ThinkFast: July 23, 2008
ThinkFast: July 23, 2008
“Wall Street got drunk,” President Bush said at a private fundraiser last week in Houston. Unaware that he was being recorded, Bush joked about the country’s housing crisis and said Wall Street now has “a hangover.” (Watch the video here.)
According to IRS data, “the richest 1% of Americans in 2006 garnered the highest share of the nation’s adjusted gross income for two decades” and “possibly the highest since 1929.” Meanwhile, “the average tax rate of the wealthiest 1% fell to its lowest level in at least 18 years.”
President George H.W. Bush’s former national security advisor Brent Scowcroft warned the current president to stop threatening Iran. He said yesterday “that by mentioning that threat, ‘we legitimize the use of force…and may tempt the Israelis’ to carry out such a mission. He said he thinks that negotiations must continue.”
One day before he is to meet with Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL), British Prime Minister Gordon Brown outlined a tentative plan “for withdrawing most of Britain’s remaining troops from Iraq early in 2009,” telling Parliament that Britain planned a “fundamental change of mission.” Brown gave no fixed timetable for withdrawal, however.
On the trail today: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will be campaigning in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and then touring offshore oil rigs in Louisiana. Sen. Obama was in Israel earlier today, visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust history memorial, and is now meeting with officials in the Palestinian territories.
Attorney General Michael Mukasey “has defended or let stand some of the most controversial policies that he inherited” from his predecessor, Alberto Gonzales. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) said Mukasey “hasn’t provided the balance that I had hoped for,” and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reportedly called Mukasey’s recent performance before the Senate Judiciary Committee “terrible.”
Kurdish lawmakers in Iraq “walked out of parliament Tuesday in protest over a vote on conditions for Iraq’s provincial elections that called for ethnic groups to share power” in oil-rich Kirkuk. The walkout “appeared to reduce the chances that the elections would be held this year.”
In January, EPA administrator Stephen Johnson told Congress, “I made the decision. It was my decision” for the EPA to block the California greenhouse emissions waiver. But yesterday, former EPA official Jason Burnett said that Johnson concluded that “California’s request was legally justified — until White House officials ordered him to reverse the decision.”
Political appointees at the Department of Labor are rushing to “push through” a rule before President Bush leaves office that would make it “tougher to regulate workers’ on-the-job exposure to chemicals and toxins.” Workplace-safety advocates, unions and Democrats say that the Bush administration is “working secretly to give industry a parting gift that will help it delay or block safety regulations.”
And Finally: The Force is with Mike Pence. Following remarks by Rep. Eliot Engel (D-NY), American Values President Gary Bauer and Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol at the third annual Washington Israel Summit last night, Rep. Mike Pence (R-IN) said that he felt like a sidekick. “That’s kind of like Obi-Wan Kenobi, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker — and your final speaker will be R2-D2,” Pence joked.
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Good economic news! The super-rich are doing well!
I feel so much better. Only a whiner could complain when the top 1%, our royalty, are doing so well.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:02 am“Wall Street got drunk,” President Bush said at a private fundraiser last week in Houston. Unaware that he was being recorded, Bush joked about the country’s housing crisis and said Wall Street now has “a hangover.”
Yes, laugh it up at our expense now King Georgie - but always remember that he who laughs last laughs best. And we will laugh last, as less than 6 months from now there will be all kinds of arrest warrants for you in many different countries - perhaps even this one.
History will not be kind to you either. You will be the laughing stock of the office of President for perpetuity.
Still think things are funny?
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:06 amWall Street got drunk said President Bush
Yeah, well, it takes one to know one.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:08 amBlackwell, Von Spakovsky Set to Testify in House on ‘Lessons Learned from 2004 Election’
Judiciary Committee Says Former Ohio SoS May Actually Show Up This Time After Previous Snubs
GOP Vote Suppressors Called, But No Witnesses On E-Voting or Student Voting Concerns in ‘Final’ Election Hearing Before ‘08, Notes Activist…
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties will be holding a hearing this Thursday on “Lessons Learned from the 2004 Presidential Election.”
Though no press release has yet been sent out by the Committee, and the link to the hearing’s page at the Judiciary website is currently broken, The BRAD BLOG has both good news and bad news to report here.
The good news: Ohio’s former Sec. of State J. Kenneth Blackwell has been invited to testify and has confirmed that he will actually show up this time, according to several Judiciary sources. Blackwell had previously snubbed the committee’s earlier invitation to testify back in February about the myriad crimes that were committed on and by his watch in the 2004 Presidential Election.
