ThinkFast AM: June 2, 2006
ThinkFast AM: June 2, 2006
A federal grand jury has subpoenaed California’s San Bernardino County for records connected to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Jerry Lewis (R-CA) and a lobbying firm with strong ties to Lewis.
Bush’s nomination of Henry Paulson to be Treasury Secretary has riled some conservatives, who now want to “find a senator who will place a hold on the nomination.†Paulson chaired the Nature Conservancy and supports the Kyoto Protocol. “He’s a lefty Nature Conservancy nut,†said one “outside-the-White House adviser.â€
An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore’s new movie about global warming, opens today in cities in California, Connecticut, DC, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington. See if it’s playing in your town.
The Justice Department and Alaska have exercised a clause allowing them to receive more funding to clean up the Exxon Valdez oil spill. “They announced in a statement that they would seek $92 million from Exxon Mobil to clean up stubborn patches of oil, whose most toxic components, they say, have not dissipated since the spill in 1989.â€
86: The percent of Americans who believe “the FBI should be allowed to search a Congress member’s office if it has a warrant,†according to a new ABC News poll. The poll found this view to be “broadly bipartisan.â€
Women now earn the majority of diplomas in once male-dominated fields — including business and biology — and “have caught up in pursuit of law, medicine, and other advanced degrees.” Despite the gains, women still make just 76 percent of what men earn.
Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on FEMA’s hurricane preparations: “It’s like a football team. You know, the preparation pre-season is what determines how you perform during the season. So we put that work in, and I’ve been personally engaged.†(Let’s hope FEMA performs better than the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers.)
Internet and telephone companies are “girding to fight an unprecedented call by the Bush administration” asking them to keep records of customers’ online activities for two years. “It’s a real break with precedent. … The government is saying, ‘Keep everything about everyone and we’ll sort it out later,’” said Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center.
The War Tapes, the first movie filmed by soldiers on the front lines in Iraq, opens today at the Sunshine Landmark Theater in New York City. The New York Post notes it is “one of the most important films to come out of Operation Iraqi Freedom.”
And finally, if she could turn back time, she’d get safer helmets to our troops. On the Sunday morning edition of C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal,†a caller “launched into a passionate argument for helmet safety upgrades for troops.†Host Steve Scully recognized the caller: “Is this Cher?†he asked. “Yeah,†Cher replied. The entertainer’s new cause, Operation Helmet, has given 6,850 safety liners to troops serving in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Let’s just let Alberto Gonzales have anything he wants, right?
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:25 amWho knows, he may not even use it. (RIGHT)
Folks, collecting data ‘in case we ever need it’ is outright,
in your face, fascism.
Had enough yet, America?
How the Hell did Henry Paulson get the nod from the WH?
He is their latest Harriet Myers… not that he is an unqualified croney like she… he is just the latest example of a WH that does not do its homework.
Didn’t they know that he stood in direct opposition to Bush’s environmental policy?
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:34 amPaulson is treasury secretary, what difference does his enviromental opinions make?
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:37 amIf Cher can care about providing our troops with proper armor, why can’t the government?
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:43 am#3
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:43 amThats what I was trying to put together in my head too. Are they putting him up and purposely making his environmental beliefs an issue when they are a non-issue just to say when he is appointed..”Hey look prez Bush is a guy who listens to others with different opinions…see?” All the while being Treasury Secretary, he won’t deal with these issues at all.
What is with those wacky left-wing treehuggers and their “caring for the planet,” “acting as stewards,” worrying about what sort of environmental disasters we’re leaving for our grandchildren, and — and this one really gets me — trying to reduce humans’ exposure to hazardous substances through casual contact with rain, air, or soil.” Phew, how can any of those be supported by a God-fearing Christian? These people hate freedom.
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:44 amWhether the earth gets warmer or colder Isn’t it all about change? And what comes with global change, suffering? With the worlds population putting more and more pressure on the earths resources won’t any great change in climate bring greater human tragedy?
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:45 amWe collectively might influence change but we can’t control it.
Next up: in a covert operation, all electronic communication devices sold in the United States will be required to supply a continuous audio (with or without video) feed to the NSA [Thought Police] in “a limited operation to catch terrorists.”
