ThinkFast: August 8, 2008
ThinkFast: August 8, 2008
A new report to be released today by the nonpartisan Institute for Science and International Security finds that an attack on Iran “could backfire by strengthening Tehran’s resolve to acquire the bomb.” “Following an attack, Iran could quickly rebuild its centrifuge program in small, easily hidden facilities,” said principal author David Albright, a former U.N. weapons inspector.
Russian troops invaded Georgia, after “Georgian troops launched a major military offensive Friday to regain control over the breakaway province of South Ossetia.” The developments raised the question of how the U.S. will react, given that Georgia is “an American ally whose pursuit of NATO membership has angered the Russians.”
“The Justice Department investigation into the firings of nine U.S. attorneys has been extended to encompass allegations that senior White House officials played a role in providing false and misleading information to Congress,” raising the possibility “that investigators will pursue criminal charges against some administration officials.”
Former New York Times reporter Judith Miller, famous for reporting on Iraq’s purported WMD in the run-up to the invasion, is “back on Iraq and back in big-circulation print. In the July Reader’s Digest, she reports how great things are in U.S.-run detention facilities.” Miller “reports that life in two detention camps housing nearly 23,000 suspected insurgents is much improved.”
On the trail today: Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) will visit the Iowa State Fair. Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) will participate in a “Welcome To Hawaii Event” this afternoon as he begins a week-long vacation in the state.
Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr announced he would disband his militia if the U.S. agreed to timetable for withdrawal. “”It should not be considered an end to the Mehdi army,” a spokesman for al-Sadr said, about the militia’s ceasefire, “but it’s a halfway step to dissolving the Mehdi Army. If the U.S. began to implement a withdrawal timetable we shall complete the path to dissolution.”
Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt insisted the agency’s proposed rule allowing physicians to refuse to provide abortions does not include contraceptives. Leavitt said the “early draft” of the rule “contained words that lead some to conclude my intent is to deal with the subject of contraceptives, somehow defining them as abortion. Not true.”
A new liberal organization dubbed “Accountable America” will reportedly “confront donors to conservative groups, hoping to create a chilling effect that will dry up contributions.” Tom Matzzie, who heads the group, explained, “We want to stop the Swift Boating before it gets off the ground.”
“A racially charged Democratic primary campaign ended Thursday” with incumbent congressman Steve Cohen (D-TN) “trouncing the opponent who ran an ad linking him to the Ku Klux Klan. Unofficial results showed Cohen with 79 percent of the vote to 19 percent for Nikki Tinker.
According to U.S. military documents, “at least 17 detainees held at Guantanamo Bay were subjected to a program that moved them repeatedly from cell to cell to cause sleep deprivation and disorientation as punishment and to soften detainees for subsequent interrogation.” The technique “was still used months after it was banned at the facility in March 2004.”
And finally: Bradley Blakeman, formerly an aide to President Bush and president of Freedom’s Watch, said that the “plot and marketing elements of the Kevin Costner and Kelsey Grammer movie ‘Swing Vote’ were stolen from him.” Blakeman claims that in 2006, he gave a copyrighted script called “Go November” to Grammar, who agreed to “develop the project and star as an incumbent Republican president but ended up portraying a similar role in ‘Swing Vote.’”
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A new report to be released today by the nonpartisan Institute for Science and International Security finds that an attack on Iran “could backfire by strengthening Tehran’s resolve to acquire the bomb.” “Following an attack, Iran could quickly rebuild its centrifuge program in small, easily hidden facilities,” said principal author David Albright, a former U.N. weapons inspector.
It’s a basic law of Physics:
“For every action, there is an equal and OPPOSITE reaction.”
I thought thse people went to Harvard and Yale and were supposed to be smart. If they didn’t learn this basic law from what happened from attacking Iraq, then someone should rescind their degrees (or downgrade Harvard’s status).
August 8th, 2008 at 9:08 amRussian troops invaded Georgia
Post just that part as a headline on the MSM and see how fast the rednecks and rightwing nut jobs freak out about it.
Would be a fitting dose of their own medicine, however, if Russia really did invade Atlanta…
August 8th, 2008 at 9:10 amSen. John McCain (R-AZ) will visit the Iowa State Fair.