Following his last refusal to appear — when he responded to the committee claiming “my schedule will not permit me to attend the hearings” — Judiciary Committee spokesperson Jonathon Godfrey hinted that a subpoena might be forthcoming if Blackwell continued to refuse to appear. This time, at least as of today, it looks like he’s coming, according to confirmation by Godfrey this afternoon. Thus guaranteeing what should be a very lively hearing.
More good news: Shameless GOP “voter fraud” zealot and disgraced former FEC chair Hans Von Spakovsky will also be appearing. By invitation of the Republicans on the committee, amusingly enough. What were they thinking in inviting this embarrassment? Beats us, but we’re happy to hear he’ll be back on the Congressional hot seat. Thanks Repubs!
And then there’s the bad news…
Read the rest:
http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6209
**Got to see Brad Friedman, Peter B Collins and the director of “Uncounted” here in Sacramento at the movie’s premier. We owe Brad so much for his tireless work to keep fraud from the elections by exposing stories from all over the US about some of the different ways the current criminal administration try to suppress. I read his expose on the ACVR which is still on his website and found it so incredibly thorough. If we actually win the 2008 election we have one man to thank.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:08 amPresident George H.W. Bush’s former national security advisor Brent Scowcroft warned the current president to stop threatening Iran.
Ouch!
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:08 amI tipped TP to this story this morning –> http://tiny.cc/OaL2E
The source is, of course, not normally credible; however, this story sadly has the ring of truth to it. And even though the subject of the story would not usually get coverage here in a negative light, I think it is important to know about this because it is newsworthy.
You can bet your last dollar that the right-wing rant-jockeys will be beating this story to death today and likely for weeks to come because it involves someone who is on Obama’s VP short-list. Therefore, I think we need to know about it.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:11 amWell, we have Schumer, Feinstein, and Specter to thank for Mukasey–they, consequently, must bear a portion of the blame for the on-going cover up and continuation of the corruption of the DoJ.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:14 amSpeaking of hangovers, the world is going to wake up on 1/20/09 with the worst hangovers in history after this 8 year nightmare.
Pass the Alka-seltzer, please.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:17 amAnd Georgie was going, “Chug. Chug. Chug.” the whole way; meanwhile, the government agencies who were supposed to be the staff of bartenders refused to cut Wall St. off. There’s a liability lawsuit waiting.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:18 amDennis Kucinich: Thanks to You, Impeachment Will Be Heard on Friday
TRANSCRIPT: I want to thank you for the support which you have given to my efforts to hold this administration accountable for taking us into a war based on lies and for the destruction of the rule of law and the destruction of cherished constitutional principles.
Because of your support, this Friday in Washington, DC, I will make a presentation before the Judiciary Committee of the House of Representatives at which time I will make the case that this president has violated his oath of office, violated United States law and international law, has separated our nation from our constitution, and has taken us on a course that has been so profoundly anti-democratic that it has threatened the core of our nation.
Because of your support, I have been able to advance this series of matters right to the table of the Judiciary Committee.
Because of your support, I have been able to create an opening so we’re finally getting a chance in Washington to discuss the abuses of power, to discuss a war based on lies, to discuss the whole architecture of constitutional principles that have been taken down.
Every serious matter that faces the people of this country today can be linked to an administration which is not accountable.
Read it all:
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/34970
**Progressive activists, it’s time to show our power. We have two huge hearings coming up Thursday (post #4) and Friday. Both may be the last time these issues get any attention from our current legislators before the election. We MUST do all we can to make these issues stay alive. God bless you Dennis for your tireless work representing all of us.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 amWe have been witness of the largest transfer of wealth from poor to rich in our lifetime.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 amCongratulations, GWB- mission accomplished!
Jeez, what happened in ‘29? Wait a while, it’ll come to me like a breadline.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:20 amObama’s Global Victory Lap Has McCain Desperate
What was John McCain thinking?
Did the Republican who would be president really think that by goading Democrat Barack Obama into visiting Afghanistan and Iraq — countries the senator from Illinois was going to have to visit as part of an image-building international tour — he would somehow trip-up his November rival?
Was McCain under some delusion that international leaders would subtly undermine the Obama tour and thus confirm that the Republican ally of discredited lame-duck President George Bush was the only real choice to lead the United States toward a more realistic role in the world?
If that was the case, then McCain really is too foolish to be president — not merely of the U.S. but of his stamp club.
