CAUTION — Cheney going hunting this weekend.
By on Oct 25th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
CAUTION — Cheney going hunting this weekend.
The Poughkeepsie Journal in New York reports that “Vice President Dick Cheney is coming to Dutchess County again to go hunting.” On Monday, Cheney is “expected to leave Poughkeepsie and head to the Clove Valley Rod & Gun Club.” No word on whether the Vice President will be drinking beforehand this time.
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He has been so riled up lately about Iran, glad to see he is getting his war mongering ya-yas out on defenseless foul.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:11 pm“It’s hard werk bein’ veep…PULL!!!”
Oh! Lookee a troll! PULL!!!
elspeth
October 25th, 2007 at 2:11 pmWill he stay awake?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:12 pmMaybe VPres. Cheney can take the REST of the lying Republican leadership with him, and have an “accident”.
Of course, then the lying Republicans will apologize for getting in the way of the bullets.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:12 pmDick Cheney is a strong Vice President who has brought a lot of strength to White House. People like him are the reason why the US is able to maintain long term supremacy in the world. Poking fun at the hunting accident, while appropriate, go a bit too far once in a while.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:13 pm#1 – LAFWH, why are you so filled with hate?
Could it be that you are upset that the majority of Americans are moving away from the ultra-rabid right-whiners and voting for change with Democrat tickets?
Or are you just not paying attention to the destruction of the US Constitution by the Bush Administration and their egregious behavior to which the “conservatives” turn a blind eye?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pmI think the Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club may be hitting the Dutchess County pet stores to stock up on tame quail for Darth’s visit.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pm“On Monday morning, he is expected to leave Poughkeepsie and head to the Clove Valley Rod & Gun Club in LaGrangeville.
Motorists can expect road closures and considerable associated delays on Interstate 84 and Route 9 Sunday night, and on Route 55 and again on Interstate 84 on Monday. Depending on what time he travels Monday morning, his trip could disrupt school bus service in affected areas.”
Resident pheasants of Clove Valley today breathed a collective sigh of relief, knowing that the incoming hunter usually shoots his fellow hunters.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pmMaybe he’ll just hang with the hookers and leave the wildlife alone.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:15 pmBe vewwwwwy qwiet. I’m hunting tewwowists.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:16 pmLooks like the “hate” doesn’t fall far from the troll, eh?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:17 pmI heard Dick is bringing along some tiny Ahmadinejad masks for the caretaker to place on the caged birds heads. He’s also had copies of the Constitution decoupaged onto some clay skeet discs just for kicks.
I see the trolls are working hard at trying to push what they imagine to be our buttons.
Don’t you guys work for a living? Or is trolling your job?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:18 pmDUCK! No! DUCK! Over there!!! The kind with wings!
AHHH! NO!!! DUCK!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! HE’S GOT A GUN!!!
AHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhh…….
October 25th, 2007 at 2:20 pmGreat. Just what we need. Another drunk with a gun.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:20 pm7: Agreed, if by “strong” you mean the stentch emanating from the White House.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:22 pmLay off, Cheney won’t shoot anyone, again. But I wouldn’t bet against him sparking a brush fire.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:22 pmHmmmmm… And Jon Stewart is still on vacation…
RUN, JON, RUN!!!!!
October 25th, 2007 at 2:23 pmPoking fun at the hunting accident, while appropriate, go a bit too far once in a while.
Comment by hits
LMAO…Get a clue. Cheney shoots a man in the face, hides the details for hours, gets a friend to explain it to the press, then the guy who got shot APOLOGIZES to cheney for getting in the way of the shot. Are you insane? Geez, the koolaid is must be getting passed out for free now.
How does it feel to support a criminal enterprise run by losers hellbent on taking away every shred of decency this country ever had? You really must get our more. Turn off limbaugh and beck and take a walk. The fresh air might do you some good. Better yet, don’t breath while you walk. That will help all of us.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:23 pmStratRat,
Cheney’s reaction in the light of the incident was perfectly rational and has been well documented. It is interesting that you anchor yourself quite well to myths
Hits
October 25th, 2007 at 2:27 pmDr. Matt,
Supremacy as a way of life – of intelligence
Hits
October 25th, 2007 at 2:27 pmYes hits, it was well documented. Go over to smokinggun.com and you can see the police report. It also notes that the main reason the guy wasn’t hit with more buckshot is because he was on the farside of a hill. That tells me Cheney was shooting towards the ground at the time. Not very sporting of him. It’s also documented that there was alcohol present. A violation of firearm regs and the advice of his doctor due to the meds Cheney was on.
