Meeting Open Thread
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"a new low"? The Republican party KNOWS no lows. There is nothing that is beneath them. Looks like Rove hit the ground running in his new position, Slime King !
"The National Republican Congressional Committee released a television ad in San Diego today that is filled with outright lies and a blatant disregard for the truth that is breathtaking even for the Republican Party.
The ad represents a new low for a party that had pretty much plumbed the depths of sleazy political dirty tricks. Unlike 2004's Swift Boat attacks on John Kerry, this ad comes directly from the Republican Party. This ad couldn't have hit the air in San Diego without the approval of county Republican leader, Ron Nehring.
Thank you, Josh, for this, for writing yesterday from the bus, "The destruction is one thing -- the fact that you had no idea just how bad it is is an experience in and of itself."
Thanks to all of you for the clean up work. Just think, the residents could have been doing this work for pay or as volunteers, organized by FEMA, instead of what we ended up with - more privatizing, corruption and greed by the Republicans.
Republicans can't govern because they don't like governance. Democrats are good at governing because we believe in the good that governing can do. Like cleaning up New Orleans neighborhoods and building lives. We are the government and we want to help each other. Republicans just look for the main chance and the devastated coast was just another opportunity for them to make a buck.
Looks like Whistle blowers about illegal secret prisons gets thrown in prison:
Washington - The Central Intelligence Agency has dismissed a senior career officer for disclosing classified information to reporters, including material for Pulitzer Prize-winning articles in The Washington Post about the agency's secret overseas prisons for terror suspects, intelligence officials said Friday.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/042206Z.shtml
BUT Rice can spill any kind of defense information !!!!
Alexandria, Virginia - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information to a pro-Israel lobbyist in the same manner that landed a lower-level Pentagon official a 12-year prison sentence, the lobbyist's lawyer said Friday
Posted by PamB on April 22, 2006 at 10:31 AM
I wouldn't worry about ads in San Diego.
The Democrat's OWN California and that's not changing anytime soon.
Clarence/Reuben,
Why did you change your name?
Everyone on this blog knows it is you.
And why are you always posting on this blog?
Is it because you secretly support the Democrats
because you really don't have any Republican friends?
Hola! {{Pammayyyyyyy}}
I've missed reading you!
btw, our buddy Dewey has a great rant going over at his blog spot. If anyone else is interested.
Happy Rainy Saturday to all!
Clarence/Reuben,
Do the Republicans bully you around?
Are you here just because Democrats are the only ones who will accept you because of who you are?
...because the Republicans don't tolerate you?
...and the Democrats are the party of tolerance?
Clarence/Reuben,
The Democrats don't mind if you blog here because...
The Democrats believe in freedom of speech.
The Democrats believe in freedom of expression.
That is why you can post your opinions, no matter who controversial they are.
I wouldn't be surprised if the average Republican couldn,t care less about you, Clarence/Reuben, or your opinion for that matter.
Reuben is looking forward to adaloscence so maybe they will let him eat at the table with the big kids.
Benji
this troll has been coming here for about 3 yrs.
I don't believe he is either dem or pug
I think he is a punk with no life that gets OFF (with his right hand) while he gets reactions with his left.
I think he's been kicked OFF his own blog because all he likes to do is argue and wreak havoc.
If you ignore it - it WONT go away but it will maybe take the headache off you a bit!
The owners of this blog don't spend enough time reading here or he'd have been gone a long time ago. Either that or they the way he fights. Like how SOME will drive real slow by an accident in hopes of seeing some blood on the road.
It's kinda sick but they allow it.
I don't think any "regular" working class PUG would put up with it. Ya know come to think of it now that ZELL Miller is out of work I bet it's HIM!!! (just imagining) LOL
Clarence/Reuben,
You keep posting your outlandish right-wing Republican opinions here all you want.
The Democrats (they might not like to admit it) actually benefit from knowing the type of mentality they are up against.
But there is no escaping the fact, the Democrats care about your opinion more than the Republicans do.
The CIA whistleblower, Mary something or other I think, should get a medal for letting the American people know how our government, founded paying lip service to principles of human dignity, justice, and due process once again demonstrates to the world that many times it is just this lip service and bs that we promote.
If we think we can claim any moral superiority on the Germans of the 30's and 40's we are kidding ourselves.
correction
I think the LIKE him! And the way he fights.
I know a few that used to come on here liked to fight with him. Maybe it was the only way they could get their juices flowing each day.
who knows
If you ignore it - it WONT go away but it will maybe take the headache off you a bit!
Posted by Dawnie on April 22, 2006 at 11:55 AM
Dawnie,
No offense,
but it takes more than THIS GUY to give me a headache.
as a matter of fact, It takes more than the Republicans all put together to give me a headache.
If the owners of this blog decided to censure posts because of dissenting views, no matter how immature they may be, then I would be dissapointed more than relieved.
If you don't want to acknowledge Clarence/Reuben that's up to you.
I am happy making my own choices, thank you.
That is why you can post your opinions, no matter who controversial they are.
I wouldn't be surprised if the average Republican couldn,t care less about you, Clarence/Reuben, or your opinion for that matter.
Posted by Benji on April 22, 2006 at 11:47 AM
The blog moderators are away, that is why the troll sneaks out and posts to his heart content. BUT come Monday, they will block him and erase him, like he never existed! That is why the change of name, btw. system refuses to let his use same name twice.
You see, although the Dems believe in Freedom of speech, sick, vicious offensive and inflammatory posts are not tolerated here, not any other liberal blog. We have an Congress to take back in 200 days, and we cannot waste time paying attention to that last 30% who refuse to admit they made a Big mistake voting for Bush.
