ThinkFast: May 11, 2007
ThinkFast: May 11, 2007
Fox New’s Bret Baier told Dick Cheney, “You are portrayed by your opponents and some in the media as this sinister figure, as this cold-blooded warmonger who doesn’t care about the number of body bags going back.” Cheney said that he regrets the casualties, but added, “Obviously, the President bears the major part of the burden. He’s the man with the authority to commit the force.”
“European leaders have told the Bush administration that Paul D. Wolfowitz must resign as president of the World Bank in order to avoid a vote next week by the bank’s board declaring that he no longer has its confidence to function as the bank’s leader.”
Yesterday, Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN), “a loyal Republican who’s always voted with the president on Iraq issues,” said he will “draft a bill that implements the recommendations of the Iraq Study Group Report…which included benchmarks and a timeline for troop withdrawal.”
Slate’s Dahlia Lithwick notes that Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’ role in the U.S. Attorneys scandal has shifted to that of a “decoy.” “He’s the guy who runs out in front of the hunters and draws their fire so nobody pays any attention to what’s happening at the White House.”
Filmmaker Michael Moore “is being investigated by the Treasury Department over a trip he made to Cuba for his new film, ‘Sicko.’” The department is “investigating whether he had violated restrictions on travel to Cuba when he accompanied sick workers seeking free medical care as part of a documentary on America’s health care industry.”
“Senators who raised millions of dollars in campaign donations from pharmaceutical interests secured industry-friendly changes to a landmark drug-safety bill.” The senators pared back the FDA’s power to monitor the safety of drugs and helped defeat “efforts to curb conflicts of interest among FDA advisers and allow consumers to buy cheaper drugs from other countries.”
“Larry Wilkerson, an aide to former Secretary of State Colin Powell, said in a radio interview on Thursday that the ‘high crimes and misdemeanors‘ of the Bush Administration make the offenses for which President Bill Clinton was impeached ‘pale in comparison.’”
Summers in the eastern United States will be “much hotter than originally predicted with daily highs about 10 degrees warmer than in recent years by the mid-2080s, a new NASA study says.”
A 20 percent increase in “drug abuse among children and youths in Iraq is worrying specialists who say continued violence is responsible for the rising number of users — something that is compounded by the easy availability of different narcotics.”
And finally: “Attend at your own risk!” Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay will be speaking at an upcoming political training seminar offering “explicit discussions of ethics.” DeLay “resigned last year after being indicted on campaign finance abuses in Texas and who remains under federal scrutiny in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.”
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if Cuba will provide free medical care to those who can’t get it here, it shames America… that’s the real issue the feds have with Moore going there…
May 11th, 2007 at 9:07 amBush Regime’s investigation of Michael Moore will backfire and more Americans will see his new documentary on our Sicko health care system.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:08 amKucinich on Supplemental: It’s About Oil
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 10) – Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) released the following statement:
“There has been a broad deception about the content of the hydrocarbon law, a deception which has taken in members of Congress and the media. Misdescribed tactically as a revenue sharing plan, it is in fact a radical plan to privatize Iraq’s oil.
“The law before the Iraq Parliament contains 3 vague lines about revenue sharing and 33 solid pages of a complex legal restructuring, facilitating the privatization of Iraq’s oil resources. The sharing will not be 1/3 of 100%. The sharing is more likely to be 1/3 of 20% at most, after private oil interests take their cut. The stage is being set for theft on a historic scale.
“Iraq may have as much as 300 billion barrels of oil to be tapped. At a market value of $70 a barrel, the value of its oil may approach $21 trillion.
“In the past twenty four hours the Vice President made an extraordinary trip to Baghdad to urge the Iraqi Parliament to stay in session to pass a “hydrocarbon law” which provides for “revenue sharing.” Today, President Bush explicitly mentioned that he could come to an agreement if it included a benchmark for “sharing oil reserves.” This is the tone of the legislation which the House passed tonight.
…”The attempted theft of the oil assets of Iraq under the guise of a plan to end the war will keep the war going long into the future.
My note: Beware of BENCHMARKS!
May 11th, 2007 at 9:09 am“Obviously, the President bears the major part of the burden. He’s the man with the authority to commit the force.â€
OMG, Dick Chaney is throwing Bush under the bus. This is amazing. He operates as the stealth president for 6 years, calling the shots, and when he realizes that what he has wrought is a total disaster, he blames it on Bush. Sorry Mr. Chaney, you are just as responsible for every death in Iraq as Bush is, probably more so. May god have mercy on your soul.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:11 am“investigating whether he had violated restrictions on travel to Cuba when he accompanied sick workers seeking free medical care as part of a documentary on America’s health care industry.†re Michael Moore
And, are they investigating the sick workers too? If not, this is nothing other than Bush using the IRS to retaliate against someone he considers to be an enemy. Typical Bush.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:13 am“Sicko”? I’m sorry, but that’s a pretty lame title. Great concept for a film, but a terrible title.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:14 amLooks like Cheney is throwing his bosom buddy Dubya under the bus??
May 11th, 2007 at 9:14 amSo, I guess Afghanistan really IS a just war, right?
The department is “investigating whether he had violated restrictions on travel to Cuba when he accompanied sick workers seeking free medical care as part of a documentary on America’s health care industry.â€
That sneaky traitor!!! :)
May 11th, 2007 at 9:16 amLarry Wilkerson’s statement regarding Bush’s high crimes & misdemeanors making Clinton’s “pale in comparison” is the height of understatement. The fact is that Bush’s crimes against humanity numbering now into the 3,300’s of americans and some purported 600,000 iraqis make Clinton’s faux pas look like “child’s play”. Let’s bring this president-gone-psyco to justice. He needs to finally be held accountable for these high crimes against humanity. He’s no exception and, as Cheney said, the buck stops at his desk because he, alone, has the power to” commit the force”. I can’t imagine being Bush with the blood of so many human beings on his hands. How does he look himself in the mirror and know that he’s a criminal?
May 11th, 2007 at 9:17 amTo travel legally to Cuba (the United States being the only “free” country in the world that restricts where its residents can travel) requires a license from the US Department of the Treasury. Anyone who goes to Cuba needs this license. I have one for scientific purposes.
Michael Moore (whom I admire for his grit) applied for a license but had not received the license before his trip. He obviously knew about the requirement beforehand but without the license he traveled to Cuba.
If these facts are true, then Michael broke the law. Grandstanding for his sure-to-be-blockbuster movie aside, Michael broke the law. Each and every one of us is chomping at the bit for Gitmo Al, Condi, Wolfie, Rumsfeld and the rest of the Bush cabal to be in jail and punished for breaking the law. Paris Hilton violated the terms of her probabtion and is facing a jail term as punishment. Michael Moore should be held to the exact same standard.
