ThinkFast: March 10, 2008
ThinkFast: March 10, 2008
“Signaling a significant departure from the Southern Baptist Convention’s official stance on global warming,” 44 Southern Baptist leaders, including its current president, “have decided to back a declaration calling for more action on climate change, saying its previous position on the issue was ‘too timid.’”
“Vice President Dick Cheney will visit the Middle East next week and meet with leaders of Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian West Bank and Turkey.” Cheney’s office did not provide any details of what issues would be discussed during the trip.
The Senate Intelligence Committee is set to release “a detailed critique of the Bush administration’s claims in the buildup to war with Iraq.” The report “reaches a mixed verdict” on whether “the White House misused intelligence to make the case for war,” but it does criticize White House officials for “making assertions that failed to reflect disagreements or uncertainties in the underlying intelligence on Iraq.”
In a CBS 60 Minutes interview that aired yesterday, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) promised to release his medical records “sometime in the next month or two.” Yet so far, campaign officials have assured reporters at least three times since March 2007 “that they would provide the detailed information” about the senator’s health, “but they have not done so.”
In a new report, the Southern Poverty Law Center says “anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling nationwide increases in the number of hate groups and the number of hate crimes targeting Latinos.” The organization “counted 888 hate groups in its latest tally, up from 844 in 2006 and 602 in 2000.”
Current and former intelligence officials say that the National Security Agency “now monitors huge volumes of records of domestic emails and Internet searches as well as bank transfers, credit-card transactions, travel and telephone records.” NSA staff has “expressed concerns that the agency may be overstepping its authority by veering into domestic surveillance.”
Average U.S. gas prices “have reached a new high of almost $3.20 per gallon and will likely jump another 20 to 30 cents in the next month, worsening the pain of consumers struggling to make ends meet in an economic downturn.” Prices increased “about 9.44 cents per gallon in the past two weeks” and “64 cents per gallon in the past 12 months.”
Climate change research published in separate journals over the past few weeks from scientists from around the world has a “simple message: The world must bring carbon emissions down to near zero to keep temperatures from rising further.”
Children in Iraq “have been more gravely affected by the U.S. occupation than any other segment of the population.” According to the United Nations, “at least two million Iraqi children lack adequate nutrition” and “only 40 percent of children nationwide have access to safe drinking water.”
And finally: Action star and right-wing activist Chuck Norris “has become a cult figure among the U.S. military in Iraq and an unlikely hero for some in Iraq’s security forces.” Comments “lauding the manliness and virility of the actor have been left on toilet walls across Iraq and even in neighboring Kuwait.” One such comment: “Chuck Norris puts the laughter in manslaughter.” Troops appreciate that Norris “visited Iraq when violence was its worst and other celebrities were skittish.”
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Food Crisis Will Take Hold Before Climate Change, Warns Chief Scientist
Food security and the rapid rise in food prices make up the “elephant in the room according to the UK government’s new chief scientific adviser. In his first major speech, Professor John Beddington said the…rush to grow biofuels was compounding the problem, and cutting down rainforest to produce biofuel crops was “profoundly stupidâ€.
He told (a) UK Conference: “…It is very hard to imagine how we can see a world growing enough crops to produce renewable energy and at the same time meet the enormous increase in the demand for food…†He reserved some of his most scathing comments for the biofuel industry, which he said had delivered a “major shock†to world food prices.
http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/03/07/7538/
March 10th, 2008 at 9:03 amSurging costs of groceries hit home
…After nearly two decades of low food inflation, prices for staples such as bread, milk, eggs, and flour are rising sharply, surging in the past year at double-digit rates, according to the Labor Department. Milk prices, for example, increased 26 percent over the year. Egg prices jumped 40 percent.
Escalating food costs could present a greater problem than soaring oil prices for the national economy because the average household spends three times as much for food as for gasoline. Food accounts for about 13 percent of household spending compared with about 4 percent for gas.
…”It’s the biggest risk we face economically, and it might be the thing that does us in,” said Rich Yamarone, director of economic research at Argus Research Corp… “There’s nothing really worse than having a job, making money, and forking most of it over just so you can have the same amount of food. You’re running in place, and it really weighs on you.”
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/WilliamPitt/423
March 10th, 2008 at 9:04 amIt warms my heart (no double meaning intended) that the Baptists have decided to step up to their role as God-appointed stewards of the earth and concern themselves with climate change.
Now, about other Christians who aren’t worried about it because of the coming Rapture — perhaps it’s not too much to hope that they will get with the program as well.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:08 amI can understand the troops’ admiration for Chuck Norris, but there’s really something about comments regarding manliness and virility on toilet walls that kind of creeps me out (shades of Larry Craig, I guess). Isn’t there some other way they can show their admiration?
March 10th, 2008 at 9:11 amgood morning, campers.
after a snark-free weekend, it’s now Monday, Monday. And that means it’s back to the snark-race.
Gas is $3.35/gal for regular in the Port Huron area. $3.20 is a bargain in these parts.
I can only assume that domestic surveillence has been going on for some time-wholesale data mining. Total Information Program(TIPS).
March 10th, 2008 at 9:12 am“Cheney’s office did not provide any details of what issues would be discussed during the trip.”
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I’m surprised that Cheney’s office even admitted he was leaving his bunker for awhile.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:13 amIsn’t there some other way they can show their admiration?
Comment by missmolly
Yes, but they probably do those in the showers…..
March 10th, 2008 at 9:14 amComment by 2MillionLightYearsToHusseinAndromeda — March 10, 2008 @ 9:03 am
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToHusseinAndromeda — March 10, 2008 @ 9:04 am
Thanks for posting this. The world’s spreading food crisis is made possible by three developments:
1)Skyrocketing energy prices
March 10th, 2008 at 9:14 am2) Conversion of food to energy
3) Overpopulation
McBush had better wake up to the fact that his medical records have been kicking around for a long time, passing through many medical institutions & many hands, & that there are copies. If he’s holding them back to scrub them, the originals will still be out there.
St. John needs to release his med records NOW or they will be leaked.
No need for shock or outrage, Repubs. Since Valerie Plame, it’s all fair game, doncha know.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:16 amDid they count the Nation of Islam and Trinity United Church of Christ?
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:11 am
I don’t know if the SPLC counts Nation of Islam as a “hate group” — I know it is considered a hate group by some because of their racist positions.
The United Church of Christ and its member congregations are not hate groups — any more than any other Protestant denomination.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:16 am1)Skyrocketing energy prices
2) Conversion of food to energy
3) Overpopulation
Comment by McWars
Add to this the exploitation of the natural resources of developing countries, leaving them with no money, no food, and widespread pollution and environmental degradation.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:18 amPharmaceuticals Found in Drinking Water Supply
At least one pharmaceutical or byproduct was detected in testing within the watersheds of 28 major metropolitan areas, according to an Associated Press survey of 62 major water providers and data obtained from independent researchers.
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_the_last_080310_drugs_found_in_water.htm
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Lets see..housing crisis, food crisis, gasoline crisis, water crisis, climate crisis…have the neocons missed not screwing up something necessary for our survival?
March 10th, 2008 at 9:18 am“…but it does criticize White House officials for “making assertions that failed to reflect disagreements or uncertainties in the underlying intelligence on Iraq.â€
In other words, Bush & Co. cherry picked the data to make their case for a war they had already decided was going to happen. Gee, tell us something we already didn’t know.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:19 amThe Mensa Bulletin this month published an article in its print edition comparing the attacks on global warming critics to McCarthyism. I suppose this means Exxon bought off the 2%ers, eh?