Benji
I was only giving you some history.
Make your own choices for sure.
And trust me, he's been pretty disgusting. If you had not noticed. And this is the DNC Kick Ass Blog so I guess someone should hold the title. Go for it.
waste time paying attention to that last 30% who refuse to admit they made a Big mistake voting for Bush.
Posted by PamB on April 22, 2006 at 12:03 PM
Exactly Pam! Waste of good oxygen! Indeed.
Posted by PamB on April 22, 2006 at 12:03 PM
PamB,
So the name Reuben is now on the do not post list?
Who says Clarence/Reuben voted for Bush?
Who says he even voted at all?
America's problems aren't just the fact that the Republicans are in office.
America's problems are because there is such a great polorizing divide between the right and the left.
The Republicans have certainly shown an apathy towards understanding the left.
Do the Democrats have that same apathy towards that same demographic on the right?
Dawnie and PamB,
To truly solve a problem...
You have to understand it first...
Benji
what the frick are you talking about?
I'm not at all worried about solving a problem with Sally. It's not worth it.
Closing your eyes and not listening to your ears never makes the problem disappear.
I think I was trying to help YOU better understand the troll.
apparently you are someone who has been here longer than I suspected. What did you used to go by in here? I might have known you?
I understand plenty. But if you KNEW me you KNOW that!
Benji
think about it
if your left leg is bleeding and you find a hang nail on your right hand.............. I think the bleeding would get all the attention and understanding and the hang nail would be TOTALLY IGNORED!!
it's a zit on the ass of a cow and not worth fixing at this point! OTHER things are much more important!
so Pam
What is going on with your efforts to keep Lieberdouche from being re-elected this Fall?
Nationalize Big: Oil – Pharmaceuticals – Healthcare – Airlines – Utilities
We subsidize them so we may as well own them.
PamB
I think a few are blowing off steam because "it" got the first post of the new thread.
There is a value to having some one like Clarence (Analoculosis) online. It shows us the level of intelligence that makes up the rank and file of young Republicans.
After all, we need a strategy for dealing with the small mind of the miniture-elephant.
When addressing this suffer of analoculosis try to use small words only.
zero value imo as we don't KNOW this kid is even old enough to vote!
Posted by Tom_Terrific on April 22, 2006 at 12:22 PM
The first post is mighty insignicant compared to the understanding of an extreme right wing agenda.
The extreme right wing agenda is the problem and solving it has just as much to do with understanding it.
But by all means, Blow of steam when you have it.
Dawnie and PamB,
My sincere apologies for raising your ire so early in the morning.
the "extremists" are down to about 20 percent and have become pretty "insignificant" themselves actually!
Don't under estimate the extremists.
That's how Bush got elected in the first place.
I forgot to add
THANK THE GODDESS!!!
my ire is fine, no need to apologize
I made the first mistake in trying to explain the dirty trolls history. Racist remarks over and over tend to make a permanent mark in my mind to NEVER bother with them again.
It seems all the troubles lately in America are centered in Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma and the extremists are inbred homegrown RED loving white boys!
cannibals, shoot up the schools, etc!
Nothing but white boys. There in lies the trouble! RAcists raising racists raising more racists! ALL centering around the CENTER of the dark RED states!
Regardless,
A Happy Day to...
The Democrats,
The Leftie Looneys,
And the malicious trolls.
There are tomatoes in my garden saying "Pick me. Pick me."
P.S. I would wish the Republicans a Happy Day if their website didn't suck so much.
First an asside: Dawnie, did you get my comment from last night? You were signing off at the time. Anyway, go to www.hunterdouglas.com for the answers.
For any interested in what W is up to this weekend, give a look at www.thedesertsun.com, he is out here to raise some money and visit the Marines at 29 Palms. Actually, visiting the Marines is the excuse to charge the cost to the govt. so he could raise money for Rep. Bono (R-Palm Springs) Meantime, gas here is $3.12 per gal. for unleaded regular.
Well I just woke up, went to check my email, and stopped by for a peak. I'm not ready for this yet today.
I usually don't smoke a cigar this early but right now I need an El Ray Del Mundo Suprema Robusto and a cup of almond and choclate coffee. I hate to grind the beans but I love the flavor.
See y'all later in the day.
Well I just woke up, went to check my email, and stopped by for a peak. I'm not ready for this yet today.
I usually don't smoke a cigar this early but right now I need an El Ray Del Mundo Suprema Robusto and a cup of almond and chocolate coffee. I hate to grind the beans but I love the flavor.
See y'all later in the day.
Turkish Army Sends 40,000 Troops to Southeast:
Reuters
Fri, 21 Apr 2006
Turkey has sent nearly 40,000 troops to the southeast to prepare for an expected rise in Kurdish rebel incursions from northern Iraq, a senior military official said on April 20.
The official, who declined to be named, said more troops would arrive from central and western Turkey to back up security forces fighting Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) guerrillas in the mountainous provinces Hakkari, Van and Sirnak.
"The Kurdistan Workers Party is trying to send half of its 4,900 militants (based) in northern Iraq here and preparing for attacks in Turkey’s cities," the official told Reuters.
Dozens of guerrillas and members of Turkey’s security forces have been killed in clashes and mine attacks in recent months, and a string of bomb attacks has hit Istanbul, some of them claimed by a group linked to the PKK.
Street clashes in March and April between Kurdish protestors and security forces, in which 17 people died, also contributed to concerns that violence could escalate to levels seen in the 1990s, the peak of the PKK’s campaign for a Kurdish homeland.
