Ah, Geeze… not ANOTHER post by Eli…

OH, HIIII ELI!

Congrats on year #2!!

Happy Blogiversary, dude!

Hiya, jaq! Thanks!

Thanks, Teddy!

(On a lighter note, tonight marks my second anniversary as an FDL front-pager. It’s been a great and unexpected ride, and you all have been absolutely fantastic. Thanks so much for putting up with me.)

wow, time sure passes fast when having fun. thanks for putting up with us eli

Hell, my evangelical Christain Republican neighbor just opined today that the part of New Orleans that SHOULD have been wiped out (the French Quarter) wasn’t…. I guess GAWD missed!

These people are so crazy with Fox talking points that they don’t make any sense at all. Lie down with dawgs and all. GAD!

FEAR fear fear.. it’s all they have and where they get their own mojo.

I hope Chicago runs him out on a rail next time.

Yeah, that really put a damper on the whole “God’s vengeance” theory…

A toast to you, Eli. You really make the place come alive.

Aw, shucks. Thanks, eg.

Should have said something earlier.. I have a one handed gourmet cookie recipe I’ve been dying to try out on someone. /s

Congrats Eli… make it three or more years, por favor.

What Suzanne said. Almost as good as havin’ a roller coaster in the back yard. Almost. *g*

Thanks, Eureka, I’ll see what I can do…

Happy anniversary, Eli!

Thanks, Riesz! Thanks, SD!

I think Piyush Jindal showed us this week how GOPs will make up Katrina stories to make themselves look good. It’s bad enough — so bad, even Rachel Maddow, paid teevee talker, was rendered speechless — that GOPs tell tales about Katrina in a way intended to make the current federal government look bad. No, they actually have to LIE about their stories.

When Rush said Bobby was the next Ronald Reagan, maybe he meant the story-telling capability?

congrats Eli!

The impact of the fake “government bureaucracy sabotaged the rescue effort!” story was kinda blunted by the fact that everyone knows that the Bushocracy was completely incompetent.

If I’m here Sunday for Book Saloon I’d like to ask Will Bunch how the Rethugs have been able to maintain this RayGuns myth all this time. In a talk Noam Chomsky gave in Scotland in 1990 he had this to say about RayGuns”

Furthermore, contrary to much pretense, Reagan’s popularity was never particularly high, and much of the population seemed to understand that he was a media creation who had only the foggiest idea of what government policy might be.

From Containing the Threat of Democracy

I have this theory that whenever the media talks about what “Americans” like or “Americans” think, they’re really just referring to Republicans. Cast in that context, all the gibberish they spout suddenly makes perfect sense.

Well, except for the “America is a center-right-nation” part.

Maintain or exhume?

We should name a strain of flu after Bolton.

Bolton Fever or Boltonluenza.

Neoconsumption.

Exhume is prolly the better word.

Sorta reminds one of the deification of JFK if ya get my drift.

neoconjunctivitis?

To bad chicken pox is already taken.

What about chickenhawkpox?

Happy anniversary, Eli. Gwyneth Paltrow and I believe you should probably celebrate “-by taking a bath scented with jasmine oil and drying yourself off with several longhair kittens.”

Eggcellent..

Though Tex Betsy’s is pretty good too.

In the same piece by Chomsky, which I’ve looked for extensively on the web but haven’t found, he lays out the process whereby the real power in democracies, ours in particular, the big business interests, control what people think through their control of the media and politicians. Interesting primer on how the elites see the masses and how to contain the greater force of the great unwashed masses in order to maintain their position of privilege. Chomsky on Anarchism, a collection of essays, talks and interviews from 1966 to 2004.

That. Sounds. AWESOME!!!

Roger.

So, is Halloween now the Offical GOP Holiday? They really like to scare people and be all ghouly. Fred Thompson being an example of the living dead.

meow!

My observation is that one of the most insidious things that the media does is not just tell people what *to* think, but tell them what they *already* think.

Awwww you know just what kind of gift to give Eli… a link to the wwn.

A recent survey informs me that I agree with you.

It’s just about the only media I trust anymore.

Syphilitis nastimustachi!

The single remaining bastion of credibility in mainstream news reporting.

To help relieve stress, Paltrow says, “I like to bathe in the milk of virgin goats. It really helps get my mind off things, and their purity helps cleanse my aura. If you can’t afford milk from virgin goats, the same effect can be had by taking a bath scented with jasmine oil and drying yourself off with several longhair kittens.”

Hmmm… I would personally like to see a virgin goat give milk.

There were rallies in a number of cities today protesting the stim. I’ve not seen anything on the St Pete Times site yet but on the radio they interviewed a bunch of these folks and I heard every Rethug talking point echoed in the interviews, down to the “money for mice in Pelosi’s district” canard. FuxUpNuz fans, you betcha!

one could do a lot with the kitten line

The retiring Rev Dobson could prolly help you out with that.

Now that sound bad enough to justify sending him into exile in an old leper colony.

neoconibalism?

Congrats Eli !

I see everyone is in fine form with the zingers.

Wicked coo!!! two years way to go guy !
You do have a way with words>

Ps is this a paid gig?

For years Dobson has attempted to induce immaculate conception in goats. Unfortunately, in all his efforts to date the goats have proven to be infertile… in addition to being a trifle fidgety.

Thanks, Petro! Thanks, bugs!

Who is this “Eli” of whom you speak?

