ThinkFast: May 25, 2007
ThinkFast: May 25, 2007
19. Number of times President Bush referenced al Qaeda during his hour-long press conference yesterday. “There was no evidence that Osama bin Laden was responsible” for the bird droppings that landed on Bush, but “just about everything else that came up during the hour-long news conference was traced to bin Laden’s terrorist network.”
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “voted at least three times Thursday in the Senate after missing more than a month of votes to campaign for a presidential bid.” The only Senator to miss more votes than McCain “is Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), who’s recovering from a brain hemorrhage.”
“The system for delivering badly needed gear to Marines in Iraq” has failed to meet over 90 percent of the “urgent requests for equipment from troops in the field.” Among the items held up “were a mine resistant vehicle and a hand-held laser system.”
In a 396-22 vote, the House yesterday passed ethics legislation “that would penalize lawmakers who receive a wide range of favors from special interests, and would require lobbyists to disclose the campaign contributions they collect and deliver to lawmakers.”
Under pressure from watchdog groups, the Air Force and Army “partially distanced themselves yesterday from a three-day evangelical Christian event this weekend at a Georgia theme park.” The group sponsoring the event bills its purpose as “sharing the fullness of life in Jesus Christ with all US military, military veterans, and families.”
“Farmers in southern Iraq have started to grow opium poppies in their fields for the first time, sparking fears that Iraq might become a serious drugs producer along the lines of Afghanistan.”
A NYT/CBS poll finds “broad support among Americans — Democrats, Republicans and independents alike — for the major provisions” in the new immigration legislation, including giving undocumented immigrants a path to citizenship and the creation of a guest worker program.
“Sallie Mae executives met with Bush administration budget officials in December, less than two months before the company chairman sold $18.3 million of Sallie Mae stock. Three days after the sale, President Bush unveiled a budget that included unexpectedly large cuts to lending subsidies, after which the company’s shares plummeted.”
Iraqi cleric Moktada al- Sadr “has quietly returned to southern Iraq after a four-month sojourn in Iran,” possibly to “strengthen his position in anticipation that provincial elections may be held next year.”
And finally: Colorado jury agrees that “doggie doo can be free speech.” A political activist faced a “misdemeanor charge of criminal use of a noxious substance” after leaving “a campaign flyer filled with dog poop” at the office of a politician. But he jury agreed that her statement — the politician’s positions “stink” — was covered by free speech.
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“The system for delivering badly needed gear to Marines in Iraq†has failed to meet over 90 percent of the “urgent requests for equipment from troops in the field.†Among the items held up “were a mine resistant vehicle and a hand-held laser system.â€
No point on wasting money on all this high-tech gear…sacrificial lambs don’t need mine-resistant vehicles and hand-held lasers.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:03 amIn a 396-22 vote, the House yesterday passed ethics legislation “that would penalize lawmakers who receive a wide range of favors from special interests, and would require lobbyists to disclose the campaign contributions they collect and deliver to lawmakers.â€
How about you jokers pass some ethics legislation that requires you to actually express the WILL OF YOUR CONSTITUENTS, you pack of traitors?
Any chance of that legislation being passed? Didn’t think so.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:05 amSenator Dick Durbin (D) IL voted to Fund the Iraq OccupationLast Night. How hypocritical he is. We found out weeks ago he KNEW the Iraq pre-war intelligence was phony. Rather than do the dignified thing and resign and inform the American People he kept his mouth shut. He begged our forgiveness. Then last night he votes to continue this illegal occupation.
Please let him have it: 1-202-224-2152
May 25th, 2007 at 9:08 amYou’d think four years would be enough time to get your act together. But, one must realize that Bush doesn’t care about the troops and whether they have the proper gear. His former defense secretary said exactly that, “You go to war with the army you have.”
Happy Memorial Day, everyone! I will be thinking of our brave troops who will be away from their families once again — because of Bush’s failed policy and pig-headedness.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:09 am***David Sirota found out yesterday the Dems were going to try and hide their vote from us last night. The fact that they were even considering this is frightening. Are they taking suggestions from Karl Rove now?
VOTE ALERT: Dick Cheney Dems Plan to Hide Votes On Iraq TODAY
by David Sirota | May 24 2007
Today is the day House Democrats are expected to vote on Iraq - except, news out of Washington this morning says the leadership has come up with a nifty little trick to try to prevent the public from seeing who voted for giving Bush a blank check, and who voted against it.
If you thought Democrats were behaving like cowards by caving into a President at a three-decade low in presidential polling and giving him the very blank check they explicitly promised not to give him during the 2006 election, you ain’t seen nothing yet. We are watching the rise of the Dick Cheney Democrats - that is, the rise of Democrats who endorse governing in secret and hiding the public’s business from the public itself.
Here’s how it is expected to work today in a process only Dick Cheney could love (though you never know - it could change). Every bill comes to the House floor with what is known as a “rule” that sets the terms of the debate over the legislation in question. House members first vote to approve this parliamentary rule, and then vote on the legislation. Today, however, Democrats are planning to include the Iraq Blank check bill IN the rule itself, meaning when the public goes to look for a vote on the Iraq supplemental bill, the public won’t find that. All we will find is a complex parliamentary procedure vote. Lawmakers, of course, will then tell their angry constituents they really are using all of their power to end the war, and this vote on the rule - which was the real vote for war - wasn’t really a vote on the war. It is a devious, deliberately confusing cherry on top of the manure sundae being served up to the American public, which voted Democrats into office on the premise that they would use their congressional majority to end the war.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:11 am“You go to war with the army you have.â€
May 25th, 2007 at 9:13 amand stay at war with the army you had
Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) “voted at least three times Thursday in the Senate after missing more than a month of votes to campaign for a presidential bid.†The only Senator to miss more votes than McCain “is Sen. Tim Johnson (D-SD), who’s recovering from a brain hemorrhage.â€
Both have an excuse for being mentally disabled.