Ankara has repeatedly called on the United States to crack down on PKK rebels based in northern Iraq but slipping across the mountainous border to attack security forces.
//www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/
article_005652.php
Forget about the civil war in Iraq, our troops will be having to ward off the Turks, our allies, soon.
Hey Aaron, Bye Tom and Benji,
I am just in a constant state of amazement that everyone keeps blaming everyone else for the troubles that are begun at home with most of these people.
And I'm white (and German). Wholey ashamed of MOST of the white boys lately and their bleach blonde bimbo headed stepford wives as well!
It's my own problem with my OWN race and people like Karl Rove and GW Douche only make it more apparent!
If I could change races I would. That's how sick I am of it all.
Posted by MaryinSeattle on April 22, 2006 at 10:34 AM
That's a very thoughtful post. Why did we allow our fellow countrymen to be sent away as refugees instead of finding ways for them to stay and rebuild their lives and their city?
The DNC is meeting in New Orleans this week. When Hurricance Katrina struck, the President said that he wanted the people of the Gulf coast to know that "the federal government is prepared to help them." He went on to say "the challenges that we face on the ground are unprecedented....but I'm confident that, with time, you'll get your life back in order, new communities will flourish, the great city of New Orleans will be back on its feet and America will be the stronger place for it."
We now know that was all a lie. Although, we should have been warned by the phrase, "you'll get your life back in order," that help from the federal government would be scant. Moreover, if we called him on his supposed promise now, he'd likely just shift the responsibility to the Congress to explain why, seven months later, visitors like the DNC are still needed to help clean up the debris left by the hurricane and the flood.
Blaming the Congress might not be fair, but it is incontrovertible that the current Congress has enabled this President to shirk the responsiblities of his office.
So, if they don't want to be associated with this miserable failure of an administration, both the incumbents and whoever is wanting to replace them have an opportunity right now to step up to the bar and "show us the money." And it doesn't even have to be their own money.
I'm betting that every one of the 435 members of the House and the 33 Senators whose seats will be on the ballot come November are busy collecting campaign donations from every corner of this great nation. So, what I suggest is that, instead of handing those dollars over to TV stations for ads that are bound to irritate us anyway, they just donate a chunk to the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Fund or some other outfit that's prepared to do good.
If public officials can donate the money they shouldn't have accepted from PACs to charitable enterprise, then they should certainly be able to hand over fifty percent of their campaign coffers to make up for what their federal budget process doesn't accommodate. And it certainly won't hurt firt-time candidates to get used to the idea of putting dollars where they claim their priorities lie.
The press loves those FEC numbers. Let's see if we can't affect where those dollars are actually spent. Frankly, I'm salivating at the prospect of seeing Senator Clinton send seven million smackers down NOLA's way.
Posted by PamB on April 22, 2006 at 10:47 AM
Pam, it's OK for them to declassify anything for political reasons. It's just another illustration of the abuse of power this administration exercises.
Dawnie,
If it makes you feel better some of my dearest friends in the world are of German heritage.
And now to those tomatoes.
And Rueben/Clarence/Humpty/Anke,
whatever. (eyes rolling)
Posted by monicasmith on April 22, 2006 at 12:48 PM
Hey Monica, good idea! Is Hill really doing that? How great!
Posted by Benji on April 22, 2006 at 12:51 PM
thanks
oo time for Jack Cafferty on CNN
bbl
Peace everyone!
Being one of those "less decernable" minorities, I have said for many years that bigotry is alive and well in the US. Much of it today hides below the surface, but it is there, nevertheless. Witness the events in New Orleans, the lack of progress in bringing up education levels in the inner city. The ratio of minorities in the prison system. Even the arguments on immigration are hidden racist leanings. "Don't ask, don't tell" in reality, applies to more than sexual orientation. Keep the dirty little secret concealed and it doesn't exist. Like we can't tell.
Well, that's all for now. Got some things to do. Catch ya'll later.
Monica, that's a nice idea, but I don't see anyone facing re-election this year doing it. The stakes are too high.
We need massive infusions of resources and forceful leadership to turn things around in NOLA. Our efforts should be more on the line of a Marshall Plan.
I am cheered every time I hear about a church group or college students volunteering during spring break to clean up and restore what can be. But there needs to be an effort to remake and modernize the levies and neighborhoods.
A real President would be able to mobilize such an effort. We will have to wait until we get back control of Congress. Then real pressure can be exerted on the executive branch to do what is morally and economically right for NOLA and the nation. I'm afraid (as George Bush himself has already pointed out about the Iraqi occupation) that we wll have to wait for the next President to deal with this challenge, too.
I agree with you that something has to be done about the excessive amount of money being raised for political campaigns and how it is wasted in druming up negative television ads not postitive responses by voters.
Posted by AaronM on April 22, 2006 at 12:57 PM
Aaron, you are so right. Just witness how the religious right have used racism to gather power. Whether its immigration or gay marriage, this country is still consumed by a racist element who will manipulate the greater good whenever it is feasible.
It's good some are willing to speak out as you are. Only be acknowledging the problem can progress be made toward stopping it from diverting attention from the real problems.
Bigoty is alive and well here!
Intolerance of opposing views and opinions is often met with personal attacks and derision.
But for the most part, most of the intelligent and mature posters handle opposing views quite well.
Kyrgyz Leader Threatens to Expel US Troops
By KADYR TOKTOGULOV
Kyrgyzstan's president threatened Wednesday to expel U.S. troops if the United States does not agree by June 1 to pay more for stationing forces in the Central Asian nation.