Its one thing to be a cheerleader for what you believe in. Its quite another to break the law to do the cheerleading. For this one, if the investigation shows he is in violation of Federal law Michael should pay the price.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:20 amObviously, the President bears the major part of the burden. He’s the man with the authority to commit the force.â€
That was so beautiful I almost cried! When it comes to evil richard bruce “big time” cheney is the man.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:20 amAs for as the corruption surrounding the BIG Pharma, what a surprise, eh? It’s clear that we have many more thugs in Congress to weed out – their vote on this one (bringing drugs to americans for less eliminating the need to choose eating over taking medications) was very telling. In fact, I’d like to have a list of those voting in favor of disallowing the importation of essential drugs, whose companies to a large extent, BTW, are american companies selling those very same medications here for twice the price! This is heinous and outrageous and every american needs to be totally outraged by this flagrant sucking up to the pharmaceutical companies which outright “own” some congressmen. Let’s the the “list of Big Pharma Sycophants” published here so we know who these criminals are. If anyone has that, please furnish it for us so we can contact each one of them and express our outrage.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:20 amhmmm maybe I missed it, but looks like another 9-11 coming?
Bush changes control of govt in case of emergency back to himself..
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/09/AR2007050902719.html
I don’t think the neo-cons will give up what they spent 30 years implementing.
Buy lots of food, water, and ammo.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:22 am“Cheney said that he regrets the casualties . . .” Cheney then added, “but not as much as the 19-year-old who just got himself blown up by an IED… heh heh.”
May 11th, 2007 at 9:24 amRep. Kucinich is 100% correct that Iraq’s Oil agreement with US is a fraud. I wrote this yesterday and forwarded to members of the Congress in DC:
The Iraq Oil Swindle Agreement!
Thursday 10th of May 2007
by Jay Randal
The so-called Iraq Oil Revenue-Sharing Law is really one of the biggest criminal swindles in world history, because the agreement shares very little profits with Iraq’s citizenry, plus it rewards Big Oil corporations with massive profits subsidized by the US government.
Petroleum Cartel CEOs desire total control of Iraq’s Oil reserves for the next 30 years, but they require US military to guard the Oil fields, infrastructure, and the pipelines, plus keeping the Iraqi Islamic sects pacified and subjugated while the black-gold crude Oil is stolen.
Nobody knows how many millions of barrels of crude have been stolen to date, because the Oil meters have not been repaired, nor any Oil profits filtering back to the government of Iraq either, but we do know that Oil companies are making record profits at the gas pumps.
As the price of gasoline skyrockets toward 4 bucks a gallon nationwide in United States, and much higher in Europe and Japan, thus we the consumers get raked over and screwed by Big Oil conglomerate profiteers, while some members of US government get kickbacks.
(Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Georgia, USA.)
May 11th, 2007 at 9:26 amFor this one, if the investigation shows he is in violation of Federal law Michael should pay the price.
Comment by Ben Dover
Moore should have known better; this is preternaturally dumb. Of all the people in the US with a giant “fk me” target on his back, Moore’s is the biggest (and sloppiest, probably). Now he’s going to walk the walk, and will probably be able to get a lot of material for a new film. On prison life.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:27 amIt’s time to make recall elections optional for the Office of the President. Wouldn’t you agree?
May 11th, 2007 at 9:27 amOFF TOPIC : I just thought I’d share this with everyone. Should be mandatory reading for every US citizen :
http://www.911truth.org/ article.php?story=2007041283112370
May 11th, 2007 at 9:28 amThe idiocy of the GOP and this administration never ceases to amaze me – here they are going after Michael Moore for something which “pales in comparison” to the crimes of this GOP with their illegal RNC accounts, the lies up to the war killing hundreds of thousands (americans & iraqis), the overwhelming national debt and lack of fiscal responsibility during the last 6 years, the illegal spying on americans, the criminal rendition of enemy combatants to be tortured at off-site prisons, and the list goes on and on….and they are trying to shut Moore up?? You’ve got to be kidding – please tell me these Republicans aren’t that stupid?
Going after Michael Moore for an obviously petty cause will only serve to increase the popularity of Sicko – his new movie. My advice to the GOP-sters would be “be careful what you focus on” because in the law of karma….what you bring into your energetic focus becomes the most dominant thing in your life. Collectively, the WH decided to bring Moore into the public eye – which, in turn, will bring the content of “Sicko” into full view of the american public. Those who would not have even known about it will now know about it, this petty case, and the damaging contents of the film. One more reason to not elect a republican to public office, they will exhort!
Personally, I am beginning to realize just how stupid this GOP and WH actually are by their frantic movements right now as the SS GOP/TITANIC now splits in two and is descending into the great abyss of irrelevancy.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:29 amComment by gummitch
It’s a civil investigation. Their is no shot at prison time. Michael Moore is harmess anyways, so what’s to worry?
May 11th, 2007 at 9:29 amYou can always count on Nice Polite Republicans to find a vichy dem like lanny davis to speak on behalf of the party.
“The problem with us Democrats, now that we’re in the majority, is we’re forgetting the same arguments we used against Republican abuses in the ’90s,” he says. “We’re forgetting about those arguments now that the shoe is on the other foot.”
To davis and his ilk there is no difference between impeaching a president for a blow and investigating a corrupt attorney general who is attempting to turn the DoJ into a wing of the rethug machine.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:31 amGunmitch: Either Moore is pure genius or definitely stupid to make such a calculated move. I prefer to believe the former as the charges will mean nothing when compared to the notoriety Moore will receive for his new flick. Perhaps he’s goaded the administration into this one as part of his PR plan? Perhaps he realizes that they will come off as idiotic and petty going after him when it’s clear that we have so many other crimes in this country being committed each day – illegal drugs to our children coming from Mexico, organized crime, etc. and they decide to prioritize this level of pettiness??? They look like total buffoons to the american people.
Contrarily, Moore will get publicity for this new flick one hundred fold for this. I believe it was a calculated move by Moore because he’s a very intelligent individual. It’s working right now, isn’t it?? It’s working to inform and causing people like us to focus our energy on it, isn’t it?
I’d say Michael Moore is “pure genius” personified.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:32 amThanks, Kay – I love the site and read it every day. It’s clear that the “critical mass” of americans believe that the official story of 911 is bogus. More scientists are weighing in every day.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:36 amI’d say Michael Moore is “pure genius†personified.
Comment by veritas
No less.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:36 amThis from C&L:
At the Gonzales hearing yesterday, the obnoxious Sensenbrenner though ita fine venue to bring up the yet unresolved case of Rep. Jefferson.
Apparently deaf to the improper tone of the request in the context of a hearing on the firings of the U.S. attorneys, Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI) encouraged Alberto Gonzales to hurry up and indict Rep. William Jefferson (D-LA). The Jefferson case has dragged on for nearly two years and is awaiting the decision of an appeals court on the FBI’s seizure of evidence from Jefferson’s congressional office.
I guess Sensenbrenner doesn’t realize that in a hearing over whether the Attorney General’s office was politicizing USAs and demanding partisan investigations and indictments, he’s…pushing for a partisan indictment.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:37 am“SiCko” : great title. I’ll see it. I hope he makes Fahrenheit 911 Part 2 where he talks about the Shadow Government within BushCo. that caused 9/11 for a the pretext to go to War.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:38 amAs for the manipulative pharmaceutical companies and those who aid them, Giuliani’s name comes up with regard to Oxycontin. Giuliani’s name also comes up in the home of an Iowa farmer and his wife.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:43 amGiuliani was looking for a “family-owned” farm to make a case for the elimination of the inheritance tax and they called upon the couple in Iowa, who eagerly prepared for the photo op visit.
