don’t know if it got covered nationally but our local guy, Alan Grayson, an FDL fave, said the Limbaugh made more sense when he was on drugs. LOL

Mornin’, BT, pups

Fuck Short Ride, the arrogant son of a bitch.

Brand new Illinois Gov. Patrick Quinn is not the savior he’d like us to believe him to be–although he’s clearly a GooGoo legend in his own mind.

His successful campaign–at once naive and deceitful–to decrease the size of the Illinois General Assembly led to Thursday’s humiliation of the State of Illinois. Reducing the General Assembly’s size directly resulted in vesting almost unlimited legislative power in just five Illinois politicians: The Democratic and Republican leaders of the House and Senate and the Governor.

This has been a disaster for Illinois, and Quinn’s at least partially responsible for it. That he profits personally and politically by taking over for the discredited governor his activities helped create is high irony.

This is my favourite story of yesterday.

Leaders of Turkey and Israel Clash at Davos Panel

“Mr. Peres, you are older than me,” he said. “Your voice comes out in a very high tone. And the high tone of your voice has to do with a guilty conscience. My voice, however, will not come out in the same tone.”

Resisting efforts by Mr. Ignatius to end the session, Mr. Erdogan continued, saying to Mr. Peres, “When it comes to killing, you know well how to kill.”

How about that. A world leader with the balls to stand up to Israel. Now, if Turkey would only come to grips with the Armenian genocide.

Eric Cantor to write strongly-worded letter.

Great. Obama’s answer to that latter should be the same as how Joe The Biden answered that reporter’s question in 2004: “Who gives a shit?” That letter should be at the very top of Obama’s “ignore” pile.

letter not latter. duh

Really. Pouring rain. When you watch the Casey Anthony coverage today, as I’m sure you all will, the reporters will be standing in front of the courthosue getting rained on pretty good. HAHAHAHAHAH. Hey, am I live blogging the Casey Anthony thing today? It starts at 8:30, so I imagine FDL wuill be pretty empty for awhile. Unless I’m live blogging. Am I live blogging?

here’s some shattering news

BREAKING NEWS
updated 4 minutes ago

HOUSTON – Oil giant Exxon Mobil shattered a U.S. record Friday, reporting a $45.2 billion annual profit despite a year-end oil plunge.

More details to follow …

Sooooo, after 8 years of dumping good paying American jobs Cantor is now concerned about American jobs. Give. Me. A. Fucking. Break.

Note to Americans for Change: Take. No. Prisoners.

What’s happening with that case? Not a word on the SP Times website. It’s Stupid Bowl, 24/7. Two cities full of drunk jock wannabees for the next 3 days.

Note to Americans for Change: Take. No. Prisoners.

ya gotta slow it, Americans for Change are still back there at “Damn, there’s torpedos?”

They didn’t get any of my dust. I go strictly to Citgo.

Well, we’ll just hafta help ‘em get up to speed.

I’m surprised there hasn’t been any domestic terrorism directed towards them.
(not that I’m advocating it)

Good Morning FDLakers…It’s Friday.
First things on my mind this am…
The funny things one can do when we take things out of context.
Whip Eric Cantor that’s a copy text from Marc Ambinder’s piece.
#4 – Southern Dragon. I’m sure you’re not saying you love Turkish Men with Large Balls. (I do agree that it’s Real Nice to see anyone standing up to Israel.)
And, lastly, the Bleeping Golden line is my sonny boy’s quote of the week! It could be worse, tho.

Surprised they didn’t get a bailout, bonus for the big guys.

Hi Ellie.
Now, that is just Obbleepingscene! Not surprising, but oh so disgusting.

Surely this belongs in the same column as the Britney panties stories? But I guess it is more interesting for America than the, more than, 1300 people murdered in Palestine by Israel. What a shallow fucking nation we are.

well, at least Bruce is going to be tehre for a little bit. as you know, I’m from the Garden state. Bruce seems a little bit less popular down here. I stopped following the case, really. I checked the paper this morning, though, it’s some defense motion. They want to go out to the area where that poor girl’s rteamins were found and inspect it. And they want to have the prosecutor kicked off the case. All so sad and a media circus.

