ThinkFast: July 14, 2009
ThinkFast: July 14, 2009
On day 2 of the Sotomayor confirmation hearings, Republicans have indicated they “plan to confront Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with her own words, taken from speeches dating back 15 years, as they try to raise doubts about her ability to judge fairly.” “Today will be the true test of how she handles tough questions,” Republicans tell Politico. The Wonk Room will be live-blogging.
President Obama vowed yesterday to veto a $680 billion defense spending bill “if lawmakers set aside funding for more F-22 warplanes than the Defense Department says it needs.” Many lawmakers who support the funding have F-22 contractors in their states. “We do not need these planes,” Obama said, adding, “I will veto any bill that supports acquisition of F-22s beyond the 187 already funded by Congress.”
Two former law intelligence officials told CNN that former Vice President Cheney is getting a “bum rap” over reports that he ordered the CIA to withhold information from Congress. While the covert program was reportedly an effort to assassinate al Qaeda leaders, Time reports, “The program could have required the Agency to spy on Americans.”
Yesterday, President Obama held a meeting with various Jewish leaders to assuage some lingering concerns that “he is being too tough on Israel and too soft on Iran.” Jeremy Ben-Ami, executive director of J Street said Obama “did a masterful job of pushing while hugging” in the meeting. “He was very clear that this is a moment that has to be seized and he intends to seize it.’’
President Barack Obama said over the weekend that he would like to tackle the military’s Don’t Ask Don’t Tell policy “sooner rather than later.” In an interview with CNN, the president signaled that he would be pushing to “change,” rather than “repeal” the ban.
House Democrats are expected to “unveil the details of a sweeping reform measure” today “that would drastically revamp the country’s health care system.” The introduction of the proposal was delayed last week, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) said yesterday that “in order for us to be on schedule, we have to roll out our legislation this week.”
“In a rare burst of public frustration,” Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said yesterday that “she could not announce a new director for the United States Agency for International Development because the candidate was stuck in a lengthy vetting process.” “It’s frustrating beyond words,” Clinton said, adding that the process is a “nightmare” and “ridiculous.”
Iraqis were jubilant yesterday as the country’s “itinerant national soccer team, displaced for years by war, finally returned to Baghdad on Monday night to play a home match at home.” The stadium was “filled past capacity and genuinely festive like nothing Baghdad had experienced in years,” as the team won a 4-0 victory over a Palestinian team.
Steve Rattner is stepping down “as President Obama’s chief adviser on the troubled automobile industry at a time when an investigation into his former Wall Street firm’s role in a scandal involving public pension funds has intensified.” But it is unclear if his departure “is directly connected to the inquiry, or whether he felt that it was time to leave because” his role had come to “its natural end.”
And finally: With all the important issues facing the country, Sen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) is on a crusade against…mermaids. Late last week, Brownback introduced the “Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2009,” banning “part-human, part-animal creatures, which are created in laboratories, and blur the line between species.” Chris Harris of Media Matters Action Network responds, “I can confidently say that the potential future existence of mermaids and Minotaurs are not a pressing concern… for anyone.”
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Um, how about cancelling the 187 that are funded but not needed?
Question: How many Americans can get one year of healthcare with the money earmarked for building and maintaining 187 F-22s?
PEACE
July 14th, 2009 at 9:04 amBrownback’s gonna ban his own bird-brained self.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:04 amBrownback believes in a magic man in the sky, so why wouldn’t he also believe in mermaids and minotaurs?
We really need our mental health professionals to start helping people get back to reality.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:06 amI would be willing to bet that nearly all of the members of Congress who want to shovel money to the DOD for planes they don’t want are also against public health insurance on the principle of fiscal responsibility.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:07 amThey will never be happy until women are forced to have babies. That’s right-wing nirvana.
This just in: Rush Limbaugh’s Kidneys Are on Fire
July 14th, 2009 at 9:08 amHas anyone seen any inconsistencies between what we’re hearing about the CIA’s/Cheney’s secret programs and what the facts actually are?
