Yeah, even our press is against undiluted wankers like Coburn.

democrcynow: The Spanish judge who tries to bring accountability under international human rights laws is himself being charged legally with exceeding his authority.

So is it safe to assume Coburn would support any new spending programs, as long as we cut an equal amount of federal funding Oklahoma receives?

Democrats adopted a requirement that spending bills be paid for

There’s no need to cut other programs. They could raise taxes to pay for the new spending and still be within the rules.

Tariq Ramadan is democracynow guest.

Mornin’, BT, pups

I’m waiting for another self-righteous fool to show up and tell us how fucked up the Lake is and that we should change our ways to mollify him/her.

Fuck Coburn.

Surely this prick can be overridden by 60 votes or is “can’t do” Harry still piddling around? I believe that even the nay saying goopers would have a hard time explaining voting ‘no’ to working, or non-working, Americans.

And where is the corporate shill in chief, why is he not out on the stump visiting gooper districts to talk about the obstructionists.

That wasn’t much fun, was it? But, hey, I kind of got a kick out of being called an internet knight in shining armor. Gave me a new way of seeing myself. :)

A pup posted this last week sometime.

That’s pretty funny.

I kind of got a kick out of being called an internet knight in shining armor

Sorry I missed that thread, sounds like fun!

Looks like Bart Stupak is aborting his political career.

Yeah, I saw that. For 5 bucks I can just imagine the quality of the “posts.” Dude yesterday musta really needed the money.

Now I just need to find someone who will follow me around with the coconuts to make the horsey foot step noises.
And, hey, watch out for my sword, y’all.

Saves Connie a lot of grief.

Any chance of getting someone decent in that seat?

I thought that was what hubbies were for. *g*

3…2…1…Hi Cass! Hi Rahm! Hi Daily Kos!

Just keep up with the neigh saying.

I wonder if Cass or Rahm came here under their real names we’d be allowed to lay on with a will.

You been hangin’ around punaise again?

Probably got a nifty lobbying job lined up after the stirling audition he did with the InsurCare bill.

Coburn is right. When the money is gone, they MUST stop spending. The idea that they can forever spend more than they take in is ridiculous. Free market economists have pointed out for most of a hundred years the dangers of artificially inflating the money supply via deficit spending. Even the most committed Keyesians know it cannot continue or there will be economic hell to pay (we’re currently in purgatory).

The question is: is Senator Coburn willing to end our foreign wars and world domination so the unemployed, the old, the sick in this country who are currently dependent on government assistance will get the help they’ve been promised?

My guess is “no.” The neo-cons and the war-liberals would rather waste our shrinking wealth blowing stuff up and killing brown people around the world than living up to the financial obligations of the welfare state they created.

It’s time for a new paradigm.

Looks like Bart Stupak is aborting his political career.

Now if only another 300 or so would follow

living up to the financial obligations of the corporate welfare state they created.

Fixed it for ya.

Internet Knight huh ? wonder if the role of “internet witch” has already been assigned, I’d be all over that ! :D

mornin’ all

Chuck Todd confirms on twitter:

House Dems almost made it thru entire 2week recess w/o a retirement. That changes at 1230p today in Mich with Stupak. Swing district.

wow. saves them all the embarassment of campaigning for him now don’t it ? maybe the district doesn’t have any candy stores to hide in :D

Very good, nomo. I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em. Some times it gets me into trouble. But, I’ve survived so far.
Imagine being told I should get off the internet.

than living up to the financial obligations of the corporate welfare state they created.

but it appears that privatization could be complete within the year or two, if we just wait long enough, the responsibility to pay for all entitlements will rest on the shoulders of us that are taxed.

I like that one better too. Maybe I’ll conjure up a spell this morning.

Gosh no. He/she is the undoubted Punster of the Lake.

uh sorry sista – apparently my ol eye of rahm thing worked on Bart – I”m a shoo in :D

I agree about taking money we’re wasting on wars. But if they raised taxes that would also help reduce the deficit.

Would it be bipartisan for the prez to visit gooper districts calling them out? OT, on my drive yesterday I was listening to “Day to Day” on NPR and while covering the WV mine disaster the perky little announcer made the comment that the mine’s owner was a “colorful” figure. She went on to point out that many of the workers demonstrated their support of him by flying the company flag at their homes. She then said that the program had received a number of emails encouraging them to say it was a non-union mine which she did with a begrudging tone in her voice.