In a 396-22 vote, the House yesterday passed ethics legislation “that would penalize lawmakers who receive a wide range of favors from special interests, and would require lobbyists to disclose the campaign contributions they collect and deliver to lawmakers.â€
From now on, enforcing it would be a real shocker.
“Farmers in southern Iraq have started to grow opium poppies in their fields for the first time, sparking fears that Iraq might become a serious drugs producer along the lines of Afghanistan.â€
No wonder at all. Infrastuctures have been blown and never fully replaced, the economy is wrecked, the oil benefits go to Bush’s GOP cronies. Guess that the only living way today is this, as in Afghanistan. I wonder how many people would die thanks to all that drug in the streets, both junkies and other victims.
“Sallie Mae executives met with Bush administration budget officials in December, less than two months before the company chairman sold $18.3 million of Sallie Mae stock. Three days after the sale, President Bush unveiled a budget that included unexpectedly large cuts to lending subsidies, after which the company’s shares plummeted.â€
Waiting for the R’s wallowing about “free capitalism”. Yeah, right.
And finally: Colorado jury agrees that “doggie doo can be free speech.†A political activist faced a “misdemeanor charge of criminal use of a noxious substance†after leaving “a campaign flyer filled with dog poop†at the office of a politician. But he jury agreed that her statement — the politician’s positions “stink†— was covered by free speech.
Bird doo too.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:16 amfrom DemocraticUnderground dot com…
….They have given George Bush a pass and control over the lives of millions of Iraqis….with no checks and balances. They have already started the edging into Sadr City, where there are two million people. Fallujah was only about 400,000. Look what a mess we made there.
He can bomb them, send rockets, missiles. And he has a hundred billion dollars to do it with. Sadr City has a tightly packed population of about 2 million people.
Larrys Note: 650,000 Iraqis dead now. How many more hundreds of thousands will die in this offensive? Harry Reid and Dick Durbin just paid for their slaughter. I hope at least Bush promised them a share of the Iraq Oil Windfall from the Profit Sharing Agreement.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:17 amYou can’t have a guest worker program that admits any more than 200,000 people per year. And the program shouldn’t last anymore than 5 years without congressional renewal. Americans need their jobs and they need their wages protected.
It looks as if labor unions would be rendered even more powerless should the guest worker provision pass.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:23 amBTW, all, good luck trying to contact your Reps and Sens today via email. I just tried, and both the House and Senate “contact” pages are mysteriously down…
After all we did to get Jim Webb elected from Virginia, I’m incensed that he voted for this friggin’ blank check to Bushco. I realize he has a son over there and may have felt that he had to vote for this piece of crap bill, but that ain’t what we heard from him last year during the campaign — THEN it was “bring ‘em home now.”
Silly us for actually believing that things would change with the Dems “in charge.” I’m so tired of being lied to by both parties, I feel like it’s time to trash them all and start all over again — bring on the Greens, or the Libertarians, or even the Perots — anything’s gotta be better than what we got with the repukes and the demo-caves…
May 25th, 2007 at 9:25 am“In a 396-22 vote, the House yesterday passed ethics legislation”
Murtha voted against it… WTF is with this guy.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:26 amI didn’t know that leaving dog crap for an elected official was any less of a crime than, let’s say, taking a dump on someone’s porch.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:27 am“three-day evangelical Christian event this weekend at a Georgia theme park”
-Ride the splintered cross with Jesus!
-get water-boarded and Baptised at the same time
- feel like you are walking on water at the Jesus Flume
-get the ball in the fishbowl and win mega loaves of bread
-eat, drink, lose your last supper
May 25th, 2007 at 9:28 amI am relying on David Sirota from now on. I will not buy this crap that everything is wonderful, and Democrats have to stand soldily behind Pelosi and Reid and their Band of Merry Sell-Outs. They sold us out on the war and on immigration. They sold us out on trade deals and ethics reform. No, there’s nothing in this party I agree with, anymore. No reason for me to compromise my integrity…and I’ve been voting Democratic for thirty-five years. I’m changing my party affiliation to Independent.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:29 am“On Patriotism” by Ron Paul
(from antiwar.com)
http://antiwar.com/paul/?articleid=11015
May 25th, 2007 at 9:30 amYou can’t have a guest worker program that admits any more than 200,000 people per year. And the program shouldn’t last anymore than 5 years without congressional renewal. Americans need their jobs and they need their wages protected.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — May 25, 2007 @ 9:23 am
And your math comes from? Care to link a study, or is simply the number with you feel comfortable?
May 25th, 2007 at 9:31 amColorado jury agrees that “doggie doo can be free speech.â€
Perhaps we can all pay homage to the humble sparrow, and send bird poop to the President?
May 25th, 2007 at 9:31 amyou know what? fuk it all… screw the whole lot of em. Im out of here
May 25th, 2007 at 9:34 amComment by Zippy the Other Pinhead
Jim Webb is not your daddy’s democrat. I believe he made this clear during his campaign, and I believe he’s the right man for Virginia - a right leaning, but more moderated state in recent years. Jim Webb fits the billet. When heavy military powers are delegated to the President, it’s really tough to stop a war if congress approved of it to begin with.