About 1,000 troops are stationed at an air base set up in December 2001 at Kyrgyzstan's main civilian airport near the capital, Bishkek. Most are American but there are also small French and Spanish contingents.
The facility is used as a transit point for troops going to or coming from Afghanistan and is a base for tanker planes that refuel military craft in Afghanistan.
"Kyrgyzstan reserves the right to consider ending the agreement" on the deployment of U.S. forces in the ex-Soviet republic, where they are based for operations in nearby Afghanistan, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on state television.
He said the government could terminate the agreement if talks on new financial terms of the U.S. military deployment do not end successfully before June 1.
The U.S. Embassy had no immediate comment.
Bakiyev's statement sends a worrying signal to Washington, which lost its other base in former Soviet Central Asia last year when Uzbekistan expelled U.S. troops following Western criticism of the government's bloody May 2005 crackdown on demonstrators.
It also comes amid Russian concern about the U.S. presence in Central Asia. Kyrgyzstan also hosts a Russian air base, 12 miles east of Bishkek, and last summer a regional security body led by Russia and China called for the United States and its allies to set a date for the withdrawal of their forces from Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan...
//www.forbes.com/entrepreneurs/feeds/
ap/2006/04/19/ap2682604.html
This is another reason to fired Rumsfeld. He set up these military bases with these ruthless Soviet dictators who are now trying to blackmail us.
Good Afternoon everyone!
Well this day will go down as perhaps one of the best for me. It started this morning. I got up and got ready and decided to head out to meet with the people who are striking Vincent Bach, a musical making company in Elkhart who has been making instruments for 80 years. It seems the CEO wants the Union to take a major hit in wages. The Union said no - the company is now threating to move it's plant to China, leaving 230 people out of work.
They are a strong group. As I made my way up to the group of about 20 - 30, I didn't know if they would welcome me. Boy was I wrong. They took me in with open arms...glad that someone from the party was there to show support. Another mile stone for me.
We talked about the strike and how painful it was for many of them. Many have worked for the company for over 30 years! Let's all pray they will come through this ok.
Then - only hours from now, I will be traveling to Columbia City Indiana where we will be having our 3rd District Dinner and ---- I finally get to meet Colleen. For some of you who don't know who she is, she was a regular here from the get go. We met here and found out she is from the county just below mine in northern Indiana.
We'll have a lot to talk about and PamB - you know you're name will come up. I hope to have pictures on the blog sometime tomorrow.
Until then -
Keep on rockn'
We'll have a lot to talk about and PamB - you know you're name will come up. I hope to have pictures on the blog sometime tomorrow.
make sure you both have a drink in your hands when you do!!! And I will be looking for those pictures of you two, good looking, hard working Indiana Gals! :))
This is what happems when voters decide to stand by their man instead of their country. We have our generals making lame excuses for the failures of a public official who has done irreputible harm to our armed forces:
Gen. Peter Pace, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, offered the most feeble defense of his boss: “He does his homework. He works weekends; he works nights. People can question my judgment or his judgment, but they should never question the dedication, the patriotism and the work ethic of Secretary Rumsfeld.” Nobody has questioned his work ethic, let alone his patriotism (a tactic most often abused by Republicans and not against them). What the flag officers have questioned are his spectacular incompetence and his catastrophic arrogance.
Bush hears voices
But does he listen?
Joe Conason
The New York Observer
04.21.06
Girl - you can take that to the bank - the drink thingy....
Colleen and I have always said that when we get together, if we ever got together, that we would have one in your honor and we certainly wouldn't want to disappoint you Pam!
Got to run - I need to do a few things before we leave..
Good afternoon fellow dems,I got a chance to watch the DNC meetings on C-Span and i have to say i couldn't have been more proud of what Dean did today with his speech. What a leader.
He hit on every single topic that was right on cue values,voting reform,iraq,a change in america,etc everything he said was picture perfect.
I'm so proud that this brave man is our chairman and i hope he continues the good fight for the people,for our country,for justice and democracy.
Keep up the good fight Howard and keep on going after those mean republicans that have been screwing this country for so many years and hopefully we will take congress back in November and bring real change for america.
Thank you Howard and fellow dems.
Bribery is the Republican way of doing business and now it's caught up with the border crisis:
Saturday, April 22, 2006
Border Corruption Runs Amok: New cash for border cops should go to Internal Affairs
The pattern is obvious to anyone paying attention, but I seldom hear public officials discuss it. Police corruption has cropped up along the Texas-Mexico border at a head-spinning pace in recent months. Here are a few cases on the US side that caught Grits' attention:
* McAllen, October 2005: Immigration Customs Enforcement inspector arrested for allegedly taking bribes to let drug shipments through his lane at a border checkpoint.
* McAllen, October 2005: Three Rio Grande Valley City cops arrested for allegedly taking bribes to escort drug runners through their jurisdiction.
* Brownsville, December 2005: Cameron County Sheriff convicted of accepting bribes and using deputies to escort drug runners through the county.
* Laredo, March 2006: Senior Border Patrol Agent and his brother sentenced to 20 and 17-1/2 years respectively for accepting bribes to allow drugs through a border checkpoint.
* Harlingen, March 2006: A state corrections officer (prison guard) was caught at a border patrol checkpoint with 21 pounds of marijuana in his spare tire.
* El Paso, March 2006: US authorities announced they will extradite rather than prosecute an informant who murdered 12 people in Juarez while working for Immigration Customs Enforcement.
* Zapata County, April 2006: Deputy commander of the Laredo Multi-Agency Narcotics Task force was indicted for allegedly directing agents away from trafficking routes, helping smugglers store drugs, and giving out confidential police information.
