ThinkFast PM: June 22, 2006
ThinkFast PM: June 22, 2006
Kevin Drum agrees with Jonah Goldberg, who is fascinated by “how the Internet is allowing the nation to return to its historical relationship with the media, not how it’s changing everything.”
The Bush administration sends mixed signals on its plans to deal with North Korea.
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) on the benefits of cutting the estate tax: “Paris Hilton, once this is passed, will be able to jet set around the world buying herself more bling and more dogs to carry around in her purse and probably never work a day in her life.”
Stop the Bush administration from “strangling” the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, “the federal agency charged with protecting employees and job applicants from workplace discrimination.”
“U.S. military documents, obtained by ABC News, list the brother of Afghanistan president Karzai as a ‘problem maker’ in the pay of drug lords.”
And finally: A round-up of blogging on the World Cup.
What did we miss on the blogs? Let us know in the comments section.
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The Bush administration sends mixed signals on its plans to deal with North Korea.
Plan? Since when has the Bush admistration had a plan for anything? Their diplomacy is made up of nothing but threats.
June 22nd, 2006 at 7:12 pmThat is an unkind remark about Miss Hilton. She is a working girl whether she charges for it or not.
For Bush Bashing Click on Clyde!
June 22nd, 2006 at 7:48 pmClyde – why pay for the cow when you can get the milk for free?
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:02 pmYou missed Agitprop’s compilation of paste-eater reactions to the non-finding of WMDs.
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:06 pmRumsfeld has joined the Santorum chorus.
http://www.hoffmania.com/blog/2006/06/oh_for_christs_.html
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:16 pmi found this at crooksandliars – “We’ve been having big fun with this site”
George Says… featuring George W. Bush!
How it works: Just type in what you want George to say in the text box…
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:28 pm#4 – Some of most favorites:
The Real Ugly American – I don’t know what to think, but somehow this proves that Atrios and Keith Olbermann are real dumb.
Wizbang – I have never doubted there were WMDs even though we don’t yet know enough to know whether there were WMDs.
(emphasis mine)
They’re real fart smellers, alright.
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:36 pm#6 – katy, that site is SO cool!
My desktop now shows GWB in pose #11, with a background of flag-draped coffins, and these words: I admit it, I’m the biggest fuck-up to ever exist. I resign, and I will not accept any pardon offered.
*sigh* A girl can dream, can’t she?
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:47 pm“…the brother of Afghanistan president Karzai {i}s a ‘problem maker’ in the pay of drug lords.†– - It’s Clinton’s fault. Roger’s!
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:49 pmanother find… this looked quite interesting… a mix of blogs from all sides:
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:12 pmmemeorandum
“Most liberal bloggers link to stories that help their cause or side. Most conservative bloggers do the same. Visit Memeorandum when bad news breaks for Bush and the place is awash in liberal referrals. Do the same when the Prez’s poll numbers rebound and the conservatives own the joint.”
( from http://www.prospect.org/weblog/2006/06/post_649.html#002893 )
I love me some Louise Slaughter. Partially because she tells it how it is, and partially because her district office is in the same building that I work in. Every day on my way to work I wonder if she’s in there, doing whatever representatives do. It’s like passing the office of a minor celebrity of sorts!
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:15 pmI know I said “bye” to TP,
but this is too good…
Administration:
Arrests in terrorist plot.
Chicago’s Sears Tower and Miami…
Any thoughts?
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:15 pmYou guys are great! AC may have given up on her “funnies,” but my “punnies” seem to be appreciated. Thanks, Kindness.n
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:17 pmtrueblue they are supposedly “black muslims” and there ius an undercover FBI agent involved…so it may not turn out to be what they are spinning it to be…
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:19 pmPlan? Since when has the Bush admistration had a plan for anything? Their diplomacy is made up of nothing but threats.
Comment by Joe Sixpack
Oh please. Grow up.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:19 pmAdministration:
Arrests in terrorist plot.
Chicago’s Sears Tower and Miami…
Any thoughts?
Comment by trueblue
It’s a plot by KKKarl Rove to take the heat off of George’s impending split with Laura. Sheesh…everybody knows that.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:20 pmAny thoughts?
Comment by trueblue
My only thought is — welcome back, trueblue!
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:24 pmI didn’t see your last comment until almost 2 days later, and I was so sorry to see it. Jane even put up her email address so you could write her directly. I’m so happy to see you!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5108546.stm
via raw story….
# 15: HILARIOUS!!!!!
#13, Clif: I only saw the end of a blurb as I was turning off the TV.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:24 pmThanks for the info!