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:07 am
No, it doesn’t mean that at all. Why would Exxon waste their time with Mensa?
I assume that if you are getting the Mensa Bulletin, you are a member. And if you are a member, you would know that Mensa is a group with no political agenda, and they welcome thoughtful articles from all points of view. Do not mistake an article for any kind of official position.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:21 amThanks for posting this. The world’s spreading food crisis is made possible by three developments:
1)Skyrocketing energy prices
2) Conversion of food to energy
3) Overpopulation
Comment by McWars — March 10, 2008 @ 9:14 am
*** You’re welcome. I try to present information in a “theme” when possible for greater understanding of an issue.
Here are the twin stories of water contamination today.
AP Probe Finds Drugs in the Water:
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hGsoyElv4ZL879LW6z2aZS0Pix7AD8VA14500
Water Makes U.S. Troops Sick in Iraq:
March 10th, 2008 at 9:22 amhttp://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/31664
Current and former intelligence officials say that the National Security Agency “now monitors huge volumes of records of domestic emails and Internet searches as well as bank transfers, credit-card transactions, travel and telephone records.†NSA staff has “expressed concerns that the agency may be overstepping its authority by veering into domestic surveillance.â€
Words fail me, but this should be repeated – over and over and over again.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:22 amAverage U.S. gas prices “have reached a new high of almost $3.20 per gallon
So, why isn’t Bush over there convincing his buddy in Saudi Arabia to lighten up a little on us. Or, why isn’t he convincing his buddies, the big oil companies to share some of their windfall profits by lowering the price of gasoline? At this point in time Bush is responsible for where the price of oil is and is the only one who could do something about it.
But, of course, he isn’t going to do anything because this is what he was working for. His rich oil buddies are getting much richer and I’m sure they are squirreling money away in some offshore account for Bush right now.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:22 amThanks for lowering interest rates, Bernanke, when it is not proving to fix anything. It’s had such a wonderful affect on gas prices, and that’s why food is so darn cheap. If beating around the Bush is what you intend to do, then get out of office. Or get to doing a lot more work on solving the direct problem: Eliminating predatory adjustable rate mortgages — even for owners already missing payments and being threatened with foreclosure.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:23 amRegarding gasoline prices in the US. I’m wondering if the price of gasoline has risen in an equal manner in Europe. Does anyone know if this is happening or are we the only ones who are getting gouged?
March 10th, 2008 at 9:23 amOr, why isn’t he convincing his buddies, the big oil companies to share some of their windfall profits by lowering the price of gasoline?
Comment by Bilbo Hussein Baggins — March 10, 2008 @ 9:22 am
Silly Bilbo — you KNOW the time for that is October, just before the election!
March 10th, 2008 at 9:25 amIn a new report, the Southern Poverty Law Center says “anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling nationwide increases in the number of hate groups and the number of hate crimes targeting Latinos.â€
And my guess is that it is only going to get worse under an Obama administration. The rabid right is going to need some outlet for their fury and hatred once Obama is elected and I suspect that the Latinos are going to be a convenient target for that hatred.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:25 amAP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water
A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.
…The presence of so many prescription drugs — and over-the-counter medicines like acetaminophen and ibuprofen — in so much of our drinking water is heightening worries among scientists of long-term consequences to human health.
In the course of a five-month inquiry, the AP discovered that drugs have been detected in the drinking water supplies of 24 major metropolitan areas — from Southern California to Northern New Jersey, from Detroit to Louisville, Ky.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hGsoyElv4ZL879LW6z2aZS0Pix7AD8VA14500
** Anyone who can’t afford their drugs come on over to my house. I’ll turn on the faucet and you can get ‘em for free. But you must bring a prescription from your doctor!
March 10th, 2008 at 9:26 amYet so far, campaign officials have assured reporters at least three times since March 2007 “that they would provide the detailed information†about the senator’s health, “but they have not done so.â€
Why in the “next month or two”? Why not now. This is a made to order TV advertisement. Play the clip of McCain promising to release his records and then pause and say…..”Where are they Senator McCain”?
March 10th, 2008 at 9:26 amThanks for lowering interest rates, Bernanke, when it is not proving to fix anything.
Comment by McWars
Add this non-solution to another Bush “tax-rebate”, this time even larger, with funding from… where?…
March 10th, 2008 at 9:27 amHow can so many get a tax rebate when this country has such an astronomical debt?
Oh, wait, I forgot, there’s always Social Security to borrow from…
(Don’t worry kiddos, we’ll pay it back………..)
I wonder if GG attends a church and if he is always in total agreement with his pastor.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:29 amAccording to the United Nations, “at least two million Iraqi children lack adequate nutrition†and “only 40 percent of children nationwide have access to safe drinking water.â€
The surge is working….the surge is working. Where in the hell did all those billions of dollars we have been allocating to repairing Iraq’s infrastructure go?
Did everyone read about a bill that the Democrats are trying to pass that would criminalize contractors ripping off the American taxpayer? Some rightie slipped a clause into the bill exempting all “foreign contractors”. Nice, huh. If the bill were to pass it would be a license for the contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan to rip us off. Not that they aren’t already doing it.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:29 amIt shocked me yesterday, 2milAndromeda, that I had to read not only that our troops are exposed to contaminated water for cleaning purposes, but that our water supplies here at home, exposed to 40 million Americans, contain traces of prescription meds.
On the Today show this morning, I heard that even though the amounts are not considered to be toxic, the problem could balloon.
Are we able to keep track of the problems facing our nation any longer?
March 10th, 2008 at 9:30 amWhy in the “next month or twoâ€? Why not now. This is a made to order TV advertisement. Play the clip of McCain promising to release his records and then pause and say…..â€Where are they Senator McCainâ€?
Comment by Bilbo Hussein Baggins
They are still in the redacting office. They ran out of Sharpies.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:30 amThe Mensa Bulletin this month published an article in its print edition comparing the attacks on global warming critics to McCarthyism. I suppose this means Exxon bought off the 2%ers, eh?
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:07 am
exactly.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:30 amEscalating food costs could present a greater problem than soaring oil prices for the national economy because the average household spends three times as much for food as for gasoline.
The thing is that the two are related. When it costs twice as much to get their raw goods delivered, companies that make the food we eat have to pass this increased cost on to the consumer. Heaven forbid that they could possibly cut into their profit margin to lessen the blow to consumers. My fear is that everyone is taking advantage of the increase in the cost of gasoline to gouge the consumer. It’s a convenient excuse to increase their profit margins.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:31 amDid they count the Nation of Islam and Trinity United Church of Christ?
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:11 am
Turns out they’re not the problem it’s the mainstream superstitions: Catholics, Baptists, etc. you know, your people; the cowardly, the ignorant, the unAmerican…
March 10th, 2008 at 9:32 amI assume that if you are getting the Mensa Bulletin, you are a member. And if you are a member, you would know that Mensa is a group with no political agenda, and they welcome thoughtful articles from all points of view. Do not mistake an article for any kind of official position.
Comment by missmolly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:21 am
Really? My assumption was that goon_golly either found the bulletin at the library or on a neighbor’s porch. A member? You’re taking this whole polite thing too far, missmolly. It’s OK to laugh hysterically from time to time.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:33 amSome rightie slipped a clause into the bill exempting all “foreign contractorsâ€. Nice, huh. If the bill were to pass it would be a license for the contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan to rip us off. Not that they aren’t already doing it.