* El Paso, April 2006: Former Special Agent in Charge of the entire El Paso FBI division (2001-2003) indicted for allegedly taking bribes from a cartel-affiliated Juarez racetrack owner who was his informant.
* Edinburg, April 2006: Five brothers including one current Edinburg police officer and a former McAllen police officer arrested on drug trafficking charges.
On the Mexican side, 1/3 of the Nuevo Laredo Police Department was fired last year for corruption, and the NL police chief (the last one was assassinated), just quit his job after eight months citing high stress. No kidding! They've had more than 70 murders already in Nuevo Laredo this year, including cops. Elements of state and local Mexican police and even the military have fallen under control of the Mexican drug cartels, who are openly feuding over control of the prime distribution routes.
On both sides of the border, drug traffickers have corrupted law enforcement officials from small-town cops all the way up the head of an FBI division. Maybe this much corruption always existed and authorities are only now investigating it - one hopes things are getting better. But on the assumption there's more where that came from, it's safe to say from these examples that drug traffickers have successfully purchased influence at every level of US law enforcement on the Texas-Mexico border.
So how will throwing more money at those same agencies help the problem? Until police corruption is under control, new spending on border law enforcement agencies like Operation Linebacker should start with money for Internal Affairs units, not foolhardy immigration raids.
//gritsforbreakfast.blogspot.com/2006/04/
border-corruption-runs-amok-new-cash.html
Gee, I wonder how much money is exchanging hands for ignoring human cargo in the back of vans as they go through those same checkpoints?
There are so many stories I want to read today. I can't believe that people aren't better informed. It's so easy to use the internet to keep abreast of what's going on in the world. I'll share the links of the best later.
Have a great Saturday afternoon. later.
We've got a primary election coming up here in Ohio in less than two weeks. Most, if not all of the races on the Democratic side are uncontested. The race for Attorney General *is* contested, and this race is important enough to me that I dedicated several hours on a *gorgeous* Saturday afternoon to writing up a blog entry about it. Unlike previous entries, this one is written specifically for a national audience:
Why the Ohio Attorney General race matters: Honest elections
Posted by Renee_in_Ohio on April 22, 2006 at 02:26 PM
Interesting essay.
Can someone tell me in plain english what in the "hell" is going on in Ohio?
The only thing I know about Ohio is that the Browns and Indians are horrible.
What about their attorney general?
Afternoon All.
Happy Earth Day!
Don't forget to catch Pink's video Dear Mr. President
Lyrics:
Dear Mr. President
Come take a walk with me
Let's pretend we're just two people and
You're not better than me
I'd like to ask you some questions if we can speak honestly
What do you feel when you see all the homeless on the street
Who do you pray for at night before you go to sleep
What do you feel when you look in the mirror
Are you proud
How do you sleep while the rest of us cry
How do you dream when a mother has no chance to say goodbye
How do you walk with your head held high
Can you even look me in the eye
And tell me why
Dear Mr. President
Were you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
Are you a lonely boy
How can you say
No child is left behind
We're not dumb and we're not blind
They're all sitting in your cells
While you pave the road to hell
What kind of father would take his own daughter's rights away
And what kind of father might hate his own daughter if she were gay
I can only imagine what the first lady has to say
You've come a long way from whiskey and cocaine
Lizzybeth:
Jinx! I was just listening to that video on talkleft! ESP, I guess
Oh this really hits me smack in the heart.
May they have finally found the peace, they did not have on this Earth.
hello dear dems!
gorgeous day here, doing yard work, cleaning garage fun fun!
jimmy v. george compare and contrast
Pammie,
I thought she did an extraordinary job, the more I see her sing, the more I like her.
OT: Although it appears that China is wondering...
In Hu's Visit to the U.S., Small Gaffes May Overshadow Small Gains
The Chinese Embassy in Washington sent a delegation to the White House on Friday to demand a detailed explanation of how an adherent of the Falun Gong spiritual sect, which is banned in China, managed to infiltrate the welcome ceremony for Mr. Hu on the South Lawn of the White House on Thursday and heckle Mr. Hu for several minutes before being escorted away.
Wasn't it just nice to see what $1 trillion dollar in debt can do?
How many of you saw bush, the decider, decide to apologize to a communist leader, forsake a peace activist, for the warm hug of a banker who owns $1 trillion of our debt?
American middleclass should note that hug was the hug of death for any hope left for american jobs in USA, bush just gave it away to cover his debt, a $46 trillion dollar debt!
Hi Jen,
If Past Is Prologue, George Bush Is Becoming An Increasingly Dangerous President
President George W. Bush's presidency is a disaster - one that's still unfolding.
I agree!!
Thanks John Dean!
uh benji? you wanna be a little more specific?
if you wanna know what the current attorney general has been up to?
Lizzybeth,
I had never heard her sing before, and I was impressed.
Looks like this is another good one:
Review: Neil Young's 'Living With War' is 'one MFer of a protest album'
Let's get one thing out of the way right now: this album rocks. It's post '80s electric Neil Young at his grunge best, and of the 10 cuts on Living With War, the first eight are mostly uptempo rockers. In fact, this may be the 60-year-old Young's most crossover-worthy album yet, since many of the songs should appeal to fans of bands as diverse as Green Day and Pearl Jam and will likely be embraced on campuses across America.
In fact, Living With War may just be the Fahrenheit 9/11 of rock.
I don't like Stamford during Basketball season, but Hot Dang, those kids make me proud!!!!!
Protesters force Bush to move Stanford meeting
President Bush's visit to Stanford University's Hoover Institution was quickly moved to another location after more than 1,000 protesters converged around the Hoover tower.
