Pelosi is not a pirate.
By on Feb 15th, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Pelosi is not a pirate.
Yesterday, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) launched a new blog, The Gavel. Today, a group of conservative House members issued a release claiming Pelosi had “violated copyright and trademark law on the very first day” by “using pirated content” from C-SPAN. The group suggested “the Speaker bring the gavel down on ‘the Gavel Blog.’” Within hours, the conservatives learned that their legal analysis was wrong and embarrassingly retracted their complaint.
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But the Flying Spaghetti Monster loves pirates…
February 15th, 2007 at 7:06 pmNancy Pelosi; you go girl!
February 15th, 2007 at 7:07 pmunb; I tried to post first on this thread, but you beat me to the punch. Congrats.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:09 pmThe repugnant Rethugs were wrong on something? Apparently, they haven’t been right on anything in six long years so this just adds to the avalanche of “wrongdoing” and archaic thought processes of the Republican party. They’re passe!
February 15th, 2007 at 7:11 pmOne thing the Republican’ts could always be counted on for: going off half-cocked.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:12 pmUncle Ho – you can have the next one : )
February 15th, 2007 at 7:12 pmSpeaking of “Republican Evil Doers of the Week”…
February 15th, 2007 at 7:13 pmWhat a bunch of idiot tools.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:15 pmIt’s almost comical to see the petty, small-minded, busybodies that they are.
I mean, it’s not as if they have anything more important to think of, like, say, 160,00 American troops in some country in the MiddleEast. Or a ballooning deficit.
Sshheesshh….
February 15th, 2007 at 7:15 pmActually, the blog is a fine idea — it shows that the House is actually working toward doing something in the name of the people it represents. Sunlight is the best disinfectant, they say — so the bacterial Republiscum are trying to draw the shades.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:17 pmI hope the Dems rub it in good. “Judge Nancy” rules: You’re out of order, neos.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:18 pmI’m glad to see all this stuff happening to the right for obvious reasons. But one reason I’m glad is that it confirms that I’ve not been nuts the last 6 years and that our nation has indeed been in the grip of a mental/emotional/spiiritual disease of extreme proportions. And a small group of very loud and very reptile like assess have infected everyone for a time. I bet Al Gore’s book coming out in May, The Assault On Reason, addresses the disease more specifically. The right wingers are dumb, cowardly, vulgar, and dishonest….again and again and again……………
February 15th, 2007 at 7:22 pmembarrassingly?
February 15th, 2007 at 7:22 pmI wish.
If they could be embarrassed then maybe they’d slow the f*@# down!
attack, attack, attack – it’s what they do.
Ah yes, those politically-correct repugnant repubs–ALWAYS RIGHT ONLY IN THEIR OWN SICK, DISEASED LITTLE PEA-BRAINS!!!!! They should all have new titles of M.D.–MENTALLY DEFICIENT–or P.C.–PSYCHO-CERAMIC(Crackpot!)–if you see a rattlesnake and a repugnant-repub both coming toward you at the same time, which would you shoot first? That’s an unfair question–TO THE RATTLESNAKE!!!!!
February 15th, 2007 at 7:24 pmAn example of a dumb, dishonest right winger:
Tony Snow today: “I’m not sure we did anything wrong in Iraq”
http://www.rawstory.com/showarticle.php?src=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.editorandpublisher.com%2Feandp%2Fnews%2Farticle_display.jsp%3Fvnu_content_id%3D1003546508
February 15th, 2007 at 7:27 pmI hate to point this out to the reich-wing nuts out there, butt Pittsburgh has pirates–Yo, ho, ho, and a bottle of rum. :P
February 15th, 2007 at 7:28 pmPelosi seems to care even more about message control than TP: rather than simply deleting comments she doesn’t agree with, she’s not allowing comments at all. Certainly there’s a strong possibility of abuse if she did allow them, but I’m sure she could find a way around that… unless, of course, if she’s afraid of people pointing out the flaws in her arguments.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:42 pmThe Republic Party has a group carefully following every action and utterance of Nancy Pelosi.
Whatever she says, whatever she does — a GOP attack will follow within hours.
My advice to them would be this: watch the mindlessness. It makes you look desperate.
