Comments on: ThinkFast: February 5, 2008 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/ Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:53:46 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: daytripper http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4255475 daytripper Wed, 06 Feb 2008 14:15:21 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4255475 <i>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.</i> 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. <i>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</i> 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 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.

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

]]> By: Bienville http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4255253 Bienville Tue, 05 Feb 2008 23:51:48 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4255253 Comment by katy — February 5, 2008 @ 12:32 pm The primary isn't until Saturday. I think we'll be ready. Comment by katy — February 5, 2008 @ 12:32 pm

The primary isn’t until Saturday. I think we’ll be ready.

]]> By: Evil Spaniard http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254717 Evil Spaniard Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:05:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254717 <em>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.</em> More like a “middle ground” between the Right and the Far Right. 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.

More like a “middle ground” between the Right and the Far Right.

]]> By: Bartolo http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254659 Bartolo Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:29:01 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254659 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. 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.

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254582 katy Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:32:58 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254582 Happy Mardi Gras to you Bienville! it is a busy day today! i hope the festivities in new orleans and new york city do not distract from the voting... Happy Mardi Gras to you Bienville!

it is a busy day today!

i hope the festivities in new orleans and new york city do not
distract from the voting…

]]> By: bernard quatermass http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254581 bernard quatermass Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:32:47 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254581 "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. :( “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. :(

]]> By: Bienville http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254549 Bienville Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:09:06 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254549 Today is Mardi Gras. http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/pageone/pdfs/2008/20080205_A01_no.pdf Today is Mardi Gras.

http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/pageone/pdfs/2008/20080205_A01_no.pdf

]]> By: RUCerious http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254535 RUCerious Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:58:02 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254535 Best 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. Best 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.

]]> By: osage http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254476 osage Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:22:16 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254476 Keep 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? Keep 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?

]]> By: McWars http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254466 McWars Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:17:19 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254466 katy, thank you for the advice. katy, thank you for the advice.

]]> By: Uncle Ho http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254463 Uncle Ho Tue, 05 Feb 2008 16:13:10 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254463 GL; 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. GL; 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.

]]> By: GL2814 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254420 GL2814 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:50:15 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254420 For 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. For 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.

]]> By: GL2814 http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254398 GL2814 Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:42:07 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254398 <em>It would be fun to see McJowls get the GOP nomination-just to watch Rush Limpdick explode. It WOULD be worth it.</em> 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! 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!

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254397 katy Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:41:37 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254397 maybe i shouldn't say that... SOME people like him... not sure why tho... maybe i shouldn’t say that… SOME people like him…
not sure why tho…

]]> By: katy http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254388 katy Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:38:30 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254388 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... 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…

]]> By: pbg http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254377 pbg Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:32:39 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254377 52: And 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.' 52:
And 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.’

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254372 The Republic of Stupidity Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:31:34 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254372 It's called "Media Consolidation", McWars. It’s called “Media Consolidation”, McWars.

]]> By: McWars http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254356 McWars Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:24:50 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254356 And 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. And 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.

]]> By: The Republic of Stupidity http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254353 The Republic of Stupidity Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:23:13 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254353 Ya beat me to barfly! Ya beat me to barfly!

]]> By: the Lone Voice of Reason http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/comment-page-2/#comment-4254352 the Lone Voice of Reason Tue, 05 Feb 2008 15:22:48 +0000 http://edit.thinkprogress.org/2008/02/05/thinkfast-february-5-2008/#comment-4254352 Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir for Obama. Now that is an endorsement. Mickey Hart, Phil Lesh, and Bob Weir for Obama. Now that is an endorsement.

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