July 14th, 2009 at 9:09 amBrownback is a human/animal hybrid–part dumb, part ass.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:10 amSen. Sam Brownback (R-KS) is on a crusade against…mermaids. Late last week, Brownback introduced the “Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2009,” banning “part-human, part-animal creatures, which are created in laboratories, and blur the line between species.”
Does this include NeoCONS? ‘part-human, part-creatures…yup, sounds like they’re included.
Will we open a hunting season on them? Will their be a bag limit?
How about a bounty on any Cheney-like subhumans?
July 14th, 2009 at 9:11 amSotomayor made a very effective opening presentation. In fact, she pre-empted a number of the “tough” questions Republicans are likely to ask. She can effectively answer those questions by referring back to her opening statement, almost making the question look stupid. She is well on her way to confirmation.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:11 amFuture Justice Sotomayor is going to hand these republican idiots their asses today.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:12 amThis is exactly the sort of country that the teabagging reich-wingers are hoping America becomes.
Except that so many of the televangelists’ wives (and mistresses) look like expensive call girls. How does a good christian(TM) reconcile that?
July 14th, 2009 at 9:16 amSarah Palin Does Not Understand Cap and Trade
July 14th, 2009 at 9:19 amAtlantic Online – Conor Clarke – ?21 minutes ago?
If you’re wondering what Sarah Palin will do after leaving the Alaska governor’s office, look no further than her op-ed in the this morning’s Washington Post.
Sarah Palin Doesn’t Know What Cap And Trade Is The Business Insider
Palin calls Obama energy plan a threat to economy The Associated Press
Kansas City Star – KYW1060.com – National Journal – The Daily News of Newburyport
all 728 news articles »
http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ncl=dbunuZCEGmPo58MQrS4tKGY4Ki7sM&topic=n
Cheney getting a “bum rap?” WTF!! I hope Cheney and Bush burn in hell.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:20 amOkay, President Wordsmith, just what would “change” with respect to dismissing service members for their sexuality, or keeping otherwise eligible citizens from joining solely because of sexual preference? It’s either “legal” or it’s not.
Of course, the same logic could be used with respect to investigations of war crimes and intentially misleading Congress.
PEACE
July 14th, 2009 at 9:21 amIf Obama had campaigned as the gradualist, rather than agent of change that he’s turned out to be, Clinton would be President AND WE ALL WOULD BE BETTER OFF!
July 14th, 2009 at 9:26 amRepublicans have indicated they “plan to confront Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor with her own words, taken from speeches dating back 15 years, as they try to raise doubts about her ability to judge fairly.” “Today will be the true test of how she handles tough questions,” Republicans tell Politico.
Since, after all, the Republicans have been soooo successful in owning up to the things they’ve said in the past
July 14th, 2009 at 9:26 amIf Obama had campaigned as the gradualist, rather than agent of change, that he’s turned out to be, Clinton would be President AND WE ALL WOULD BE BETTER OFF!
July 14th, 2009 at 9:26 amIan Milhiser now on stephanie miller show!
great job!
July 14th, 2009 at 9:27 amThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Go Ahead and Curse! It May Ease Your Pain
WebMD – Caroline Wilbert – ?16 hours ago?
July 13, 2009 — It has long been a cliche: the woman in childbirth screaming curse words at her husband. Now, there’s scientific research that may explain why people in pain often use offensive language.
Swearing can make you feel better, lessen pain Reuters
Swearing Makes You Feel Less Pain FOXNews
BBC News – Health Jackal – Atlanta Journal Constitution – ABC News
all 209 news articles »
http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ncl=d5cGCPHtYD7MTlMXQCN3N-SrP6jMM&topic=m
no shit!
July 14th, 2009 at 9:28 amNobody could give 5-deferment Dickhead Cheney a bum rap.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:29 amHe won it all by himself.
Palin is really “dumb.” After reading her editorial in WaPo yesterday, I was just shaking my head with disgust that she has no clue what Cap and Trade is. I can’t believe they had nerve to publish her editorial? She get’s crazier by the minute oops….I take that back Bachmenn has that honor, Palin is just plan ignorant and swimming with the dead fish.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:30 amProud to be ignorant.