Hey, beats George Allen.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:35 amI didn’t know that leaving dog crap for an elected official was any less of a crime than, let’s say, taking a dump on someone’s porch.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — May 25, 2007 @ 9:27 am
So sending a letter full of sh!t (literally) is a crime against the 1st ammendment, but gun toting, without an ongoing war in your homeland reason is sanctified by the 2nd?
Moral relativism, meet Spectrum-16. Spectrum-16, meet moral relativism.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:36 amSo, employers who have relied on illegal immigrant labor were paying minimum wage or better and had union shops, but now will discontinue such practices with the guest worker program?
Please tell Rove he needs to come up with talking points which make at least a plausible argument.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:39 amI’m just throwing this out there:
A test of the Ground-based Ballistic Missile Defense system was scheduled yesterday (thurs.). It was to be the first recent test in which the objectives included hitting an actual target.
No release yet from MDA.mil or defenselink.mil… usually they’re pretty quick to get information out.
Any guesses as to what is going on?
May 25th, 2007 at 9:43 amComment by Evil Spaniard
“My math” is nothing new. The current proposal is 600,000 visas per year, whic is intuitively disaterous. It doesn’t take much to figure that one out. I’m pretty well-versed in Economics, thanks soo much. Your radical-supreme agenda doesn’t fit the billet, so it’s not as if your solution shouldn’t be held to scrutiny.
You would like a stampede of cheap laborers coming into the country, but it shouldn’t happen. Countless corroborations are out there, and it’s your responsiility to Google them.
This immigration “compromise” was devised by far-right and far-left politicians. How exactly is that “comprehensive?” It’s a solution that plays out to be pro-cheap labor and anti-security. Again, a compromise?
May 25th, 2007 at 9:44 am#21 Americans need their jobs and they need their wages protected.
It looks as if labor unions would be rendered even more powerless should the guest worker provision pass.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — May 25, 2007 @ 9:23 am
So, employers who have relied on illegal immigrant labor were paying minimum wage or better and had union shops, but now will discontinue such practices with the guest worker program?
Please tell Rove he needs to come up with talking points which make at least a plausible argument.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — May 25, 2007 @ 9:39 am
Looks as if CT-(BUGGY alfa version) has a difficult time conflating his hate for unions (that protect ‘LEGAL’ workers rights) and his hate for ‘ILLEGAL’ workers, thus typing down a highly incoherent phrase. Time to update, CT.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:45 amAnd finally: Colorado jury agrees that “doggie doo can be free speech.†A political activist faced a “misdemeanor charge of criminal use of a noxious substance†after leaving “a campaign flyer filled with dog poop†at the office of a politician. But he jury agreed that her statement — the politician’s positions “stink†— was covered by free speech.
I wonder what effect the irradiation techniques used on all mail going to the White House will have when someone sends a box of dog Cheney to Bush?? I may have to try to find out.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:46 amAnd finally: Colorado jury agrees that “doggie doo can be free speech.â€
Hey I think both are just fine. I should be able to send a letter like that to Barbara Streisand, Jane Fonda, PETA, Bush, Rove, Tom Cruise, Limbaugh and the priest I had when I was a kid, with no fear of getting in trouble.
Wonder if instread of a dog, I could use a Bull? Would be quite a bit more in shipping, but may be worth it to be accurate.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:47 amComment by Briseadh na Faire
Hmm…. doesn’t Mr. Rove actually favor the guest worker program? Prominent labor unions oppose it, said it would create two classes of workers, one with no rights, and a democratic senator proposed an amendment to entirely scrap the program, which was barely defeated.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:48 amComment by Evil Spaniard
The term is indeed illegal Illegal Alien job-smugglers who stroke La Raza’s bum. Better believe it. My counter of your crap writing doesn’t exactly make me “buggy,” it helps confirms that you’re radical.
Is it truly a question with a user name of “Evil Spaniard.” Is it that difficult to assume?
If I were to “update”, as you define, I then become a radical hate-monger, which I choose not to do because I like mainstream ideology better.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:55 amAs we may remember, Karl is in favor of guest workers, he clearly stated he did not want to have his son picking tomatoes, or making beds in Las Vegas.
May 25th, 2007 at 9:56 am#23 Comment by Evil Spaniard
“My math†is nothing new. The current proposal is 600,000 visas per year, whic is intuitively disaterous. It doesn’t take much to figure that one out. I’m pretty well-versed in Economics, thanks soo much.
If you’re so well-versed in Economics, why don’t give a link to a serious study that demonstrates your figure? It wouldn’t be so hard for you, being so proficient. We are speaking of math here, no need of “intuition”, specially yours. Give proven figures.
Your radical-supreme agenda doesn’t fit the billet, so it’s not as if your solution shouldn’t be held to scrutiny.
So asking for figures and not your subjective intuition is radical-supreme? If I had stated my opinion about immigration what would you have called me or ‘my agenda’?
You would like a stampede of cheap laborers coming into the country, but it shouldn’t happen.
First notice that I want a stampede of cheap laborers to your country. We are speaking of people already living in your country. And “shouldn’t”? Just wait.
Countless corroborations are out there, and it’s your responsiility to Google them.
Nope, it’s not my responsabillity back your claim. When you were at school, your teacher was happy when you wrote in the exam “I know that gravity pulls things towards the floor. Go seek the Newton laws for yourself”?
This immigration “compromise†was devised by far-right and far-left politicians. How exactly is that “comprehensive?†It’s a solution that plays out to be pro-cheap labor and anti-security. Again, a compromise?
