ThinkFast: May 11, 2006
ThinkFast: May 11, 2006
Cunningham scandal expands: “Federal prosecutors have begun an investigation” into powerful House Appropriations Committee chair Jerry Lewis (R-CA). The probe is focusing on Lewis’ connections to “longtime friend” and lobbyist Bill Lowery. “As chairman of the Appropriations panel, Lewis has earmarked hundreds of millions of dollars in federal contracts for many of Lowery’s clients.”
The National Security Agency has been “secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans, using data provided by AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth.” The goal of the program, created shortly after 9/11, is “to create a database of every call ever made” within the nation’s borders. “Among the big telecommunications companies, only Qwest has refused to help the NSA.”
The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility has closed its investigation into the Bush administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance program because investigators were “denied the security clearances needed to conduct a probe.” Rep. Maurice Hinchey (D-NY) called the denial of clearances “hard to believe.”
A draft Government Accountability Office report finds that only “one one in five Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans who screen positive for combat-related stress disorders are referred by the Pentagon for mental health treatment.â€
House conservatives gave Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH), who is better known as “Representative #1†in the Abramoff court pleadings, “a standing ovation after he told them yesterday that he has no plans to resign and will vigorously fend off a likely federal indictment.â€
“The Pentagon has been forced to delay the release of its updated Army Field Manual on interrogation because of congressional opposition to several provisions, including one that would allow tougher techniques for unlawful combatants than for traditional prisoners of war.”
President Bush and Congress “have suffered a decline in support from almost every part of the conservative coalition over the past year, a trend that has accelerated with alarming implications for Bush’s governing strategy.” In Gallup polling, Bush has suffered a “13-percentage-point drop in Republican support…in the past couple of weeks.”
Foreign policy experts from both parties are pressuring Bush to hold direct talks with Iran. Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) warned, “The continued unwillingness of the U.S. to engage Iran will make other states hesitate to support, and possibly oppose, these tougher measures.â€
A “year-old but little-known Army Reserve policy” bars officers from resigning “unless they fulfill various conditions: They have to serve in Iraq or Afghanistan, work in much-needed specialties, or have serious family issues.” Several reservists are suing to overturn the policy.
And finally, a fun fact about Chuck Norris: “If you ask Chuck Norris what time it is, he always says, ‘Two seconds till.’ After you ask, ‘Two seconds till what?’ he roundhouse kicks you in the face.†Another fun fact: Norris met yesterday with Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) to promote his “KICKSTART†program that “aims to keeps kids off drugs, out of gangs and to build their self-confidence.â€
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If I recall, Duke Cunningham said he would “vigorously” defend the charges against him…and Duke is in the slammer. And didn’t Bug Boy Tom DeLay say he would vigorously defend the charges against him?? And wont Scooter?? Soon we’ll be hearing Reichsmarshall Karl von Rove saying he’ll vigorously defend the charges against him, and in 2009 we’ll hear Bush and Cheney claim that they will vigorously defend the war crimes charges against them in The Hague. I’m beginning to wonder if “vigorously defend” is a Repugnican talking point???
May 11th, 2006 at 9:01 amPoll: Democrats lead GOP by double digits
Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 10:18 p.m. EDT (02:18 GMT)
The poll, conducted for CNN by Opinion Research Corp., found that 52 percent of respondents who were registered voters said they were leaning toward voting for a Democrat, while 38 percent said they were leaning toward a Republican.
Ten percent said they didn’t know how they would vote or that they would choose a candidate not from the two major parties.
Among all Americans, the poll found 50 percent leaning toward Democrats, 37 leaning toward the Republicans and 3 percent intending to vote for non-majority candidates. Ten percent had no opinion
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/05/10/congress.poll/index.html
How do you have no opinion? Does GW have to show up at your house and kick your dog? Give your kid a loaded gun? Shoot your spouse? Incredible.
But at least the “Independent movement” is gaining momentum. And we still have a couple years to sell people on the idea. I do think it will help us take back our country if we have a President elected by the people who isn’t owned or swayed by Corporate Greed. Someone who can tell the Representatives and Senators that he or she will vero every bill they put forward until Corporate Personhood is revoked and Campaign Reform has occured first. We need an Independents’ Revolution.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:01 amOkay, perhaps a bit petty, but I am thrilled to see people getting sick of religious fanatics who attack legitimate science and medical professions. I won’t watch his work anymore because I can’t stand the sight of him, and I boycott things I find disturbing or harmful (like Exxon/Moblie). Tom Cruise really turned me off with that Matt Lauer interview. So, had to add this to the news:
Cruise’s popularity on the skids?
Overexposed or odd, Cruise’s behavior may be costing him millions
Wednesday, May 10, 2006; Posted: 10:33 p.m. EDT (02:33 GMT)
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Powerful Hollywood friends of Tom Cruise rallied to his defense Wednesday as a new poll suggested the actor’s odd behavior in recent months may have cost him millions of dollars at the box office.
Days after his latest movie, “Mission: Impossible III,” opened to lower-than-expected domestic ticket sales, a USA Today/Gallup poll showed Cruise’s star power has dimmed considerably during the past year in the eyes of the public.
In the poll of 1,013 adults conducted over the weekend the film opened in theaters, 35 percent had a favorable opinion of Cruise, while 51 percent had an unfavorable opinion.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/05/10/cruise.poll.reut/index.html
May 11th, 2006 at 9:07 amDo we just sit back and let this all play out because we trust the system or do we act now and demand the accountability that we all face in our daily lives?
May 11th, 2006 at 9:07 amCity joins U.S. list of places at risk
Preservation trust cites 20 N.O. neighborhoods
The Times-Picayune
Thursday, May 11, 2006
By Bruce EgglerStaff writer
In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the nation’s best-known historic preservation organization has placed “the historic neighborhoods of New Orleans” on its 2006 list of the 11 most endangered historic sites in the United States, the first time a New Orleans site has made the list since 1997.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:07 am…
The 2006 list says 20 New Orleans neighborhoods, all on the National Register of Historic Places, are endangered both because of the damage done by Katrina and because of what preservation leaders said are continuing threats.
