Fitz!

When is the MSM going to have Emptywheel on to report on Patrick Fitzgerald’s interview of memory-lapse plagued Dick Cheney during the CIA leak investigation?

Morning all. Thanks Elliot. How is Joe Liarman not ashamed to face the nation.

Is John King going to be wearing official CNN waders?

Good morning. Howard Finemen seemed to hit it a couple of nights ago, when he said Liebermann enjoyed his role as pariah. I thought Sam Stein may have been accurate also, when someone asked what Lieberman got out of announcing his perversity. He thought for a second and then said, “relevance?”

Does AEI have a reserved parking space at WJ?

Good morning, pups. It’s Dowd, Friedman, Kristof and Rich this morning in the NYT. In “Port Mortuary’s Pull” MoDo says that President Obama promised to renovate American society, but is trapped in the money pits of a recession and two wars. The Moustache of Wisdom has gone all concern troll today. In “More Poetry, Please” he dithers that President Obama does not have a communication problem, but a “narrative” problem. Without one, his message is lost. Mr. Kristof, in “New Life for the Pariahs,” says an American doctor offers hope to women — or, often, girls of 13, 14, 15 — in West Africa who are ostracized because of incontinence. Mr. Rich, in “The G.O.P. Stalinists Invade Upstate New York,” says the battle for upstate New York confirms just how swiftly the right has devolved into a wacky, paranoid cult that is as eager to eat its own as it is to destroy President Obama.

Here they are.

The coffee, tea and hot chocolate are ready, and I’ve got eggs Benedict or eggs Florentine this morning. I will leave it to stronger stomachs than mine to see what sort of questions are posed to Rush. Time for another cup of tea, and finishing up the work I started yesterday. Have a great day.

As chairman of Homeland Security has Liarman had any hearings besides to question the problems of “Czars”. This guy is a rethug tool.

Check it out– all Democrats on two of the Sunday morning news shows:

CBS’ Face The Nation: White House senior adviser David Axelrod. Sen. Joe Lieberman.

NBC’s Meet The Press: Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. President Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign manager, David Plouffe,

Dang librul media!

/s

Mornin all, seeing the name Boehner and Liberman makes me want to puke ugh what a bunch of losers.

Please leave Joe Lieberman alone. He’s with us on everything but the whore.

‘Mornin’ Marion. Yeah, Frank Rich has a barn burner today. He says the Pukes are goin’ down fast, but over at Digby’s some people are worried this may be our Weimar Republic. If Obama doesn’t pull through this economic mess (and I have my doubts he knows what he’s doing) Glenn Beck could win this.

Yea turn EW loose on them, probably scared she would show America what REAL journalist look like.

Isn’t the nutcase expected to win in NY23?

I think he’s favored, and Rich says that would be much worse for the Pukes. But like I said, it’s sobering to think what may happen if the economy worsens. People have said about the Holocaust “It could happen here.”

I just finished reading Rich. I think he’s whistling in the dark. The nutcases drive the debate further & further to the right, helping the corp Ds take more & more positions that benefit their campaign coffers at the expense of their constituents. And I have not at all the confidence that Rich has that if they unwashed surf Fox, they’ll get disgusted.

morning everyone!

a little live blogging my breakfast

as usualy, having it at panera bread, free internet, they now give me a cup of java without charging me and I am having something hot so I ordered their egg sandwhich, minus the bread

internet is faster then ususal and that’s probably cause no one else is here using it, it’s a miserable day, overcast and ugly drizzle

still, it’s going to let up and I am going for a three hour drive top dpwn as soon as it I finish breakfast

elliot, thanx as always for kicking off the week

Good Matthews panel on both Afghan and health care…they think he is really patient and has been very smart on health care….

so I am driving to breakfast this morning and it occurs to me;

the republicans are STILL driving the “everything government does is bad” meme, and they still think we are “over regulated”

I’m thinking a progressive should answer with;

“who do you think wrote those regulations?…how do you think they became law?”

and to whatever the republican tries to answer in a dodge because they won’t know where you’re going with the question

“the people wrote those regulations, the people voted in the politicians who promised making those regulations law

in most cases the regulations were written because industry refused to pay their own bills and accept their own obligations, instead they tried getting people to pay their bills and people to suffer the obligations of that industry

THAT’S where most of those regulations came from and YOU are saying “regulations are bad” as if it’s a bad idea forcing industry to pay their own bills”

not gonna stay long, how is everyone?

Enjoy your ride….sounds great.

Simple answer is yes! Involuntary Servitude to monopolistic corporations??