What myth are you talking about hits? Maybe the “long supremacy” thing?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:30 pmYeah, right. That’s why so many Republicans lost their seats in 2006.
Alllllllllll that supreme intelligence.
*eyeroll*
October 25th, 2007 at 2:30 pmAs a way of life. If we don’t stop being an absorber of all things crap made in China and start focusing on our own industrial abilities we won’t have much of a way of life. We will be sucked dry.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:31 pmMeditation finished.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:33 pmhe’s huntin’ al Qailda.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:34 pmAnybody noticed that trolls pick up threads in order to not bump into each other?
October 25th, 2007 at 2:35 pmHey TP, I think you guys have an error in your photo caption.
I believe the correct spelling of what Cheney was hunting is ‘peasant’
October 25th, 2007 at 2:35 pmBadmoodman; Nah, 5-deferment Dickhead won’t start any fires. Pay attention to the news, only America haters, Al Qaeda, liberals, and environmentalists are firebugs. snark
October 25th, 2007 at 2:35 pmhits = Jake
October 25th, 2007 at 2:36 pmIt is interesting that you anchor yourself quite well to myths
Irony is dead.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:37 pmAnybody noticed that trolls pick up threads in order to not bump into each other?
Comment by Juan C. — October 25, 2007 @ 2:35 pm
That’s not by accident; Troll Central hands out specific assignments. Something about not getting trolls working at cross-purposes, I think.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:38 pmAnybody noticed that trolls pick up threads in order to not bump into each other?
You can’t have 2 trolls under the same bridge.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:39 pmGet that Jack Daniels and a few hundred of those tame penned quail ready for the murdering bastard. Sportsman my butt.
Buck Fush
October 25th, 2007 at 2:40 pmOh good — I don’t live in New York State. I’m safe…
October 25th, 2007 at 2:40 pmCheney’s reaction in the light of the incident was perfectly rational and has been well documented. It is interesting that you anchor yourself quite well to myths
Hits
Comment by hits
And that tips your hand as to how delusional the right side has to be to defend and dismiss this incident. The reaction was “documented”? What the heck does that mean, anyway? It was documented that he had alcohol in him. Maybe he had to wait to have the alcohol levels diminish. Maybe he is a coward who cannot speak for himself. Maybe he is a nutjob who believes himself above the laws of the land. Your self respect must be at all time lows for you to hang your star onto Cheneys fortunes.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:50 pmMaybe Ted Nugent should go along, he can write another bogus hunting song.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:52 pmBilly Hill
As a Democrat I am scared of almost everything.
Actually, it sounds like you’re just afraid of Cheney, which really isn’t all that bad of a thing. Just stay with in 10 feet of a microwave or other electronic device. That keeps him at bay just like day time does for vampires.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:54 pmTell ya what, Billy – why don’t you put on your quail costume and head on over to Clove Valley…?
I’m sure the Big Dick would love to meet you!
October 25th, 2007 at 2:54 pmRun for the hills!!! Will he be asleep at the trigger too? Oh, wait a minute, he has been for the past six years…
October 25th, 2007 at 2:55 pmI must go crawl under my bed and hug my puppy.
Comment by Billy Hill
It’s not so messy if you do it in the shower…
October 25th, 2007 at 2:55 pmOh, I forgot, that’s where you go to smoke your salmon.
nevar mind…
Billy Hill, exactly how many trailers have you gone through with your meth labs?
Judging by the intelligence you display here at TP, you must blow up a trailer a week.
At least.
October 25th, 2007 at 2:58 pmBilly Hill must not realize that fear is a tool of the Right Wing uses to keep their trolls askeared. Progressives deal in facts, a concept that truly seems to confuse Conservs. No thanks Billy, I am a Patriot who fears nothing but fear itself…and perhaps the far rights uncconstitutional agenda.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:03 pmCheney’s got a gun
Cheney’s got a gun
His whole world’s come undone
From lookin’ straight at the sun
What did them liberals do?
What did they put you through?
They said he won’t be arrested
when he shot his friend in the face
But man, he had it comin’ Now that Cheney’s got a gun again
we are worried for the whole human race.
My apologies to Aerosmith….