As Obama goes from strength to strength — sinking baskets, drawing cheers from the troops, forging a plan to extract most U.S. forces from Iraq that everyone who matters seems to agree with — McCain is scrambling.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/thebeat/338141
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:21 am“[F]undamental change of mission.” Er, would that be “stop throwing good money after bad?”
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:22 ami remember when bush joked about not finding wmds under the couch, desk, table…. pretty funny eh? sounds like someone other than wall street has been drunk.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:23 amBush plan to help Fannie, Freddie could cost $25 billion
The Bush administration plan to shore up mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac has been estimated to cost taxpayers $25 billion over two years, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday.
But CBO also said there is a “better than 50 percent” chance that the federal government will not have to spend any money at all. The theory is that by offering the rescue package, the markets would be reassured and the companies would be able to raise money on their own.
The release of the “CBO score” comes a day before the scheduled vote on the housing bill that includes the administration’s rescue package. Aides, though, have said that the vote could be delayed past Wednesday.
White House officials have threatened that President Bush might veto the bill because it includes $4 billion for local governments to buy foreclosed properties.
http://thehill.com/ leading-the-news/ bushs-plan-to-help-fannie-freddie-to-cost-25-billion-2008-07-22.html
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:24 amChucky, you shoulda let Mukasey publish those pics instead of endorsing him. The country’d be better off and wouldn’t hate you any more than it does now.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 amunbelievable Says:
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Obama’s Global Victory Lap Has McCain Desperate
What was John McCain thinking?
McInsane doesn’t have to think. Every time he makes a hug gaff, MSM will edit the sound bite. He’s going to sound as smart as Albert Einstein by November.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 amBush is and continues to be an active alcoholic : he shows all the signs.
It’s not rocket science.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:27 am#6 - Tom, the ’story’ is from the national inquirer. That’s about as truthful as foxnews.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:29 amHere is a link to the whole video. The news link above truncates the video and leaves out the worst part.
http://politicalblog.abc13.com/2008/07/what-did-bush-s.html
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:30 amSen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reportedly called Mukasey’s recent performance before the Senate Judiciary Committee “terrible.”
So was your, and Di-Fi’s support for him in the first place.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:30 amWhat the hell were two you thinking, anyway?
We realize you can’t take back your ‘vote’ on his confirmation, but do you really think it’s all OK now, because you think he’s doing a terrible job? C’mon!
Truth in Humor Department - I always wondered whether Pence was a robot or a zombie.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:30 amSen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reportedly called Mukasey’s recent performance before the Senate Judiciary Committee “terrible.”
I rate Chuckie’s performance of advocating for Mucus-E beyond terrible. He may never escape my sh!tlist.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:30 amAnd the beat goes on Says: McInsane doesn’t have to think. Every time he makes a hug gaff, MSM will edit the sound bite. He’s going to sound as smart as Albert Einstein by November.
I read that due to the internet outrage over CBS’s cover-up of McCain’s blunder that CBS is now posting the entire interview, unedited, on its website. I’d prefer they air a retraction, but at least we have them capitulating on some level - something that NEVER would have happened in the past. And, while internet news flourishes, their news ratings are in the toilet…
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 amI agree, Kay. GDumbya is either an active alcoholic or a “dry drunk”. He is certainly not a recovering alcoholic. His lack of maturity is the clearest sign. His development remains stunted at the age he was when he first started drinking and drugging . . . probably somewhere around 18. It is scary to know that we have a maladjusted adolescent in the Oval Office.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:31 am#6 Tom:
The Clintonite who owns National Enquirer
The political world has been holding its nose for the last twenty-four hours while peering at the weekly tabloid National Enquirer, which published a story yesterday alleging that presidential candidate John Edwards had an extra-marital affair.
“The story is false,” Edwards told reporters in South Carolina today, according to a reporter who was there.
What the tabloid’s readers, in politics and out, may not know is that a key owner of the Enquirer is a prominent New York investment banker and one of Hillary Clinton’s key backers, Roger Altman. Altman was an official in the first Clinton administration, and his name is often mentioned as a possible Clinton Treasury Secretary.
http://www.politico.com/ blogs/ bensmith/ 1007/ The_Clintonite_who_owns_National_Enquirer.html
**There might be an ulterior motive here — like who to pick for VP.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:32 am#6 - Tom, the ’story’ is from the national inquirer. That’s about as truthful as foxnews.
I absolutely agree. I said only that the story has “the ring of truth” and supposedly there are hotel guests who were witnesses to the incident and pictures were taken.
