ThinkFast: August 31, 2007
ThinkFast: August 31, 2007
Today is Karl Rove’s last day on the job at the White House.
Bush will visit Pentagon commanders today who are reportedly divided over what to do about Iraq. He “is expected to hear deep concerns about the long-term impact on U.S. forces of maintaining a heavy troop presence in Iraq in 2008 and beyond.”
One of the most pressing issues for Alberto Gonzales’ replacement, according to dozens of current and former federal prosecutors, “is a budget squeeze at U.S. attorneys’ offices that has led to declines in crime prosecutions and delays in major investigations.”
New e-mails released by Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) confirm that the Bush administration “viewed former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona as a public relations tool, pushing him to make political appearances and promote the Bush administration’s agenda while he was in office.”
An American-owned company operating from Kuwait, Lee Dynamics International, “paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to American contracting officers in efforts to win more than $11 million in contracts.”
The NAACP has “filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging a purge of Louisiana voters believed to have registered in other states following Hurricane Katrina.” The organization has charged that the purge began without the pre-authorization of the Justice Department, which is required for the state under the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
An independent commission has found that “the rampant sectarianism that has existed since the formation of the [Iraqi] police force requires that its current units ‘be scrapped’ and reshaped into a smaller, more elite organization.” One official said the recommendation is that “we should start over.”
And finally: Rep. David Dreier (R-CA) said “he meant no offense when he hoisted himself onto the lectern of Colombia’s lower house to address his Andean colleagues, some of whom were offended or simply amused by the faux pas.” “I meant absolutely no offense,” said Dreier. “I simply wanted to demonstrate my warm feeling and affection.”
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Bye Bye Turdblossom!
Have you picked out your orange jumpsuit, yet?
August 31st, 2007 at 9:04 am“Visiting Pentagon commanders” who disagree = threats to fire every one of them unless they shut their hole.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:05 amBTW, Dreier is a republican….
And finally: Rep. David Dreier (D-CA) said “he meant no offense when he hoisted himself onto the lectern of Colombia’s lower house to address his Andean colleagues, some of whom were offended or simply amused by the faux pas.†“I meant absolutely no offense,†said Dreier. “I simply wanted to demonstrate my warm feeling and affection.â€
August 31st, 2007 at 9:08 am“He “is expected to hear deep concerns about the long-term impact on U.S. forces of maintaining a heavy troop presence in Iraq in 2008 and beyond.â€
Those concerns he will promptly ignore and tell the nation that things are just peachy in Iraq.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:13 am#3 – I noticed that he was mis-identified as well. It was corrected by TP quite quickly
August 31st, 2007 at 9:14 amAn independent commission has found that “the rampant sectarianism that has existed since the formation of the [Iraqi] police force requires that its current units ‘be scrapped’ and reshaped into a smaller, more elite organization.†One official said the recommendation is that “we should start over.â€
Let me guess, our guys will have to stay in Iraq to ‘train’ this whole new police force. Another year or six months and we’ll ‘assess’ how this new force is doing…repeat process until Bush leaves office.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:16 amHAPPY TRAILS, KARL!!! Have a great Labor Day too.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:16 amThe NAACP has “filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging a purge of Louisiana voters believed to have registered in other states following Hurricane Katrina.†The organization has charged that the purge began without the pre-authorization of the Justice Department, which is required for the state under the 1965 Voting Rights Act.
And here we go again. Looks like the Repukes are gearing up the caging machine for another election.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:18 am“An American-owned company operating from Kuwait, Lee Dynamics International, “paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to American contracting officers in efforts to win more than $11 million in contracts.â€
And what are they going to do about it? My bet is on they let them keep the money and they don’t prosecute the contracting officers. This is business as usual for the Bush administration.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:19 amWell, with any luck, KKKarl will get hit by the bus the GOP has thrown Craig under, and we’ll be rid of the both of them. It’ll be a shame that KKKarl doesn’t get to spend his life in prison, but think of the taxpayer savings!
August 31st, 2007 at 9:19 amU.S. lawmakers’ plane fired upon while leaving Iraq
Such a S.N.A.F.U. only sounds like progress to the Wingnuts.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:20 amSuch a S.N.A.F.U. only sounds like progress to the Wingnuts.
Comment by RepublicansAreFascists — August 31, 2007 @ 9:20 am
With the idiot Inhoffe on board, it would only have been progress if they got him.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:22 amOn this day in 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed an act prohibiting the export of U.S. arms to belligerents.
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=15253
This needs to be done again. For every country and every area of the world. If only there was a president with the balls to do so….
August 31st, 2007 at 9:23 amWas Pelosi on the plane, RAF?
August 31st, 2007 at 9:23 amNotice how the troll who tries to hijack threads by complaining that TP is ignoring the pretend campaign contribution scandal that hillary has isn’t posting here, where it’s appropiate? I guess it’s more interested in not discussing whatever the other threads are disucssing than it is interested in discussing the faux scandal.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:23 am“One official said the recommendation is that “we should start over.â€
Sure we should start over training Iraqi police forces, that way we can stay in Iraq another 50 years. It has taken us over 5 years to train the few Iraqi police that they have right now, we should be able to train enough to ensure the safety of Iraq in, say, 50 years. In the meantime we will have sucked Iraq dry of their oil reserves so we will be ready to leave anyway.
What did Iraq do about police before we came there? Did they operate without a police force? Are they incapable of forming and training their own police?
End this occupation NOW and turn Iraq back to the people who own the country. We certainly don’t own it and we have no right to any of their natural assets.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:24 amOur future President, Fred Thompson, will officially join the race Sept. 5th (according to my sources ; )
August 31st, 2007 at 9:25 am…
August 31st, 2007 at 9:26 am. . .
August 31st, 2007 at 9:26 am#3 – I noticed that he was mis-identified as well. It was corrected by TP quite quickly
Comment by Democrat Soldier — August 31, 2007 @ 9:14 am
Did TP hire the Faux NoNooz graphics staff lately? That is a normal occurrence at BushCo Network.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:28 amdots
August 31st, 2007 at 9:29 amOur future President, Fred Thompson, will officially join the race Sept. 5th (according to my sources ; )
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:25 am
He will leave the race Sept. 12, in tears, as he becomes the laughingstock of the USA. The GOP Lieup: a crossdressing showboater, a sissy-boy cuoltist with 5 sissy-boy sons, none of whom care a fig for the USA, an old, lazy, not-too-swift B actor, and a bunch of trolls nobody knows or cares about. Bring it on, Fred, we’ll have the oxygen tent up for you!