He will be judging the pigs. Word is Karl Rove has a ‘leg up’ on the outcome, with most agreeing he’s the largest pig ever entered into the competition.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:11 amThemis Says: This reminds me of Neville Chamberlain’s historic theory that an early attack on Nazi Germany would have strengthened Hitler’s resolve.
I know you Cons would be content to live in the 1930’s, but this is 2008, and Neville Chamberlain isn’t any part of this new report. Also, Iran is not Germany. But, don’t let that stop you from thinking an apple is an orange. Sheesh!
August 8th, 2008 at 9:14 amWow, the trolls have new Talking Point software with semi-relevant and pithy quotes available.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:19 amThemis Says: al-Sadr’s eagerness to disband his militia is more proof of the success of the Surge.
Things aren’t true just because you want them to be true. You have no EVIDENCE.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:19 amThemis Says: Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
It doesn’t seem to stop you.
Actually, you have to have cognitive brain functions to understand that attacking Iran is much more comparable to attacking Iraq than anything to do with Hitler. I don’t expect you to understand.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:21 amThose who would ignore our freedoms are doomed to infamy.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:22 amMr Pee has set his alarm clock really early today, wot?
August 8th, 2008 at 9:23 amThemis Says: al-Sadr’s eagerness to disband his militia is more proof of the success of the Surge.
Setting a TIMETABLE FOR WITHDRAWL obviously had NOTHING to do with it!
August 8th, 2008 at 9:24 amZimzone Says: Those who would ignore our freedoms are doomed to infamy.
Since the Cons like ancient history – Ancient Athens and Ancient Rome are two prime examples of how a Republican Democracy becomes a dictatorship, one lost freedom at a time.
One of my students was telling me about a book he read in which the author outlined the ten steps to becoming a Dictatorship from a Democracy. He said that we’re currently on step 8. I believe it.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:26 amA new report to be released today by the nonpartisan Institute for Science and International Security finds that an attack on Iran “could backfire by strengthening Tehran’s resolve to acquire the bomb.”
Countries have atomic bombs as a deterrent to other countries not to attack them. No country is stupid enough to use a bomb aggressively because they know if they do, someone will do the same to them. So, if Israel or the US attacks Iran, unprovoked, then Iran will strengthen it’s resolve to build a bomb as a deterrent against future attacks.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:27 amraising the possibility “that investigators will pursue criminal charges against some administration officials…
Not going to happen with Mukasey at the helm. I truly believe that at one time Mukasey was an honorable person. But, he has sold his soul to the devil and will never again be considered honorable. I would like to ask him if it was worth it. I doubt he would answer “yes”.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:30 amTom Matzzie, who heads the group, explained, “We want to stop the Swift Boating before it gets off the ground.”
It’s too late to stop the swiftboating. It has already started.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:34 amCan we now say that every major player in the Iraq war has partially or wholly endorsed Obama’s withdrawal plan? Well, except for McCain…
http://www.political-buzz.com/
August 8th, 2008 at 9:36 amunbelievable Says:
Russian troops invaded Georgia
Post just that part as a headline on the MSM and see how fast the rednecks and rightwing nut jobs freak out about it.
Would be a fitting dose of their own medicine, however, if Russia really did invade Atlanta…
So true. And every person who took up arms to try to drive out the invading force would become an “insurgent” and a “terrorist”. At least if we judged it the same way we judge the people in Iraq resisting the invading force.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:37 amMorality Police Go After Indiana Adult Store
I don’t know about you, dear reader, but I like some privacy when I visit the porn store. The idea of my friends, family, employer, and co-workers knowing about it is not particularly appealing. I guess it is understandable that I am not impressed with the group of Indiana Christians taking photographs of porn store patrons and then posting them on a public website. Their goal is to drive customers away so the store has to close. This battle has been going on for three years.
The Christians recording license plates and photographing customers want to close the store. They do not want adults to have access to the material sold at this store. Why? They believe that what the store does is morally wrong. It offends their Christian sensibilities, and they do not trust other adults to make their own decisions. They would deny their neighbors this freedom.