Projecting Bush’s m.o. unto others again I see.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:32 amDoc Rock says:
If Obama had campaigned as the gradualist [rather than an agent of change] that he’s turned out to be, Clinton would be President AND WE ALL WOULD BE BETTER OFF!
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Name one candidate for President who was a so called “gradualist?” The Repugs would have gone after Clinton especially had she been President as well?
What do you mean by “better off?”
July 14th, 2009 at 9:34 amIt’s particularly ridiculous that Jeff Sessions, one of the most rabid racists in the Senate, is self-righteously accusing Sotomayor of being racist.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:36 amProud says:
July 14th, 2009 at 9:39 amObama proves once again that he is a spineless coward. What was planned to be a town hall meeting open to the public in Michigan, will instead be Obama reading his teleprompter in front of a hand picked audience of kool-aid drinkers. Guess he was afraid of questions about the criminal RATtner or questions about how he is now controlling Gov’t Motors Corp
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I expect this coming from an ignorant troll like yourself. And Cheney and Bush has proven that they are in fact “spineless cowards” along with the rest of their shrinking “imbecile” party. I’m in the process of buying a 2010 Camero at least I’m doing my part to help what about you un-proud American?
Proud, are you really that dumb? Tell us which news outlet said that the townhall meeting is being changed to a propaganda speech? Let me guess…Fox News?
July 14th, 2009 at 9:44 amSarah Palin probablly thinks that “cap and trade” refers to birth control.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:44 amMay I suggest Timothy Jay’s “Why We Curse: A Neuro-Psyco-Social Theory of Speech” Books are so much better than tv…
July 14th, 2009 at 9:44 amSo folks are complaining of movement toward the center but think Clinton would have done something differentWell I suppose right of center would be different…
July 14th, 2009 at 9:47 amUn-Proud,
So your not that far from Monroe Community College up in Rochester, MI?
You so full of shyt you just “failed” at your ill-attempt rebuttal which one is it do “you live in Michigan” or are you “visiting?”
Your such a “lier” just like Cheney and a sad excuse just like Bush is.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:48 amWere you proud of Bush’s use of a teleprompter, and the requirement to sign an oath of loyalty to King George in order to attend his events?
Oh, what am I thinking? Those were only real world occurances. None of that happened in alternate reality.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:50 amRemeber, even Senator Kennedy was on one of Bush’s “terrorist watch lists.”
July 14th, 2009 at 9:52 amI will concede that Proud is half right, the meeting was originally scheduled as a town hall style meeting.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:54 amHowever, it was U.S. Rep. Pete Hoekstra (R) who made the claim about lack of public access, so it is doubtful that it is a valid.
“Did someone order a black helicopter?”
July 14th, 2009 at 9:55 amProud says
July 14th, 2009 at 9:40 am
If you really are in MI you would have seen the news last night discussing the change from twonhall meeting to propoganda speech…you sir have failed once again.
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Link?
July 14th, 2009 at 9:55 amDr. Hussein Matt says:
Proud says:
If you really are in MI you would have seen the news last night discussing the change from twonhall meeting to propoganda speech…you sir have failed once again.
Of course you watch T.V, you are a reich-wing teabagger with no life who worships faux. Loser.
IF YOU actually obtained facts and knowledge you would find that the reality does not find your propoganda [sic]. Please prove that the audience is hand picked. Fail.
I think we have to concede one point to Prwd; back in June the President’s visit was announced as a town meeting (you can find press releases from June 24) and it has since been changed to a speech, in which he will be announcing a new policy initiative relating to community colleges.
Only in wingnutland, of course, does this translate into “hand picked audience” or “propoganda[sic]“.
July 14th, 2009 at 9:58 amproud can’t keep a post visible…..I love this.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:00 amHell, the FBI and CIA has been monitoring lefty blogs for nearly a decade with bush. Quakers and Ted Kennedy. I’m going to continue to post my opinions no matter what although I probably have a file. We all have one. But don’t be afraid. Jump on in, the water’s fine.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:03 amHey, what’s with the vote up vote down buttons. Anyone else notice? Not one Vote up for anyone. What am I missing?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:04 amPresident Obama nominated Dr. Regina Benjamin as his Surgeon General yesterday. All three CAP affiliated blogs failed to mention this development. I thought for sure it would be in this morning’s ThinkFast.