Comment by Bilbo Hussein Baggins
This is precisely the modus operandi of KBR, former subsidiary of Halliburton.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:33 amKBR set up numerous shell companies in Caribbean nations, and hired contractors through these bogus companies.
AP Probe Finds Drugs in Drinking Water
A vast array of pharmaceuticals — including antibiotics, anti-convulsants, mood stabilizers and sex hormones — have been found in the drinking water supplies of at least 41 million Americans, an Associated Press investigation shows.
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — March 10, 2008 @ 9:26 am
** I’ve discovered if I turn on the cold water anti-depressants come out of my faucet. Hot water = Prescription sleep aids. If I use both faucets, I can manipulate the water to make any drug flow freely. It’s like tuning an old AM radio.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:35 amComment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:07 am
And to think, I thought Mensa members were intelligent.
McCarthy was eventually discredited because he could not support his claims. Climate change has been proven, with actual scientific evidence.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:35 am#30 Are we able to keep track of the problems facing our nation any longer?
Comment by McWars — March 10, 2008 @ 9:30 am
Read “The Shock Doctine” by Naomi Klein and then it will all make sense. I am about 1/4 through it and keep putting it down because I get so upset our lives have come to this.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:36 amThe Mensa Bulletin this month published an article in its print edition comparing the attacks on global warming critics to McCarthyism. I suppose this means Exxon bought off the 2%ers, eh?
Comment by good_golly
This troll just gets more and more egotistical. First it wants us to believe that it makes a six figure income. Now it is trying to imply that it has an IQ that qualifies inclusion in Mensa. I don’t think so. There is no way someone with the kind of thought processes this one possesses has an IQ that would qualify for Mensa status.
Next, this troll is going to tell us that it has achieved Nobel status.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:36 amI have no reason to (and do not) consider the United Church of Christ as a whole a “hate group,†but the Trinity United Church of Christ, and in particular its head Pastor, spread enough racially divisive speech that it could very well be considered one, depending on what definition is being applied. If a predominantly white congregation labeled itself “Unashamedly White and Unapologetically Christian†they’d be labeled a hate group in a heart beat.
Comment by goon_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:25 am
And if a national organization of white men started whining about a glass ceiling at work, it would be ridiculous, just as ridiculous as your comparison.
The only way you can “define” Trinity United as a “hate group” is if you use the goon_golly Dictionary of Meaningless Phrases. More evidence that you’re either not a Mensa member or you had some else fill out the application.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:37 amNext, this troll is going to tell us that it has achieved Nobel status.
Comment by Bilbo Hussein Baggins — March 10, 2008 @ 9:36 am
Or that it’s getting more than $.05 per post from the RNC.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:38 amBilbo; Goon Golly will next claim that her Nobel Peace Prize was wrongfully awarded to Al Gore.
Uncle Hussein Ho
March 10th, 2008 at 9:39 amComment by Nevar — March 10, 2008 @ 9:27 am
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Good morning, Nevar.
This hot! hot! hot! economy, so heavily touted these last several years, has put a lot of disposable income in the hands of people already possessing lots of disposable income, while leaving the heart of America in deep debt and our Government ringing in deficits. Well, they hate government and therefore wouldn’t care what condition it’s in.
If one wants a healthy economy financed by sound disposable income in the hands of poorer and middle-class Americans, vote for a non-corporate democrat.
If one wants a good economy financed by mounds of debt, with an inevitable downturn, vote for a corporate whoring democrat or republican.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:39 am…After nearly two decades of low food inflation, prices for staples such as bread, milk, eggs, and flour are rising sharply, surging in the past year at double-digit rates, according to the Labor Department. Milk prices, for example, increased 26 percent over the year. Egg prices jumped 40 percent.
But let’s continue spending 19+ BILLION A MONTH ON THIS FRIGGIN WAR.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:40 amThe thing is that the two are related. When it costs twice as much to get their raw goods delivered, companies that make the food we eat have to pass this increased cost on to the consumer.
Comment by Bilbo Hussein Baggins — March 10, 2008 @ 9:31 am
This is why it’s such a priority to buy your food, whenever possible, locally. Most of the food we buy has traveled 800 miles or more.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:41 amIf a predominantly white congregation labeled itself “Unashamedly White and Unapologetically Christian†they’d be labeled a hate group in a heart beat.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:25 am
You are correct that a double standard exists. Because whites make up a majority in this country, and as a group they still wield more power than any other racial group, any effort to portray themselves as “white and proud” will be seen as racist, because it will evoke way too many memories of Jim Crow. Other ethnic groups are given a pass to proclaim their pride unless they overtly express disdain for others (and even sub-groups within the white population — such as the Irish, the Italians, etc.).
Is it right? Probably not. But I do accept that it’s a byproduct of a couple of centuries of whites oppressing non-whites, the scars of which are still seen in our society.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:42 amAre we able to keep track of the problems facing our nation any longer?
Comment by McWars — March 10, 2008 @ 9:30 am
** If you check the report you’ll probably find that hallucinogenic drugs are flowing especially heavy in the water to states that vote Republican.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:45 amIf a predominantly white congregation labeled itself “Unashamedly White and Unapologetically Christian†they’d be labeled a hate group in a heart beat.
Comment by good_golly
This idiot troll is trying to say that the Trinity Church of Christ is racist because it happens to be Obama’s church. There is nothing racist in a church working towards the goal of bettering the plight of it’s primary congregation, black people. If that were the case, any religion that works towards that goal for it’s congregation would have to be labeled racist.
To this idiot troll, if a church is not working towards the goal of the needs of white people, it must be racist.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:46 amHere comes McCrazy’s invasive melanoma bomb! It’s about time that he fesses up and tells the truth about his life expectancy.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:46 amIf a predominantly white congregation labeled itself “Unashamedly White and Unapologetically Christian†they’d be labeled a hate group in a heart beat.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:25 am
Or a Republican focus group, which is, after all, just a hate group anyway.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:47 amCurrent and former intelligence officials say that the National Security Agency “now monitors huge volumes of records of domestic emails and Internet searches as well as bank transfers, credit-card transactions, travel and telephone records.â€
Yes, big brother is watching, listening, and your fourth amendment rights no longer exist.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:47 amThe Senate Intelligence Committee is set to release “a detailed critique of the Bush administration’s claims in the buildup to war with Iraq.â€
Maybe they think if they skew the facts a little more regarding the lies leading up to their invasion it might help to reduce the number of future hangings .
March 10th, 2008 at 9:47 amOh, wait, I forgot, there’s always Social Security to borrow from…
(Don’t worry kiddos, we’ll pay it back………..)
Comment by Nevar
And don’t forget the Chinese. They know that the more we borrow from them, the more they own us. They won’t have to invade this country to take it over. They will just loan us money until they own us completely. Then they will call in their debt and we will be SOL.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:48 am“Vice President Dick Cheney will visit the Middle East next week and meet with leaders of Saudi Arabia, Israel, the Palestinian West Bank and Turkey.†Cheney’s office did not provide any details of what issues would be discussed during the trip.
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All expenses paid hunting trips for life ; with an “on-call” human target at all times …………..
March 10th, 2008 at 9:48 amComment by McWars
And a good morning to you!
It is an empty economy.
Fueled by shuffling paper and fast food.