But, when the Giuliani people learned that the Iowa farmer wasn’t wealthy enough to be affected by the elimination of the inheritance tax, they dropped the couple like a hot potato.
Nice.
The inheritance tax affects those with multi-million dollar estates who leave their heirs tax free bankrolls – it doesn’t affect the average Joe, but the repugs don’t want you to know that, so they call it the death tax and look for sympathetic figures to support their false story.
Sooner or later, their supporters are going to have to come to grips with what these people have done.
Only weak slime cannot admit they’ve made a mistake.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:43 amSo now Speedy Gonzales is a decoy?
He better not go hunting with Cheney.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:46 amSo dick bushie says that the head bushie is the one who bears the burden for the worst foreign policy blunder ever made. He is a man without a conscience.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:46 amI don’t get it. If Republicans can break the law and go free, so should we.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:49 amMichael Moore is going to get a lot of publicity fo rhis new film, siCKO. The timing of this investigation is going to backfire on Rove.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:50 amBy now, the public, increasingly suspicious, if not knowledgeable, of the spurious machinations of Bush&Co will take this one with a grain of salt — this is nothing more than pebbles being strewn on the path of anyone who dares to take a step toward showing another area of ineptitude and corruption in America.
Cheney has already foreshadowed the next “Pearl Harbor.”
When the bomb does go off, again, we will be told that there will be no need for an investigation; that the government already knows who is responsible; that we must lose more civil liberties and attack yet another country.
I believe such a plan is already in the works, by a faction within our own government. The question is, will anybody associated with it come forward to prevent our government from nuking one of its own cities? The reality is, such an attack can be carried off by a very small number of individuals.
Let’s face it, if our government was really concerned about loose nukes, it have done and be doing a hellova lot more in Russia to help secure their fissable materials following the break-up of the Soviet Union.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:51 amA true sign that the Chimpy empire is crumbling. Cheney turning around and pointing fingers….
Keep it up, Repugs. Like we really need any more reasons to vote your @$$e$ out of office.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:52 amCheney said that he regrets the casualties, but added, “Obviously, the President bears the major part of the burden. He’s the man with the authority to commit the force.â€
Chimpy goes under the bus….
May 11th, 2007 at 9:53 amOy, TP.
Do we have to have a picture of Cheney from the puppy’s viewpoint?
May 11th, 2007 at 9:55 amOMG — Is the boy-king going to be sacrificed on the altar of Darth Cheney, the evil one?
May 11th, 2007 at 9:55 amCheney has already foreshadowed the next “Pearl Harbor.â€
The real threat we face today is the possibility of an al Qaeda cell in the midst of one of our cities armed with a nuclear weapon, and if they ever were to achieve that, and we know they’re trying, but if they were ever to pull that off and detonate a nuclear weapon in one of our major cities, it would rival all the casualties we’ve suffered in all the wars in over 200 years of American history.
When the bomb does go off, again, we will be told that there will be no need for an investigation; that the government already knows who is responsible; that we must lose more civil liberties and attack yet another country.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — May 11, 2007 @ 9:51 am
—–talk about Liberals living in fear! fear, fear, fear….boo! the government is going to get you! Wow, Liberals are more worried and more terrified of their own government than they are of terrorists. Sad, truly sad. The enemy for many Liberals is not Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaeda or the terrorists around the world, but their own government.
this is a perfect example of how the left pushes fear, fear, fear and then some more fear upon its mindless followers.————————
May 11th, 2007 at 9:57 amI’d say Michael Moore is “pure genius†personified.
Comment by veritas
I agree. He’s not graceful, but he’s one of the most compassionate people around. (That’s my story, hacker bob, and I’m sticking to it!)
He had to know he wouldn’t be getting permission to travel to Cuba for any reason. He obviously weighed the consequences, which probably aren’t much more than a fine, and decided to go ahead.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:58 am#7 – veritas
Oops, I didn’t see your Chimpy under the bus comment before I posted.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:59 amSorry!
Michael Moore (whom I admire for his grit) applied for a license but had not received the license before his trip. He obviously knew about the requirement beforehand but without the license he traveled to Cuba.
Comment by Ben Dover — May 11, 2007 @ 9:20 am
He may be able to make the case that Treasury delayed issuing his license for political reasons. It’ll be interesting to see how this plays out. Either way, it could pave the way to have Congress reexamine an asinine law that’s done absolutely nothing to help the Cuban people.
May 11th, 2007 at 9:59 amCheney was much better when he was the defense secretary. He was less controversial during those years.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:00 amgummitch,
It is my solemn promise that I will not respond to any troll on TP today. :}
May 11th, 2007 at 10:01 am**twitch**
Ben Dover, I must respectfully disagree. The attitude that the Law is the Law is fundamentally a rightwing Republican attitude. The honorable American tradition is to break the law to force the courts and the public to reexamine its legitimacy.
John T. Scopes broke the law in 1925 when he taught evolution in a Tennessee classroom. He was charged and convicted. But the law was ruled unconstitutional. Thoreau was jailed for failing to pay a tax; he wrote his famous essay on civil disobedience to explain himself.
Sometimes breaking the law is the only way to uphold human rights. Sometimes, as Shakespeare says, “The Law is an Ass.” It’s not enough to say that we should obey bad laws, unjust laws and lobby for their change. After the fall of the Third Reich, Germans routinely offered that they were merely obeying the law when they did the unthinkable.
Is America at war with Cuba? NO. Everyone talks about a Cuban embargo, but it’s not technically called an embargo, is it? An embargo is an act of war and so contrary to international law. No, technically America has put Cuba in quarantine. Which is an absurd circumlocution.
Why does America trade with Red China but not Cuba? Who really is behind this relentless siege of Cuba? The Florida ex-Cubans or the gangsters and corporate robber barons such as Dupont who have never given up reclaiming their Sin City in the Sun?
Bad laws have to be broken. I know many Cubans in Toronto who don’t have such a dark view of Castro and many friends who routinely travel there. One friend bicycles throughout the countryside and finds the American propaganda about Cuba disgracefully distorting.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:03 amRe: Cheney.
I’m thinking DeNiro’s character in “The Untouchables.” Hope Dick isn’t carrying a baseball bat!!
May 11th, 2007 at 10:06 amDon’t tell Junkie Rush about all the cheap hookers in Havana.
He’ll be down there on the next jet.
His excuse will be to bash Castro in person.
But we all know Junkie Rush can’t resist a teenage boy in a dress.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:08 am#44 – Well said, david.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:09 amLooks like Chimpy threw Poodle Boy Blair under the bus.
One down and more to go. Next, get rid of that Aussie asshole Howard.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:09 amWho really is behind this relentless siege of Cuba? The Florida ex-Cubans or the gangsters and corporate robber barons such as Dupont who have never given up reclaiming their Sin City in the Sun?