The White House said the protesters blocked the only road into the central areaof the campus where Hoover is located, which forced a meeting with several Hoover fellows to be moved to the campus home of former Secretary of State George Shultz, a Hoover fellow who organized the gathering.
Think Progress has a great post up about The Architects of War: Where they are now.
I remember reading this but I thought it was worth re-posting.
the former president of reprise's blog downwithtyranny has good stuff about neil young's newest too.
i can't wait to get it.
There is a value to having some one like Clarence (Analoculosis) online. It shows us the level of intelligence that makes up the rank and file of young Republicans. Posted by Tom_Terrific on April 22, 2006 at 12:22 PM
Trouble is, he's not "a young Republican". He's a sixty year old man. Well, he's been calling himself 58 for the past two years, so you do the math.
Posted by jen on April 22, 2006 at 03:44 PM
no...
google...
ha...
ha...
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thanks.
$46 trillion debt on the books,
$46 trillion debt,
Apology to one banker,
$47 trillion debt on the books.
$47 trillion debt on the books,
$47 trillion debt,
Kiss an ass on cheeks,
$48 trillion debt on the books.
$48 trillion debt on the books,
$48 trillion debt.
Give a port way to Dubai,
$49 trillion debt on the books.
$49 trillion debt on the books,
$49 trilliin debt,
Start a war sell some guns,
$50 trillion debt on the books.
Lizzy it's so sad, such a terrible waste, those spirits and young lives that Bush ruined and killed.
$50 trillion debt on the books,
$50 trillion debt,
Pass a tax cut for the rich,
Party on with $51 trillion in debt.
Lizzy,I had trouble getting the Pink video, So I went to Windows Media player Typed in Dear Mr. President, and the song came with this site 'Old American Century' "Today's Headlines
CIA fires whistleblower: The CIA fired a top intelligence analyst who admitted leaking classified information that led to a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about a network of secret CIA prisons 4-22
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information to a pro-Israel lobbyist in the same manner that landed a lower-level Pentagon official a 12-year prison sentence, the lobbyist's lawyer said Friday. 4-22"Then I found this on Downloads, Really informative video,Everyone should watch this.http://oldamericancentury.org/tribecatrailer.mov http://oldamericancentury.org/index.htm
$51 trillion debt on the books,
$51 trillion debt,
Sell the national forest land,
Foreigner have $52 trillion in loans.
$52 trillion debt on the books,
$52 trillion debt,
Our national language is Arabic,
$53 trillion debt on the books.
Jen and Pam, it was great. 1000 protestors stopped the president. Just think what a 100,000 could do. Or a 1,000,000 could do.
Also...
Bush's bike ride Saturday was no Earth Day stunt. The president rides on most weekend mornings, but made the special detour to overnight in St. Helena just to get in a picturesque ride through wine country. He had no official events there.
"I can't wait," Bush told his San Jose audience. "I'll be plugged into an iPod."
So he made a detour on Earth Day and wasted fuel and then he says he is going to talk about alternative fuel. Unbelievable.
Does this make sense to anyone? Because I am missing it.
seriously benji, if you read some of the articles, you'll get a better idea.
Lizzy, of course it doesn't make sense. It's Bush. Nice catch though. I wonder how many other Americans noticed the contradiction?
Poor people who do not have control of their debt do not have security!
What is homeland security doing about security?
It is authorizing the sale of our park service lands and companies to foreigners holding US debt!!
PamB, here's a link to a webpage about Thomas Dodd, Chris Dodd's "conservative Democrat" father. Why can't we get "real Democrats" over there in Connecticut?
Sorry about that Diana...Well in honor of the fool riding his bike and getting plugged...I am downloading Dear Mr. President to my iPod.
Today it is raining, but I will ride tomorrow and listen to it. Ugh!
and Pam, I gave away one of the JOE MUST BUTTONS today, to a couple from Connecticut who came to our Fundraising Event today. It was the least I could do since they were helping out New York.
Jen...wiping my brow, I thought I was missing something there with the wasting of fuel.
Posted by jen on April 22, 2006 at 04:00 PM
Who says I'm not reading?
It's a lot to read, and like I said, the only thing I know about Ohio is the Browns and Indians are horrible.
Benji, I didn't say you weren't reading. What do you expect, the history of Ohio? I mean, ask me some questions. I'm in Ohio. Are you aware that our state government is run by corrupt Republicans? and that the 2004 presidential election was tampered with?
HybridFuel on April 22, 2006 at 04:02 PM
yep HF, it's very sad. Instead of paying off our debts, we selling off our assets. Pretty soon we'll own nothing here.
E-Mails Link Abramoff, Bush Official
A batch of 278 e-mails between lobbyist Jack Abramoff and a Bush administration official show a highly inappropriate relationship where gifts and business interests mixed freely and frequently, federal prosecutors said Friday.
The prosecutors hope to use the e-mails in the criminal case against David Safavian, who is accused of lying and obstruction of justice in connection with investigations of an Abramoff-sponsored golf outing to Scotland in August 2002.
The e-mails show that Abramoff and Safavian, then chief of staff at the General Services Administration, were in frequent contact, played golf often and traded workplace gossip. Abramoff showered Safavian with offers of meals, invitations to parties as well as the trip to the fabled St. Andrew's golf course in Scotland.
One message from Abramoff, sent July 23, 2002, asks Safavian, "golf Friday? golf Sunday? golf Monday? golf, golf, golf!!"
At the same time, Abramoff is peppering Safavian with questions and requests for his help on a variety of projects, including obtaining parcels of federal land that were managed by GSA for Abramoff's charitable groups.
