ThinkFast: August 18, 2006
ThinkFast: August 18, 2006
Politicizing terror isn’t working. “White House strategists are disappointed that the arrest of alleged terrorist plotters in the United Kingdom hasn’t increased President Bush’s job-approval ratings very much.†President Bush’s job approval rating stands at 37%, virtually unchanged from July.
77 percent: Number of likely voters who “agree that the government and politicians should stay out of a woman’s personal and private decision whether or not to have an abortion,” according to a new NARAL Pro-Choice America poll.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott denied Thursday that he called President Bush a “cowboy with his Stetson hat” whose progress on a Middle East peace plan was “crap.” Meanwhile, members of the Labour Party expressed broad approval with Prescott’s reported sentiments.
“Three NASA advisers who spoke out against budget cuts to the space agency’s science programs turned in their resignations this week.†One scientist said their commitment to NASA’s science program “didn’t comport with the kind of advice that the administrator and the chairman of the committee were looking for.â€
Conservative talk radio host Mike Gallagher defends his call for a “Muslims Only†line at security checkpoints in our airports. “We allow pilots and flight attendants to go to the head of the lines in order to make their flights on time. Let’s extend that same convenience to Muslim passengers. After all, percentage-wise, there are fewer Arabs flying than non-Arabs, right? So it stands to reason that a Muslim-only security line would go quickly, even with highly concentrated security efforts.â€
President Hamid Karzai condemned a U.S. airstrike Thursday that Afghan officials said killed 10 border policemen. “I have repeatedly asked the coalition forces to take maximum caution while carrying out operations,” he said in a statement, adding that such incidents “must not be repeated.”
“Three months since the signing of a tenuous peace deal, Sudan appears to be preparing a major military offensive in its troubled Darfur region, aid workers are increasingly at risk, and the population ‘may have to relive the horrors of late 2003 and early 2004, and hundreds of thousands of lives will be at risk,’” according to a top U.N. official.
A federal judge ruled yesterday that big tobacco companies have violated civil racketeering laws, by conspiring “for decades to deceive the public about the dangers of their product.”
And finally: Liquid items discarded at an Oregon airport in response to the foiled terror plot “have turned into balm for the city’s homeless.” One volunteer dug through trash bags at the airport and took every bottle of shampoo and shaving cream he could find, but he “didn’t take the can of Easy Cheese, or the minibottle of brandy, or the tube of something called Vampire’s Blood.†“Oh, the things people bring on planes,” the volunteer said, as he considered the item in his hand, a container of lavender body butter.
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President Hamid Karzai condemned a U.S. airstrike Thursday that Afghan officials said killed 10 border policemen. “
August 18th, 2006 at 9:03 amKarzai, buddy. Youve made a pact with the devil. Stick to it.
The FBI $170 million program is a bust.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:05 amWilliam Safire:
“Every purchase you make with a credit card, every magazine subscription you buy and medical prescription you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mail you send or receive, every academic grade you receive, every bank deposit you make, every trip you book and every event you attend — all these transactions and communications will go into what the Defense Department describes as ‘a virtual, centralized grand database.’
“To this computerized dossier on your private life from commercial sources, add every piece of information that government has about you — passport application, driver’s license and bridge toll records, judicial and divorce records, complaints from nosy neighbors to the F.B.I., your lifetime paper trail plus the latest hidden camera surveillance — and you have the supersnoop’s dream: a “Total Information Awareness” about every U.S. citizen.
“This is not some far-out Orwellian scenario. It is what will happen to your personal freedom.”
August 18th, 2006 at 9:07 amThe $170 million FBI computer system is a bust
August 18th, 2006 at 9:07 amSome thoughts for today:
http://www.gophypocrites.com/2006/08/hyp06033.html
We need a “traitors” only line at the airport in which Mike Gallagher can be first in line. After all, Mike Gallagher doesn’t support the Constitution of the US nor does he believe in “equality”. It’s people that think like Mike Gallagher that are the threat to our safety.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:07 amwhose progress on a Middle East peace plan was “crap.â€
August 18th, 2006 at 9:08 amhope he has a large stetson to throw over the “crap”
“Three NASA advisers who spoke out against budget cuts to the space agency’s science programs turned in their resignations this week.†One scientist said their commitment to NASA’s science program “didn’t comport with the kind of advice that the administrator and the chairman of the committee were looking for.â€
The “War on Science” is going well for the bush administration. I get the feeling he wants every Department of government to be at the same IQ level as the White House. The foundations of good government are being eroded by the boy king.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:09 am“Liquid items discarded at Oregon airport”.
