ThinkFast: February 5, 2008
ThinkFast: February 5, 2008
Yesterday, right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh spent his entire program trashing John McCain. Limbaugh said it is ludicrous for McCain to claim the mantle of national security. “The idea that we’ve only got one person in this whole roster of candidates, either party, who is willing to take on the war on terror is frankly, absurd,” he said.
Voters in 24 states will head to polls for today’s Super Tuesday, the “biggest primary day in U.S. history.” With 1,023 Republican and 1,681 Democratic delegates at stake, some election observers are worried about “chaos at the polling booths with malfunctioning machines and disputed results.”
The former chairman of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has called on the European Union to ban gas-guzzling cars, saying they are unnecessary. “Nobody needs a car that does 10-15 mpg,” Mark Moody-Stuart said.
Bush’s budget failed to provide any funding for the FOIA Ombudsman’s Office in the National Archives and Records Administration and attempts to shift the responsibilities of that office to the Department of Justice. Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said that putting the DoJ in charge of transparency in government is a conflict of interest.
Attorney General Michael Mukasey reversed a 2003 decision barring a gay advocacy group from using “the e-mail, bulletin boards and meeting rooms at the Justice Department” and “issued a revised equal-employment-opportunity policy barring discrimination against any group.”
“Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) has placed a hold on the nomination of Mark Filip to be deputy attorney general” until Attorney General Mukasey answers questions on torture and detainee abuse cases “contained in three Durbin letters to the Justice Department dating back to 2005.”
Britain’s Prince Andrew, who is fourth in line to the throne, yesterday “launched a sharp attack” against President Bush for “failing to listen to Britain during the conflict in Iraq.” He added that since the Iraq war, Britons have been left with a “healthy skepticism” toward what is said in Washington.
“Businesses that rely on seasonal workers are scrambling to fill positions, and some are shutting down, because there are fewer visas for the foreign workers who usually fill the jobs.”
President Bush’s budget, released yesterday, would slash funding for the Environmental Protection Agency “by $330 million from fiscal 2008 to $7.1 billion, with significant drops in spending on clean-water projects. The proposal calls for an overall decrease of almost $600 million from EPA spending in 2007 and the elimination of five programs.”
And finally: Craig Ferguson, host of The Late, Late Show on CBS, has been chosen as the entertainment for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. Ferguson seems to be a “middle ground” choice between last year’s performance by Rich Little — which was “dated and irrelevant” and Stephen Colbert in 2006 — who was too “edgy.” President Bush is “reportedly pleased” with the choice of Ferguson.
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Good morning, campers.
It would be fun to see McJowls get the GOP nomination-just to watch Rush Limpdick explode. It WOULD be worth it.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:05 amI am amused that the wingnuts are afraid -- very afraid of John McCain. First Coultergeist, now Rush. What in the world will they do if McCain actually gets the GOP nomination? Go into vapor lock?
February 5th, 2008 at 9:08 amHow does Anglo Oil think I can pull my boat or my camper without a truck?
February 5th, 2008 at 9:12 amUncle Ho & missmolly,
I'm enjoying the exposure hate radio is getting on this myself. Lush, Insannity, Savage & other hatemongers are showing their true colors.
Watching Limpballs' head explode would certainly be more entertaining than listening to him. Let's hope it's a chain reaction, and hate radio becomes the equivalent of the movie 'Scanners', where people's heads actually did explode.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:13 am"I am amused that the wingnuts are afraid — very afraid of John McCain. First Coultergeist, now Rush."
Does anyone really believe that Coulter would ever vote for a dem? It's all theater. If it looked like a dem would win, she'd hold her nose and vote McCain.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:13 amHow does Anglo Oil think I can pull my boat or my camper without a truck?
Comment by Roger_Roger — February 5, 2008 @ 9:12 am
You can't find a truck that gets better than 15 mpg?
You really are an idiot.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:14 amHow does Anglo Oil think I can pull my boat or my camper without a truck?
Comment by Roger_Roger
Nobody cares about your whitetrash hobbies. Get off your lazy ass and paddle a canoe, and sleep in a tent.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:15 am"How does Anglo Oil think I can pull my boat or my camper without a truck?"
Comment by Roger_Roger
Like a real man, you pull it yourself, with a harness. Or is that too tough for little Roger?
February 5th, 2008 at 9:15 amYou can’t find a truck that gets better than 15 mpg?
You really are an idiot.
Comment by Lefty Patriot
You state the obvious.
