“So I looked Saddam right in the eye, see? And I said, ya better be quick, Hoo-sein, ’cause lead’s gonna be flyin’ any second…”
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — October 5, 2007 @ 10:55 am

Yea, I always thought he got that Texas Redneck Swagger from watch8ng too many John Wayne movies. But maybe it is so he can insure he doesn’t block everyone’s view of the Dubya patented inflatable codpiece. After all, it is his best feature!

I wonder if the rule will include some sort of language insulating drug companies from lawsuits by consumers made ill by the side-effects of these drugs.

I’ve been concerned for some time about drug companies advertising perscription drugs on TV and in magazines to the general public. All that does is increase demand and minimize the negative side effects in the mind of the consumer.

It’s like, “LOOK, with this drug you get a beautiful woman, a fast car and a dog. (by the way, you could die) Call your doctor now and insist on getting a perscription for XXXXX.”

Now, people won’t even need to get a perscription, so there won’t even be a doctor involved saying, hey, wait a minute, you don’t really need this drug, and if you do take it, you could die.

“In light of the revelation yesterday of secret opinions giving the CIA approval in 2005 for harsh interrogation techniques, Senate Intel Chairman John (D-WV)”

Gates: US arms control laws slow sales to allies
Reuters – 1 hour ago
By Kristin Roberts SANTIAGO (Reuters) – Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday that US laws impede the government’s ability to provide weapons quickly to Iraq and other allies but he was not concerned that Iraq had ordered arms from China.

Weapons orders to Iraq slow, Gates says Boston Globe

yea… blame it on the laws, and oversight, and all that messy stuff…
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FDA aims to speed generic drugs to market
Thu Oct 4, 2007 1:44pm EDT By Kim Dixon

WASHINGTON, Oct 4 (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it approved one-third more generic drugs last fiscal year and said it planned to speed review of these cheaper versions of brand-name drugs.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/health-SP/idUSN0433948820071005
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“So I looked Saddam right in the eye, see? And I said, ya better be quick, Hoo-sein, ’cause lead’s gonna be flyin’ any second…”

FDA drug proposal would bypass the doctor

Pharmacists and drug companies like the idea; doctors think it’s dangerous. If approved, the drug classification could go into effect as early as next year.
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http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-drugs5oct05,1,5144408.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage

“dangerous” is putting it mildly…
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Four reasons why the RIAA won a jury verdict of $220,000
Posted by Declan McCullagh
The Recording Industry Association of American got a chance on Thursday to show everyone just how heavy and intimidating the legal club of copyright law can be.

As my colleague Greg Sandoval wrote a few hours ago, a Minnesota woman named Jammie Thomas was sued by the RIAA for allegedly making available some 1,702 songs through the Kazaa network (though only 24 were at issue in the case). A federal jury sided with the RIAA and returned a verdict of $222,000.
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http://www.news.com/8301-13578_3-9791764-38.html?tag=nefd.blgs
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Comment by Bush is a four letter word — October 5, 2007 @ 10:31 am

That would indeed be sweet!

European – the new “communist.”

Are you now or have you ever been….

i’d settle for never having to see their pictures on this site…
it’s the least TP could do…
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Bush: “hey, is this where they shot that scene with Tom Hanks in the movie “Big”? You there! I’m gonna call you pardner ’cause you’re gonna be my song and dance pardner…now where the hell is that giant piano-on-the-floor thingy? Did I ever tell you that Daddy used to work here? He was a decider-guy, too he, he he. Helped fund Blackwater and all…just like Grandpa used to help the nazis..us Bushes are always deciderin’ something. Just like the other day, dick Cheney let me decide which office we could meet in to talk about his plans for Iran…he lets me decide lots of stuff like that…hey pardner, where ya goin’?”

Heh! For a second there, I thought you were referring to my second post at 10:25!

Anyway, thanks.

Romney, Clinton health care plans similar-experts
Fri Oct 5, 2007 8:00am EDT By Jason Szep

Despite all that, experts say Clinton’s plan borrows heavily from one Romney signed into law when he was governor of Massachusetts, which made the liberal state the first in the United States with near-universal health insurance.
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http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN17331819
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Comment by upside99 — October 5, 2007 @ 10:22 am

You’re so right. Because all the TPer’s are running out and buying Coulter’s new book. And immediately after I read it, I’m going to turn on Rush’s radio show and consume whatever his advertisers tell me to. But if I chose ignorance instead….

Hmm…. Maybe this strategy will work with other social ills as well:

Rape victims. Simply ignore your rapist. Maybe he’ll go away.
Climate Change. Sorry climate, if you keep changing I’m just going to have to buy a bigger air conditioner.
Afghanistan. Wait a second, we’re already ignoring this one!

Eh, that’s sort of maybe a little firm-ish. How about you say this instead:

“If Congress fails to override President Bush’s veto, I will bring to the floor a resolution to evacuate Iraq within 30 days, and we will grind the Senate to a halt for as long as required to burn down any filibusters.”

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Yes, and you also told us that you kept Congress informed of your warrantless wiretapping program.

Except, in reality, your definition of “Congress” was all of 8 members, who where also sworn to secrecy and had no power to question you or demand accountability from you.