I love the fact that some people are visiting the store simply to annoy the Christian protesters. I would do the same if this was to happen in my community. I’d also make sure I was wearing an interesting t-shirt for their website. Protests like this can actually help the business, but I’d imagine that this is more likely in heavily populated areas.
http://www.atheistrev.com/
August 8th, 2008 at 9:37 amThemis Says:
al-Sadr’s eagerness to disband his militia is more proof of the success of the Surge.
al-Sadr’s eagerness to disband his militia is a recognition that the invading force will soon be leaving Iraq. He knows that there is no way that the Iraqi government is going to stand being occupied any longer and that Obama, as President, will be bringing our troops home.
That is a fact and you had better learn to live with it. Otherwise your head will probably explode.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:40 amToo Funny! Brad Blakeman gets an idea for a movie, copy writes it and gives it to one of the few Republicans in Hollywood and he gets screwed!
Welcome to our world you stupid Republican flack!
August 8th, 2008 at 9:42 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says: So true. And every person who took up arms to try to drive out the invading force would become an “insurgent” and a “terrorist”. At least if we judged it the same way we judge the people in Iraq resisting the invading force.
And after they arrest, tried and hanged Govenor Sonny Purdue, they would replace him with Ralph Reed who would then start a civil war between the Baptists and the Methodists.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:42 amThemis Says:
Democrats stick Recreate 68 protesters in “Freedom Cage,” and the ACLU caves. IOKIYAD.
Themis still hasn’t learned to read the articles he links to.
Should we define “city” for you?
August 8th, 2008 at 9:44 amthemis says: Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
That right . . . Vietnam = Iraq. What part of that equation don’t you understand, cupcake?
You post as if GDumbya’s disastrous, dirty, avoidable little war in Iraq is a sport competition of some sort. This is not a game. The objective is no longer about winning or losing. It’s about how we can disengage most effectively in the interest of both the Iraqi people and ourselves.
Don’t expect you to understand that, pant-load. But it is at least worth a try.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:44 amThemis Says:
Democrats stick Recreate 68 protesters in “Freedom Cage,” and the ACLU caves. IOKIYAD.
And I bet you think that the protesters at the Republicon convention won’t be confined the same way protesters at the Democratic convention will be confined.
There is a good reason why the organizers of the Democratic convention fell they have to take this step. Everyone remembers Rush Limpball’s call to protesters to go to Denver and create violence in the streets. Between that threat and the whack jobs that still think Hillary is going to be the nomination, the Democrats don’t have a lot of choice here. On the other hand, the Republicons have always been about confining protesters and controlling the message. This is evidenced by McCain’s “invitation only” town halls and having a protester who carries a sign saying “McCain = Bush” arrested for trespassing on public property.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:46 amThemis Says:
al-Sadr’s eagerness to disband his militia is more proof of the success of the Surge.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:16 am
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Explain how an increase in military troops has anything whatsoever to do with Muqtada as-Sadr’s political aspirations
August 8th, 2008 at 9:51 amThemis Says:
Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:17 am
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Exactly. That’s why we’re warning AGAINST another senseless invasion of a country that poses no threat to us.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:53 am‘Barack Obama already has more pre-presidential experience in government than three of the four guys on Mount Rushmore. Of those greats, only Thomas Jefferson surpasses Obama’s 11-plus years in elective office, comprising almost eight years in the Illinois Senate and 3 1/2 years in the U.S. Senate.’ 8/8
http://www.buzzflash.com/
August 8th, 2008 at 9:56 amThemis, how many points you got racked up now?
http://www.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/BlogInteract/BlogInteract.aspx
I’m curious, what can you redeem them for?
How many points does it take to get an Obama Tire Gauge?
http://www.johnmccain.com/#tab3
August 8th, 2008 at 9:56 amWhy McCain May Well Win
It might seem unlikely that the United States would elect John McCain to succeed George W. Bush when that would ensure continuation of many unpopular Bush policies: an ill-defined war with the Muslim world, right-wing consolidation of the U.S. Supreme Court, a drill-oriented energy strategy, tax cuts creating massive federal deficits, etc., etc.
But there are reasons – beyond understandable concerns about Barack Obama’s limited experience – that make a McCain victory possible, indeed maybe probable.
Here is one of the big ones: The U.S. news media is as bad as ever, arguably worse.
