ThinkFast: July 11, 2007
ThinkFast: July 11, 2007
Former White House aide Sara M. Taylor will refuse to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee today “about matters President Bush has deemed shielded by executive privilege, but she will offer to respond to other questions from senators that do not breach White House confidentiality.”
“I believe we are entering a period this summer of increased risk,” Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board yesterday. He indicated that his “remarks were based on ‘a gut feeling’ formed by past seasonal patterns of terrorist attacks, recent Al Qaeda statements and intelligence he did not disclose.” Keith Olbermann responds.
Sen. David Vitter visited a Canal Street brothel several times “beginning in the mid-1990s, paying $300 per hour for services at the bordello.” Attempting to defend Vitter against the solicitation of prostitution charges, the so-called “Canal Street Madam” whose operation was shut down by a federal investigators in 2001 said, “I want his wife to know he’s a good man.”
“Two senior Justice Department officials said yesterday that they kept Attorney General Alberto Gonzales apprised of FBI violations of civil liberties and privacy safeguards in recent years.” Gonzales told Congress: “There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse” after 2001. But Assistant Attorney General for National Security Kenneth L. Wainstein said, “I’m sure we’ve discussed violations that have occurred in the past.”
Baseball bats going extinct. At a baseball bat factory tucked into the lush tree country in northwestern Pennsylvania, the operators have drawn up a “three-to-five-year emergency plan” if the white ash tree, which has been used for decades to make the bat of choice, is compromised by the effects of global warming.
The Fish and Wildlife Service “took the first step yesterday” toward declaring 10 penguin species endangered. Their survival “is deemed at risk in part because of the increasing warmth of the atmosphere and the oceans” because of global warming.
Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) will unveil a bill today that would require “power producers, refiners and steelmakers in the U.S….to cut greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2030.” The so-called cap-and-trade system would create a market for trading greenhouse gas permits.
“More than two dozen mortar shells pounded the Green Zone on Tuesday, killing three people, including a U.S. military member, and injuring 18, among them five Americans.”
Yesterday, the White House promised to veto a House bill “that would slash subsidies paid to college student-loan companies.” The legislation has “been attacked by the $85 billion student-loan industry, but championed by industry critics, including some student groups.”
And finally: Congratulations, Springfield, VT! The small New England town (pop. 9,500) beat out 13 other Springfields to host the premiere of The Simpsons Movie. Yesterday, Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy issued a statement: “After 18 years, it’s good to finally welcome the Simpsons home. Vermonters love The Simpsons. … Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie will look great on that yellow carpet with the Green Mountains as a backdrop.”
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July 11th, 2007 at 9:04 am“I believe we are entering a period this summer of increased risk,†Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board yesterday. He indicated that his remarks were based on “a gut feeling†formed by past seasonal patterns of terrorist attacks, recent Al Qaeda statements and intelligence he did not disclose.
Fear!
Fear!
FEAR!!!
…are you afraid yet?
July 11th, 2007 at 9:06 am“Former White House aide Sara M. Taylor will refuse to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee today “about matters President Bush has deemed shielded by executive privilege, but she will offer to respond to other questions from senators that do not breach White House confidentiality.â€
Well there goes our hope that Ms. Taylor is a person of integrity. Or, more likely, her life has been threatened. And we all know that anything of importance she could say will be “shielded by executive privilege.
OK congress, it’s time to act. Find Ms. Taylor in contempt of congress and do the same for Ms. Meiers. The time to play nice is long past. The time to start playing by their rules is now. And their rules are, anything goes.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:08 amKucinich: Iraq Four Years Too Long, Can Iran Be Far Behind?
2007-07-10
“The President has requested additional time for his Iraq strategy. Time for what? Time to privatize Iraq’s oil? Time to change the subject with an attack on Iran? Congress must act to end this war and end it now.
“We must tell the President NO to any additional funding. No legislation is required. No vote is required. The only thing required is honesty, integrity and a willingness to end the war.
“The war is based on lies. The President and the Vice President have no credibility whatsoever on matters relating to our national defense. They sent more than 3,600 of our brave men and women to their deaths. They are responsible for creating the conditions that have led to the deaths of an estimated one million innocent Iraqis. They have set in motion spending for Iraq which could top one trillion dollars. They now have three aircraft carriers in the Gulf setting the stage for an attack on Iran.
“What will it take for Congress to wake up and tell the American people the truth? We do not have to fund the war. We have the money to bring the troops home. It does not require a vote. It requires determination and truth,” Kucinich concluded.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:09 amThis on global warming today from the BBC:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6290228.stm
Study shows “that for the last 20 years, the Sun’s output has declined, yet temperatures on Earth have risen.”
I make that another wingnut talking point busted by science.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:11 amYou gotta love what Vitter’s wife said one time:
In 2000, Vitter was included in a Newhouse News Service story about the strain of congressional careers on families.
His wife, Wendy, was asked by the Newhouse reporter: If her husband were as unfaithful as Livingston or former President Bill Clinton, would she be as forgiving as Hillary Rodham Clinton?
“I’m a lot more like Lorena Bobbitt than Hillary,” Wendy Vitter told Newhouse News. “If he does something like that, I’m walking away with one thing, and it’s not alimony, trust me.”
“I think fear is a very good motivating factor in a marriage,” she added. “Don’t put fear down.”
