ThinkFast: March 31, 2008
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson — who has come under widespread criticism for cronyism and corruption within his department — “is expected to announce his resignation Monday.” “The exact reasons for Mr. Jackson’s decision couldn’t be learned.”
Former Secretary of HUD and current Senator Mel Martinez (R-FL) told CNN yesterday that he’d give John McCain an “incomplete” for saying that it’s “not the duty of government to bail out and reward those who act irresponsibly whether they’re big banks or small borrowers.”
Today, Al Gore and the Alliance for Climate Protection launch a bipartisan, $300 million, three-year campaign to push for climate change legislation. Some of the “We” campaign’s TV ads “will team up offbeat celebrity couples” who “share a belief that it is important to address climate change,” such as Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and former Speaker Newt Gingrich. View the debut ad here.
After days of violence in oil-rich Basra, Iraqi lawmakers said that “Iranian officials helped broker a cease-fire agreement Sunday between Iraq’s government and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.” Despite the truce, violence continued in Baghdad today as the city’s fortified Green Zone came under mortar and rocket attack.
Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell said the paper erred in not reporting the sexual orientation of fallen soldier Maj. Alan Rogers, who died in Iraq on March 14. The Post did not report Rogers was gay in its story last week. Howell said the Post’s story “would have been richer” had the paper reported Rogers’s feelings about “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which he opposed.
Campaign reform advocates are questioning why Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has “retreated from his longtime commitment to public financing of campaigns.” After supporting full public financing, he now opposes the idea at the federal level. David Donnelly of the Public Campaign Action Fund said, “It’s a legitimate question to ask the reformer, John McCain, why hasn’t he made public financing the policy he will pursue if he becomes president?”
“Average gasoline prices hit another all-time high, according to a survey conducted for motorist organization AAA. The average price of regular rose to $3.287 a gallon, up from $3.286 the previous day, according to the AAA Web site. The price averaged $3.165 a month ago. A year ago, American drivers were paying $2.673.”
“The number of Americans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million in the coming year, the highest level since the aid program began in the 1960s.” The economic slowdown caused the “recent rises in many states,” say officials and experts. At the same time, after rising by 100,000 for the second month in a row, the number of Americans working part time jobs out of economic necessity reached the highest level since 1993.
And finally: Director Oliver Stone currently casting his next film, Bush: The Movie. “Word from Hollywood is that he’s negotiating with Elizabeth Banks (the nutty sexaholic in The 40 Year-Old Virgin) for the role of Laura Bush. Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) will play the prez.” And Robert Duvall is being rumored to play Dick Cheney.
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March 31st, 2008 at 8:58 amJackson’s expected resignation — another rat off the sinking ship. Geez — will there be anybody LEFT by next January 20?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:00 amRussian intelligence sees U.S. military buildup on Iran border
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March 31st, 2008 at 9:03 amhttp://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/32324
“Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell said the paper erred in not reporting the sexual orientation of fallen soldier Maj. Alan Rogers, who died in Iraq on March 14. The Post did not report Rogers was gay in its story last week. Howell said the Post’s story “would have been richer” had the paper reported Rogers’s feelings about “don’t ask, don’t tell,” which he opposed.”
Some people refuse to believe that gay Americans can be patriotic. This proves that “some people” will never let reality interfere with their perception of the world.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:10 amDangerous wheat-killing fungus detected in Iran – UN
5 March 2008 –A dangerous new fungus with the ability to destroy entire wheat fields has been detected in Iran, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today.
The wheat stem rust, whose spores are carried by wind across continents, was previously found in East Africa and Yemen and has moved to Iran, which said that laboratory tests have confirmed its presence in some localities in Broujerd and Hamedan in the country’s west.
Up to 80 per cent of all Asian and African wheat varieties are susceptible to the fungus, and major wheat-producing nations to Iran’s east – such as Afghanistan, India, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan – should be on high alert, FAO warned.