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The list of endangered sites in New Orleans comprises both 19th and early 20th century neighborhoods, both working-class and middle-class, including Mid-City, Holy Cross, South Lakeview, Treme, Broadmoor, Gentilly Terrace, Central City, Parkview and Bywater.
Together, they contain more than 30,000 buildings and make up more than half of the city’s historic core, the preservation group said.
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‘It simply must be done’
The shotgun houses, Creole cottages and Craftsman bungalows that line the neighborhoods’ now often deserted streets are the heart and soul of New Orleans, said Richard Moe, president of the National Trust.
“New Orleans’ historic neighborhoods embody the real spirit of this one-of-a-kind city,” Moe said in a news release. “That they must be preserved is indisputable; it simply must be done.”
“With modest assistance, these neighborhoods can be revived,” Kevin Mercadel of the National Trust’s local office said at the Spain Street ceremony. “Homes can be repaired much more quickly and cheaply than if they are demolished and new houses built. . . . The destruction of our historic neighborhoods is unnecessary, avoidable and, once it happens, irreversible.”
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http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-5/1147329395323160.xml
I heart chuck norris.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:13 amDo we just sit back and let this all play out because we trust the system or do we act now and demand the accountability that we all face in our daily lives?
Comment by whereuat? — May 11, 2006 @ 9:07 am
As a serious question – I think it’s a good one. I just saw the movie Capote. And in the end it said that after ‘getting his wish’, Truman began his final novel, which went unfinished, with the words “More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.” Makes you wonder what to wish for and what to leave alone.
In this case, I’m going with pro-active. We’ve already seen what a laissez-faire attitude has gotten us…
May 11th, 2006 at 9:15 amI heart chuck norris.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 11, 2006 @ 9:13 am
You would – you’re still wet behind the ears. :)
May 11th, 2006 at 9:16 am#8 OOOOhhhh, if he heard that, your dead, you just don’t know it yet.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:17 amWhat does a criminal corporate enterprise- posing as a political party- occupying all three branches of government and the country’s religious establishment do?
…anything it wants…
It’s in your face now Mr and Mrs “let’s trust our President and government to do the right thing, and protect us” America…
…everyday another shoe drops, another privacy right is eroded, more tax dollars stolen for the wealthy- well connected- few, and investigation of illegal conduct dropped…
…and Mr and Mrs Dufus American plant more American flags in front of their homes and buy those Chinese made “Support Our Troops: and our President” stickers…
…America is surely cursed…
May 11th, 2006 at 9:18 amHere’s my follow-up post on the Administration’s response to Iran’s letter. There also was a letter from the US to Iran earlier.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:18 amTom Cruise’s favorable opinion is higher than Bush’s!
May 11th, 2006 at 9:19 amonly Qwest has refused to help the NSA.â€
Of course they only cover a small area out west. But, we the people with the money(and power) can help do something about that.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:21 amRe:NSA Spying:When you are up to no good the enemy is everywhere.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:25 amI like the progression of admission: A small amount—-A thousand or so—-20,000—thousands–Several million– tens of millions–Everyone is being spied on. Next logical step?Everyone anti-Bush is being spied on.
Foreign policy experts from both parties are pressuring Bush to hold direct talks with Iran.
Not Bush. Let someone else talk to them. Please.
CNN actually did a segment reporting the increase of Late Night comedy routines at Bush’s expense. And one of them strung together a series of clips from Presidential moments in history. FDR’s “fear not”, JFK’s “Ask not”, and then Bush’s incoherent babbling. Let’s just keep Bubble Boy away from Ahmandinejad.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:26 amWe need an Independents’ Revolution.
Comment by unbelievable
If the past 12 years doesnt make that clear I dont know what would…
May 11th, 2006 at 9:26 amThe Catholic church has shot off another of its toes.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:26 am(Pedophilia isn’t enough.
Condoms to prevent AIDS isn’t enough.
Condemn the DaVinci movie and book – not enough.)
Fire a married Wisconsin teacher who had in vitro fertilization to become pregnant!
your dead, you just don’t know it yet.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 11, 2006 @ 9:17 am
At some point, we’re all dead Sponge Bob. And at mid-life, it’s more apparent. (See what you have to look forward to? :)
May 11th, 2006 at 9:28 am#2-Ms.Unbelievable, Perhaps those ‘ten-percenters’ actually DO have an opinion, but are indulging in what they may view as self-preservation, and keeping their cards close, hoping to stay below the BushCo ‘radar’, cause they are SO nosy!! And vengeful as well.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:29 amTom Cruise’s favorable opinion is higher than Bush’s!
Comment by Marie — May 11, 2006 @ 9:19 am
I think Charles Manson’s is also…
May 11th, 2006 at 9:30 amso, The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility has closed its investigation into the Bush administration’s warrantless domestic surveillance program because investigators were “denied the security clearances needed to conduct a probe.â€
“We have been unable to make any meaningful progress in our investigation because OPR has been denied security clearances for access to information about the NSA program,” OPR counsel H. Marshall Jarrett wrote to Hinchey.
Jarrett wrote that beginning in January, his office has made a series of requests for the necessary clearances. Those requests were denied Tuesday.
“Without these clearances, we cannot investigate this matter and therefore have closed our investigation,” wrote Jarrett.
whaaa??? just like that – close the investigation? hell, that would – should – prompt a more vigorous inquiry, not?
“This administration thinks they can just violate any law they want, and they’ve created a culture of fear to try to get away with that. It’s up to us to stand up to them,” said Hinchey.
well, you better get started, sir…
May 11th, 2006 at 9:30 amIf the past 12 years doesnt make that clear I dont know what would…
Comment by Gerald Gibson — May 11, 2006 @ 9:26 am
I think it still competes with desperation television and Sundays’ at mega church and mega Wal-Mart…
May 11th, 2006 at 9:32 amI would say it’s time to lay siege to the Bastille of the bushco presidency.
It’s either us or them from the looks of it.
totalitarian = fascism in this case.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:34 amTommy Cruise is a dumbass Scientologist who doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground.
Rednecks are liberal compared to a Scientologist.
The Republicans will ‘win’ in November again because Democrats are clueless.
The Great Southwest will be part of Mexico sooner than you think.
