 months.
I was going to request that!
What sez you, CT?
I’m generally not very nice, and that topic is too glaring for me.
But I’ll bet Gramma doesn’t approve.
Nope – just show up and bring ideas.
Dang Skippy! I thought the long drought would continue… They said he might spend a week here before the DNC convention with one fund raiser scheduled and to visit his Grandma…! ;-)
Looks like he faired better than Laura’s high school boyfriend.
That is above my ceiling…
That being Bush’s presumptive son-in-law.
send me an email to lokywoky at aol.
I’ll send you the directions, date, time, etc.
Depends if he visits the Big Isle or not… I’m game in providing the local coverage of his visit…! *g*
Oy..or that woman who…ummm…bit it in Houston…cover up…maybe…
i think i read a write up about it too – how he was originally in charge of the waterless hand sanitizer.
he’s one who is gonna pop up again – associated with some rovelike evil
Hey Wang,
Did you go to Austin?
Cool! I got lots of those, it is sort of what they pay me for. What are the details?
They call him “Chip” I’ll bet.
Seems to me like McInsane has dementia. He’s been tortured and is probably on quite a few meds. He’s old and McBlonde doesn’t help McInsane hide his ailments like nancy helped ronnie.
Will some kind pup please tell me how I can access the diaries? I’m having a little trouble following the comments what with the hard refreshing. Thought I’d check out the new toy, but I don’t know where it is.
There was no twin. It was all done with smoke and mirrors like everything else in this Administration. An exit strategy for Iraq? Same thing.
Chimpy has made his former Body-man (the kid who carries his coat) his Deputy Chief-of-StaffChimpy has made his former Body-man (the kid who carries his coat) his Deputy Chief-of-Staff.
Sounds like the perfect man for the job.
As first Canada, now great Britain, has designated the U.S. to be off-limits for extradition because the Bushies torture people, it’s beginning to sound as if, sometime relatively soon, ole George may have need of a guy who can find all his stuff and get it ready for a quick sprint out the door.
Good, can’t imagine it wouldn’t be the Big Isle!
Maybe?
there was a ‘glitch’ so oxdown as been delayed while they figure out the ghost in the code that was causing problems this morning
:(
“The surge has worked” is the lie of all lies. It has yet to be definitively smacked down by someone with sufficient public attention. Per Bush:
We’ll talk about success when the troops have returned, Big Boy!
YGM
Well, Oahu (Honolulu) is home for his Grandma and the population center of the Isles…
So at least it looks like some of the rest of the world cares; maybe some more in this country will wake up. Maybe?
she lives nearby :)
diaries are down now – there was some problem and they were taken off line temporarily. but when they are back up, here is a link for you:
oxdown
I’m certain it had nothing to do with the fact that Al Sadr said okay to the cease fire. Problem is most folks have no idea.
Hey Suz,
It is so hard being an old techno-challenged person. I’m looking all over the front page, saying, it must be here somewhere. Glad I’m not the only one looking for the Oxdown.
It’s sponsored by the Obama campaign. They are having all these ‘house parties’ where people will get together and discuss the things they really want to seen in the Dem party platform this year.
I got involved through MoveOn because they are pushing Al Gore’s new energy challenge but the organizing is the Obama campaign.
Anyway – everyone who shows up is asked to list their priorities, and we all discuss them, prioritize them, and then report back to the campaign headquarters and lots of other people do the same. There are quite a few here in Montana – but mine is the first one in Missoula.
Thank you kind Suzanne.
But, sorry to hear about the glitch. I was anxious to see what kind of topics people would select, given the anything goes thing.
I’m feeling kind of ADD tonight.
http://www.fortbendstar.com/Ar…..20dead.htm
There’s nothing to the notion that we payed Al Sadr off.
Nothing at all.
Thanks, Betsy,
I wish that I could have attended.
I live here, Chris. But didn’t go to NN. Just dinner Friday night. Where I was blessed to meet Pach, watertiger, mt wheel, fourlegsgood, racymind, thingscomeundone, preznitgivemeturkee, blue texan, jim white, dave niewert, MrCbl and cbl2, Loo Hoo, and I’m sorry but I can’t remember who all else! I’m sure I left out many…
Obama tried to explain this to Terry Moran, who kept pressing him on his vote against the surge.
Well of course not. The notion is completely absurd. /s
So, it’s, like, a separate site? Not another tab on FDL? Is that right?
And all the Sunni tribal leaders (with enough shiny new weapons to insure a truly biblical blood bath when they get tired of the charade).
Lucky Duck!