They’re real fart smellers, alright.
Comment by Zookeeper
Charming.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:26 pmAny thoughts?
Comment by trueblue
My only thought is — welcome back, trueblue!
I didn’t see your last comment until almost 2 days later, and I was so sorry to see it. Jane even put up her email address so you could write her directly. I’m so happy to see you!
Comment by Zookeeper — June 22, 2006 @ 9:24 pm
REALLY?????
“You like me? You really, really, like me?”
OK, Zoo, I’m about to cry!
Tell Jane thank you!
I’ll look for it and email!
…OK, maybe I’ll be a “guest poster” for a while… :)))))
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:27 pm# 15: HILARIOUS!!!!!
Comment by trueblue
I know. I’m always funny but I don’t ususally get to post. Judd must be in bed already.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:28 pmOh, Jeez, IRI is back from his “vacation” to the rubber room.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:29 pmIRI , I think the mistake that Joe Sixpack made is actually considering that the Bush assminstration
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:31 pmactually understands the notion of diplomacy. Please find attached link to support my point.By defintion they have failed miserably.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/diplomacy
Oh, Jeez, IRI is back from his “vacation†to the rubber room.
Comment by JPark — June 22, 2006 @ 9:29 pm
no it was a really big taco and he spent all this time in the head getting it out
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:34 pmlove that news.google.com… found several stories on that raid in miami…
good news about those arrests as i just made plans to send my daughter and her friend to chicago for her 21st birthday next week… well, maybe…
this from cnn:
The FBI said one search warrant was executed in a warehouse near a housing project in Liberty City, a predominantly black and low-income area of Miami.
“We are conducting a number of arrests and searches, and we’ll have more about that when the operation is completed, probably tomorrow morning,” FBI Director Robert Mueller told CNN’s Larry King in an interview to be broadcast Thursday night.
“Because it’s an ongoing operation, we really can’t get into details,” Mueller said. “But whenever we undertake an operation like this, we would not do it without the approval of a judge. We’ve got search warrants and arrest warrants and the like. ….”
In a statement, the U.S. attorney’s office in Miami said federal, state and local agencies had made several arrests Thursday in connection with a domestic “terrorist-related matter.”
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales will hold a news conference Friday regarding the raids.
something to look forward to tomorrow…
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:35 pm#22, in response to Joe:
I’m glad to see Joe Sixpack as well.
I SOOOO wanted to tell him I was happy to see his” Correct me if I’m wrong…” bit, but I had made a vow,…. which I’ve violated some three times now…!
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:35 pmI just really wanted TP to know, and then Zoo made me cry… and here I am…!
I like you, I really, REALLY, like you. ;)
Can you imagine how Sally Fields must cringe every time she thinks of that?
Trueblue, that thread was so chaotic, it was crazy. Jane’s email address is several below yours on that thread with Cheney’s smiling (yikes) face on it.
Honestly, I can’t blame you for leaving for awhile. It seems like we have more trolls than ever, although some of them are halfway intelligent, if you can believe that. I appreciate the ThinkFast threads because it’s a place to retreat from the worst of the trolls most of the time. I don’t think they get “talking points” for open threads. :-D
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:36 pmFrontline: Dick Cheney “The Dark Side” online
PBS has the complete show available.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:38 pmCharming.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I
Isn’t it? I try my bestest. ;)
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:39 pmno it was a really big taco and he spent all this time in the head getting it out
Comment by clif
Now THAT’S charming! ;)
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:41 pmOK, Zookeeper,
Thank you very much.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:42 pmI have to hug Mini Blue, ’cause she’s seen me tear up again…!
Be back in a minute….. (yes, my deepest, darkest secret revealed: I’m a sentimental slob!)
Zoo made me cry… and here I am…!
Comment by trueblue
I didn’t mean to do that!
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:42 pmIRI , I think the mistake that Joe Sixpack made is actually considering that the Bush assminstration
actually understands the notion of diplomacy. Please find attached link to support my point.By defintion they have failed miserably.
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/diplomacy
Comment by the fly-man
I think the mistake Joe makes is thinking that diplomacy is called for when dealing with an insane midget with a nuclear bomb. That’s why I told him to grow up. Diplomacy only works when both sides are afraid of losing something. It’s not going to work with Kim because he’s insane.
I’m not alone in that opinion either…
Former defense secretary (under Bill Cliinton) William J. Perry has called on President Bush to launch a preemptive strike against the long-range ballistic missile that U.S. intelligence analysts say North Korea is preparing to launch.