America is toast.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:35 am#2 – Unbelievable,
You beat me to it! :-)
However, we must remember that these polls are inaccurate. Only the Diebold voting machines can be trusted to give us the true numbers. [sarcasm off]
You don’t have to pay attention to popularity poles if you’re the one counting the votes!
May 11th, 2006 at 9:36 amFire a married Wisconsin teacher who had in vitro fertilization to become pregnant!
Comment by Marie — May 11, 2006 @ 9:26 am
Seriously? That is insane. No wonder I know so many ex-Catholics (myself included). Ridiculous.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:36 amMs.Unbelievable, Perhaps those ‘ten-percenters’ actually DO have an opinion, but are indulging in what they may view as self-preservation, and keeping their cards close, hoping to stay below the BushCo ‘radar’, cause they are SO nosy!! And vengeful as well.
Comment by Cyra Brown
Probably very true.. I know my mother-in-law is afraid to post on the Internet about what she thinks about BushCo because during the 2000 and 2004 elections here (where she worked as a poll worker and saw what she thinks was cheating going on by republicans) her own sisters were calling her a nazi for not voting for Bush. She used to go around the country protests Reagan but now she is afraid of doing anything like that.
The fear and vote stealing must end.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:38 amAnd vengeful as well.
Comment by Cyra Brown — May 11, 2006 @ 9:29 am
Hmmm… certainly possible :).
May 11th, 2006 at 9:38 amChuck Norris is BALD.62
May 11th, 2006 at 9:40 amWhat time is it Chuck? 30 seconds till I put my rug glue on, 30 sec. till it dries, THEN two second till I roundhouse kick you in the face.
America is toast.
Comment by Ron — May 11, 2006 @ 9:35 am
Your optimism is overwhelming :)
Remember, throughout history, revolutions tend to favor the masses…
May 11th, 2006 at 9:41 amYou beat me to it! :-)
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — May 11, 2006 @ 9:36 am
I get lucky on occasion… :)
May 11th, 2006 at 9:42 amthroughout history, revolutions tend to favor the masses…
In the long run, yes. But in the short run, tens of thousands of the masses are killed.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:43 am“Chances are that your cell phone calls, as well as your home phone calls, have been tracked,” said Leslie Cauley, the reporter who broke the story. She said there was a “high likelihood” that this information was being passed on to the FBI and CIA.
The paper reports that three of the nation’s largest phone companies — AT&T, Verizon and BellSouth — have been turning over detailed call histories of all their customers since Sept. 11, 2001, to help the NSA compile what they hope will be “the largest database ever assembled in the world.”
Well Gollee! Might Aphrodite and I-R-I etc… I thought you said over and over and over that the government would not be spying on moonbats and only on terrorists… I guess moonbats know a bit more about the excesses of absolute power than you do aye?
May 11th, 2006 at 9:45 amHouse conservatives gave Rep. Bob Ney (R-OH), who is better known as “Representative #1†in the Abramoff court pleadings, “a standing ovation after he told them yesterday that he has no plans to resign and will vigorously fend off a likely federal indictment.â€
So, were they applauding the fact that his office is completely corrupt? I don’t get the conservative mindset. “Yea! You’re corrupt and probably going to go to jail! But we still love you!”
The GOP: the party of hypocrisy.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:45 ammarie – a link to that story please!
May 11th, 2006 at 9:47 ammy very catholic, very pro-life sister is a retired nurse practitioner who used to do invitro, and any other fertilization methods needed in her bosses ob-gyn practice…
i find that story interesting…
In the long run, yes. But in the short run, tens of thousands of the masses are killed.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — May 11, 2006 @ 9:43 am
The blood might be limited to Washington considering how they’ve treated our soldiers recently.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:48 amAs has been said before.Diebold manufactures machines for the Banking Industry that are used around the world with the precision to make billions of calculations everyday, securely, without error, providing a reciept and a hard paper trail. So what happened to the Diebold voting machines? Engineering outsourced to Mongolia?naaa I think we all know the answer.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:51 amOh I cannot WAIT to learn who said “nope” to the security clearances. But I am sure they will try to ‘classify’ that tidbit. Far too inflammatory, and incriminating, as well. Tap, tap, tap…
May 11th, 2006 at 9:51 amHmmm… maybe the Republican party will implode…
Bush vs. Congress
May 10, 2006
THE CHAIRMAN of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Republican Arlen Specter, wants to force the Bush administration to explain and defend the president’s practice of quietly declaring he will not obey laws passed by Congress. The public first became aware of this when Bush appended a ‘’signing statement” to the anti-torture amendment of Senator John McCain.
http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/editorials/articles/2006/05/10/bush_vs_congress/
May 11th, 2006 at 9:53 am#33
Tracking call history is a far cry from recording conversation. It’s similar to tracking who takes out what books from a library.
That being said, it is scary how much is watched.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:54 amBill Maher had an interesting comment, that when it comes to the acting profession, actors who are Democrats seem to be better at their job than Republicans who are actors.
People will say they hate the government, they don’t trust the government, and then they sign a contract that gives complete control of their lives to this same government. Go figure.
Ho hum. They all say that. It is part of the process. Look even Clinton said he didn’t, when he did. Cunningham did it. Delay did it.
Have you ever read about the CEO of SBC now AT&T. Yikes! I’m sure they’d tap their grandmother if they thought they could get our Representatives and the administration to give them what they want.
According to this you can find torture in US jails.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:56 amThe CQPolitics Forum: Why Has Bush’s Base Started to Erode?
By Bob Benenson | 4:29 PM; May. 09, 2006
CQPolitics.com on Monday asked its Board of Advisers the following:
President Bush’s job approval ratings among self-described Republicans, while still fairly high, have nonetheless slumped considerably in recent months — a major factor in the career lows that the president has been setting. Even many self-described conservatives, whose rock-solid support clinched Bush’s re-election in 2004, tell pollsters that their faith in the administration is waning.
http://www.cqpolitics.com/2006/05/the_cqpolitics_forum_why_has_b_1.html#more
May 11th, 2006 at 9:56 amjust being brutally frank about murka.
Somebody actually listens in on my conversations with Osama bin Laden? Whodda thunk it?