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — May 25, 2007 @ 9:44 am
Oh, sorry, I was thinking that you were speaking of the USA. But if you, mention a compromise with the far-left, that can’t be the USA Senate or Congress.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:01 amComment by BungHOLER4-U
CompTROLLER V-1 loves a good parody, but save it for 11:30PM on Saturday night.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:02 amdon’t retreat!!!! INVADE!!!! INVADE!!!!!!!!!
May 25th, 2007 at 10:06 amThis one allows no other one to tell this one when to be another one.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:10 amOh, sorry, I was thinking that you were speaking of the USA. But if you, mention a compromise with the far-left, that can’t be the USA Senate or Congress.
Comment by Evil Spaniard —
*Clapping*
May 25th, 2007 at 10:12 amComment by Evil Spaniard
The term is indeed illegal Illegal Alien job-smugglers who stroke La Raza’s bum.
Hmmm… a illegal illegal isn’t a legal? Isn’t this like a double negative? And, who’s the bigger smuggler, the one that pass himself the border illegally, or the one that hires knowingly illegal aliens? You mean that the Waltons of Walmart are responsibles of smuggling in great scale, or the farmers that employ hundreds of illegal workers to pick the vegetables you eat, or the republican WASPs owners of packing meat factories? They are criminals also, under your strict view of the law. Why not act against the people that commits hundreds or thousands of crimes per year before going for the little ones? Isn’t the thing that is done against drug dealers, pick the bigger the fish the better?
Better believe it. My counter of your crap writing doesn’t exactly make me “buggy,†it helps confirms that you’re radical.
You have not “countered” my “crap” nor confirmed that I’m a radical. More like confirmed that YOU are the radical.
Is it truly a question with a user name of “Evil Spaniard.†Is it that difficult to assume?
Assuming too much. I’m legal, and I’m not even in the USA. And yes, I feel free to comment here, because it’s Think Progress, not Think Progress (not USA people not allowed).
If I were to “updateâ€, as you define, I then become a radical hate-monger, which I choose not to do because I like mainstream ideology better.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — May 25, 2007 @ 9:55 am
That’s the better bit of what you said.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:17 amGood Day to you all, some interesting post’s..I have a question…Yesterday, right after the house sold out our country the dreaded bill went to the senate and in a very short time with no discussion that I was able to see the bill was voted on and passed….Here’s the question..Was there any speeches and discussion.? Just wondering..Now with all the free reighn for bull shit bush and all there realy is no need for any of them on either side to even show up, they can now do like bush and go on a total vacation all the time…My only thought this morning is I sincerely hope when the little tubes of vasaline were handed out by rove to all the representatives, when he demanded them to bend over that there was lot’s of sand in them, from here on out we can hear all the whore’s moan every time there are told to bend over…..Blessing’s to you all
May 25th, 2007 at 10:17 amThanks Juan, and BTW, congratulations for your success in your studies :)
May 25th, 2007 at 10:23 amComment by Evil Spaniard
“We are speaking of people already living in your country. And “shouldn’tâ€? Just wait. ”
Just wait? If they’re in this country, that’s why we have the ICE. You know, those enforcement pricks.
It’s intuitively disasterous, given the math itself. But you’re not very “proficient” there.
“Nope, it’s not my responsabillity back your claim.”
The claim has been backed time and time and time again by the brightest of researchers. There is verifiable proof that tapping cheap labor brings down wages. Want to know what a meat packer made in 1981? Wages as high as $18.00 bucks an hour. Want to know the average wage is today? About $7.50. And is meat still expensive as hell? Absolutely. Want to be lazy in registering that? Not my problem.
Highlighting my words in a desperate attempt to protect you own minced thoughts? Useless.
The “USA” you think of is one dismantled into a third-world country. I want you to get this: third-world immigration into a developed country doesn’t exactly have a history of working out well. You can’t take the immigration book of 200 years ago and seek to apply it today. There are new complexities to take into account. Sorry, but the “Aztec Warrior” doctrine doesn’t apply here.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:25 amO. M. F. G.
Science-Denying Creation Museum
There’s a saying: Better a receding hairline than an advancing one….
I think it’s advancing in KY
May 25th, 2007 at 10:33 amdo you think bush peeps out his blinds at night to make sure alqaeda isnt on his lawn?
i do.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:37 amHow strange. They officially quit looking for OBL quite some time ago, did they not? The Deciderer himself said he doesn’t spend much time thinking about him, and yet here we go again. The Deciderer’s poll numbers drop ever lower and it’s time for a comeback by OBL!
May 25th, 2007 at 10:39 amDual Realities Dept. In Iraq an Al Queda “torture manual†is found which teaches jihadists such useful skills as blowtorching skin, removing eyes, and putting someone’s head in a vice. Meanwhile John “I charge $55,000 for a speech on poverty†Edwards denounced the phrase “war on terror†as a failed ideological doctrine. I don’t think he’ll get it until they take away his $400 haircuts.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:44 amThanks Juan, and BTW, congratulations for your success in your studies :)
Comment by Evil Spaniard
Ha ha ha!! As we speak Im trying to write some closure of the study. Damn hard!! Pero, muchas gracias. Aún falta un poco.
May 25th, 2007 at 10:48 amIf Mexicans will do the jobs Americans won’t do, will they secure our borders?
May 25th, 2007 at 10:50 amComment by Patrick1nut — May 25, 2007 @ 10:44 am
I’m sure we are all aware, but in case any newbies are lurking…
1nut cuts and pastes directly from free republic (as well as other rightwing blogs).
He offers no critical thinking, or debate, whatsoever.
Need proof?