October 25th, 2007 at 3:03 pmHe’s killed the Rethuglican Party for good…
October 25th, 2007 at 3:04 pmI’d rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than driving with
October 25th, 2007 at 3:04 pmTed Kennedy…
Sweet. Another controlled hunting trip for quails that have had their wings clipped so they cannot fly, all enclosed in a fenced in field.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:04 pmJust add massive amounts of alcohol, and later claim you only had “one” beer hours before the so-called “hunt”, or should I say “face-shoot”?
I just hope he does not shoot a hole in the bottom of my boat.
Comment by Billy Hill
Yesterday you said you used chest waders to shoot salmon…
October 25th, 2007 at 3:07 pmYou must be lying to us again, and it’s really Dick’s boat…
As a republican, I don’t mind taking my twelve-gauge for a walk every now-and-then to kill an innocent flightless bird–someone has to bring home the bacon. I don’t mind going over to Iraq to fight an illegal war–it just means I’m a true patriot. I don’t mind that the President didn’t do anything when Hurricane Katrina obliterated the city of New Orleans–it was God’s will anyway. I don’t mind that Cheney doesn’t have a fire-arms permit–I support the Second Amendment. I don’t mind not caring about children’s safety–sometimes you gotta learn the hard way.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:11 pmI’d rather go hunting with Dick Cheney than driving with
Ted Kennedy…
Comment by Leni
Wow. That was funny. NOT! What a clever person you must be. Going back into history about 30+ years for your comedy material. Take a look at the criminal enterprise squatting in our WH. That should give you enough material for eons. Please keep up. We are in the year 2007 now. Its ok to let go of somethings.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:11 pmJust one last hunt before he kicks off Armageddon…..
October 25th, 2007 at 3:15 pmIs this the same place they went last time, where they have the birds caged, then they release them in front of you so you can shoot them?
October 25th, 2007 at 3:18 pmHide the booze
October 25th, 2007 at 3:21 pmSorry, TCDumb, he meant Sen. Steven’s Bridge to Nowhere.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:21 pmAt least Cheney didn’t leave the scene like Kennedy did in Chappaquiddick where he left the girl to drown.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 3:23 pm
I have to say it really feels good to know that the right side has absolutely nothing to work with except ancient history. Why not bring up something which happened in the 1800’s, or maybe 1921? How about the 1940’s? Did a Dem do something back then too? Maybe you could check it out and enlighten us. Or better yet, how about sticking with this decade. you know, the decade which saw your idiot king ruin this once proud country. The decade which brought us to the invasion of a soverign nation. the decade where the 9/11 attacks happened on bush’s watch.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:48 pmWhat’s with TDCon’s sudden obsession with an incident from 40 years ago?
Kinda weird. Ah, well, when you’ve got nothin’ else, I guess you go with what you got.
October 25th, 2007 at 3:58 pmYeah, you know, TDCon, I just have to ask.
The incident with Senator Kennedy happened in 1969. Neither I, nor my wife were a gleam in our father’s eyes back then. Only 13 days before this incident, Apollo 11’s Moon Lander touched down at Tranquility Base. This was the era of Nixon, a chapter that in many of our lives was either before our time or when we were children. To have been alive when this happened, you had to be 38 years old. To remember it, you had to be at least 43, and more realistically, 48+. To have formed an opinion when it happened, you’d have to been in your 60s! Two whole generations of people have come and gone since this event. So I ask you…
What must Ted Kennedy do to absolve him of this guilt. When does the statute of limitations run out? How long is too long to hold a grudge?
You guys got what you wanted. 1972, he didn’t run for President, like he wanted to. You’ve gotten your revenge and killed a dynasty, which is a good thing.
So, pray tell, WHY do you bring up something that happened before I was born?
On second thoughts, don’t answer that. I’d like to retain my respect for humanity as a whole.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:17 pmOne of my sons and his family live within rifle range of this release and shoot game massacre area. There are also three schools within range. This has all of the earmarks of creating a disaster worse than Columbine.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:21 pmIn addition, the security zone around this guy is so large that W has to schedule his leavings and comings around Dick’s.
NEW YORK!
“DUCK” AND COVER!
October 25th, 2007 at 4:23 pmOR IS IT DICK AND COVER???
For the sake of his companions, I hope he stays awake.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:31 pmTCDon, Ted Kennedy will forever be tarnished by his actions. So will Bush and Cheney. And Rumsfeld and Wolfowitz and Perle and Libby and Rove and……….
October 25th, 2007 at 4:45 pmI read the wiki, TCDon, that’s the only way I knew about the thing. OK, I could give you that if he did this a year ago. Maybe even 5. But THIRTY EIGHT YEARS AGO? After it has been exposed to death? You’re still going on about this?