Best. Moniker. Evah.
it will be kinda like a sister site and there will be a button for it up top in addition to the top rated diaries box on the fdl home page is my understanding
No, but we did pay off the Sunni Sahwa/Awakenings members…
Suz, what is a ‘ghost” in the code?
It’s pretty cool, but what’s the shorty version?
I don’t know if we paid al-Sadr off – but al-Sistani told him to cool it. We did, however, promise to pay the Sunni Awakening peeps to stop shooting at us.
Unfortunately that deal is coming unraveled due to the fact that the checks have not arrived.
No, it’s in-house. I think it’ll be a tab across the top eventually, but for now you have to go thru Profile in the Toolbox section.
good night y’all.
Qvack!
same thing as used to be called a “bug in the program”?
Michael Savage and Mike Mukasey are tools and good riddance to bad trash Radovan Carrotdick.
-G
Pain-free peaceful sleep, Muffin!
Sleep well, Betsy!
pain free sleep wishes tex
ghost is a term i got from chs at the top of this post
I don’t see Al Sadr sitting out “The Surge™” for nothing.
Just a thought.
As us old computer geeks (from 1969) call it – an unknown booboo.
Server not found…
Ghost sounded a little more nefarious to me.
Like NSA trucks parked on our toobz.
Night Betsy.
Lou Dobbs had a survey that asked if the media was biased in favor of Obama today. 73% said yes. In disbelief I just turned the channel. Just blows my mind that people are that seriously stupid. Do these idiots live under a rock of just believe everything someone says. It’s easy to see why bush and McInsane repeat lies knowing they will be believed by large numbers of the population.
could be… i just haven’t heard the term before today.
nite betsy
Must be still working it out.
thanx y’all
Oh, that’s technical!
because it was taken down :) there will be an announcement when it goes back up
preznit
Well, my ‘theory’ is that since al-Sistani is the one who actually controls what goes on over there – and he DOES control al-Sadr, it would be better to look at al-Sistani and his motives/plans for after the occupation ends.
I would not be too surprised if in the next elections that al-Sadr winds up with Maliki’s seat. Bushco wouldn’t like that a bit. But the Iraqi people could do a lot worse. If al-Sistani controls al-Sadr, that’s not really a bad thing because al-Sistani is a moderate cleric who belives in a religious society but a secular government – the best of both worlds. And Iraq really needs a strong leader – al-Sadr is nothing if he is not that.
So at least it looks like some of the rest of the world cares; maybe some more in this country will wake up.
Lots of people in this country are awake. Very awake – and very angry.
Still relatively powerless and with no discernible or at least effective representation in Congress – but awake nonetheless.
Maybe?
I dunno – yeah, maybe. Obama’s cave-in on FISA leaves me less hopeful than I was a month or two ago, but maybe even he will dig his heels in on the torture issue. It’s going to have to come from the very top, so I hope his aisle-crossing strategy doesn’t get in the way of what I perceive to be some very basic human dignity in him.
prolly better than Turkee..hee.
Hey wang.
G’nite Betsy (women of many names.)
i didn’t understand it then either… but forgot to ask.
lokywoky @ 232 – 1969? what equipment did you work on?
I hear that. People say “Oh, they always show McCain looking bad.”
Well ya dumb clucks it’s because he always looks bad. Or says something stupid, or wrong, etc.
and it is now time to get flat.
Nite all.
I’m watching a PBS special about super volcanoes. Does this make me an official nerd?
Actually, he’s biding his time, since both Maliki and US are pursuing his Sadrist members… Maliki has been arresting scores of them often on the flimsiest of excuses… One instance, an Imam and 25 of his flock were arrested because they’d denigrated Maliki and the GZG’s Dawa and ISIIC, there’s an actual law on the books outlawing it…
g’nite jayt
Obama is getting challenged by the German opposition party to tell them his stance on rendition (they have an interest since one of their citizens was ‘rendered’ to Afghanistan and Syria and tortured. Then dumped on the side of a road in Albania or some place like that.
I’ll be really interested in his response.
And FWIW, Juan Cole agrees with you, at least in part.
i’ve got on the science channel’s how do they do that?
Hi everyone…. what’s up?
NOooooo … looks like he’ll get there before me … but he won’t be bringing any Belgian Brewskies for ya CT …
Me’thinks that McCaenozoic just got a little confused after a briefing with Cheney about the WH plan to make Iran part of “Greater Iraq”. If Iran is invaded and the northern shores of the
PersianArabian Gulf are ceded to Iraq It’d put Iraq right on the Western border of Pakistan. They’ll likely produce some of Saddam Hussein’s old maps justifying the Iraq-Iran war over the Southern oil fields.So tomorrow McCain will come out with this correction: “I want to make it clear that I was talking about the revised borders of the region when I become President. Let this be a warning to Iran…they will lose their territorial access to the sea if they don’t give up their aspirations to destroy Israel and produce nuclear weapons that threaten our European allies.”