The “Right to Privacy” is not expressly spelled out in the Constitution. But we can all trust the Bush Administration will not use any of this information against political opponents.
Let us not forget 9/11. We’re at war….with EastAsia…we have always been at war with EastAsia….
Now repeat after me: I Love Big Brother, I Love Big Brother, I Love Big Brother……
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:49 am#3 & #5. Paul Krugman’s column this morning includes some relevant comments.
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:51 amFor some folks the earth is disposable – they only live once and screw everyone after. Hmmm. Guess these are the folks in charge, heh?
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:56 amCan we address the fact that the White House announced last night that Bush intends to give a speech on Monday regarding his support for a Constitutional amendment banning gay marriage?
Let’s look at this:
1) The announcement is made on a Thursday night. Why? To get plenty of play in the Friday papers and news cycles as well as the Sunday talking heads shows. This differs from the normal approach of the White House of announcing crappy news late Friday night so it gets burried in the papers and ignored by news outlets.
2) Divert, divert, divert. Since this administration has done so well with the Iraq occupation, the handling of Iran, immigration reform, and that awesome energy policy, let’s all focus on the real problem facing this country. The one issue that will fix all of the other problems we’re facing. That mostest importantest issue that if addressed, will put an end to world hunger, discover a new energy source, fix corrupt politicians, and save the galaxy fom certain destruction: gay marriage.
3) Honestly, GOPers…. you think this has a snowball’s chance in hell of getting passed? You need two-thirds of Congress to vote ‘Yea’ on it. Good luck at that. Then you need three-fourths of the state legislatures to vote ‘Yea.’ Riiiiiiight. 38 states need to vote for it.
Let’s look at this for what it is. A strictly political ploy by the GOP to rile up their homophobic base in order to divert attention from the fact that a majority of the GOP leadership over the past six years has failed at everything they’ve touched.
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:56 am“find a senator who will place a hold on the nomination.â€
What happened to the whole up-or-down-vote mantra? Oh, yeah, that only applies when Democrats want to hold things up…
June 2nd, 2006 at 9:57 amThe Senate no longer works for average Americans! Senators are in bed with the Corporate Elite to screw over the entire nation! America is a fascist nation under the Bush Regime and war on Iran, which will trigger global WWIII, is only weeks away from starting!
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:08 am#13:
Which is why there should be public financing of all elections. If each canidate is given a set amount to spend, and outside funds are not allowed, then it truly comes down to a showdown based on ideas, not money.
And once elected, the politician then has only one group he feels he needs to work for: his constituents. What a strange concept, eh?
I dare a Republican to tell me how that would be bad for the country. Elections based upon competing ideas on issues and the resulting winner being accountable only to their constituents.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:15 am#12 – Do as I say, not as I do.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:16 amLondon Police Shoot, Wound Man in Anti-Terrorist Raid
Unfortunately, he’s just wounded.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:17 am#9
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:17 amThanks bb.
#16 – Bad link, Squeegy! Bad, bad link!
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:19 amtesting testing
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:20 amBS on that advanced degree statement. Women that hold advanced degrees and work in the same field as men using that degree make between 90 to 97% of what men do. Putting this demographic among the general population is just plain stupid. Having worked in that area, the only reason that women don’t make as much is due to some of them taking time off to have children. The US is far behind other nations in this respect, including many in the third world. The glass ceiling is as strong as ever as mentoring is practically dead and the “pancaking” of the corporate ladder has led to few options in moving up the ladder when there are so few steps.
I’ve worked in the decision sciences (data mining is just a small part), and MIS for almost 30 years and I’m sick of the misinformation that is regurgitated without determining the numbers based upon the specific population being tested. Lying with statistics is just as bad on the left as it is on the right and both are poor examples of professionalism.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:20 amI wish I could show everyone what an invitation/solicitation to the 2006 President’s Dinner looks like. There’s a letter from Dennis Hastert and Bill Frist included with remarks such as, “We’ll conteract the ‘mainstream’ media that have been force-feeding the American public with liberal propaganda…We will expose the Democratic Party as nothing more than an angry group of left-wing demagogues with no ideas, no vision and no principles…They really have no agenda whatsoever other than saying they are against everything you and I are trying to accomplish.” There’s a whole four pages of that crap, plus the requisite, “please give us your money” statements. EEEyyyllgghhh. Makes me wanna shower already.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:21 amHA HA HA HA HA THE JOKES ON BOLTON
Iran proposal ‘excludes use of force’
Russia today said a plan to break the international impasse over Iran’s nuclear programme excluded the use of military force “in any circumstances”.