Oh, I get it. You’re bitter that Kennedy got a slap on the wrist. Maybe this wouldn’t have been such a big deal if Nixon hadn’t been drummed out of the political scene for his comparatively lesser crime of breaking and entering. You must be bitter that Kennedy at least still has his Senatorial position while Nixon is long since drummed out of political service. I mean, where does this Kennedy fellow get off drowning a girl in his car and still being a public figure when all Nixon did was go poking around in the Democrat’s private files.
There’s only one problem with this image. Both politicians gave up something for their crimes, and both retained shadows of their former political lives and ambitions. Nixon received a full Presidential Pardon, ending any possibility of legal consequences of the actions of his associates at Watergate. He eventually built up a reputation as a statesman and consultant, tapped by both Republicans and Democrats after him. Kennedy served his probation, has kept his nose clean since then, and is still respected by the people of his state. He’s got a snowball’s chance in hell of ever winning the Presidency, however.
Nixon and Kennedy both are long since water under the bridge. We could be gnashing our teeth over Ford’s pardon, but frankly? Nixon’s DEAD. So is his VP, Ford. Both men are no longer concerned with what they did in life, and honestly, neither am I. There isn’t even a need anymore to hold Nixon up as an example of the perils of unchecked Presidents. You guys have given me much more…recent material.
But whatever floats your boat, dude. Keep insisting Kennedy ‘pay for his crime’, whatever you think it may have been (obviously murder…couldn’t have been involuntary manslaughter or reckless driving or even DUI, let alone ‘leaving the scene of an accident’), 40 years after he’s done his time for the crime which he was accused of and found guilty of.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:46 pmTCDon, you realize the republican companion list will now be posted. Your list has people from the 70’s. Are you so onesided as to ignore the current republican abuses?
October 25th, 2007 at 4:48 pmThat’s an awful large amount of copy and pasting you’re doing there, TCDon. I don’t have the time nor the inclination to put together the comparable list of Federal, State, and Local politicians who are affiliated with the Republican Party and list hard convictions, let alone the accusations. I garantee you, my list would be several times longer than yours……….
.
.
…not necessarily because your party is nothing but a bunch of crooks, but also because there’s just more of you than there are of the D’s.
At least you’re moving away from 40 year old incidents to …
….incidents that are 27 years old…
In 1980 I was a 7 year old boy. My only concerns back then was school, becoming a meteorologist, and digesting every bit of science I could get my young mind around.
With THIS list in mind, I could likely generate something four, five, six, or even MORE times as long. But let’s limit ourselves to those outstanding investigations today into allagations of wrongdoing, caught in our legal system waiting for appeals to run out, shall we? :)
October 25th, 2007 at 4:53 pmJeez! A troll goes back nearly 40 years to make his list of corruption. We have never claimed that the Democratic party has been free from its share of losers – it is the Republican party that denies the facts.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:56 pmActually, the list of Republicans only in the last 8 years that have been charged with sexual crimes is nearly as long as his entire list of Dems.
If we were to include all the corruption by Republicans over the same period of time as our troll, we may not have enough bandwidth.
His was a foolish effort to make a point.
I get this from my dad too, but at least he was old enough to remember this incident.
I asked him the same question. He gave the same BS answer. I then asked him what the statute of limitations is on this crime. He said until the guy was punished. I asked him how long should it be if he was a Republican. He finally got my point. Then I asked him if he was wrong in teaching me that two wrongs don’t make a right. He saw the light. Too bad Rush Limbaugh will pull the wool over his eyes again.
I don’t care what Kennedy did or did not do some night back in 1969. I’m not all that concerned about what Ford did for Nixon before I could say ‘Nixon’. There’s too much bullshit going on TODAY in the Democratic and ESPECIALLY the Republican party to worry about what some fool did in 1969 or 1974 or 1980 or whenever.
TCDon, if you abhor law-breakers, then why aren’t you clamoring just as hard for Cheney to do time for assault with a deadly weapon? Why aren’t you asking for his hunting licenses to be revoked? Oh, I get it. Because Kennedy belongs to this other group that is not part of your group, the laws should apply to him, and not to Cheney, who is part of your group.
They call this a double standard. Not that you really care.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:05 pmJeremy, that was only a small sampling of Democratic corruption. I could put together a list 10 times longer, at least
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 4:59 pm
“…I’d just go back to 1835. You ready for me to bring it?”
TDConMan, just give it up. You’re making yourself and your side look really stupid.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:07 pmAre you from Traverse City, Don?