Night Jayt.
Did you see the deal on The Colbert Report where people submitted their own McCain green screen videos? Funny Stuff.
Per TPM:
So, there are two possibilities here. The first is that Michele is talking out of her ass. The second is that she has some credible basis for her claims, in which case she is obliged to bring them forth or forever hold her piece and force all intelligent Americans to realize that she indeed talks out of her ass. There is no “third way.”
Night, Tex!
dmac, are you here?
IBM 360/30 – the processor was as big as my living room. The ‘hard drives’ were two feet across and weighed about 40 pounds, and most of the ’storage’ was these huge magnetic tapes. All the input was on punch cards that had to be keypunched, sorted and manipulated and then fed in through a reader.
I learned to program in Cobol, Assembler, and Fortran IV. The Assembler was used in one of the first off-line terminals.
I also used several versions of Univac computers – those were strictly Navy shipboard applications.
Heh, He might even be outta office by the time ya make it here, Mi Amigo…! *g*
Wow!! I am so with you on that. Knowing better and with the knife sticking out of my back, I still hold out hope for his soul.
No, I’ll watch it when it comes around again. Thanks for the heads up.;)
You’re a nerd too?
BTW, what’s the estimated move out date and please tell me what the new digs will be. And, you will still be here in your same esteemed position, right?
Exactly. It’s not just that he looks bad but he doesn’t have a clue what he’s talking about. I can’t wait for the realization from McInsane that Bush ruined his one and only chance back in 04. His time has come and gone.
The answer is that she is talking out her ass.
Even the oil people in the White House say that if they drilled everywhere they ’say’ they want to – it will only bring the price down by about six whole cents. In ten years. Of course the gas will cost $10 a gallon by then!!!
like in desk set?
Canada deemed US unsafe not only for extradition but also unsafe for Refugees, who according to AGAG and others, are not protected under U.S. Law …
Budweiser?
~spew!~
i will draw a model of Early McCaenozoic Man.
I think he will have discovered fire, and spice rub…
i am estimating the move for the 2nd week in august – will be staying temporarily in oregon while i decide where in oregon or washington state i’m gonna be.
no changes here – i’ll still be here :)
Of course there’s also no truth to the rumor that he threatened to resume attacks unless they paid him in Euros instead of GreenBacks …
McThuselah – perfect
(((((Teddy)))))
That whole incident in Najaf with the Golden Mosque desecration and destruction by our forces was what informed me in the first place about just how much power al-Sistani holds. He’s actually like a Pope for Shia, but the Sunni listen to him as well because he is so respected.
He has completely maintained his reputation and credibility by refusing to have anything to do with us/US.
And France wants their statue back. I’m inclined to grant it.
just my wag but if sistani’s followers were to fight against the occupation (without major sunni participation) then we’re just switch to support for sunni. divide and conquer doncha know?
then we have 1920 redux? from what little i know, i’d guess that is what sistani is trying to avoid.
HA!
*tucks jayt in*
IMHO, there’s no doubt, but she and the citizens of Minnesota have to be forced to face that fact. Those fools would still vote for Jesse Ventura over Al Franken. You can always tell a Minnesotan, but you can’t tell him much.
She is talking out her ass. The best case scenarios that I have seen are that if we gave them ANWAR and all the offshore drilling, it would lower the price of gas about $0.10 a gallon – in 10-20 years.
cool thanks. i only used punch cards for a very short time. thank goodness!
… tee hee hee … couldn’t let that one slip by, huh ? *g*
Joking with my parents (who are mid 80’s) to stay out of trouble while I was on vacation…… they wouldn’t let anyone call me and let me now that their house caught fire (while they were away) and pretty much totaled the contents, totaled the living/dinning rooms & kitchen…..
To be fair, they polled all the guys in the photo downthread …
I had to do keypunch when I first started using computers in the mid-70s. A royal pain in the ass. Especially if you are as typo prone as I am.
ohmylard katymine
thank goodness they were not home
Where in Oregon?
(I’m in Portland right now)
Think they want our huddled masses?
Oh ye of little faith … *g*
Yes, and Sadr! Both are reaching across the sectarian and even ethnic divides to keep Iraq intact… The main fly in the ointment is the Kurds and the Elites in the GZG…
Yup.
I’ll be calling her that from here on out.
Can’t argue with fame and glory.