Now that is creative recycling.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:10 am#5 – Bush’s government is filled with “wanna bes”… nothing but children pretending to do grown-up jobs. Too bad Bush’s “wanna bes” don’t have the education or experience for their appointed positions, just like frat boy George.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:13 amPoliticizing terror isn’t working. “White House strategists are disappointed that the arrest of alleged terrorist plotters in the United Kingdom hasn’t increased President Bush’s job-approval ratings very much.†President Bush’s job approval rating stands at 37%, virtually unchanged from July.
Well duh. Why would it? Troll Mr. Big yesterday on another thread was complaining that no one had given Bush credit for helping bust the guys in Britain. Saying that the NSA helped out, Bush should get some credit. You’d think that Bush hand delivered the transcripts of the calls monitored by the NSA, which, I remind viewers, were done so with warrants granted by the FISA court.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:19 amY’all have to understand, the descientification of NASA will help keep us safe from terrorists!
August 18th, 2006 at 9:22 am#10 – will this allow easy access to the Rapture?
August 18th, 2006 at 9:23 amPoliticizing terror isn’t working. “White House strategists are disappointed that the arrest of alleged terrorist plotters in the United Kingdom hasn’t increased President Bush’s job-approval ratings very much.†President Bush’s job approval rating stands at 37%, virtually unchanged from July.”
Maybe they should be disappointed about not finding Osama bin Laden.
Only the nuts still support Bush. That includes a whole bunch of premium quality nuts in Congress.
Only the religious fanatics now take Bush’s Middle East policy seriously, because they are the ones dictating it to him.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:26 amAnother meaningless poll on an issue, when actually brought to a vote, yields completely different results. Just like “gay marriage” is sooooooooo popular, until 70% – 90% of the voters prove otherwise.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:30 amHow can you say NSA helped out without compromising the secrecy of its methodology? Isn’t the Bush Administration fighting the NSA lawsuits by imposing the State’s Secrets doctrine? That means the Administration can neither admit nor deny its existence. To then later turn around and publically claim the NSA program contributed to the arrest of suspects in a foreign country would be to divulge secrets essential to our National Security.
Surely this Administration would never divulge secrets relating to National Security purely for political gain! Right Ms. Plame?
August 18th, 2006 at 9:31 amWell, those three resignations should help offset some of the budget cuts, so a hearty thankyou to those advisors for doing their part.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:31 amOnly the nuts still support Bush. That includes a whole bunch of premium quality nuts in Congress.
Comment by George — August 18, 2006 @ 9:26 am
August 18th, 2006 at 9:33 am
“White House strategists are disappointed that the arrest of alleged terrorist plotters in the United Kingdom hasn’t increased President Bush’s job-approval ratings very much.â€
Geez. The right wing didn’t get re-dubbed the “fright wing” for nothing.
Bush is not a cowboy
Bush is as real a cowboy as Woody from Toy Story.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:34 am37%, in a climate in which the Dems offer no viable alternative, will work out just fine for the Republican House races. It is actually news like the Judge who ruled against wiretapping that hurts Dems, not another successful arrest here or overseas. Protecting the rights of academics and reporters over citizens like the ones who died on 9/11 is a huge loser for you.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:35 am“White House strategists are disappointed that the arrest of alleged terrorist plotters in the United Kingdom hasn’t increased President Bush’s job-approval ratings very much.†President Bush’s job approval rating stands at 37%, virtually unchanged from July.
Look out folks…we’ve become immune to ‘foiled’ terror threats. Brace yourselves for a ‘terrorist plot’ to actually succeed before November.
NOTE: This is the THIRD time I’ve had to post this, as my previous two posts were removed almost instantly. Why does a site that calls itself ‘Tink Progress’ insist on muzzling people?
August 18th, 2006 at 9:36 amTEBNIN, Lebanon, Aug 18, 2006 (AFP) – Kneeling in the rubble, the deminer gently handled a tiny metallic tube, trying to defuse one of the thousands of bomblets littering southern Lebanon.