I saw an article recently pertaining to income levels, and the examples of employment used were, from the bottom up:
Service jobs (lower class)
Customer service representative (middle class)
CEO/Management Level (upper class)
Look at these examples of employment.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:49 amNot a teacher, a craftsman, a carpenter, or an artist among them.
If one looks at these examples, it displays a focus on dependency, duplicity, and pure deception.
A customer service representative!!!
Please, isn’t this the person you finally get to on the phone after wading through the automated response menu, who basically tells you to phuck off?
If a predominantly white congregation labeled itself “Unashamedly White and Unapologetically Christian†they’d be labeled a hate group in a heart beat.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:25 am
Or a Republican focus group, which is, after all, just a hate group anyway.
Comment by Lefty Patriot — March 10, 2008 @ 9:47 am
Yeah
Because the only “focus” the GOP possesses is to focus on lying about everything and everyone ……………….
March 10th, 2008 at 9:50 amFor how many years are we going to continue to discover problems that have developed and worsened under the reign of the boy-king?
March 10th, 2008 at 9:51 amTainted food.
Polluted water.
Broken bridges.
Crumbling roads.
These are only a few of the conditions that adversely affect all of us. Conditions that could have/should have been managed, averted or resolved if Bush&Co hadn’t spent billions in Iraq and slashed every domestic program for his tax cuts.
Gas Prices: Why no press about the obscene diesel fuel prices? I drive a VW TDI Jetta Wagon and I’m paying anywhere from $3.95 to $4.15 per gallon of diesel. Diesel fuel is about .98 cents higher, per gallon, than regular gas.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:52 amHere comes McCrazy’s invasive melanoma bomb! It’s about time that he fesses up and tells the truth about his life expectancy.
Comment by OsirisHusseinOsiris — March 10, 2008 @ 9:46 am
Even if McCain was terminally ill, I don’t know if it would make that much difference to many voters. With local politics, most of us tend to vote for the person, but when you get to the national level it tends to be the party and the ideology that gets the votes (Newt Gingrich understood this with his “Contract With America” during the Clinton administration — effectively making the congressional races a single national election on ideology instead of a bunch of local races).
Therefore, I believe Republicans would vote for a corpse if it meant keeping the White House in their party’s hands. And so would Democrats.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:52 amComment by missmolly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:42 am
Well said & I agree.
Tstat Hussein guy
March 10th, 2008 at 9:53 am#52-
You’ve hit the reason McBush isn’t releasing ‘em right now.
Mental health records might be w/this or held separately- could be equally or more damaging to his campaign.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:53 amGasoline prices are generally much higher in most of Europe, in large part due to much heavier gasoline taxes. Since the prices as a whole were already higher, the recent increases in price would be lower as a percentage of the total price.
Comment by good_golly
I wasn’t asking if the increase would be lower as a percentage of the total price. I asked if the price had risen in an equal manner meaning has it risen $1.00+ in the last six months. I didn’t ask if it had risen as a percentage of the total price. This “Mensa” member has zero critical thinking skills and works very hard to build straw men.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:54 amHave Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s medical records been released? Please provide links if they have.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:52 am
Have either Clinton or Obama said they were going to release their records?
March 10th, 2008 at 9:56 amGas Prices: Why no press about the obscene diesel fuel prices? I drive a VW TDI Jetta Wagon and I’m paying anywhere from $3.95 to $4.15 per gallon of diesel. Diesel fuel is about .98 cents higher, per gallon, than regular gas.
Comment by Theresa — March 10, 2008 @ 9:52 am
Absolutely, and it has a huge effect on farming, shipping and public transit costs. Most press is about gasoline, because the number is right in front of most drivers’ faces when they fill up.
I believe, but I’m not positive, that diesel prices are higher because more petroleum is being refined into gasoline.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:57 amComment by Bilbo Hussein Baggins — March 10, 2008 @ 9:54 am
Must be that the Mensa monthly bulletin was delivered to his house by mistake. Or he knows someone that is a member – maybe met him at the ballgame!
Tstat Hussein guy
March 10th, 2008 at 9:58 amHave either Clinton or Obama said they were going to release their records?
Comment by dim wit — March 10, 2008 @ 9:56 am
Are either of them in their 70s, with a history of cancer? Hmmmm.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:59 amI think about what life will be like 100+ years from now. The neoCON population extinction plan (water, food poisoning, wars, bio-terrorism etc) will have succeeded. And only the elite will have survived. It will be a one-world government. Everybody will be beautiful, rich, heterosexual.
March 10th, 2008 at 9:59 amHave Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s medical records been released? Please provide links if they have.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:52 am
McCain is just lying again. it’s his nature, as a Republican, to lie reflexively. It’s gg’s nature to swear by those lies. Neither Clinton nor Obama was asked for their records, nor did they promise those records. It’s another desperate gg attempt to deflect the immorality and dishonesty of the GOP candidate.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:00 amComment by Bilbo Hussein Baggins — March 10, 2008 @ 9:54 am
While I would agree good_golly’s answer is off mark, I believe the current increases we are seeing in the price of gas reflect the dropping value of the dollar. The Euro remains (relative to the dollar) quite strong. However, oil is officially traded in dollars – if the currency used to trade oil is ever switched we (the US) are going to be seriously fu(ked.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:00 amImagine if McCain’s church proclaimed on its website that it is “unashamedly white†and “We are an Arian people and remain true to our native land, the mother continent, the cradle of civilization.†The media would pounce, and McCain’s presidential candidacy would be over. Yet that is exactly what Barack Obama’s church says on its web site — except in reverse.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:58 am
the media would ignore it, and you know it. You’re delusional if you think the rightwing media will ever publish a truth about the rightwing cadidate.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:01 amYet that is exactly what Barack Obama’s church says on its web site — except in reverse.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:58 am
Missmolly tried politely to explain the distinction to you and you’re either too stubborn, too ignorant or a combination of both to understand. I can tell you quite simply, however, that mere repetition of your claim isn’t convincing anyone of anything except your ignorance.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:01 amHave Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s medical records been released? Please provide links if they have.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:52 am
Are either one of the:
On the wrong side of 70 yrs old?
Have a known history of cancer?
Been acting irrationally?
Prone to outbursts?
Maybe that’s why we don’t need to see theirs.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:01 amHave Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s medical records been released? Please provide links if they have.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:52 am
What “medical records” could there possibly be ?
Standard medical check-ups ?
You’re attempting to make a comparison between those 2 and a senior citizen who is in poor physical and mental condition ?
Good call………
March 10th, 2008 at 10:02 amthem
March 10th, 2008 at 10:02 amNow, about other Christians who aren’t worried about it because of the coming Rapture — perhaps it’s not too much to hope that they will get with the program as well.
Comment by missmolly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:08 am
Then again, the sudden disappearance of all those gas-guzzling science deniers would be a significant benefit to the environment. The Rapture could be a blessing in disguise…
March 10th, 2008 at 10:02 amWhy no press about the obscene diesel fuel prices?
Comment by Theresa — March 10, 2008 @ 9:52 am
And a bigger problem with high diesel prices than passenger vehicles is the trucking and freight rail industries. Trains and trucks operate on diesel fuel. Higher diesel prices drive up the cost of consumer goods, and everybody’s wallet feels it.