I really do wonder what she had to say to him when he “confessed”.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:12 amAlan Greenspan, while head of the Federal Reserve, was always cautious about things that he would say for fear that it would have an affect on the markets and the economy.
Here is the head of Homeland Security making this idiotic statement based on a “gut” feel.
God this administration has sunk to new lows.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:13 am“Two senior Justice Department officials said yesterday that they kept Attorney General Alberto Gonzales apprised of FBI violations of civil liberties and privacy safeguards in recent years.â€
OK, Congress, get off your collective a$$es and issue those Contempt of Congress, Perjury and Obstruction of Justice citations and charge, try, and jail the criminal.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:13 amAnd impeach the Chimp, so he doesn’t let another criminal get off with a pardon or commute of sentence.
At Aspen, Rove said Iraq would not be an issue for voters next year. Take that together with Chertoff’s ‘gut’ feeling about another attack here and you’ve got yourself a fake terrorist attack somewhere in America and war in Iran in 2008. (Don’t forget, there were no wmd’s.)
July 11th, 2007 at 9:13 amI really do wonder what she had to say to him when he “confessedâ€.
Comment by Katie
I bet he hid all the kitchen knives first, LMAO
July 11th, 2007 at 9:15 amGeez — Vitter paid $300 an hour to be serviced by prostitutes? And the media’s been spending all this time getting exercised by John Edwards spending obscene amounts of money on haircuts…
July 11th, 2007 at 9:18 amComment by Katie — July 11, 2007 @ 9:12 am
I took his remark to be a reference to the sacrament of Confession, not to an admisssion to his wife.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:19 amWere Vitter’s hookers female?
July 11th, 2007 at 9:21 am#11: Paying $300 for sex is a guy thing. Paying the same for a haircut, well… at least my gaydar went off when I heard about it, you know.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:21 amFormer White House aide Sara M. Taylor will refuse to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee today
Issue a contempt citation for her.
Jail her fascist a$$.
Quit being lapdogs to the Chimp, Pelosi and Reid.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:21 amTime to dust off that old Impeachment Table and pull it back out of the closet.
Clearly this is an abuse of power by Bush. But Leahy and the demos are too weak to do anything about it.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:23 amA note on yesterday’s threads:
Stop blaming the Dems for inaction in Congress. The Dems have a numerical majority – not a “working” majority – due to the slim majority they hold in the Senate, they are tied up in proceedural red tape. To blame them for inaction is to play into the hands of the Neocon thugs. Focus your anger on your Republic Congresspersons (if you are represented by such). Screaming at your fighter to knock the other guy out will not help in a close match – it will only frustrate your boxer.
Focus your energy on defeating those supporting the Fascist Cabal.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:23 amWayne: Heh. You know the Nancy-boys in the Congress will never have enough courage to do that.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:24 amWelp, here we go again, as TripMaster Monkey stated…FEAR!
Not only do we have to “fear” this summer due to “a gut feeling” regarding the ever imminent terrorists attack on our mainland, but now, if we bring our troops home from Iraq, we shall have to “fear” the security of our children and grandchildren. WTF is wrong with your, Dubya?
On a lighter note, the so-called “Canal Street Madam†whose operation was shut down by a federal investigators in 2001 said, “I want his wife to know he’s a good man.â€
July 11th, 2007 at 9:25 amWell yeah, having a customer pay $300 per visit to have his knob polished is “a good man”! Hell, as long as you is paid, it’s all good!!!!
This is truly scary — the Bushies desperately need another “terrorist attack” on American soil to justify bombing Iran. Will they stage one themselves, or just relax security enough to invite one — hoping AQ will oblige?
And where are they going to get the manpower needed for an Iran invasion? It’s starting to feel drafty in here…
July 11th, 2007 at 9:28 amPaying for sex is the hallmark of a true looser. If you are so ugly/smelly/fat/overbearing/stupid that you can’t attract a sex parter without paying for it, you truly are beyond redemption. I guess it’s like eating garden slugs: Offer someone enough money, and they’ll do it.
The fact that you need “gaydar” says quite a bit about your confidence in your sexual orientation. Get thee to a deprogrammer.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:29 amComment by Evil Spaniard — July 11, 2007 @ 9:22 am
Oops, LOAN companies, not the insurance ones (different types of thieves).
July 11th, 2007 at 9:31 amThis is pretty important…
July 11th, 2007 at 9:33 am
Terrific Jones sez:
Your aversion to commitment and your characterization of dating as a “boring ritual” that is to be avoided speak volumes about your character…or lack thereof.
At least you’re considerate enough to not bother trying to cultivate a relationship…I’d pity any woman unfortunate enough to be stuck with a man who equates making love to going through the Mickey D’s drive-thru.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:40 amYeah, right. You find dating boring? Have you ever been on a date? Don’t forget: you can always jerk-off for free. Then you could afford a haircut that will get you laid. Nothing says looser like having to pay a woman (or, in your case, a boy, a man, or a shepherd), to hold their breath (or traaumatize their sheep) long enough to get near you.
Go to the gym. Buy some nice clothes. Get a good haircut. And for god’s sake, take a shower and wear deodorant. In the end, it’ll make you a better person.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:41 amI have a gut feeling Michael Shitoff is setting the stage for another false flag attack.
This guy doesn’t crawl out of his hole very often, but when he does find a reason to speak, it’s always the fear factor.