Ironically, her life story shows Dr. Benjamin is unimpacted by pay for performance, a foundational element of Obama’s health care reform.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:04 amTP offers the excitement of the Roman Coliseum. Voted down!
July 14th, 2009 at 10:06 amFred says:
Proud(to be ignorant) can’t keep a post visibel….I love this.
This is fun.(:-D)
July 14th, 2009 at 10:06 amIgnoranceIsNotBliss says:
go to proud’s post at 36 and click on “click to read” His has negatives……the postives are just that, positive.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:07 am54
July 14th, 2009 at 10:07 amThe number idicated is the net of the +’s and -’s.
If Proud shows up, Dr Matt, I’ll kick in a buck for his slider.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:08 amState thinks the new Surgeon general will be an independent agent, not working for Obama. Funny. Ignorant but funny.
troll on state of the division. You are a state of division.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:09 am187 F-22s at $137 million per = $25.6 billion.
Estimated cost of Universal Health Care = $34-69 billion per year.
But the math on Universal Health care doesn’t stop there.
To be fair and accurate, we must also look at the cost of keeping our current health care status quo: $65-130 billion per year.
In other words, the net cost of changing to Universal Health Care is -$31 to -$61 billion per year. NOW do you understand why the health care industry is dead-set against Universal Health Care?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:12 amThe Privacy Center is doomed…I will so miss their trite comments…
July 14th, 2009 at 10:13 amthe president signaled that he would be pushing to “change,” rather than “repeal” the ban.
So the change we voted for is to change ‘how’ we discriminate against people?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:14 amCurrent cost of health care per year = 2 Trillion
July 14th, 2009 at 10:14 amProud,I’m twenty minutes away and will kick in for fries and a soda, what time are you going to show up?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:18 amHere’s the actual news story from our local television affiliation:
PRESIDENT Obama visits local Michigan city!
Notice that the attending college students had to go through a “lottery” process, and were not hand picked.
Also, I’m loving the “vote down” option!!!
July 14th, 2009 at 10:18 am.
Even if there were mermaids, they wouldn’t be covered by the RINO-DINO healthcare plan.
For the rest of us the only option is universal single-payer national healthcare. But that’s not going to happen till we get rid of the RINO-DINO’s, is it?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:20 am.
Unfortunately, I reside on the west side of the state, but am willing to drive half way to Lansing after work, and chip in an extra $1.75, just so Pwoud can eat!!!
July 14th, 2009 at 10:23 amFred, for simplicities sake, as well as consistency, I stuck with the numbers from the same source. But, yes, if the current cost of healthcare were factored out of all aspects of our economy it currently permeates (the cost of goods sold, for example) the true cost of our current system is closer to $2,000 billion. These CEOs and lobbyists are getting hundreds of millions in bonuses and spending over a million dollars per day to strong-arm congressmen and women into preserving the status quo. With 2 trillion per year at stake, their interest is – acute.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:24 amAh, I see it now guys. Thanks.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:25 amBriseadh na Faire says:
I was in total agreement with you. Just adding to the reality of where we are now and why it is so important to do something. Peace.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:27 amIf Proud to be ignorant is hungry, Let him eat grass
July 14th, 2009 at 10:27 amIgnoranceIsNotBliss says
July 14th, 2009 at 10:04 am
Hey, what’s with the vote up vote down buttons. Anyone else notice? Not one Vote up for anyone. What am I missing?
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The new “vote up, vote down” system appeared yesterday afternoon, and was confusing to all of at first, too.
Here’s how it works. Instead of “recommend” (the old way), you can now register a positive reaction OR a negative reaction to a post. The field has three distinct parts: A green button with the words “Vote Up”, a red button with the words “Vote Down”, and a number in parentheses.
It’s this number that’s confusing. Because it appears right after the words “Vote Down”, it looks like it’s the number of negative votes. But it’s really a total of all the votes combined — a “Vote Up” registers +1, and each “Vote Down” registers -1. So if I post something that five people voted up and one person voted down, my number will look like this: (4). If a troll posts something everybody hates, his number will probably look something like this: (-12).