“The fungus is spreading rapidly and could seriously lower wheat production in countries at direct risk,” said Shivaji Pandey, Director of FAO’s Plant Production and Protection Division.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:11 amhttp://globalresearch.ca/ index.php?context=va&aid=8484
UPDATE 1-U.S. Treasury set to announce regulatory overhaul
http://www.reuters.com/ article/ marketsNews/ idUSL313783920080331
After its release, I implore TP to study this proposal very carefully. Regulation with chief input from a former Wall Street CEO — on top of a neocon hands-off administration — raises questions about its ability to help Main Street.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 amWashington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell said the paper erred in not reporting the sexual orientation of fallen soldier Maj. Alan Rogers, who died in Iraq on March 14.
I see your “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”, and I’ll raise you “Don’t Report, Don’t Inform”.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 amWhen is the Democratic National Convention? …
March 31st, 2008 at 9:14 amWill Wheat-Killer Fungus be used to spread GMO wheat?
A deadly fungus, known as Ug99, which kills wheat, has likely spread to Pakistan from Africa according to reports in the British New Scientist magazine. If true, that threatens the vital Asian Bread Basket including the Punjab region. The spread of the deadly virus, stem rust, against which an effective fungicide does not exist, comes as world grain stocks reach the lowest in four decades and government subsidized bio-ethanol production, especially in the USA, Brazil and EU are taking land out of food production at alarming rates. The deadly fungus is being used by Monsanto and the US Government to spread patented GMO seeds.
Stem rust is the worst of three rusts that afflict wheat plants. The fungus grows primarily in the stems, plugging the vascular system so carbohydrates can’t get from the leaves to the grain, which shrivels. In the 1950s, the last major outbreak destroyed 40% of the spring wheat crop in North America. At that time governments started a major effort to breed resistant wheat plants, led by Norman Borlaug of the Rockefeller Foundation. That was the misnamed Green Revolution. The result today is far fewer varieties of wheat that might resist such a new fungus outbreak.
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The FAO warns that the explosive growth in acreage used to grow fuels and not food in the past three years is dramatically changing the outlook for food supply globally and forcing food prices sharply higher for all foods from cereals to sugar to meat and dairy products. The use of cereals, sugar, oilseeds and vegetable oils to satisfy the needs of a rapidly
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http://globalresearch.ca/ index.php?context=va&aid=8483
Anyone see a pattern here? Can you say global famine?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:14 amGuys, please, let’s have something on Zimbabwe. Rumor coming from Harare is that Mugabe’s party met in secret this morning to figure out who would tell the old b*st*rd he had lost the election.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:15 amAfter days of violence in oil-rich Basra, Iraqi lawmakers said that “Iranian officials helped broker a cease-fire agreement Sunday between Iraq’s government and radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.”
Well, now, that’s embarrassing. I thought that Iran was the reason for all the violence in Basra. If that was the case, then why would they help broker a cease-fire?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:15 amAt first read, it seems silly to mention a soldier’s sexual orientation when reporting his demise in an explosion, since there’s no connection between his sex life and his death in battle. After all, would we ever see a headline reading “Heterosexual soldier killed in action”?
On the other hand, after reading Howell’s piece, I can understand the dilemma. In our culture, there are still too many people who have a hard time believing that a gay person can serve heroically and die for his country, and the only way to bust the stereotypes is to point out the times when the brave ones who fall happen to be gay (especially when they actively support the right of gays to serve as openly and proudly as everyone else).
I live for the day when being gay or straight in the service is no big deal and reporting a fallen soldier’s sexual orientation would make as much sense as reporting his blood type.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:16 amccokzblog
What a scandal! The pictures of the English paper are despicable and make u throw up. A grey-haired old man is laying nude on the floor, hes tied. Hes moaning for lust. A blond whore is measuring his chest size, is looking for germs on his head. According to the paper, the man in the video is Max-Mosley. Unbelievable accusation: the sado-maso role play is similiar to the cruel Nazi examinations in concentrations camps.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:17 amCampaign reform advocates are questioning why Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has “retreated from his longtime commitment to public financing of campaigns.”