Try the Honda Ridgeline, avg 17 mpg, 5000lb. towing cap.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:17 amYesterday, right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh spent his entire program trashing John McCain.
I have to admit that it is a lot of fun watching the conservatives eat their own. What are all these talking heads going to do when McCain is the nominee? I suspect they will all have a "come to Jesus" moment and start loving McCain once he is their nominee. I can't see the lock-step lemming party turning on a Republican candidate in the long run, knowing that will guarantee a Democratic win.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:17 am"You really are an idiot."
Hammer, meet nail.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:18 amPatrick Leahy (D-VT) said that putting the DoJ in charge of transparency in government is a conflict of interest.
You mean the DoJ that can't find it's ass with both hands? That one? The one that can't find millions of missing e-mails? The department that hosted 'Alberto's Follies'?
The only transparency DoJ exhibits is one of arrogance, Party allegiance, corporate favoritism and that dumb shit look when asked a question.
Thanks, Gonzo, you couldn't screw things up as bad as your Presidunce, but you sure gave it your all.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:19 amVoters in 24 states will head to polls for today’s Super Tuesday..
The more I learn about our system of nominating a candidate, the less I like it. In the end it looks like it will be the "Super Delegates" who will decide who our nominee will be, to hell with the people and how they voted. If nothing else we need to hold our primaries all on one day, the same as the general. It is ludicrous that small states like Iowa and New Hampshire have such a large part in choosing our candidates. Then we need to go to a popular vote, winner takes all. Then we truly will have a system of "one man one vote".
February 5th, 2008 at 9:20 amSen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) said that putting the DoJ in charge of transparency in government is a conflict of interest.
Especially when we have an administration that has completely politicized our DOJ. Every time I hear a Republican troll scream "witch hunt" regarding our DOJ I have to think of how they would have reacted if it had been a Democratic President that had made the DOJ a party extension.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:22 amBritain’s Prince Andrew, who is fourth in line to the throne, yesterday “launched a sharp attack†against President Bush for “failing to listen to Britain during the conflict in Iraq.
How dare a Prince criticize our King!
February 5th, 2008 at 9:24 am/sarc
He added that since the Iraq war, Britons have been left with a “healthy skepticism†toward what is said in Washington.
It's not just Great Britain that has a "healthy skepticism" towards what is said in Washington. It is pretty much the world. I really to have a lot of compassion for whomever is our next President. They have a serious job cut out for them trying to repair all the damage the Bushies have wrought upon this countries reputation in the world. The thing that amazes me is that Bush really doesn't care that he has trashed this country's reputation.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:25 amLimbaugh said it is ludicrous for McCain to claim the mantle of national security.
So if McCain's not allowed to use Chimpy's favorite campaign trick... What will the Republicans run on?
February 5th, 2008 at 9:26 amIt is going to be a long awaited pleasure to watch the likes of Lintball become marginalized, appealing only to those misanthropes and cretins who make up his core audience.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:27 amWho is this man, and what has he done with the real Rush. I honestly have never heard him say anything that has remotely made sense.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:27 amHow dare a Prince criticize our King!
/sarc
Comment by Zimzone — February 5, 2008 @ 9:24 am
He's a war veteran too. I suspect Commander Codpiece is not amused.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:27 amWhat will the Republicans run on?
Comment by Dumb_Fox — February 5, 2008 @ 9:26 am
fear of brown people
February 5th, 2008 at 9:28 amDoes anyone really believe that Coulter would ever vote for a dem? It’s all theater. If it looked like a dem would win, she’d hold her nose and vote McCain.
Comment by barfly
I'm not so sure about that. I think it is more likely she just won't vote. Her vote won't be missed.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:29 amDoes anyone really believe that Coulter would ever vote for a dem? It’s all theater. If it looked like a dem would win, she’d hold her nose and vote McCain.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:31 amComment by barfly Her new book is "how to vote for a dem if you have to.
How does Anglo Oil think I can pull my boat or my camper without a truck?
Comment by Roger_Roger
same way you always do...you grab the toy truck and drag it across the sandbox......
February 5th, 2008 at 9:33 am"What will the Republicans run on?"
Comment by Dumb_Fox
On the hope that Americans are too dumb to finally kick republicans to the curb after a bogus, five year occupation of another country, and half a decade of no congressional oversight...
February 5th, 2008 at 9:33 amWhen McCain is annointed the Reich-wing will say, "We love John McCain. We have always loved John McCain."