May 25th, 2007 at 10:51 amWell, here ya go!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839102/posts
On May 23 Dennis Kucinich spent an HOUR on the House floor presenting overhwhelming evidence that Bush will not leave Iraq until they pass the Hydrocarbon law.
This is the only BENCHMARK Bush truly wants to achieve.
The Hydrocarbon law will give 70% of the profits from Iraq’s untapped oil to Exxon, BP Chevron for the next 30 years!! The estimate is $220 TRILLION in untapped oil in the Iraq ground. 70% of that is approx. $180 TRILLION.
Bush threatened Iraq by telling them that we will not deliver billions in reconstruction aid UNLESS Iraq agrees to the Hydrocarbon law. In my world this is called a EXTORTION. This is outrageous considering we knocked down most of the buildings that need to be reconstructed.
Thank GOD for Dennis Kucinich, a man with a spine and a conscience. Dennis is LEADING while Hillary and Barack are whimpering.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:00 amPlease tell Rove he needs to come up with talking points which make at least a plausible argument.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire
Too funny that CV-1 thinks we believe that he cares about labor unions. And now he’s preaching to us on every topic. What an ass.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:02 amGood Morning DrxJ….Good to read your post’s..BTW, as alway’s I could smell the sulpher long before I skiped the #1 p.p’s post I never read them…LOL….Blessings
May 25th, 2007 at 11:02 amThank’s Larry from C, it appear’s we are on the same (only ) page….Blessings
May 25th, 2007 at 11:04 amI love ignorant people:
“Somebody out there is making money at these prices, but not me,” said Pollack, 57. “So I just thought: What can I do to help the consumer?”
Fed up station owner shuts off gas pumps
Nothing like shrinking supply in an area to ‘help’ the consumer. If I was his competitor I would raise my prices a few cents.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:06 amComment by BungHOLER4-U
CompTROLLER V-1 loves a good parody, but save it for 11:30PM on Saturday night.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
I didn’t realize this was your personal blog. Who cares what you love. And you Rove flunkies go to Red State if you want to tell people when to post.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:07 amCaption contest:
You will sleep, deep deep sleep until Jan 09!
May 25th, 2007 at 11:11 am19. Number of times President Bush referenced al Qaeda during his hour-long press conference yesterday. “There was no evidence that Osama bin Laden was responsible†for the bird droppings that landed on Bush, but “just about everything else that came up during the hour-long news conference was traced to bin Laden’s terrorist network.â€
Then why hasn’t President Dinkledorf caught him and why isn’t the goofball really that worried about him?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:11 amI didn’t realize this was your personal blog. Who cares what you love. And you Rove flunkies go to Red State if you want to tell people when to post.
Comment by shane
That one loves to tell other people what to do and how to behave.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:14 amRUCerious
Nice dude, but how about this one:
Caption Contest:
‘Watch, as I attempt to grasp the English language.’
May 25th, 2007 at 11:14 amColorado jury agrees that “doggie doo can be free speech.†A political activist faced a “misdemeanor charge of criminal use of a noxious substance†after leaving “a campaign flyer filled with dog poop†at the office of a politician. But he jury agreed that her statement — the politician’s positions “stink†— was covered by free speech.
Ok…. Not the way I would go to make a point, but whatever floats your boat. :P
May 25th, 2007 at 11:15 amHow strange. They officially quit looking for OBL quite some time ago, did they not? The Deciderer himself said he doesn’t spend much time thinking about him, and yet here we go again. The Deciderer’s poll numbers drop ever lower and it’s time for a comeback by OBL!
Comment by the republic of stupidity
If Bush had caught OBL when he had him cornered in Afghanistan who would he have to scare his sheeple with now?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:16 amIraqi cleric Moktada al- Sadr “has quietly returned to southern Iraq after a four-month sojourn in Iran,†possibly to “strengthen his position in anticipation that provincial elections may be held next year.â€
Dr. Juan Cole, who knows better about these things than the NY Times and its government publicists, says that Muktada al-Sadr has been in Iraq this whole time.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:18 amEdwards denounced the phrase “war on terror†as a failed ideological doctrine. I don’t think he’ll get it until they take away his $400 haircuts.
Comment by Patrick1
P1 you guys are really afraid of Edwards aren’t you. We don’t care what he pays for his haircuts or suits or speaking fees. That’s the kind of crap you Fox Newsies care about, stuff that means nothing.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:19 amWait, Juan C. is a doctor? If this is a recent thing, congrats man.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:19 amComment by shane
Nobody appointed you the Inspector General of this website. You apparently like ganging up on people, so maybe you should capitalize and go join one.
Nobody cares for a stuck-up, braindead prissy chick to push everybody around. Go learn to deal with dissent more properly, thug.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:19 amsqeeg, I like yours better!
May 25th, 2007 at 11:21 amThank GOD for Dennis Kucinich, a man with a spine and a conscience. Dennis is LEADING while Hillary and Barack are whimpering.
Comment by Larry from C — May 25, 2007 @ 11:00 am
No wonder the Iraqis are growing poppies for heroin, we’re stealing all their old out from under them.
John Edwards is the other candidate working against the war. And he makes the neocons really nervous which s why we have to hear about his haircut every freakin day.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:23 amNobody cares for a stuck-up, braindead prissy chick to push everybody around. Go learn to deal with dissent more properly, thug.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
And nobody here needs to be ordered around by a neocon Nazi troll. You don’t like what I had to say, feel free to leave, any time, permanently would be better.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:27 amComment by shane
If it was a right-winger (who we all commonly know to be wealthy) who used campaign funds to pay for a haircut, you know very that you would be up in arms. The man never even reimbursed those funds until he was CAUGHT. There’s plenty of non-news that you advovate, as long as it’s against the right. You don’t have to act as if it’s non-news. It’s perfectly relevant.