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Um…because he has left no stone unflipped? And another principled stand bites the dust. Other than wanting to bomb Iran, is there any of the old McCain left?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:20 amAnd the beat goes on Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:14 am
Will Wheat-Killer Fungus be used to spread GMO wheat?
Anyone see a pattern here? Can you say global famine?
Pattern? Nah - I just see corporate profiteering. It’s shock-doctrine stuff, but this time the shock is agricultural. Monsanto’s using the opportunity provided by the fungus to sell product. What we’re seeing now is the end-result of massive deregulation in the agribusiness industry.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:24 amprogressinourminds Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:21 am
Thanks to you Mr. Gore I now save all my households fecal matter and cook with it.
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I’m amazed you have any left to cook with, considering how much fecal matter you post here every day.
:pwn:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:26 amCampaign reform advocates are questioning why Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) has “retreated from his longtime commitment to public financing of campaigns.”
You have to love how hypocritical McCain is on this subject. He has hammered Obama for “not following through on his pledge to public financing of the presidential race, even though Obama never pledged that. And yet McCain had pledged to follow public financing for his primary bid and has gone way over the limit and is now trying to opt out. And this is after he used his public financing agreement as collateral on a loan for his campaign. Why is it that the MSM is giving McCain a total pass on everything he has said and done? If Obama had done what McCain has done, it would be headline news.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:27 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:27 am
If Obama had done what McCain has done, it would be headline news.
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IOKIYAR — remember the rule.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:29 amprogressinourminds Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:21 am
Thanks to you Mr. Gore I now save all my households fecal matter and cook with it. Keep up the good fight, soon the world will be an Amish Paradise! Booooooooo Bush, bring back hate ashberry movement!!
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This makes even less sense than your usual stuff. Perhaps you need more coffee — it IS still fairly early on a Monday morning. Then when you are suitably caffeinated, perhaps you can explain what a “hate ashberry” movement is. Perhaps it’s how you produce fecal matter?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:32 amMcWars Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:12 am
UPDATE 1-U.S. Treasury set to announce regulatory overhaul
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According to Paul Krugman the move is pure theatre.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/033108N.shtml
March 31st, 2008 at 9:34 amI’d like give a heartfelt “Happy Birthday!” to Al Gore.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:38 amAnd the beat goes on Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:14 am
Will Wheat-Killer Fungus be used to spread GMO wheat?
In the 1950s, the last major outbreak destroyed 40% of the spring wheat crop in North America. At that time governments started a major effort to breed resistant wheat plants,
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I wonder if Monsanto is planning to roll out a new resistant wheat and roundup product and deploy it’s salesforce to the affected areas?
I recently read that as soon as Cheney visited Saudi Arabia the government started making plans on protecting themselves from nuclear fallout after a possible invasion of Iran. Think about this - I know I am preaching to the choir here, but that is the image we are projecting globally. Many pundits signal the recent economic sactions against Iran actually signaled the beginning of the war.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:42 amPicture Caption –
March 31st, 2008 at 9:42 amGDumbya: “Rubbing a bald man’s head . . . they say it’s lucky but it sure hasn’t worked for me.”
Photo Caption: When I look into this crystal ball I see a criminal prosecution in your future. But maybe I’m just projecting.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:43 amI am in mourning. Sacramento CA just lost it’s only progressive talk radio station. It changed it’s format to a gospel praise station. It is one of the dwindling independently owned stations left. I can stream from the internet but what am I going to listen to in my car?? Bwaaaa…lots of whining and self pity!!!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:46 amThen when you are suitably caffeinated, perhaps you can explain what a “hate ashberry” movement is.
Haight-Ashbury - or as the locals call it -Hashbury.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:48 amScrambled Troll for breakfast?
Waiter, could I get #15?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:51 amA little FYI about McCain’s ‘Straight Talk Express’
Q: “What about grants for sex education in the United States? Should they include instructions about using contraceptives? Or should it be Bush’s policy, which is just abstinence?”
Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “Ahhh. I think I support the president’s policy.”
Q: “So no contraception, no counseling on contraception. Just abstinence. Do you think contraceptives help stop the spread of HIV?”
Mr. McCain: (Long pause) “You’ve stumped me.”
Q: “I mean, I think you’d probably agree it probably does help stop it?”
Mr. McCain: (Laughs) “Are we on the Straight Talk express? I’m not informed enough on it. Let me find out. You know, I’m sure I’ve taken a position on it on the past. I have to find out what my position was. Brian, would you find out what my position is on contraception – I’m sure I’m opposed to government spending on it, I’m sure I support the president’s policies on it.”
Yup… he had to ask his advisor what his position was. How’s that for straight talk?
March 31st, 2008 at 9:51 amFor those who have missed a good chuckle:
A Message from John Cleese - British comedian:
To the citizens of the United States of America:
In light of your failure in recent years to nominate competent
candidates for President of the USA and thus to govern yourselves, we hereby give notice of the revocation of your independence, effective immediately.
Her Sovereign Majesty Queen Elizabeth II will resume monarchical duties over all states, commonwealths, and territories (except Kansas, which she does not fancy).
Read the rest of the entry:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:51 amhttp://www.continentaldivide.us/ authorArchives.php?articleID=545
As posters have noted already this morning, one thing’s for sure about this campaign; McAncient gets a free ride from the MSM.
Public campaign financing has been one of his biggest platforms.
Now, McFlop is questioning Obama?
‘Another day, another position’ - John McCain
March 31st, 2008 at 9:52 am2mil, YOU ROCK!!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:53 amAnd the beat goes on Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:42 am
I recently read that as soon as Cheney visited Saudi Arabia the government started making plans on protecting themselves from nuclear fallout after a possible invasion of Iran. Think about this - I know I am preaching to the choir here, but that is the image we are projecting globally. Many pundits signal the recent economic sactions against Iran actually signaled the beginning of the war.
I still think we’re trying to bluff Iran into doing something that could provoke us or our BFF Israel to war. If the fallout story is true, I’m surprised the Saudis are playing along, considering the recent warming of Iran-Saudi Arabia ties.
And also because nuclear strikes on Iran would probably not affect Saudi Arabia too much. The prevailing winds would spread radioactive material towards India and Pakistan, not to Saudi Arabia.
March 31st, 2008 at 9:54 amAnd the beat goes on Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:42 am
I recently read that as soon as Cheney visited Saudi Arabia the government started making plans on protecting themselves from nuclear fallout after a possible invasion of Iran.
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March 31st, 2008 at 9:55 amI heard Thom Hartmann talking about this last week and expected banner headlines across Progressive sites. But I didn’t see anything.
Sunday morning news shows had Lindsay Graham stuck on stupid with Iran.
He must have mentioned them at least 10 times while explaining how the Basra air strikes were a ‘return on success’, the latest GOOPer talking point.
He insisted Sadr was being fed weapons & manpower from Iran. You could sense he was prepping viewers for action against Iran.
Now, with Iran playing broker to a cease fire, will they continue to ‘blame’ Iran for everything?…you bet.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:00 amAmericans receiving food stamps is projected to reach 28 million
Brought to you by the Free Markets ™…Americans on the brink of starvation.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:03 amhussein toasterhead Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:54 am
I still think we’re trying to bluff Iran into doing something that could provoke us or our BFF Israel to war. If the fallout story is true, I’m surprised the Saudis are playing along, considering the recent warming of Iran-Saudi Arabia ties.
Don’t forget our ties to the Saudi’s. Maybe it’s time to revisit Michael Moore’s Farenheit 9/11. The only “passenger” flights in the air were Saudi family members of bin Laden.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:05 amNeil Gabler on McCain manipulating the press. Apparently, they love it.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:05 ambobcat_grad Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:51 am
A little FYI about McCain’s ‘Straight Talk Express’
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Oh. My. God. When I read your post, I thought it was a brilliant parody post, and it made me laugh loud and long.