October 25th, 2007 at 5:12 pmTCDon, you won’t get any arguments that Hillary is not an upstanding member of society. Personally, I think she’s a little too much ‘in bed’ with the Republican Party, has her pockets too full of corporate money, and is too interested in telling me and mine how to live our lives (no violence in video games, anyone?) She’s not my candidate, trust me on this. And if I could vote in the Democratic Primary, I’d vote against her, probably for Kucinich, the only D who has had any appeal to me so far. However, that little letter next to my name on my voter registration card says ‘I’, so no primary vote for me. Trust me, though, you won’t get me to vote for any of your guys. The Democrats could put up a mangy stinky brown mutt that licks its butt, and I’d still vote for that over anything you’ve got. ;) Right now, it’s the lesser of two evils, and you guys are not the lesser of two evils…and that finding has nothing to do with the fact that it’s been proven unsafe for Cheney’s friend to go hunting with him.
But keep hunting for 20 year old+ dirt on the D’s. At least that’ll make you feel better.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:13 pmHow long would your list be if it were limited to, say, the last decade?
October 25th, 2007 at 5:17 pm“Progressives†hate facts, eh ralph?
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 5:09 pm
How did you get that out of what I said?
oh, that’s right — you’re delusional.
Okay, I’ll explain it to you in terms that you should be able to understand: you’re making yourself look stupid because your extensive list of “Democrat corruption” includes a claim of “soon to be investigated/charged” (THAT’s evidence of corruption? Better refresh your understanding of “evidence”) and then jumps very quickly to 1969 and pretty much stays in the sixties and seventies for most of your little wank. You do foray into the nineties for a few items, but then you list several officials with no dates at all, and none of them is an active politican.
In short, if that’s the best you got, you got nothin’.
And everyone here can see that, plain as day.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:19 pmWhat Ralph said.
There’s useful dirt out there that needs to be exposed on Hillary, Obama, and Edwards, to try to get Democratic voters to see who and what they’re supporting. You should be hoping they put their best candidate up, because if your candidate is defeated by their candidate, having a crook in office is bad for the country whether or not the crook has a little D or R after their name.
All you accomplish by digging up stuff from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s, and even 90’s is to turn Democrats and Independents off your message. Why should I, a voting Independent, listen to you if you keep bringing up incidents that happened when I was a kid or not even born?
Also, keep on target. Is Jefferson running for President? NO. So telling me that William “Frozen Assets” Jefferson is a crook is a) telling me something I already know, and b) not telling me why I shouldn’t vote for Hillary “No Violence in Video Games” Clinton.
Could you at least TRY to stay on target?
October 25th, 2007 at 5:25 pmAh. He runs off. Again. Master of the moving target…
October 25th, 2007 at 5:26 pmDr. Matt, you ought to put that up on a website and save the link, so every time we get another of these silly troll baits, you can just post that. He’s gone. He had to go get a ‘conservative’ haircut (what’s a ‘liberal’ haircut anyway) and go see his ‘family’ (hmm…he’s not meaning that like Ted Haggard going to see his family, is he? :) )
October 25th, 2007 at 5:29 pmAnd then we get our liberal troll.
Arn? Bold words are used to emphasize a single word in your post, just like italic words.
Bolding your entire post just gets you ignored.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:30 pmYou know I have been hunting for 40 years and have never came close to shooting anyone, how does this happen ?
October 25th, 2007 at 5:37 pmHow long would your list be if it were limited to, say, the last decade?
Comment by Jeremy in Denver — October 25, 2007 @ 5:17 pm
Good question, Jeremey. As the owl said in the Tootsie Pop commercial, “Let’s find out”
William Jefferson – Democrat – $90,000 in bribe money found in freezer by F.B.I. CASE PENDING
William Jefferson Clinton- Impeached by the House of Representatives over allegations of perjury and obstruction of justice, but acquitted by the Senate.
Sandy Berger – Democrat – National Security Advisor during the Clinton Administration. Berger became the focus of a criminal investigation after removing COPIES OF highly classified terrorism documents and handwritten notes from the National Archives during preparations for the Sept. 11 commission hearings. Pled guilty to misdemenaor; was fined
Robert Torricelli – Democrat – Withdrew from the 2002 Senate race with less than 30 days before the election because of controversy over personal gifts he took from a major campaign donor and questions about campaign donations from 1996.
James McGreevey – Democrat – New Jersey Governor . Admitted to having a gay affair. Resigned after allegations of sexual harassment, rumors of being blackmailed on top of fundraising investigations and indictments, all unproven.
