Crocodile tears:
By on Dec 21st, 2005 at 11:47 pm
Crocodile tears:
“This has been the saddest day of my life,” said Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens (R), 82, “as he watched victory slip away again in his 25-year crusade for drilling in the refuge.”
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Stevens' message: The troops don't get more armor until I get my oil wells.
December 21st, 2005 at 11:50 pmPoor baby. Go home and have a glass of egg nog, and a warm bath. Didn't your parents tell you that you can't stomp your feet and get whatever you want? Didn't you tell your own kids that? Santa's watching.
December 21st, 2005 at 11:50 pmSen. Stevens: WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!
People of Alaska: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Do I sense a Bill Frist kind of temper brewing. :)
December 21st, 2005 at 11:52 pmDon't cry, Teddy boy. Just bathe yourself in that nice warm Iraqi oil and you'll feel much better.
December 21st, 2005 at 11:55 pmHere is hoping that Stevens has many more days just like today. Lest we forget this is the same guy who stole taxpayer money to build a bridge to nowhere in his district. He deserves whatever he gets.
December 21st, 2005 at 11:59 pmAnd all night long, through the halls of Congress it was heard, "But I want Alaskan Oil! Not that fancy Iraqi stuff. Waaaaaaaa! Waaaa! Waaaaaaaaaaa!"
And so little Teddy Stevens didn't get the one thing he wanted for Christmas more than anything: a raped and spoiled environment. Meanwhile, just down the street little Georgie opened his gifts and found a lump of coal... underneath every mountain in the country! He called some friends and they began to dig, and they didn't stop until every mountain was crushed, and they lived happily ever after.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:02 am"Saddest Day of my life" - oh what pathos. He's never had a father or mother die? Never lost a good friend or a brother or sister? Resign Senator Stevens.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:07 amMaybe teddy boy loves to masturbate in the Alaskan oil.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:11 amThat's why it's the saddest day of his life.
For God's sake - I can't believe that we PAY for these pathetic bunch of losers. We pay for them to act in their own self-interest. Robert is right:
Resign Senator Stevens - you don't represent America.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:15 amAnd he promised to go to every state where he was voted against and blast the Senators for taking away money from Fatherland Security and Katrina rebuilding. I can't wait! Especially since he's admitted that they couldn't properly fund our security or rebuilding a destroyed city without first drilling in ANWR.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:17 am9/11 should have been the saddest day.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:21 amDon't worry about that, toys. They already made more disproportionate cuts from opposition districts than any ruling party in recent history. What else can little Stevie cut? The Highway to Everywhere?
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:21 amHe looked like he'll try to get even somehow. And he's no longer friends with any of the Dems. I bet they are bummed about that. Maybe he'll put tacks on the chairs or something?
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:27 amAnother professional victim in the right wing.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:37 amOver at the red state blogs, they're saying: If only there were some way to keep these liberals from having representation... Yeah, that'd learn 'em...
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:40 amI wonder what his commission was going to be on this? 2% of the gross? So damn close to all that money....
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:43 amIf I was from Alaska, I'd be pretty embarrassed by Uncle Ted.
Has anyone else but me noticed how transparent most of the repubs are? I mean they are just too much! Giving away $70B in tax cuts to the wealthy and raising deficit and calling it good economics?
I guess the Dems have to be better just to survive, kind of Darwinian.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:51 amThe miserable Mr Stevens will just go home, fly over and shoot a bunch more wolves. Everything for money and power. All these people know how to do is cut it, drill it or kill it....Let's not forget to remind all the press and voters about the tie killer Cheney voting to cut all necessary spending for the needy and other important needs...
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:58 amDear Senator Stevens:
Life is a veil of tears.
Love,
Ancient Purple
December 22nd, 2005 at 1:37 am82, eh? perhaps death is near. Not for the caribu nor the permafrost, but for the idea that we use this region for oil. sorry ted, your dream is gone. fu@k you and your strong-arm tactics. go quietly into the nite.
December 22nd, 2005 at 2:40 amI would have thought the saddest day of his life might have been when his first wife, mother of his children, was killed in a plane crash.
Stevens on the floor of the Senate tonight was the height of gall. You really have to know his background to have fully appreciated it.
