Comments on: Early Morning Swim http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/ Firedoglake weblog Fri, 17 Feb 2012 10:23:28 -0600 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: dmac http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875877 dmac Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:21:50 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875877 <p>great!<br /> clearing clutter and rearranging. making my home Mine. and more user-friendly.ha.</p> great!
clearing clutter and rearranging. making my home Mine. and more user-friendly.ha.

]]> By: cinnamonape http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875846 cinnamonape Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:10:48 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875846 <p>I heard that interview, too. The idea that some blue-haired grandmother is armed with an AK-47 for “protection” is more than a little bizarro. And his whole screed at the end was that “protection” wasn’t just against the typical thieves…but the “government thieves”. That sort of stuff, plus the Bachmann assertions that Americorps is simply a brainwashing program for kids, is going to be a dangerous combination, I fear.</p> <p>Little Billy and Melissa will be out there in their Americorps blazers and some nutcase is going to start firing on the “Obama Youth”.</p> I heard that interview, too. The idea that some blue-haired grandmother is armed with an AK-47 for “protection” is more than a little bizarro. And his whole screed at the end was that “protection” wasn’t just against the typical thieves…but the “government thieves”. That sort of stuff, plus the Bachmann assertions that Americorps is simply a brainwashing program for kids, is going to be a dangerous combination, I fear.

Little Billy and Melissa will be out there in their Americorps blazers and some nutcase is going to start firing on the “Obama Youth”.

]]> By: bluebutterfly http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875840 bluebutterfly Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:42:36 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875840 <p>” “I’m convinced Raul Castro wants a normal relationship with the United States,” Lee said after the meeting with the 77-year-old, the Associated Press reported. “He’s serious.”</p> <p>“I think that what really surprised me, but also endeared me to him, was his keen sense of humor, his sense of history and his basic human qualities,” Rush said. “I intend to do everything that I can when we get back to the States to make sure that normalization with our relationship with Cuba is given proper consideration both within the House of Representatives and the neighborhoods of America.” “</p> <p><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/04/congressional-caucus-members-meet-with-the-castro-cousins-in-cuba.html" rel="nofollow">http://latimesblogs.latimes.co.....-cuba.html</a></p> ” “I’m convinced Raul Castro wants a normal relationship with the United States,” Lee said after the meeting with the 77-year-old, the Associated Press reported. “He’s serious.”

“I think that what really surprised me, but also endeared me to him, was his keen sense of humor, his sense of history and his basic human qualities,” Rush said. “I intend to do everything that I can when we get back to the States to make sure that normalization with our relationship with Cuba is given proper consideration both within the House of Representatives and the neighborhoods of America.” “

http://latimesblogs.latimes.co…..-cuba.html

]]> By: Knut http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875834 Knut Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:27:17 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875834 <p>I have it on personal record from an otherwise reasonable and quite pleasant Houston woman that they believe down there that with Obama’s election the Blacks are going to take revenge for what the White’s ahve done to them since the start of slavery. I heard that with my very own ears, and she was serious (though quite pleasant, as if it was obvious).</p> I have it on personal record from an otherwise reasonable and quite pleasant Houston woman that they believe down there that with Obama’s election the Blacks are going to take revenge for what the White’s ahve done to them since the start of slavery. I heard that with my very own ears, and she was serious (though quite pleasant, as if it was obvious).

]]> By: msmolly http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875828 msmolly Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:50:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875828 <p>Hooray for teh TiVo!! I just kept backing up, replaying, and pausing. I figured the clip would be up online, but not as good an opportunity to write it down as in the comfort of my own living room!</p> Hooray for teh TiVo!! I just kept backing up, replaying, and pausing. I figured the clip would be up online, but not as good an opportunity to write it down as in the comfort of my own living room!

]]> By: klynn http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875827 klynn Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:35:45 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875827 <p>Which makes me ask why? What is creating this continuity of Constitutional disconnect? I can only conclude a threat, a very big threat.</p> Which makes me ask why? What is creating this continuity of Constitutional disconnect? I can only conclude a threat, a very big threat.