“I can say unambiguously that all the agreements from yesterday’s meetings rule out, in any circumstances, the use of military force,” the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, was quoted as saying by Moscow’s RIA news agency.
Mr Lavrov’s comments followed yesterday’s agreement on a package of proposals to be presented to Tehran.
Threatening language from bolton when there is NO need for it
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:21 amPaulson chaired the Nature Conservancy and supports the Kyoto Protocol. “He’s a lefty Nature Conservancy nut,†said one “outside-the-White House adviser.â€
The rats begin feeding on each other.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:23 amI have said this before and I’ll say it again and again until there is a breath left in me. No one, should ever trust a single word of anything that Blair or Bush or their respective administrations utter – never. They are the most despicable, contemptible, murderous liars and Iran should treat their offers with complete and utter contempt. The Russians, Chinese, the French and Germans in particular should read Jonathan Steele’s article and should remember that not to pay any heed whatsoever to any offer made by the US and the UK. They most positively should not ever vote in favour of any UN resolution drafted, proposed or supported by these two administrations. Their suport should automatically trigger veto by the other three permanent members no matter what topic it relates to. These other three along with the rest of the UN should leave no stone unturned to oust both the US and the UK out of the Security Council. The US and the UK – not even the IAEA – have any right whatsoever to stop Iran doing what it is allowed to do under the NPT, ie nuclear enrichment up to a degree and testing. To stop such testing as a pre-condition of talks as proposed by the US and now apparently adopted by the other five who met in Vienna yesterday is most reprehensible. It should insist on unconditional talks.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:23 amCorporate, media and military elite, the K street revolving door and pretend think tanks are the only people to talk with our so called “representatives” in this “representative” government. Now that the Constitution and Bill of Rights are but a memory, the only laws of the land are those made up of the phony three branches of government that have no checks and balances.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:23 amAn Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore’s new movie about global warming, opens today in cities in California, Connecticut, DC, Illinois, Massachusetts, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia and Washington. See if it’s playing in your town.
Woo hoo! By the end of June, I’ll only have to drive 6 or 8 hours to see it! Stupid red state…
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:27 amWhat is with those wacky left-wing treehuggers and their “caring for the planet,†“acting as stewards,†worrying about what sort of environmental disasters we’re leaving for our grandchildren, and — and this one really gets me — trying to reduce humans’ exposure to hazardous substances through casual contact with rain, air, or soil.†Phew, how can any of those be supported by a God-fearing Christian? These people hate freedom.
Exactly. If it wasnt for those wacko lefties we could just dump all of our nuclear waste in the ocean and not have to fight Nevada over storing it in their mountain.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:28 amWomen now earn the majority of diplomas in once male-dominated fields — including business and biology — and “have caught up in pursuit of law, medicine, and other advanced degrees.†Despite the gains, women still make just 76 percent of what men earn.
There is NO reason for this! It’s disgusting, why do we (men & women) allow it to go on?
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:29 amHey everyone…
You have $6/year to spare? How would you like to get rid of corporate influence in federal politics?
Sound good to you? Yea, me too.
There’s an organization chaired by Ds and Rs alike called Americans for Campaign Reform. Here’s an excerpt from the homepage:
Think of it. With public funding, wealthy special interests and their hired lobbyists would no longer have a commanding influence over our politics and government. Instead of begging for campaign donations, candidates would spend their time communicating with voters. Once elected, our leaders would be free to focus on our nation’s challenges rather than having to worry about financing their next campaign. And there’s no doubt that more of our most able leaders would run for federal office when the ability to finance a campaign isn’t such a daunting obstacle.
http://www.just6dollars.org/
Six bucks. 60 dimes. $6. 600 pennies. 12 quarters, 45 nickels, 6 dimes, and 15 pennies. That’s it.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:30 amHomeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff on FEMA’s hurricane preparations: “It’s like a football team. You know, the preparation pre-season is what determines how you perform during the season. So we put that work in, and I’ve been personally engaged.â€
Yeah, right…remember the ‘you’re on your own’ thing from a few days ago?