For those of you who don't know Stevens' history:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/1217-05.htm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/15/AR2005111501842.html
They really don't get any more corrupt than this guy.
December 22nd, 2005 at 2:55 amplease correct me if I am wrong, but is he the ProTem leader of the Senate, and as such, third in line for the throne, sorry, Presidency? Doesn't the ProTem come before the speaker of the House?
December 22nd, 2005 at 7:48 am#22 + 23
Oops... correction, Ted Stevens is not third in line, I miss read - he's fourth. Still scary though...
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:10 amMyth: An overwhelming majority of Alaskans support drilling in the Arctic Refuge.
Fact: Statewide public opinion polls show Alaskans to be closely divided on this issue. In a recent poll, 45% of Alaskans agreed that "the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) should be protected from oil drilling" while 49% disagreed and 6% were neutral or didn't know (Alaska Conservation Alliance, July 2000). In response to the statement "the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge should be protected from British Petroleum's oil drilling and development plans," 41% agreed, 43% disagreed and 16% were neutral; Alaska Conservation Alliance, November 1999).
Fact: Most Alaska residents polled in rural areas, Southeast Alaska, Fairbanks, Democrats, moderates, and women by a wide margin agree that the refuge should be protected from oil development (November 1999).
Fact: Alaskans pay no state sales tax or income tax. Every man, woman, and child in the state receives a check for about $2,000.00 each year for the state's oil revenue chalked $128 billion "permanent fund."
source: http://www.alaskawild.org/pressroom_mythsfacts.html
December 22nd, 2005 at 8:18 am#15 - Facism at its finest, eh?
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:11 amPerhaps Bush knew this day may come, and that's why he appointed such loyalists to Bush to such high positions in the government.. In case he is impeached, he has a long, long line of people he knows will continue his evil mission.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:18 amI will always remember Ted Stevens at the Senate lectern, shaking in anger, yelling "NO!" when they wanted to take the $250,000,000.00 earmarked for construction of a bridge to an island populated by only 50 people, already served by a ferry, and use that money to help thousands of people who had lost their homes and livelihoods to the flooding from Hurricane Katrina.
This man has no soul. He is not a Christian. He must be loved by somebody, and he must feel love of sorts for his family, but otherwise he is dead inside. I feel sorry for him. He's lost.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:23 amIf this was the saddest day of your life Teddy.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:42 amThen maybe you otta get a freaking life, turd.
well boo f****** hoo. NO!..we will not give you our money,you big crybaby!....The American People.
December 22nd, 2005 at 9:57 amOh, so sorry. Hurray for us and America.
December 22nd, 2005 at 10:31 amWhat a Whiny-Assed Titty Baby (stolen from Atrios). Is the refuge the ONLY place in Alaska where one could drill for oil? Why does Teddy hate against caribou, bear, salmon, arctic fox, bunnies, etc?
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:13 amAs best as I can tell, Sen. Stevens remains the most popular person in Alaska. Some call him "our best natural resource." He also has been a consistent vote for working families and unions in Alaska.
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:14 amThe Poor guy. We should all send him an FTD "Pick-Me-Up" Bouquet or something....
December 22nd, 2005 at 11:42 am#32 Actually there is more oil on Alaska's North Slope, but it is harder to get and more expensive - therefore making less profit for the greedy oil companies as such unacceptable.
December 22nd, 2005 at 12:08 pmDo I feel sorry for Stevens?
December 22nd, 2005 at 3:40 pmHECK NO
HE'S AND A**HOLE!
December 22nd, 2005 at 3:48 pmWell, at least we can say we made Ted Stevens Cry. LOL.
December 23rd, 2005 at 4:43 amProve it Ted,
Do that honorable Japanese thing with the wrapping a sword in the copy of that "dead" legislation , on your knees, (sep' ku or something like that)...
Then I'll believe you.
December 23rd, 2005 at 3:42 pmOver at the red state blogs, they’re saying: If only there were some way to keep these liberals from having representation… Yeah, that’d learn ‘em…
Comment by cynical ex-hippie
cynical #15,
All the more reason to keep an eye on those red state traitors. We may have to give closure to the civil war!
December 23rd, 2005 at 3:44 pm