Take me to him

;~P

neocrophelia

He tried the naked shower thing, didn’t he…

I notice we don’t see the neocons eating their own. Yer basic gutter snipe Rethugs, yeah, but not the uberreichwingnuts.

TexBetsy wins.

Congratulations, Eli. I’ve never seen a thread of yours I didn’t enjoy, and you really seem to bring out the best in people. Always a pleasure.

ba-a-a-ad Eli !

That’s probably just because they’re toxic…

Thanks, RonD, you are too kind.

in all his efforts to date the goats

He’s usin’ a lousy dating service.

“uberreichwingnuts.”

Gonna add that one to my vocabulary

neoconeheads

And the resonant reminders, for a story that would have faded away with the memories of the speech, as it is debunked every day on Politico!

gotta loosen em up with a little alcohol first heard it from Rush!!

Freddie Thompson will come roaring back as Sarah Palin’s Dick Cheney in 2012.

And there will be a scandal involving Jeri and Todd.

That’s not actually roaring, although it rhymes with it…

Perhaps the new symbol of the Republican party could be the horned goat Dick Cheney was in cohorts with !!!

Who’s Jeri?

Mrs Coldplay brings a whole new meaning to “Friday kitten blogging”

Ya, okay but will there be a sequel in 2016?

What do I win? What do I win? Do I get a pony???

The Lady Lawnorder (Mrs Fred T)

Hard to beat this iconic image. Pay close attention to the graphic.

“I’m hoping…that person may have AIDS…seriously as a baby and when they grow up…the mother will…feel guilt…”

Cause that’s what it is all about, right? Making women feel guilty. This may be the most pathological thing I’ve ever heard from a public official. Poor Colorado.

Does she look anything like him? All wrinkly an’ shit?

Tragedies are good because they make people PAY.

*Gasp* … do you not remember who Ariel is ?

No, she’s got more of that aging ambitious ex-stripper trophy wife thing goin’ on.

I know a really cute Ariel that volunteers at the radio station but, other than that, nope. Senior moment?

Someone on FDL said of his Presidential bid … “Keep those 3 boobs out of the White House !”

freddie is married to the disney mermaid?

Oh, yeah, now I remember a pic of them at some function.

The goats certainly believed THEY could have done better.

Yep, that’s the pic I remember. How could I forget? *g*

Hope they got their money back.

LOL !!!

LOL !!!

Thanks SD that one’s a keeper !!

oh my, no. not at all.

in fact, i challenge you to find a single wrinkle.

Happy Second Anniversary, Eli.

I “cotton” think of anything more appropriate after watching TCM’s replay of “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington” than stopping by and finding a party goin’ on….

Yeah, really good job with the graphic. Smooth.

Thanks, Prairie!

I found a bunch but maybe I was looking at the wrong person.

Time for a…

just e-mail a link to one of my GOP friends, who thinks, this broad’s hot !
Wish I could see the look on his face when he sees it !!

707

You’ll know he got when you hear a head explode.

It’d be great if this thing went viral again.

Wow! Happy 2nd year anniversary, Eli!

Thanks, Loo!

Aw, Eli! Congratulations. Happy anniversary.

Thanks!

and, so as not to mix the two, Colorado boy is willing to see babies die so their dying mothers will feel bad? Because they’re having so much fun dying that if they didn’t see their babies die for something they had nothing to do with it might encourage people to have sex?

Don’t tell me, let me guess. He’s millitanlty “pro-life.”

Oh, my. Miss McConnell better watch his mouth:

The Kentucky Republican suggested that possible scenario at a campaign fundraiser for him on Capitol Hill earlier this week, according to three sources who asked not to be identified because of the politically sensitive nature of Bunning’s remarks.

The implication, they said, was that Bunning would allow Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, a Democrat, to appoint his replacement — a move that could give Democrats the 60 votes they need to block Republican filibusters in the Senate.

Two years? Get out.

(So to speak.)

Glad to be on the front page crew with you, Eli, especially because of posts like this.

julia upstairs

But giving them any kind of aid (as opposed to AIDS) would be *rewarding* them for their sinful behavior, and we can’t have that, now can we?

(And thanks much, Peterr!)

I suppose this has been said many times upthread. I’ll read them later. But these people are seriously seriously fucked up. I mean, really fucked up. Makes me think of people who argued that concentration camps build character.

Ah, fitting topic for an anniversary, Eli —it’s politics, but it’s more than that, too.

Congrats!

Thanks, PD! I actually kinda wanted to post something on the media, since that was the subject of my first post, and one of my favorite themes. But there was just too much material converging on this for me to ignore.

Eli! Kudos.

All they care about is whether other people’s catastrophes help them politically, or teach someone a lesson (preferaby both)

Let’s not overlook the conservative’s view that these catastrophes can also provide some really great investment opportunities. When you get all three, it’s what the Deciderer called a “trifecta.”

EWI!!!!

Happy hippo birdie!

congrats ELI!

i’ve always wondered…

is it ee-lie? Or is it ell-lee?

Keep at it, we’re all glad you’re here.

But these people are seriously seriously fucked up. I mean, really fucked up.

Well said.

I mean, SNL couldn’t do a better parody of a political party, yet these folks are serious.

One other thought comes to mind; Rush & crew are doing us a tremendous favor.

Their ratings are up, so all is well in their small minds; the good of the country is not and never really has been their concern.

So, they will continue to howl in the wilderness and continue to alienate independents and brown people, which will insure their irrelevance for many more elections to come.