Ahh… Happy November 1st, to all. Clocks going back has made a bad situation, worse for me. I’ve been awake since 3:30 am….. sucks! FWIW, nice to see Mr. Ratigan with “whig” referencing and quoting Jefferson this past Halloween week!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/30/dylan-ratigan-dresses-as_n_340166.html

The corporate aristocrats have gamed the system… It is now time to turn the “rule of law” to the people’s benefit as they have effectively used law to eviscerate the governed. Now back to splitting wood to stay warm this coming winter. Its a good work out, in addition to relieving the anger, disgust and contempt one may feel as history unfolds……

“Needs instilled by corporate design, needs that where not real at all… just conditioned minds?”

Yeah, some people at Digby made the same point, that this gives the Flacidcrats cover to move to the right.

It really does come down to campaign finance reform, doesn’t it?

We’re toast.

A shorter version is: why elect pols who want the govt NOT to work.

Yeah, toast. What’s the SCOTUS ruling we’re waiting for to further eviscerate campaign finance sanity?

Panel also likes the tough Hillary…

Nice choice of graphic, Ellie; I actually had that one on my desktop already because I liked it so much.

yup;

“you are asking voters to vote for you even though you think government does not work, when we do that the politician has invariably tried to undermine successful government programs

to this day politicians like yourself are actually trying to “privitise” social security, schools and a host of other services that should NEVER be privitised, you actually run on that platform”

man, if a democrat ever tried that he would see their brain fry

thanx rev

come for the drive why dontcha?

top down, great sterio

I have mixed feelings. So far, all of the polls I’ve seen suggest that the wingnut antics tend to alienate the majority of the country. On the other hand, I remember saying in the late ’70’s, that I hope the idiots go ahead and nominate that B-movie actor. Any possibility that the current crazies could come to power is too ominous to ponder.

Wow, I’m there;))

I’m completely shocked by how rightwing the country has become. Both parties. All I see is forces moving it farther to the right.

MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Dresses As Thomas Jefferson, Warns Against “Gambling Casinos”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSqg45_Y7E8&videos=Yl_A-Gvs5ss

Happy “All Saints Day,” folks…..

Any possibility that the current crazies could come to power is too ominous to ponder.

For a taste of it, you only need to look at life in Phoenix under “America’s Toughest Sheriff”.

This might be a better predictor of the future.
http://www.alternet.org/workplace/143485/after_the_billionaires_plundered_alabama_town,_troops_were_called_in_…_illegally

Lieberman on face?

1. Which one’s he bringing?
2. What, McCain wasn’t available?
3. All of the above…

The decline of the number of people who call themselves Republican, and the isolation of that party to the South and rural areas gives me some optimism. On the other hand, I’m dismayed by an apparent complete loss of memory, on the part of the public, of the proper role of government in promoting the general welfare. Whole generations know nothing but Reagan philosophy and have no concept of the mixed economy that prevailed from the New Deal until recently.

Thanks, and also to you. That’s what we will be talking about today..as in hope and vision, community and justice.

Yes, but the ‘centrist’ Ds are now to the right of the ‘centrist’ Rs when I was a youngen.

I’m off to other activities. Be good.

I keep thinking about Lieberman’s past attempt to ban the filibuster when the dems became the minority. What do you think? He’s a plant within the dem party who’s purpose was to destroy it?

And Gore gave him a leg up, and he has been a noisy disaster ever since. As said: No good deed goes unpunished.

& ee!

LOL. Mornin’, Prairie.

w3rd

Hey! Hi. barbara’s birthday is All Soul’s Day. Must be a metaphor there somewhere. How’re you doin’?

Lollloololol!

Link?

Happy Birdy!

Pretty good. Fall here, going to the 70s. Happy, happy Day. I like the season…Day of the Dead story on NPR. Nice. “Remember and Celebrate…” How are you?

Happy Birthday Barbara. I have tons of candy left

only when they are interested in reporting the truth.

Morning!

it’s a wonderment

To quote Joe:

I feel relevant

others say:

Ralph Nader called him the nation’s leading political hermaphrodite.

To Ghengis Conn, he’s an attention-craving political outcast with a meager record of accomplishment since 2006.

Slate magazine paints him as a pawn of the state’s insurance industry.

And most stinging of all, The Guardian’s Maura Keaney says he’s become the balloon-boy dad of the Senate Democratic caucus.

Great….Thanks for the Others….Later

Yes, yes they do.

Altho I was impressed that CSPAN did give a wee bit of air time to the J Street conference this past week.

Ah, nothing like occam’s razor to cut the fat from the pork.

mMmm eegs,

Attaturk took note of the Mustache of Wisdom this morning also

I wonder if anyone on the TEEVEE has the nerve to publish one of thom jefferson’s letters whence he proposes both the progressive tax and the inheritance tax

man oh man the wing nuts would go balistic

then we would point out the boston tea party was a revolt in disgust for the king LOWERING taxes

their eyes would go blank

Wallace’s first question to Rush Shithead: in the last year, what has obama done for, and to, the country.