In an opinion article that appears in today’s Washington Post, Perry and former assistant defense secretary Ashton B. Carter argue that if North Korea continues launch preparations, Bush should immediately declare that the United States will destroy the missile before it can be fired.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/21/AR2006062101838.html
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:48 pmBah, that’s not the real IRI, he is a fake. IRI is never as this lucid.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:53 pmtrueblue they are supposedly “black muslims†and there ius an undercover FBI agent involved…so it may not turn out to be what they are spinning it to be…
Comment by clif
On the other hand they might be “light brown Muslims” and it’s exactly what we think it is. Stay tuned for the latest CAIR spin on the story.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:56 pmKrazny, maybe he’s giving up the batshit insane routine because he wants to be heard? I do appreciate IRI dropping the all caps thing, I really do.
June 22nd, 2006 at 9:58 pmBah, that’s not the real IRI, he is a fake. IRI is never as this lucid.
Comment by Krazny
I’m just getting warmed up. I wanted to make sure Judd is really asleep.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:00 pmSoccer is for third world homosexuals
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:00 pmComment by I-RIGHT-I
Soccer for you. For us it is football. How many times does a player in your sport “football” touches the ball with the foot. You are not even capable of coming across a decent name for that crap of game. Easy on the steroids, buddy.
IRI dropping the all caps thing, I really do.
Comment by Zookeeper
I only use CAPS once in awhile and that’s because I don’t know HTML. Give me a break.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:01 pmIRI:
It’s one thing to be a troll, it’s another to be a troll when you think know one is looking.
That’s like pre-meditated Trolldom.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:10 pmNO ONE!!!!!
DAMN, I’m Tired!!!!
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:12 pmIs your daughter ok, trueblue?
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:14 pmHuggles TrueBlue.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:15 pmOK, sorry to be clueless, but can somebody take pity on me and explain what Paris Hilton has done to deserve being dragged up this way in estate tax debate? I have not studied the supermarket tabloids as I should, but I gather she has done a few lurid things, and is an actress and not a very good one, and I suppose the estate tax tie in is that she inherited the Hilton fortune. But I guess what I’m asking is, did she insert herself in this debate, or did anti estate tax folks just choose her as a convenient target?
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:19 pmThe pro estate tax people insterted paris not the othe way around. Can you honestly look at her and think she deserves the millions she will get from her parents?
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:23 pmZookeeper, Krazny,
Mini Blue is fine. She sometimes plays the “mommy” role in our colorful life together…!
I never thought I’d care so much about posters on a blog, but I do. So, thanks!!
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:23 pm“Where’s my Vodka-CranRaspberry?!!?”
“How can I put up with trolls while hiding my emotions without a ‘Vodka-CranRaspberry???”
…Apologies to those that did not witness the “open thread” segment some three weeks ago…..
It was FUN!!!
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:29 pmI wouldn’t believe a word that this Admin says. They have lied to meny times for me Found all those WMD at last and found the terrest in Fla. an immediatly sealed all documents, I’ll bet they will never see the light of day.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:31 pmLOL I am relaxing with a bottle of full sail amber myself, that and a book on how to write HTML
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:32 pmN. koreas neglect could be explained by its geographic location. It’s not near a certain country that has undermined our democracy.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:33 pmIt’s great you have each other, trueblue. I’m close with my boys, too. I have to go because I’m supposed to call Zoo Sr, who is in Oregon with his father for the summer. He wants to “tell me something.” I hope it’s that he found a job, and his father is helping him find an apartment, but that may be awfully optimistic. This is the father who stayed away for over 2 years, so we’ll see. Glad to see you back, even if it’s at a reduced rate! Goodnight!
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:33 pmNavy Vet,
sealed what doc’s?
I only caught the tail end of the story to begin with……
Thanks for any info.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:35 pmKrazny, you’re a wild and crazy guy!
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:37 pmtrueblue, you can drink all of my Vodka CranRaspberrys. I’m such a cheap drunk, all you’d have to do is wave it under my nose and I’m gone. ;)
Later…
LOL zoo its a laugh a minute around here =P
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:39 pmFor my next trick maybe I will go clean up from dinner.
Kranzy and Zoo-
I have not actually had the aforementioned Vodka drinks…
I am so tired I couldn’t POUR the drink!
Perhaps tomorrow!
Tonight, however, must end for me.
Thank you.
You’ll see me tomorrow…. I guess…!!!!
Good Night!