These deadly leftovers of weeks of fighting between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas continue to kill and maim nearly a week after both sides silenced their guns, creating what one munitions expert called a “humanitarian catastrophe” as thousands displaced by the war return home.
“This has the potential to be a huge humanitarian issue,” said Marc Garlasco, senior military analyst at Human Rights Watch.
“People are coming back to their homes, they’re hugging and kissing and glad just to have survived and then there are bombs going off,” he said.
Just hours after the announcement of a cessation of fighting on Monday, one civilian was killed and six others wounded when Israeli cluster bombs exploded in the southern village of Ansar.
Didnt the Israel government said to lebanese not to get back? I guess they dont understand. /sarcasm off
August 18th, 2006 at 9:40 amWiretap ruling affirms that presidents aren’t monarchs
Fortunately, the courts have begun to rein in his royal ambitions. In June, the U.S. Supreme Court threw out the military tribunals. And on Thursday, federal Judge Anna Diggs Taylor struck down the warrantless surveillance program, finding it to be a violation of the First and Fourth Amendments and the principle of separation of powers. “There are no hereditary Kings in America,” she wrote.
Yay for American Democracy that someone finally told the over-reaching special-powers Republicans that Pres. Bush is PRESIDENT, not a King!
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-17-our-view_x.htm
August 18th, 2006 at 9:41 amOh there you go again. “Dem’s have no plan” is another myth from the right, like “liberal media.” You won’t hear anything from the dem’s as long as you keep your hands over your ears and keep shouting “la-la-la-la!”
Which has been the Republican plan so far. Stay the course!
August 18th, 2006 at 9:43 am“Since the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was adopted in 1978, presidents have had an effective and constitutional way to speedy court approval for surveillance. FISA even allows for retroactive approval in urgent investigations.”
That bears repeating.
“FISA even allows for retroactive approval in urgent investigations.”
FISA is more than sufficient to meet the needs of the administration in wiretapping for national defense. It’s the anti-Constitution argument of Pres. Bush and his administration that are not up to the task of following the law.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:45 am“By ignoring the law, and making specious arguments that powers contained in Article II make the president virtually unaccountable to either the courts or Congress, the president shows contempt for the other branches and exposes his determination to concentrate power within his own — with no particular gain for the war on terrorism.
Much has changed since terrorists rammed planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But one thing that has not is that America is a constitutional democracy with checks and balances. A ruling such as Thursday’s is a useful and forceful affirmation of that.”
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-08-17-our-view_x.htm
August 18th, 2006 at 9:48 amWell, those three resignations should help offset some of the budget cuts, so a hearty thankyou to those advisors for doing their part.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler
These people weren’ t part of NASA’s regular staff but part of the Advisory Committee to prevent NASA from going off the rails. They will have to be replaced by Repug yes men so no money will be saved.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:48 amAnother meaningless poll on an issue, when actually brought to a vote, yields completely different results. Just like “gay marriage†is sooooooooo popular, until 70% – 90% of the voters prove otherwise.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 18, 2006 @ 9:30 am
Perhaps the results at the polls would be different if the opponents of abortion and gay marriage didn’t spend so much time and money LYING to people about the issues.
Democracy works best when the people doing the voting have the facts at their disposal, and not a load of bullshit designed solely to confuse people and not educate them.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:48 amFormer Sen. John Edwards said Thursday he made a mistake in 2002 when he voted to authorize President Bush to attack Iraq.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EDWARDS_IRAQ?SITE=PASTR&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
Good move John
August 18th, 2006 at 9:53 amSkeptic
It is pointless arguing with Jason, he thinks Crichton (Whose books consist mainly of mad scientists trying to end the world) is a more credible source on any given scientific field then the guys who actually work in those fields.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:56 amMuch has changed since terrorists rammed planes into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. But one thing that has not is that America is a constitutional democracy with checks and balances. A ruling such as Thursday’s is a useful and forceful affirmation of that.â€
http://www.usatoday.com/ news/ opinion/ editorials/ 2006-08-17-our-view_x.htm
Comment by Democratic Soldier
Well yes, BUT have you not heard the republicans since yesterday? The judge is black and a woman AND a Carter appointee so they dont have to listen to her.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:57 amConservative talk radio host Mike Gallagher defends his call for a “Muslims Only†line at security checkpoints in our airports. “We allow pilots and flight attendants to go to the head of the lines in order to make their flights on time. Let’s extend that same convenience to Muslim passengers.