Yes
May 11th, 2007 at 10:09 amfight it Zooey! Don’t give in!My Princess of Progress(TM) is better than that!
*twitch*
*urgle…..*
May 11th, 2007 at 10:12 am:)
David, you said well.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:12 amThe Chimpy Regime is the most corrupt, criminal bunch in US history.
But the Feds are prosecuting Michael Moore for going to Cuba.
Chimpy has infiltrated the entire Federal government with unqualified cronies and lackeys who put loyalty to him over loyalty to the US.
We are screwed. Only a matter of time until martial law kicks in.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:12 amfight it Zooey! Don’t give in!My Princess of Progress(TM) is better than that!
*twitch*
*urgle…..*
:)
Comment by whiteyfresh
Heh. Thanks, whitey. After slaughtering the Mighty Venus last night, I think I’ve got it out of my system for a while. :)
How are things with you?
May 11th, 2007 at 10:15 amI’d say sometime on or before November 6th,2008,Tom3…
May 11th, 2007 at 10:16 am#41….
May 11th, 2007 at 10:17 amthanks, toasterhead, well said!
(The brain works quite well when one remembers to clean out the crumb tray every once and awhile, no?)
Jay,
May 11th, 2007 at 10:19 amYou’ve been a bad boy. Al you do is complain and whine.
As your father I order you to clean the basement you rent from me!
Relatively well,Zooey… I got a lot of stuff to do today.. :(
mow the lawn(very soon),finish insulating under the house(a little) later,
wash some laundry(sometime),clean up the house(also sometime today),figure out what’s wrong with my grill…
Damn, so much for being “off work” today….
When’s that last test before freedom?
May 11th, 2007 at 10:20 am#56 – whitey
That sounds like a lot of stuff to do. I’m just going to change my shower curtain. I hope I have the energy…. :D
My last exam is today 10-12. It’s in the bag.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:24 amLet Gonzo stay. The Republicans are headed for political purgatory anyway.
Bye bye, Republicans. See you clowns in 2020 after you have rebuilt your party. If is still exists then. I have my doubts.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:25 amOoooh,they used “huge hovercafts” to evacuate the people from Catalina Island…
hmmm..’Catalina Island’ sounds like the devil’s salad dressing.
wow, that was almost troll-like in it’s irrelivance to the thread…sorry everyone, I woke up not too long ago
May 11th, 2007 at 10:26 am`:0
what are you,mountain time??
May 11th, 2007 at 10:27 am#38 Mighty Aphrodite, isn’t this a little early in the day for you? Or are you still awake from another three day meth binge?
May 11th, 2007 at 10:27 amIt’s already 10:30am here….
May 11th, 2007 at 10:28 am;)
Also, (sorry everyone) CNN keeps saying over and over again, whenever they go to the Catina fires:”Smoke on the water”, and the newscasters try to be like “see,I’m cool, I know this song”. I bet most of them couldn’t tell me who SANG the dang song…BTW I KNOW who sang it…
May 11th, 2007 at 10:31 amoops Catalina…
May 11th, 2007 at 10:33 amVK it took the Redudlicans what, 40 years last time?Lets hope for an even longer vacation this time….
May 11th, 2007 at 10:34 amIt’s already 10:30am here….
;)
Comment by whiteyfresh
If I were there I’d be almost done. :D
It’s 7:30 here. :)
May 11th, 2007 at 10:35 amVK:I mean come on, I LOVED the 90’s! the heyday of AMAZING hiphop and electronic music(ie house,breaks,d&b). The rich were getting richer, the poor were getting richer, and even the Prez was getting some action. Man, life was good….
May 11th, 2007 at 10:36 amPacific Time, whitey. ;)
So California is burning already this year?
May 11th, 2007 at 10:37 amSo, according to Fox News’ Bret Baier, Cheney has “opponents”??? “Critics” and “detractors” – I understand. I am one. But “opponents”??? Is Cheney running for something I haven’t heard of?
The implication is that Cheney may legitimately disregard what an “opponent” says. But, he is a public servant. He should be answerable to citizens with complaints.
Those who gain public office need to act like public servants and not like perpetual campaigners. They are charged with running the country, not the party that nominated them.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:37 amPeter: A Sith Lord always has a Jedi as an “opponent”
:D
May 11th, 2007 at 10:41 ampoop.
gonna go mow…
back in a little while..
May 11th, 2007 at 10:47 amIf I don’t make it back in time, good luck Zooey!(not that you need it!!)
;)
My favorite on the Fort Dix foiled plot:
“The same documents that prosecutors used to build a case against the suspects also depict them as somewhat disorganized, lackluster plotters. And clumsy and amateurish, too: The FBI learned of the alleged plot when the men went to a Circuit City store and asked a clerk to transfer a jihad training video of themselves onto a DVD. Also, they mistakenly thought an AK-47 costs $500, instead of $1,500 to $3,000.”
Yep, that’s our FBI, catching the Keystone Kops at it again.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:57 amSpeaking of Havana, Chimpy is refusing to extradite that terrorist Posada to Cuba or Venezuela.
Posada and other anti-Castro terrorists blew up a Cubana jet airliner in the 70s and blew up Havana hotels in the 90s.
And they were supported all the way by the CIA.
I thought Chimpy was fighting a Global War on Terror.
But I guess that doesn’t apply when the terrorist is one of ours.
May 11th, 2007 at 10:58 amIt has been burning Zooey, thank god I don’t live down there anymore, have a friend in Burbank who could see the Griffin fire from his place, and Catalina is right off of LA
May 11th, 2007 at 10:59 amI’d say Michael Moore is “pure genius†personified.
Comment by veritas
I agree. He’s not graceful, but he’s one of the most compassionate people around. (That’s my story, hacker bob, and I’m sticking to it!)
He had to know he wouldn’t be getting permission to travel to Cuba for any reason. He obviously weighed the consequences, which probably aren’t much more than a fine, and decided to go ahead.
Comment by Zooey — May 11, 2007 @ 9:58 am
Michael Moore is a bad joke. The man is a liar, he is great at editing and he makes people say what they really didn’t say. he speaks in half-truths and full-lies.
Only idiots with IQs below 100 admire this dispicable man.
the rat speaks against capitalism, yet he makes his money through capitalism. he is supposedly against racism, yet if you look at his staff, he rarely hires minorities.
he owns Halliburton, Boeing, Lockheed, etc stocks, he has full membership to the NRA.
the man is an idiot and a half. As I said, only other idiots admire this piece of human garbage.
May 11th, 2007 at 11:00 amCan their really be a distinction made between puppet and puppeteer?
May 11th, 2007 at 11:01 amI think not.
Good Morning Lady Z and all, great post’s with one smelly exception…Was that sulpher smell here again this morning?, why yes it was…It smelled liike the old V.V. M.A. or maybe VH..No matter, just used some fabreze on the monitor..
With all the new’s I read here today nothing was mentioned about the contamination of our food supply by poisoned feed from china…Hay T.P. what’s with that.?..