One bonus of this system is that when total of a particular post reaches a certain negative level, the entire post disappears — replaced with a comment that says “This comment has been voted down. Click to read.” We’re not sure where this level is yet, but it appears to be somewhere between (-10) and (-12).
It didn’t take me long to get used to it. It won’t take you long, either, I bet.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:29 amThom Hartman said yesterday that Canadians pay between $100 and $200/ month for universal health care.
But then, the Canadians don’t have any F-22s. do they? Na na na na na.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:29 ambuhbye privacy center
hee hee hee
July 14th, 2009 at 10:29 ammisscoleopteramolly says:
… So if I post something that five people voted up and one person voted down, my number will look like this: (4).
and i think each Up and Down should be counted…
but i can understand how that could get complicated…
the object is to get the trash outta here and it works!
July 14th, 2009 at 10:33 amWhat, they didn’t have to sign a loyalty oath to President Obama? I guess things did change on Jan. 20.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:34 amThe new Up/Down system is pretty nice, once you get used to it. What would be totally cool would be if they could make the negative numbers begin to dance in little flames once they passed -5. I know, be happy with what you get and I like it.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:34 amThanks miss molly.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:36 amBobwurst says:
For her sake, I hope Justice Sotomayer uses gloves.
MissMolly, the magic number is (-10) and it’s a GREAT feeling to be the one to slam dunk the post into oblivion!
PEACE
July 14th, 2009 at 10:36 amThe new rating system is working pretty well — trolls may take away some of our “recommends” but that is well off-set by their comments being voted down so often that their comments disappear!
July 14th, 2009 at 10:38 amIt’s a nice addition.
So about these chimeras. Maybe we could put that luminescent jellyfish gene into peoplejust so we can tag them as boneheads or something. Oh and what to do with people that got those old pig heart valves….
July 14th, 2009 at 10:42 amMicheal Huffington sued The Carlyle Group and David Rubenstein for losing his $20 million investment. It took them just over a year to crater Carlyle Capital Corporation.
Recall this is the group the Obama administration wants to save distressed banks and rebuild public infrastructure. Private equity underwriters (PEU’s) have their hands in energy, education and health care as well.
http://peureport.blogspot.com/2009/07/michael-huffington-sues-carlyle-group.html
July 14th, 2009 at 10:45 amObama to tap Carlyle Group for EU Ambassadorship? Bloomberg reported William Kennard will be the nominee:
http://peureport.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-taps-carlyle-group-for-eu.html
July 14th, 2009 at 10:46 amBanks could soon expand over state lines, a practice previously constrained by regulations. They get to pick their regulator as well, federal or state.
This helps private equity firms buying banks. It removes a barrier to having their captive bank serve their affiliates, i.e. owned companies.
After the Carlyle Group et al purchased BankUnited, BU’s changed strategy to targeting the commercial market. Carlyle has hundreds of affiliates utilizing banking services. Pool that toward their owned bank and that’s alot of business.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:51 amLink for Obama’s relaxing of bank expansion across state line rules:
http://peureport.blogspot.com/2009/07/obama-rules-grease-skids-for-peu.html
July 14th, 2009 at 10:52 amCorrection state of dirision, he only worked for carlyle. He is not carlyle.
Keep trying to make wine out of water though. It seems to be what you do.
Troll on.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:57 amTP’s treating commentors like rats pressing on a bar for a pellet, maybe a shock.
Sure, there’s a little initial excitement. This is the same sensation that doctors or educators will get when they get their first bonus check. Then it wears off. Pellets become fewer and the shocks grow.
How about a system that isn’t based on B.F. Skinner’s research on animals?
July 14th, 2009 at 10:57 amFred, are you incapable of hearing and acting on another’s requests? For the Nth time, please ignore my posts.
July 14th, 2009 at 10:59 amJust got a catalog in the mail from http://www.HistoricAviation.com
On page 41, there is a 12″ tall figure that you can order.
George Chimpy Bush in his “top gun’ wannabe flight suit.