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:31 amPost 26 Zookeeper > wait for the Gore flick to come out on DVD > lol. I would not drive 6 to 8 hours to see any movie!
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:32 am#16 Heres the real link, sorry bout that….and i call myself a webprogrammer, for shame, for shame.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aexaMIgT_9lw&refer=uk
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:35 am#31 – I wouldn’t drive that far for any movie either! I just like to see moves on the big screen, if I can, because you get the full effect. It took Brokeback Mountain 8 weeks to get to my town, so maybe someday. ;)
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:37 amI wish Gore would spill the beans on the Democrats who stabbed him in the back in 2000, like Sen. Joe Lieberman who recieved 30 pieces of silver to screw Al over in Florida, like Pres. Bill Clinton who cut a deal with Bush Senior to give Junior the presidency, like Hillary Clinton who hates Gore but loves Dubya Dunce Decider > may all 3 of them rot in Hell for their treachery!
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:39 am#32 – It’s Friday, Squeegy, no one wants to work, even our links. ;)
Now, what’s with the smart-assed remark, “unfortunately, he’s just wounded?” He hasn’t been convicted yet, and if he was dead he couldn’t give up all his buddies after the torture. There’s a certain order to these things, you know.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:42 amSix bucks. 60 dimes. $6. 600 pennies. 12 quarters, 45 nickels, 6 dimes, and 15 pennies. That’s it.
Comment by bobcat_grad
I completely agree with the idea, but it is not just about public funding. The congress doesnt want public funding. Corporate funding gives them more than just campaign funds… corporate funding also gives them free golfing trips to scottland and various other bribes like Duke Cunningham got.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:44 amIt’s disgusting, why do we (men & women) allow it to go on?
Comment by Zookeeper — June 2, 2006 @ 10:29 am
No Equal Rights Amendment. We can get Congress to jump on them for banning flag burning and gay marriage, oh,, and automatic salaries increases that only they can deny by vote – but not an amendmentthat requires equal rights.
I never had kids. Was dedicated to my profession for 14 years and made less than my male counterparts – including those who were less competent. Corporate America is still patriarchally structured. Women are considered inferior. Even if they don’t state it in board rooms, and if it has its exceptions. Things are slowly improving – but until we make women equal with men, our country will contunue to function like an Industrialized Nation anomoly (most others treat women equally and have better living standards – less crime, poverty, and better health and employment rates).
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:45 amAccording to RAWSTORY the senate committee responsible for passing Paulson on to the whole senate for a vote is being pressured to halt his nomination.
I will bet dollars to donuts that this is coming from INSIDE the gray house itself because now Bushco has seen the mistake it made.
Why we cant have a Kyoto treaty guy in the cabinet, dont you all know the presidents and the administrations position on this?
The pukes are feeding on each other, which is also known as bottom feeding.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:47 am“Now, what’s with the smart-assed remark, “unfortunately, he’s just wounded?â€
If it’s there, I take it, come on now, it’s me.
“He hasn’t been convicted yet, and if he was dead he couldn’t give up all his buddies after the torture.”
I say shoot him with a bullet soaked in pig blood, then bury him in a grave along with a slaughtered pig to guarentee he can’t go to muslim heaven, and use it as a warning to any other would be terrorists, ala. Pershing in the Philippines.
Of course, assuming he’s a Muslim, and is found Guilty.
“There’s a certain order to these things, you know.”
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:48 amShoot first, ask questions later?
Since March 19, 2003, who is ultimately responsible for all of the deaths that have occurred in the conflict in Iraq?
Richard Perle? Donald Rumsfeld? Paul Wolfowitz?
George Bush.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:49 am#36
Gerald, I agree that there’s no way that Congress would vote for removing their cash cow, but we can all have a dream, right?
About the only way that this would have a chance of becoming reality would be if most Americans were screaming at the top of their lungs about it.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:54 amShoot first, ask questions later?