I remember when diesel fuel was comparable to (or slightly below) gasoline in price. What happened?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:02 amThe history of McBush’s melanoma over these past yrs. coupled w/the age factor, will speak for itself when leaked.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:03 amgg is embarrassing herself again, with outright lies and rightwing bullshit. what a shameful life to lead, a rightwing shill, hated by all around her, trolling for attention with lies and treason.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:03 amImagine if McCain’s church proclaimed on its website that it is “unashamedly white†and “We are an Arian people and remain true to our native land, the mother continent, the cradle of civilization.†The media would pounce, and McCain’s presidential candidacy would be over. Yet that is exactly what Barack Obama’s church says on its web site — except in reverse.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:58 am
You’re laughably attempting to quote Mensa earlier (perhaps in the off-chance that someone would be foolish enough to buy you’re a member) , and then proceed to spell A-R-Y-A-N , “Arian” ?
What are you a clown ?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:04 amAs Obama won Wyoming, McClinton is trying to obtain delegates in Michigan & Florida.
This is a little like a schoolyard bully trying to change the rules of the game in the 7th inning.
She’s sounding like a McCain supporter this week…WTF?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:05 amClinton is in her 60’s and is only 11 years younger than McCain. Are you suggesting that there is a bright line age limit to a Presidential candidate releasing his/her medical records?
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 10:03 am
Would you like to delineate Clinton’s history of cancer treatments and mental illness, as McCain exhibits? Or are you just going to try to create false equivalencies, as usual?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:05 amImagine if McCain’s church proclaimed on its website that it is “unashamedly white†and “We are an Arian people and remain true to our native land, the mother continent, the cradle of civilization.†The media would pounce, and McCain’s presidential candidacy would be over. Yet that is exactly what Barack Obama’s church says on its web site — except in reverse.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:58 am
“Unashamedly black” and “unashamedly white” are opposites on the color wheel, not in the political sense. There is a vast difference, given the history of race relations in this country, between being “unashamedly” a historically oppressed minority and being “unashamedly” a historical oppressor. To ignore this is racism, pure and simple.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:05 amClinton is in her 60’s and is only 11 years younger than McCain. Are you suggesting that there is a bright line age limit to a Presidential candidate releasing his/her medical records?
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 10:03 am
See post #77 for your answer.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:06 amTo ignore this is racism, pure and simple.
Comment by toasterhead — March 10, 2008 @ 10:05 am
Which is why gg has ignored it, as a defender and supporter of the GOP, party of racism, homophobia, misogyny and mass-murder.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:07 amWhat are you a clown ?
Comment by MCMetal — March 10, 2008 @ 10:04 am
No. Clowns are funny.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:07 amg_g,
March 10th, 2008 at 10:07 amSend in the Clones…
Wont an oil pipeline run through the countries Cheney is visiting?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:07 am~
McSame said he has so many scars, from melanoma, he looks like Frankenstein, a monster, he should resign for calling himself a monster.
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Well Good Golly, Mensa requirements are a high IQ not a bloated portfolio and 400 million dollar bonuses.
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In God We Trust, All Else Are Monitored.
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Hate is an emotion, dont let it get the better of you.
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Milk or Gas..decisions decisions decisions.
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Reduce carbon to zero, but my BFF’s are carbon based!
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Stay away from the Halliburton water in Iraq.
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Manliness is left upon the toilet, how unmanly.
Have either Clinton or Obama said they were going to release their records?
Comment by dim wit — March 10, 2008 @ 9:56 am
Are either of them in their 70s, with a history of cancer? Hmmmm.
Comment by gummitch — March 10, 2008 @ 9:59 am
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Clinton is in her 60’s and is only 11 years younger than McCain. Are you suggesting that there is a bright line age limit to a Presidential candidate releasing his/her medical records?
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 10:03 am
“ONLY” 11 years younger ?
As if there isn’t a physical difference between a 50 year old as opposed to a 39 year old ; and that’s assuming both are in comparable health to each other to begin with………..?
McSenile takes 45 minutes to get off a damn plane …….Give it a rest.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:08 amClinton is in her 60’s and is only 11 years younger than McCain. Are you suggesting that there is a bright line age limit to a Presidential candidate releasing his/her medical records?
Comment by goon_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 10:03 am
She’s 60, fool, and 11 years is hardly “only”. And you seem to have skipped past the “cancer” part. Why did you do that, goon? Not convenient?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:09 amComment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 10:03 am
I’m not suggesting there should be an age limit. However, it is clear you miss the point (actually, I’m positive you don’t miss it, but rather choose to ignore it)
McCain was asked for medical records. He said he would release them. He has not. He has not done what he said he would do. That is an integrity issue.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:10 amOn Cheney’s trip…it’s apparently a secret…imagine my surprise. I don’t think it’s appropriate for a public official in America to operate below the level of public scrutiny.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:11 ambesides,
Have you seen McBomb walk? He can barely move his left arm. He looks partially paralyzed on this side? Did he have a stroke?
McWar is too damn old to be prez.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:11 amClinton is in her 60’s and is only 11 years younger than McCain -gg
11 years, why thats a decade g_g
Is an 18 year old like a 7 year old?
Is a 28 year old like a 17 year old?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:12 amI am waiting for the “straight to You Tube” moment when McWar tells someone to go f_ck themselves on the campaign trail.]
priceless.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:13 amKay @ 9:59 am
you forgot to say the most important thing…all white.
Uncle Hussein Ho
March 10th, 2008 at 10:14 amfor someone who apparently was a POW, he won’t come out and say ‘waterboarding’ is essentially drowning someone and violates the Geneva Conventions.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:15 amHis left arm was injured as a POW.
Comment by good_golly
And so was his mind.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:15 amTherefore, I believe Republicans would vote for a corpse if it meant keeping the White House in their party’s hands.
Comment by missmolly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:52 am
Well, the way GOOPers keep talking about Lincoln, Roosevelt, and Reagan, you may have a valid point…
March 10th, 2008 at 10:17 am98. His left arm was injured as a POW.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 10:13 am
Yeah……….40 YEARS AGO ; if it hasn’t healed during all that time , it sure as hell isn’t about to start now.
And his mind (as little as was there to begin with) , is deteriorating even faster than that arm…………
March 10th, 2008 at 10:18 amWill America go from an ADHD President to a PTSD President?
Will McCain’s medical records include a psychological evaluation?
The only thing McCain shares with Teddy Roosevelt is they’re the same age.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:18 amLet’s all just face the facts : we are all doomed if McBomb gets in.
period.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:21 amfor someone who apparently was a POW, he won’t come out and say ‘waterboarding’ is essentially drowning someone and violates the Geneva Conventions.
Comment by Kay — March 10, 2008 @ 10:15 am
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He has opposed waterboarding. He still opposes waterboarding. What he voted against was limiting the CIA to only those methods of interrogation that are specified in a manual designed for soldiers in the field. If the Democrats were to put forth a bill that banned “waterboarding†and “waterboarding†only, I am confident that McCain would support it. The problem with the bill that failed is that it went too far.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 10:19 am
OHHHHHHHHHH
So using waterboarding as a torture method should not be allowed ; but other methods of torture are perfectly acceptable ………
I got it.
You’re a moron.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:22 amThe “Out of His Mind” Candidate :
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(AP) Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday the United States does not use an interrogation technique known as waterboarding and argued that Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey would not allow the method.
“I am confident he would not condone such practices,” the Arizona senator told more than 250 students during a town-hall meeting at Coastal Carolina University. “I have been briefed enough to know we are not doing that today anywhere in America’s government.”
Later, during an appearance in Goose Creek, McCain was asked if there is any indication the government had used the technique in the past.
“I don’t know,” he replied. “I’ve never had that information.”