Makes me want to never order anything from these people again.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:00 amMarie says:
The new rating system is working pretty well — trolls may take away some of our “recommends” …
exactly why each needs a count…
July 14th, 2009 at 11:01 amTo state of the dirision: Funny to see you speak of phycology or its use. You present op-ed pieces with no comment of your own as if it were truth or fact or real news.
They have a phyco-babble name for people like that too.
troll on.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:02 amFred, here are the other blue members of the Carlyle Group.
http://stateofthedivision.blogspot.com/2008/11/blue-degrees-to-carlyle-group.html
You showed your colors yesterday when you doubted that insurance companies hired Democratic lobbyists to push their interests in health care reform. It’s OK if your party does it.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:02 amfor the nth time, bite me. You post bs, I respond by calling you out on your bullshit.
opinions are not facts, you can’t make it so by telling me to ignore you while you lie.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:03 amFred, me thinks you are projecting. However, should you wish to learn:
http://www.alfiekohn.org/books/pbr.htm
July 14th, 2009 at 11:03 amif i were wealthy, uncle ho, i’d order the whole stock…
and burn them in a public ceremony…
July 14th, 2009 at 11:04 amfrom huffpo (jeff – i won’t click on a link that i don’t know, so i googled the story):
Supporters of a case that disputes the legitimacy of Barack Obama’s presidency claimed a small victory today when U.S. District Judge David O. Carter told them to fix their paperwork and that he would listen to “the merits” of their case. But others present for the hearing Monday at the federal courthouse in Santa Ana stressed that the case remains a long way from ever getting a full airing in court and may never get to that point. [...]
Perhaps because of that history, Orly Taitz, the lawyer who filed the current suit, was greatly cheered by Monday’s hearing. “He’s very determined to hear the case on the merits,” Taitz said, referring to the judge. “He stated, the country needs to know if Mr. Obama is legitimate, if he can legitimately stay in the White House.”
that judge REALLY said that???
is this a bushie holdover?
holder needs to clear those bushies out of the system YESTERDAY!
July 14th, 2009 at 11:26 amhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/14/stefan-frederick-cook-sol_n_231383.html
July 14th, 2009 at 11:27 amKaty, I think Orly Taitz is that crazy woman who is an immigrant herself. I wouldn’t believe the judge said that just because she said so. I think the judge said she needed to file her paperwork properly so he could turn her down.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:32 amHi Fred, nice to see you.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:33 amDADT allowed people to serve if they were gay as long as they didn’t tell. Before that I believe gays were not allowed to serve at all. Therefore if you repeal DADT that means gays aren’t allowed to serve at all as before. That’s why there needs to be a major change not just a repeal I believe.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:34 amHi Shayne, I’m still around. Busy lately with family and work. Good to read you and all the others…..
July 14th, 2009 at 11:37 amFred, I repeatedly ask you to ignore my posts and you repeatedly request “bite me”. That speaks loudly.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:41 amAnd I have repeatedly asked you not to present op-ed pieces as news or fact and you repeatedly ignore my request.
That speaks loudly and I’m not the only one who finds your tactics to be dishonest.
You post, I respond. that’s why it’s called a blog. If you post bullshit, I get to call it bullshit and say why. It seems fair to me so you just continue and so will I.
How much do you get paid?
July 14th, 2009 at 11:46 amOh, the CIA was trying to assassinate somebody, nevermind. As if. The CIA surely has more than one covert operation going at the same time. During the Bush/Cheney years I’m sure they had hundreds and I’m sure Cheney wanted them all kept out of sight. Trotting out one program which they can use to paint their opponents as “soft on defense” is just typical of how they cherry pick otherwise top secret details in order to poison the public debate.
Dick Cheney is one of the bastards who was supposed to be protecting this country when thousands of Americans were killed. His is the worst national security record of any administration. No amount of trying to assassinate bin Laden and, need I mention, failing even to do that, is going to make history reconsider the poor judgement of his conduct.
I suppose we shouldn’t be surprised that with the full might of the U.S. military and intelligence services Dick Cheney couldn’t assassinate one guy. He is pathetic even in the failures of his excesses.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:03 pmJeff Bovine says:
Katy at 103, that’s the same link I provided.