My only reason for sharing it here is that we will undoubtedly be hearing more about it. And it is newsworthy (whether true or not) because it will very likely knock Edwards off the VP short-list and perhaps keep him from an AG appointment.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:35 amThere have been times during this 8 year nightmare that I think the Nazi Chimp’s string pullers/handlers have put him out there on occassions where I really do think he was either:
a. hungover, himself.
b. still drunk
c. a few drinks in.
Maybe he can go hunting with Cheney and they can kill each other.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:36 amHistory will not be kind to you either. You will be the laughing stock of the office of President for perpetuity.
Still think things are funny?
Hilarious. They’ll be staggering with antic pleasure all the way to the bank…banks, really, all over the world, in secret accounts…
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:36 amcaption: “He kept calling it a ‘gift from the people of the U.S.of A.’ Seriously, it was the biggest human turd I’ve ever seen!”
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:37 amSen. John McCain (R-AZ) will be campaigning in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania and then touring offshore oil rigs in Louisiana.
This idiot is so transparent. He’s doing the oil rigs so he can claim he’s the one that came up with the brilliant plan to expand offshore drilling, just like he’s taking credit for the surge. (Kagan at AEI submitted the surge plan. Big Oil came up with the ‘drill here. drill now bullshit.)
Meanwhile, Iraq borders Pakistan, Sunnis are Shi’ite, I AM the surge and Obama doesn’t know War like I know War!
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:37 amChucky, you shoulda let Mukasey publish those pics instead of endorsing him. The country’d be better off and wouldn’t hate you any more than it does now.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:26 am
Schumer wasn’t voting his USer constituency’s wishes, but his ‘international’ one…
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:40 amtokin librul Says: Hilarious. They’ll be staggering with antic pleasure all the way to the bank…banks, really, all over the world, in secret accounts…
Upon what will he spend it when he’s relegated to the Ranch? Wood chippers for brush clearing and stock fish for his lake? :)
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:44 amThinkFarts
Wall Street got drunk…and Bush and the GOP supplied the kegs and the shots
The fabulously rich got fabulously richerer…Which is why Bush kept claiming that the economy was “strong”.
Bush-Daddy’s NSA warned Pee-Wee Bush to stop bullying Iran… but Pee-Wees response was “you ain’t the boss of me!” and stormed out to go and ‘key’ cars.
P.M. Gordon Brown expects Obama will be the next President as he can now talk about withdrawal without fear of being coerced by Bush to stay in Iraq.
McCain will praise the Louisiana oil industry for not having lost a drop of oil during Katrina.
Arlen Specter (R-PA) and Chuck Schumer (D-NY) blame Mukasey for their own crass stupidity and atrocious judgment. Cries of “told you so” from intelligent informed grass-roots Democrats will continue to be ignored.
Kurdish lawmakers lay groundwork for independence. Are the neoconservatives going to manufacture an invasion of Kurdistan in 2016?
EPA administrator’s balls added to Oval Office curio cabinet.
The Department of Labor is actively pursuing buyout offer from Chemical Industry.
Beloved Star Wars robot is actually a Republican AIPAC stooge–was working for Emperor Palpatine all along!
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:44 amGoddamn Goerge Bush. And I mean that literally; I am asking God to send George Bush straight to hell.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:44 amBush is a traitor and should be shot on sight.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:45 amThat photo would include nancy . . but she’s under the table.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:50 amSen. Arlen Specter (R-PA) said Mukasey “hasn’t provided the balance that I had hoped for,” and Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reportedly called Mukasey’s recent performance before the Senate Judiciary Committee “terrible.”
No f ucking shit.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:51 amBased on his expression in the photo, it looks like someone’s giving Chimpy a BJ under the table…
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:52 amunbelievable says:
Upon what will he spend it when he’s relegated to the Ranch? Wood chippers for brush clearing and stock fish for his lake? :)
Oh, didn’t you hear? Laura’s doing her bit to help the housing “issue” by shopping for a house in Dallas.
“Then we got a housing issue, not in Houston, evidently, not in Dallas, because Laura was over there trying to buy a house today,” Bush said of first lady Laura Bush. “I like Crawford. Unfortunately after eight years of asking her to sacrifice, I’m now no longer the decision maker. She’ll be deciding, thanks for the suggestion. I suggest you don’t yell it out when she’s here. I did tell her, I said honey, we’ve been on government pay now for 14 years, go slow.”
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:54 amBased on his expression in the photo, it looks like someone’s giving Chimpy a BJ under the table
then logically,
The Bastard should be IMPEACHED!