Speaking with reporters after addressing about 100 members of a Rotary club, McCain said he is confident Mukasey opposes the practice, which he called a violation of the Geneva Conventions
March 10th, 2008 at 10:23 amThe “Out of His Mind Candidate” :
(AP) Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Thursday the United States does not use an interrogation technique known as waterboarding and argued that Attorney General-nominee Michael Mukasey would not allow the method.
“I am confident he would not condone such practices,†the Arizona senator told more than 250 students during a town-hall meeting at Coastal Carolina University. “I have been briefed enough to know we are not doing that today anywhere in America’s government.â€
Later, during an appearance in Goose Creek, McCain was asked if there is any indication the government had used the technique in the past.
“I don’t know,†he replied. “I’ve never had that information.â€
Speaking with reporters after addressing about 100 members of a Rotary club, McCain said he is confident Mukasey opposes the practice, which he called a violation of the Geneva Conventions
March 10th, 2008 at 10:24 amThe Mensa Bulletin this month published an article in its print edition comparing the attacks on global warming critics to McCarthyism.
Comment by good_golly
Haven’t found g_g’ article in the online edition, but then g_g did say it was in the PRINT edition.
However, I did find THIS in the online one:
We have the Texas and Kansas textbook censors inserting religion into the science books. I’ve met teachers who are afraid to say ‘evolution.’
March 10th, 2008 at 10:25 amMaverick Fails The Test: McCain Votes Against Waterboarding Ban
Today, the Senate brought the Intelligence Authorization Bill to the floor, which contained a provision from Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) establishing one interrogation standard across the government. The bill requires the intelligence community to abide by the same standards as articulated in the Army Field Manual and bans waterboarding.
Just hours ago, the Senate voted in favor of the bill, 51-45.
Earlier today, ThinkProgress noted that Sen. John McCain (R-AZ), a former prisoner of war, has spoken strongly in favor of implementing the Army Field Manual standard. When confronted today with the decision of whether to stick with his conscience or cave to the right wing, McCain chose to ditch his principles and instead vote to preserve waterboarding:
Mr. McCain, a former prisoner of war, has consistently voiced opposition to waterboarding and other methods that critics say is a form torture. But the Republicans, confident of a White House veto, did not mount the challenge. Mr. McCain voted “no†on Wednesday afternoon.
The New York Times Times notes that “the White House has long said Mr. Bush will veto the bill, saying it ‘would prevent the president from taking the lawful actions necessary to protect Americans from attack in wartime.’â€
After Bush vetoes the bill, McCain will again be confronted with a vote to either stand with President Bush or stand against torture. He indicated with his vote today where he will come down on that issue.
John McCain: He was against waterboarding before he was for it
March 10th, 2008 at 10:27 amThe New York Times Times notes that “the White House has long said Mr. Bush will veto the bill, saying it ‘would prevent the president from taking the lawful actions necessary to protect Americans from attack in wartime.’â€
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Since when the hell has torture ever been viewed or considered “lawful” in the US ?
I’m gonna’ take a wild guess and say “2001″…………………
March 10th, 2008 at 10:30 amhave you heard this one?
UPDATE: Ex-USA Today Writer Personally Fined For Refusing To Name …
March 10th, 2008 at 10:30 amCNNMoney.com – 11 hours ago
TEL AVIV (Dow Jones) – A former reporter for USA Today was ordered to personally pay daily fines that could run into the thousands of dollars because she refuses to disclose certain sources of information she used in reporting on the anthrax attacks in …
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Read “The Shock Doctine†by Naomi Klein and then it will all make sense. I am about 1/4 through it and keep putting it down because I get so upset our lives have come to this.
Comment by And the beat goes on — March 10, 2008 @ 9:36 am
Thanks for recommending that! Progressives never run out of good books to write, and for us to read. Plenty of five-star reviews for this title when I checked on Amazon. This will be noted on my reading list.
Who doesn’t like putting the money down for an informative book?
I know, I know..
March 10th, 2008 at 10:31 amHave Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton’s medical records been released? Please provide links if they have.
Comment by good_golly
Do your own google work genius, unless the toobs scare you…
As to your post about Mcain’s crippled shoulder being from POW camp: So what? Max Cleland lost both his legs and one arm in Vietnam and was brutally smeared by draft-dodger Saxby Chamblis. And more to the point, How he came about his medical problems is beside the point, either it’s a problem or it’s not. He’s applying for the most important job in the country and if he’s not up to the job, he’s not up to the job. Make that argument.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:33 amComment by The Republic of Stupidity — March 10, 2008 @ 10:25 am
Well, if we have any Mensa members in here, perhaps they will locate their print version of the Bulletin and give us more detail on that article. In the meantime, I’m not too worried about it — it’s probably just a piece to provoke thinking from a different viewpoint, and not indicative of some groundswell among the intelligentsia.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:33 amIf the Democrats were to put forth a bill that banned “waterboarding†and “waterboarding†only, I am confident that McCain would support it. The problem with the bill that failed is that it went too far.
Comment by good_golly
Really? How exactly did it go too far? What level of torture is acceptable to you? Are you really an evil genius or an evil dumbass?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:35 amor this? … good morning, by the way…
Bhutto’s party to decide on next Pakistani PM
March 10th, 2008 at 10:35 amReuters – 1 hour ago
By Kamran Haider BHURBAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – Former Pakistani prime minister Nawaz Sharif agreed on Sunday to join the late Benazir Bhutto’s party in a coalition, raising the prospect of a government hostile to US ally President Pervez Musharraf.
Musharraf asks parties to avoid confrontation, assures cordial ties Hindu
Deal finalized on formation of new gov’t in Pakistan Xinhua
Besides McWar’s numerous physical problems, his state of his mind is of vital imprtance.
He’s volatile, eruptive and downright rude.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:36 amJust we need to negotiate peace with other countries.
His left arm was injured as a POW.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 10:13 am
So he says. Unfortunately, he’s a liar, over and over again, so i’m certain that he’s putting on an act, and probably got himself shot down to give him some kind of status as a politician. But there’s no question that he is devastated by cancer, and mental illness, as well as being thoroughly corrupt throughout his career.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:36 amI’m gonna’ take a wild guess and say “2001″…………………
Comment by MCMetal — March 10, 2008 @ 10:30 am
If I’m not mistaken, the Times also declared the use of water boarding and Bush’s weekend veto as part of his **cough** “legacy”.
Nice t’ing ta be remembered fer, eh?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:37 amHe’s volatile, eruptive and downright rude.
Just we need to negotiate peace with other countries.
Comment by Kay — March 10, 2008 @ 10:36 am
Uh, is McCain related to John Bolton, by any chance?
March 10th, 2008 at 10:38 amI’m gonna’ take a wild guess and say “2001″…………………
Comment by MCMetal — March 10, 2008 @ 10:30 am
If I’m not mistaken, the Times also declared the use of water boarding and Bush’s weekend veto as part of his **cough** “legacyâ€.
Nice t’ing ta be remembered fer, eh?
Comment by The Republic of Stupidity — March 10, 2008 @ 10:37 am
That’s not all he’ll be remembered (reviled) for :
Worst president in US history
Most dishonest president in US history
Only 2 term president never truly elected to office
Implemented the worst foreign policy disaster in US history
Most secretive president and administration in US history
Biggest power grab ever in American history
Most acts of lawlessness/lawbreaking in US political history
March 10th, 2008 at 10:40 amWhy does good_golly want to elect more deficits, more debt and more bigger budgets?