NOW you tell me… how could i know?
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shayne -
Taitz said, referring to the judge. “He stated, the country needs to know if Mr. Obama is legitimate, if he can legitimately stay in the White House.”
so, taitz is lying… not just spinning, twisting… lying.
imagine that…
July 14th, 2009 at 12:07 pmShayne @ 106, I know you know this, but there have always been gay people in the military. It wasn’t that they weren’t allowed to serve before DADT, they’ve never been “allowed” to serve. All DADT did was make it impermissible to outright “ask” a soldier if he/she was homosexual, and everyone turned a blind eye as long as the service person in question didn’t “tell” on him/herself.
One of my best friends was a front line Marine in ‘Nam and he’s gay. They didn’t seem to care then, either, until the rise of the vocal, judgemental Fungelicaliban.
PEACE
July 14th, 2009 at 12:08 pmWhat’s not news on TP? Carlyle Group bundler William Kennard was responsible for over $500,000 in donations to the Obama campaign. Insiders leak his appointment as EU ambassador.
http://www.whitehouseforsale.org/bundler.cfm?Bundler=13039
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=auNhbYYP4grw
If Bush did it, it would be story 1.
It’s OK if our party does it. That’s clear from the legions of TP enforcers and apologists.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:12 pmState of dirision, your right wing rag doesn’t present facts. Just because someone worked for carlyle doesn’t make them a bush.
Obama has better judgment than bush or any goper so I will go along with his choice and for whatever reason.
You act like this ambassadorship was something really important……sad little puppy.
I guess when you have nothing you do what you do.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:22 pmUncle Ho says:
Just got a catalog in the mail from http://www.HistoricAviation.com
On page 41, there is a 12″ tall figure that you can order.
George Chimpy Bush in his “top gun’ wannabe flight suit.
I’m getting my husband one for target practice. I’ve been away with our pigs and am just seeing the vote up/down. I love it! I can disagree with a troll without resorting to snide attacks which often go against my better nature.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:22 pmspencers mom, I guess I didn’t put it correctly but that’s what I meant. I think what President Obama intends is that gay people should be allowed to serve openly and repealing DADT alone won’t do that.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:24 pmkaty, here’s the article I read on the nutjob birther Orly Taitz.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:32 pmFred, stateofderision doesn’t seem to understand that if we wanted to read his propaganda we would click on his name and go to his site. Of course he waited until this thread got cold or he’d have been voted out of here.
July 14th, 2009 at 12:34 pmWhiteHouseforSale tracked Bush Pioneers and Rangers. Bloomberg is a business news site. What about their information do you challenge?
Attack the source, vilify the poster. Sadly predictable. I went against my better instincts replying to you. Have fun with the voting buttons!
July 14th, 2009 at 12:35 pmGoldman Sachs made $2.7 billion in net income for the second quarter, most if it from their trading operations.
They set aside $6.65 billion for compensation in the quarter. Wall Street greed is back. The more things change, the more they stay the same…
July 14th, 2009 at 12:58 pmNews link to GS earnings:
http://www.cnbc.com/id/31894821
July 14th, 2009 at 12:59 pmRobert Reich commented on Goldman Sachs return to fortune. His message, be worried:
http://robertreich.blogspot.com/2009/07/goldmans-back-and-why-we-should-be.html
July 14th, 2009 at 1:51 pmFor those still interested in Frances Townsend, TP used to be, there’s news. She was appointed to the National Security Preparedness Group, a repackaged 9-11 Commission.
http://stateofthedivision.blogspot.com/2009/07/frances-townsend-lands-spot-on-national.html
July 14th, 2009 at 3:44 pmFred, I repeatedly ask you to ignore my posts and you repeatedly request “bite me”. That speaks loudly.
July 14th, 2009 at 11:41 am Vote Up|Vote Down | (-8) |
I didn’t know so many “bite me’s” hung out here.
July 14th, 2009 at 3:48 pmFunny, people don’t like news reports under a news summary post. Is that a Vanilla Sky?
Customer support!
July 14th, 2009 at 3:51 pm