So he made a detour on Earth Day and wasted fuel and then he says he is going to talk about alternative fuel. Unbelievable.
Does this make sense to anyone? Because I am missing it.
Posted by PeppermintLizzy on April 22, 2006 at 04:00 PM / Hmmm...No, That's why I wanted to check this out.'It's hard to know the degree to which this initiative by the Bush administration is simply a cynical ploy and the degree to which it is honestly misguided. It would estimate that the ratio is about 80:20.
The DEVIL is in the details;http://www.culturechange.org/hydrogen.htm 'The National Hydrogen Energy Roadmap is available on the internet in pdf form. This roadmap glows with positive energy. In all areas of production, delivery, storage, conversion and applications, the document beams about what we can achieve if we put our minds to it, but inevitably winds up by saying that we have a long way to go in order to make it a reality.
The document does mention the various challenges to each area of fuel cell development, but makes little of the obstacles and instead comes off sounding like a pep talk. Buried in the text, they admit "The transition to a hydrogen economy... could take several decades to achieve."
First off, because hydrogen is the simplest element, it will leak from any container, no mater how strong and no matter how well insulated. For this reason, hydrogen in storage tanks will always evaporate, at a rate of at least 1.7 percent per day. Hydrogen is very reactive. When hydrogen gas comes into contact with metal surfaces it decomposes into hydrogen atoms, which are so very small that they can penetrate metal. This causes structural changes that make the metal brittle.
Perhaps the largest problem for hydrogen fuel cell transportation is the size of the fuel tanks. In gaseous form, a volume of 238,000 litres of hydrogen gas is necessary to replace the energy capacity of 20 gallons of gasoline.
So far, demonstrations of hydrogen-powered cars have depended upon compressed hydrogen. Because of its low density, compressed hydrogen will not give a car as useful a range as gasoline. Moreover, a compressed hydrogen fuel tank would be at risk of developing pressure leaks either through accidents or through normal wear, and such leaks could result in explosions. Read More.....
Today New Orleans has its primary today.
Voters lined up in New Orleans and other Louisiana towns today for the start of early balloting in the city’s primary election, delayed by the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
Delayed by the aftermath...I think that should really read delayed by the failure of the Bush Administration.
Fewer than half New Orleans’ residents have been able to return since the Aug. 29 hurricane flooded their city. Many are now living in Texas and Georgia, but they still plan to vote on the leadership that will heavily influence how New Orleans is rebuilt.
I think we all read how these poor Folks in New Orleans were facing enormous problems with voting.
The city had nearly a half-million people, about 70 percent of them black, before Hurricane Katrina. Those who have returned number fewer than 200,000, and most are white.
So basically the white people returned but the black people have not.
For nearly three decades, blacks have run New Orleans politics, and their grip on the mayor's seat has been so tight that credible white candidates rarely even sought the office.
How sad our country has become. The President allows the blacks to drown and then ships the surviving blacks off to Texas or Georgia. The majority of people that have returned are white and now there is an election. Mayor C. Ray Nagin is facing two strong white challengers who are siphoning away many white business leaders who backed his first campaign.
Get the picture.
George W. Bush IS a Liar
The White House is taking umbrage over new press reports that George W. Bush misled the American people on a key justification for invading Iraq. But Bush’s latest excuse – that he was just an unwitting conveyor of bad information, not a willful purveyor of lies – has been stretched thin by overuse.
Nevertheless, White House spokesman Scott McClellan lashed out at a Washington Post report that in May 2003, Bush described two Iraqi trailers as mobile biological weapons labs although two days earlier a Pentagon field investigation had debunked those suspicions in a report to Washington.
I have read through the websites but it doesn't say anything about the voter machines. Or election graft.
I'm still interested. The links you sent me ssem to say flattering things about petrol (just kidding) petro.
Am I missing something?
read critically benji, not every single source with the name petro in it is going to be non partisan. jeez.
read this and then look at all the articles in the right hand margin and read them too.
bbl
William,
I don't know Why we here in CT can't get some of those good ole fashioned New England Liberals the south and west is always bitching about! Makes me want to run for office more and more! :))
Lizzy,
I have a nice supply of Ned Lamont bumper stickers and some pins if you know anyone interested.
Clarence,
Try earning your credibility before making your argument and maybe someone might take you seriously.
Big surprise here, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, "Scooter" Libby, the traitors who gave classified info regarding outing CIA agent Valerie Plame are Republicans.
forgot this
the firing of mary mccarthy by larry c johnson (ex cia himself)
Do you believe President Bush's actions justify impeachment?
For Burnsey, Exile and the Rev:
2006 should be a blowout for Democrats. Given Republican failures, we should easily take back the House and Senate. Yet Democratic Party leaders are still allowing the Republicans to define the terrain, which means that our chances are totally up in the air. The GOP is quite public about their election plan, they are going to run on gay adoption and gay marriage, again.
Wake up Democratic Leaders!!!
CIA Officer Is Fired for Media Leaks
The Post Was Among Outlets That Gained Classified Data
By Dafna Linzer
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, April 22, 2006
The CIA fired a long-serving intelligence officer for sharing classified information with The Washington Post and other news organizations, officials said yesterday, as the agency continued an aggressive internal search for anyone who may have discussed intelligence with the news media.
CIA officials said the career intelligence officer failed more than one polygraph test and acknowledged unauthorized contacts with reporters. The "officer knowingly and willfully shared classified intelligence, including operational information" with journalists, the agency said in a statement yesterday.
The CIA did not reveal the identity of the employee, who was dismissed Thursday, but NBC News reported last night she is Mary McCarthy. An intelligence source confirmed that the report was accurate.