Then I discovered this little exchange REALLY HAPPENED:
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/ 2007/ 03/ 16/ mccain-stumbles-on-hiv-prevention/
Either McCain is revealing himself to be a complete moron (a persona I didn’t know he had), or he is spinning so wildly to appease the far right wing of his party that he’s just become too dizzy to think clearly. Even his supporters can’t ignore how pathetic he looks for too much longer.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:08 amAnd the beat goes on Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:05 am
Don’t forget our ties to the Saudi’s. Maybe it’s time to revisit Michael Moore’s Farenheit 9/11. The only “passenger” flights in the air were Saudi family members of bin Laden.
Some of whom were on Paxton Communications’s corporate jet, if I remember correctly.
Also - add Afghanistan to my list of countries that would receive fallout from a nuclear strike of Iran. As the wheat rust story cited earlier demonstrates, the prevailing winds go from the Arabian peninsula across the gulf TO Iran, not the other way.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:08 amMcWars Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:09 amMarch 31st, 2008 at 9:53 am
2mil, YOU ROCK!!
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Indeed, I do rock. But what are you referring to? The Paul Krugman article?
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Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton drew praise from an unlikely source — Richard Mellon Scaife, the right-wing billionaire who, in the 1990s, “donated $1.8 million to The American Spectator magazine for what became known as the ‘Arkansas Project’ — an unflattering excavation of the Clintons’ personal lives in Arkansas,” Michael Barbaro of The New York Times writes today.
The Politico reports that the Clinton campaign, however, “has been putting off paying hundreds of bills for months — freeing up cash for critical media buys but also earning the campaign a reputation as something of a deadbeat in some small-business circles.”
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http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/ 2008/ 03/ 31/ the-early-word-more-endorsements-for-obama/
also, hearing bits about some repubs endorsing obama…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:09 amSome Republicans Emerge To Endorse Barack Obama
New York Sun, NY - 4 hours ago
Meanwhile, the Obama campaign in Pennsylvania is touting the endorsements of some Pennsylvania Republicans. One is Lou Thieblemont, former mayor of Camp …
oh, pennsylvania repubs…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:11 am28,000,000 Americans on food stamps, almost ten percent of the population.
Outstanding!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:12 ammisshusseinmolly Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:08 am
bobcat_grad Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:51 am
A little FYI about McCain’s ‘Straight Talk Express’
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Either McCain is revealing himself to be a complete moron (a persona I didn’t know he had), or he is spinning so wildly to appease the far right wing of his party that he’s just become too dizzy to think clearly. Even his supporters can’t ignore how pathetic he looks for too much longer.
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I believe McCain has trouble memorizing the talking points. He ends up mixing what he would naturally say with what the neo-conservatives have told him to say. Add in the fact that he’s 71 years old and it only triples to his confusion.
While he’s not a detail oriented guy I don’t think he’s a brain-dead dope like Bush.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:14 ambarfly Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 9:48 am
Haight-Ashbury - or as the locals call it -Hashbury.
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Oh, I know YOU know how to spell it — and even where it’s located and what the historical significance is. I don’t have such lofty expectations of the troll.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:17 amceltic cynic Says: March 31st, 2008 at 10:12 am
28,000,000 Americans on food stamps, almost ten percent of the population.Outstanding!
Looks like the war on the middle class is being won, eh?
High food, gas, commodity & energy prices, along with a stock market in the tank combine like an ‘economic tsunami’ on American consumers.
Thanks, Bush.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:17 amWorst. President. Ever.
If I had my way, every adult and orphaned/emancipated child in this country would have a guaranteed minimum income in the amount of at least the current personal exemption ($3500, 2008). My idea would be for this to phase out, beginning around the $150,000 income, or less for unmarried people.
I believe Mike Gravel supports the concept of a GMI.
Also:
I’d make it easier to acquire existing government jobs for those laid off — regardless of whether they are collecting unemployment. The good news is that our Government is a source of job growth.