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it would really be too much to hope for in thinking Stupak’s departure has something to do with C street wouldn’t it ?

Good morning all. Nice to see Stupak quit. Not so nice to see Chuck Todd is still a fucking moron.

I completely missed the dust-up yesterday… (work sucks). What thread should I go back and revel in? I don’t have coconuts to make horsey sounds, but I’m a demon metal polisher, so I’ll keep your sword all nice and shiny.

I have seen so many attacks against the scruffy ragamuffin firedogs that it is not even funny. The attacks against the management here by certain jackals is even more cowardly. Of course, our taxpayer money probably pays for most of these cowards to catapult their slimey smears.

The topic at hand is jobless benefits. That’s not corporate welfare.

House Dems almost made it thru entire 2week recess w/o a retirement.

Anybody here notice the post yesterday on our Congress’ approval ratings?

Just about at the point where more people are wanting everyone (even their own rep) replaced. Trending rate is become a nice steep slope

That is just fucking sick.

Here’s another economic downturn story. My 22 year old son is just having the hardest time finding a job and right now he is virtually homeless. The sleeping on the couch in the LR situation is not the best, so yesterday he and a friend cleaned out my garage and they are setting up a little “apartment” in half of it. Feels like a depression to me. But, at least we came up with a half way decent solution. And, family has to stick together. With as much dignity as we can muster.

Buh-bye Stupak. MSNBC AP reporting

Methinks that little den of evil is turning out to be not such a good thing for the participants. We should rename it Hypocrite House.

Yikes. Even KO’s on twitter. And scrolling back I see the comment re Todd. Definitely falling behind the times….

The Morning Joe B Team has already deduced that Stupidpak is leaving because of the incivility in congress.

Very interesting. Very probable. I wonder which one of the upstanding ‘C’ street fraternity brothers will turn first as the investigation heats up?

Coburn told The Hill he’s disappointed with press coverage of his position, saying the media should focus on the fact that Democrats adopted a requirement that spending bills be paid for, yet frequently disregard the rule.

A bill he voted AGAINST before he started his grandstanding. He also continually and without complaint voted for unfunded wars and unfunded others when Bush was president. This isn’t about fiscal responsibility.

Yesterday’s Early Morning Swim. And, thanks for the offer.

But NPR is the “gold standard” of an independent source for the news. Right!

Evidently his district has no one affected. Maybe some could move there?

Excuse me? The topic is money. My lyin’ eyes tell me most of the money is going to those who make the things that make war possible. That’s corporate welfare in my book. Coburn et al have no problem funding the wars.

(((demi))) What kind of a sucky place is it that denies a 22 year old, ready and willing to work the right to earn a living (or at least part!) while rich bankers and rotten politicians get bonuses and bribes in the untold millions of dollars. Fucking sick it is.

oh gawd considering the light speed at which the ‘righteous’ turn on one another, should be a photo finish.

Just heard Bill Press on the radio lamenting the loss of Stupak. All the usual center-left drivel about a “good man” who wasn’t afraid to “stand-up for what he believed in”. God, I can no longer stomach the Democratic Party.

Voting Green from now on.

hey soon to be scooter boy – what’s happenin’ hot stuff ?

while rich bankers and rotten politicians get bonuses and bribes in the untold millions of dollars

Did you watch the Commission yesterday question Rubin?

His answer, not his responsibility (while earning 15mil/yr) to insure that accounting of his corp was up to standard. What a fucking puke

Thanks. I’ll go back and check it out.

It’s good for those kids that you can keep a safe roof over their heads, as well as give them love and support. I’ll bet there are lots of young ones unable to find work and without any support system. I cringe when I think about the kids who are “aging out” of foster care during this recession depression.

Is this the one. At least he did not call you “fire-retarded”.

Do you realize that when you leap to someones defense like some internet knight in shining armor you just make them more of a target right? You make them seem impotent, weak, and in need of defense.

Nice work.

center-left drivel

ROFLMAO

Oh, thanks. He even applied at a recycling center but didn’t want to do the work without gloves. They wouldn’t hire him because the guys who “pick” with gloves work slower than the ones who are willing to do it without. He’s eligible for GR, but doesn’t want to. It is a very difficult and sad time. Thank God we’ve got the county hospital to go to if he gets sick.