Another day with sunshine and back out side to paint fence panel’s and plant baby trees…..Tell some one you love them…I love all of you and appreciate the info you give me daily…Do something for our country and planet…Help push for Impeacheness, That’s from BnF, I stole that one and remember to bloom where your planted…I do…Blessings
May 11th, 2007 at 11:05 amMany wonder why Blair destroyed his reputation and that of his country, put himself at risk of being hauled before the International Criminal Court, and squandered his time as prime minister providing cover for George Bush’s war of aggression. The answer must be money. We will see which US corporate boards take Blair as a director and which groups pay him six-figure honorariums for speeches.
LOOKS LIKE TONYS COMING TO AMERICA PLEASE MAKE HIM WELCOME – NOT
May 11th, 2007 at 11:09 amGood morning, Great Lady Sharon. Sounds like a busy and great day ahead. Our neighbor, the gentleman farmer, is plaowing his fields this year, so we won’t have to look at wheat stubble this year. :)
Much love to you, Sharon.
May 11th, 2007 at 11:10 amvaliantthehater sez (emphasis mine):
Funniest thing since valiant venus misspelling ‘aviator’ yesterday.
I’m glad I invested in the deluxe model of the Irony-Meter…the one with a circuit breaker instead of a fuse. Otherwise, this administration, as well as the vapid trolls who support it, would have cost me a fortune in fuses by this point. ^_^
May 11th, 2007 at 11:10 amBecause of Blair’s support for the European Union, Blair could find himself hauled before the International Criminal Court. The US government has been careful to keep itself outside international law. Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rice, and a number of others are regarded as outlaws, but there is no marshall with the authority to arrest them and hold them accountable. Only Congress can do that.
Leaving Bush in office is extremely dangerous. He has proven himself to be a deceitful and hair-brained leader. Bush has one and one-half years remaining in which to attack Iran, start a nuclear war, stage a 9/11-type event and declare a national emergency.
It is extreme folly to keep fanatics in office who have no respect for the US Constitution, civil liberties, and the separation of powers. The Bush Regime values nothing but power. Every day that Bush remains in office diminishes America and erodes its founding principles.
May 11th, 2007 at 11:12 amHe didn’t just throw the idiot Bush under the bus (See Georgie where their loyalty is when their ass is on the line… It most certainly isn’t with YOU. YOU FOOL!) Cheney also said in the interview: http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/05/20070510-12.html
… “Well, what I say and I know what the President says is that we were elected to do a job and to do what we think is right for the country.”
He failed to add that they were elected by the People to serve the People and to answer to the People. They are not elected to be Totalitarians or Dictators, acting upon their own volition with no accountability to Congress and ultimately the People of the United States.
He must have forgotten this:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of Vice President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
The Constitution must not fall under “what we think is right for the county.”
May 11th, 2007 at 11:26 amTobey @ 77. I have to disagree with you about the corgie and money,; although I do agree he’s coming to the US. When he announced his pending resignation some months back I asked how soon after he left #10 before he and cherie were setting up shop here.
The corgie followed the boy king into war because he is a true believer. His nearly messianic zeal for military action was shaped by two things: the successful(sic) NATO Kosovo invasion and occupation and the British intervention in Sierra Leone.
In 2000 Blair made the decision to send UK troops to stop the civil war in there old colony SL. The mission went very well and there are people all over SL who love blair and the brits. I worked with a Scottish LTC in Bosnia who served in the SL doing disarmament work there. He called it the most important mission he’d ever done.
When Iraq came along I think “the corgie” chose willfull blindness to the evil of the US junta and convinced himself that the UK could be a force for good in Iraq. And like all true believers he cannot admit he was wrong.
May 11th, 2007 at 11:29 amHey Sharon, have a great day in the yard.
May 11th, 2007 at 11:29 amI have reached a new milestone!
I can pull a weed. One weed. I get to choose which one.
Whoopeee!
Comment by valiantthehater — May 11, 2007 @ 9:57 am
You’re confusing a reality check and foresight with fear.
Governments are far more deadly terrorists than the “terrorists” they create.
For you and your ilk, the thought that your own government would commit an act of terrorism against its own citizens. Yet that is not only possible, it happens. 9/11 may yet be revealed to be the most spectacular example.
May 11th, 2007 at 11:30 amI like how CATO said the bigger issue is that we should be able to travel wherever we please. The American health care system is a disaster and if this guy is the one to generate awareness and maybe get some change going, that’s a darn good thing.
May 11th, 2007 at 11:39 amLet’s face it, if our government was really concerned about loose nukes, it have done and be doing a hellova lot more in Russia to help secure their fissable materials following the break-up of the Soviet Union.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
If the government ( Bush Administration ) was really concerned about loose nukes, they would not have blown the cover company of Brewster & Jennings and the cover of Valerie Plame, that was responsible for investigating, and stopping nukes from getting into the hands of extremists.
The enemy of American Democracy and the Constitution is the Bush Adminstration
May 11th, 2007 at 11:42 amHow nice I have my own troll on TP now: “Jay Randal’s Daddy,” post 55.
May 11th, 2007 at 11:45 amAlso, (sorry everyone) CNN keeps saying over and over again, whenever they go to the Catina fires:â€Smoke on the waterâ€, and the newscasters try to be like “see,I’m cool, I know this songâ€. I bet most of them couldn’t tell me who SANG the dang song…BTW I KNOW who sang it…
Comment by whiteyfresh
Jeopardy style =)
Who is Ian Gillian ( lead singer of Deep Purple)?
May 11th, 2007 at 11:50 amHow nice I have my own troll on TP now: “Jay Randal’s Daddy,†post 55.
Comment by Jay Randal
Why should we girls have all the fun? :)
May 11th, 2007 at 11:50 amBack at ya RUCerious, so good to see you here…Pick a weed that doesn’t flower…LOL..I have lot’s of little flowering weed’s in my yard….They add flair and substance.. Great weather for us, huh?…It could stay this way till September and I would be happy….Baught a gorgious Heather from South Africa last week, bright pink flowers…Nearly all my basket’s are full of wave petunas now..Putting lot’s of my old stuff in bigger pot’s for one more year before I plant out in the resort…Hope you and your family are doing well…
Ace the test Zooey, know you will…
BnF..The usual scary stuff going on, Vultures still circling…Great post’s..Blessings all…Leaving to hug the trees and paint out side…
May 11th, 2007 at 11:53 amI can pull a weed. One weed. I get to choose which one.
Whoopeee!
Comment by RUCerious
Make the most of it, RU!
May 11th, 2007 at 11:55 amOnly idiots with IQs below 100 admire this dispicable man. –valienttheidiot
You consistantly show, with your posts, you have a room temp IQ, with the AC set to 70 degrees.
I admire Moore’s courage in speaking truth to power, and I have a clinically tested IQ of 167, and a semi-photographic memory, tested 80% retention rate of everything I read, and am a speed reader.