August 31st, 2007 at 9:29 amall
August 31st, 2007 at 9:29 amMorning, everybody. I’m at my full-time “job” here in Michigan ready for a challenging day. I’ll be right here faced with the underpaid task of using the and commands excessively.
Sorry, but I was the best the company could find. They’ll eventually cut my position and create one that requires less work — “technicians,” “strategic management,” “consulting,” “security,” or some menial below-me labor.
^_^
August 31st, 2007 at 9:29 am#17 – “Our future President, Fred Thompson, will officially join the race Sept. 5th (according to my sources ; )” Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:25 am
And people say you don’t have a sense of humor! With jokes like this, how can they be so blind?
Keep up with this kind of Humor, Jake D! It will keep you laughing when the next Democrat President is ushered into the White House on Jan 20th, 2008!
August 31st, 2007 at 9:29 amI
August 31st, 2007 at 9:30 ami found this story just now…
Stocks in the U.S. were set to rally Friday as traders cheered word that President Bush would offer federal help to bail out mortgage borrowers.
you know what that means, don’t you…
LIP SERVICE only… he SAYS he will, but he never follows through…
http://www.thestreet.com/s/stocks-set-to-pop/markets/marketstory/10377327.htmlpuc=googlefi
that’s all i’ve heard about it…
August 31st, 2007 at 9:30 amwould be good news if true… i think…
some guy in this story doesn’t think it will help… he should know more…
…
can
August 31st, 2007 at 9:30 amAugust 31st, 2007 at 9:30 am
Our future President, Fred Thompson, will officially join the race Sept. 5th (according to my sources ; )
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:25 am
Where do you live, in the state of Delusion? He has a work ethic even lower than Dubya’s.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:30 ampost?
August 31st, 2007 at 9:30 amready….. FIRE…. aim…..
August 31st, 2007 at 9:31 amGood one, TripMaster Mocha : )
August 31st, 2007 at 9:31 amWe send our politicians OVER THERE, so the Iraqis don’t have to attack them OVER HERE.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:32 amNotice how quickly the “free market” disappears when the repigs are in political trouble? Hypocrites.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:33 amOur future President, Fred Thompson, will officially join the race Sept. 5th (according to my sources ; )
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:25 am
Your sources? You mean yesterday’s morning paper?
Wow, you really are connected.
And delusional, if you think this hack actor/lobbyist is presidential material. Still, he is very tall and I hear he smells good. For Republican voters, that’s all that matters.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:33 amupside00:
I live in the state of California. As for Bush’s “work ethic” he’s visiting John Howard in Australia while the Defeatocrats are on vacation, right?
August 31st, 2007 at 9:33 amGood one, TripMaster Mocha : )
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:31 am
For a second-grader, sure.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:34 amStocks in the U.S. were set to rally Friday as traders cheered word that President Bush would offer federal help to bail out mortgage borrowers.
Ah..the suits cheering on welfare….yah.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:36 amI live in the state of California. As for Bush’s “work ethic†he’s visiting John Howard in Australia while the Defeatocrats are on vacation, right?
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:33 am
yes, because he’s afraid of Cindy Sheehan, and won’t go to his pig farm in Crawford. He’s a pansy coward. Like you.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:36 amComment by TripMaster Mocha — August 31, 2007 @ 9:29 am
Every time you post using a derivative of my name, you validate me.
Do continue…
(Oh, and BTW, it’s especially amusing how you claim I work for TP, seeing as how I only managed to get un-banned yesterday. Keep up the bad work, dolt. ^_^)
August 31st, 2007 at 9:36 amCaption:
August 31st, 2007 at 9:37 am“American Eagle (made in China)”
I live in the state of California. As for Bush’s “work ethic†he’s visiting John Howard in Australia while the Defeatocrats are on vacation, right?
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:33 am
Last I checked there were a few Repugs in Congress as well, but maybe they are all hard at work in DC. At least we know one of your own, Sen. Craig is doing some fast dancing while on vacation, right?
And when you take over 400 days off in 6 years, that is not exactly a “taxing schedule”.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:37 amFred Thompson was going to announce his candidacy last week, but he was too tired. He doesn’t want to spend more than 4-5 hours per week working on this thing. Those “Hollywood types” shouldn’t be in political office anyway, right Ronnie and Arnold??
August 31st, 2007 at 9:38 amFor the record, I was golfing yesterday, so I didn’t know Thompson’s news was already reported — TP “missed” it, though, so that’s why I was posting it here (”What did we miss? Let us know in the comments section.”).
August 31st, 2007 at 9:38 amJake D. sez:
Yes, I’m sure that in your tiny little world, “TripMaster Mocha” ’s antics qualify as positive genius, Shakey.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:39 amThe NAACP has “filed a civil rights lawsuit challenging a purge of Louisiana voters believed to have registered in other states following Hurricane Katrina.â€
People shouldn’t be able to be registered in 2 places in the first place. If Louisiana still has representation and they are choosing to rebuild etc, they should be registered there. If they have decided to move elsewhere they should register in the their new place of residence.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:39 amSmell ya later Turdblossom.
-GSD
August 31st, 2007 at 9:40 amComment by Snidely Whiplash — August 31, 2007 @ 9:38 am
Ol’Freddy Flintstone is so tired from all that Vi@gra he has to take to keep up with his latest trophy wife. And he works as hard as Dubya ……. 12 hour …………….months.
Go get’em Fred, maybe there will be another TV movie gig in it for you.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:41 amSnidely Whiplash:
We could only DREAM of another Reagan-like Presidency to bring a better tomorrow for our nation, to successfully defeat evil around the globe, and make us proud to be Americans again. I’m afraid he was a once-in-a-lifetime President . . .
