ThinkFast: February 16, 2007
ThinkFast: February 16, 2007
“Outgoing Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter J. Schoomaker said yesterday that the increase of 17,500 Army combat troops in Iraq represents only the ‘tip of the iceberg’ and will potentially require thousands of additional support troops and trainers, as well as equipment — further eroding the Army’s readiness to respond to other world contingencies.”
Tim Griffin, the former Karl Rove aide whose appointment as U.S. Attorney in Arkansas helped spark an outcry over the politicization of federal prosecutors, has announced he will not accept the position.
“It may be cold comfort during a frigid February, but last month was by far the hottest January ever. The broken record was fueled by a waning El Nino and a gradually warming world.”
In the first speech President Bush “has devoted to Afghanistan during his second term,” he warned yesterday that he expected “fierce fighting” to flare in Afghanistan this spring, and called on NATO allies to send more troops.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) yesterday “strongly endorsed binding legislation requiring Bush to seek congressional authorization before any military strike on Iran.”
A House committee this week unanimously passed strong new whistle blower protections, ensuring court reviews of whistle blower complaints and extending protection “for the first time to the F.B.I. and to intelligence agencies where wastefulness is draped in secrecy.”
Hundreds of New Orleans’ “best and brightests” are making “wrenching decision to leave.” “Their reasons include high crime, high rents, soaring insurance premiums and what many call a lack of leadership, competence, money and progress. In other words: yes, it is still bad down here.”
The Office of Personnel Management’s inspector general has been investigating allegations that Special Counsel Scott Bloch retaliated against underlings who “disagreed with his policies — by, among other means, transferring them out of state– and tossed out legitimate whistle-blower cases.”
And finally: A voice of conscience…from the urinal? “In a novel move to curb drunk driving, New Mexico is using talking urinals to remind drinkers to not get behind the wheel when drunk.” “Hey big guy, having a few drinks? Then listen up!” a voice from the urinal says. “Think you had one too many? Then it’s time to call a cab or call a sober friend for a ride home.”
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GA Rep. Ben Bridges says
February 16th, 2007 at 9:04 amThe big bang is a Pharisee hoax
http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/070215/w021547A.html
Just how ignorant is Bush of the Canadian soldiers who are getting slaughtered at his behest…
February 16th, 2007 at 9:09 amtrueblue sez:
Sometimes I wonder if people like this aren’t involved in a sinister plot to destroy Christianity…because I can think of no method more devastatingly effective than what they’re doing.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:13 amTMM,
February 16th, 2007 at 9:17 amDid you read the link?
Awful. They also don’t think that the earth rotates, or moves around the sun.
#1 GA Rep. Ben Bridges says
The big bang is a Pharisee hoax
Comment by trueblue — February 16, 2007 @ 9:04 am
And those people are part of the most powerful people on Earth. And with a finger in the red nukular button.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:17 amIt is a sign of extreme desperation, attacking minor sects of religions……..
February 16th, 2007 at 9:19 amtrueblue sez:
Not only did I read the link, I actually went to http://fixedearth.com to take a look.
(WARNING! http://fixedearth.com contains dangerously high concentrations of STUPID. Do not visit this link if your physician has recommended you limit your exposure to STUPID.)
February 16th, 2007 at 9:25 amHaha! I did not have the courage to click on that site, TMM!
February 16th, 2007 at 9:27 amThanks for taking one for the team.
:)
Comment by trueblue — February 16, 2007 @ 9:04 am
And the memo was written by a retiring High School teacher! What the article didn’t say was whether Hall worked at a public or private high school.
All I can say is thank Isis he is retiring!
February 16th, 2007 at 9:28 amhttp://www.wctv6.com/home/headlines/5853136.html
The FSU (Florida State) College Republicans are offering a “caucasian only” scholarship. It’s symbolic, but why am I not surprised? These are probably the same guys to whom I handed out Army enlistment forms at the last anti-war rally here in Tallahassee. Their ignorance was staggering.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:31 amKudos to the person who invented a big white telephone that talks to you.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:36 amTim Griffin, the former Karl Rove aide whose appointment as U.S. Attorney in Arkansas helped spark an outcry over the politicization of federal prosecutors, has announced he will not accept the position.
Acually, that’s not what he said at all. From the TPMmuckraker article:
So…how long is that? Thanks to the provision in the PATRIOT Act that lets U.S. Attorneys be appointed on a permanent basis, without any need for Senate confirmation, Griffin could stay under his ‘interim’ title as long as the White House wants.