John Edwards is not a formidable candidate. He is out of touch.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:29 amRUCerious
sqeeg, I like yours better!
Thanks, some times years of being a jacka** pays off.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:31 amNobody cares for a stuck-up, braindead prissy chick to push everybody around.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — May 25, 2007 @ 11:19 am
Dude! You sound exactly like the rejected men at a dance club, when repeatedly told “no thanks, I’ll sit this one out”.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:32 amYou know, the ones who utter “ahhhh, they’re all a bunch of lezbo dykes, anyway” as they go home for the night, alone, as usual.
Comment by shane
I don’t have to leave on orders from a thug. As confirmed by your good friend Zooey on May 9th, this is an open-thread.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:33 amDRxJ
Dude! You sound exactly like the rejected men at a dance club, when repeatedly told “no thanks, I’ll sit this one outâ€.
Have you been following me around?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:38 amsquegeebooo,
May 25th, 2007 at 11:41 amI dunno. Are you the rejectOR or the rejectEE?
Heh!
Wait, Juan C. is a doctor? If this is a recent thing, congrats man.
Comment by squegeebooo
Juan C is not Juan Cole. :)
May 25th, 2007 at 11:41 amComment by DRxJ
Dude! I would attend the “dance club” you speak of and advocate - filled with drugs, shootouts, assaults, and other crime. I’m no “rejected man,” rest assured. Thanks for your stereotypical assertions, dude.
Dude………………..
What’s the matter, dude? Is the beach closed? Is surfing not allowed?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:42 amI don’t have to leave on orders from a thug. As confirmed by your good friend Zooey on May 9th, this is an open-thread.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
You weren’t ordered to leave, you were invited to leave.
I know we TP women are powerful, but please try to accurate.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:43 amRUCerious
Nice dude, but how about this one:
Caption Contest:
‘Watch, as I attempt to grasp the English language.’
Comment by squegeebooo
May 25th, 2007 at 11:46 amThanks for your stereotypical assertions, dude.
Dude………………..
What’s the matter, dude? Is the beach closed? Is surfing not allowed?
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — May 25, 2007 @ 11:42 am
Nuff said!
May 25th, 2007 at 11:48 am“I don’t have to leave on orders from a thug. As confirmed by your good friend Zooey on May 9th, this is an open-thread.”
You don’t have to leave, but we do have the power to ignore you, like the mosquito that tries to enter through a closed and sealed window.
How does that sound, everyone?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:50 amComment by Zooey
I’m sorry if your definition of achieving success is “power” on some chat log.
I don’t think you see any male on this board directly coining themselves a “powerful man” if they believe they have the upper-hand on any discussion. I mean, is that really necessary?
May 25th, 2007 at 11:50 amRUCerious
Nice dude, but how about this one:
Caption Contest:
‘Watch, as I attempt to grasp the English language.’
Comment by squegeebooo
heh
i’ll try again =P
‘Watch this hand, not the one that is “pulling facts”.’
May 25th, 2007 at 11:51 amalrighty then
May 25th, 2007 at 11:51 amI’m off for my 30 minute walk in beautiful downtown Kalamazoo.
Ya’ll play nice. If not, well then, just play!
Comment by DRxJ
Whatever floats your boat, pal.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:52 am#
John Edwards is not a formidable candidate. He is out of touch.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — May 25, 2007 @ 11:29 am
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I would have to disagree, Edwards may be out of touch, but much like Romney, he is a good looking guy, who’s wife is being treated for cancer. A fair number of people are willing and able to connect to that sort of thing. I am not arguing that he is, or isn’t the best candidate, but much like Romney, he is good looking. And God knows that is the about the only thing going for both candidates. Besides Edwards, could well appeal to disenchanted souther conservatives, and moderate republicans. Your best hope, is Hillary gets the nomination otherwise the republicans will be fractured and unable to come solidly behind a single candidate.
May 25th, 2007 at 11:56 amThe man never even reimbursed those funds until he was CAUGHT. There’s plenty of non-news that you advovate, as long as it’s against the right. You don’t have to act as if it’s non-news. It’s perfectly relevant.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
I have donated to Edwards and I don’t care how much he paid for his haircut. Didn’t I just say that. And the only people saying that it came out of campaign funds are Limbaugh and O’Reilly who make shit up all the time. But either way I don’t care.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:00 pmIf he’s not a viable candidate why are you neocons beating the haircut to death in typical neocon style.
I’m sorry if your definition of achieving success is “power†on some chat log.
I don’t think you see any male on this board directly coining themselves a “powerful man†if they believe they have the upper-hand on any discussion. I mean, is that really necessary?
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
Oh my, I see that you have absolutely NO gift for sarcasm. I’ll make a note to use “/sarcasm” in the future.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:08 pmComment by shane
The right is calling Mr. Edwards out to further prove that he is not that formidable candidate, not true to his roots, and potentially capable of doing things “under the table” during a presidency. In terms of looking ahead of personal wealth to see the needs of others, Hilary would be the most formidable democratic candidate. Republican? I don’t have a damn clue.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:09 pmYou don’t have to leave, but we do have the power to ignore you, like the mosquito that tries to enter through a closed and sealed window.
How does that sound, everyone?
Comment by Barbarian
It sounds fabulous, Barbarian. I’m sick of the low quality trolls around here. Commence ignoring…..