LoveLeffe Actually !*runs and ducks under desk*
i’ve found a temporary place to stay north of newport along the coast. since i figure that is my dream location, i might as well enjoy it (and figure out if i really do wanna live right by the coast). and there is doubt as to whether or not my health care insurance will permit me to move permanently to the coast – i’m kaiser so i gotta stay in their service areas which are centered around portland, salem, vancouver and longview.
The ultimate “in your face.”
Yes, I do.
Heh, ya finally caught up, eh? ;-)
katymine! So sad..but glad your parents are okay. They must love you…
Oh, I should duck. I like the raspberry one.
my parents live in Florence which is south of newport…. love the newport wine & seafood festival….. and spent many an afternoon at the aquarium with the kids…..
Did you hear the smackdown of Bush and his divine ‘inspiration’ whatever that Jesse Ventura did?
Classic! He’s a dope but that one was a collector’s item.
… *pant* … *wheeze* … whew, I’m getting a Segway tomorrow … *g*
I spent about a decade doing that for a living after my Navy bit. I was pretty good at it so I was able to make a decent living. Paying for it now though with carpal tunnel.
I agree completely ! *g*
I want video of the training tapes.
Damn. No, I missed it. I’d appreciate a link if anyone has one.
BTW, I’m from Minnesota, but not living there now.
They are THE best kind of folks….. they were joking about the cushy condo the insurance company put them up in….. Mom called it swanky…. will drive down Wednesday to get a real feel of things but they seem to be having fun picking out new dishes and planning how the house will be rebuilt…. AND how now I wouldn’t have to deal with all their junk…
Well, the Kurds aren’t really too much trouble. They just want to be left alone. Saddam mostly did that and they did their own thing and that was that.
the GZG on the other hand…….
I’ll never be famous enough for Michelle Malkin to call me names.
its a good location to scout from – i’m gonna be looking north of lincoln city i think… memories are 3 years old so things might have changed. is why i’m not deciding until i get up there and see for myself what is what and where the where is that i’m gonna hang my hat at.
i’m starting to get excited – can almost taste the tang of the sea air and am looking forward to sleeping to the sound the surf instead of the gurgle of the creek.
So…why would the US put troops in “teh” country to the left of “the Iran” and to the “right of the Iran….
Ummmm…
… perhaps if you visit her blog and call her some names … *g*
Crashing surf is the ultimate sleeping tonic.
making lemonade from the lemons life handed them
i wudda been cursing up a blue streak if i found out my parent’s place burned while i was gone and no one told me until i got up their way to visit them
Since I probably going to be coming up here frequently to help the folks… will have to see if we can have a meetup during one of my visits…
You just might be on to something there, Petro! Where the fork is her blog? I’ve never been there. Really.
that is one of the things that is wrong with healthcare in this country
but I don’t need to tell you that
i’ve experienced it a few times in my life – on vacation or a weekend down to monterey – this is going to be even better.
tis a house and it is fully equipped – all i have to bring is my clothes (and of course, my computer). token and bailey are being pet-sat by my neighbors until i find permanent housing. every day in paradise at the beach is a day without my babies so i will have motivation to find a place and not lollygag at the beach.
If anything could be worse for one’s credibility of knowledge about the Middle East than a muddled view of its geography, it should be dearth of knowledge about the cultures of the Middle East. Of course, the public need to know something about those cultures to recognize a candidate’s dearth of knowledge, and most of our elected leaders have been doing little to educate themselves or the public about those cultures. Meanwhile, knowledge about the region and its cultures has not been considered a prerequisite by those leaders who have committed troops and treasure to the region, while doing damage to the Republic and its honorable (to many) place in the world.
late late nite upstairs
Totally.
Cool. Right down to the silverware?
Waves crashed me to sleep on Isla Mujures. Thought they would keep me awake when I first checked in. But, no!
Night all. I am off to slumber land.
Dunno, I stay away from Toxic Dumps myself …
G’nite Sir !
I can’t get to a link right now – my DSL is running slower than dial-up.
It was on Larry King on July 14th. He said something about that “unless God speaks to me before 5 pm (the filing period ends) he would not be running” but the best part and I can’t remember his exact words were that God had not been speaking directly to him unlike some other people.
Well, it is just the latest smear against Obama – he’s an elitist snob because he dared to suggest that people in this country learn another language. In fact I got a smear email today about that. “Obama swaggers across the stage and says that we have to learn Spanish because of the 14 million illegals here who refuse to learn English and so we’re all going to have to learn Spanish if he’s President”.
Learn another language? Horrors! and the idea that we should maybe learn about other cultures? Well they are all just terrists and heathens and unless they convert to my version of Christianity blah blah blah then it’s worthless to learn anything about them because they are just savages anyway and we know everything anyway.