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:43 pmCongrats to ThinkProgress, RawStory and others for making this top 10 list of sites to watch for election coverage!
http://www.thephoenix.com/article_ektid15743.aspx
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:47 pmRe: paris hilton and the estate tax. I beleive it is related to an american concept of meritocracy. That people who contribute value to society are rewarded. The fact that your predecessors added value, doesn’t necessarily mean you will. In fact, if you recieve an incredible inheritance, chances are that there will be no incentive for you to use your native talents to do anything but party.
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:50 pmPeople like me work hard every day, and dream of someday retiring. Maybe get a winnabego and travel the country. The greatest threat to my retirement dream is the insanely irresponsible fiscal policy of this administration. Part of that policy is the repeal of inheritance tax.
So, to see a vapid skank such as paris covorting around, and realize that she is part of the reason I may be spending my retirement years eating dog food and skipping needed medication, is a reason that she is the poster child for inheritance tax.
Night blue
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:01 pmNote the new URL. I’m getting it up, again. It’s never a good time for a political refractory period with this bunch that’s in power. So if anyone’s blogrolled me with the old URL, then please replace it with the new one.
There’s a photo set of captions from Bush’s trip to Hungary that I used to test-drive the new template.
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:18 pmKevin Drum agrees with Jonah Goldberg, who is fascinated by “how the Internet is allowing the nation to return to its historical relationship with the media, not how it’s changing everything.â€
I’ll take that as a compliment
The Bush administration sends mixed signals on its plans to deal with North Korea.
Many folks up in DC are sending mixed signals, its part of the job.
Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) on the benefits of cutting the estate tax: “Paris Hilton, once this is passed, will be able to jet set around the world buying herself more bling and more dogs to carry around in her purse and probably never work a day in her life.â€
How much would Paris Hilton save?
Stop the Bush administration from “strangling†the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, “the federal agency charged with protecting employees and job applicants from workplace discrimination.â€
Can they be stopped?
“U.S. military documents, obtained by ABC News, list the brother of Afghanistan president Karzai as a ‘problem maker’ in the pay of drug lords.â€
Is TP encouraging me to begin conspiracy-theory oriented discussion with this one?
And finally: A round-up of blogging on the World Cup.
I guess we lost to not so great of a team today. I can’t make it through watching Futbal anyway.
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:19 pm#59 Bowdler,
I can relate with that post, its a good one.
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:25 pmwhat did you miss? how about pat roberts and the second part of the sen intel com’s acessment of the prewar intel
http://www.prospect.org/horsesmouth/2006/06/post_140.html#002890
thats pretty important
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:33 pmWhere’s trueblues lesbian lover, unbelievable?
Did she finally seek out the treatment she so seriously needed?
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:50 pm64,
Wow, thats amazing, I never would have thunk it, seriously. These guys are good, at being total sheisters.
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:54 pmthats pretty important
Comment by douglas james — June 22, 2006 @ 11:33 pm
i thought that sounder familiar – on yesterday’s ThinkFastPM:
Senate Coverup Committee chairman Pat Roberts (R-KS) “will indeed succeed in deep-sixing†the Phase II probe into manipulation of Iraq war intelligence, Greg Sargent reports.
same prospect.org story…
g’night all…
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:14 amSue=MA
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:18 amsorry… no it’s NOT the same prospect story…
here’s the link… it was posted an hour later…
ok…
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:20 am“Paris Hilton, once this is passed, will be able to jet set around the world buying herself more bling and more dogs to carry around in her purse and probably never work a day in her life.â€
She is gonna need that money when she gets old ugly and depressed and has to spend it at drug and alcohol rehabilitation facilities, not to mention the plastic surgery clinics around the globe she will need to rebuild that anorexic look.
June 23rd, 2006 at 2:01 amI mean we should not expect the skank to get skankier should we?
Yesterday was another bad day for the Democrats, in DC, because 6 Dem Senators voted with the Republicans to prevent any timetable to bring the troops home from Iraq within a year?! Democrats are being outflanked by the evil Karl Rove, but they seem unaware that he plays them for fools > Dems better wake-up, and fight back, or they might get creamed in November?