Congress will be on Summer recess during August.
We have 3 carriers in region of Iran now.
The ‘Splurge’ isn’t working.
The WH is under a microscope.
Dirty Dick hasn’t been seen in weeks.
August is prime time for Shock ‘N Awe II to come down.
Watch your backs, Americans, Neoturd alert!
July 11th, 2007 at 9:41 amWhatever, dear. Enjoy your emasculated, sensitive “men” who’ve managed to convince themselves that they’re actually looking for something more in women than sex. At least I’m honest about my male nature.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:41 amThere are no $300 hookers, only $300 Johns.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:42 amStop blaming the Dems for inaction in Congress. The Dems have a numerical majority – not a “working†majority – due to the slim majority they hold in the Senate, they are tied up in proceedural red tape
—-Marcus Aurelius
Sorry, but Pelosi pulled impeachment off the table before all the numbers from the last election were in. Crimes have been commited.
Can you give me one example of a DA that let a murderer stay free and did not attempt to prosecute because he/she thought the jury pool might not convict, so never even brought charges?
Pelosi is violating her oath of office by refusing to let the impeachment papers already drawn up move forward. She is complicit with the crimes of this administration
July 11th, 2007 at 9:43 amZimzone sez:
Last night I saw a PSA from Laura Bush exhorting the American Public to invest in “disaster preparedness kits”. I wondered if there was duct tape and plastic sheeting in those kits.
Then I threw up in my mouth a little.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:44 amFormer White House aide Sara M. Taylor will refuse to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee today “about matters President Bush has deemed shielded by executive privilege, but she will offer to respond to other questions from senators that do not breach White House confidentiality.â€
Told ya. This appearance is strictly CYA.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:45 amTerrific Jones sez:
Wow….someone’s lugging around a whole suitcase full of issues…
Tell us about your mother, TJ.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:45 amSure I’ve paid for sex many times, because it’s just as easy as going to McDonalds for a snack.
Comment by Terrific Jones
Lets hope you get tested by your doctor regularly………
Buy a guitar and learn to play, join a band, it’s much cheaper than paying ( personal experiance )
July 11th, 2007 at 9:46 amAnd always carry condoms heh
You find dating boring? Have you ever been on a date?
I had a few dates back in the 1990s, but after that I decided that it’s simply not worth it. Boring, slow, and in the end it’s essentially about the same thing as prostitution: the girl buys guy’s attention, protection, affluence and influence with sex.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:47 amAdmitting that you are so repulsive to women as to have to pay for sex might be honest, but it’s not honorable, nor does it speak of “male nature”. It speaks of being a weak, stinky, Neocon, pseudo man.
If you haven’t confronted your latent homosexuality, you should probably consider doing so. The gay men (yes, men) will help you with your personal hygene.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:47 amEnjoy your emasculated, sensitive “men†who’ve managed to convince themselves that they’re actually looking for something more in women than sex. — Terrific Jones
What a fscking idiot.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:49 amSorry dude, women are people.
This is probably why you have to pay for sex.
Because you are an idiot
“Canal Street Madam†in 2001 said, “I want his wife to know he’s a good man.â€
I WAS gonna say, “Wonder what his wife thinks”
But then I saw katie’s comment about what Vitter’s wife thinks:
Comment by Katie — July 11, 2007 @ 9:12 am
Oh holy cra*! Did Vitter’s wife really say that? That’s friggin’ priceless!
July 11th, 2007 at 9:49 amHahaha! Good one, Marcus. Please do some more projecting, will you?
July 11th, 2007 at 9:50 amTJ: “I had a few dates back in the 1990s, but after that I decided that it’s simply not worth it.”
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Translation: I couldn’t get laid.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:51 amWayne: Hard to face the truth about yourself, is it? You must have buried it so deep that suddenly having to face your own emasculated state is too much to bear.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:51 amMight be so – and I emphasize might – but that argument will never upset the status quo. Isn’t upsetting the status quo the goal here?
Redirect your anger and your energy to the real enemy.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:51 amHey,….
Who’s this stud, Terrific Jones?
/definate sarcasm
July 11th, 2007 at 9:53 amLast night I saw a PSA from Laura Bush exhorting the American Public to invest in “disaster preparedness kitsâ€. I wondered if there was duct tape and plastic sheeting in those kits.
Then I threw up in my mouth a little.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
“The only way you can protect yourself from a chemical f*cking attack with duct tape is if you buy enough to wrap yourself completely and suffocate before the chemicals f*cking kill you” — Lewis Black
July 11th, 2007 at 9:54 am“More than two dozen mortar shells pounded the Green Zone on Tuesday
I almost hate to admit this, but I was listening to public radio last night on the way to the hosp. and was listening to Sen. Barbara Boxer discussing the reasons for leaving Iraq. My WIFE even thought she was right! (That’s big news). Leahy and McCain just seemed to be speaking almost gibberish, we were looking at each other like, “What the hell are they talking about?”
July 11th, 2007 at 9:54 amVERMONT???!!!
no f’n way…
the few times i’ve watched the simpsons, it’s obvious that
their town of springfield is here in the flat lands of illinois…
jeesh…
i would think vermonters would be ashamed to be
July 11th, 2007 at 9:54 amassociated with them, at least homer…
i know lots of homers around here…
…
How is your wife, SGT Higgins?