I’ll have to get my phone disconnected or something.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:56 amAs has been said before.Diebold manufactures machines for the Banking Industry that are used around the world with the precision to make billions of calculations everyday, securely, without error, providing a reciept and a hard paper trail. So what happened to the Diebold voting machines? Engineering outsourced to Mongolia?naaa I think we all know the answer.
Comment by Kieth
I have been designing and building business software since 1994. The ability to create these machines is trivial. Why does it take Deibold to build them? It doesnt. These are insider government deals. It would be a small matter to create a system in OPEN SOURCE that does everything needed. I have built Windows based touch screen apps myself… they are extremely easy because the touch screens simply send signals to the PC that appears to be mouse clicks… give $100,000 I personally could build a bullet proof system with the code wide open for all to see, that has the flexibility to display all kinds of different ballots using modern day technologies such as HTML, that prints paper and is touch screen… Microsoft or Apple or Linux people could crank one of these out in no time and donate to the public … why is Deibold involved at all? This isnt the 1950s… teenagers make viruses that are more complex than these machines.
May 11th, 2006 at 9:56 amI’ll have to get my phone disconnected or something.
Comment by Ron — May 11, 2006 @ 9:56 am
I’d say it would be great if everyone did – but people like to talk too much. Won’t see a modern Boston Tea Party with this issue.
May 11th, 2006 at 10:03 amYou’d think the uberpatriotic right wingers would abhor the idea of the government spying on its own citizens, but you’d be wrong. They welcome government intrusion into every facet of their lives as long as it’s being run (into the ground) by their responsibility-avoiding, spoiled rich frat boy of a preznit.
May 11th, 2006 at 10:04 amBecause of all that is going on in Washington and the White House there should be millions marching to the gates of the White House this weekend. But – will they? No.
The liberals and the progressives talk a good game but they are too lazy to move away from their keyboards. Just like Bush, all hat and no cattle.
May 11th, 2006 at 10:09 amgood investigative reporting on Ney and others at TPMmuckracker.com
“…we have a new version, courtesy of Ney’s lawyers. As part of their all-out offensive after Ney’s ex-aide’s guilty plea, they’re denying everything up and down. This was no junket. Ney was fooled! And he doesn’t even like golf!”
May 11th, 2006 at 10:09 am#26 and #35
May 11th, 2006 at 10:12 amI saw the report on CNN this morning. I hate to watch the O’Brien twits, but I did see some of the show this morning.
The liberals and the progressives talk a good game but they are too lazy to move away from their keyboards. Just like Bush, all hat and no cattle.
Comment by Paul in Mexico — May 11, 2006 @ 10:09 am
There have been protests. There have been letters to Capital Hill. There have been emails to media outlets. There have been efforts.
We’re the cerebral side of teh populace. Our efforts tend to be intellectually originated.
Besides, you’re in Mexico…
May 11th, 2006 at 10:13 amhopefully, paul, there will be a BUNCH of (pissed off) moms and friends at the Mother’s Day Vigil at the white house this weekend… wish i could be there…
May 11th, 2006 at 10:14 amSPREAD THE WORD!
I can’t find a link! I have been looking for a print story. I wasn’t seeing things. I may have to wait for a transcript tomorrow. It was an Soledad interview with the mother and her attorney.
May 11th, 2006 at 10:16 am#26 and #35
May 11th, 2006 at 10:21 amTry this:
http://wfrv.com/local/local_story_131075802.html
Gotta go. Late for work.
Marie,
I don’t doubt it is a real story. There was another one a couple months ago about a teacher who was fired because she was pregnant and single. With the teacher shortage, I never cease to be amazed at how the religious right will shoot themselves repeatedly in the foot to uphold the right to judge others.
I don’t know how the O’Briens get to bicker on television like an old married couple and hold ratings. Maybe desperate housewives like to know that they are the only ones with annoying spouses? :)
May 11th, 2006 at 10:22 ammarie – found it – it’s all over the place, actually…
“Teacher Who Underwent in Vitro Fertilization Says She Was Fired From Roman Catholic Schools” …well then…
this part from an abc story i found interesting:
“Catholic teaching holds that the procedure is morally wrong because it replaces the “natural” conjugal union between husband and wife and often results in destruction of embryos.”
i wonder if my self-righteous, sanctimonious, pro-life-anti-choice sister knew about that?… another hypocricy noted
May 11th, 2006 at 10:29 amYou progressives actually believe that someone, anyone, reads the thousands of e-mails you send?
Not no, but hell no! They go directly into the round file.
The cerebral side. Intellectually you are doing nothing, absolutely nothing. A tree falling in the forst with no one to hear, no one around.
The Vietnam era proved that the masses pounding the pavement are listened to. The ones sending e-mails are ignored. So much for your intellectual side.
Yeah, I am in Mexico, but if I lived up there I would be on the streets, not on this damned keyboard. I am 86 years old, and can still walk a long way, and yell till I drop.
May 11th, 2006 at 10:29 amHave some prune juice Paul. It does wonders!
May 11th, 2006 at 10:35 am“Yeah, I am in Mexico, but if I lived up there I would be on the streets, not on this damned keyboard. I am 86 years old, and can still walk a long way, and yell till I drop.”
Uphill both ways? Snow? Barefoot? Wild dogs chasing you the whole way? :)
May 11th, 2006 at 10:43 amPaul,
Then what are you doing here? Quit griping and go do something. Or are you not allowed back in?
May 11th, 2006 at 10:48 amDo we just sit back and let this all play out because we trust the system or do we act now and demand the accountability that we all face in our daily lives?
Comment by whereuat? — May 11, 2006 @ 9:07 am
I haven’t sat back in nearly five years….I have to watch my mouth sometimes when I’m out sometimes because I just can’t let it go…
But, what the hell can we really do? There is absolutely no doubt that both elections were bogus, and right now mostly I blame the MSM. I don’t have TV because of it. I have seen pictures of the dead in Iraq – problem is I already KNOW. The problem is I’m not the one who needs to see the pictures or read the real news. How the hell do we get through to the ignorant, selfish, bloviated?
May 11th, 2006 at 10:52 amwow – that seems unbelievably, unnecessarily rude and unrespectful…
May 11th, 2006 at 10:53 am“How the hell do we get through to the ignorant, selfish, bloviated?”