I’d replace the food stamp program with a subsistence allowance for most Americans — again, phasing out at the $150,000 mark, or less for unmarrieds. This can be used in the form of a swipe card. It wouldn’t depend on whether one works. The amount could be equivalent to the nontaxable subsistence an enlisted service member receives.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:20 amcheck this out:
The RNC gets a little touchy
By: Steve Benen @ 5:15 AM - PDT
On Friday, John McCain’s campaign unveiled its first general-election TV ad — the one that uses the word “American” one too many times — and the Democratic National Committee did what was expected: it responded by criticizing John McCain.
It wasn’t even an especially hard-hitting criticism. The DNC statement quoted Howard Dean calling McCain “another out of touch Bush Republican who promises four more years of the same failed leadership.” In light of the interrogation footage from Vietnam included in the ad, Dean added, “While we honor McCain’s military service, the fact is Americans want a real leader who offers real solutions, not a blatant opportunist who doesn’t understand the economy and is promising to keep our troops in Iraq for 100 years.”
This seemed pretty routine, which is why I found the Republican National Committee’s overheated response rather odd.
(here) http://www.crooksandliars.com/ 2008/ 03/ 31/ the-rnc-gets-a-little-touchy/
hopefully, howard won’t cave in one bit…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:22 amThe Coming False Flag to Justify War on IranFormer Wall Street Journal Editor and business columnist Paul Craig Roberts, also known as the Father of Reaganomics, lays out some explosive and terrifying possibilities in his latest article, Secret Schemes and Undeclared Agendas.
Roberts’ article becomes even more urgent to ponder now. Why? Since his article warning of a coming false flag attack to justify a US attack on Iran came out, several disturbing dominoes have fallen.
Read more:
http://www.opednews.com/ articles/ opedne_bill_dou_080327_father_of_reaganomic.htm
Everyone needs to read the full article. Any questions you might have about attacking Iran will probably be answered. I can’t move past this because I think this will be the tipping point for the former US of A.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:23 amIt’s my understanding that John McCain has done more than “retreat” from the public campaign financing system. He is actually breaking the law by pledging to take public financing, using the public funds as collateral for loans, and then violating that pledge when it suits him.
Unfortunately, McCain knows better than anyone that the public financing system he created has no enforcement capabilities. The complaint will not be heard until after the election ends. At that the point should McCain win he can brush aside the issue. Should he lose it would be considered uncouth to press charges against the loser.
Bush has helped ensure that this election will have NO oversight by not even filling the board of the FEC. The FEC is beyond toothless this election cycle, but simply absent.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:25 am2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda at 9:34 am
McWars at 9:12 am
UPDATE 1-U.S. Treasury set to announce regulatory overhaul
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According to Paul Krugman the move is pure theatre.
lawd, i hope so… ’cause i get a bad feeling this is engineered to
March 31st, 2008 at 10:25 ambe a finacial coup… take over the banks…
what number is that on the fascist list?
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progressinourminds Says:
I see our own little Five O’Clock Charlie is here bright and early.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:25 am# 2MillionLightYearsToAndromeda Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:09 am
Indeed, I do rock. But what are you referring to? The Paul Krugman article?
I certainly am! The progressive community knows how to launch a preemptive strike!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:28 ammisshusseinMolly:Oh, I know YOU know how to spell it — and even where it’s located and what the historical significance is. I don’t have such lofty expectations of the troll.
Ah, but he referred it as a “movement,” indicating that he was a very old troll - who still couldn’t spell it correctly!
March 31st, 2008 at 10:29 amPerhaps we’re missing something in the Iran-brokered cease-fire in Basra.
let’s look at the “facts”:
1) the violence in Basra was a positive development, according to BushCo.
2) Iran doesnt want anything positive to happen because they’re part of the Axis of Evil®.
Therefore, it makes perfect sense that Iran would broker a cease-fire to stop all of the positive violence from engulfing the key Iraqi port city.