July 11th, 2007 at 9:55 amI’m not projecting, I’m reflecting. The reflection you see is you.
BTW: “a few dates back in the ’90s”? Exactly how much money have you spent on hookers?
You are the posterboy for the Neocon, limp-wristed, caved-chested, sissy-men.
Go brush your green teeth.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:58 amComment by trueblue — July 11, 2007 @ 9:55 am
She’s ok now, thanks for asking.
July 11th, 2007 at 9:58 amShewas having severe lowere back pain and a migraine that wouldn’t go away and was making her sick.
She was severely dehydrated….nothing 3 bags of IV fluids and 7 HOURS in the ER couldn’t fix.
The threat to White Ash baseball bats and surfing Penguins may do more for Global Warming awareness than Live Earth.
One has to realize that what is happening will take decades to correct. We need to think more like a baseball fan and check the stats and be more interested in Winning Seasons than Sudden Death. (Thank Geo Carlin.)
July 11th, 2007 at 9:58 amComment by SGT Higgins — July 11, 2007 @ 9:54 am
Amazing what happens when you get off the pipe and start thinking for yourself, isn’t it?
July 11th, 2007 at 10:00 am“I want his wife to know he’s a good man.â€
Wonder if his wife agrees.
At least, that’s what I was GOING to say…then I saw katies comment at #6, and man, that is just priceless!
July 11th, 2007 at 10:00 amComment by pete — July 11, 2007 @ 10:00 am
LOL yeah, but ummmm, I think I might keep the pipe…you know, as a souvenir.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:01 amchertoff’s gut…
July 11th, 2007 at 10:02 amguess what the lead story was on the today show…
…
Might be so – and I emphasize might – but that argument will never upset the status quo. Isn’t upsetting the status quo the goal here?
Redirect your anger and your energy to the real enemy.
Comment by Marcus Aurelius
sorry, the only way to “upset the status quo” is to publicly air the crimes, lay them out in a public trial. Let the American public then watch to see which republicans vote to aquit.
If we do not make these criminals pay for their crimes, within 8 -12 years after this next election we will have another neocon in the White House doing it all over again.
Read a bit of history and how it has repeated itself in the last 30 years or so, from Nixon to Ronnie Raygun, to todays neocon clowns running the White House.
Bush is there now, getting away with this sh*t because Americans are too f*cking stupid to learn from our own History.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:03 amI have a “gut feeling” also. I see armed men in uniform escorting men and women in handcuffs out of the so-called white house and ancillary buildings. The captives are crying, but claiming “executive privilege”, conversations with god, “Clinton and other damned liberals caused it”, “I don’t recall”, “it’s not fair”, “I’m only doing what I was told”.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:06 am558 Days left of this madness.
Just think how many crimes this Cabal can committ in that time?
Darth Cheney lurks in his bunker, burning the midnight oil eating his pork rinds, calculating the next 9/11.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:07 amAlright now, I really don’t want to play referee here, but let’s lay some facts down shall we:
July 11th, 2007 at 10:08 amThere are those men, who, for whatever reason, cannot form a relationship with a woman (whether it be too high expectations, or low self esteem, or not physically attractive, or they may just have a genetic defect that cannot stand their estrogen laden counterparts…Jason Misongynist Hendler comes to mind)
There are those men who really don’t give a flyin’ f*ck about a woman’s emotions and feelings. These are called womanizers, and they are better off paying for sex instead of scarring a female with a “faux” relationship.
Then there are those who are addicted to “sex”, that crave that one ultimate orgasmic outcome, with no emotional attachements whatsoever.
As this is the internet(s), we really don’t Terrific Jones physical makeup, so attacking his hygeine and looks because he “pays for sex”, in my opinion, is out of line.
His character, on the other hand, is fair game.
Maybe AQ will sneak into the country & do a number on AEI.
Or Billy Kristoll’s rag.
Somehow, I would feel some inherent justice in such an event.
After 6 years of lies, false flag waving, corruption, profit over people and
the killing fields of Baghdad I would struggle to be empathetic.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:08 am“I’m only doing what I was toldâ€.
Comment by yuk yuk
That one, at least, won’t help them out at all. The rest of their potential excuses might garner them some sympathy from somewhere, but not this one.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:09 amMarcus Aurelius’ comment was so good, I’ll just repeat it here:
“Stop blaming the Dems for inaction in Congress. The Dems have a numerical majority – not a “working†majority – due to the slim majority they hold in the Senate, they are tied up in procedural red tape. To blame them for inaction is to play into the hands of the Neocon thugs. Focus your anger on your Republic Congresspersons (if you are represented by such). Screaming at your fighter to knock the other guy out will not help in a close match – it will only frustrate your boxer.
“Focus your energy on defeating those supporting the Fascist Cabal.”
July 11th, 2007 at 10:11 amComment by Wayne — July 11, 2007 @ 10:03 am
Nixon, Reagan, and their criminal associates should have done serious jail time.
However, the current crop of criminals (thanks to their supporters in Congress) will not be taken-out by such a narrow Congressional majority as that which the Dems hold. I know it’s choosing the lesser of two evils, but that’s what we have to work with.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:13 amHis character, on the other hand, is fair game.
Comment by DRxJ — July 11, 2007 @ 10:08 am
I was going to lay into old TJ, but you said it better and more diplomatically, DRxJ. :)
Character? Nothing to see there….