Just keep on praticing on me, and maybe you can find a way.
May 11th, 2006 at 10:54 amunrespectful is not a word
May 11th, 2006 at 10:56 amJust keep on praticing on me, and maybe you can find a way.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 11, 2006 @ 10:54 am
Your ignorance comes from a lack of life experiences. People in their mid-30’s and beyond really have no excuse for their ignorance. It becomes willful by then, and inexcusable.
May 11th, 2006 at 10:57 amHow the hell do we get through to the ignorant, selfish, bloviated?
Comment by madashell — May 11, 2006 @ 10:52 am
Seriously? By turning off their televisions.
May 11th, 2006 at 10:58 am“Your ignorance comes from a lack of life experiences.”
Just think of this though, the trend is to grow more conservative as you grow older, so if this is me now, think about 20 years from now, I’ll be so right, I’ll be left.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:00 amhey all! don’t forget – richard perle will be on al franken – AirAmericaRadio – today 2pm hour…
May 11th, 2006 at 11:01 amthe whole show sounds great – i love it when tom oliphant is on (1pm)…
AND, our own judd legum is on at 12:50 (times eastern)
Paul in Mexico
Paul our people ARE NOT the problem. Its our mainstream media who REFUSE to report. The fact is there have been MILLIONS that have marched in Washington, and every other major city in this country. WE KNOW it. The stupid 31% don’t know it because it isn’t REPORTED.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:05 amPaul in Mexico,
May 11th, 2006 at 11:07 amThe very fact that you are in Mexico shows that you don’t have much invested in this country. If you did, you would be up here walkin’ the walk, instead of talkin’ the talk.
squegeeboo
that’s right. LEFT BEHIND. You TURGID fool.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:07 amI’ll be so right, I’ll be left.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 11, 2006 @ 11:00 am
That cliche is nonsense. I know more people who’ve become liberal with age because once you’ve learned the real meaning of pain, you don’t wish it upon anyone else.
I was conservative at your age because I had a lot of theories about things. Was funny how wrong I was. It’s why so many of us laugh at some of your statements. We’re laughing with you because we know that you have no idea what you are talking about in those instances. And the only thing that will validate that to you is experiencing life yourself. The hard way. Like the rest of us.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:08 amFrom Newsmax:
On Friday, the New York Times suggested that the Bush administration has instituted “a major shift in American intelligence-gathering practices” when it “secretly authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on Americans and others inside the United States to search for evidence of terrorist activity without [obtaining] court-approved warrants.”
But in fact, the NSA had been monitoring private domestic telephone conversations on a much larger scale throughout the 1990s – all of it done without a court order, let alone a catalyst like the 9/11 attacks.
In February 2000, for instance, CBS “60 Minutes” correspondent Steve Kroft introduced a report on the Clinton-era spy program by noting:
“If you made a phone call today or sent an e-mail to a friend, there’s a good chance what you said or wrote was captured and screened by the country’s largest intelligence agency. The top-secret Global Surveillance Network is called Echelon, and it’s run by the National Security Agency.”
NSA computers, said Kroft, “capture virtually every electronic conversation around the world.”
Echelon expert Mike Frost, who spent 20 years as a spy for the Canadian equivalent of the National Security Agency, told “60 Minutes” that the agency was monitoring “everything from data transfers to cell phones to portable phones to baby monitors to ATMs.”
Mr. Frost detailed activities at one unidentified NSA installation, telling “60 Minutes” that agency operators “can listen in to just about anything” – while Echelon computers screen phone calls for key words that might indicate a terrorist threat.
The “60 Minutes” report also spotlighted Echelon critic, then-Rep. Bob Barr, who complained that the project as it was being implemented under Clinton “engages in the interception of literally millions of communications involving United States citizens.”
Yup I can see clearly that this was a BUSH program cooked up to spy on the loser lifestyles of the LLL Mo0nb@t fever swamp! Don’t look now but the black choppers are decending on your house and the “brown-shirted” storm troopers will spirit you wawy to an undisclosed location. Take off the tinfoil hat and put down the crack pipe.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:11 am#53 – I read the story on the fired teacher who had in vitro. My question is this: How did they know she had in vitro? Do people blab everything that goes on in their lives?
May 11th, 2006 at 11:15 amHow would a guy from Canada know what is going on at the NSA when the Justice Department can’t even get clearance to investigate its activities.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:17 amTENS of millions? Three questions:
“Why wasn’t this information volunteered earlier this year when the first reports surfaced? Why were we only given part of the truth as an answer? Are people still willing to sacrifice all manner of personal liberty in exchange for security, after being continuously scared by the Bush administration regarding terror threats?”
http://jpsgoddamnblog.blogspot.com/2006/05/terrorist-surveillance-redefined.html
May 11th, 2006 at 11:20 amTENS of millions? Three questions:
“Why wasn’t this information volunteered earlier this year when the first reports surfaced? Why were we only given part of the truth as an answer? Are people still willing to sacrifice all manner of personal liberty in exchange for security, after being continuously scared by the Bush administration regarding terror threats?”
May 11th, 2006 at 11:20 am#72 – Newsmax? Seriously? I may put down my crack pipe, but I’ll never lay down my tinfoil hat — I look too good in it. Now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!
May 11th, 2006 at 11:21 amDOUBLE STANDARDS – the repukes are such hypocrites, and so in your face…
Vanity Fair ran a story about a PI named Pellicano in Southern California. A slimy human being, no question about that, but what he is in deep doo-doo for is WIRE TAPPING!!!!
May 11th, 2006 at 11:22 amNot sure what you point is RRS, Clinton should not have authorized spying on American citizens without a warrant either. If you are tyring to justify GWB’s actions by saying Clinton did the same thing, it doesn’t add up. It is illegal to wiretap a US citizen without a warrant. Saying Clinton did the same thing, does not make it legal. I would also like to point out that this unnamed source you are spouting is probably the same guy you attacked for leaking information about Bush’s wiretapping.
No consistency for the Rabid republican wingnuts.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:22 amDo people blab everything that goes on in their lives?