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:55 amTrickle down economics doing it’s job.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:56 amIn January, EPA administrator Stephen Johnson told Congress, “I made the decision. It was my decision” for the EPA to block the California greenhouse emissions waiver. But yesterday, former EPA official Jason Burnett said that Johnson concluded that “California’s request was legally justified — until White House officials ordered him to reverse the decision.”
Don’t throw yourself on your sword for this administration, Johnson. They will happily throw you under the next bus.
Just sayin’…
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:57 amMeanwhile, “the average tax rate of the wealthiest 1% fell to its lowest level in at least 18 years.”
It’s really too bad that this news won’t be on our MSM. The only place people will hear about it is on the internet. If the public knew this truth, even some old-fashioned conservatives would not have a problem with rescinding Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthy.
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:58 ammary Says: Oh, didn’t you hear? Laura’s doing her bit to help the housing “issue” by shopping for a house in Dallas.
No, I hadn’t. Though, my guess is that Laura will move into that new house by herself…
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:58 amJohn McCain said this in Rochester, New Hampshire:
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:59 am“This is a clear choice that the American people have. I had the courage and the judgment to say I would rather lose a political campaign than lose a war. It seems to me that Obama would rather lose a war in order to win a political campaign.”
Joe Klein says this in TIME mag.:
He said he thinks that negotiations must continue.
Negotiations with Iran will have to start before they can “continue”. We have sent our “diplomats” to Iran to demand we get what we want. That is NOT negotiation. Negotiation is you give a little, we give a little until we can find common ground. Ultimatums, on the other hand, do nothing more than back people into corners.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:00 amPicketing Churches
I think atheists can generally agree that Christian extremism is a problem. The hard part is agreeing on tactics to oppose it. I have a question for the atheist readers today, one I’d like you to think about before responding. As atheists, should we consider picketing the Christian extremist churches in our communities? Let me elaborate a bit before you answer in case this idea strikes you as absurd on it’s face (which it still might be). My goal is not to sell you on the idea but to find out what you think about it.
It seems to me, and I am merely speculating here, that picketing such a church could have several dramatic effects:
Due to the nearly unprecedented nature of such an action, it would likely generate great publicity. The media would almost certainly consider it newsworthy. Coverage might provide atheists with a forum to educate the public about atheism and about Christian extremism.
An action like this could motivate atheists in other communities to undertake similar efforts, having a viral effect.
It would show the world that atheists were through pretending to respect dangerous falsehoods.
Of course, the whole thing could backfire horribly as well. Effective organization would be essential, and even then, there would be no guarantee that the desired effects would be attained. Is picketing churches something atheists should seriously consider? What do you think?
http://www.atheistrev.com/
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:00 am#46:
Someone should take a very close look at Alecto.
No. I think this is better:
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:01 amAn International Tribunal should hold a Trial against all past & present members of the Bush Adminstration for War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Treason.
#46:
Someone should take a very close look at Alecto.
No. I think this is better:
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:01 amAn International Tribunal should hold a Trial against all past & present members of the Bush Adminstration for War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Treason.
Keith H. Says:
That photo would include nancy . . but she’s under the table.
And I bet she can’t find balls or WMD under there :)~
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:02 am“I did tell her, I said honey, we’ve been on government pay now for 14 years, go slow.” — Thanks to Mary
Yeah, if it weren’t for pappy, he wouldn’t have made it to the government payroll, and certainly not at $400,000 a year. He’d be a 62-year-old man wearing paper hat looking to retire after 40 years of service to McDonalds.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:05 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says: Ultimatums, on the other hand, do nothing more than back people into corners.
No wonder Iran wants a nuke.
George Lakoff wrote a compelling book on the mind of the typical Conservative. He explained that they want a Father Figure, who is all-powerful and unable to make mistakes (like every god of every paternal monotheistic religion).
These people cannot understand why other people do not want a head bully to push them around and belittle them in the same manner they seek, so when this tactic doesn’t yield results, they simply resort to more of it - convinced they aren’t applying it in large enough doses.
Sounds like a mental problem to me…
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:08 amHey Good_Golly, I’d like to know what you’re smoking that makes you believe that any one here is going to buy your “law and order” schtick.
That’s the thing about reich-wingers. Always looking to take out those who bring those to justice, or seek to do so.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:10 amPRAISE JEBUS, THE GREAT FIREWALL OF CHINA HAS FINALLY LET ME LOG ON TO MY WORDPRESS ACOUNT!!