That’s corporate welfare in my book. Coburn et al have no problem funding the wars.

Priorities and what we care about.

Remember mid ’70s? Had to pay of the war debt, who took the hit – Education. Tuition started going thru the roof

Oklahoma has an unemployment rate of 6.7% and it is declining. I think it best if the WH went after some other gooper senator to help persuade coburn to….change. In the meantime flooding the state with the unemployed would seem like a good idea.

Yeah, that’s the one. It was all I could do to stay out of that.

I chose to demonstrate to the R’s, the identical nature of the two major political parties by pointing out what happened in Texas in 2006. Tom DeLay had just won the Congressional R primary when scandal erupted. Now, he declared he would not seek re-election, and set up stakes in VA. The Chair of the Republican Party of Texas (“RPT”) sought to declare him ineligible for office under the Constitution, which requires a Congressional candidate to be living in the state on the day of the election. Since Texas law requires the candidate to be eligible for office in order to appear on the ballot, this meant, the SoS would remove his name and the R’s could replace it with an eligible candidate. The Chair of the Texas Democratic Party (“TDP”) wouldn’t have it, and filed a lawsuit to prevent the RPT from declaring DeLay ineligible. The court ruled, no one could say for sure Mr. DeLay would not be living in the state at the time of the election, granting the injunction requested by the TDP.

In other words, if the R’s wanted to get the D’s to declare Mr. Obama is ineligible for office, they know how this could be done. JUDGE ABBOTT WOULD ORDER TDP CHAIR BOYD RICHIE TO DECLARE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BARACK OBAMA IS INELIGIBLE FOR THE JOB

Morning cbl2,
Been waiting to see ya after the great “welcome back” a few weeks ago, or has it been longer than that?
Anyway, if the Dems would play their cards right, those unemployed would be a good start on showing how “compassionate” these great Repubs. are treating their fellow Americans.

Thanks for your support yesterday, Frank. I did shut my trap pretty fast when I realized there wasn’t going to be any real and valid exchange. But, I was “watching”. :)

you have FB mail

Don’t know if the unemployed would enjoy being treated as a bargaining chip tho.

Ole Harry was doing that a couple of weeks ago, me thinks he set this up just for that effect

Long day already.

oooh good to see you too ! have been wondering if the HCR as passed was helpful to your family.

and could you believe that game on Monday night ?!?!?

be right back.

I wanna know when Bernie is gonna start live streaming F1.

omg, so sorry. there’s always 5 o’clock – and hey, will we be picking up new pipes at the same time ?

waiting for the app that costs 10 times as much and half as functional :D

Now there’s a fire in the mine. Finis. Blankenship needs to go to prison.

*g*

Speed Channel does a fine job.

No on the new pipes.

Yeah, I know, but I don’t have digital teebee and ain’t giving Bright House the dust just for that. Cut my nose off to spite my face.

Eight years after the Milford Mine disaster in MN (worst in state history), Crosby,MN elected the nations’ first Communist Village Council President

sometimes, there are affects

librty@70,
You are right and i did not mean it that way. Thanks for the heads up.
I was really disappointed when Reid adjourned the Senate and went home when he had them right where they would be hurting if he said “We have to solve this mess for the unemployed before we adjourn” That would have caused a lot of negative publicity because of the screaming Repubs.
But no, Harry wanted to get home too bad and just let the unemployment coverage lapse for those most in need of it.
Sorry for the rant.

Ohhh, but he’s such a “colorful” fellow…was that the word. Callous for both of them may fit better….Gag

thanks – totally agree with you.

Didn’t understand Harry’s choice on adjournment – unless his goals are not our goals, then it’s rational :(

Off to swim in the great capitalist cesspool.

US KIA Irak: 4,390

US KIA Afghanistant: 1,040

Iraki and Afghan casualties: estimates vary to over 1.5M

US MBS 2010: 12,124 and counting

Be good to yourselves, and all other living things.

Namaste

Yep.

G’Morning, Bev.
How ya doing today? Besides Gag.

US MBS 201: 12,152.

Errant fingers.

Mornin’.

Yesterday:

Personal attacks are discouraged here.