Comment by Zookeeper — May 11, 2006 @ 11:15 am
Yep. :)
May 11th, 2006 at 11:23 amHey Squeegy! What time is it?
May 11th, 2006 at 11:24 am#15
Not Bush. Let someone else talk to them. Please.
CNN actually did a segment reporting the increase of Late Night comedy routines at Bush’s expense. And one of them strung together a series of clips from Presidential moments in history. FDR’s “fear notâ€, JFK’s “Ask notâ€, and then Bush’s incoherent babbling. Let’s just keep Bubble Boy away from Ahmandinejad.
Comment by unbelievable — May 11, 2006 @ 9:26 am
That would be David Letterman. Saw one of the clips he put together. I think it was “Famous Presidential Quotes” or something like that. Went something like this:
FDR: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”
Kennedy: “Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.”
Bush: “I quit drinking back in ‘76.”
Dave really sticks it to Bush sometimes.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:27 amWC,
The one I saw showed Bush sitting on a stool with a microphone at some Q&A session saying nonsensical gibberish – where he begins a sentance but stops mid-sylable and reverses his direction – repeatedly – so that it sounds like bu-bah-wuh-uh… di-duh… uh… yuh-bu-wha… for a good 10 seconds.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:31 amDo you have kids???
If you ever wanted to end a war. You need to know this story.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:32 amoops – story here
May 11th, 2006 at 11:34 amDo you have kids???
If you ever wanted to end a war. You need to know this story.
Comment by madashell
That’s not a story, it’s communist propaganda. Oh, and rap sucks.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:42 amI-RIGHT-I THEN GO ENLIST BITCH! YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOTHING BUT OTIOSE.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:44 amOh, and rap sucks.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — May 11, 2006 @ 11:42 am
So, what kind of music do you listen to? Elevator? :)
May 11th, 2006 at 11:44 am#71
18-30 tend to have a noticable higher democratic leaning when it comes to voting
http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2004/pages/results/states/US/P/00/epolls.0.html
#81
May 11th, 2006 at 11:47 am? 11:56?
I see IRI listening to country publicly and ABBA privately. It goes well with the high heels and nylons.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:47 amBy the way – that’s right – when faced with the truth – just call it COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA. What’s propaganda is the military sending my 12 year old son RECRUITMENT NOTICES
May 11th, 2006 at 11:47 amHere FOR IRI President Bush’s “Bring Them On” Picture Album
now tell me that’s propaganda you awful, ugly human being.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:52 amImpeach. This. Bastard. Now.
May 11th, 2006 at 11:53 am#89 – ? 11:56?
Comment by squegeeboo
I thought you were a Chuck Norris fan. “Two seconds till.” Sweet Jeebus…
May 11th, 2006 at 11:56 amnothing to say IRI – here some more
May 11th, 2006 at 12:00 pmOh Ney!
May 11th, 2006 at 12:02 pmWey!
eenie meenie minie ney
go go go Away!
YaY!
Ney Sayers
Said Ney
Oh Wey!
Hey IRI are you one of those Orthodox wackos?
You sound like it.
Have you got your PURIM yet?
May 11th, 2006 at 12:07 pmYou know the blood from a circumcised christian cock?
Yeh I know you leaven your bread with it.
Phallic Worshipper IRI!!
HEY IRI killed and skinned any animals lately?
Write on their Skin?
Put your Shirley curls on the side of your head?
Yeh IRI THE BLOODSUCKER of ESTHER!
No wonder FAUX news, the Zionist Nutwork had a War on Easter {Esther to mongoloid khazars blood eaters} and CHristmas.
Hey IRI you made any talismans yet?
Do your LOGOS? Did it Work? Nope.
JAHAHAHHAHAHHAAAAA
You turko finn mongoloid penis lover IRI!!
I GOT YOUR NUMBER!
nothing to say IRI
Comment by madashell — May 11, 2006 @ 12:00 pm
White men in jackets finally showed up…
May 11th, 2006 at 12:08 pmten bucks if ya get Karl Rove to ask Chuck Norris the time.
can we opt out of the bush government’s “record ‘em all” big phone call collection, like how we can get on the no call list for telemarketers? Better yet, if our phone calls are still going to be monitored, can W block the telemarketers.
72: newsmax is less credible a news source than the onion, except the onion doesn’t try…and is much less hateful.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:15 pmI think the onion is a good read. They are not serious and they know it.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:21 pm“The National Security Agency has been “secretly collecting the phone call records of tens of millions of Americans”
…AND HAS BEEN SINCE CLINTON WAS IN OFFICE….NEXT.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:22 pmIt doesn’t make it any less illegal.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:23 pmnewsmax is less credible a news source than the onion, except the onion doesn’t try…and is much less hateful.
Comment by rail
I don’t recall Newsmax ever forging documents….next.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:23 pmHow the hell do we get through to the ignorant, selfish, bloviated?
Comment by madashell 360
madashell,
MoveOn.org sells T-shirts like the one that says:
“Bush lied and thousands died”
…you’d be surprised how much conversation wearing one of those T-shirts to the supermarket or mall stirs up…
…of course it’s NOTHING like the power of CNN, MSNBC et al…
…but it’s SOMETHING…
May 11th, 2006 at 12:25 pm“The Pentagon has been forced to delay the release of its updated Army Field Manual on interrogation because of congressional opposition to several provisions, including one that would allow tougher techniques for unlawful combatants than for traditional prisoners of war.â€
I see the Filthy Left is still trying to come up with ways to make head chopping, baby murderers legitimate soldiers.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:27 pm“It is illegal to wiretap a US citizen without a warrant.” Um, no it isn’t. IAW Title 18 US Code you can (and we have) listened to U.S. citizens and persons who are engaged in known or suspected Illegal activity. The Liberals wail about it but I don’t see a single bill changing Title 18 eminiating from the Democrats. But they were not “listening” to anybody just building a database of phone records.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:27 pmbig papa
I was in SF a few years back at an anti war rally and may sister and I bought tank tops that simply says “Got Rights?”
The reaction from the turgid right was unbelievable – she was actually called a communist….