Jesse Jackson – Democrat – Democratic candidate for President. Admitted to having an extramarital affair and fathering a illegitimate child.
Gary Condit – Democrat – US Democratic Congressman from California. Condit had an affair with an intern. Condit, covered up the affair and lied to police after she went missing. No charges were ever filed against Condit. Her remains were discovered in a Washington DC park..
Sowande Ajumoke Omokunde – Democrat – the son of newly elected U.S. Rep. Gwen Moore, was booked on charges of criminal damage to property for allegedly slashing tires on 20 vans and cars rented by the Republican Party for use in Election Day voter turnout efforts.
Don Siegelman – Democrat Governor Alabama – indicted in a bid-rigging scheme involving a maternity-care program. The charges accused Siegelman and his former chief of staff of helping Tuscaloosa physician Phillip Bobo rig bids. Siegelman was accused of moving $550,000 from the state education budget to the State Fire College in Tuscaloosa so Bobo could use the money to pay off a competitor for a state contract for maternity care. US Attorney prosecution of this case is now being investigated for improper political influence.
Gary Siplin – Democrat state senator Florida- found guilty of third-degree grand theft of $5,000 or more, a felony, and using services of employees for his candidacy.
James A. Traficant Jr. – Member of House of Representatives from Ohio. Expelled from Congress after being convicted of corruption charges. Sentenced today to eight years in prison for accepting bribes and kickbacks.
Mark B. Jimenez – Democrat fundraiser (FUNDRAISER?)- sentenced to 27 months in prison on charges of tax evasion and conspiracy to defraud the United States and commit election financing offenses.
Bolley â€Bo†Johnson – Democrat – Former Florida House Speaker – received a two-year term for tax evasion.
Gloria Davis – Democrat – Bronx assemblywoman. Pleaded guilty to second-degree bribe-taking.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:40 pmWow. That list of yours took quite a hit when we subtracted anything older than a decade, didn’t it, TCD? I was actually sorry to remove the guy listed as a “Delegate to the Democratic National Convention”. I mean, including that guy alone is enough to discredit your whole enterprise.
And I also liked the “Democratic Assemblyman” from Brooklyn. Here is what TCDon thinks of as massive Democratic corruption:
Pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor for accepting travel reimbursement for trips he did not pay for and was sentenced to fines and probation.
Ooooooo! He must be a baaaaaad man.
thanks for the laughs, TCD.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:45 pmTime to go get a nice Conservative haircut and go home to my Family.
Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 5:23 pm
A nice …skinhead, perhaps…?
I’m sure that look suits you PERFECTLY.
October 25th, 2007 at 5:59 pmComment by Leftside Annie — October 25, 2007 @ 5:59 pm
Naw, he’s just going off to get his nut shaved. The cock hair is below the cuffs of his pants.
October 25th, 2007 at 6:15 pmUh-oh. I live in Dutchess County, NY, about 35 minutes away from PK. I am truly scared.
October 25th, 2007 at 7:30 pmArn, I was on the way home from work when you asked your question.
No question, Bush is a crook. My point was that when you use all-bold, that makes you a troll….troll.
Just goes to show that both sides of the political spectrum have bad apples.
And good job, Ralph. too bad TCDon left in a huff to get his ‘conservative haircut’ and be with his ‘family’. :)
October 25th, 2007 at 7:54 pmArn is not a troll, and Jeremy does not appear to be a troll either.
October 25th, 2007 at 8:01 pmThey just need relax, put their feet up, give each other a big cyber-hug and start fresh in the evening.
There is no lower form of life on this earth than the knuckle dragging, bootlicking, asskissing, troglodytes of the 24% club…dumb as dirt.
October 25th, 2007 at 8:36 pmWalt – nut, singular?
Oh dear. That poor man! Maybe he could get Ann Coulter to loan him one of hers.
October 25th, 2007 at 8:56 pmDick Cheney is a strong Vice President who has brought a lot of strength to White House. People like him are the reason why the US is able to maintain long term supremacy in the world. Poking fun at the hunting accident, while appropriate, go a bit too far once in a while.
Comment by hits — October 25, 2007 @ 2:13 pm
I’m sorry, Have we met? I’m from the planet Earth. Which planet are you from?
October 25th, 2007 at 9:28 pmTry looking at the commonality of these people we do or dont like:
Bush Jr, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheyney, Ted Kennedy, Hillary Clinton, Richard Nixon. Despite different parties they have a few main similarities.