Oh, I see, his concern was altruistic. Don’t we look like a bunch of silly saps now…? Wanker.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:58 amAs long as Bush is in the Gray House and as long as we havae the neocons in the senate, the courts are not going to rein in anything. The SC]OTUS will rein in this lower court decision quicker than you can say jack rabbit.
The 37% approval rating of Bush is enough to get every house member and every irnorant senator re-elected. Sanitarium will be re-elected, they use Diebold in Pennsylvania.
All will go as planned for by Bushco. There is no stopping him unless the people take to the streets and overrun the Gray House, the house of shame.
August 18th, 2006 at 9:58 amOh there you go again. “Dem’s have no plan†is another myth from the right, like “liberal media.†You won’t hear anything from the dem’s as long as you keep your hands over your ears and keep shouting “la-la-la-la!â€
Which has been the Republican plan so far. Stay the course!
Comment by TheToonGuy
I have been listening keening to the democrats and I have yet to hear what they plan on doing to combat terrorism in the short term… long term sure they have lots of plans, but the terrorists have already been made and they dont care about long term peace between Israel and arabs… and so while we work on the long term mutual respect between the ME and the west we need a plan to stop the terrorists that are hell bent on revenge and proping up the need for their own existance… what is the democratic plan for that? They said we need more special forces …. ok…. to do what? As assasination squads? What?
August 18th, 2006 at 10:01 am“Oh, the things people bring on planes,†the volunteer said, as he considered the item in his hand, a container of lavender body butter.
If you’re with the body butter, go with maximum fun — movie popcorn body butter.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:01 am#30
August 18th, 2006 at 10:04 amBruce; is that why Jason thinks that pollution concentrated in a small area causes more global warming than pollution emitted from disperese sources? At least thats what his latest version of Urban Heat Islands seem to indicate. Jason has at last given up the idea that global warming doesn’t exist and the temperature sensors near the larger cities are skewing the results.
Skeptic
It is pointless arguing with Jason
Comment by Bruce Gorton
I second that. This is a person (Jason) who thinks Stanford is an Ivy league school, and who ascertained that global warming may be due, in part, to a process of vulcanization, which was later pointed out to be chemical process of curing rubber (making it harder). His rebuttal? he meant vulcanism (volcano “sperwing” sulfur), which was spelled wrong. Volcanism is the correct spelling. For one with such a high(er) degree, he sure makes many errors. And for the life of me, I really don’t know how a scholar with a masters in Engineering could confuse vulcanization with volcanism.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:08 amLook, the spin machine is broken. 6 months ago, people would have been pissed at the these Bush/Rove/Coulter Republican spinpoint talking trolls. The Bush Presidency is now so bankrupt, the machine so broken, the rhetoric so predictable that they evoke snickers, scorn, laughter, but no outrage.
Really, does anyone feel threatened by Jason Hendler anymore?
Does anyone believe that his “look over there” posts and strategy are really convincing anyone?
Bush is nearing a point where his losing his ability to govern. UK, the US’ closest ally is ridiculing Bush, the Brits want the UK to step away from Bush. Israel has just suffered a dangerous military fiasco because they were behaving like Bush and the neo-cons. Now Israel is in the midst of a political firestorm.
The Iraq was supposed to quiet the region..the region is in flames..Turkey and Iran are now helping each other shell the Kurds in northern Iraq…Bush has betrayed the Kurds, the most pro-US element in Iraq.
Putin ridiculed Bush in front of the world press after Bush had the gall to say that Russia should look to Iraq as a model for democracy.
The Chinese ambassador to the UN told the US to “shut-up” about China’s defense spending.
Rove is damaged, Delay is gone, George Allen is bleeding, Cheney is believe by no-one, Limp-baugh is a creep, Mel Gibson, Ralph Reed, Bob Ney, Jack Abramoff and all of his millions, Bill First, the meltdown continues apace and yet the sad Bush Worshippers can do nothing but point at bogeymen that are not there and now they are resorting to screaming wolf louder and louder and louder and still no one listens.