August 31st, 2007 at 9:41 am“… a budget squeeze at U.S. attorneys’ offices that has led to declines in crime prosecutions and delays in major investigations.â€
Many years ago a Dr. Parkinson developed a “law” that portrayed the fact that in any bureaucracy work expands to fill the time available for its completion. The unfortunate corollary to his law is that when the time (read money) contracts the excess work (read administrators) does not contract accordingly hence the real work goes undone. It is the nature of politicians and bureaucrats to cry wolf when their wallets are threatened rather than tighten their administrative belts and do the job they were elected or hired to do.
I suggest we enact “Clyde’s Law” that proclaims that a reduction in force in any bureaucracy due to a reduction in funding be TOP DOWN. Meaning that the first to go is the top dog and the next in line is promoted (without a raise in pay) and fired in turn until the work force equals the money available for the salaries.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:41 amPeople shouldn’t be able to be registered in 2 places in the first place. If Louisiana still has representation and they are choosing to rebuild etc, they should be registered there. If they have decided to move elsewhere they should register in the their new place of residence.
Comment by Tundra — August 31, 2007 @ 9:39 am
Which is what they are doing, moron. Talk to Ann Coulter about it, she likes to vote wherever she spent the night with some skank.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:41 amThe GOP Lieup: a crossdressing showboater, a sissy-boy cuoltist with 5 sissy-boy sons, none of whom care a fig for the USA, an old, lazy, not-too-swift B actor, and a bunch of trolls nobody knows or cares about. Bring it on, Fred, we’ll have the oxygen tent up for you!
Comment by ronjazz
The Dem lineup: A criminal lesbian, a hollow token african-american, a money-sucking tort lawyer, a moonbat — and those are just the leading candidates
August 31st, 2007 at 9:42 amupside00:
If you think ANY modern-day President takes a “day off” (AWAY from work), you are the delusional one. For the record, I am registered Independent.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:43 amFor the record, I was golfing yesterday, so I didn’t know Thompson’s news was already reported — TP “missed†it, though, so that’s why I was posting it here (â€What did we miss? Let us know in the comments section.â€).
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:38 am
You played so much golf you couldn’t read the newspaper? Wow.
TP “missed it” because it’s not news, Jake. He’s finally stopped dithering because he’s being sued for campaigning without declaring.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:46 amWhich is what they are doing, moron.
Gee Ron, I don’t get your point. Do you support people registering and voting in 2 places or one?
An Ann means nothing to me so she is as guilty as the people in New Orleans who are registered in two places.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:46 amComment by Jake D.
Don’t sweat it. If that Monkey was anything intelligent, he would be able to do something more than be paid to be an ineffective blogger. Monkey probably repeats himself on other loony left/rationally right blogs, too.
The economic forecast is that paid blogging jobs won’t exist come 2015. I don’t understand how anyone figured they should be paid to begin with.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:46 amFor the record, “Smell ya later Turdblossom” is an example of the 2nd grade antic that qualifies as “positive genius” around here too ; )
August 31st, 2007 at 9:46 amupside00:
If you think ANY modern-day President takes a “day off†(AWAY from work), you are the delusional one. For the record, I am registered Independent.
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:43 am
Without getting to in-depth, let’s just say that Dubya’s rapid 3 day response to Katrina was all we needed to know.
As to ronnie raygunsz, he had to be propped up during most of his meetings his last few years in office. Wouldn’t want to use either of those two as my poster children for hard work and astute governance.
And for the record, I am also a registered Independent.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:46 amWe could only DREAM of another Reagan-like Presidency to bring a better tomorrow for our nation, to successfully defeat evil around the globe, and make us proud to be Americans again. I’m afraid he was a once-in-a-lifetime President . . .
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:41 am
That’s a nightmare that won’t happen, jake. Thompson is even less of an intellect than Alzheimer Ronnie, and rivals Bush for sheer laziness. You admit that we have lost pride in America, through Bush’s failures, which were built on Reagan’s crimes and ineptitude and Nixon’s treason. A complete dismantling and burial of the GOP will be the first step in a long road back to becoming the America we once were: winners, not losers; people, not pigs; defenders of freedom, not mass-murdering oil thieves.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:46 amToday is Karl Rove’s last day on the job.
Ice cream for everyone!
August 31st, 2007 at 9:46 amWe could only DREAM of another Reagan-like Presidency to bring a better tomorrow for our nation, to successfully defeat evil around the globe, and make us proud to be Americans again. I’m afraid he was a once-in-a-lifetime President . . .
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:41 am
Thank god for that. The Republic can only take so much idiocy.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:47 amReagan’s legacy : ignoring AIDS so a generation of men and women could die.
I hated RR
August 31st, 2007 at 9:48 amGee Ron, I don’t get your point. Do you support people registering and voting in 2 places or one?
An Ann means nothing to me so she is as guilty as the people in New Orleans who are registered in two places.
Comment by Tundra — August 31, 2007 @ 9:46 am
I’m sorry, Tundra, were you out of the room when Katrina drove thousands from their homes and the great Bush resettled them on reservations in other states? they reregistered in their new states, and naturally the GOP had a problem withthat, because only white, rich perverts should vote, according to them. don’t be so stupid here where everyone can see you.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:49 amReagan’s legacy : ignoring AIDS so a generation of men and women could die.
Should read
Reagan’s legacy : Adding Ketchup to school lunch menus to ensure our children get more vegetables.
:)
August 31st, 2007 at 9:50 amJake D sez:
“For the record”. the appellation of “Turdblossom” was bestowed upon Karl Rove by Chimpy himself. 2nd grade antics indeed.
At least GSD isn’t using a name that’s an obvious derivate of another poster’s name in a not-so-succeessful attempt to mock them. ^_^
August 31st, 2007 at 9:51 amComment by ronjazz — August 31, 2007 @ 9:49 am
So your stance is anyone who is driven from their home due to a natural disaster should be able to vote in a couple places? Someone with Mold in their house who has to stay a night in a hotel should be able to vote in the district the hotel is in as well as where their house is?