Don’t be fooled.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:40 amAnd with a finger in the red nukular button.
Comment by Evil Spaniard
Sorry, off topic, Spaniard.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:41 amBut recently, about a year ago, I found this band of ska: Ska-P. I have never thought a band would talk about political and social issues with the intensity that they do, besides, of course, such a good music. Do you know them?
re#7 TripMaster Monkey
I am sorry for not believing you when you said do not look at the site http://fixedearth.com, if you cannot take stupidity.
After viewing that site, I immediately had to vaccinate myself against a a stupidity infection, by watching the sun rise to remind me that the earth rotates!
February 16th, 2007 at 9:56 amThe little attorney, Harriet Meirs, who stood by her man over the years, is deceptively as nasty as everyone who has made it into the Bush inner circle.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:57 amThanks, Waxman, for protecting the whistle-blowers, without whom, we’d all be mushrooms.
February 16th, 2007 at 9:58 amOh my God, fixedearth.com rocks man. I don’t even know where to start.
LOL
February 16th, 2007 at 10:02 amThere seems to be a closed-circuit of news reporting in most of the msm, particularly on tv. One channel (or newspaper) “reports” something, and others simply pick it up and run with it; does anyone check the veracity of the first report by doing their own investigation?
It was this closed circuit that got us into the mess we’re in today.
I think the news channels are spending their money on make-up artists and hairdressers for their over-paid anchors, when money would be better spent doing real journalism and hard-nosed reporting of news, without spin, please.
February 16th, 2007 at 10:03 amby watching the sun rise to remind me that the earth rotates!
Comment by criticalthinker
How do you know it is not the sun orbiting the Earth? ;)
February 16th, 2007 at 10:04 amI think Republicans should know what’s a Pharasee hoax or not, since they’re the present day Pharasees.
Where do they GET these people?
February 16th, 2007 at 10:07 amThe son-in-law of Vice President Dick Cheney, Philip Perry, has helped free the chemical industry from upgraded security measures in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, according to an article in the March edition of the Washington Monthly.
February 16th, 2007 at 10:07 amGA Rep. Ben Bridges says The big bang is a Pharisee Jew hoax.
WTF? Here I thought we were worried about the Taliban and Al Qaeda (when I say “worried,” I don’t mean that Bush is taking any action in this area. Instead, of course, we should invade an unrelated country.)
Looks like it’s time to address the Pharisee threat!
February 16th, 2007 at 10:22 amFrom the article linked at posting#2:
‘California Democrat Tom Lantos, who chairs the U.S. House of Representatives foreign affairs committee, said NATO shouldn’t have to beg for more troops from countries like Germany, France, Italy and Spain.
“It is an outrage that only troops from the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom are deployed to the most hazardous spots,” Lantos said.”No longer should this administration stand passively by while our so-called allies take advantage of American generosity and courage.”‘
Good for Rep. Lantos!
February 16th, 2007 at 10:23 amHow do you know it is not the sun orbiting the Earth? ;)
Comment by Juan C
Funny! You could become a true Conservative with that kind of Dark Ages thinking!
February 16th, 2007 at 10:24 amA voice of conscience…from the urinal? “In a novel move to curb drunk driving, New Mexico is using talking urinals to remind drinkers to not get behind the wheel when drunk.†“Hey big guy, having a few drinks? Then listen up!†a voice from the urinal says. “Think you had one too many? Then it’s time to call a cab or call a sober friend for a ride home.â€
I would think that if one heard voices coming from the urinal, one would have a much larger problem than driving drunk. The potential for weeping, hugging the urinal, and slobbering, “I love you, man,” is dangerously high.
February 16th, 2007 at 10:30 am#1 – true
That is frickin’ disturbing.
February 16th, 2007 at 10:36 amThat’s (queasily) cute, Mistress Z…..;)
February 16th, 2007 at 10:38 am54: The percentage of Americans would vote to cut off funding for escalation if they were in Congress, according to a new Fox News poll.
Why do Americans hate America?
February 16th, 2007 at 10:40 amA House committee this week unanimously passed strong new whistle blower protections, ensuring court reviews of whistle blower complaints and extending protection “for the first time to the F.B.I. and to intelligence agencies where wastefulness is draped in secrecy.â€
It’s about freakin’ time! I hope they get all those fired whistleblowers their jobs back, with back pay, and fine the crap out of the scumbags who canned them.