July 11th, 2007 at 10:15 amJust a “gut feeling”, but it’s correct.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:17 amSen. David Vitter visited a Canal Street brothel several times “beginning in the mid-1990s, paying $300 per hour for services at the bordello.†Attempting to defend Vitter against the solicitation of prostitution charges, the so-called “Canal Street Madam†whose operation was shut down by a federal investigators in 2001 said, “I want his wife to know he’s a good man.â€
I’m sure that will be such a comfort to Mrs Vitter…..
July 11th, 2007 at 10:17 amDoes that mean he’s a good tipper?
Caption:
‘I don’t care what questions you ask, I won’t answer!’
Note she’s speaking to the Republican Lawyers Association…WTF?
When did lawyers start their own political party? Would you want a Neoturd representing you at a trial?
I think not.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:20 amLiberal progressives = Promiscuous homosexuals
July 11th, 2007 at 10:20 amNeo-con chickenhawks = Macho studs
Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Arlen Specter (R-PA) will unveil a bill today that would require “power producers, refiners and steelmakers in the U.S….to cut greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by 2030.†The so-called cap-and-trade system would create a market for trading greenhouse gas permits.
Sorry, it’s not enough, and it’s not quick enough.
That isn’t even a decent try.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:21 amPhilippine troops recover beheaded marines
“Mohagher Iqbal, chief negotiator for the Muslim separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front, which is engaged in peace talks with the government, said his forces fought back after marines attacked a MILF stronghold.”
MILF? Maybe they could have found a better acronym for their rebel organization.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:22 amWhen did lawyers start their own political party? Would you want a Neoturd representing you at a trial?
Comment by Zimzone — July 11, 2007 @ 10:20 am
With the amount of $hit this administration gets away with, and if I were a criminal…HELL YEAH I’d want them to represent me. It’d be a guarantee “Get Out Of Jail Free Card”
July 11th, 2007 at 10:22 amComment by Marcus Aurelius
Guess we have to agree to disagree on this one.
We have a majority in the House, impeachment would pass and a public impeachment trial would be required.
Cheney’s impeachment has 11 co-sponsors now. At this point, the Republicans are trying to think of any way possible to get rid of cheney right now. I think he would be convicted and ousted.
Bush’s support is also waining. The Republicans are starting to realize they may not be electable at all in the near future by continuing their support of this criminal administration.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:23 amComment by SGT Higgins — July 11, 2007 @ 10:01 am
Sure. I kept mine.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:24 amMILF? Maybe they could have found a better acronym for their rebel organization.
They have an AWESOME Christmas calendar.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:27 amMILF? Maybe they could have found a better acronym for their rebel organization.
Comment by squegeebooo
The ladies of MILF are a tough crowd. :D
July 11th, 2007 at 10:27 amThese people are planning another attack to ensure they do not lose in 08. Evereyone has heard about backing an animal in to a corner. Chrtoff says this and Ricky (man on dog) Santorum said the samething yesterday add in the coments by Laura and they are setting the stage… These people are traitors and criminals all of them Bush/Cheney/Rove/Gonzales etc they need to be dealt with now not after breakfast! We need to something soon before it is too late.
If we do not do something this will not end with this administration and it can still get alot worse… imagine a Guliani/Thompson or Allen ticket with say Santorum as Sec State and Kristol or Lieberman as Sec Def that is not in the realm of fantasy it is very possible……
July 11th, 2007 at 10:27 amnullsad
These people are planning another attack to ensure they do not lose in 08. Evereyone has heard about backing an animal in to a corner.
MILF?
July 11th, 2007 at 10:31 amThe ladies of MILF are a tough crowd. :D
Comment by Zooey
MUST BE!
after marines attacked a MILF stronghold.†—- Marines? it took Marines to attack MILF’s? Maybe they just went about it the wrong way…..shoulda sent in a bunch of pool-boys!
July 11th, 2007 at 10:31 amAlright now, I really don’t want to play referee here — DRxJ
Hey ref, can I get out of the penalty box now?
July 11th, 2007 at 10:32 amI won’t do it again….. today….. umm, or on this thread rather….
=D
…..shoulda sent in a bunch of pool-boys!
Comment by SGT Higgins — July 11, 2007 @ 10:31 am
…cue the cheesy jazz music!!
July 11th, 2007 at 10:32 amComment by Wayne — July 11, 2007 @ 10:23 am
If enough Thuglicans get on board, then I’m down with it. Until then, the Neocons have a very good situation for a divide-and-conquer strategy. This is what Karl wants, and if we freak out and start shooting members of our own coalition, he’ll get it.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:33 amMILF? Maybe they could have found a better acronym for their rebel organization.
Comment by squegeebooo — July 11, 2007 @ 10:22 am
*dreaming* If all the wars were fought by bikini-clad amazons fighting in a mud ring…
July 11th, 2007 at 10:33 amWith the amount of $hit this administration gets away with, and if I were a criminal…HELL YEAH I’d want them to represent me. It’d be a guarantee “Get Out Of Jail Free Card†-Comment by DRxJ
Touch’e, my friend. Your logic is unarguable.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:34 amafter marines attacked a MILF stronghold.†—- Marines? it took Marines to attack MILF’s? Maybe they just went about it the wrong way…..shoulda sent in a bunch of pool-boys!