That George Bush, he’s such a cut up.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:10 amPhoto Caption: I’ve royally screwed most working people in my country! Hilarious, isn’t it?
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:11 amunbelievable Says:
Of course, the whole thing could backfire horribly as well. Effective organization would be essential, and even then, there would be no guarantee that the desired effects would be attained. Is picketing churches something atheists should seriously consider?
If you plan to piss the christianistas off like this, you may want to consider buying a car with great gas mileage, cuz you’d be kissing your right to get on an airplane goodbye. Might as well just CC the NSA on all your emails too. I also recommend switching to pre-paid, throwaway cell phones.
/snark off
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:12 amtom Says:
I absolutely agree. I said only that the story has “the ring of truth” and supposedly there are hotel guests who were witnesses to the incident and pictures were taken.
My only reason for sharing it here is that we will undoubtedly be hearing more about it. And it is newsworthy (whether true or not) because it will very likely knock Edwards off the VP short-list and perhaps keep him from an AG appointment.
It’s clear that you’re very concerned about this “story.” I have to wonder, though, where you see a “ring of truth” about an Enquirer story, especially one like this that is so well-sourced (ha).
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:14 amHere’s a solution, though it’s certainly heresy, tax the churches.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:15 amSucks when your conversations are recorded surreptitiously, don’t it, prez?
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:15 am“Wall Street got drunk,”
Isn’t it interesting that when the President actually creates semi-accurate metaphors, its on the topic of alcohol.
Stick with what you know.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:17 amMy dungeons and dragons experience has taught me that if you want to kill a troll, first you have to get it down, then you kill it by burning the body or pouring strong acid on it…or ban it by IP address
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:18 amTiberius Says:
You were just chomping at the bit to say “n**gers” in an unbannable context, weren’t you?
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:20 amTiberius wishes he had nuts to deal with the threat of turrirists hiding under his bed.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:23 amcavjam Says: Here’s a solution, though it’s certainly heresy, tax the churches.
That would work!
I posted that article because I think that one of the things that is working so well for the “Atheist Revolution” has been our willingness to stand up to the religious nuts. More and more Americans are willing to admit their non-belief because of those of us who have done so, and who point out the lack of tolerance in Christian extremism.
I, like most non-believers, just want the same right to reject Jesus and not be disriminated against. It’s a long battle, but look what “coming out” did for the gay rights movement…
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:25 amcaption: “He kept saying ‘It’s a gift from the people of the U.S. of A.’ Seriously, it was the biggest strap-on I’d ever encountered.”
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:31 amunbelievable Says:
cavjam Says: Here’s a solution, though it’s certainly heresy, tax the churches.
That would work!
I posted that article because I think that one of the things that is working so well for the “Atheist Revolution” has been our willingness to stand up to the religious nuts. More and more Americans are willing to admit their non-belief because of those of us who have done so, and who point out the lack of tolerance in Christian extremism.
I, like most non-believers, just want the same right to reject Jesus and not be disriminated against. It’s a long battle, but look what “coming out” did for the gay rights movement…
The problem with this is that with taxation they gain the right of representation (I know, they already wield huge amounts of influence in the government but if they pay taxes this will be justified, thus a harder battle in would await in the long rung)
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:33 amPhoto Caption:Whoooa Senator Craig, that tickles!!!
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:34 am“Wall Street got drunk,” President Bush said at a private fundraiser last week in Houston. Unaware that he was being recorded, Bush joked about the country’s housing crisis and said Wall Street now has “a hangover.”
Chimpy’s handlers had to use an an*logy he is familiar with in order to get him to understand Wall Street. MBA my ass.
* (Damn, caught by the filter!)
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:34 amAccording to IRS data, “the richest 1% of Americans in 2006 garnered the highest share of the nation’s adjusted gross income for two decades” and “possibly the highest since 1929.” Meanwhile, “the average tax rate of the wealthiest 1% fell to its lowest level in at least 18 years.”
Meanwhile bridges are collapsing, healthcare is unaffordable for many and our education system is in the toilet, just to name a few. This is the legacy of supply side economics. It worked like a charm…making wealthy people even wealthier.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:42 amAccording to IRS data, “the richest 1% of Americans in 2006 garnered the highest share of the nation’s adjusted gross income for two decades” and “possibly the highest since 1929.” Meanwhile, “the average tax rate of the wealthiest 1% fell to its lowest level in at least 18 years.”
Meanwhile bridges are collapsing, healthcare is unaffordable for many and our education system is in the toilet, just to name a few. This is the legacy of supply side economics. It worked like a charm…making wealthy people even wealthier.