Today:

I’m waiting for another self-righteous fool to show up and tell us how fucked up the Lake is and that we should change our ways to mollify him/her.

Yes, I can see from those comments that nothing needs to change here at all.

It really is all about being in the little social club, isn’t it?

Xin loi about interrupting y’all’s “political analysis.”

cbl2,
Sorry to be so slow in answering you.
Regarding the HCR we will have to wait and see. I am not really hopeful on many aspects of it.
The $250.00 we will ge for the “Donut Hole” shortcoming does not even cover one month of meds for my wife. I am not complaining here in any way, I am so happy to have her and I would dig ditches to make sure she has her meds that are needed.
That game was terrific. I was rooting for Butler all the way. One of the schools I sub for now had Willie Veasley as a four year starter in high school so it was a little more personal in that way. His high school coach, when he was in high school in another district hit a jump shot to take my team down in the Regional finals. We are good friends now but he still reminds me of his feat. All with good humor though.

Are you sure that was directed at you?

In Ms. Hamsher’s house, there are many rooms. And, I believe there’s space for a variety of discussions. Sometimes there are disagreements on issues, but loyal firepups usually stay civil and even apologize sometimes. It seems to work well for most people.
(off my soap box, now)

can’t and won’t speak for anyone else, only myself EV

but there was an individual yesterday that came with all fangs out, simply because I questioned the tone in their comments

attack mode, not discussion

Pretty good…after a short meeting, I have the day off. Nice.
Im ready. How ’bout you?

Pretty well. I’ve got a line on a job I think I’ll really enjoy. Interview next week. Will work with the boys on the “apartment” today. Bug spray. Furniture. Work, work, work. But all worth it for my sanity.

Good for you….I should join you in a list of projects….Later, as they
say ;)

I just discovered Daily Kos may have a virus problem. You have been warned.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/4/9/855558/-Computer-Virus-from-DKOS!

I spent 4 hours the other night clearing off a sneaky trojan virus only to be infected again while reading DKOS tonight. As a blog ad loaded, adobe acrobat reader was opened and the thing installed itself and infected me again.
The reason I am certain it is from DKOS is that as I was clearing my main machine I was surfing on my backup. I went through 3 or 4 sites fine – then came here. 2 diaries in and adobe acrobat starts to open! I shut it down before it was finished. I will find out soon enough if it got this machine too.

The virus: Virtumonde

Of course, Macs and Linux users can laugh out loud as they are not infested with “back doors” as Microsoft is.

If they show up more than three times on the Worst Persons List, they should be thrown out of the human race.

Of note, a study released yesterday by the University of Washington finds that race is a factor in the Tea Party movement. I know that most people here would have assumed that but these are some very hard numbers.

New University of Washington survey explores attitudes of tea party supporters

A new University of Washington survey found that among whites, southerners are 12 percent more likely to support the tea party than whites in other parts of the U.S., and that conservatives are 28 percent more likely than liberals to support the group.

“The tea party is not just about politics and size of government. The data suggests it may also be about race,”said Christopher Parker, a UW assistant professor of political science who directed the survey.

It found that those who are racially resentful, who believe the U.S. government has done too much to support blacks, are 36 percent more likely to support the tea party than those who are not.

New post up top…

LOL – OS X on a Dell here Frank …

Thanks, SD — I really laughed out loud at your comment and still smiling.

karen

There are a few people laughing over there. But from the comments there is a real problem. For me, it is another opportunity to have fun with them.

I run linux and haven’t had to worry about a thing like that in ten years. I don’t even have to run virus protection software or anything.

Your problem is that you’re infected with Windows.

by VelvetElvis

OOH. Looks like I missed a good trollfight. What thread was that on?

Hennity isn’t he the guy who has been taking money away from wodows and children of troops that were killed or injured in the wars??? And Ollie North called him on it but just to the extent that he use a cheaper plan than a G5. what an unamerican bastard

Wow, seems like I was part of that trollfight, after I left (I really do have work to do that they pay me for…)

Sorry I missed it. I just get really tired of the people who call Rachel (and others) names because something in the news isn’t covered in her show, or isn’t covered the way the commenter would like.

IMHO you have to get your news and information from several sources and take them all with a grain of salt.

Ah, let me rephrase that. When intelligent people look at this rationally, they must conclude that Sen. Coburn is absolutely correct.