So once again, you are wrong. Moron
May 11th, 2007 at 11:57 amIraq’s Oil Is The Sweetest Crude
Friday 11th of May 2007
by Jay Randal
Venezuela has the thickest Oil in entire world, so therefore the most expensive to refine into gasoline, but Iraq’s Oil is sweet crude and the cheapest to refine.
Iraq’s Oil is also the least expensive to extract from the ground, because it practically spurts out under its own pressure, so extraction cost is about $1 a barrel.
Iraq has vast untapped reserves that could far surpass Saudi Arabia’s known reserves, so the black-gold Oil of Iraq is bonanza for profiteers, and why US wants it.
Getting Iraq’s Oil to refineries is the biggest problem, because the insurgency keeps sabottaging the pipelines, and building a new pipeline to Israel is expensive plan.
Any pipeline to Israel would have to be laid through Al Anbar province, which is the hotbed of insurgency in Iraq, so would require numerous troops to guard it.
Big Oil corporations want the US government to fund the pipeline to Israel, guard it with US troops for 20 to 30 years, and allow them to reap all of the profits too.
(Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Georgia, USA.)
PS: Contact your Reps & Senators in DC and give them Hell to end the Oil grab occupation of Iraq to benefit the Petroleum Cartel and Israel.
May 11th, 2007 at 11:57 amThank’s for the whack a tiny little black hearted troll in post #92…Wayne..
Lady Z what thread did you wack the little retch?, want to read it later…Blessing’s
May 11th, 2007 at 12:02 pmthe man is an idiot and a half. As I said, only other idiots admire this piece of human garbage.
Comment by valiantthehater — May 11, 2007 @ 11:00 am
Yeah he’s the idiot. But he’s not the loser, you are. Who do YOU think tells the truth, Cheney, Bush, Rove, Gonzalez, Limbaugh, O’Reilly? What a moron.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:02 pmGood morning, Great Lady Sharon. Sounds like a busy and great day ahead. Our neighbor, the gentleman farmer, is plaowing his fields this year, so we won’t have to look at wheat stubble this year. :)
Much love to you, Sharon.
Comment by Zooey — May 11, 2007 @ 11:10 am
Mornin’ ladies.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:06 pmZooey, good luck on your exams but thrilled you don’t need it today.
Sharon, I’m just planting some perennials today and now I feel like a huge underachiever, sniff.
Have a great day all.
Sharon, here’s the link to the thread. Enjoy!
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/10/kondracke-winning-dirty-iraq/
Tooooooodles!! Heh.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:07 pmI’m glad I invested in the deluxe model of the Irony-Meter…the one with a circuit breaker instead of a fuse. Otherwise, this administration, as well as the vapid trolls who support it, would have cost me a fortune in fuses by this point. ^_^
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — May 11, 2007 @ 11:10 am
You better hire an assistant to keep track of how many times you have to flip the switch. Sorry, but if you watched The Office last night you would see that as funny. I’m guessing you’ll get callouses from flipping it though.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:08 pmPeople who speak against governments are heroes. Moore is a hero in a time where speaking against the national extremists in government is considered unAmerican (sic!).
Moore against capitalism? Ha! He is against corporations…and as you all know, corporations are AGAINST democracy.
And he owns stocks of war companies? Could I ask for some links? Or I will have to trust your lying background?
May 11th, 2007 at 12:09 pmdavid, great post.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:14 pmCorporations are against democracy? I didn’t realize they could vote in elections.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:18 pmThank’s Lady Z, will read later….Good day Shane….Every voice and every tree is important..You are important, to me and us all..Even one tiny plant counts in the grand scheme of life…Great post’s Juan C and Jay keep up the good work…Now I realy have to leave, with a paint brush in one hand and huge bottle of Osmocote in the other I leave you all to do what you do so much better than I…Pass on good info and whack the sulpher smelling dum bass black hearted troll’s…Blessings
May 11th, 2007 at 12:19 pm99 – I’m considering purchasing one share each in about 5 of the biggest War Profiteers. That way I might have access to find out who the major shareholders are.
There are reasons other than profit for buying a share. As a shareholder, you are entitled to information about the company that you are part owner of.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:22 pmCorporations are against democracy? I didn’t realize they could vote in elections.
Comment by m12
mmmm… tough rebuttal.
Lets see:
Corporations = Private Owning
May 11th, 2007 at 12:22 pmDemocracy = Public Scrutiny
Bye Sharon and take care. I must depart to work in my garden too. Nice day to plant stuff.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:27 pmOnly idiots with IQs below 100 admire this dispicable man.
Comment by valiantthehater
Said the idiot with a single-digit IQ, whom worships the CHIMP!!!!! Moron!!!
May 11th, 2007 at 12:32 pm#82 Comment by klyde — May 11, 2007 @ 11:29 am
I think its worth to consider also the position of Great Britain towards Europe (speaking generally, of course), and specially towards the UE. They have also (as the USA) a sense of exceptionality, despise and distrust, and probably a complex of inferiority towards everything that comes from the continent.
Even is common to say “Europe is isolated” when there is a storm that difficults the travel across the English Channel. For god’s sake they are the ones in an island!
They have stated clearly that don’t see in a favorable way the political evolution of the UE. They had enough with a great market without taxes for their products, as was created at first. Changes to the Euro, metrics system, etc. have been dismissed.
I strongly believe that the approach to Chimpie, even really thinking Blair that he was in a mistake concerning Saddam, was a gambit to increase the influence of GB in the world, thanks to the strong push of the USA, push that was devised to attain a number of objectives: weaken the UN, the UE, and tilt the global equilibrium towards the USA.
Well, the game is already over, and well, “the push” has demonstrated not to be successful, because was based in too much lies and a corrupt cabinet and concept that has been incapable of arriving to safe port before achieving the limit of its strength.
Nonetheless, they have achieved the objective of delay the world cohesion. Congratulations.
May 11th, 2007 at 12:53 pmYou consistantly show, with your posts, you have a room temp IQ, with the AC set to 70 degrees.
Comment by Wayne — May 11, 2007 @ 11:57 am
I see you’re in a generous mood today Wayne. I’d say it’s a lot closer to bush’s approval rating than room temp.
May 11th, 2007 at 1:08 pmPeople who speak against governments are heroes. Moore is a hero in a time where speaking against the national extremists in government is considered unAmerican (sic!).
Moore against capitalism? Ha! He is against corporations…and as you all know, corporations are AGAINST democracy.
And he owns stocks of war companies? Could I ask for some links? Or I will have to trust your lying background?
Comment by Juan C — May 11, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
BWHAHAHAHA!!! Michael Moore a hero?!! hahahahaha……only low lives have Moore as a hero.
go read a book, educate yourself about Michael Moore and then come tell me that this idiot is a good man.
He speaks against the things he does. typical liberal wacko, he preaches against capitalism, yet he has made his millions through capitalism.
Like many Liberals in Congress who speak against Halliburtion, boeing, lockheed, etc, he owns stocks in these companies.
May 11th, 2007 at 1:22 pmthey hypocrisy of Michael Moore….
Michael Moore
owns Halliburton!