August 31st, 2007 at 9:52 amupside00:
Did you read any part of “The Reagan Diaries” for those last few years in office? Seemed O.K. to me, but the real verdict comes from the results — whether Ronald Reagan personally used a sledgehammer to the Berlin Wall is immaterial to me — did you hold Clinton to this same “Presidents have to personally do everything in the Executive Branch” standard? Last President who tried that was Jimmy Carter IIRC ; )
August 31st, 2007 at 9:52 am“Reagan Legacy Project” (http://reaganlegacy.blogspot.com/)
If you need a full-time staff to promote your legacy, you must not have much of a legacy.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:53 amDidn’t REAGAN illegally sell guns to IRAN? Yes, yes he did.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:53 amComment by upside00 — August 31, 2007 @ 9:46 am
Bush? On 9/11, nowhere to be found. Even the rightard shill Brian Williams wondered aloud “Where is the president?” on the evening news. the really interesting part is the fact that we’re better off when the Deserter-In-Chief isn’t meddling in things he knows nothing about, like government. let him fall off Segways all day, he certainly has proven he’s incapable of defending the country, unless it’s Saudi Arabia.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:54 am“Love your enemies” Kay. “Hate” only hurts yourself.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:54 amWow, the trolls are out early this morning. It’s too bad. I mostly enjoyed posting to this thread because all the trolls were sleeping off last night’s beer bash.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:54 amIf you think ANY modern-day President takes a “day off†(AWAY from work), you are the delusional one. For the record, I am registered Independent.
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:43 am
That’s right! All that brush in Crawford ain’t gonna clear itself!
August 31st, 2007 at 9:55 am“Didn’t REAGAN illegally sell guns to IRAN? Yes, yes he did.
Comment by Snidely Whiplash “
That’s an “inconvenient truth” to most Republicans.
August 31st, 2007 at 9:56 am“TripMaster Munkey” sez:
This is getting tiresome. If you have some sort of evidence that I’m a “paid blogger”, kindly present it. Otherwise, kindly shut it. Your vapid accusations only serve to make you look ridiculous, while trashing the signal-to-noise ratio on this board.
There’s more to your post, but let’s face it…you didn’t even merit this much of a reply. My responding to you in this instance is a case of pure charity on my part.
You’re welcome. ^_^
August 31st, 2007 at 9:56 amDidn’t REAGAN illegally sell guns to IRAN? Yes, yes he did.
Comment by Snidely Whiplash — August 31, 2007 @ 9:53 am
Don’t forget selling arms to the Afghan Mujaheddin and helping al-Qa’ida’s first training manuals…
August 31st, 2007 at 9:57 amHeck, W. even took a 7 minute break after hearing the words, “The country is under attack.”
August 31st, 2007 at 9:57 amOr, perhaps there’s so much mis-information about Reagan out there, Snidely Whiplash, that a full-time staff (and many more of us who VOLUNTEER) is necessary? For instance, Reagan did not “ignore” AIDS. He did not “illegally sell guns to Iran” either. Congress un-Constitutionally infringed on the Commander-in-Chief’s powers with the Boland Amendment though ; )
August 31st, 2007 at 9:57 am“Love your enemies†Kay. “Hate†only hurts yourself.
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:54 am
So Jake, do you love Osama Bin Laden or are you hurting yourself?
August 31st, 2007 at 9:58 amHeck, W. even took a 7 minute break after hearing the words, “The country is under attack.â€
Comment by Snidely Whiplash — August 31, 2007 @ 9:57 am
Cut the guy some slack, eh? He just needed closure! He would’ve been wondering what happened to that pet goat for YEARS!
August 31st, 2007 at 9:59 amSo your stance is anyone who is driven from their home due to a natural disaster should be able to vote in a couple places? Someone with Mold in their house who has to stay a night in a hotel should be able to vote in the district the hotel is in as well as where their house is?
Comment by Tundra — August 31, 2007 @ 9:52 am
How about some proof that this is the case? How about just applying a little thought to the situation instead of gobbling repuke propaganda as anything close to truth? this is a simple nuisance suit to prevent people from voting democratic where they live. It’s antiAmerican, as is the usual route taken by the GOP, who can’t win a free and fair election.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:00 amComment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:52 am
WOW!! Jakie, seems you have a real man-love thing going with mr. raygunz. I detested that man and his “Just say no” surgically altered face of a wife, both of who lived in a fantasy bubble of gigantic proportions.
But the funny part is, every repug candidate can’t wait to channel him back to prop up as their hero. The results of that will be fun to see come November ‘08.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:01 amComment by TripMaster Monkey — August 31, 2007 @ 9:56 am
What were you “commuting” home from yesterday if you spend all of your time here?
This really isn’t a tough one. Funny that you think so highly of yourself, even to the point of calling your posts “charity.”
Well, what can I expect? It has been said that Michigan doesn’t have any jobs.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:02 amKay
Reagan’s legacy: Selling weapons to the Iranians after running a campaign slamming Carter’s approach to the Iranian hostage crisis.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:02 amFor instance, Reagan did not “ignore†AIDS. He did not “illegally sell guns to Iran†either. Congress un-Constitutionally infringed on the Commander-in-Chief’s powers with the Boland Amendment though ; )
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:57 am
How do you fit so many lies into two sentences? is that what the Rover taught you Rovots? Catapult the propoganmda, in Bush’s own words? Youare pathetic. When are you going to enlist?
August 31st, 2007 at 10:02 am#81. So true! Bush still puts his fingers in his ears and mumbles “la-la-la-la-la” when someone mentions Nancy Drew . . . he’s still getting through “The Mystery of the Old Clock.”
August 31st, 2007 at 10:02 am^ _ ^
August 31st, 2007 at 10:03 amWell, what can I expect? It has been said that Michigan doesn’t have any jobs.
Comment by TripMaster Munkey — August 31, 2007 @ 10:02 am
where has that been said? links? or just more lies from someone without any identity of his own? You are one unoriginal, unimaginative loser.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:04 amAs I posted, upside00, Fred Thompson will be elected President in 2008. Would you care to place a little wager on it?
August 31st, 2007 at 10:06 amSo Carmona was a PR tool, there for the purpose of advancing Bush’s agenda? I think the same thing can be said for everybody connected with Bush. Promoting the Bush agenda and acting as a Bush spin machine is far more important than overseeing the health of Americans, running the Justice Department, advancing diplomacy, keeping the country secure, or any of the other things people in these positions are supposed to be doing.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:07 amHow about some proof that this is the case? How about just applying a little thought to the situation instead of gobbling repuke propaganda as anything close to truth?