Sad.
-GSD
August 18th, 2006 at 10:10 amNASA’s mission is space based weapons, a new arms race in space, and is now mostly a tool of the Military Industrial Complex
August 18th, 2006 at 10:12 amA federal judge ruled yesterday that big tobacco companies have violated civil racketeering laws, by conspiring “for decades to deceive the public about the dangers of their product.â€
Fed judges are busily issuing their shit lists; first GWB, and now big tobacco. Heh.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:17 amGood Morning All, great posts…Day 3 on CNN almost total coverage of the Jonbonette Ramsey case……Good thing this isn’t 1961 when I only had on chanell on the tube to listen to the news….Maybe not….Back then we had new’s reporters that didn’t ramble on for hours about one subject…Except when JFK was killed we pretty much got a wide range of truth…Willy Nelson is right, bush is no Texan, no rancher, and definetely no cowboy…bush is from”Kenny Pork Bunk, Mainly”….Thank You Michael for that one…. Blessings…Peace…..Boot the basterds out…..
August 18th, 2006 at 10:19 amGSD sez:
…the meltdown continues apace and yet the sad Bush Worshippers can do nothing but point at bogeymen that are not there and now they are resorting to screaming wolf louder and louder and louder and still no one listens.
Sad.
Yes, sad, but also rather dangerous. It’s obvious by now that we’ve become desensitized to ‘terror threats’ that have been successfully ‘foiled’ by the administation and its allies, so in order to keep us at the fever-pitch of terror that has served them so well, the neocons will be forced to up the ante.
A few months ago, I made a prediction: that there would be another major ‘terrorist plot’ within months, and that it would prove to be as bogus as all the previous ‘terrorist plots’ have been.
That prediction has been realized, but the ‘plot’ has failed to produce the required effect. Whether Americans are catching on, or are just getting numb is a subject for further debate (I myself believe that it is a combination of the two), but the end result is the same: the phony ‘foiled terror plots’ are no longer sufficient to motivate us.
With this in mind, I make another prediction: expect another terrorist plot soon, and expect this plot to be at least partially successful. In short, expect fatalities.
When it does come to pass, remember who you heard it from first.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:22 amGood morning, Sharon
Ah, the good old days, two channels on the TV — one of them Spanish language. Don’t know what was on the other channel because I was climbing the tree out back. But when Walter Cronkhite gave us the news, we knew it was the news, not his opinion.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:23 amWhat Jason has actually said about urban heat islands is that the heat released by energy consumption, i.e. heating buildings, running light bulbs, driving cars, etc., is responsible for climate change. He has said this repeatedly, even though I have informed him again and again that he doesn’t have the slightest clue about the subject. Now, when was the last time you stepped 20 feet away from your house in winter and could feel the heat pouring off of it? This release of heat is utterly inconsequential, which should be obvious to even a layman. The urban heat island effect happens because building materials (asphalt, concrete, etc.) absorb and hold a lot more heat than greenery. This effect is powered by radiation from the sun, which utterly overwhelms the energy we release (the earth receives approximately 10,000 times the energy flux that we consume globally). Messing with radiation effects, i.e. by creating a bunch of highly absorbing roads and parking lots, can have a sizable local effect. Messing with radiation effects by blanketing our atmosphere with highly absorbing CO2 is having a pronounced global effect.
Jason is a fraud.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:25 amBoy the networks are getting their money out of the death of that little girl. It is ghoulish and it is indicative of the sad state of affairs in this nation.
-GSD
August 18th, 2006 at 10:25 amBecause, of course, all Arabs are Muslim and all Muslims are Arabs, right?
August 18th, 2006 at 10:29 amHi, Zoo, Sharon, everybody.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:33 amGreat posts, Zoo. :)
Boy the networks are getting their money out of the death of that little girl. It is ghoulish and it is indicative of the sad state of affairs in this nation.
-GSD
It’s sick. I have creepy feeling he’s one of those weirdos that get jollies by confessing to doing a crime like this, simply for the attention or notoriety. The Ramsay family gets run through the wringer — again — no matter how it turns out.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:38 amYeah, that man is a creep and a fraud. This is a non-story and the press should be covering the latest judicial ruling on wiretaps, but that is so unexciting compared to obsessing about a pedophile murder.