February 16th, 2007 at 10:42 amItalian Court orders 35 to stand trial over CIA flights
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/02/16/italy.cia.trial/index.html
C’mon World, George is a sitting duck without his majority stranglehold on our Government, COME AND GET HIM!
February 16th, 2007 at 10:43 am#1 trueblue
I can’t look at that site. I’ve already seen way too much profound stupidity on display from Republic congressmen. I don’t want to look under the rocks where they came from. There are ugly, slimy, crawly things there with pincers and lots of little legs and tiny little itty bitty brains that don’t work.
February 16th, 2007 at 10:47 amFrom wake-n-bake’s link regarding the Italian court order:
Sorry, Italy, but Chimpy doesn’t ‘get’ symbolism.
February 16th, 2007 at 10:51 amCoyotee News Break:
Shrubs ‘R Us, New Mexico’s largest supplier of landscape greenery to the restaurant and casino industry, announced today plans for a huge new nursery on the outskirts of Albuquerque.
February 16th, 2007 at 11:14 amCiting the proposed installation of talking urinals in eating and drinking establishments as pivotal in it’s decision, the company is receiving broad support from local governmental officials for the expected influx of new jobs.
Said one local commissioner:
“We’re anticipating work not only for the landscapers, as they will be continually replacing shrubbery outside these business’, but also an increase in agriculture from the extra runoff.”
Get involved:
The Virtual Headquarters for the Campaign to Move Congress to End the War in Iraq.
http://www.movecongress.org/content/index.php
February 16th, 2007 at 11:14 amFunny! You could become a true Conservative with that kind of Dark Ages thinking!
Comment by And You Thought REAGAN Was Stupid
Like, perhaps, President of the US?
February 16th, 2007 at 11:26 amJuan C sez:
The following are actual Chimpy quotes:
You would think that a person who claims to hear God telling him to do things would not be the best candidate for leader of the free world…but that’s OK…the U.S.A. stopped being leader of anything even remotely free a long time ago. Given the fact that 83% of Americans believe in the virgin birth of Jesus, as opposed to a mere 28% who believe in evolution, it’s only fitting that we be represented to the world community by a sociopathic fundie with delusions of adequacy.
February 16th, 2007 at 11:41 amGA Rep. Ben Bridges says
The big bang is a Pharisee hoax
Comment by trueblue
OMG, how do these flat lined idiots ever get elected?
February 16th, 2007 at 11:41 amThey’re already feeding on balls, so I guess Pelosi is like Huffington. So, will it be pain later, cancer, or a simple assumption by the dead?
Lesbians really don’t like Hillary, but, hey, they have a MENTAL problem!
February 16th, 2007 at 11:44 amComment by TripMaster Monkey
There is this argentinian biologist Cerejido, who writes about science and its diffusion in Latinamerica. He has written some interesting books about death from a scientific POV, Evolution and Society along with his wife, who is a sociologist.
February 16th, 2007 at 11:50 amIn a recent interview he said that you can effectively measure ignorance. He said: You just count how many people are gathered in a religious ceremony.
Good news on the global warming front. China announced last week that they are going to build 40 new nuclear power plants over the next 15 years.
Take that, dirty CO2 emissions!
Meanwhile, the US energy policy is stuck in reverse. No new nuclear power plants in 30 years! Dopes!
February 16th, 2007 at 11:51 am#36 Wayne
GA Rep. Ben Bridges says
The big bang is a Pharisee hoax
That’s odd. I thought the pseudo-Christian right modelled themselves after the Pharisees.
February 16th, 2007 at 11:53 amChina announced last week that they are going to build 40 new nuclear power plants over the next 15 years.
Comment by The Learning Curve
Seriously, we better start learning chinese, cuz these guys really mean business.
February 16th, 2007 at 11:56 amHere are some Democratic senators taking serious and meaningful measures against the war profiteers:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rick-jacobs/dorgan-kerry-and-leahy-_b_41375.html
“Punishes War Profiteers -Establishes penalties of up to 20 years in prison and at least $1 million in fines for war profiteering.”
February 16th, 2007 at 12:00 pmNew Mexico is using talking urinals to remind drinkers to not get behind the wheel when drunk.
Yuh… right… that’s exactly what I want to hear when I’m taking a whiz at my local bar. I’m just glad I don’t have the job of changing the batteries in those babies. Actually, I’ll bet that most will be stolen. They’re just too good to pass up when you can impress your friends at home with your own talking potty. And at twenty dollars a pop, that can add up pretty fast. -heh-
February 16th, 2007 at 12:22 pmLet me try this again as the last one went to that place in the sky for no-no comments.