Or you could try reading the article. Louisiana said Either keep voting where you are living and be removed from our system. OR Remove yourself from their system and vote here. If they don’t go and do an action (Remove themselves from their current place) then they stay in the areas they are residing (Your listed “Rich White Areas”). They are purging people who aren’t living in New Orleans from the New Orleans voting system, so that the people there have true representation.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:07 amAlthough AIDS was first reported in the medical and popular press in 1981, it was only in October 1987 that President Reagan publicly spoke about the epidemic. By the end of that year 59,572 AIDS cases had been reported and 27,909 of those women and men had died.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:08 amSnidely Whiplash:
Would you have preferred video of our President running away from schoolchildren, left in tears and frightened themselves, to go along with the WTC collapsing that day?
August 31st, 2007 at 10:08 amAs I posted, upside00, Fred Thompson will be elected President in 2008. Would you care to place a little wager on it?
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 10:06 am
Sure. Let’s bet the future of our children and grandchildren on it.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:09 amOr, perhaps there’s so much mis-information about Reagan out there, Snidely Whiplash, that a full-time staff (and many more of us who VOLUNTEER) is necessary? For instance, Reagan did not “ignore†AIDS. He did not “illegally sell guns to Iran†either. Congress un-Constitutionally infringed on the Commander-in-Chief’s powers with the Boland Amendment though ; )
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:57 am
Another authoritarian pipes up in favor of destroying the Constitution so that the Executive holds all power.
Not to mention, typical “conservative” who claims legal authority for a blatantly hypocritical and immoral act: selling weapons to a country we had defined as a terrorist state.
Nice “independence”, Jake.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:09 amTripMaster Munkey sez:
My job, you dolt. You seem to be confusing real-life presence with online presence. It is possible to post from your workplace, you know. However, it is not possible (at least in my case) to post from your car. Hence my reference to my “commute”.
I hope you finally understand this, because I honestly don’t know how to make it any clearer to you. Explaining things to you is like trying to teach electronics to a cat.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:09 amhe’s strangling our national symbol!
August 31st, 2007 at 10:10 amnot surprising.
Peggy Noonan got it right.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110010540
Both parties expect the Iraqis to reconcile after many thousands have been killed. But we cannot do so ourselves, even though we sit in comfort. The United States will never be overcome be any foreign threat, but we may yet choke on our own hypocrisy.
Grace to you Peggy
August 31st, 2007 at 10:11 amI hope you finally understand this, because I honestly don’t know how to make it any clearer to you. Explaining things to you is like trying to teach electronics to a cat.
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — August 31, 2007 @ 10:09 am
He doesn’t get it, TP M, because he has no experience actually having a job. For that, he’d have to leave mom’s basement.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:12 am#94. YES! Of course! He is Commander in Chief!! His #1 priority when told “the country is under attack” should be to instantly take action, ensure appropriate actions are being taken, scramble the Air Force if appropriate.
So, to answer your question, YES!! How could ANYONE think “not frightening 25 third graders” is more important??
August 31st, 2007 at 10:12 amhttp://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070719/BIZ/707190337/1037/ENT05
Everything is perfect in lefty land, according to ‘ronjazz.’
Michigan: highest unemployment rate in the nation.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:12 amtroqua:
Just because a President does not publicly speak about something does not mean that he and/or the rest of the government is not doing anything. You are also aware that more than 27,909 Americans die from traffic accidents each year, right?
August 31st, 2007 at 10:14 amComment by TripMaster Monkey — August 31, 2007 @ 10:09 am
You never made any of that clear at the time. It is clear, however, that you’re making things up as you go along.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:14 amnot only that, snidely, but a simple “kids, i’ve got to go do some
presidentin’ stuff… see ya… study hard” would’ve been enough…
such dolts this morning…
August 31st, 2007 at 10:15 amwhy are any of you arguing with brick walls and/or 2 yr. olds?
…
I’m afraid he was a once-in-a-lifetime President . . .
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:41 am
I hope you’re right. The thought of another senile simpleton as commander in chief is frightening! Actually, that’s kinda what we have now!
August 31st, 2007 at 10:17 am#105. Exactly. God forbid the President excuses himself early from reading a children’s book to a school class.
“Sorry, kids. I’ve gotta go. I’ll come back to finish the story another time.”
Too bad W. is too weak a leader to think of that.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:17 amComment by TripMaster Monkey — August 31, 2007 @ 10:09 am
It attempts to claim that it spends all those hours posting from its car.
Odd.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:17 amUnnecessarily frightening ALL the third graders in America (and the rest of us) was my point, Snidely Whiplash.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:18 am#37 – “As for Bush’s “work ethic†he’s visiting John Howard in Australia while the Defeatocrats are on vacation, right?” Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 9:33 am
Well, as the President that has the most number of vacation days of any other President in history, his “work ethic” is pretty lousy, if you ask me.
Then again, I’m not drinking the right-whiners kool-aide, so my perspective isn’t clouded by delusions of adequacy that Pres. Bush has.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:19 amAs I posted, upside00, Fred Thompson will be elected President in 2008. Would you care to place a little wager on it?
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 10:06 am
President of what …. the Screen Actors Guild (SAG)? Even that might be a stretch, as he isn’t even an actor.
But name your wager, and when he drops out before Christmas, that won’t let you off the hook.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:19 amThis is simply classic.
Jake D. believes that the President not leaving schoolchildren “frightened and in tears” is MORE IMPORTANT than reacting to hearing “the country is under attack.”
… no need to ever respond to Jake D. again on this forum, as far as I’m concerned. The guy has ZERO credibility.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:19 amJust because a President does not publicly speak about something does not mean that he and/or the rest of the government is not doing anything. You are also aware that more than 27,909 Americans die from traffic accidents each year, right?
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007
Fine, tell us what was being done by the Reagan administration to address that health epidemic during those years.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:20 amgod, the idiocy has no bounds.
Most of the nation’s third graders were watching it on TV while it happened! The third graders in NYC were living it! And Jake says the President of the United States couldn’t politely excuse himself from a class of 20 children because it would scare them? hahahahahaha!!