May 11th, 2006 at 12:29 pm…of course it’s NOTHING like the power of CNN, MSNBC et al…
…but it’s SOMETHING…
Comment by big papa
It’s nothing.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:29 pm…AND HAS BEEN SINCE CLINTON WAS IN OFFICE….NEXT.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — May 11, 2006 @ 12:22 pm
Next? If true, since when are YOU okay with anything Clinton did? Shouldn’t you be trying to repeal it then? If Clinton did it – you should oppose it.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:32 pmYou got a link to this law RRS or you just pulling stuff out of Rush’s ass?
May 11th, 2006 at 12:33 pmmy smiley face shirt that says “Imagine no Liberals” normally sparks a conversation, that tends to start with people calling me a fascist.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:33 pmnow all this makes perfect sense in relation to the idiots like IRI, RRS, MA…..
Psychiatric terms – and these are only the A’s
abstract attitude (categorical attitude) This is a type of thinking that includes voluntarily shifting one’s mind set from a specific aspect of a situation to the general aspect; It involves keeping in mind different simultaneous aspects of a situation while grasping the essentials of the situation. It can involve breaking a situation down into its parts and isolating them voluntarily; planning ahead ideationally; and/or thinking or performing symbolically. A characteristic of many psychiatric disorders is the person’s inability to assume the abstract attitude or to shift readily from the concrete to the abstract and back again as demanded by circumstances.
alexia Loss of a previously intact ability to grasp the meaning of written or printed words and sentences.
alogia An impoverishment in thinking that is inferred from observing speech and language behavior. There may be brief and concrete replies to questions and restriction in the amount of spontaneous speech (poverty of speech). Sometimes the speech is adequate in amount but conveys little information because it is overconcrete, overabstract, repetitive, or stereotyped (poverty of content).
amentia Subnormal development of the mind, with particular reference to intellectual capacities; a type of severe mental retardation.
anosognosia The apparent unawareness of or failure to recognize one’s own functional defect
May 11th, 2006 at 12:38 pmapathy Lack of feeling, emotion, interest, or concern.
oh, and I forgot to put Squegeeboo in the above list….
May 11th, 2006 at 12:40 pmIt’s nothing.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I #108
There you go again I’nsufferable-R’abid-I’mbecile…
…projecting your own miserable existence…
…onto everything and everyone…
Yet we Progressives all realize that you mean’t to type…
…”I’m NOTHING”…
May 11th, 2006 at 12:42 pmman, I always get forgoted.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:42 pmso from now on, I will try and not engage these people. Instead, I will simply remember that there is nothing anyone can do to really help the psychiatrically depraved.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:43 pmthat tends to start with people calling me a fascist.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 11, 2006 @ 12:33 pm
You do realize the difference between the shirts right?
One is INCLUSIVE (meaning everyone is considered), while the other (yours) is EXCLUSIVE (meaning an elite few get to rape and pillage the country).
I wish you could get your wish. Let’s all chip in an buy Sponge Bob a one-way ticket to a country free of liberals. Somewhere like Saudi Arabia. No drinking, no sex (atleast not the fun kind), no flag burning, no free speech, etc.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:45 pmmy smiley face shirt that says “Imagine no Liberals†normally sparks a conversation, that tends to start with people calling me a fascist.
Comment by squegeeboo #111
queasybooger,
If you’d like, I could direct you to some neighborhoods…
…where- should you sport that shirt…
…you wouldn’t “hear” a thing…
May 11th, 2006 at 12:46 pmHow the hell do we get through to the ignorant, selfish, bloviated?
Comment by madashell — May 11, 2006 @ 10:52 am
so from now on, I will try and not engage these people. Instead, I will simply remember that there is nothing anyone can do to really help the psychiatrically depraved.
Comment by madashell — May 11, 2006 @ 12:43 pm
You can always engage us, that might be a good way to start getting through.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:47 pmYou can always engage us, that might be a good way to start getting through.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 11, 2006 @ 12:47 pm
Ah, you don’t have anything that a good ten years of real living won’t cure. MA however, well, let’s just say, she’s one of those ‘willfuls’ that I mentioned to you earlier.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:49 pmanother good term to remember:
confabulation Fabrication of stories in response to questions about situations or events that are not recalled
May 11th, 2006 at 12:54 pmThe reaction from the turgid right was unbelievable – she was actually called a communist….
Comment by madashell #107
madashell,
been there…
…I was at a right wing “townhall meeting” for a Republiscum gubernatorial candidate… (let’s see queasy and IRI try to spell that!)
…and when I stood up and challenged him on a racist campaign ad his organization had been running…
…the al Crackers all started booing and calling me a “socialist”…
…I yelled out “Peace brothers and sisters”, and they all quieted down…
…the right wing inbreds are so racist, bigoted and “insulated” they consistently (exhibit all the characteristics in your post of #112)…
…its a sorry gene pool that needs to die out… and soon…
…If America is going to realize its potential for truly being “the greatest human experiment on Earth”…
May 11th, 2006 at 12:55 pmThe neocons are devolving back into a feces slinging variety of primates. Their brains are going the way of the appendix – as an unused organ.
May 11th, 2006 at 12:57 pmThe disorder of the christian right:
paranoid ideation Ideation, of less than delusional proportions, involving suspiciousness or the belief that one is being harassed, persecuted, or unfairly treated.
May 11th, 2006 at 1:09 pm#123. i like to think of the appendix as a full-of-shit dead-end. i agree with rest of you post, though.
May 11th, 2006 at 1:30 pm“Instead, I will simply remember that there is nothing anyone can do to really help the psychiatrically depraved. Comment by madashell ”
Not unless you have the power to commit them. Otherwise, just like Drunks and Coke addicts that get elected president – if they won’t help themselves with proper treatment, you can’t help them, and they WILL be a thorn in the side of society. Reichwingers always talk about ‘personal responsibility’, until they actually need to show some themselves. Then it’s blame, blame, blame the liberals – and THAT’S depraved.
May 11th, 2006 at 1:33 pmThere is an easy fix to corporate collusion with NSA Spying , drop your complicit telcomm provider now. I use Cox digital, myself.
May 11th, 2006 at 1:56 pmHillary Thinks Dubya Is Charming?