Nah, I’m strictly hetero.

I hope I didn’t hurt your feelings. I was just making a joke.

That’s what Haggard is saying right now…so glad to know. He adds “with complications.” What a morning.

The Shrill One on health care.

The shrill one? Is Krugman on the ever expanding FDL hit list now? Krugman makes a lot more sense than many of the bloviators.

I can rebut Krugman’s third point based on what Ian Welsh posted at this very website. K’s third point is that Obama must not repeat Clinton’s mistake of waiting too long to offer health care legislation because once the economy begins to recover it will be too late. Not to worry! There’s not gonna be a recovery in a year, two years and anytime in the future as far ahead as we can see. Problem solved! Hells bells, if I’m reading Ian correctly, conditions worse than Hoover’s depression are about to become our new way of life. Thanks to Naomi Klein we know what a hand our own Chicago school boys had in helping Russia destroy itself. I’m certain they will put that experience to good use moving the U.S. into our new, horribly foreshortened future.

And that is story because…..?

I heard a sound bite from Bruce this morning. He said FL was where folks from NJ go when they get in trouble cuz CA’s too far.

My take would add: When they get here they want to turn wherever they move to into whatever shithole they moved here from.

Never a question about that. You big manly man. I was just having some Fun With Words. I’m having coffee now, so hopefully I settle down. I told you before, if anything ever goes south in this household, I’m packing my flute and heading for Florida to find you.

LOL, not at all. In my time I’ve been called everything but a white man. Like water off a duck’s back. *g*

really. shallow and ign’ernt. i really don’t have words. “Look, people, this is NOT interesting. It’s tragic and shouldn’t be of any interest to you.” I especially can’t see why people who don’t even live around here care. I understand it’s a sad and unusual story. But it’s become an obsession for so many people. Doesn’t say much for us as a country. maybe it does say alot – just nothing good.

it’s a scandal

well,…… i can see why you’d say that. but c’mon.. it’s a little harsh. it’s because of us that you guys are beginning to learn the pleasures good pizza, bagels and maybe even some day (please God) Taylor ham.

The Quote of the Week should be re-applied to the X-Pres W.

If you knew anything about this case I doubt you’d have made that comment. There’s something particularly heinous about a mother murdering her child. Putting it out in public will hopefully make folks pay better attention to what’s going on in their neighborhood and get to know their neighbors, something we don’t do very well these days.

Regarding the domestic terrorism against them, we don’t really know. Earth First doesn’t exactly take the media with them on their little errands. Know what I mean?

Oh God. I was joking fer goodness sake about live blogging the Casey Anthony Show. The Sentinel is actually doing it!! hey, the Magic beat the Cavs. yay!!!

Oh, I realize it’s a generalization but I’ve got some perfect examples right here in my little berg of Gulfport. And I’m a vegetarian and was never much of a pizza fan anyhoo. *g*

One does wonder just how many resources the media have exhausted on this trash. As for “real” information not a word about the PM from Turkey chastising the Israeli murderer in the NYT (online)

That is a joke….It’s a joshing reference to how the media marginalizes brilliant left wingers.

Krugman’s not on a hitlist.

-G

If you knew anything about this case I doubt you’d have made that comment. There’s something particularly heinous about a mother murdering her child.

Gosh has she been convicted already, who knew.

No, it’s a handle that got applied somewhere else. Here it’s more a term of endearment. At least that’s my take on it.

Gotta go put the trash out. brb

SD, Now I am confused…I thought you are in Fla. Is that right or are you talking about Gulfport, Miss?

OK, I’ll add “allegedly” if ya wanna play word games.

Beautiful Gulfport, FL, Gateway to the Gulf (of Mexico).

Bloody hell.

Now that is silly.

Thanks….Im glad I didn’t have that completely confused. Had one of my best vacations to Disney world and Palm Beach.