We’ve still got money to send Israel for to buy more ways to murder people. USA USA!
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:46 amOk, how about this?
Bush is rectally retentive
Does this one pass muster? or gas?
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:52 amhmmm, I guess we can’t mention the group known as Butthole Surfers either.
July 23rd, 2008 at 10:53 am“the richest 1% of Americans in 2006 garnered the highest share of the nation’s adjusted gross income for two decades” and “possibly the highest since 1929.”
Someone can read the signs and make appropriate investments:
Boston Private Announces $75 Million Investment by The Carlyle Group
Boston Private Wealth Management Group is a national financial service organization comprised of independently operated affiliates located in key regions of the U.S. that offer private banking, wealth advisory and investment management services to the high net worth marketplace, selected businesses and institutions.
http://www.marketwatch.com/ news/ story/ boston-private-announces-75-million/ story.aspx?guid=%7B8AA56A24-B12E-4498-BC31-C1564483FA3C%7D&dist=hppr
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:02 amAlecto Says
July 23rd, 2008 at 9:45 am
Bush is a traitor and should be shot on sight.
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While I understand your frustration with our current set of conditions that allows Bush and his band to run roughshod over the constitution, the American people, and the rest of the world, trashing everything they touch in the process AND get away will all they do, it’s really poor form to call for killing somebody. Anybody. Even Bush. Please try to remember that we are above this.
We must continue to work within the system we have to hold Bush accountable for the crimes he has committed. We must pressure our representatives to hold his feet to the fire, and if they won’t, we must elect new ones. We must persevere to see justice done even after Bush has left office, instead of just allowing him to fade into oblivion — if for no other reason, to send a message that we will not allow any more criminal administrations, and there are consequences.
But let’s not call for anybody to be “shot on sight”. Overlooking the obvious negatives with such a scenario (Bush becomes a martyr, Cheney becomes president), we should also remember it gives the wingnuts fodder to claim that we are a violent bunch. And most of us aren’t. We were brought up better than that.
Of course, your post may not be one of frustration. You could also be a troll come here to post something outrageous, wait for somebody to agree with you, then gleefully go report on your blog about the bloodthirsty lefties.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:02 amTiberius Says:
Quick question, do you really think Bush gives a shit about you, at all? Do you think he’d even bother to piss on you if you were on fire?
No?
So why all the hero worship of someone so wholly undeserving of praise?
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:17 amTiberius Says:
Nice backpeddling missmolly, but too late. Seven (7) of your “progressive” friends have already recommended the post, recommending the shooting of the president. Sick.
And you know that 7 of our “progressive friends” have recommended the post how? Can you see behind the scenes and see who it was that recommended that post? It’s jut as easy to get other trolls to come here and hit the “recommend” link to bolster the argument that progressives here agree with the comment posted.
You do notice, don’t you, that no one here has written anything close to supporting that post. The above missmolly post was the second she wrote about what that person posted and neither were in support, both were pointing out the error of the poster’s ways.
I am willing to bet the farm that Alecto is nothing more than a right wing troll (like you) sent here to make trouble.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:24 amTiberius Says:
Dude, I don’t drink the brown acid koolaid. It’s not that it’s poisonous. It’s just baaaaaaaad brown acid koolaid.
Obama does a lot of stuff to piss me off. But he’s a saint compared to USS Forrestal Fire McCain and Gee Duhhhb Yah Botch
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:29 amGood Morning poster’s…OT sorry…Not around much so may have missed it….Where the hell is Carl Rove and why isn’t he being arrested for not showing up.?…Anyone.?…Blessings
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:35 amRe: (#46) Bush is a traitor and should be shot on sight.
Only if he’s on the front lines in Iraq, Afghanistan or any other Blood Soaked Oil Ruse he sends our men and women to die daily to make profits for :
The Military Industrial Corporate Complex inlcuding the contractors (i.e. Haliburton, Bechtel, Blackwater USA)
-and-
All the members of Congres raking in the Profits from these Damn Occupations
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:43 amWitch1 Says:
Good Morning poster’s…OT sorry…Not around much so may have missed it….Where the hell is Carl Rove and why isn’t he being arrested for not showing up.?…Anyone.?…Blessings
Hopefully he’s on a private jet with faulty wiring.
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:45 am#90 Thank’s for the response but I would much prefer all of them get sent to life in a miserable prison somewhere…Death for any of this bunch is an easy way out, they should have to serve year’s in misery for what they have done to the world..Blessings
July 23rd, 2008 at 11:51 amBush? He should be tried for treason and convicted - and then shot by a firing squad.