New book debunks claims of celebrity activists
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Posted: November 1, 2005
10:23 p.m. Eastern
Michael Moore
“I don’t own a single share of stock!” filmmaker Michael Moore proudly proclaimed.
He’s right. He doesn’t own a single share. He owns tens of thousands of shares – including nearly 2,000 shares of Boeing, nearly 1,000 of Sonoco, more than 4,000 of Best Foods, more than 3,000 of Eli Lilly, more than 8,000 of Bank One and more than 2,000 of Halliburton, the company most vilified by Moore in “Fahrenheit 9/11.”
If you want to see Moore’s own signed Schedule D declaring his capital gains and losses where his stock ownership is listed, it’s emblazoned on the cover of Peter Schweizer’s new book, “Do As I Say (Not As I Do): Profiles in Liberal Hypocrisy.”
And it’s just one of the startling revelations by Schweizer, famous for his previous works, “Reagan’s War” and “The Bushes.”
Other examples:
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who proclaims her support for unions, yet the luxury resort, the vineyard and the restaurants she partly owns are strictly non-union. While she advocates tough new laws enforcing environmental regulations on the private sector, the exclusive country club she partly owns failed to comply with existing environmental regulations for the past eight years – including a failure to protect endangered species.
Noam Chomsky has made a reputation for calling America a police state and branding the Pentagon “the most hideous institution on earth,” yet his entire academic career, writes Schweizer, has been subsidized by the U.S. military.
Barbra Streisand is another proponent of environmentalism, yet she drives an SUV, lives in a mansion and has a $22,000 annual water bill. In the past, she has driven to appointments in Beverly Hills in a motor home because of her aversion to using public bathrooms.
Ralph Nader plays the role of the citizen avenger – the populist uninterested in wealth and materialism, pretending to live in a modest apartment. In fact, he lives in fancy homes registered in the names of his siblings.
This is not just a book of “gotcha” journalism, explains Schweizer. He says the dozens and dozens of examples of “liberal hypocrisy” he cites in his book “are of central importance in evaluating the validity and usefulness of liberal ideas.”
“Using IRS records, court depositions, news reports, financial disclosures and their own statements, I sought to answer a particular question: Do these liberal leaders and activists practice what they preach?” he writes. “What I found was a stunning record of open and shameless hypocrisy. Those who champion the cause of organized labor had developed various methods to avoid paying union wages or shunned unions altogether.
“Those who believe that the rich need to pay more in taxes proved especially adept at avoiding taxes themselves. Critics of capitalism and corporate enterprise frequently invested in the very companies they denounced. Those who espouse strict environmental regulations worked vigorously to sidestep them when it came to their own businesses and properties. Those who advocate steep inheritance taxes to promote fairer income distribution hid their investments in trusts or exotic overseas locales to reduce their own tax liability. Those who are strong proponents of affirmative action rarely practiced it themselves, and some had abysmal records when it came to hiring minorities. Those who proclaim themselves champions of civil liberties when it comes to criminal or terrorist cases went to extraordinary lengths to curtail the civil liberties of others when they felt threatened or just inconvenienced. Advocates of gun control had no problem making sure that an arsenal of weapons was available to protect them from dangerous criminals.”
May 11th, 2007 at 1:24 pmMore on this piece of garbage that the Liberal wackos admire…
Should a 400 lb man advise us on the evils of over-consumption?
Should the resident of a million-dollar apartment claim to be a poster boy of the working class?
Should a person who thought that Enron was a great investment, that Ralph Nader, Wesley Clark and John Kerry would win, and that North Korea’s Kim Jong was changing for the better, advise us on ANYTHING?
Michael Moore is a paradox. A millionaire who boasts of wealth as proving his value — “I’m a millionaire, I’m a multi-millionaire. I’m filthy rich. You know why I’m a multi-millionaire? ‘Cause multi-millions like what I do. That’s pretty good, isn’t it?”
He lives in a million-dollar apartment, and boasts of that as well. “I walk among them. I live on the island of Manhattan, a three-mile-wide strip of land that is luxury home and corporate suite to America’s elite….. Those who run your life live in my neighborhood. I walk in the streets with them each day” (Michael Moore, Stupid White Men, p. 51). For vacations, he keeps another million-dollar beachfront house in Michigan.
“You would think that he’s the ultimate common man. But he’s money-obsessed,” said one associate.
He sends his child to a private school — no sense associating with the working class — and has some trouble associating with them himself. The New York Post reported on a tantrum he threw in London: “Then, on his second-to-last night, [Michael Moore] raged against everyone connected with the Roundhouse and complained that he was being paid a measly $750 a night. ‘He completely lost the plot,’ a member of the stage crew told the London Evening Standard. ‘He stormed around all day screaming at everyone, even the 5 pound-an-hour bar staff, telling them how we were all con men and useless. Then he went on stage and did it in public.’ At his last appearance, staffers refused to work or even open the theater’s doors.” NY Post, Jan. 8, 2003.
He supplements his meager income with speaking tours. No more $750 gigs; on his 2004 pre-election tour he charged Utah Valley State College $40,000, Xavier $25,000, and University of New Mexico $35,000. Not bad for an hour or two’s work.
Ah, the joys of capitalism….
One of his former associates summed him up: ” You would think that he’s the ultimate common man. But he’s money-obsessed.”
And ….
His major themes are his status as the spokesman of the working class, the evils of capitalism, and the selfishness of (all other) Americans.
It would be easy to denounce Moore as a hypocrite. Many conservatives denounce him as a leftist, when in fact the serious left, the thinking left, generally finds him appalling. He is the latest in the modern breed of Limosine Leftists — individuals who, while personally they share the values of 19th century robber barons, find it flattering to adopt a thin veneer of leftism as a pose, in the same manner they pick a flattering hair style or gown. (A left-leaning critic of Moore summed up the situation very nicely: Moore’s appeal lies in his giving wealthy, over-educated, whites an opportunity to laugh at working-class whites.)
But enough on Michael Moore as a person. Let’s examine his output.
A consistent theme can be found throughout his work, and that is a theme of deception any time it is useful. Moore fixes upon a conclusion and, when the data do not exist, simply invents them.
Bowling for Columbine
A look at Bowling for Columbine (my main analysis to date). In producing his Oscar-winner, Moore altered history, misled his viewers, and edited the footage and audio in such a way as to reverse the meaning. In one case, he took a speech of a person he desired to target; the problem was that the speech was in fact conciliatory and mild. So he spliced in footage from another speech, cut out paragraphs, and spliced the beginning of one sentence to the ending of another. In another, when he wanted to criticize a political advertisement, but it wasn’t as pointed as he wanted, he spliced together two different political ads, then added titling which was in neither.
Stupid White Men
A short review of his perhaps autobiographical Stupid White Men. Here we learn such shocking things as — 200,000 Americans are dying of Mad Cow Disease and no one knows it; Bush secretly stole the election by having Florida bar convicted felons (which Moore maintains were great Gore supporters) from voting; Nader did the Demos a big favor by running in 2000; Enron is a great investment. Okay, Mike.