Comment by SGT Higgins
Now that was hilarious
July 11th, 2007 at 10:35 amYegads, i’m still LMAO
#41 ~ Mr Pee….
July 11th, 2007 at 10:36 amThere was a car show in town this past weekend. It was surprising to see how small lthe older Japanese and European cars and trucks were. Now, why don’t they just force Detroit to make smaller cars. They should impose quotas. That would force the price of an SUV up and send the price of small cars, electric & hybrid, down.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:36 amDamn, Squeegy. You’ve got the magic touch. :D
July 11th, 2007 at 10:37 amI still want to know what’s in the Reagan Archives that Cheney doesn’t want you to see.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:38 amPelosi can’t be the one to “lead the charge” for impeachment for one simple reason: as Speaker of the House, she’s third-in-line to the Presidency under the Presidential Succession Act. So any move by her to impeach would be seen as a “power grab” and become the right’s newest talking point.
If you want impeachment, it’s got to come from outside the House leadership.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:38 am…..shoulda sent in a bunch of pool-boys!
Comment by SGT Higgins
Too effeminate. :P
July 11th, 2007 at 10:40 amIf you want impeachment, it’s got to come from outside the House leadership.
Comment by Trekkie
It already is there. Cheney’s impeachment papers are drawn and has 11 co-sponsors, that has to be be a record number of co-sponsors for any bill.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:42 amPelosi needs to QUIT BLOCKING IT!!
I think we should impeach the President.
Just a ‘gut feeling’.
Which is good enough to justify national security measures…
July 11th, 2007 at 10:48 amThe so-called cap-and-trade system would create a market for trading greenhouse gas permits.
Just like Ethanol production the cap and trade system for green house gases is just a half ass step that placates industry.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:48 amToo effeminate. :P
Comment by Zooey
Hey! I used to BE a pool-boy when I was in HS….wait….I had long hair then too….ok, good point…I think…..(questioning my sexuality……Ok, I’m good)
July 11th, 2007 at 10:48 amI was wondering what happened to the special prosecutor who was on the political vendetta, and was told that Kenneth Starr is now one of the ‘higher-ups’ at Blackwater. How interesting is that, if true? He spends years and millions of dollars trying to get something, anything on Clinton, and now he’s profiting from this immoral war? Interesting, but I haven’t found any evidence. Anyone know anything about that?
July 11th, 2007 at 10:49 amHey! I used to BE a pool-boy when I was in HS….wait….I had long hair then too….ok, good point…I think…..(questioning my sexuality……Ok, I’m good)
Comment by SGT Higgins
Ah, so you speak from experience with the terrifying MILF gang.
(Glad your wife is ok)
July 11th, 2007 at 10:50 amIt appears to me that Specter’s questions have been fed to the witness beforehand, due to her readiness to answer the questions and her familiarity with details related to the questions. In other words, her attorney has already told her she can answer the questions posed by Specter.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:50 amI really do wonder what she had to say to him when he “confessedâ€.
Comment by Katie
But, but, but … at least he didn’t spend that much money for a haircut.
July 11th, 2007 at 10:52 amAh, so you speak from experience with the terrifying MILF gang. —- I do. It was rough at times, but I managed to ‘Soldier on’. (And the scenery was better than that stint I did as a telemarketer…..you hate me now, don’t you?)
(Glad your wife is ok) —Thank you. =)
Comment by Zooey
July 11th, 2007 at 10:55 amThis morning’s New York Times contains an article on the proposal to protect 10 species of penguins under the Endangered Species Act. One of the reasons (factors) used to justify the potential listing is climate change.
The story goes on to say that Acting on a petition by the Center for Biological Diversity, an environmental group based in Arizona, the service said it had enough evidence to begin a full-scale review of the 10 groups of penguins. The review is to determine things like the rates of decline and their possible causes.
The irony of this move is that if the Fish and Wildlife Service listed one species of penguin or 10 or all of them it wouldn’t make a damned bit of difference to the conservation or preservation of the species because none of them live within the jurisdiction of the US government and therefore are not subject to the provisions of the Endangered Species Act. The one possible hook is that if listed, the species would be on the CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) list. Unfortunately there isn’t much “trade” in penguins so what’s the point of the listing?
The answer is simple – politics.
There is an election coming in November 2008 and the party in charge of the White House these days is a little less than stalwart on issues related to the protection of the environment. Who will ever forget “president” Chimpy McFlightsuit’s rejection and evisceration of the Kyoto Protocol that exists solely to bring down the concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere and thereby slow down global warming.
The Bush Administration can now list 10 species of penguins and say they are doing it to protect the birds from the ravages of global warming but the reality is nothing will change. Millions of people who went to a recent Disney movie about penguins will think that something is being done to protect the birds. The environmentally challenged Bush administration will think that they have pulled the wool over the eyes of those who care about the environment because they will think the birds are “protected.” They aren’t protected now by any Federal laws in the United States and listing them under the ESA won’t change things one iota.
But it will make for great politics won’t it? And nothing will change.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:01 amGonzales told Congress: “There has not been one verified case of civil liberties abuse†after 2001.
1) There has not been “one” … it’s well into the thousands by now!
2) There has not been one “verified” … sure, I’ve seen tons of reports, I just haven’t verified any of them.