On Monday, Obama gave a detail-rich speech on how he would address the energy crisis, which is a major point of concern among Americans. From ideas for energy innovation to retrofitting the U.S. auto industry to conservation steps to limited new offshore drilling, Obama did what he is often accused of not doing, fleshing out his soaring rhetoric.
McCain responded with a harsh critique of Obama’s calls for more conservation, claiming that Obama wants to solve the energy crisis by having people inflate their tires. McCain’s campaign even passed out a tire gauge marked as Obama’s energy plan.
For his part, McCain made clear he wanted to drill for more oil wherever it could be found and to build many more nuclear power plants.
These competing plans offered a chance for the evening news to address an issue of substance that is high on the voters’ agenda. Instead, NBC News anchor Brian Williams devoted 30 seconds to the dueling energy speeches, without any details and with the witty opening line that Obama was “refining” his energy plan.
So, instead of dealing with a serious issue in a serious way, NBC News ignored the substance and went for a clever slight against Obama, hitting his political maneuvering in his softened opposition to more offshore drilling.
Williams’s quip fit with one of the press corps’ favorite campaign narratives, Obama’s flip-flopping. But the coverage ignored far more important elements of the story, such as the feasibility of Obama’s vow that “we must end the age of oil in our time” or the wisdom of McCain’s emphasis on drilling – and nuking – the nation out of its energy mess.
And, as for flip-flops, McCain’s dramatic repositioning of himself as an anti-environmentalist – after years of being one of the green movement’s favorite Republicans – represents a far more significant change than Obama’s modest waffling on offshore oil.
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/080508.html
August 8th, 2008 at 9:59 amunbelievable Says:
Why McCain May Well Win
August 8th, 2008 at 9:59 am
And here’s why McCain WILL win:
http://www.gregpalast.com/obama-doesn%e2%80%99t-sweat-he-should/
August 8th, 2008 at 10:01 amThemis, how many points you got racked up now?
At the rate he’s been going, I am betting that themis has enough for a tire gauge and a Big Mac.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:01 amIolair Says:
“Themis, how many points you got racked up now?
I’m curious, what can you redeem them for?”
Well, Iolair, I heard if you become a “gold star member”, Grampy Mclame personally calls you and calls you a “stupid c*nt” like he did his wife.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:02 amThemis Says: Look a little deeper. The city has been working with the DNC on this, and the “city” is run by a Democratic party mayor.
How deep? Is the nut recently found with guns threatening to assasinate Obama deep enough for you? Is the fact that Cons are more willing to commit acts of violence against liberals deep enough for you? Hmmm?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:02 amthe republican perv parade
gets a new grand marshall.
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friend of yours,
themis?
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good luck.
@.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:05 amunbelievable Says:
Is the fact that Cons are more willing to commit acts of violence against liberals deep enough for you? Hmmm?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:02 am
Interesting point. Can anyone post the last time there was a conservative assassinated? I’m guessing the French Revolution.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:05 amI hope ol’ Bradley realizes that yo can’t copyright ideas.
Chamberlain and Hitler again? Germany had an army superior to any on earth. He had already annexed Austria, assassinating its president in the process. It was by no means a given that they could be stopped. Germany was weak–but so were Britain and France.
You know what would have happened if Neville chamberlain had declared war on Germany? In themidst of the Great Depression? There would have been a socialist revolution in Britain. After deatroying a generation of young men in the most grotesque manner possible, the idea that They’re Doing It Again would have brought the government down. (The British Government knew this full well, and were scared to death of this.
Would America have come to the aid of a Bolshevik Britain as it stood against Hitler? Of course not. Britain would have fallen, and Hitler would have a one-front war against Stalin–without US materiel.
Even if Pearl Harbor happened, would that have drawn America into the Great Nazi/Soviet War? Nope. Anti-fascists would be shouted down as Reds. There’d be a Pacific war–and without the bomb, since the exiles Einstein and Fermi would be foreign agitators for intervention on Stalin’s side. And if the Nazis got the bomb? Good! They’ll use it on the Bolshies!
And there’d be far more than 6 million Jewish dead.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:06 amThemis seems to favor Democrats playing by old rules of public speech, rules that have become outdated since Republicans changed them.