And their followers will buy it.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:34 amLimbaugh is losing control. All his listening minions are not doing what he's saying they should be doing. The authoritarians are turning against their mouthpiece. If I was a little boy in the Dominican Republic, I'd hide from the big Oxycontin fueled woman hater...
February 5th, 2008 at 9:36 amComment by bilbobaggins — February 5, 2008 @ 9:20 am
Our voting system should be, at the least, rethought. There are advantages to having the primaries spread out over time - we get to see if candidates are pandering and if they have staying power. The disadvantage of Iowa and NH having such influence every election is very problematic. As for a strict popular vote, I like this for the general election but for the primaries, especially with multiple candidates, there would be problems with either a delegate or a popular vote. I would rather see a system whereby voters can rank their choices in the primary and each rank has a weight so that the candidate with the most weighted votes get the nomination. This would allow voters to still have influence when the candidates begin to drop out because the voters' second or third choice still has support recorded. This would be especially helpful in states which allow early voting.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:37 amHow does Anglo Oil think I can pull my boat or my camper without a truck?
Comment by Roger_Roger Debate_Dodger— February 5, 2008 @ 9:12 am
What is it with the trolls? It's always "me, me, me!"
I honestly think this is the difference between progressives and republicans.
Progresso's are worried about others, and always looking to help.
Republican'ts are only interested in themselves, and damn the rest!
Of course, one only needs to see the state of the good ol' USA today to realize what happens when "they" are in control!
February 5th, 2008 at 9:39 amHooray for Prince Andrew and Dick Durbin. May they continue to oppose and question and demand answers from this most irresponsible government.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:40 am“What will the Republicans run on?†- Dumb_Fox
Methane. They exude copious amounts when lying...that's why they smell so bad when you get near them.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:40 am"Her new book is 'how to vote for a dem if you have to."
Comment by the Lone Voice of Reason
More theater, to sell books. She knows her ideology is trashed with the voters, so why not try to make a buck off the opposition? People will buy it for the curiousity factor, but little else.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:40 amGone virtually unnoticed by the media was a true rarity: a Bush power grab, pushed through by the previous Republican Congress actually rolled back.
Passed and signed into law in a very hush-hush manner, the law opened the door for Bush to use the National Guard and other military forces domestically for almost any purpose he might deem appropriate.
Indeed, the president could order the Guard of any state into any other state, even if the governors of both states objected.
Sen. Leahy got the right people front and center before his committee.
Upon learning of the change, infuriated governors, National Guard
associations and local law enforcement groups mounted a campaignfor repeal.
The repeal went into the latest Defense authorization, and quietly, and with little notice, a Bush power-grab was actually rolled back.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:41 amA gallant lot those britts are, but if Andrew had the guts to engage in combat in the Falklands and now throw some much needed criticism towards our own King George, why didn't he say anything about the Downing Street memos?
February 5th, 2008 at 9:42 amDon't worry about Coulter's vote -- she doesn't even vote at her proper poll.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:43 amBarfly, sorry, no book, just joke.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:43 amyou grab the toy truck and drag it across the sandbox……
Comment by Fred — February 5, 2008 @ 9:33 am
All whilst going " Vrooom... vroooom... vrooom..."
February 5th, 2008 at 9:44 amAltho I love the trollbashes - much better than I could do - please don't feed the trolls. It only makes them happy: they get off on the attention.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:45 amCaption: I miss my boy toy in the Caribbean...nobody understands me, & my ratings are slipping. Housekeeper! Where's the Oxy?'
February 5th, 2008 at 9:45 amWhat is it with the trolls? It’s always “me, me, me!â€
I honestly think this is the difference between progressives and republicans.
Progresso’s are worried about others, and always looking to help.
Republican’ts are only interested in themselves, and damn the rest!
Comment by DRxJ — February 5, 2008 @ 9:39 am
This is so true!! It's all about them and their money. The really pathetic thing is that most of our trolls are probably making the arguments that have allowed someone else to get rich. They themselves are struggling due to Bush's mishandling of the economy.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:47 amAltho I love the trollbashes - much better than I could do - please don’t feed the trolls. It only makes them happy: they get off on the attention.
Comment by bernard quatermass
it is disheartening when they take over a thread and sometimes our own get drawn in....it happens.
Mostly, some of us have adopted a "talk about them but don't engage" method which seems to frustrate them immensly...especially when you go out of your way not to acknowledge anything that they seem to think is important or divisive.
Until threads are moderated......we deal with it the best we can.