Comment by squegeeboo — June 2, 2006 @ 10:48 am
That worked so well in Haditha.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:56 amWoo hoo! By the end of June, I’ll only have to drive 6 or 8 hours to see it! Stupid red state…
Comment by Zookeeper — June 2, 2006 @ 10:27 am
I too am a long way away from the nearest theatre:(
I guess I will just have to wait for the DVD… I figure emitting exhaust fumes over a four hour trip to see a movie on global warming kinda defeats the purpose of seeing it in the first place.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:58 am“That worked so well in Haditha.”
Marine casulties=0 for that part of the operation. Sounds like a success to me.
June 2nd, 2006 at 10:58 amMarine casulties=0 for that part of the operation. Sounds like a success to me.
Comment by squegeeboo — June 2, 2006 @ 10:58 am
Idiot – How many more people are willing to help kill Marines/ Americans since this happened… you truely are a short sighted Idiot!
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:03 am#16 unfortunately he’s just wounded? Maybe he was a known terrorist wearing a puffy coat in July carrying a back pack, jumping a turnstyle running from clearly identified police and being shot just before he jumped on a train full of people? oh wait that scenario never happend. They (plain clothed unidentified cops) held the guy wearing a jean jacket and carrying his lunch down and shot him while in their custody. You want them to kill suspects even when the London police have a track record of being wrong and killing the wrong guy? Well, I guess it’s ok if the guys are dark skinned, because you can’t trust any of those people.
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:03 amOf course the FBI should be able to search.
The power of the Legislative Branch resides in the Legislature – not in any one Legislator. Just like a single justice does not make a consensus, a single Legislator is not the embodiment of law.
There is no separation of powers issue here. It’s just an issue of equality under the law applying to the authors of the law.
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:06 amMarine casulties=0 for that part of the operation. Sounds like a success to me.
Comment by squegeeboo
Spoken like a true Jew hating nazi.
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:06 amMarine casulties=0 for that part of the operation. Sounds like a success to me.
Comment by squegeeboo — June 2, 2006 @ 10:58 am
Dear goodness… I hope you’re kidding.
Innocent people casualties = at least 15. Most likely 24.
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:06 amWomen and children casualties = at least 5. Most likely more.
Marine coverups = 1.
Squegee’s calousnous = infinite.
On the Alaska oil spill: I’m surprised that Ted Stevens doesn’t make the taxpayers cough up for his troubles. But then again, these moneys were placed in legislation favoring oil companies earlier I would bet.
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:07 amOf course the FBI should be able to search.
The power of the Legislative Branch resides in the Legislature – not in any one Legislator. Just like a single justice does not make a consensus, a single Legislator is not the embodiment of law.
There is no separation of powers issue here. It’s just an issue of equality under the law applying to the authors of the law.
Comment by Drew Mackenzie
I totally see this point. Where is the clear line between taking out corruption and shuting down the power of congress as it tries to investigate the White House? After this fall there could be alot of raiding going on in Congress as Bush tries to save himself…
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:09 am“Despite the gains, women still make just 76 percent of what men earn.”
Because statistics show that men earn more than women, we assume that men are paid more than women for the same work. But think about this: if women really are paid less, why would anyone hire a man? The truth, is that the pay gap can no longer be attributed to large-scale discrimination against women. Men who earn more most often do so not because of their gender, but because “the invisible curriculum of male socialization” influences the choices they make. For example, to get higher pay, men are more likely to enter higher-paying fields, perform riskier tasks, take positions with less stability and less fulfillment, and work longer hours – a choice that doesn’t just translate as “more hours, more money,” but also opens the door to much more lucrative job and career opportunities. Although it’s men who are more likely to make such choices, the fact is, both men and women who do so usually earn more than those who choose otherwise. Are they the right choices for you? For men, women, and their families, some choices will lead to higher income, some to a more balanced life. And quite a few will help achieve both.
http://tinyurl.com/6bax8
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:10 am[...] Maybe we should all be spending more time watching C-SPAN. From The Washington Post via ThinkProgress: While you were sleeping in Memorial Day weekend, Cher was fighting for American troops on C-SPAN. The legendary singer called into “Washington Journal” early Sunday morning — 4:20 a.m. her time, to be exact. [...]