Thursday 11th of May 2006
by Jay Randal
“He is someone who has a lot of charm and charisma”
( Sen. Hillary Clinton talking about Pres. George Bush )
Dubya Dunce Decider has zero charm and charisma, so why does Hillary make a fool of herself for Bush?
Many “C” words describe Bush such as: conceited, craven, crass, crazy, contemptuous and contemptible!
So Hillary is exposing that she has cut a deal with the Bush clan to feather her claim for presidency in 2008!
America is NOT supposed to be a phony democracy that trades leadership between two devious families!
The vile corruption of the Bush Regime has harmed this nation horrendously, perhaps even beyond repair!
Why should anyone vote for another Bush or Clinton?
House Gives Award To VP Cheney?
Rep. Hastert and Rep. Pelosi gave recognition to Dick for Congressional service, but he deserves NOTHING!
( Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Stone Mountain, Georgia.)
May 11th, 2006 at 2:36 pm#128 – *gagging*
May 11th, 2006 at 2:47 pmI have been saying that Hillary is republican lite for years now. This only proves it.
Bill Clinton and George H W Bush are best buddies and the Clintons and Bush’s are all part of the Carlyle Group.
George H W Bush, George W Bush and John Kerry were all in Skull and Bones. George W Bush and John Kerry are 10th Cousins.
These people are all interconnected. WHile they cause the red and blue peons to fight amongest themselves, our purple leaders keep raking in the money.
May 11th, 2006 at 2:54 pmPost 130 Spudge > Yes all of the ultra elite in DC are interconnected to keeping the government in their hands! Hillary was a Republican before she married Bill, so has simply returned to her roots, as well as being a hypocrite! I sent my above article, post 128, to several Democrat Representatives in DC and now a few of them are pissed off at me, but they should be chewing out Hillary for her hypocrisy!
Post 129 Zookeeper > Yes I gagged too when I heard Hillary call Bush ass charming!
May 11th, 2006 at 3:32 pmThe neocons are devolving back into a feces slinging variety of primates. Their brains are going the way of the appendix – as an unused organ.
Comment by unbelievable
I didn’t know you were an anti-Semite. You know that neocon is code for Joooooow don’t you?
May 11th, 2006 at 3:37 pmThese people are all interconnected. WHile they cause the red and blue peons to fight amongest themselves, our purple leaders keep raking in the money.
Comment by Spudge_Boy
How quickly they learn. Isn’t it amazing? Are you ready yet?
The man who fears war and squats opposing
My words for stour, hath no blood of crimson
But is fit only to rot in womanish peace
Far from where worth’s won and the swords clash
For the death of such sluts I go rejoicing;
Yea, I fill all the air with my music.
VI
Papiols, Papiols, to the music!
There’s no sound like to swords swords opposing,
No cry like the battle’s rejoicing
When our elbows and swords drip the crimson
And our charges ‘gainst “The Leopard’s” rush clash.
May God damn for ever all who cry “Peace!”
Sestina: Altaforte
May 11th, 2006 at 3:48 pmby Ezra Pound
IRI
“I didn’t know you were an anti-Semite. You know that neocon is code for Joooooow don’t you?”
Then why don’t they vote for us? Or is it all part of the zionist conspiracy? Crap, now I’ve said to much.
Also, the trailing W is in bad form, its just Jooooooooo
May 11th, 2006 at 3:59 pmI didn’t know you were an anti-Semite. You know that neocon is code for Joooooow don’t you?
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — May 11, 2006 @ 3:37 pm
No it’s not. And you never provided a link to prove otherwise the last time we had this discussion.
My definition of a neocon is the extreme right fringe who are unattractive patriarchal WASP megalomaniacs that were bullied in grade school, so they now try to fight everyone with someone else’s blood, sweat and tears. Guys who are only getting laid because the remaining hardcore submissive women need sperm donors and someone who can afford to let them hire an interior decorator to garland and gild the gold course mansion on holidays. Evil Dick, Karl Rove and Dennis Hasert come to mind.
May 11th, 2006 at 4:04 pmMay God damn for ever all who cry “Peace!â€
Comment by I-RIGHT-I — May 11, 2006 @ 3:48 pm
So, Jesus is in Hell, then? ‘Cause you know he was a sandal wearing peace-nik, right? Read your Bible. New Testament.
May 11th, 2006 at 4:08 pm“Read your Bible. New Testament.”
They prob. just edited out the parts of old testament where Jebus went around handing out death and destruction in the name of his dad.
May 11th, 2006 at 4:14 pmThey prob. just edited out the parts of old testament where Jebus went around handing out death and destruction in the name of his dad.
Comment by squegeeboo — May 11, 2006 @ 4:14 pm
Those are IRI’s favorite parts.
May 11th, 2006 at 4:18 pmMy definition of a neocon is the extreme right fringe who are unattractive patriarchal WASP megalomaniacs that were bullied in grade school, so they now try to fight everyone with someone else’s blood, sweat and tears. Guys who are only getting laid because the remaining hardcore submissive women need sperm donors and someone who can afford to let them hire an interior decorator to garland and gild the gold course mansion on holidays. Evil Dick, Karl Rove and Dennis Hasert come to mind.
LOL, as long as you don’t generalize hehehehehe
May 11th, 2006 at 4:32 pm#134 – Also, the trailing W is in bad form, its just Jooooooooo
Comment by squegeeboo
That’s f*cking hilarious, Squeegy.
May 11th, 2006 at 4:56 pm#135 – Don’t hold back, Salma!
May 11th, 2006 at 5:00 pmLOL, as long as you don’t generalize hehehehehe
Comment by Tundra — May 11, 2006 @ 4:32 pm
That’s not generalizing. I was being very specific. I don’t call all conservatives ‘Republicans’ or all ‘Republicans’ crooks. That would be generalizing. But defining one component of the lunatic fringe in very specific terms is the same as defining what a cow or a pig is. ;P
May 11th, 2006 at 5:00 pmDon’t hold back, Salma!
Comment by Zookeeper — May 11, 2006 @ 5:00 pm
The day either of us does, Pippi, it’s time for the old gals’ home ; )
May 11th, 2006 at 5:01 pmThe day either of us does, Pippi, it’s time for the old gals’ home ; )
Comment by unbelievable
Damn straight.
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