I’m sure she would be pleased to see Democrats struggle to compete honorably, taking the high road, while the Republicans wallow in the gutter and submarine their opponents.
Sure worked for John Kerry.
If you’re in a street fight, you don’t observe the Marquis of Queensbury Rules.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:06 amAnd, as for flip-flops, McCain’s dramatic repositioning of himself as an anti-environmentalist – after years of being one of the green movement’s favorite Republicans – represents a far more significant change than Obama’s modest waffling on offshore oil.
And then there’s McCain’s total flip on off-shore drilling. Previously he was dead set against it, now it’s the answer to our prayers. At least Obama is still against off-shore drilling. All he has done is to say that we may have to agree to some limited drilling in order to get a comprehensive energy bill passed that includes incentives for clean energy and renewable energy.
On the other hand, if the American public is smart, they will send Obama and 60 Senators to the Whitehouse. If they do that, Obama will not have to compromise and allow any off-shore drilling. The Republicons will have lost their ability to obstruct by way of a filibuster.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:07 am#unbelievable Says:
How deep? Is the nut recently found with guns threatening to assasinate Obama deep enough for you? Is the fact that Cons are more willing to commit acts of violence against liberals deep enough for you? Hmmm?
Yeah, Republicons like Rush Limpball who has been encouraging his dittoheads to go to Denver and pound the “liberals” into the pavement.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:09 am#Themis Says:
I’m a free agent, Mr. “Imaliar” but thanks for the link. Note that ThinkProgress didn’t even make the “featured” list, and none of the points I have raised today are on the “talking points.”
This ignorant troll is operating under the misconception that it has anything to say and has any affect on us. Delusions of grandeur are part of the diagnosis of the psychotic.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:10 amThemis topics today:
Neville Chamberlain — Talking Point #12 – check
“The Surge™ Is Working!” – Talking Point #2 – check
Democrats Hate Free Speech – Talking point #7 – check
Obama Is a Stealth Candidate – Talking Point #6 – check
Nope, no talking points here.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:11 amhussein toasterhead Says: And here’s why McCain WILL win:
Not surprising. It was their strategy in 2000 and 2004, and it worked.
Thing is, I don’t know anyone white, except my insane Republican brother who is voting for McCain – and I live in Georgia. Even the Republicans here are afraid of the man.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:12 amanonymouse?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:13 amgummitch Says:
Look a little deeper. The city has been working with the DNC on this, and the “city” is run by a Democratic party mayor.
It would be fairly ridiculous for the city to make security plans without consulting the party holding the convention; I’m sure the Twin Cities are doing so with the Republicans . . . hmm, yes, apparently the protest march has to be completely clear of the convention center by 3 pm. So much for the Republicans’ warm embrace of dissent. I figured that, judging from your comments, they would welcome protests right down on the convention floor.
Because we all know how much they love to hear from the other side, especially at their structured events.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:14 amThemis Says:
“Give me a link to a tape or a video. Hearsay reports from unnamed anonymouse sources don’t count. Tape or video only.”
all of a sudden this assclown is worried about sources? That’s rich.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:15 amThemis Says:
The so-called “stupid c*nt” comment never happened. It is just a left wing lie.
If that’s the case, then why has McCain never said that it didn’t happen. He has never denied it like he denies just about everything else that comes out of his mouth.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:15 amBilbo Hussein Baggins Says: And then there’s McCain’s total flip on off-shore drilling. Previously he was dead set against it, now it’s the answer to our prayers.
If America were smart, they’d do the math and see that we have a grand total of 3% of the world’s oil, but use 25%. No amount of drilling is going to ever make us energy independent. It will only come from solar, wind, geothermal and tidal. Clean coal is a myth, and nuclear is just picking up where Dick Cheney left off.
If McCain wins, the U.S. is over.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:18 amThemis Says:
The so-called “stupid c*nt” comment never happened. It is just a left wing lie. Repeat it often enough and stupid people might just start to believe it. There is tape running every time the man talks. Give me a link to a tape or a video. Hearsay reports from unnamed anonymouse sources don’t count. Tape or video only.
If you think “there is tape running every time the man talks” you’re an even bigger idiot than I imagined.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:19 am40,joe cantwell Says:
Thanks, Joe…I can always count on your posts to get right to the point while adding new context w/o extra verbiage.