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:16 am“>Check out what Al Gore could learn about a dance craze.
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:16 amFresh from their recent successful tag-team action, the one that got them our phone records, and the Justice Department’s timely intervention, to prevent Americans from suing their service providers, for breach of contract issues, because it might help the terrorists somehow, as if. So now they are openly demanding our computer use records as well. Right now, they are ‘asking’ for them, but they will use force,if they have to. The A.G. will see that it is all legal, I’m sure. Maybe Congress could spare a moment, while saving marriage, and the Flag, and ‘in session’, of course, to put a stop to this b*llsh*t. They do still make laws, don’t they?
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:18 am#39,
I thought you were a cop Squeegee, nice fricken policy on using your service weapon.
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:20 amBut think about this: if women really are paid less, why would anyone hire a man?
Comment by sanjay — June 2, 2006 @ 11:10 am
You must be joking…
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:22 amSqueegy,
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:24 amPlease refer to my signature for further instructions.
#57 Why would you think I was a cop? Or am i missing a reference to something?
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:29 amSqueeg,
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:42 amI once had an opinion that you had some good points here and there. But lately what I have read from you has been moronic and digusting. My best wishes on your recovery from your lobotomy.
#52. Randi Rhodes made an excellent argument a few days ago about the very same concer that you expressed: that the Executive will abuse his investigative power to chill/defeat efforts by the Legislative to prosecute him. She described use of the Capitol Police as a check against the abuse; the Executive would be less likely to sieze more than the warrant specified if the Capitol Police were present during execution. She made it sound like this has been a standing policy of cooperation between the two branches, but that the search of Mr. Jefferson’s office was a departure from that policy.
June 2nd, 2006 at 11:56 am#43 – GWSC, I can always rely on you to get to the heart of the matter. Or lungs.
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:04 pmHere’s my take on Amir Taheri and his latest Iraq propaganda. Enjoy the fun!
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:05 pm#39 – That’s just plain ugly and obnoxious, Squeegy. I expect obnoxious, but I could do without the ugly. Looks like you’re making more friends around here.
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:08 pmCan we expect a pre-dawn raid on Lewis’ office?
…or is he like DeLay, Cunningham and Ney…
…too lilly-white to touch?
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:08 pmLooks like you’re making more friends around here.
Comment by Zookeeper — June 2, 2006 @ 12:08 pm
Charming today isn’t he…
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:12 pmSquishy,
I could have sworn you said you were a cop at one point. I went off on the personality type of the average cop and you seemed offended. Guess I am wrong then.
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:13 pm#39 – That’s just plain ugly and obnoxious, Squeegy. I expect obnoxious, but I could do without the ugly. Looks like you’re making more friends around here.
Comment by Zookeeper #65
Zookeeper,
Hopefully this’ll be a lesson to ya,
…choose whom you defend carefully…
…right wing scumbags (like queasy) ain’t worth it!
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:15 pmGuess I am wrong then.
Comment by For Truth — June 2, 2006 @ 12:13 pm
I could see how you could make that mistake. He does have that air about him…
But, he’s a computer geek…
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:18 pmThat’s just plain ugly and obnoxious, Squeegy. I expect obnoxious, but I could do without the ugly. Looks like you’re making more friends around here.
Comment by Zookeeper #65
Zookeeper,
Hopefully this will be a lesson for ya,
…choose whom you “defend” carefully…
…TREASONOUS, murderous, right wing inbred scum (like queasybooger)…
…ain’t worth it!
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:20 pmFor Truth
Not a cop, just a programmer.
“I went off on the personality type of the average cop and you seemed offended.”
I tend to assume the best of cops until the evidence forces otherwise, so odds are I would defend them as much as possible.
Zoo
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:22 pm“Squeegy. I expect obnoxious, but I could do without the ugly”
Apparently I’m to out of it today to walk the fine line between blunt and offensive.
Apparently I’m to out of it today to walk the fine line between blunt and offensive.
Comment by squegeeboo
Have a Twinkie.
June 2nd, 2006 at 12:54 pm“Have a Twinkie.”
I’m sure that would really help out the fat man contest.