August 31st, 2007 at 10:23 am“TripMaster Munkey” sez:
Yes, I did. It was clear to anyone capable of walking without assistance from their knuckles.
Tell me, if I was “punching out” of my “paid blogger” job for the day, why did I say that I would be back later that evening? Maybe because I would be, when I finished my commute from my job to my home?
I’d say you were being deliberately obtuse, but you’re not good enough for this to be deliberate. Must have been all those paint chips you ate as a child.
BTW, thanks for the flattery. Remember. every time you post as “TripMaster Munkey” or some other equally infantile derivative of my name, you validate me. Imitation is the highest form of flattery, after all…even imitation as fumbling and amateurish as yours. ^_^
August 31st, 2007 at 10:23 amFine, tell us what was being done by the Reagan administration to address that health epidemic during those years.
Comment by troqua — August 31, 2007 @ 10:20 am
That’s easy, they pushed Nancy out in front of the Nation to “Just say No to Drugs” and called it a day while raking in billions in profits from the “legal” drugs, of which, she was a major customer. See how well that worked.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:24 am“Former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona as a public relations tool”: how like the Communists the neocon wingnuts are–everything is subordinated to, and is to serve ideology!
August 31st, 2007 at 10:24 amWould you have preferred video of our President running away from schoolchildren, left in tears and frightened themselves, to go along with the WTC collapsing that day?
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 10:08 am
I think it’s possible to excuse oneself from a group of third-graders with an explanation of some “presidential business” without frightening them. And it would have been appropriate for Bush to have done this as soon as he received the news from Card that we were “under attack”. Remember, this group of children had not yet heard about the attacks, nor had they seen any horrifying images of exploding airplanes, so it really wasn’t necessary for Bush to hang around solely to make them feel secure.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:26 amComment by TripMaster Monkey — August 31, 2007 @ 10:23 am
Look, a cheap insult from a crazed monkey.
Two things are certain: (1) you’re a disturbed older adult and (2) you are parametrically retarded.
I’ll take the “obtuse” thing as a compliment.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:27 amYou are also aware that more than 27,909 Americans die from traffic accidents each year, right?
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007 @ 10:14 am
Funny you should mention traffic accidents, considering how many auto safety standards were eliminated during the Reagan Administration…
August 31st, 2007 at 10:27 am…so it really wasn’t necessary for Bush to hang around solely to make them feel secure.
Comment by missmolly — August 31, 2007 @ 10:26 am
and didn’t he actually have a “news conference” or something
IN FRONT OF THOSE KIDS that morning?
i seem to recall…
August 31st, 2007 at 10:29 am…
#118. Good point, MM. Of course, the bottom line is, who gives a cr*p if he ended up frightening 20 schoolchildren? Reacting to the news that the country is under attack clearly takes priority. If W. had immediately walked out of the room without even acknowledging the schoolchildren that would’ve been COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:30 amupside00:
What kind of odds will you give on a $100 wager?
troqua:
The Justice Department AND Health & Human Services were indeed working on the AIDS issue before 1987. For instance, one of the findings of the commission on pornography highlighted that “pornography and the anonymous sexual promiscuity it enourages contributes directly to the spread of sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS.” (that was 1985). DoJ worked with HHS to ensure that AIDS patients would not be discriminated and protected under civil rights laws (although some of that legislation did not get passed until the Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1987). Any more questions?
August 31st, 2007 at 10:31 amComment by TripMaster Munkey — August 31, 2007 @ 10:27 am
By all means, keep it up, “Munkey”.
Good luck developing an identity of your own someday.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:32 am>For the record, I was golfing yesterday,
With some of your Korean War buddies whose records you claimed as your own word for word?
>want to make a wager on Thompson being president?
Are you going to pay us with your check from the VA?
Hahaha. Jake, why dont you describe the check you receive your VA benefits from.. not amount, just some sort of description.. I’m sure you’ve at least got your stubs lying around… your also the only 70 year old I know that uses “lol” and smiley faces….
I’ll bet Thompson won’t even get past the primaries. Hes had a host of people quit his team, came in 30 percent under fundraising goals, and he’s only going to declare now because some blogger filed a complaint telling him to sh1t or get off the pot. It will be romney or guilani as your candidate… a guy who beleives you get planets to rule when you die, or a crossdresser…. hahahaha…Thompson is a nobody, but even being a nobody he’s less of a joke than the people you’ve got running.. hes annoucing his bid (low bid) the day after a debate… prefers to hit the Leno show so he can make jokes (i.e. put on an act) instead of debate real issues…
Oh, and Tundra..you must be the one they gave the brain for the day…. have you ever heard of a term called “Caging” and do you beleive republicans ever did it? I think its hilarious you immediately assume that these voter challenges are legitimate… you hear of the list of convicted felons that wernt allow to vote, that was drawn up secretly by the republican florida legislature and released only after a lawsuit, that strangely ommited convicted latino felons (latinos tending to vote R in florida)? You probably missed that little bit of chicanochicanery…
August 31st, 2007 at 10:33 amtroqua:
Was your “the idiocy has no bounds” intended as a personal attack against me?
August 31st, 2007 at 10:33 amDON’T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU ON YOUR FAT A$$ ON THE WAY OUT, TURDBLOSSOM!
GOOD RIDDANCE TO ONE PIECE OF GARBAGE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:34 amSo, the Reagan administration funded a commission on pornography to address AIDS. Brilliant, Jake.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:35 amupside00:
If it’s such a sure bet, how about 10:1 odds, with the money transferred via PayPal, on January 20, 2009?
August 31st, 2007 at 10:36 amTP: Could we get a thread concerning Mexican truckers now being allowed to drive long haul commercial across American highways?
http://www.keypublications.com/content/view/16/48/
August 31st, 2007 at 10:36 amWas your “the idiocy has no bounds†intended as a personal attack against me?
Comment by Jake D. — August 31, 2007
That’s not a personal attack at all. It’s a statement of fact in response to an idiotic comment about not scaring a classroom of 20 third graders while the nation was under attack.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:37 amupside00:
What kind of odds will you give on a $100 wager?