May 25th, 2007 at 12:10 pmP1 you guys are really afraid of Edwards aren’t you. We don’t care what he pays for his haircuts or suits or speaking fees. That’s the kind of crap you Fox Newsies care about, stuff that means nothing.
Comment by shane — May 25, 2007 @ 11:19 am
Oh like a bird relieving itself on the president of the United States. Hey you posted in that one didn’t you?
May 25th, 2007 at 12:10 pmAmericans Are Tired Of DC Politics!
Friday 25th of May 2007
by Jay Randal
Most Americans are completely tired of the political games that are being played in DC, by politicians of both political parties, and we are sick of “Bad Cop” Republicans versus “Good Cop” Democrats routine.
We know that both parties are suckering us as rubes, and they believe we are too stupid to notice it, but in reality we do know that we are being played as fools.
We know many of the Senators represent the wealthy only, and we know that most are in bed with “Military Industrial Complex” CEOs, so they refuse to end war.
We know entire Bush Regime are criminally corrupt warmongering whores, but some in the Congress are just like them, so the Iraq Fiasco War may never end.
We know the economy is quickly collapsing, since real good jobs are disappearing fast, as corporations like Halliburton moving overseas before the downfall too.
I do commend Reps Kucinich, Waters, Woolsey, and Sen. Feingold for being patriots standing up to Bush and opposing his debacle in Iraq.
(Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Georgia, USA.)
May 25th, 2007 at 12:16 pmWait, Juan C. is a doctor? If this is a recent thing, congrats man.
Comment by squegeebooo
Thank you, but no. It is the Master´s degree. And also Im not Juan Cole (he wishes ;)
May 25th, 2007 at 12:22 pmComment by Barbarian
You would probably eat the mosquitos.
Next:
Comment by Zooey
Hmmm…low quality trolls. All of you are still using that baseless “troll” terminology against everyone who disagrees with you. They make their position stated, rarely insulting any one person directly (and no, insulting a political party doesn’t count as a personal insult), and all of you attack them, seemingly within an inch of their life. Should right-wingers always be the ones to worry about?
May 25th, 2007 at 12:24 pmHey you posted in that one didn’t you?
Comment by Tundra
And I created the title. *bowing*
May 25th, 2007 at 12:28 pm#
The right is calling Mr. Edwards out to further prove that he is not that formidable candidate, not true to his roots, and potentially capable of doing things “under the table†during a presidency. In terms of looking ahead of personal wealth to see the needs of others, Hilary would be the most formidable democratic candidate. Republican? I don’t have a damn clue.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1 — May 25, 2007 @ 12:09 pm
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I am a little confused, you use the term under the table as a bad thing, yet Bush is often praised for his under the table dealings, but the right. He is praised as a war leader, and somone willing to take shortcuts to protect the American people.
So is under the table good or not?
May 25th, 2007 at 12:30 pmComment by Juan C
Well, it’s a non-story. Did super-liberal Katie Couric even report it last night?
May 25th, 2007 at 12:31 pmDid super-liberal Katie Couric even report it last night?
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
I always ask trolls what they mean by liberals and left, becuz they use that words a lot. So, what do you mean by superliberal?
May 25th, 2007 at 12:38 pmsorry…those words a lot.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:39 pmComment by Krazny
I can’t defend Mr. Bush, because Mr. Bush is destroying the Republican party.
But I have to give you credit though for your “under the table” question, because while Mr. Edwards quickly sought to remedy the whole haircut payment issue, Mr. Bush didn’t want to stop his illegal surveillance program when that was disclosed.
The democratic nomination will be super-competitive, and I want a democratic candidate who’s obsessed with something other than money. Hillary is less smug, can quickly appeal to the South, and is your overrall democratic candidate. Hillary can be a good Commander-in-Chief as well, has good defense credentials.
May 25th, 2007 at 12:42 pmComment by Juan C
And what do you mean by neocon?
May 25th, 2007 at 12:44 pmPerhaps this explains G W Bush:
May 25th, 2007 at 12:51 pmhttp://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=604862
CompTROLLER V-1
Hillary is less smug, can quickly appeal to the South, and is your overrall democratic candidate. Hillary can be a good Commander-in-Chief as well, has good defense credentials.
Wait, what?
May 25th, 2007 at 1:01 pmCompTROLLER V-1
Hillary is less smug, can quickly appeal to the South, and is your overrall democratic candidate. Hillary can be a good Commander-in-Chief as well, has good defense credentials.
Wait, what?
Comment by squegeebooo — May 25, 2007 @ 1:01 pm
I wonder the same thing…. WHAT????
Who is using his ID?
May 25th, 2007 at 1:09 pmI don’t agree that Hillary is a good choice, I think she has the capablilities to be president, however she is so hated by the right, that she would not appeal to moderates and independants within the conservative party.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:13 pmThere was absolutely no need for him to resign.
Listen to Mike Gravel. He says that his old kerfluffle over the Pentagon Papers led to a law that says that any lawmaker can divulge ANY information to the public if he/she feels that the information would help the people make a decision about war, etc.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:20 pmhttp://www.dailykos.com/ storyonly/ 2007/ 5/ 8/ 22215/ 41665
For many journalists, diplomats, and political activists, Amnesty International is considered to be a highly reliable and objective source of information and analysis on human rights around the world. But the halo that surrounds its reports and campaigns is beginning to fray, as the evidence of political bias and inaccuracy mounts.