3. “Case” I specifically said “case.” I have reports, and they’ve been verified, but I know for a fact that we haven’t open a case on any one of them yet.
4) “Civil liberties?” What are those?
5) Abuse – is akin to the pain one feels due to organ failure or death. No civil liberties have suffered any abuse.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:02 amThis morning’s New York Times contains an article on the proposal to protect 10 species of penguins under the Endangered Species Act. One of the reasons (factors) used to justify the potential listing is climate change.
Can the US list species as endangered if they aren’t on our soil? Or is that something some NGO or UN type thingy should be doing?
July 11th, 2007 at 11:02 amOn those baseball bats going extinct: Don’t worry, there will always be a country like China or Brazil that will provide timber at the right price.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:03 amOn a different note,
it seems the party of family values is quick to forgive any man who confesses to the “sin” of employing the service of prostitutes.
So how about legalizing prostitution already?
July 11th, 2007 at 11:05 amCan the US list species as endangered if they aren’t on our soil? Or is that something some NGO or UN type thingy should be doing?
Comment by squegeebooo — July 11, 2007 @ 11:02 am
Think zoos.
Think about people that like to travel abroad and kill animals so they can have them stuffed and displayed in their “trophy” room.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:07 amAh, so you speak from experience with the terrifying MILF gang. —- I do. It was rough at times, but I managed to ‘Soldier on’. (And the scenery was better than that stint I did as a telemarketer…..you hate me now, don’t you?)
Comment by SGT Higgins
I’m certain I’ve hung up on you….
Sorry, but I’m not sorry. Y’all are pesty. :)
July 11th, 2007 at 11:08 amit took Marines to attack MILF’s? Maybe they just went about it the wrong way…..shoulda sent in a bunch of pool-boys!
Comment by SGT Higgins
I like the way you think, but how about enlisting tennis pros and golf instructors too? And lifeguards, definitely lifeguards.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:09 amBriseadh na Faire
Think zoos.
So if we have an animal in a zoo, we can classify it as endangered? Or climate change is presenting a problem to our Zoos? Can’t they just turn up the AC?
July 11th, 2007 at 11:10 amIT’S THE CONDOMS, STUPID~!
Leave the titillation behind for a moment. Has this Good Catholic Hypocrite and Social Conservative Senator David “John” Vitter voted one way and f**k’d another?
Has he not supported “abstinence only” funding, blocked sex education and banned discussion of family planning and the use of venereal disease & HIV prevention by using condoms?
I haven’t seen any Vitter bastards step forward yet and he seemingly was a good long term customer at professional comfort stations, one of which boasted sexually enlightened college grad staff . One would expect the ladies and he would follow good sanitary and seed thwarting behavior, probably not coitus interruptus. How else to protect the Little Bobbit at home from too much carnal knowledge?
But Fourth Estate, please let the good Senator answer these questions:
Did you fornicate for recreation or procreation only?
Did you use condoms?
Do you use condoms now at home? If not, why not?
Have you and your wife been tested for HIV or other venereally transmitted diseases? (Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis C, Herpes?
Given your opposition to gay love, which orifices did you frequent?
Do you plan to remain a hypocrite?
July 11th, 2007 at 11:10 amPoverty In The US Is Disgraceful!
Wednesday 11th of July 2007
by Jay Randal
Whenever I go on road trips, to any location, I observe where the wealthy people reside and notice where poor people are forced to live, so seeing poverty disgusts me.
Some Americans must be blind to the poverty, because wherever you drive in America you will pass an area of poverty somewhere along the drive, so disgraceful.
You can be driving beautiful mountain road, then see poverty like in North Carolina, or be in a lovely part of a city, then make wrong turn into complete squalor.
Every big city in America has backstreets of poverty, such as Atlanta and Los Angeles, even in Washington our capital the outskirts are poverty stricken ghettos.
There is no justifiable reasons for poverty to still exist in America, so US Congress is derelict in eliminating the scourge of poverty, and must stop helping the elite.
Wasting tons of money on the Iraq Fiasco War is an outrage, since winning the “War On Poverty” is more important, than funding a bogus occupation for OIL.
(Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Georgia, USA.)
July 11th, 2007 at 11:10 amY’all are pesty. :)
Comment by Zooey
True enough! But honestly, for a kid in HS, I WAS making really good money. More than made up for the occasional ‘telling-off’ I got.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:11 amhow about enlisting tennis pros and golf instructors too? And lifeguards, definitely lifeguards.
Comment by shane
Shane,
those MILF’s won’t know what hit them!
July 11th, 2007 at 11:13 amInterestingly enough, Sara Taylor isn’t turning her mic off when she talks to her attorney. With proper audio enhancement, you could tell what she was saying. If this is audible, is it admissible?
July 11th, 2007 at 11:15 amthose MILF’s won’t know what hit them!
Comment by SGT Higgins
Oh those sneak attacks, at least they justify the price of those breast implants and face lifts.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:16 am#100. The Endangered species Act is US legislation. There are Solicitors Opinions and other forms of documentation that make it abundantly clear that although a species may be listed in the US, when it is outside the boundaires/jurisdiction of the US, the protections of the ESA do not cover the species. The only ESA related “hook” is the CITES list but that regulates only trade in species, it does nothing for habitat conservation which is at the crux of most of the issues affecting endangered species.