Guess I need to get about 10 to 1, since you are so sure he will win. You must have inside information on the Diebold voting machine settings.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:37 amJake D. sez:
Uh oh…look out, troqua…sounds like Shakey Jake is gearing up to add you to The List â„¢! You must have asked him a question he’s having trouble answering!
Beware! Once you’re on The List â„¢, Shakey will childishly refuse to reply directly to your posts, while weaseling in the odd snarky comment that is obviously directed at you, but disguised by the pretentious preamble “For the record”.
If you’re not deterred by this, let me be the first to welcome you into the club. ^_^
August 31st, 2007 at 10:39 amIf you’re not deterred by this, let me be the first to welcome you into the club. ^_^
Comment by TripMaster Monkey — August 31, 2007
I’m shaking in my boots, but I’m resolute!
August 31st, 2007 at 10:41 am>If it’s such a sure bet, how about 10:1 odds,
> with the money transferred via PayPal,
> on January 20, 2009?
Jake..your a poser.. a fake….people asked for your war record and you posted someone else’s. what makes you think that we would trust someone who lies about thier identity to honor a bet? Why don’t you start by giving us your full name and age so we can verify your identity?
August 31st, 2007 at 10:42 amconsidering he’s leaving, this prank with Rove’s car could’ve been an inside job… an angry boss… or a mischievous one… but they are surely blaming liberals…
August 31st, 2007 at 10:42 ampete, i heard keith give a name last night on countdown…
August 31st, 2007 at 10:49 amone his his own staffers or such…
all a fun joke…
ha… i was hoping it would ruin the paint job on that jag…
.
Jake,
Here is a fair and balanced wager:
If Freddy Kreuger Thompson wins the US Presidential election in ‘08, I will never post here again. If he doesn’t, you won’t.
Howz that sound, Jakie?
August 31st, 2007 at 10:51 amActually ( and I think this has been brought up here before), what the hell was President Bush doing, sitting stone faced in a class room for 7 whole friggin’ minutes, while the nation was under attack?
I mean, the leader, THE NUMBER 1 TARGET OF AN ATTACK, and he suddenly becomes paralyzed in a class room full of kids? He inadvertently put the lives of all those school children in danger!
Yeah, great military response there, dubya! Guess maybe you shouldn’t have skirted your duties within the armed forces, eh?
Classless. Absolutely flippin’ classless!
August 31st, 2007 at 10:53 am>I will never post here again. If he doesn’t, you won’t.
>Howz that sound, Jakie?
Dude… don’t waste your time.. if (when) he looses, he will just reincarnate as a young navy seal or a veterans widow. Aside from plagarizing, hes been asked numerous questions which a real veteran would know the answer to, and hes dodged them.
August 31st, 2007 at 10:57 amComment by The Sweet Sphincter of the Saviour Chocolate Jesus — August 31, 2007 @ 10:57 am
I know, I just wanted to yank his chain. Being a Vietnam vet, I have watched is gyrations around his “service” for a while with more than casual interest.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:03 amComment by DRxJ — August 31, 2007 @ 10:53 am
What I’ll never forget is the look on Bush’s face when he was just sitting there. He didn’t look very surprised, for example, did he? Wasn’t in too much of a rush to get briefed on the situation was he?
As far as Fred Thompson goes (ick ick ick) he does have three things going for him:
1) the AEI
2) a lot of scared right-wingers who love stern father-figures
3) the AEI
If he wins it’ll be due to his support from the neocon fear-mongers.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:05 amOh, and Tundra..you must be the one they gave the brain for the day…. have you ever heard of a term called “Cagingâ€
Yes, Which is not the case here.
and do you beleive republicans ever did it?
Yes, which again has absolutly nothing to do with this issue.
I think its hilarious you immediately assume that these voter challenges are legitimate…
Glad you find it funny, Sad that you think the policies in New Orleans should be decided by people who don’t live there anymore. I’m sort of a representation kinda guy, but hey to each their own.
you hear of the list of convicted felons that wernt allow to vote, that was drawn up secretly by the republican florida legislature and released only after a lawsuit, that strangely ommited convicted latino felons (latinos tending to vote R in florida)? You probably missed that little bit of chicanochicanery…
August 31st, 2007 at 11:09 amNope know all about it, not quite sure what it has to do with this though. The Suit is against Jay Dardene’s policy. This is a guy who one reelection with 80% of the votes.
Was Pelosi on the plane, RAF?
Comment by Jake D.
I posted the article link. It’s up to YOU to read it.
Or, like Shrub, must your “news” be spoon-fed to you?
August 31st, 2007 at 11:09 am>Nope know all about it, not quite sure what it has to do with this though.
Uhhm it establishes a pattern of republicans engaging in questionable voting supression related actions…oh nevermind…I guess people who see patterns get pegged as “conspiracy theorists”
I’ll admit I’m speculating, but given the how the election “tweaking” actions I mentioned have played out in the past, I think its entirely fair to be suspicious that perphaps displaced voters from minority districts are receiving more scrutiny than displaced voters from more white areas.
In any case, after multitudes of nationwide investigation, many of them very slanted toward being motivated to find voter fraud, there have been no cases of organized, high or even mid level voter fraud brought to light. A few low level volunteers in community groups have been charged, but thats it… several attorney gernerals (republicans), lost thier jobs because they didnt pursue voter fraud cases because they didnt feel there was sufficient evidence to proceed. So while “we’re preventing the scrouge of voter fraud” is a common right wing refrain, in reality, the alleged attempts to attack the alleged voter fraud have more often simply resulted in supression of minority (i.e. democratic) votes.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:23 amFrom everything that we can ascertain from the historical record, Reagan’s religious background, feelings, or beliefs had nothing to do with his political response to the AIDS epidemic. His appalling policies led to enormous setbacks for HIV/AIDS science and research, discrimination against people with AIDS, and the lack of any comprehensive outreach for prevention or education work, all adding to the already staggering amount of mounting deaths. His policies on AIDS were a product of indifference, disdain, self-imposed ignorance, and political capitulation to a staunchly reactionary and religious Republican constituency that was to reshape not only the party, but also the state of U.S. politics.