February 5th, 2008 at 9:53 amWe won a HUGE Victory Yesterday and it was reported on by virtually no one.
The Insurrection Act was RESTORED!
Bush can no longer take control of your state's national guard and use them against you.
Thank Senator Pat Leahy who doggedly kept fighting for this victory.
We FINALLY WON one battle!
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/?q=node/30741
February 5th, 2008 at 9:54 amSo...what did limpbaugh do before he became a propagandist?
February 5th, 2008 at 9:55 am2MillionLightYears, what's to stop President Botch from just doing one of his notorious signing statements over this?
February 5th, 2008 at 9:59 amSo…what did limpbaugh do before he became a propagandist?
Comment by Guido OBGYN Lover
February 5th, 2008 at 9:59 amWell, he was an unemployed draft dodger for a while. Now he's just a draft dodger.
So…what did limpbaugh do before he became a propagandist?
-Guido OBGYN Lover
He was a male stripper, but business was so bad he had to pay customers to watch him...kind of like his show today.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:00 amI read that Joan Baez has come out and endorsed Obama.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:01 amBaez, though very active in many causes, has never ever come out and endorsed any candidate before, even though many have asked.
Rush and Rove are so physically repulsive it really is beyond words. People for whom reproducing comes only through having power. Yuck yuck yuck.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:05 amOMG yucky
February 5th, 2008 at 10:05 amPresident Bush’s budget, released yesterday, would slash funding for the Environmental Protection Agency “by $330 million from fiscal 2008 to $7.1 billion, with significant drops in spending on clean-water projects. The proposal calls for an overall decrease of almost $600 million from EPA spending in 2007 and the elimination of five programs.â€
This is thier plan.....hard to believe that Americans would destroy a strong economy just to be able to justify not funding programs like this. Of course this is just one example.......
Just goes to show you that republicans can't live in a democracy....If they don't like the way the majority thinks then they go behind their backs and do something underhanded......why don't the American people see this?
February 5th, 2008 at 10:06 amWhen only a fraction of the populace votes, elections are won on turnout. If the R establishment loathes and bashes McCain, it will inevitably depress R turnout. Who wants to bother to vote when your party mouthpieces are so down on your candidate? Especially since Rs are largely authoritarian followers; many will take the propagandists' loathing of McCain as an affirmative command to stay home.
On the other hand, Dems are excited about their choices. The loathing of Sen. Clinton on the left side of the web doesn't (as much as I might like it to) translate into a loathing of her by the base. The excitement over this election is going to boost Dem turnout like never before. Even if the Independents break about evenly, that's advantage: Dem.
Add to that months of 527 ads reminding voters about how McCain wants to remain in Iraq for 100 years, and how he was against the Bush tax cuts for the rich before he was for them, a sinking economy, and McCain's embrace of Bush's most unpopular policies, and those poll numbers showing McCain doing well in a general evaporate.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:07 amyesterday rachel maddow's guest was "Steven Hill, the director of the political reform program at the New America Foundation."
mostly about the super delegates, but also laid out a plan for primaries that groups the states by size (population, i assume) into 3-4 groups and then, beginning smallest to largest, have the primary voting dates in succession...
i could not figure how that was better than a one day national primary, but it did make more sense than regional rotation... but i forget his reason... sorry...
February 5th, 2008 at 10:09 amSen. Barack Obama has erased Sen. Hillary Clinton's lead among Democrats nationally, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. poll out Monday. The two are in a virtual tie, with Obama at 49 percent and Clinton at 46 percent.
The survey represents a dramatic turnaround in the race from a few months ago when Clinton had a significant edge over Obama.
With 1681 delegates up for grab, what Candidate do you believe will accumulate the most delegates on Super Tuesday?
http://www.youpolls.com/details.asp?pid=1693
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February 5th, 2008 at 10:11 am"Well, he was an unemployed draft dodger for a while. Now he’s just a draft dodger."
Comment by Bobwurst
Little Rusty got his start hawking Serutan, Doan's Little Liver Pills, Culligan water softeners, and other staples of commercial radio on his dad's station.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:12 amAltho I love the trollbashes - much better than I could do - please don’t feed the trolls. It only makes them happy: they get off on the attention.