February 15th, 2007 at 7:56 pmWrite little Bradley a kind e-mail and say “way to go!”
brad.dayspring@mail.house.gov
February 15th, 2007 at 7:56 pmahem.
Instapundit doesn’t allow comments either. Is that a problem for you too?
February 15th, 2007 at 7:57 pmNo, some people just don’t want to have to put up with looney trolls.
Comment by Spudge_Boy
hehe
February 15th, 2007 at 7:57 pmThe White House doesn’t allow comments on it’s web site……..
February 15th, 2007 at 8:01 pm…..what?……do you think they might be afraid of people pointing out the flaws in their arguments?
(chuckle snort)
A blog that allows no comments. Great. Way to go, Nancy.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:04 pmI saw a new thread that disappeared, it was “21″.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:06 pmThe “21″ thread is back.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:10 pmYeah where did it go?
February 15th, 2007 at 8:11 pmMaybe they turned up a half a dozen more and are updating…….
that blog for once shows integrity returning to our public servants…
i sure hope it materializes and doesn’t get corrupted.
however…. on http://www.truthout.org it shows Bush knowingly
lying, deceiving, and on complete self will running wild…
lie after lie, deception after deception. he has once again
lied about iran, highest appointment to doj total corruption
enought to make me PUKE… it’s absolutely sickening buying
that vacation home.
literally it’s sickening the corruption that has occured.
rah rah, vote for me
oh ya…. i’m going to serve the people
enron
iraq
the totally corrupted appointies
the culture of corruption with the 109th
and now his lies are lie after lie, deception after deception and
he doesn’t care except for whoever he is serving
LETS HOPE ONCE AND FOR ALL WE GET SERVED AND JUSTICE IS
SERVED TO ALL THOSE CROOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and HOPE that this time the democrats DON’T GET INFESTED
February 15th, 2007 at 8:15 pmLIKE A BUNCH OF POLITICAL LEECHES :)
Conservative house members = ignorant as hell.
February 15th, 2007 at 8:33 pm“Though we applaud the Speaker’s effort to adapt to new technology…”
except they don’t really… really they are scared shtless of the sun…
“One of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s first decisions was to deny a request by C-SPAN to be permitted to cover the House floor proceedings with its own cameras…”
that was a smart decision… but kos is roght about public domain and government owned cameras… something has to be done…
this oversight and sunshine is great! go nonna!
February 15th, 2007 at 8:42 pm“judge nancy” … heh…
February 15th, 2007 at 8:46 pmLet’s shut these scumbag repukes up forever!
Let the indictments begin!
February 15th, 2007 at 8:52 pm#22: It’s me, Immigration2008DotCom. I also have another site that lets you leave comments on Insty’s posts. Those with real arguments are invited to leave comments there. (Note: real arguments, not just venting).
February 15th, 2007 at 9:43 pmCan anybody tell me who’s in this ”
“?
AF
February 15th, 2007 at 10:17 pmGive it up, Republics. You’re a bunch of losers. You blew it out your ass with the Pelosi-plane thing. And now with this piracy bit, you tripped and fell on your face before you even got out of the gate. The best thing you can do for your own image and to keep from losing anymore ground is to just sit down and shut up.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:28 pmNah… they’re too frigging full of themselves to do anything that smart. Watch for thier next “smart-ass” tactic to be even more rediculous. They’re entertaining, I must say!
February 15th, 2007 at 10:35 pmThe right wing is just trying to distract us while they escalate the carnage in Iraq and start a new bloodbath in Iran.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:37 pmjimbo, you’re smokin’ some powerful stuff, man.
February 15th, 2007 at 10:41 pmThese losers are so desperate for the mud that they sling to stick. Try again you frickin’ hacks, or better yet..wait for something REAL to complain about, otherwise even the majority of republi-tards are going to think that the right-wing media is crying wolf too much.
February 15th, 2007 at 11:50 pmThey are in such a mess of their own that they are trying to drag the Democrats down with them. You’d think they would get the picture after a while….
The Repubs sling mud at us? Big deal, mud washes off, but idiocy? It’s a lifelong stain.
February 16th, 2007 at 8:19 amAnyone notice Bush “slipped” again and said “Democrat party” at his presser the other day? Of course, no offense intended. (ahem).
February 16th, 2007 at 9:53 am