Another child molesting conservative republic…SURPRISE!
I wonder if Themis is from Missouri?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:21 amNah, Bozo, Themis is clearly Goon_Golly.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:22 amYo beavis,
Are you main-lining the kool aid today?
Back into your piss-soaked chickenhawk corner of fear, cowardly pussy traitor.
And for todays McBush points, you’ll be receiving a lovely porcelain figurine of Shrub’s ball sack.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:22 amYou mean just like when we were saying there were no wmd in Iraq before the invasion and you said there were?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:24 amnone of the points I have raised today are on the “talking points.”
Such a low lying sack of shit, you’d have to climb ladder to scratch an ants abdomen.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:24 amSee this themis? Do you know what this means? Americans have seen enough swiftboating and lying to understand what you are doing. It’s not working anymore.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:34 amIn the history of the presidency, four presidents have actually died from assassination. Another six were the subject of assassination attempts. Following is a description of each assassination and attempt.
http://americanhistory.about.com/od/uspresidents/a/assassinations.htm
August 8th, 2008 at 10:35 amWhy would this matter?
Look at THIS MAP. Mebbe you notice the location of Georgia? Recokn there’s any pipe-lines and oil-ports and shit like that at the eastern end of the Black Sea, between Iraq and Russia?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:41 amFormer New York Times reporter Judith Miller, famous for reporting on Iraq’s purported WMD in the run-up to the invasion, is “back on Iraq and back in big-circulation print. In the July Reader’s Digest, she reports how great things are in U.S.-run detention facilities.” Miller “reports that life in two detention camps housing nearly 23,000 suspected insurgents is much improved.”
Does anybody actually listen to this clown anymore? Judith Miller is an embarrassment to journalism.
http://progressiveworldreview.com
August 8th, 2008 at 10:42 amNow what have you learned from this?
That you’re still a piss-soaked, lying sack of shit.
Is that really all you got loser?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:48 amThat all but 19% of the population understands swiftboating and lying now. A democratic candidate tried your methods and it failed…..look forward to the same for republicans in the fall.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:49 amThemis Says:
Very choosy about which dick you’re gonna suck eh?
Judith has a clit an a pulitzer.
Gore has a cock and a Nobel.
What’s it gonna be?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:50 amThemis Says:
Those who ignore history are doomed to repeat it.
August 8th, 2008 at 9:17 am
There is a bit of history that I do remember – Dunkirk.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:52 amDieNowForPeace, don’t you know, neoclowns don’t care ’bout no pinko commie organization who gives out a PEACE prize.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:53 amCome on, people… didn’t your parents ever tell you not to feed the Trolls?
Just ignore their pathetic attempts to garner attention, as they do not deserve our acknowledgment or response.
Eventually they will realize that none of us care what they have to say, and they will retreat back into their caves until they can find another sucker out there willing to respond to their purposely ignorant and spiteful jabs.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:53 amWell, bush has a degree from Harvard too. Guess that pulitzer has been devalued as a result of judy obtaining it just as a harvard degree is devalued by the simple fact that an illiterate texan obtained one.
People like bush and miller lie and cheat to obtain their awards. It’s just not honest.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:55 amEventually they will realize that none of us care what they have to say, and they will retreat back into their caves
WRONG!!
http://www.johnmccain.com/ActionCenter/BlogInteract/BlogInteract.aspx
If McDumbass is sending them here, then they come to die.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:57 amResults of the US Attorney firings investigation will never see the light of day under Mukasey.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:58 amYes, Fred. I saw that. A black Democratic party politician who tried to play the race card against his white Democratic party opponent lost by a landslide. Now what have you learned from this?
I’ve learned that I’ll leave it to the democratic party to indentify genuine instances of race-baiting that would give a semblance of watering down the black equality movement, over the republicans calling foul on a whim.
August 8th, 2008 at 10:59 amThe “accountability administration” daily sets new records for unaccountability such as the continued movement of detainees from cell to cell.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:02 amThemis Says:
Yes, Fred. I saw that. A black Democratic party politician who tried to play the race card against his white Democratic party opponent lost by a landslide. Now what have you learned from this?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:42 am
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George Bush don’t care about black people?