1. Criminals, each and every one of them.
2. They are Rich out of touch with the working americans world.
3. They support laws that sugguest “Americans are complete morons who cannot be trusted to make their own decisions.”
4. They believe their own lies.
CRIMES – Thats was tossed around alot as how far back do we go, and this is not as important. Thats smokes and mirrors. Truth is that nobody who has committed any felony can retain political office.
Forget the “trials” and “on record” as these are people who have enough influence to re-write the records. Most have already done so. Long term Politicians are for the most part the best criminals in history. But lets briefly look at the mix of Republicans/Democrats I listed. Are they 100% evil, probably not. Do I want these people in political power – definitely not. All them have forgotten their oath of office to uphold the Constitution of the United States of America.
BUSH Jr. for violation of Human Rights & Freedom of Americans alone shoud be in jail. Legal Torture. Wiretaps with no warrants,
Jail with no Attorney or Charges, Illegal Deportation of US Citizens, Lied under oath.
BILL CLINTON – Convicted of Purgery in Arkansas and D.C., Obsctucting Justice, Illegal funds, Whitewater.
DICK CHENEY – Ties to illegal funds, conflict of interest in “Private Security” firms being used in IRAQ, Human Rights and Freedom violations. Lets not forget Driking and Shooting a friend no less.
TED KENNEDY – Convicted of illegaly leaving the scene of an accident, lying under oath, Drunken Driving. Legally after his accident he could not hold office! So who paid who to keep him in?
HILLARY CLINTON – Whitewater, lied under oath as to a ledger that never existed (found later in her studywith her prints on and inside)
RICHARD NIXON – Watergate, illegal wire taps, lied under oath, etc..
WMD/BIN LADEN – THE BIG LIEs & TRUTHs?
George Jr said WMD in Iraq with terroists so lets go get them.
We went, and no WMD found? Can’t find Bin Laden so the search for terroists must continue. So how hard is he trying to find him?
Bill Clinton – Made Bin Laden famous, and pissed him off by trying to shove at least 2 trident missles up his backside. Our former Ally.
Ronald Regan – Bin Laden was trained by CIA in terrorist tactics and funded by USA to fight against those commies in Afghanistan. WMD sold/given in the form of Chemical warheads to IRAQ.
So – WMD do exists in IRAQ BECAUSE WE GAVE THEM TO THEM!
So – Bin Laden was trained by CIA to be A TERRORIST and was practically made a martyr when Bill Clinton tried to off him, thus our “Leaders” making him famous and able to gather followers.
If we back though history, well none of our presidents were saints.
But the majority of power/money/corruption/supressing human rights is mostly starting with Mr. Nixon.
I’m from Paul Wellstones home state, but Paul was not the hero many would say. Paul told me because Mr. Clinton was so well liked he deserved to stay in office despite his felony (but the law says he cant legall hold office). ?? My comment to Paul was that hopefully Americans will elect better leaders OR hold them accountable and prove that only a few times in history does “power” or “wealth” buy you freedom despite your acts.
We need to look for the dirt, and if its there, look elsewhere. I am hoping that we vote for the best person with the best ideas and values. I hope that person is not very well linked politicaly as they will need to cross party lines to fix this country and the mess both sides put us in! Years ago I said I would never join the ACLU as they were such a radical group. I joined a few years ago after the last election because we had both parties jail/illegally detain/fire on unarmed citizens because they we saying something negative about that party member. They established “free speech Zones” and once outside those zones you were arrested if your message wasnt in favor of that party. To add to the mess, we now have a religious group our government doesn’t like so it tracks their members in our country, they lock some up because they gave funds 30 years ago to a group that is now anti=american, they have defined camps outside our country for “detainment”, they have defined what is “not torture”, they have limited human freedoms with the “Patriot Act” in the interest of security, they have list of people who have spoken by phone with people whos religion and homeland is not happy with the US.
They have duplicated Nazi Germany, right down to the invasion of foreign lands for security. Which right now puts us 1 step from WW3 and Death Camps (oops we have one in Guantamo).
Its time we stop the insanity and elect them OUT.
Who do we elect in? Good question as I don’t see/hear the right signals from those running. Perhaps we need to tell them we want our boys home, we want our freedoms restored, we want NOT to be an Empire but a free “Country”, we want to take care of our sick and homeless, and perhaps if we stop overthowing / threatening / invading other goverments their people wont hate America. Thus no terrroists.