The increase in discretionary spending—that is, all nonentitlement programs—in George W. Bush’s first term was 48.5 percent in nominal terms. That’s more than twice as large as the increase in discretionary spending during Clinton’s entire two terms (21.6 percent), -Cato Institute
March 10th, 2008 at 10:41 amAre you really an evil genius or an evil dumbass?
Comment by Bobwurst — March 10, 2008 @ 10:35 am
Oooooo… this calls fer a vote!
Show of hands now…
How many here think g_g is an “evil genius”?
Okay, okay…
Now, how many vote fer “evil dumbass”??
Whoa… and “evil dumbass” takes it away in a landslide!
T’anks fer yer particiation, folks.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:41 amBush’s “Leg-Ass-see” : detroying America.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:42 amComment by Bobwurst — March 10, 2008 @ 10:33 am
McCain could have easily said that his medical records are nobody’s business as long as he was deemed fit to perform the duties required of his as President (and he could certainly authorize his physician to make such a statement). And if he was asked to provide information about a specific condition (melanoma, for example), he could address that directly.
But because McCain DID promise to release his medical records and hasn’t done so, this raises a red flag — one the righties can’t just cover up by pointing to Clinton and Obama.
But you make an interesting point when you say that “he’s applying for the most important job in the country and if he’s not up to the job, he’s not up to the job.” If we are going to harp on his physical and mental qualifications, it might be good to establish a set of physical and mental requirements for the office and then ask all candidates to be able to certify through their physicials they meet those requirements.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:42 amComment by The Republic of Stupidity — March 10, 2008 @ 10:41 am
Goof_Jelly is a stupid piece of GOP apologist crap
End of story
March 10th, 2008 at 10:43 amMost acts of lawlessness/lawbreaking in US political history
Comment by MCMetal — March 10, 2008 @ 10:40 am
He’s #Last! He’s #Last! He’s #Last!
Cut to: sputtering troll crying, “But… but Last isn’t a NUMBER!?!?”
Okay… okay… ya got a point…
He’s #Worst! He’s #Worst! He’s #Worst!
March 10th, 2008 at 10:44 am“… and not indicative of some groundswell among the intelligentsia.”
Comment by missmolly — March 10, 2008 @ 10:33 am
You’re usually right in what you say, missmolly. I’ve also learned to double check very claim made by trolls for accuracy. I mean, it’s not like they’ve ever been caught distorting facts or even making up quotes to serve their agendas.
Didn’t find g_g’s global warming article, but did find that snippet.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:49 amWow big Dick Cheney is going to the Middle East to sell arms to the Saudi`s and peace to Israel just like the head chimp did in the fall. When are these morons going to stop their pandering in the region they have helped destroy. Last i checked New Orleans has not been rebuilt, homeless population is going up because they had bad trailers or their it was time for the gov`t to take them back. Now I really understand Ike`s farewell address when said “beware of the Military Industrial Complex”.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:54 amthis one’s great… just another FUBAR…
Dear Taxpayer: This letter cost you $42 million
Associated Press – March 7, 2008 1:55 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government is sending millions of Americans a “Dear Taxpayer” letter — at a cost of nearly $42 million for taxpayers.
The letters are going out this month to alert 130 million households about the government’s tax rebates as part of the economic stimulus plan.
A spokesman with the IRS confirms that the mailings will cost $41.8 million.
That works out to about 32 cents to print, process and mail each letter.
March 10th, 2008 at 10:59 am[...]
http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=7981893
but am not in my home office at the moment.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 11:03 am
Posting comments from the public liberry?
March 10th, 2008 at 11:05 amRead “The Shock Doctine†by Naomi Klein and then it will all make sense. I am about 1/4 through it and keep putting it down because I get so upset our lives have come to this.
Comment by And the beat goes on — March 10, 2008 @ 9:36 am
I’m having the same problem with it. I can’t get through more than a few pages without wanting to punch things.
Also recommended for people who want to become fully enraged about what’s really happening in the world and the politico-corporate-religious alliance that’s controlling it:
Fall of the House of Bush – Craig Unger
A Game As Old As Empire – Steven Hiatt and John Perkins
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man and The Secret History of the American Empire – John Perkins
– Hussein Toasterhead
March 10th, 2008 at 11:06 am133. I can post some quotes from the magazine tonight, but am not in my home office at the moment. It was only a two page print article, but was well written and as I recall, was the first article in the magazine this month.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 11:03 am
YEAH
You’re as likely to get Mensa material as Chimpy is going to start reading classic literature ……………
March 10th, 2008 at 11:07 amYou’re as likely to get Mensa material as Chimpy is going to start reading classic literature ……………
Comment by MCMetal — March 10, 2008 @ 11:07 am
“Mensa-for-Dummies”
March 10th, 2008 at 11:09 amYou’re as likely to get Mensa material as Chimpy is going to start reading classic literature ……………
Comment by MCMetal — March 10, 2008 @ 11:07 am
He’ll be finished with Albert Camus’ The Stranger any day now.
March 10th, 2008 at 11:10 amyou’re going to have to forgive gg’s ramblings this morning. he’s feeling a bit down about the special election results in illinois the other day.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-foster-wins-hasterts-seat-080308,0,7539185.story
btw, ann althouse has an interesting angle on bill foster’s background.
http://althouse.blogspot.com/2008/03/democrat-bill-foster-wins-house-seat.html
March 10th, 2008 at 11:21 amRead “The Shock Doctine†by Naomi Klein and then it will all make sense. I am about 1/4 through it and keep putting it down because I get so upset our lives have come to this.
Comment by And the beat goes on — March 10, 2008 @ 9:36 am
I know the exact feeling you are describing. It usually takes me no more than a few days at most to read a book but “The Shock Doctrine” is taking me about 6 weeks. I get pissed off the more I read it and have to put it down before I end up throwing it at someone.
March 10th, 2008 at 11:26 amJust finished reading :
It Can Happen Here: Authoritarian Peril in the Age of Bush by Joe Conason.
Highly recommended.
March 10th, 2008 at 11:32 amMust be that the Mensa monthly bulletin was delivered to his house by mistake. Or he knows someone that is a member – maybe met him at the ballgame!
Tstat Hussein guy
If anyone here seriously believes any of this gg mensa crap then I am very disappointed…..gg never provides a link to begin with and the statement itself is so illogical that it can’t be taken seriously. I’m sorry, for anyone to make such a statement and not back it up with proof automatically gets it tossed in the dust bin. It is nothing but a propaganda lie.
On the food cost/energy cost topic. Our energy cooperative just announced a 23% rate increase starting immediately. I am stunned. There has never in my lifetime been such a jump in rates. It is unprecedented. Thanks Dick Cheney et al.
March 10th, 2008 at 11:34 amAlso recommended for people who want to become fully enraged about what’s really happening in the world and the politico-corporate-religious alliance that’s controlling it:
Fall of the House of Bush – Craig Unger
A Game As Old As Empire – Steven Hiatt and John Perkins
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man and The Secret History of the American Empire – John Perkins
- Hussein Toasterhead
Comment by toasterhead — March 10, 2008 @ 11:06 am
Please don’t forget to read Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast.
March 10th, 2008 at 11:52 amG’morning, everyone (well — except you, goony. You can drop dead for all I care.)!