August 8th, 2008 at 11:04 amSyreene Says:
Come on, people… didn’t your parents ever tell you not to feed the Trolls?
August 8th, 2008 at 10:53 am
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Awww, but it’s so much fun to smack them down all the time. It’s like punching Bill Kristol in the face repeatedly, but with words. It’s incredibly cathartic…
August 8th, 2008 at 11:06 amRussian troops invaded Georgia, after “Georgian troops launched a major military offensive Friday to regain control over the breakaway province of South Ossetia.” The developments raised the question of how the U.S. will react, given that Georgia is “an American ally whose pursuit of NATO membership has angered the Russians.”
**Wasn’t Rove in Georgia when he was supposed to be responding to the congressional subpoena? We just seem to spread joy and peace everywhere we go…
August 8th, 2008 at 11:06 ama pimply faced inbred so p$s$y getting recently wet this page:
“al-Sadr’s eagerness to disband his militia is more proof of the success of the Surge”
your an idiot.. an complete and total idiot:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080808/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
“Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has ordered most of his followers to disarm but says he will maintain an elite fighting unit to resist the Americans in Iraq…He says “weapons are to be exclusively in the hands of one group, the resistance group,” while another group called Momahidoun is to focus on social, religious and community work.”
He’s merely dividing his movement into a sociopolitical wing and a military wing. Think the IRA and Sein Fein(???). The iranian backed government of iraq was using military force to try and suppress sadr’s ability to organize a legitimate political force for octobers election. What hes doing in response is dividing his organization so that part of it will use the democratic process to gain power, while the other part will continue to use military force. If you think this means Sadr has “surrendered” by any definition of the term, you are deluded beyond reason. The guys just being shrewd. I’m not condemning or defending him, merely making an assertion of fact.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:07 amA new report to be released today by the nonpartisan Institute for Science and International Security finds that an attack on Iran “could backfire by strengthening Tehran’s resolve to acquire the bomb.”
No $hit Sherlock! Iran has every right to defend itself from aggressors.
Just like we as country have that right.
Listen, if an agitator comes over to my house, ransacks it, slaps my kids around, and punches me in the face, I guaran-fcking-tee it that it wouldn’t happen again! I’ll take whatever steps necessary for protection.
So will Iran.
Listen very carefully, Themis(full of crap).
August 8th, 2008 at 11:16 amIran has not attacked anyone, nor has it developed any type of nuclear weapons. Until you can get over that, you’ve got nothing. As usual!
Themis Says:
Yes, Fred. I saw that. A black Democratic party politician who tried to play the race card against his white Democratic party opponent lost by a landslide. Now what have you learned from this?
We’ve learned you still can’t read. Nikki Tinker isn’t a man.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:19 amgummitch Says:
We’ve learned you still can’t read. Nikki Tinker isn’t a man.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:19 am
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Oh, I see… Playing the X-chromosome card, are we? Tsk, tsk…
August 8th, 2008 at 11:23 amChina honors American Presidential Delegation at Opening Ceremonies:
http://arisfreedomswitch.blogspot.com/2008/08/chinas-opening-ceremony-honors-bush.html
August 8th, 2008 at 11:34 amLeavitt said the “early draft” of the rule “contained words that lead some to conclude my intent is to deal with the subject of contraceptives, somehow defining them as abortion. Not true.”
can’t say he didn’t try though…
“shucks… now i have to change it… dang internets…”
August 8th, 2008 at 11:49 amA new report to be released today by the nonpartisan Institute for Science and International Security finds that an attack on Iran “could backfire by strengthening Tehran’s resolve to acquire the bomb.”
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This is the kind of “duh” that really doesn’t need a formal report. Yet we still have people who are under the impression that bombing Iran will cause them to immediately surrender everything they have, fully confess their covert nuclear weapons program they’ve managed to keep hidden, and do anything we tell them to do with nary a complaint.
Those of us who are more grounded in reality can see a different picture:
1. A violent attack tends to REALLY p!ss people off. Think of how we felt as a nation on 9/11.
2. P!ssed off people seldom give up right away. They tend to fight back. Even a Quaker could become a snarling mass of ugliness if sufficiently provoked.