So, hope for a good person to show up before we vote.
October 25th, 2007 at 10:39 pmVote the 3rd party if you have to. Vote FOR the Person. Worst case we end up with a Jesse Ventura like we did in MN…. and find out he joins the political system and slowly de-evolves from a logical man into a non sensical politician. Good luck & dont trust anyone who isn’t fighting for “your” freedoms.
Does the Clove Valley Rod and Gun Club get agricultural subsidies? I didn’t find any references to its funding.
It is apparently another one of these shooting clubs that raises its own ducks which it then releases to be shot by great white hunters. Way back in 1911 it was condemned for its practices.
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E03E1D71531E233A25750C0A9669D946096D6CF
CNN in the past described it as a club where businessmen(not women) stay up at night drinking and playing cards.
October 26th, 2007 at 7:04 am#134 – “You 11%ers (and dropping) will never learn.” Comment by TCDon — October 25, 2007 @ 9:03 pm
Yeah, but for some reason, those 11%ers keep supporting Pres. Bush and his failed policies! Who woulda think it?!?!?
I guess you CAN fool some of the people all of the time! Pres. Bush is doing a great job of fooling them!
Well, except for the people who are waking up to the stench of corruption that is part & parcel of the Republican party.
October 26th, 2007 at 8:22 amIsn’t it time to stop calling what Chaney does, “hunting”?
He goes to a hunting preserve, buys live birds at the entrance and goes out to shoot them.
Chaney doesn’t go hunting, he goes killing.
October 26th, 2007 at 3:44 pmYour right Casey, it’s slaughtering not hunting. And even if it was ‘legit’ hunting, you know he wouldn’t be eating the birds.
More likely he eats human flesh!
October 26th, 2007 at 4:10 pmHey Liberals Are Filled With Hate,
You are clearly hiding the fact that you are molesting small children. Why don’t you do us all a favor and save your “ideas” for someone who cares? Perhaps your god O’Reilly has somewhere on the internets you can spew your garbage?
October 26th, 2007 at 5:13 pmThis is an amazing coincidence, but 1 hour after I wrote my comment about Chaney’s “hunting” I’m listening to a podcast of the October 19th episode of NPR’s Fresh Air.
In it, Terry Gross replays a 2006 interview with Ben Carlin, former executive producer of “The Daily Show”. In that interview he describes when the Daily Show went to a hunting preserve like the one where Chaney likes to kill.
His description of the process is amazing. He said that you buy the birds you want to kill. They drive you out into the field with the birds in a crate. The ‘guide’ take the crate of birds into the brush, dumps them upside down on the ground to confuse the birds then nudges them to take flight. That’s when you kill them.
October 26th, 2007 at 5:44 pmThe local News reported that there has been a run on florescent orange hats and vests in the town of Poughkeepsie, and they were recommending anyyone who hasn’t yet, buy them.
October 27th, 2007 at 2:27 amWith any luck dick’s Supreme Court buddy scalia will be flushing the game out this time.
This blood thirsty vampire! he can never get enough blood of any living creature. Not quite enough dying for you (supposedly) in Iraq, Cheney, so go kill some innnocent birds for your blood lust? Sticking Coward, you can allow living being of all kinds to be killed,but when the possibility came up that you might be killed in Vietnam (and believe me those who went to Canada and avoided the draft are just as American and “Patriotric” and “brave” as those who went to Vietnam – for without those who were protesting the draft – how many more would have died? but I digress)
October 27th, 2007 at 1:33 pmYou blood lusting vampire – all you could do was get your wife pregnant when you ran out of cowards., but now you still just have to get your fix of blood!
Misspellling from my comment #145 above – I get so upset thinking of this
October 27th, 2007 at 1:38 pmentity, ….I meant to say when this sticking coward ran out of deferments –
what else could he do, but finally yield in and actually have sex with his wife? Why else would anyone want to sleep with her? So plan f, I presume was have sex (day and night, night and day – poor thing, honestly)
until one of those eggs of hers hatched. I know how crude I am
but they have made me sink to this level. Nice. Put the birds in a crate, shake them out so they fly a little and shoot them….that’s very
“compassionate” of you DI
THE BOTTOM LINE – The Republican Party has failed and Congress has low ratings because of the Republican Party. The Democrats may hold Congress but they can’t get bills to pass because there has to be 60 votes in the Senate to pass a bill, of course the Republican Party keeps blocking the Democrats. Lets face it, the Republican party has failed us and the world as well.
October 28th, 2007 at 10:26 am