Look over there!
-GSD
August 18th, 2006 at 10:40 amDeputy Prime Minister John Prescott denied Thursday that he called President Bush a “cowboy with his Stetson hat†whose progress on a Middle East peace plan was “crap.â€
First, well said, Mr. Prescott.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:44 amSecond, you should have thought that before 100,000 iraqis were dead on this illegal war. I am betting that if there were 100,000 iraqis civilians dead but none american and british soldiers, you would call it a success.
President Hamid Karzai condemned a U.S. airstrike
August 18th, 2006 at 10:46 amPlay poker with the devil…
Breaking New’s….F-16 scrambled to assist an Italian airliner because of bomb threat..Hope I got that right.Note found of bomb threat…..Wonder if this is a pre programbed event from the once white house. Maybe all the news we are getting is also on push the threat’s mode button and pass up all other news to reenforce our lack of safety..We must keep the people afraid, brought to you by rove/cheney/rummy/bush and dead eyed rice….Hummmmm.. Yep! Zooey, those were the day’s. I was raising kid’s then….Do you remember J.P. Patches in the afternoon.?….Blessings.Peace
August 18th, 2006 at 10:47 amBecause, of course, all Arabs are Muslim and all Muslims are Arabs, right?
Comment by Jake — August 18, 2006 @ 10:29 am
Who cares? We have to give the impression of safety for our true clients: white people. /sarcasm.
August 18th, 2006 at 10:52 amIf you’re with the body butter, go with maximum fun — movie popcorn body butter.
Comment by Zooey — August 18, 2006 @ 10:01 am
LOL!
August 18th, 2006 at 11:09 amRegarding mr. gallagher, we need a “Racist” line. Since there are so “few” of them, the line should move quickly.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:09 amI guess Jason’s got the duty today.
Well, Jason, let’s tap the ball right back over into your court. In 25 words or less (I don’t think that’s overly restrictive. It’s much more than a soundbite.), please tell us what the Republican plan is for winning the War on Terror.
While you’re working on your response, it might be helpful to bear in mind that pulling troops out of a country that did harbor terrorists (Afghanistan), sending them to invade a country that didn’t have any terrorists (Iraq), and making nice with another country that harbors terrorists (Pakistan) has not been working too well. In fact, the number of terrorist incidents has climbed ever since the invasion. Our invasion of Iraq and our conduct while occupying that country has been an effective recruiting tool for more terrorists in more places around the world than ever before.
We could get into that whole “making us safe from terrorism” argument and talk about how the Republicans have shot down every attempt by the Democrats to protect ports, chemical plants, and N-plants from terrorist attacks, but let’s not get sidetracked.
You want the Democrats’ plan for dealing with terrorism? First step: Get the goddam Republicans out of the way so we can actually start doing something to protect ourselves and stop making more enemies around the world. Maybe if we stop giving the rest of the world the finger, we could get a little more help from them in finding terrorists BEFORE they try something. Right now it looks like the UK is all that stands between us and another attack.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:12 amZooey,
THis guy who confessed to the JonBenet murder, I have a feeling he is just another nut job, and really didn’t do it. I am anxious to see if my “feeling” is correct. Seems you have that inclination also?
August 18th, 2006 at 11:14 amThe Ramsay family gets run through the wringer — again — no matter how it turns out. —Zooey
Yeah that family after having to deal with the death of a child was hounded and vilified in the press… newspapaers, tv and cable news, and totally trashed in the tabloids, even this year.
Where are the apologies from the MSM for trashing this family while they were grieving the loss of a child?
August 18th, 2006 at 11:16 amIt is actually news like the Judge who ruled against wiretapping…
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 18, 2006 @ 9:35 am
Nice try, bud. There is a difference between “wiretapping” and “warrantless wiretapping.” But you know that, yet continue to support the propaganda.
Please…provide examples (with sources) of Democrats who are totally against all forms of wiretapping.
And while you are at it, name 20 members of Congress who are on the record saying that their vote for AUMF included warrantless wiretapping. Include sources.