…TREASONOUS, murderous, right wing inbred scum (like queasybooger)…
June 2nd, 2006 at 1:18 pmCome on now big papa, theres enough real slurs that fit to throw at me, that you shouldn’t have to resort to ones that arn’t true ie. treasonous, inbred(most of my family is liberal, so thats one you might really want to drop).
Come on now big papa, theres enough real slurs that fit to throw at me, that you shouldn’t have to resort to ones that arn’t true ie. treasonous, inbred(most of my family is liberal, so thats one you might really want to drop).
Comment by squegeeboo #74
queasy,
turnabout REALLY IS fairplay,
…you say tomato, I say tomahto…
…perception is everything…
…and nothing…
…so don’t worry…
…be happy…
June 2nd, 2006 at 1:45 pm#74 – I’m sure that would really help out the fat man contest.
My point, exactly, Squeegy. I, too, can be obnoxious.
June 2nd, 2006 at 1:46 pmZoo
My point, exactly, Squeegy. I, too, can be obnoxious.
I would have never guessed.
Big Papa
“…so don’t worry…
…be happy… ”
June 2nd, 2006 at 2:08 pmI’m a conservative, all I do is worry, except for the large apethetic intervals, but I’ll try, ill try.
I’m a conservative, all I do is worry, except for the large apethetic intervals, but I’ll try, ill try.
Comment by squegeeboo — June 2, 2006 @ 2:08 pm
Know how to relax? Become a liberal. Seriously. I bet my blood pressure dropped by twenty points when I gave up fear and anxiety… and the Republican Party.
June 2nd, 2006 at 2:23 pm#72- Hangover, squegeeboo? A couple of ‘headache pills, and LOTS of water!! It is not quick, but it does work! There are some neat products that you take after drinking, but before you pass out. Saved my butt, more than once! On vacation, I cut loose, but hate to suffer for it. Feel better! :)
June 2nd, 2006 at 2:25 pmCyra
Thanks, I’ve had a ton of the water and the caffene today. I’ve heard of those miracle products, but have yet to try them.
June 2nd, 2006 at 2:29 pmZoo
My point, exactly, Squeegy. I, too, can be obnoxious.
I would have never guessed.
Actually, you know I’ve got more than that, but it’s Friday. ;)
June 2nd, 2006 at 2:49 pmI’m saving my energy for the troll on the Gay Marriage thread above.
I’ve heard of those miracle products, but have yet to try them.
Comment by squegeeboo — June 2, 2006 @ 2:29 pm
They actually work. I cannot have ONE beer without ending up with a hangover, but I use the pills (I am losing it! I cannot remember what they are called but they are big and orange), and I do not have a headache or stomache the next day.
June 2nd, 2006 at 2:52 pm#26 – “Woo hoo! By the end of June, I’ll only have to drive 6 or 8 hours to see it! Stupid red state… ” – Comment by Zookeeper
****Oh go ahead Zoo, live a little. We won’t tell the EcoWACK cops that you wasted a few gallons of gas to get to Al Gore’s cinematic “sunsation”. You’ll plenty of kudos for showing up.
June 2nd, 2006 at 2:53 pm#83 – that was actually funny and ironic!
June 2nd, 2006 at 2:56 pm#83 – Yaaaaawwwwnnn…
June 2nd, 2006 at 2:58 pmWas the 2004 Election Stolen?
Republicans prevented more than 350,000 voters in Ohio from casting ballots or having their votes counted — enough to have put John Kerry in the White House. BY ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR
June 2nd, 2006 at 3:03 pmHey 86, then why did Kerry quit so quick?
June 2nd, 2006 at 3:33 pmCops: Couple ordered hit on grandkids
Wanted to stop testimony at son’s rape trial, police say
Friday, June 2, 2006; Posted: 12:35 p.m. EDT (16:35 GMT)
TAVARES, Florida (AP) — A couple tried to hire a hit man to kill their three grandchildren and daughter-in-law to stop them from testifying against their son in his rape trial, authorities said.
The couple, ages 60 and 59, were charged with four counts each of criminal conspiracy to commit murder. They were being held without bond.
Police said the pair initially offered $100 to an undercover sheriff’s deputy to kill their son’s wife, their 10-year-old granddaughter, two step-grandchildren, ages 14 and 16, and the family dog.