Predictable answer: well, he hasn’t done anything ‘for’ the country, only ‘to’. we’ve never had such a radical figure at such a high level of power.

Wow. I’m not a big Nader fan, but that’s a pretty apt description. Norman Lear had a post on Huffpo using a German word combination to describe him. It translates to what my son used to say, when watching soft, chickenhawk Young Republicans talk about the Iraq War; that they had “punchable faces.”

yeah, they sure are pushing the left side of the political spectrum

*hands darclay a barf bag*

Still bringing out vestiges of ‘time of Hitler’ are they?

Jon Walker suggested the same thing

lol an egg sandwich without the bread.
Don’t let any leaves get in your hair.

the time change always foul me up.

I thought Ratigan was a little to Glenn Beckian for my taste, distracted from him message.

good, she’s doing great work.

Thanks Rayne, a nice compliment coming from you :)

He’s a narcissistic political whore

LOL, Rush just insinuated that Obama is planning to take over the NFL

tw33k!

All of the above – and then some.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Barbara

“Faux News Sunday” amazing what these idiots consider to be news.

that interview was comedy gold.

heh,

yeah Nader was astute.

It did seem like a parody.

Morning Wordsmith, it never ends, does it?

He is still whining about that,
he was truly thwarted in his Plantation Desires.

I noticed Wallace didn’t choose any of our questions for Rush.

Mornin’, Elliott, pups

Happy Your Day, barbara.

So Abdullah has withdrawn from the election. The thot plickens.

I see the spell check red line is still under almost every word as I type. ???

Morning SD,

I don’t know what to say about the red line. You seem to be the only one affected by the malady. Perhaps reinstalling your browser would help…

Thanks, I can do that.

God, I despise Danielle Pletka! But she has some entertainment value. Pletkaism: “Probably demonstrably arguable…”

This nonsense that sending more troops makes the troops that are there safer is unadulterated BS. McCrystal wants to put troops in more places increasing the number of targets for the taliban.

I can barely watch CSPAN anymore. Used to enjoy WJ every morning.

Didn’t work. Guess I’ll just have to live with it.

what OS and browser are you using?

I just detest all of these people like Danielle and her partners, the Kagans, who just like war so much that they’re always up for a little conflict someplace. Of course they’re strategists, far too elite to actually risk their important asses on the ground. In Kagan’s case, I’m sure he fantasizes about it.

They are honest about the fact that C-span is provided courtesy of America’s Cable Companies…

This is corporate taxation.

FF on Vista 64-bit.

Not enough room in a HumVee for that fat fuck.

What happens when you right click on an underlined word? Ordinarily it will guess a corrected spelling.

And is this happening when you are on other sites or in other applications?

I first wondered if your spell checker is set to a different language, but I’m not sure how to get to those settings.

I first wondered if your spell checker is set to a different language, but I’m not sure how to get to those settings.

Maybe it is set to republican.

Aha, it was the language setting. I musta clicked on Spanish for some reason. Duh. Muchas gracias.

Yay! The only mysteries I like are solved ones.

Gee, on my settings it says Neanderthal and that’s an insult to Neanderthals everywhere.

Right clicking in the comment box brings a drop down menu with Languages at the bottom.

it seems so simple now

But like the jitterbug, it just plumb escapes me. (h/t Jimmy Buffett)

(And points for anyone who knows the song from whence I pulled that line)

Oh Jane…
Lieberman on Face The Nation:

“I wish people would come out and debate me on the Public Option.”

and gee, Schieffer didn’t mention that Liebrman comes from the Insurance State of Connecticut, or that Lieberman’s wife was a lobbyist for the insurance companies. Musta slipped hims mind

Thanks! I feel even smarter now.

Do you speak Spanish? Seems like switching that over would be hard to do accidentally.

I used to speak it fairly well. Way out of practice. I don’t know why I clicked it. Senior moment, I suppose.

Hey, Elliott

For Caturday -

Can I embed a vid from flickr? I don’t see it as an allowed embed site. If not I’ll just provide a link, which would be easier on the bandwidth anyhow.

Cool, you have a vid
Do flickr videos have an embed code?
If it doesn’t take, email me the link to it and I’ll add it in backstage if I can.

EllieElliott AT gmail DOT com

While I was fooling around with the vid in flickr I brought it up in YouTube so just linked to that. If I right click on a flickr vid the menu gives me a copy embed code option, so yeah.

At seminal you can paste the embed code (where you want it) right into the text or “body” box and the vid appears YAY!

The players wouldn’t threaten to quit, under that management.

Rush is disconnected from our universe.

Well, we can say to Harry Reid ‘We told you so, when you let that @#$%^&* keep his gavel.’

‘With us on everything but the war’ nothing: he’s only with us when it doesn’t count. The rest of the time he’s with whichever side will give him the most egoboo.