Finally, please explain why Bush isn’t bitching that the FISA court harms the hunt for terrorists that need to be tracked domestically since wiretapping them requires a warrant.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:17 amJust like “gay marriage†is sooooooooo popular, until 70% – 90% of the voters prove otherwise.
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — August 18, 2006 @ 9:30 am
Or until the asses in Congress milk it for all they can for a week or so. Gay marriage and flag burning, recently two of the most important issues facing this country according to Orrin Hatch and Bill Frist, have suddenly been relegated to #s 100 and 101 on the list.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:21 amBoy the networks are getting their money out of the death of that little girl. It is ghoulish and it is indicative of the sad state of affairs in this nation.
-GSD
Comment by GSD — August 18, 2006 @ 10:25 am
As you’ve probably seen, there are many questions surfacing about the guy who confessed. Could he be wanting nothing more than attention? The next time they show clips of him on TV, I ask you to watch his body language. Look at how often he looks at the camera. It’s as if he’s checking to make sure it’s pointed at him.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:29 amComment by Sharon Cox — August 18, 2006 @ 10:47 am
Ahhhh…those were the good ol’ days indeed. Until satellite dishes came along, my grandparents, who lived on top of a mountain in SW VA, got 2 channels…CBS and NBC…and could bring in ABC from Huntington, WV when the weather was just right.
As for my youth, I think 13 channels were the tops, and that was on cable. I spent many afternoons watching reruns of Superman and Batman. Earlier in the day, if I was out of school, it was Guiding Light and The Edge of Night, two of my babysitter’s favorite soaps.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:35 amThe next time they show clips of him on TV, I ask you to watch his body language. Look at how often he looks at the camera. It’s as if he’s checking to make sure it’s pointed at him.
–WC
, He was arested in Thailand, and they have a traditional “perp walk”. They parade anyone arested in front of the press, giving them all good shots of the person, and they do not allow them to cover their head.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:41 amDid anyone catch this? We just had basically a world wide breaking news story about a plane with a bomb on it! No wait, it was a letter about a bomb on board. No wait….nevermind. You now can return to regularly scheduled deluge of Jon Benet Ramsey, 24/7
August 18th, 2006 at 11:46 amYet another one of my posts is summarily deleted, without rhyme, reason, or explanation.
Think Progress editors, if you have a problem with me, tell me what it is, and we’ll settle it. Abusing your editorial powers to take cheap shots at me is beneath you.
August 18th, 2006 at 11:47 amI suggest you view this video and then send it to your independent and swing voting friends.
Then send a copy to each press reporter and opinionmaker and to the DNC and RNC.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glaYJzeGK7I
August 18th, 2006 at 12:12 pmWayne and all, the little wimp that has confesed to the JonBonette murder is an attention getter, my guess. A sicko ofcourse and wanna be petafile perhaps. Sad thing is if he is to go to trial because of the mass coverage he would likely get off even “if” found guilty….Yesterday was a total rerun off and on all day with long hours of tapes from ten years ago to present….Disgusting mess…..
Camp david new’s flash and bush blather, more of the same and be sure to bring up the Harley junket along with two other entrpeneres in business..Lebanon and his views on any thing are always a total wast of time..His bosses, rove/ cheney and others should put a muzzle on him and leash to put him back in his cage in Crawford…..Blessings..Peace
August 18th, 2006 at 12:13 pmThe idiot did call attention to Harley upping the number of bikes they make…but FAILED to mention that Ford cut the number of Autos they make by a larger number that all the bik4es Harley builds, and it takes MORE workers to bnuild a car than Bike, or the fact that BOTH ford and GM are closing plants and cutting production…cause if he has a job the economy must be great from where he sits.
August 18th, 2006 at 12:25 pmMeanwhile back at the ranch and on to reality….Is ” As the world Turns” still on the soap list.? Been years since I caught a slice of that. Since this merry bunch of bombers in charge have taken control I have been busy watching ” Baghdad burn’s and Lebanon limps along”..Damn I miss the Clinton years when I could get 5 jobs with good wages if I had the energy to do them and when gas was $1.00 a gallon…..Oop’s, better yet when JFK was in and it was .20 cent’s a gallon and I was only spending $4.00 a week for work and play..Ah! the good old days before the waramonging drunks, druggies, liers and thieves took control of our lives…Tell later.Off to hug trees and pick berries..Blessings, Peace…
August 18th, 2006 at 12:54 pmBeing from Britian, maybe Prescott doesn’t understand that cowboys actually ride horses. Bush is afraid of horses. He wears a cowboy hat and boots, but you’ve never seen him riding a horse. Here in the U.S., we call that a “poser.”