More money was promised after the killings, said Lake County sheriff’s Sgt. Christie Mysinger.
The couple’s 31-year-old son has been jailed since November on 22 charges of sexual battery on a child, lewd and lascivious molestation and showing obscene material to a minor, court records show.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/02/grandparents.hit.ap/index.html
June 2nd, 2006 at 4:01 pm#88 – Lovely.
June 2nd, 2006 at 4:11 pmRegarding the FBI checking the offices of elected officials:
Lee H. Hamilton said, “We should insist that governments receiving American aid live up to standards of accountability and transparency…” When will our elected officials start leading by example instead of self-righteously preaching to others?
Without accountability from our elected officials we’re gonners for sure.
June 2nd, 2006 at 4:37 pmLovely.
Comment by Zookeeper — June 2, 2006 @ 4:11 pm
The nuts truly do not fall far from the tree. Only makes perfect sense that the son of these two freaks is a rapist.
Time for the being fruitful and multiplying to stop….
June 2nd, 2006 at 4:51 pm“An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore’s new movie about global warming, opens today in cities in California…”
TL, you mean ‘opens wide.’ It has already been playing for a week — my friends and I saw it yesterday, and wow, it is an expertly made pitch, which is going to resonate in DVD release across all political boundaries. Go in with an ounce of interest in what that bastard Gore is saying, and come out ready to put a solar-powered Al Gore for President of the Universe sign on your front lawn.
No one since Ronald Reagan has shown this kind of folksy appeal. He is on his way to being the beloved of every grandmother and child in the country and the world. An awesome, awesome, totally understated and humble (while promoting himself shamelessly) accomplishment.
Comes complete with a fairly-extensive pitch for prayer (that Americans will select the right kind of brave poltiicians to solve this problem) at the end. Get ready for your ‘red-state’ friends to announce that they are changing out their lightbulbs and their tired, deceptive political allegiances.
All Gore, All the Time.
June 2nd, 2006 at 5:13 pmTurn OUT a light for Gore.
Time for the being fruitful and multiplying to stop….
Comment by unbelievable
Like that’s gonna happen!
June 2nd, 2006 at 5:28 pmDoes anyone know anything about Gonzalez going over Pat Fitzgerald’s head and preventing the Rove indictment from being unsealed a few weeks ago? What gives already? If this is true, Gonzalez will be going to jail, hopefully with Rove, Cheney and Libby.
June 2nd, 2006 at 6:03 pmDoes anyone know anything about Gonzalez tamping down Pat Fitzgerald’s authority (given to him by Comey) and preventing the Rove indictment from being unsealed a few weeks ago? What gives already? If this is true, Gonzalez will be going to jail, hopefully with Rove, Cheney, Libby and whomever took Comey’s place at the Justice dept.
June 2nd, 2006 at 6:05 pmLike that’s gonna happen!
Comment by Zookeeper — June 2, 2006 @ 5:28 pm
Apparently 6.4 billion of us isn’t yet enough…. It’s become viral….
June 2nd, 2006 at 6:05 pm#96 – I always considered mine parasites. ;)
June 2nd, 2006 at 6:52 pm#95 – Bill, where are you reading about this? Do you have a link? Very interesting…
June 2nd, 2006 at 6:53 pm86: The percent of Americans who believe “the FBI should be allowed to search a Congress member’s office
Gonzalez is threatening to quit if the FBI isn’t forced to give back the evidence they took from Jeffersons office.
Please, please, please…Do us all a favor and resign you useless peice of crap.
June 2nd, 2006 at 8:46 pmRaid em like you raid any other citizen. Assume they have meth labs in their offices. Treat them like you treat me!
Bill, #95, I can’t remember where I read that Gonzelez threatened to quit. I do recall that it was buried in an article about the Jefferson incident.
June 2nd, 2006 at 8:49 pmBill, #95, I can’t remember where I read that Gonzelez threatened to quit. I do recall that it was buried in an article about the Jefferson incident.
I took the threat as a precurser to his resignation just for being a loser and he’s justs looking for a way too go out gracefully.
June 2nd, 2006 at 8:50 pm