]]> By: klynn http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875826 klynn Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:34:37 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875826 <p>Well written! Thank you. This needs to be repeated by Dems over and over.</p> <p>JimWhite: yes it was Marcy when I first loaded the page.</p> <p>cbl2 -<br /></p><blockquote>for goodness sakes, the “willful disclosure” dodge echo’s “organ failure or death” </blockquote> <p> Agree with you to my core sense of justice.</p> <p>msmolly, I was trying to write it down too. His words were spot on.</p> Well written! Thank you. This needs to be repeated by Dems over and over.

JimWhite: yes it was Marcy when I first loaded the page.

cbl2 -

for goodness sakes, the “willful disclosure” dodge echo’s “organ failure or death”

Agree with you to my core sense of justice.

msmolly, I was trying to write it down too. His words were spot on.

]]> By: Kassandra http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875825 Kassandra Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:30:58 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875825 <p>Have you read this yet? <a href="http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/4651" rel="nofollow">http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/4651</a> …..recommended.</p> <p>It seems as tho Turley is getting a bit “distressed” at what Obama is doing.<br /> Go read this stuff too, It’ll curl your hair:</p> <p><a href="http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/04/obama-doj-worse-than-bush" rel="nofollow">http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2.....-than-bush</a><br /> &<br /><a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2009/04/06/obama/" rel="nofollow">http://www.salon.com/opinion/g...../06/obama/</a></p> <p>The dictator behind the curtain is coming out. We don’t have a Constitution anymore; we have THE PATRIOT ACT. I guess I just didn’t realize that until here lately.</p> Have you read this yet? http://oxdown.firedoglake.com/diary/4651 …..recommended.

It seems as tho Turley is getting a bit “distressed” at what Obama is doing.
Go read this stuff too, It’ll curl your hair:

http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2…..-than-bush
&
http://www.salon.com/opinion/g…../06/obama/

The dictator behind the curtain is coming out. We don’t have a Constitution anymore; we have THE PATRIOT ACT. I guess I just didn’t realize that until here lately.

]]> By: rich2506 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875823 rich2506 Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:27:13 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875823 <p>Thinking of Reaganites, had an email discussion with a conservative who was getting all hysterical about the money Obama was planning to spend. Looked up National Debt and found it was a little under $1 trillion when Reagan took office, was over $5 trillion when the elder Bush was in office, Clinton held it steady for pretty much the whole decade of the 1990s, the younger Bush pushed up above $11 trillion. <strong>Now</strong>, of course, out of a clear blue sky, <strong>now</strong> all of the sudden, conservatives are <strong>worried</strong> about money!!!<br /> So lemme get this straight, three Republican presidents and a Republican-lite push the National Debt up to over 10 times what it was when Jimmy Carter left office and only <strong>now</strong> are Republicans worried about excessive expenditures!!! Um, yeah, OK, sure guys y’all have <strong>lots</strong> of credibility on this one!</p> Thinking of Reaganites, had an email discussion with a conservative who was getting all hysterical about the money Obama was planning to spend. Looked up National Debt and found it was a little under $1 trillion when Reagan took office, was over $5 trillion when the elder Bush was in office, Clinton held it steady for pretty much the whole decade of the 1990s, the younger Bush pushed up above $11 trillion. Now, of course, out of a clear blue sky, now all of the sudden, conservatives are worried about money!!!
So lemme get this straight, three Republican presidents and a Republican-lite push the National Debt up to over 10 times what it was when Jimmy Carter left office and only now are Republicans worried about excessive expenditures!!! Um, yeah, OK, sure guys y’all have lots of credibility on this one!

]]> By: SouthernDragon http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875822 SouthernDragon Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:22:47 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2009/04/08/early-morning-swim-127/#comment-1875822 <p>The legislature will certainly fuck up the casino revenue issue. The Seminoles will end up not having to give any money to the state. If the Feds ok their gambling changes there’s nothing the state can do about it. Dumber than a fuckin’ box o’ rocks.</p> <p>Colour me gone.</p> The legislature will certainly fuck up the casino revenue issue. The Seminoles will end up not having to give any money to the state. If the Feds ok their gambling changes there’s nothing the state can do about it. Dumber than a fuckin’ box o’ rocks.

Colour me gone.

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