August 18th, 2006 at 1:06 pmThe biggest terrorist attack on our soil happened on Bush’s watch. The evidence is that he didn’t pay much attention to the threat before the attack. And Hendler thinks this is naturally a big plus for Repubs. Some professionals would call that delusional.
August 18th, 2006 at 1:08 pmWhy don’t they make that line at the airports for “Muslim TERROTISTS only.” Then they could be moved to the Police wagons and sent directly to jail. With the terrorist threat now gone we could do away with all the useless security checks. There will be some costs, however, we will have to pay for counselling for those Security Guards with foot fetishes that no longer have shoes to smell.
August 18th, 2006 at 1:09 pmA Muslim line??? Do Chechens, who often are light-skinned and blue-eyed, have to be in the line. What about Mohammed Ali — does he need to get in the Muslim line? What color is a Muslim? Do all Muslims have brown eyes? Are there any Asian Muslims?
August 18th, 2006 at 2:01 pmWe ought to have an Amish line as well. At least in Ohio and Pennsylvania. At the hitching rail where they tie up their buggies.
August 18th, 2006 at 2:30 pmYou can’t be too careful.
Bluedog –
August 18th, 2006 at 2:31 pmI thought you meant hoser!
Are there any Asian Muslims?
Comment by Bluedog49 — August 18, 2006 @ 2:01 pm
Yes, there are. The population in both Malaysia, and Indonesia is predominantly Muslim. After them there are Muslim minorities in the Philippines, and Thailand, two Asian countries that which happen to have Islamic separatist movements they call “terrorists”.
August 18th, 2006 at 3:05 pmthe key question that nobody is asking is, “do Americans approve of Bush’s handling of the Jon Benet case?”
August 18th, 2006 at 3:12 pmTHis guy who confessed to the JonBenet murder, I have a feeling he is just another nut job, and really didn’t do it. I am anxious to see if my “feeling†is correct. Seems you have that inclination also?
Comment by For Truth
Hi For Truth, I hope we’re wrong. I hope he’s the guy, for the family’s sake. I haven’t been able to do much reading on it, but do you think a guy like that, someone who says he’s “in love” with that child, could maintain for 10 years before slipping? I’m not a pro like you, but this feels wrong.
August 18th, 2006 at 3:20 pm#70
Bluedog
We can add boozer and loser too.
August 18th, 2006 at 3:37 pmI, too, believe that this guy did not kill JonBenet Ramsey. He said he picked her up from school that day. She was killed the day after Christmas, so that is extremely unlikely. I just wish the media would not spend hours and hours telling us that they don’t know anything for certain.
Instead of even a minute on the Ramsey case (and Keith Olbermann, if you or someone on your staff is reading this), why not devote the time to explaining to people why the warrantless wiretapping ruling is so important? Explain how the President and Vice President (who once shot a 78-year-old man in the face and then sent his friend out to lie about it) have been violating the Constitution pretty much since the day they took office. Help Congress get the support of the people for investigations by detailing the many violations of their oaths of office and abuses of power that Bush and Cheney have committed. That would be a far more useful service to their viewers than spending an hour telling us we really don’t know anything more about who killed JonBenet Ramsey than we did ten years ago.
August 18th, 2006 at 3:53 pmFYI, JABBS has an article on other airports discarding potential “liquid explosives.” Bunch of B.S.
August 18th, 2006 at 4:34 pmPoliticizing terror isn’t working.
August 18th, 2006 at 5:19 pm
oh my gawd… even tom hartman was talking about the possibility that this story’s timing is “suspicious”… call from the white house to friends in thailand…
got the nsa story covered up nicely…
i’m a believer…
“it ain’t good…it ain’t good”…
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August 18th, 2006 at 6:41 pmJABBS has had a series of articles chronicling TSA embarrassments as it undertakes the new liquid explosives policy.
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