3. If we attack a country because they are supposedly have a nuclear weapons program going on that even our own intelligence can’t find any evidence of, how will we know when we have successfully destroyed it? How will we know we have “won”? Oh, wait — that’s not important. We’ll just be there indefinitely — kind of like our other recent wars.
August 8th, 2008 at 11:55 amA few more indications that the CIA did fake that letter at Cheney’s request…
http://www.salon.com/opinion/conason/2008/08/08/suskind/
August 8th, 2008 at 12:06 pmjust heard a news blurb of dubya with the olympic team, and the “honorary captain”, pappy HW…
reminded me of a notion i had yesterday morning and wanted to ask about…
on the TODAY show, HW was interviewed, and matt asked him about his assignment to china long ago… that nixon (?) asked him what country he wanted to be ambassador of, and he picked china, at that time, not considered a plum assignment at all… but HW is so proud of all the changes and advances over the years…
how much of china’s purchase of the US has been facilitated by HW… ?
August 8th, 2008 at 12:08 pmcrooksandliars is not loading for me…the past hour…
anyone else? why?
August 8th, 2008 at 12:11 pmIraqi Shi’ite Cleric Moqtada Al-Sadr To Disarm If U.S. Withdraws On Timetable »
Reuters Wisam Mohammed August 8, 2008 at 07:55 AM
Influential Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr would dissolve his Mehdi Army militia if the United States starts withdrawing troops according to a set timetable, a spokesman said.
August 8th, 2008 at 12:22 pmThemiscrap Says:
Bad news for the Democrats (Pelosi, Reid, et al.) who invested so heavily in defeat.
You’re kind of a dimwit seeking attention, aren’t you?
August 8th, 2008 at 12:54 pmThemis Says:
Just a few more posts then you could trade in the Shrub ball sack for a full blown Jeff Gannon style visit to the WH.
Bring some chapstick.
August 8th, 2008 at 12:58 pmralph the wonder llama Says:
Themis seems to favor …
I’m sure she would be pleased to …
hey ralph, if your intention is to degrade the trooll by calling it a girl, i’d appreciate it if you would rather get in the habit of saying “it”… “troll” being gender neutral…
unless you KNOW that trooll’s gender…
know what i mean?
August 8th, 2008 at 1:00 pmkaty Says:
hey ralph, if your intention is to degrade the trooll by calling it a girl, i’d appreciate it if you would rather get in the habit of saying “it”… “troll” being gender neutral…
Katy, thanks for bringing this up, and it certainly isn’t only Ralph who does this; in fact, I think it’s unusual for him to do so.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:09 pmKaty, better ask Dr. Matt as well.
August 8th, 2008 at 1:11 pmNot that I really care, but I think Themis is good_golly, who has admitted to being female.
Though, the way it posts, it could be misinterpreted as a 6th grade male
August 8th, 2008 at 1:22 pm(my apologies to all the 6th grade males out there)
#100 DRxJ, was good golly MA at one time.? Hard to keep track…What ever happened to R2 and Rachael? Then there was {Right}….So many have went the way of the wind, like passing gas…LOL……Blessings
August 8th, 2008 at 1:50 pmThanks for pointing out that study on Iran’s nukes being attacked. We “totally agree” with your premise that letting Iran getting nukes and using them on Israel is much more preferable, right?
August 8th, 2008 at 2:10 pmIt should also be noted that McCain will be in Northwest Arkansas today around 5 PM Central Time…
August 8th, 2008 at 3:42 pmProffessor Expelled from Republican Party for Supporting Barack Obama
August 8th, 2008 at 3:57 pmProfessor Expelled from Republican Party for Supporting Barrack Obama
via TaxGirl Blog
August 8th, 2008 at 3:58 pmBut, but, but according to the idiot in chief and Insane McCain we shouldn’t attack sovereign nations…you know like Iraq and Afghanistan.
August 11th, 2008 at 6:10 amSo….IF the Bush administration lied about WMD’s in Iraq, lied about the anthrax attacks coming from Iraq, lied about Al Qaida being linked to Saddam, lied about Saddam trying to purchase Yellow cake, lied about mushroom clouds COULD it be that they also lied about 9/11?????
August 11th, 2008 at 6:18 am