Comment by bernard quatermass — February 5, 2008 @ 9:45 am
In general, I agree. I would however gladly confer troll bashing rights on several TP denizens - Bobwurst, Fred, Toasterhead among others - for the valuable service they provide. Trolls are a nuisance. Troll executions, properly carried out, are indeed quite funny.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:13 amgg wants to take credit for something progressive.......ha....I knew she was a liberal at heart.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:13 amRadio wants Romney. Take Ingraham -- she couldn't shut up about him when I tuned in waiting for Colmes yesterday.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:16 am"You conveniently forgot to mention that this bill was co-sponsored by Senator Kit Bond (R-Mo.), and was signed by President Bush. The nation’s governors also unanimously supported the Leahy-Bond bill to repeal the Insurrection Act changes. This was very much bi-partisan."
Comment by good_golly
STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY
Repeal of Modification to Insurrection Act: The Administration strongly
opposes section 1054, which could be perceived as significantly
restricting a congressionally- granted authority for the President to
direct the Secretary of Defense to preserve life and property and by
limiting the President's authority to call upon the Reserves. Such a
result would be detrimental to the President's ability to employ the
Armed Forces effectively to respond to the major public emergencies
contemplated by the statute.
Yup, he'll go down in the history books as, "Bi-Partisan Bush."
February 5th, 2008 at 10:19 amMcCain may be Bush on steroids, but Romney would take from the blueprint of Bain & Co. to run this country if elected.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:19 amThe loathing of Sen. Clinton on the left side ...
Comment by PeterW — February 5, 2008 @ 10:07 am
stop that!
i really don't see any "loathing" of her... except that expressed by the stoopid troolls that drop their poop around here...
she's not my first choice - he dropped out - but if she is the nominee,
you all demn well better get behind her and put her in charge...
OVERWHELMING DEMOCRATIC VOTER TURNOUT.
THEY CAN'T STEAL IT IF IT'S NOT CLOSE.
the only reason i don't want hillary as pres is because i'm already sick and tired of the rightie wingNUT baseless clinton bashing...
and you know they will bash whoever the dems choose...
so, fu(k them and do what is best for this country.
.
GO OBAMA
February 5th, 2008 at 10:20 amFor those who vote today, here is a Last-Minute-Fact-Checker, in case you want to make sure or need some more info.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:20 amComment by good_golly — February 5, 2008 @ 10:09 am
It may have been a bi-partisan effort, AND it also rolled back a Botch power grab, which the Botch Admin didn't like.
STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY
Repeal of Modification to Insurrection Act: The Administration strongly
opposes section 1054, which could be perceived as significantly
restricting a congressionally- granted authority for the President to
direct the Secretary of Defense to preserve life and property and by
limiting the President's authority to call upon the Reserves. Such a
result would be detrimental to the President's ability to employ the
Armed Forces effectively to respond to the major public emergencies
contemplated by the statute.
The original power grab was pushed thru by the rubber stamp GOP Congress in Sept 2006. Bond criticized the secretive origin of the measure (after the fact). "Nobody knows where it came from," he said at the hearing. "I think it was ill- conceived..."
"Nobody knows..." Riiiight... nobody wants to admit they know where it came from.
Leahy's bill was attached to the current Defense Authorization, which Botch could not afford to sign.
Also, I'd like to know, has Botch already issued a signing statement exempting himself from this? or will he?
February 5th, 2008 at 10:22 amMickey Hart, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir for Obama. Now that is an endorsement.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:22 amYa beat me to barfly!
February 5th, 2008 at 10:23 amAnd BTW, I'm desparation to find some good progressive radio. When Americans are voting this country blue, I very much doubt that hours straight of Limb-Beck-Ingraham-Hannity-Savage five days a week is based on clear demand.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:24 amIt's called "Media Consolidation", McWars.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:31 am52:
February 5th, 2008 at 10:32 amAnd that means that Nobody, but nobody,, liked that power grab, W only signed it because it'd be passed over his veto.
What conservative would have given that power to the central government?
W is no conservative, and it's to the conservative's everlasting shame that they cheered him on because he was 'one of them' instead of opposing him when he violated conservative principles.
That's the difference between the left and the right: If President Obama craps out on vital progressive issues, the left will not sit still because he's 'one of us.'
mcwars - huh?
if nothing else, google "progressive radio"... many online varieties...
but surely you've heard of http://www.airamerica.com/...
oh... but wait till the idiot lionul is over at 12 eastern...
February 5th, 2008 at 10:38 ammaybe i shouldn't say that... SOME people like him...
February 5th, 2008 at 10:41 amnot sure why tho...
It would be fun to see McJowls get the GOP nomination-just to watch Rush Limpdick explode. It WOULD be worth it.