The defense attorneys will have a ball with the new law–they will be claiming their clients were DUPED (Drunk Uninal Peeing Entrapment Device).
February 16th, 2007 at 1:05 pmI am calling on President Bush to get his daughters into the military so they can go to Afghanistan and win that conflict.
February 16th, 2007 at 1:09 pmhttp://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1171610898303630.xml&coll=1
FEMA has paid in full for past disasters
But feds so far refuse to waive La.’s match
New Orleans Times-Picayune
Friday, February 16, 2007
By David Hammer
When the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks left a gaping hole in New York, the Bush administration immediately agreed to pay all to rebuild public infrastructure, waiving the local share usually required of state and local governments.
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Even though John Connolly, FEMA’s chief for public assistance projects on the Gulf Coast, says he has “never seen a disaster that so compromised the continuity of local government,” the agency also has refused to provide any explanation for deviating from past practice when it came to one of the worst disasters in recent U.S. history — especially one the federal government and its poorly built levees caused, many critics say.
Historically, FEMA has asked state governments to pay 25 percent of the cost of rebuilding most public property in an effort to establish a local stake in recovery, although the agency has the power to pick up the full cost of repairs and has done so after at least 26 other disasters since 1985, including in Louisiana for damage it sustained in 1992 from Hurricane Andrew, according to the Congressional Research Service.
February 16th, 2007 at 1:15 pm…
When all the public assistance work is done, FEMA says Louisiana’s eligible projects for Katrina and Rita will cost $5.9 billion. Executive Director of the Louisiana Recovery Authority, Andy Kopplin says those estimates are too low and FEMA is re-estimating the price of about 1,000 different public assistance projects.
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After the Sept. 11 attacks, the Bush administration immediately decided to waive any cost share for New York. The federal government then gave New York about $21 billion to complete the recovery work, about $8 billion of it from FEMA, and required no match from the Empire State.
I guess I could go to fixedearth.joke but my quota of stupid has been exceeded this week by a certain Senator Virgil.
Mistress Z ~
February 16th, 2007 at 1:15 pmBBWAHAHAHAH!!! Gotta wonder how many cell phones get dropped in the urinal from failed attempts to call for backup!
#13 Yes, Juan, I know them from the day one. They have been around since 1996 or 1997. I think they’re from the Madrid region. Most probably their lyrics will shock most of the board trolls.
If you liked them give a try too to “Mama Ladilla” (punk) or “Defcon 2″ (the ones of the soundtrack of the “El dia de la bestia” (heavy metal).
February 16th, 2007 at 1:37 pm#45- Yeah. The twins can drink the Afghans under the table, then strip down and give the soldiers good reason to yell, “Fire in the hole, baby, fire in the hole!”
February 16th, 2007 at 1:44 pm#45
The twins can’t go anywhere. They are too busy recording messages for the Capital building urinals. “Be careful where you pee, you might hit my Daddy.” “Watch your back, Karl is near,” Don’t shake too hard, that may be Dick Cheney.”
February 16th, 2007 at 2:26 pmWe DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TROOPS TO SEND, for Chrissakes! Our Army is in a sad state…Like Rep. Rangel said, BRING BACK THE DRAFT!
February 16th, 2007 at 4:54 pmGriffin told Miss Piggy Rove “Thanks but no thanks…Too much skeletons in our closets!”
Even Satan was vacationing in Maine, on the beach with an umbrella and a Bloody Mary in his hand, wearing sunglasses!
NATO told CHIMPya to “SHOVE IT…Send Your Own Troops in…”
Way to go NANCY! CHIMPya MUST BE MADE ACCOUNTABLE!!!!!
Whistle Blowers are the CONSCIENCE of ACCOUNTABILITY and RESPONSIBILITY–THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR JUSTICE TO BE DONE!!!!!
Thank You for NOTHING, CHIMPya, for all your EMPTY PROMISES and LIES, UNFULFILLED BRAGGING BOASTS TO HELP–NOTHING BUT LIES!
Scott Bloch is a PETTY TYRANT who deserves to PUT ON THE BLOCK and HIS MISERABLE HEAD CHOPPED OFF(FIRED)!!!!
I would like to hear one of these talking urinals say “HEY BUD! DON’T THROW THAT TOOTHPICK IN HERE–THE CRABS USE THEM TO POLE-VAULT WITH!”
Forrest
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