Check out this chart – it’s the PERFECT visualization of Bush Economics in action. It’ll clue you as to why the 19%’ers still LOVE them some Chimpy:
http://crookedtimber.org/2008/03/10/interocular-transmission-test/
It shows the growth in income of the top 1% of the population vs. the middle 60%/lower 20%.
March 10th, 2008 at 12:00 pmComment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 11:57 am
gg, why don’t you take it up with this guy?
http://homepage.mac.com/simx/links/C306271790/E20061212024638/index.html
eh?
(sorry about illinois, keep trying)
March 10th, 2008 at 12:05 pmPelosi’s House adjourned on Thursday, March 6, 2008, and will not meet again until today, March 10, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. Nice long weekend. Can’t they work a little harder?
Comment by good_golly
you act like we don’t know the difference……are you just a fool or what……..no congress in history has been gone from work more than the republican lead congresses preceding this one……
March 10th, 2008 at 12:10 pmPlease don’t forget to read Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast.
Comment by 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda — March 10, 2008 @ 11:52 am
Oh yes – thank you, I forgot about that one. Fantastic book. I recommend reading it with boxing gloves on. It hurts less when you start punching the walls.
March 10th, 2008 at 12:12 pmBush, Colombia & Narco-Politics
By Andres Calas
March 9, 2008 (Originally published Aug. 8, 2007)
George W. Bush’s strategy of countering Venezuela’s leftist president Hugo Chávez by strengthening ties to Colombia’s rightist government has been undercut by fresh evidence of high-level drug corruption and human rights violations implicating President Alvaro Uribe’s inner circle.
These new allegations about Colombia’s narco-politics have tarnished Uribe’s reputation just as Bush has been showcasing the Harvard- and Oxford-educated politician as a paragon of democratic values and an alternative to the firebrand Chávez, who has used Venezuela’s oil wealth to finance social programs for the poor across the region.
Read on.
March 10th, 2008 at 12:35 pmhttp://consortiumblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/bush-colombia-narco-politics.html
via C&L blog roundup
150. She promised to work harder.
Comment by good_golly
bush promised to be a uniter not a dividerer…..got point?
March 10th, 2008 at 12:39 pmIn a new report, the Southern Poverty Law Center says “anti-immigrant sentiment is fueling nationwide increases in the number of hate groups and the number of hate crimes targeting Latinos.†The organization “counted 888 hate groups in its latest tally, up from 844 in 2006 and 602 in 2000.â€
I worked at this place not long ago. Their bread-and-butter depends upon fomenting this kind of crap. Morris Dees has built his fortune on the corpses of the Civil Rights movement. He and his partner, Richard Cohen, behave more like plantation-owning frat-boys.
Don’t get me started.
March 10th, 2008 at 1:03 pmShe promised to work harder.
Comment by good_golly — March 10, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
please speak to the issues gg.
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March 10th, 2008 at 1:15 pmWashington, DC – Today, former service secretaries for each of the Armed Forces – Clifford Alexander, Jr. (US Army), Richard Danzig (US Navy), and F. Whitten Peters (US Air Force) – will host a press conference in Washington, DC to discuss why
March 10th, 2008 at 1:33 pmObama has demonstrated the judgment and has the experience to be Commander In Chief.
GG’s memory is faulty (among other things):
The previous congress was in session from Tuesdays thru Thursdays.
March 10th, 2008 at 1:36 pmPelosi started her tenure with Mondays thru Fridays, but the repugs in particular were having vertical hisseys, so they are now in session from Monday thru Thursday.
Wow, Thinkprogress. If you read your posts you’d think you were against global warming, but then you complain about high gas prices. You should be calling for gas prices to go through the roof. After they hit above $6/gallon you’d think things might start to change and start to look the way you want them to. Less gasoline usage. Less CO2 emissions. You can’t have low gas prices AND low CO2 emissions.
March 10th, 2008 at 7:05 pmJust so you know who this “Louise Butler” from Mensa person Goon Gawdy the scab is crowing about is… a quote from her right wing “things are going peachy in Iraq” book.. “Baghdad Believer”
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0979235200/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top
“Having been to the Middle East many times, I have a deep love for these people who are so in need of Jesus. Baghdad Believer provides an incredible opportunity for the reader to go inside the heart and mind of a Muslim seeker who becomes a follower of Christ..This book will not only help you to understand these issues but also will give you a love for Muslims for whom Jesus died.. ”
oh wait, my bad, thats not a quote from the book, its a review from an evangelist, who apparent is the only person they coudl get to waste their time reading it…
Why Mensa lets insipid Mann Coutler Wanna Bees like this write articles in thier little geeky journal, i do not know.. maybe she sucks a good d1ck…im sure most mensa men dont have much contact with women of the non-inflatable variety, and im sure it wouldnt be too hard for a women with low enough moral standars to whore for war to manipulate her way into getting them to publish one of her inane diatribes. And, by the way, she doesnt seem to be any sort of scientist, so her critique of the global warming issue is essentially that of a lay-person
March 11th, 2008 at 6:11 amwhoops, my bad.. Butler didnt write this book, she just thinks its keen and neat…showing shes probably some kind of religious nutjob,,,\
March 11th, 2008 at 6:16 ambirds of a feather…
Butler is a member of this organization.. as you can see, typical rightwing wingnuttery…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heartland_Institute
her email address is think@heartland.org
their in bed with right wing nutballs like the Heritage Foundation and the Cato institute
…” Heartland has prompted criticism by employing executives from such corporations as ExxonMobil, General Motors, and Philip Morris on its board of directors and in its public relations department.”
the jist of what Butler is trying to tell you is this.. Al Gore is just trying to make a cheap buck off your fear, but Exxonmobil is giving you the truth out of the goodness of their heart. the fact that thier profit margins would be damaged by attempts to combat global warming have nothing to do with their attempts to deny it..
March 11th, 2008 at 6:56 am“The Heartland Institute (the organization Butler works for) has accepted more than US$500,000.00 in funds from Exxon and more than US$200,000.00 from Philip Morris.[5] (sourcewatch.com )
wow, and this is the women we’re supposed to listen to just because she blew some chess geeks to get into thier journal? looks like Exxon mobil DID buy her off, after all…
March 11th, 2008 at 6:58 amjeeez…did good golly really try and claim she has a six figure income? hahahahahah. dude….i think the number of people i know or have heard of who have a six figure income who see fit to spend their time arguing on the internet is exactly… zero…. people who make that much money have better, or at least more important, things to do… people that rich could just pay thier servants argue, if they even give enough of a flying fu3k to care..
March 11th, 2008 at 7:05 am>Can you read?
Can you? I corected myself on the next post.
March 11th, 2008 at 9:27 amIt warms my heart (no double meaning intended) that the Baptists have decided to step up to their role as God-appointed stewards of the earth and concern themselves with climate change.
Now, about other Christians who aren’t worried about it because of the coming Rapture — perhaps it’s not too much to hope that they will get with the program as well.
Comment by missmolly — March 10, 2008 @ 9:08 am
Well, they’re still Baptist. It appears below that this announcement was made out to be some ground shaking event for the SBC, but in the end it was really just one of those little “tempest in a teapot.â€
The below news release contains this statement:
The statement included the disclaimer that advocacy of environmental stewardship will not reduce the signers’ commitment to protecting unborn and other human life or to the biblical view of marriage.
http://www.bpnews.net/BPnews.asp?ID=27582
March 13th, 2008 at 9:32 am
TsisaHusseingeya—That will be my new name for awhile. Yes. I like it.
March 13th, 2008 at 5:07 pm