Although AIDS was first reported in the medical and popular press in 1981, it was only in October 1987 that President Reagan publicly spoke about the epidemic. By the end of that year 59,572 AIDS cases had been reported and 27,909 of those women and men had died. How could this happen? How could Reagan not say anything? Do anything?
August 31st, 2007 at 11:24 am> This is a guy who one reelection with 80% of the votes.
the only person who ever ran for anyting in florida?
the questionable, latinoless felon list was being used for more than one florida election…in fact, had the lawsuit not occured, who knows what it woudl still be being used for..
August 31st, 2007 at 11:26 amAn American-owned company operating from Kuwait, Lee Dynamics International, “paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribes to American contracting officers in efforts to win more than $11 million in contracts.â€
Maybe we can FINALLY stop calling them “no-bid” contracts.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:37 amthe only person who ever ran for anyting in florida?
I am talking about the Secretary of state for Louisiana, who put out the message to people (Either don’t vote elsewhere or we won’t let you vote here).
I’m not defending the Florida issues at all. Just the guy who told the people who voted for him 80% anyway. Hey only vote in one place.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:39 amI guess people who see patterns get pegged as “conspiracy theoristsâ€
If you call yourself that then OK.
Uhhm it establishes a pattern of republicans engaging in questionable voting supression related actions
Personally I look at things on a case by case basis and don’t automatically say “Hey a Republican did this, so this guy is a Republican so he is wrong too” (Just as I don’t do with Democrats, I don’t use the Clinton did it too defense)
I think its entirely fair to be suspicious that perphaps displaced voters from minority districts are receiving more scrutiny than displaced voters from more white areas.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:47 amI fully agree, it is fair to look into it and see what is happening. I’m not saying that minority voters aren’t sometimes held to a tighter scrutiny (And not defending that practice either). But you can’t say “Don’t follow the law with him, because someone else isn’t following the law with others”
>I am talking about the Secretary of state for Louisiana,
Ah ok. At least your not trying to defend the florida thing because its pretty indefensible.
Apparely in the current LA situation, there is some hoop they had to jump through before they started purging, that they didnt…given that the hoop is held by a republican administration,its probably an irrelevant hoop..but rules is rules I suppose.. and maybe there might be someone at the Justice Department who might notice (and care) if these disqualification attempts are being targeted toward minorities only, or if the criteria for disqualification is somehow slanted more toward matches that would wrongly exclude minorities. With the way this country is today, who knows? I do admit at this point its a mere educated guess… If homophobic senators can go trolling for blowjobs and mansex in public restrooms, I suppose anything is possible.
August 31st, 2007 at 11:49 amI’m hauling my lazy ass to bed now.. by all means Tundra (if that is your real name), keep posting here.. you’re at least adding intelligent debate, and if there were more righties on here like you, it might cut down on the s noise to signal ratio of the conservatives on here… some of these idiots give you guys a bad name.. and these days thats saying something..
August 31st, 2007 at 11:52 amDid you miss the Bush homeowner bailout? I haven’t had time to read the 150+ posts, but it looks like the chymp may finally have gotten something right. Maybe. Hard to believe, but just maybe. His proposal allows the FHA to make reasonable loans to the idiots who gambled that they’d be able to flip their houses at a profit before their adjustable rate loans ballooned up.
August 31st, 2007 at 12:19 pmThere should be some penalty (idiot tax) on those morons, but losing the house is a pretty stiff penalty.
I’d also be wanting to see the predatory lenders who initially sold those loans pay some costs as well. Maybe all the closing costs plus a point or two would be a good lesson.
Although AIDS was first reported in the medical and popular press in 1981, it was only in October 1987 that President Reagan publicly spoke about the epidemic. By the end of that year 59,572 AIDS cases had been reported and 27,909 of those women and men had died. How could this happen? How could Reagan not say anything? Do anything?
Comment by Kay — August 31, 2007 @ 11:24 am
Reagan’s world was a cinematic treatment of a Leave It To Beaver fantasy. This was a guy who believed that non-whites had it pretty good in this country and believed that if anyone wanted to get a job, all they had to do was look in the want ads. He also believed that corporations weren’t heartless greedheads and that they would obediently “trickle down” extra profit that came their way due to tax cuts.
AIDS didn’t fit into this world of his. There were no equivalent paradigms in his brain he could pull out to enable relating to it in any way. Therefore, it didn’t exist.
August 31st, 2007 at 12:59 pmThis is a guy who one reelection with 80% of the votes.
Comment by Tundra — August 31, 2007 @ 11:09 am
I’m not sure why this particular embellishment is relevant. The re-election (the 80% one) mentioned on his campaign website was for his state senate seat in 2003. He is currently in his first term as Secretary of State, having been elected in 2006.
In any case, I find his behavior to be typical of Republicans in our time. In his zeal to disenfranchise likely Democratic voters, he is in violation of long-standing Federal legislation. He should be aware of this legislation, as it proscribes many of his activities as Secretary of State.
I share his – and your – desire to purge people who will no longer reside in New Orleans. He simply must follow the law to do so. However, since those affected were uprooted by the storm, are very numerous, and have a desire to return home, I believe a less strident adherance to the letter of the law is appropriate.
August 31st, 2007 at 1:53 pmRove has only changed his location, do not think for one minute he won’t still be a driving force with Cheney and Bush. Out of the WH but still on the payroll doing the dirty dance. Rumsfeldt just moved his office to another building. Cockroaches just move to another area when sprayed with bug spray.
August 31st, 2007 at 3:36 pmBTW, according to
August 31st, 2007 at 3:59 pmhttp://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/tables/07s1082.xls
the average mortality rate of vehicular collisions is right around 45,000 per year (averaged from 1980 – 2004).
Thanks, UhClem. Last time I checked, 45,000 is more than 27,909..
August 31st, 2007 at 4:54 pmThe Center for Disease Control (part of the Executive branch) was actiively involved in HIV/AIDS as early as 1982 and issued warnings regarding sexual contact or infected blood transmitting the virus. The government began formal tracking of all AIDS cases in 1983 and later that year, Dr. Robert Gallo of the (U.S. government’s) National Institutes of Health, and Dr. Luc Montagnier of France’s Pasteur Institute independently identify Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS.
August 31st, 2007 at 5:02 pm