Yeah, I can't wait to hear Rush's meltdown once this happens. In fact, if McCain becomes our next president, I bet Rush will be beside himself on what to do!
February 5th, 2008 at 10:42 amFor the record, I do not want McCain to be the next president. After eight years of incompetent, war-mongering, corporate a**-kissing, republican hell, it's time for a change.
February 5th, 2008 at 10:50 amGL; I don't want a McJowls presidency anymore than I wanted one by W. I merely said that it would be fun to watch Limpdick & his dittodicks go spastic if he did get the nomination.
For the record; as a Navy Corpsman during Vietnam, I personally changed bandages for guys who had the same ailment Rush Limpdick copped a draft-deferment for. The pussy is a cowardly chickenhawk.
February 5th, 2008 at 11:13 amkaty, thank you for the advice.
February 5th, 2008 at 11:17 amKeep up the good work Rush! Lambasting the GOP's front-runner is a great way of alienating those supporting him. It's not just Bush that is destroying the Bush enabling Republican Party, it's right-wing nutjobs like Rush, Sean and Glenn who are motivating moderates and conscientious Republicans to become Independents and to vote for Democrats like Obama and Clinton. These people are so dysfunctional they "need" someone to hate even when that someone is one of their own. Today's right-wing media pundits going after McCain are examples of what I call reverse political moral hypocrisy. It's wrong for others to divide Republicans to enable Democrats to defeat them, but not necessasrily wrong for them. Like George W. Bush, their beliefs take precidence over the majority of those in their party who have different beliefs. They say they believe in democracy, but the do everything within their power to prevent the will of the majority from being realized. What's the difference between a Republic and a Fascist state when a powerful beligerent minority insists on ovveruling the will of the majority?
February 5th, 2008 at 11:22 amBest of all worlds:
McCain gets nomination.
Right wing radio freaks jump up and down, howling and gnashing, spitttle flying everywhere.
Democrats clobber weakened McCain.
Right wing radio freaks now happy they have Obama/Clinton to bash for next sixteen years.
February 5th, 2008 at 11:58 amIt's pretty sad when the far reich-wing argument against McLame is that he has reached across the aisle to Democrats. It's just more proof that reich-wingers hate America and only care about their perverse dogmatic [failing] movement.
February 5th, 2008 at 12:08 pmToday is Mardi Gras.
http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/pageone/pdfs/2008/20080205_A01_no.pdf
February 5th, 2008 at 12:09 pm"Until threads are moderated……we deal with it the best we can."
I know ... and I am much to blame for bashing in the past. But am trying to be better. They really do thrive on the negative attention. :(
February 5th, 2008 at 12:32 pmHappy Mardi Gras to you Bienville!
it is a busy day today!
i hope the festivities in new orleans and new york city do not
February 5th, 2008 at 12:32 pmdistract from the voting...
For once I agree with Limbaugh, who claims that "...it is ludicrous for McCain to claim the mantle of national security."
Being locked up in an Asian jail is a poor excuse for foreign policy expertise.
February 5th, 2008 at 1:29 pmAnd finally: Craig Ferguson, host of The Late, Late Show on CBS, has been chosen as the entertainment for this year’s White House Correspondents’ Association (WHCA) dinner. Ferguson seems to be a “middle ground†choice between last year’s performance by Rich Little — which was “dated and irrelevant†and Stephen Colbert in 2006 — who was too “edgy.†President Bush is “reportedly pleased†with the choice of Ferguson.
More like a “middle ground†between the Right and the Far Right.
February 5th, 2008 at 2:05 pmComment by katy — February 5, 2008 @ 12:32 pm
The primary isn't until Saturday. I think we'll be ready.
February 5th, 2008 at 6:51 pmThe former chairman of Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell has called on the European Union to ban gas-guzzling cars, saying they are unnecessary. “Nobody needs a car that does 10-15 mpg,†Mark Moody-Stuart said.
this is about the imminent arrival of global peak oil production. climate change is providing cover for the biggest issue we face since the dawn of the oil age. no growth in oil production = limited or no growth in world economy = conflicts for control of oil supply.
How does Anglo Oil think I can pull my boat or my camper without a truck?
Comment by Roger_Roger — February 5, 2008 @ 9:12 am
this affects the EU not you, if its ever implemented. so i wouldnt worry about your constitutionally protected human right to burn gas at an obscene rate just yet.
"The american way of life is non-negotiable" - Dick Cheney
February 6th, 2008 at 9:15 am