This is nothing but a feel-good move. If the Fish and Wildlife Service lists these birds it will still result in there being no “teeth” for their protection. Its political gamesmanship, a graduate level course, we’re dealing with here.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:19 amFormer White House aide Sara M. Taylor will refuse to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee today “about matters President Bush has deemed shielded by executive privilege, but she will offer to respond to other questions from senators that do not breach White House confidentiality.â€
I knew it!
July 11th, 2007 at 11:27 amCHERTOFF:
“If you get to complacency then I guarantee you we will lose the race with the terrorists,” he said.
=———— He also referred to the war on terror as a ‘competition’. Seems kinda ‘off his rocker’ to me. Then later he says:
There will be security repercussions from Congress’ failure to pass immigration reform. Chertoff hoped granting a path to citizenship to illegal immigrants would cut away “the tall grass” hiding criminal elements among the undocumented workers.
But now, Chertoff said, his agency must uphold current laws and that means a further crackdown on workplaces.
“We are going to do more law enforcement actions,” he said.
Conceding the raids are “going to be ugly” and tear parents from their children who wonder why they have not returned from work, Chertoff warned: “the consequences are going to be tough from an economic and humanitarian standpoint.”
Here’s your Homeland Security guy…..securing the homeland will be tough from a humanitarian standpoint?
July 11th, 2007 at 11:28 am“I believe we are entering a period this summer of increased risk,†Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff told the Chicago Tribune’s editorial board yesterday. He indicated that his “remarks were based on ‘a gut feeling’ formed by past seasonal patterns of terrorist attacks, recent Al Qaeda statements and intelligence he did not disclose.â€
Why does this guy scare me like that?
July 11th, 2007 at 11:35 amFT #116 ~ perhaps because he’s a freak!
July 11th, 2007 at 11:36 amI haven’t had a chance to read the thread yet, so if I am repeating something, I appologize.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:53 amRegaarding Vitter’s wife and her statement she made about te Clintons; doesn’t it seem to you that she is makeing a public statement that is actually a warning to her husband? It is like she knew what he was doing and finally got a chance to say what she really wanted to say about it.
Heh
F-ing hypocrites.
Happy to see Chertoff doing his small part (for the WH) of whipping up fear for those easily manipulated conservatives who might be thinking that getting out of Iraq is finally a good idea. Not so quick, people! Not so quick!
Fear mongering mother f***er. Your tactics are so darn sophisticated.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:59 am“Here’s your Homeland Security guy…..securing the homeland will be tough from a humanitarian standpoint?”
Comment by SGT Higgins
Well the name, “Homeland Security” always had a whiff of the dictatorial; is it really such a stretch to envision Nazi-style forced relocations? The only real difference between the two, is one made Jews the great evil, the other, Mexicans. The rhetoric used is much the same.
July 11th, 2007 at 11:59 amChertoff’s the little boy who cried wolf. If or when we really need to listen to warnings we will all ignore them. Either he has information or he doesn’t, how does his telling us about a “gut feeling” help Homeland Security?
Or does his gut feeling tell him that Cheney’s going to order a terror attack.
July 11th, 2007 at 12:03 pmThe rhetoric used is much the same.
Comment by barfly
HOMEland—FATHERland….I should’ve seen the similarities sooner.
July 11th, 2007 at 12:07 pmDana Carvey does a Live Earth impression of Al Gore.
http://tinyurl.com/38ll85
LOL
July 11th, 2007 at 12:15 pmFormer White House aide Sara M. Taylor will refuse to testify to the Senate Judiciary Committee today “about matters President Bush has deemed shielded by executive privilege, but she will offer to respond to other questions from senators that do not breach White House confidentiality.â€
And thse other questions will be answered “I don’t recall.”
July 11th, 2007 at 12:20 pmFire the Grid, a worldwide meditation, was inspired by an amazing sequence of events.
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The date is July 17, 2007 at 11:11GMT (04:11 Pacific)
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July 11th, 2007 at 1:12 pmWow.
No wonder Leftists’ votes don’t count!
July 11th, 2007 at 1:45 pmBush should not be able to tell former White House officials that they can’t testify before Congress. They no longer work for him. Congress has a job to do here. They have to provide oversight over the Executive branch. Bush can’t claim executive privilege over every issue. Taylor has put herself in a very difficult situation she can’t answer some questions and refuse to answer others. If she does that then she will sooner or later contradict herself and commit perjury before Congress – a very serious crime. Miers too should testify.
Chertoff can’t scare the American people based on how he feels. He must base it on credible intelligence that is specific to the threat. If he has seen intelligence to back up his claims he must reveal it (without giving out classified information).
Vitter has lost all credibility. His hypocrisy will be remembered by the voters of Louisiana and he will be voted out. The democrats have a very good chance of picking up his seat in 2010. While the statute of limitations has expired he clearly broke the law. He is accountable to the people of his state. He doesn’t deserve to serve in the US Senate. Congress should investigate if Vitter broke any other laws in connection with his crimes. He should resign his seat from the Senate like Livingston.
If Gonzales lied in front on Congress he committed the worst kind of perjury. Congress should call for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate his perjury. As the AG of the nation he must enforce the law and he can’t do that without the confidence of the American people if he broke it which in this case it looks like he did.
July 11th, 2007 at 6:57 pm20% by 2030? 20%?!?! Why must we aim so freaking low?
July 11th, 2007 at 7:15 pm