PS and you know better.

well, it was a pretty accuarte generalization. I thought i was getting away from these people and found out they were already here. NJ is a blue state but FL seems to be bleeding it if any red that it had. I thought maybe the migration would make FL a little more progressive but seems like alot of the wannabe redniecks are who has come down. Now that i’m here i wish they’d go back. some are. Just please don’t tell us we have NJ accents. No such a thing.

that’s pathetic. i’m going to give them a little time today. but to see one leader publicly slam another like that… if that’s not news…… damn.

REALLY!

The article I linked to came out of NYT so it’s getting some attention but I doubt you’ll see it on teebee. I’m surprised Dershowitz hasn’t been quoted in the corporate media as calling the Turkish PM anti-Semitic yet.

Stopped listening to Doucheowitz long ago.

OT Does anyone have any information about a “Pleasant Valley” in Thomaston, Georgia offering medical cures and interventions?

Krugman = The Shrill One?

Give me a break. He is one of the few who know how to write and think.

any minute

Repubs again objecting to health care/SCHIP for immigrant children. What nice people…Have they not heard the words to care for “the least of these”? Who is more “least” than foreigners and children? Executives, I guess.

The Winter of Our Economic Discontent
Christy’s upstairs

Hi BT and Puppies.

Please forgive me. I suffer from cabin fever, and the malady has not only dented my already deficient brainpower, but apparently set my judgement dial askew as well.

So I shall just get it out there with the morning trash-talk in an exorcism of the most shameful sort.

I do believe some newly blessed super-mom out in CA has invented the mother of all stimulus packages. Does she now qualify for separate and equal rewards for each and every member of all her various broods? And with the proud dad apparently stationed/contracted in Iraq, presumably under less than totally safe circumstances, heaven help me. I do believe I might not be the only less-than-stellar specimen of our species after all.

My joy in hearing of the fertility-treatment-enhanced arrival of octuplets to join their six pre-existing stairstep siblings, and the family’s apparent conquest of the equivalent of a complete and fully staffed, personal minihospital is. somewhat. tempered. I wonder if all single-births are subject to an equivalent level of attention and tender care in California’s, and our nation’s faltering economy.

Has the whole country gone insane, or is it just me?! I still FEEL compassion. Honest. I really really do. But, Good Dog Amighty!?!

/rant

Cures for what?

One of the unconscious reasons for the popularity of places like Disneyworld/land is because it provides the experience to visitors of what our communities used to be like. Most of urban America has been so degraded by poor land use planning and a monopoly of the private automobile that visitors to “theme” parks long for a sense of community that pre WWII urban environments once provided.

oh, ((((((demi demi demi)))))).

You’re so sweet. Relax hon. You’re making my teeth ache. *g*

Scroll up through the comments.

Supposed to be medical maladies from diseases to mental health restorations. Got a family member who wants to send another family member there to “cure” chronic schizophrenia. Pure “Elmer Gantry” kind of stuff. Just need facts to answer with.

The worst part about their shrillness is that the bill specifically says “legal immigrants” but the Rethugs refuse to admit that little fact.

I agree completely; we had 2 small girls with us. I can remember talking about how very safe it all felt. Orderly and clean. Folks with a friendly, neighborly outlook. You said that very well.

This could prove interesting for the British Gov and Ol’ Browny..
‘Thousands of workers across Britain have gone on strike as anger grows over the use of foreign contractors to build a new £200m oil plant.’
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Ho…..3476?f=rss

Well of course she is, *curtsie-ing to (((Christy))) and (((Ellie))).

I swear, the gremlins see me comin’ with some early (for me) nonsense, and that EPU label gets slapped up faster then you can spittoons. dang.

i’m coming Ma! Just a sec!

no comment. figured. my we’re PC today. *folds hands politely and goes to far corner*

On a more uplifting note, governmentality describes the new and “brilliant” foreign policy appointment made by President Obama.
http://www.governmentalityblog…..uncil.html

On a more uplifting note

I wish you well with that.

I believe in Obama’s good intentions and huge intellect also. But he’s human. Will the repugs see it as righteous to do everything in their power to bring him down, just because?

I hope they come to their senses.

“The Shrill One” is snark – he has been warning of the economic disaster for a while and was referred to as “shrill” by the media for not parroting the administration line. Just another DFH (with a Nobel).