There. Fixed it.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:14 pmThis idiot has been mocking this erstwhile “great nation” all along. He has no respect for this country, never has never will! This slimy worm crept up through the cracks to take over as illegitimate ruler to ruin this country for good! It goes to show the confused and bemused state of this american community. Little did we know. Bush has introduced this country to a wide variety of failures. Who would have guessed failure has so many different flavors and colors. The forever failing IDIOT is still at the helm no matter how many times he has failed. The rich just had to get richer no matter what, so that’s why the idiot is still there. Disaster capitalism is here to stay! The money-fixated devil worshipping idiot deserves to be TRIED, JAILED, AND EXECUTED!!! The justice system is dysfunctional and broken up but we are not! Let’s unite and nail this worm!
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:41 pmGuantanamo prisoners reportedly not told of rights
By MIKE MELIA, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 17 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ ap/ 20080723/ ap_on_re_la_am_ca/ guantanamo_bin_laden_s_driver
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A former FBI agent testifying at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial said interrogators did not advise detainees here of any rights because the military prison is dedicated to intelligence gathering, not law enforcement.
Ali Soufan, an al-Qaida expert and star witness for the prosecution, said Tuesday the Guantanamo Bay Navy base is the only place in the world where he has not informed suspects of a right against self-incrimination.
Here goes all the “isn’t American soil, therefore they’re not under USA responsability”.
Researcher says Gulf dead zone bigger than ever
By MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press Writer
Wed Jul 23, 5:39 AM ET
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ ap/ 20080723/ ap_on_sc/ dead_zone;_ylt=AoPoiVB_fKm36Rp0fTS3ORqs0NUE
HOUSTON - A “dead zone” in the Gulf of Mexico off the Texas-Louisiana coast this year is likely to be the biggest ever and last longer than ever before, with marine life affected for hundreds of miles, a scientist warned.
“It’s definitely the worst we’ve seen in the last five years,” said Steve DiMarco, a Texas A&M University professor of oceanography who for 16 years has studied the Gulf of Mexico dead zone, so named because the oxygen-depleted water can kill marine life.
The phenomenon is caused when salt water loses large amounts of oxygen, a condition known as hypoxia that is typically associated with an area off the Louisiana coast at the mouth of the Mississippi River. The fresh water and salt water don’t mix well, keeping oxygen from filtering through to the sea bottom, which causes problems for fish, shrimp, crabs and clams.
This year’s dead zone has been aggravated by flood runoff from heavy spring rains and additional runoff moving into the Gulf from record floods along the Mississippi.
So much for the Climate Ghange deniers…
“Greenhouse” bees spread disease to wild bees
By Will Dunham
1 hour, 34 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ nm/ 20080723/ sc_nm/ bees_disease_dc;_ylt=AoSwx2lilSUu78kh6mhcT.Ss0NUE
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Disease spread to wild bees from commercially bred bees used for pollination in agriculture greenhouses may be playing a role in the mysterious decline in North American bee populations, researchers said on Tuesday.
Bees pollinate numerous crops, and scientists have been expressing alarm over their falling numbers in recent years in North America. Experts warn the bee disappearance eventually could harm agriculture and the food supply.
Scientists have been struggling to understand the recent decline in various bee populations in North America. For example, a virus brought from Australia has been implicated in massive honeybee deaths last year.
And this, for the ones that despise ecology and the consequences of excesive humane intervention and pride.
Note one of the main consequences of this new and the previous one: the aggravation of the incoming food crisis in the USA and the world.
Texas grand jury indicts polygamist sect members
By MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 19 minutes ago
http://news.yahoo.com/ s/ ap/ 20080723/ ap_on_re_us/ polygamist_retreat;_ylt=AvbWUQw9g6DMajw.T.OHcxqs0NUE
ELDORADO, Texas - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs, already convicted in Utah of rape as an accomplice and awaiting trial in Arizona on other charges related to underage marriages, is now accused of assaulting a girl in Texas in January 2005.
A grand jury in this tiny western Texas ranching community indicted Jeffs and four of his followers Tuesday on charges of felony sexual assault of a child. Another was indicted for failing to report child abuse.
And so much for the “relious men” down there.
July 23rd, 2008 at 12:50 pmI totally agree with misshusseinmolly and I actually Flagged that post earlier.
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:31 pmI also Flagged this post earlier.
July 23rd, 2008 at 1:34 pm