Recently, the Economist, published in Britain, noted that “an organisation which devotes more pages in its annual report to human-rights abuses in Britain and America than those in Belarus and Saudi Arabia cannot expect to escape doubters’ scrutiny.” Other critics, including law professor at Harvard, Alan Dershowitz, and the U.S.-based Capital Research Center, have been more pointed, providing evidence of Amnesty’s systematic bias and reports based largely on claims by carefully selected “eyewitnesses” in Colombia, Gaza, and Lebanon.
As Amnesty releases its annual report on human rights for 2006, amid highly choreographed public relations events, and repeating the familiar condemnations of Israel and America, NGO Monitor has also published a report on Amnesty’s activities in the Middle East. The result is not a pretty picture for those clinging to the “halo effect.”
Using a detailed and sophisticated qualitative model for comparing relative resources devoted to the different countries, this report clearly shows that in 2006, Amnesty singled out Israel for condemnation of human rights to a far greater extent than Iran, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Syria, Egypt, and other chronic abusers of human rights.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:22 pmGood morning,
The centrifuges are spinning in Iran again today,
Spinning, spinning, pulling out the uranium hexafloride with the 235 isotope,
Storing up death again today,
To be used by the mullahs against the innocents in the name of allah,
As soon as they can unleash it.
I hope we have a plan.
May 25th, 2007 at 1:40 pm“Good morning,
The centrifuges are spinning in Iran again today,
Spinning, spinning, pulling out the uranium hexafloride with the 235 isotope,
Storing up death again today,
To be used by the mullahs against the innocents in the name of allah,
As soon as they can unleash it.
I hope we have a plan.”
Lizard poster
May 25th, 2007 at 1:46 pmDemocratic consultant and Fox News commentator Bob Beckel is sporting a big shiner from a fistfight Tuesday afternoon in the parking lot of a Giant supermarket in Bethesda.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ wp-dyn/ content/ article/ 2007/ 05/ 24/ AR2007052402642.html
May 25th, 2007 at 1:46 pm#104 - Squeegy
Nice one. That’s why I have my bumpersticker collection — to piss off the wingnuts. :-D
May 25th, 2007 at 2:05 pm#105 Stealing beer again.
May 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pm#105 Stealing beer again.
Comment by Patrick1
Patrick, go buy some crack, you’re starting to come down.
May 25th, 2007 at 2:21 pmPatrick1
Stealing beer again.
Thank makes even less sense than me. I mean the words I understand, and the sentence also. But there appears to be a disconnect between your statement and Zoo’s.
Bumper stickers make wingnuts mad due to stolen beer? Does the bumper sticker say “hey, conservative hick in Idaho, remember that six-pack you can’t find? Yah well I drank it, and it was tasty. Buy more so I can steal those also.” Because then it would make sense.
May 25th, 2007 at 2:22 pmAnd what do you mean by neocon?
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
It is very unlikely for me to type that kind of word.
May 25th, 2007 at 2:27 pmBumper stickers make wingnuts mad due to stolen beer? Does the bumper sticker say “hey, conservative hick in Idaho, remember that six-pack you can’t find? Yah well I drank it, and it was tasty. Buy more so I can steal those also.†Because then it would make sense.
Comment by squegeebooo
That must be it. :-D
That bumpersticker would wrap clear around my car!
May 25th, 2007 at 3:00 pmZooey
That bumpersticker would wrap clear around my car!
Well thats the other 1/2 the reason they’re so upset. To many words, and none of them about sports and/or hunting.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:07 pmI find it enormously funny that those who slam illegal’s for being cheap labor and taking American jobs are also those who love Wal-Mart for keeping prices low, so low that nearly everything they sell is made in China. So what is it do you want the low prices that low wage jobs help create? Or do you want the illegal’s to go and make those jobs higher paying for good Americans such as yourself? Why don’t you just admit that the Illegal alien issue has nothing to do with people being in our country illegally, and everything to do with those people possibly (most likely) having a political affiliation different than yours?
May 25th, 2007 at 3:10 pmThe democratic nomination will be super-competitive, and I want a democratic candidate who’s obsessed with something other than money. Hillary is less smug, can quickly appeal to the South, and is your overrall democratic candidate. Hillary can be a good Commander-in-Chief as well, has good defense credentials.
Comment by CompTROLLER V-1
And you neocons have way more crap to use against Hillary in the general election. That’s why you’d rather she’s the candidate. Don’t act like your want the Democrat to win. In the next post you’re talking about Bush ruining YOUR Republican party.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:17 pmPatrick1
Stealing beer again.
Thank makes even less sense than me
Comment by squegeebooo — May 25, 2007 @ 2:22 pm
That, and 1nut didn’t ask a question. In fact, 1nut used a period instead of a question mark, which makes the post a statement.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:20 pmWhich I guess means Patrick1nut is in the process of stealing barley and hop beverages as we post, again. And I guess the bumper stickers that Zooey alluded too is what reminded him to commit the crime.
I dunno. It doesn’t make sense, either.
Unless he’s cutting and pasting, Patrick1nut never succeeds at coherent sentences.
but….
mmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeer!!!
Well thats the other 1/2 the reason they’re so upset. To many words, and none of them about sports and/or hunting.
Comment by squegeebooo
Nope, just peace, love, dissent, clown horror — all that happy crap. :)
May 25th, 2007 at 3:23 pmDRxJ
mmmmmmmmmmmm beeeeer!!!
Most evenings I test positive for IPA.
Zooey
clown horror
Theres got to be a story there.
May 25th, 2007 at 3:28 pmTheres got to be a story there.
Comment by squegeebooo
I frickin’ hate clowns. They creep me out, big time.
My bumpersticker reads: Can’t sleep, clowns will eat me!
The horror!!!!
May 25th, 2007 at 3:31 pm