You people just need to learn to think like a wingnut — i. e. put your brains in neutral and let your fears take over.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:30 amAnd the beat goes on at 9:51 am
For those who have missed a good chuckle:
A Message from John Cleese - British comedian:
it’s humorous, but it’s FALSE … NOT john cleese…
and it’s old…
March 31st, 2008 at 10:32 amralph the wonder llama Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:30 am
You people just need to learn to think like a wingnut — i. e. put your brains in neutral and let your fears take over.
Or as I like to call it, amygdalanomics.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:33 amThe former Vice President can’t earn a living and care about the environment at the same time?
In wingnut world, it’s only acceptable to profit from bad causes.
March 31st, 2008 at 10:43 amprogressinourminds Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 10:40 am
Who would benefit the most from a crippled US economy?
ExxonMobil?
March 31st, 2008 at 10:45 amIts Bizarroworld. Recent violence in Iraq was started by al-Maliki aided by the US and still Iran who helped broker a quick cease-fire to put an end to the violence, is somehow to blame.
Wonder when the first bomb hits Iranian soil. Cant be long now..
March 31st, 2008 at 10:58 amLet’s send McCain to Iran for a couple of months…it may be the only war deterrent we have at our disposal…
March 31st, 2008 at 11:46 amZimzone Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 11:46 am
Let’s send McCain to Iran for a couple of months…it may be the only war deterrent we have at our disposal…
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That’s just not fair. Why should the Iranian people have to suffer any more than they already do?
March 31st, 2008 at 11:58 amAnybody else besides me offended at the condescending ‘pat on the head’ Bush is giving to his guy at HUD? Where’s the leash and collar?
March 31st, 2008 at 12:05 pmRobert Duvall as Col. Kilgore in Apocalypse Now:I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
As Dick Cheney in the Oliver Stone movie: I love the sound of waterboarding in the morning.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:14 pmRUCerious Says:
March 31st, 2008 at 12:05 pm
Anybody else besides me offended at the condescending ‘pat on the head’ Bush is giving to his guy at HUD? Where’s the leash and collar?
That was my first thought. I guess the guy doesn’t mind, though. He’s got a pretty big smile on his face. I guess being petted by your lord and master is just peachy with him.
March 31st, 2008 at 12:40 pmBTW- the proper name of the neighborhood is the Haight….commonly referred to Haight-Ashbury.
Ahhhh, the Summer of Love- forever.
If you go to San Francisco, be sure to wear some flowers in your hair, on a warm San Franciscan night.
flower power.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:05 pmAnd finally: Director Oliver Stone currently casting his next film, Bush: The Movie. “Word from Hollywood is that he’s negotiating with Elizabeth Banks (the nutty sexaholic in The 40 Year-Old Virgin) for the role of Laura Bush. Josh Brolin (No Country for Old Men) will play the prez.” And Robert Duvall is being rumored to play Dick Cheney.
Great choosing. Duvall played the legal consigliere of Don Vito Corleone and sons in The Godfather.
March 31st, 2008 at 1:13 pmRUCerious,
That is no pat on the head, it’s a fondle.
Haven’t you seen that site with all the bald men Bush has fondled? It’s apparently a fetish of his.
If this is a recent fondle, they should add it to the site.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:34 pmOh, yeah…Bartcop already had this particular bald man fondling picture. For more of them, check it out.
http://bartcopnation.com/ dc/ dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=2&topic_id=353027
March 31st, 2008 at 2:36 pmsee: http://www.love-haight.
March 31st, 2008 at 2:56 pmGeorgejr hasn’t learned yet, that (despite his superstitions) rubbing the head of a black person does NOT bring you luck!!
March 31st, 2008 at 4:18 pmwell, it sure hasn’t worked for HIM… or has it?
March 31st, 2008 at 5:56 pmSOB keeps getting away with the worst shit i’ve ever known…
oh yea…
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March 31st, 2008 at 6:03 pmIs he rubbing his head for good luck? That what whites used to do about eighty years ago!
March 31st, 2008 at 9:26 pm