Dude, Where’s My Country?
Another of his books –Dude, Where’s My Country, (page still under construction.) In this tome we learn “There is no terrorist threat,” (p. 95) and Richard Nixon was the last liberal President, (p. 193). (Even more amusingly, in chapter 8 Moore pledges to contribute the limit to whichever Democrat has the best chance of winning (p. 162) and then in chapter 11 tells the reader that the Democrats are “professional losers,” that “Democratic Party leaders have told me something they will not admit in public — that they have basically written off 2004; that they see little chance of defeating George W. Bush” (p. 204) and that they might as well run Oprah Winfrey. (p. 206).)
Fahrenheit 911
A page on Moore’s planned Fahrenheit 911 (in preparation).
Musings on the Cult of Moore
A very deep question: Moore is unquestionably popular. Is this a clue as to an interesting but dangerous cultural/emotional development?
Some Notes on Moore’s resume’ — a native of Flint? Not quite….
Does Moore have a few fan — Osama bin Laden?
Second Amendment Documentary
Not really on-theme — but I’m working on my own documentary, an honest treatment of the Second Amendment and the American right to arms. It will show details many do not dream exist. For example, the fact that the 14th Amendment (perhaps the most important Amendment of them all — without it, States would be free to violate any provision of the Federal bill of rights) arose directly out of post-1865 State attempts to disarm the returning black Union veterans. Click here for details.
May 11th, 2007 at 1:27 pmLike many Liberals in Congress who speak against Halliburtion, boeing, lockheed, etc, he owns stocks in these companies.
Comment by valiantthehater — May 11, 2007 @ 1:22 pm
I believe Juan asked you for a link to backup your assertion VH – care to provide any?
May 11th, 2007 at 1:29 pmComment by valiantthehater — May 11, 2007 @ 1:24 pm
So, rather than critiquing the cause, you criticized the messenger. Tell me, do you agree with the causes? Do you champion protecting the enviroment, worker’s rights, progressive taxation, ending dynastic control of this country?
Or are you reduced to being just a hater?
May 11th, 2007 at 1:31 pmHmmmm, those aren’t links VH – where are you getting your cut and paste material from?
May 11th, 2007 at 1:32 pmQuadrajet,
Trolls suffer from LDS – Link Deficiency Syndrome
May 11th, 2007 at 1:41 pmValiant…then Im a low life all.da.way ;)
No links, right?
Oh, sorry, Im the low life Lenin´s useful idiot, Chávez and Castro praiser. Heh.
May 11th, 2007 at 1:43 pmIt cut and pasted from here:
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47174
Notice the awesome advertisement!
May 11th, 2007 at 1:43 pmYep, no right wing bias there
#114 – hehehehe BnF. You’d think that being the missing link might cause it to understand the importance of them.
May 11th, 2007 at 2:02 pmAuntie Valiant,
You have the best make-believe stories!
Tell us the one about how the Wonderful Republicans did everything possible to tell expose that Bad Liberal Mark Foley.
May 11th, 2007 at 2:10 pmNotice the awesome advertisement!
Yep, no right wing bias there
Comment by Drxj
Great job, DRxJ. I noticed the Tshirt of the busty brunette at the left. It is a Che Guevara famous photo with a forbidden sign. I guess they are still afraid of a 30+ dead guy. Oh, and also…there is no credible source of news if it doesnt have a Chuck Norris ad. I mean, Chomsky must be really afraid of debating him.
May 11th, 2007 at 2:35 pmInstead of Treasury investigating Mike Moore for going to Cuba, maybe they should look to Florida to arrest and deport the terrorist Jose Posada. Mike Moore went to Cuba with good intentions and intellectual purpose while Jose Posada stole into our country seeking protection from the rest of Latin America for his roll in the bombing of a Venezuela airliner that killed 73 innocent people.
This Treasury investigation is surely a waist of time and politically motivated.
Mike should start a collection for his defense. Then the treasury might have to bring charges against all his “contributing accomplises”. I’d love to stand with him on this one.
We love Mike as much as the bushwacked administration hates him.
May 11th, 2007 at 2:40 pmDivision is the real weapon of mass destruction!
May 11th, 2007 at 2:58 pmA divided country is a weakened country but yet the discoursers that divide seem to get so much more primetime access than those that unite. There is a political thriller waiting to be written about the conspiracy to end the world by seeding and promoting the extremism on both sides and that is founded on that false sense of solidarity that stops decent people on each side from asking their own loonies to shut up! What can be done about that?
I think we should look into the oil stocks that Michael Moore owns.
May 11th, 2007 at 2:58 pmAnd Darth Cheney wonders why he is portrayed as a sinister person. ROTFLMAO!! What ever happened to that “Bushie” loyalty?
May 11th, 2007 at 3:55 pmCaption contest:
“Jeff Gannon…AAAaRRRGGGH!!!! Good!
May 11th, 2007 at 8:44 pmHouse Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who proclaims her support for unions, yet the luxury resort, the vineyard and the restaurants she partly owns are strictly non-union.
comment by (un)valianthater (aka howsad)
You’re a bit behind with your neoCON talking points, boy. After VileVenus posted the same BS about Nancy Pelosi months ago, several posters here, using proper links, noted that the Pelosis pay better than union wages and that vineyards of that (small) size usually aren’t unionized in California.
May 12th, 2007 at 11:25 amPs. vilehater/howsad
May 12th, 2007 at 11:51 amI looked at the worldnetdaily link posted by Drjx (#116). Hasn’t anyone ever told/taught you that lifting someone else’s writing word for word without giving any attribution is PLAGIARISM?
Former Rep. Tom DeLay is “front and center” in one of the most harmful aspects of the Abramoff Scandal – the expansion of controversial special visa programs while millions of experienced American citizens are permanently displaced from their high tech careeers by the tidal wave of “fresh (inexpensive) young blood – mostly via immigration from third-world nations.
An AP news story on April 5, 2007 noted that according to Microsoft Spokeswoman Ginny Terzano, one-third of Microsoft’s 46,000 [15,333] U.S. employees hold work visas or are legal permanent residents (This author estimates that more than 90% of the 15,333 Microsoft employees hold work visas, based on the statistics at http://www.JobDestruction.com)
Google on the term “Abramoff Visa” to learn how Microsoft lawyer – lobbyist (and felon) Jack Abramoff and his network have been involved in procuring changes in the H-1b law beneficial to Microsoft in 1996, 1998, and 2000.
This is a government subsidy worth billions annually that excludes American citizens from these good jobs.
When this author contacted Jack Abramoff via mail on January 31, 2006, about his lobbying for Microsoft and H-1b prior to Abramoff’s incarceration, he received the following reply at his residence phone answering machine:
Calling party number (202) 349 – 4033 Time: 12:09 PM CST 02 14 2006
“Hello, this is Jack Abramoff’s office calling. Uh, regrettably, Mr. Abramoff is unable to assist you with your request of your letter dated January 31st 2006. So I just wanted to let you know. Thank you very much. Bye bye.”
The tape has been archived.
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