June 23rd, 2006 at 2:15 amFound this on a web site a comparison of the democrats plan and repug plan
The democrats;
-to raise the minimum wage to $7.25
-to make college tuition tax deductible
-to cut the interest rates of student loans by 50%
-to eliminate subsidies to oil and gas companies
-to impose lobbying restrictions
-to negotiate lower drug prices in the Medicare prescription plan
-to maintain social security
-to increase funding for stem-cell research
-to restore the pay-as-you-go policy for federal budgets
-to reduce oil consumption 25% by 2020 through development of fuel alternatives
-to help millions of illegal immigrants work towards U.S. citizenship
-to shore up homeland security
-to bring the troops home from Iraq “at the earliest practicable time”
The repugs;
to keep the minimum wage at $5.15 for another ten years
-to continue giving fat tax breaks to their oil company pals
-to destroy social security
-to reduce funding for health, education and social services across-the-board
-to continue spending like drunken sailors in a whorehouse
-to restrict spending on stem-cell research
-to continue allowing the drug and oil companies to make federal policy
-to continue giving huge tax breaks to the wealthiest taxpayers
-to eliminate the estate tax (and $1 trillion in revenue in the process)
-to deny homosexuals the right to marry
-to send illegal immigrants to jail
-to make sure that “English is the official language of the United States”
-to outlaw flag-burning
-to continue sending troops to die in an unjust war, squandering precious military and financial resources that could be used to hunt down and fight our real enemy, Al Qaeda.
But they have the better ideas..just ask them…
http://www.ostroyreport.blogspot.com/#62006
June 23rd, 2006 at 4:12 amThinkProgress,
Is that giant explosion in the Nevada desert still scheduled for today (6/23)? If so, is there any way we can stop it?
June 23rd, 2006 at 8:23 amHi, trueblue,
Good to see you back. Jane and I missed you.
June 23rd, 2006 at 8:31 amDesperate Housewives rule!
Pathetic.
June 23rd, 2006 at 9:11 amtrueblue: glad to have you around again :)
To IRI “Soccer (ha!) is for homos”. Well, I just dream of a game between the FC Barcelona (F stands for Football, you moron), and a selecion of the IRI-likes, including IRI himself. I bet Carles Puyol, Barcelona’s defense, would break his leg in three before minute 10, if IRI dared call him “sissy”.
BTW, 2 days ago the USA team was won by the Ghana team. I guess than USA players are sissyer than the Ghana ones…
June 23rd, 2006 at 9:14 am#61 – I wondered what happened to you and your site. Welcome back!
June 23rd, 2006 at 10:15 amI guess than USA players are sissyer than the Ghana ones…
Comment by Evil Spaniard
Again — OUCH!
June 23rd, 2006 at 10:18 amI bet Carles Puyol, Barcelona’s defense, would break his leg in three before minute 10, if IRI dared call him “sissyâ€.
June 23rd, 2006 at 10:59 amComment by Evil Spaniard
My guess is that he (IRI) is a fat, sad, boring 40 y/o with an average, non-creative job whose only thrill is Monday Night Football, which by the way I like (My team is the Steelers) but nothing compared to fútbol, in my opinion. Have you noticed that US sports have a lot of pauses? They are made like that so you can go and get your hot dog, pizza slice, big coke and ice cream. Good luck to Spain, buddy. That Cesc is really something.
TRUEBLUE! We thought we’d lost you! Email me any time you want :-D
June 23rd, 2006 at 11:03 am“U.S. military documents, obtained by ABC News, list the brother of Afghanistan president Karzai as a ‘problem maker’ in the pay of drug lords.â€
He’s the most embarassing, drug-connected presidential brother since Roger Clinton!
June 23rd, 2006 at 12:39 pmJuan C: I think that most USA games are stopped so much because the players have too much muscle (thanks to anabolyzers), weight a lot and need to stop to breath now and then again. The only USA sport that I like is basketball, where they really excel, and the speed of the game and agility of the players is a must see. Oh, and they don’t wear armor, as the “manly” American Football or Hockey players. Well, I will concede, they are spectacular, as many USA events, but I prefer true sports over hype.
Oh, and I prefer a lot Rugby (go All Blacks!) over American Football (?). The only armor there is some player with a leather hat, and vaseline, to not have ears or noses ripped out in the melees.
In footbal (the true one), just an hour ago Spain won to Arabia :D. We are in the right path to the next phase, yay! BTW, one of the commenter for the Spaniard TV of the World Championship is Maradona.
And I have a friend couple formed by a german boy and an argentinian girl, both fierce football fans. The match Germany-Argentina in their house was a must see. I hardly can decide where was the bigger spectacle, in the TV or in the living room :D
June 23rd, 2006 at 1:05 pmHe’s the most embarassing, drug-connected presidential brother since Roger Clinton!
Comment by Exley — June 23, 2006 @ 12:39 pm
Sinced your into commenting on family members of politicians…how about the Bush lushes…or the children of the Gov of Florida for good examples? They make roger clinton look like a choir boy
June 23rd, 2006 at 6:10 pmWhat about Billy Carter?
June 23rd, 2006 at 7:00 pm