McCarthy began her career in government as an analyst at the CIA in 1984, public documents show. She served as special assistant to the president and senior director for intelligence programs at the White House during the Clinton administration and the first few months of the Bush administration. She later returned to the CIA. Attempts to reach her last night were unsuccessful.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/21/AR2006042101218_pf.html
Hang in there, Mary. Once we Democrats regain control of the Congress and the White House, you'll be given a Medal of Freedom and a full pardon. Your service is greatly appreciated.
Posted by jen on April 22, 2006 at 04:36 PM
I think I've got it.
Don't know what to say?
Don't know what to do?
But nonetheless I think I've got it.
William D,
WOW over 250,000 voted already and 84 percent feel BUSH should be put on trial.
Let the stoning begin!
and I think we should put clarence in the line of fire, I think that is fair play. Bush put our soldiers in harm's way.
Heroic CIA Whistleblower Fired For Revealing Secret CIA Run Prisons
http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_kall_2c_ro_060422_heroic_cia_whistlebl.htm
Alexandria, Virginia - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice leaked national defense information to a pro-Israel lobbyist in the same manner that landed a lower-level Pentagon official a 12-year prison sentence, the lobbyist's lawyer said Friday.
Tide turns on Dubya's wreck.
SYDNEY, NSW, is a long way from Washington DC but, even at this distance, it is clear that the Bush Administration is falling to pieces.
In recent weeks, scanning the political coverage in the mainstream US media and sampling the blogs has been to watch a flood tide ebbing to reveal a rotting, skeletal hulk. It is the George W. Bush ship of fools, stuck in the mud for the world to see in all its mendacity, its incompetence, its faith-based stupidity.
It is possible, at this late stage, that even Bush himself has begun to realise something is wrong. That oddly simian face is ashen, the eyes leaden. The voice is shrill and its tone defensive.
"I'm the decider and I decide what's best," he squawked to reporters in the White House rose garden the other day, as the screws turned tighter on his disastrous Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld. Can you imagine Roosevelt, Eisenhower or Kennedy blurting something like that?
Rummy is looking knackered too, with six retired generals going public to agree that he is "incompetent strategically, operationally and tactically", to quote one of them.
These men would have been junior officers in Vietnam, veterans of the all-American nightmare they now see replicated in Iraq. They don't want the mad old warmonger doing it over again in Iran. As former Marine Corps Lieutenant-General Gregory Newbold wrote in Time magazine: "… we must never again stand by quietly while those ignorant of and casual about war lead us into another one and then mismanage the conduct of it".
But the Middle East quicksands are not all that is killing Bush's presidency. Domestically, the rot is wide and deep. It is a budget deficit blowing out towards $US700 billion this financial year as Dubya juggles to fund his war while stealing from the American and immigrant poor to bestow tax cuts on the rich.
It is criminal sleaze in Washington, with the Republicans' favourite influence peddler, Jack Abramoff, headed for jail, and one of Bush's closest Texan buddies, the disgraced House Majority Leader, Tom DeLay, not far behind him.
It is arrogant, Nixonian trampling of the law to order the wiretapping of American citizens and the leaking of national security secrets. It is the rape of the environment to enrich big business, especially big oil. And resonating with ordinary Americans most of all, it is the loss of the city of New Orleans - not by Hurricane Katrina but by the bottomless incompetence of the feds' post-apocalypse response.
This is a trash presidency, founded on lies and knavery, fraud and ignorant ideological crackpottery.
KARL ROVE is another faux-Texan wheeler-dealer sometimes described as Bush's brain, a courtier most often seen superglued to the presidential right ear. Pink and pudgy, he looks like one of Disney's three little pigs, although infinitely more smug.
Rove was shunted sideways this week in a shuffle of the White House deck chairs which also saw Dubya's press secretary lose his job. His new assignment will be to divert the Republican Party from the coming train wreck of the Congressional mid-term elections this November.
That will be crucial to the survival of this gang. If the Democrats regain control of Congress, there would be a good chance of them moving to impeach Bush for high crimes and misdemeanours.
The famous Watergate journalist Carl Bernstein raised just that possibility in a recent article in Vanity Fair magazine. "We have never had a presidency in which the single unifying thread that flows through its major decision-making was incompetence stitched together with hubris and mendacity on a Nixonian scale," he wrote.
Exactly. Compared to this lot, Bill Clinton was John the Baptist.
Don't forget to tune in for this one folks.
And get all of those last remaining Bush defending Republicans to watch it too.
‘This isn’t about the intel anymore.’ Tyler Drumheller, “[a] former top official of the Central Intelligence Agency has accused the Bush administration of ignoring intelligence assessments about Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction programs in the months leading up to the Iraq war.” He’ll talk for the first time on 60 Mintues this Sunday at 7PM EST. 8:00 am |
Clarence,
You have a knack for posting but ignoring everyone else. I have a question; did Clinton deserve to be impeached? Could you explain why?
Would you say leading a nation into war while knowingly withholding information is impeachable?
I like you Clarence because I know you are a democrat. You are an actor. You play the devil's advocate here so that we can hone our rhetorical skills for the real morons that actually believe this crap (there are some real live ones here in Florida but they are mostly Christian extremists waiting for the world to end).
Oh, please don't forget to answer my two questions.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10562904#survey
86% think impeachment is warranted as of this date and time. That sounds about right to me. Don't worry W, I'm sure Clarence/Reuben will chip in some money for you to get smokes and soap when your on trial in the Hague for war crimes. Oh wait, Republicans don't believe in helping their fellow man. How silly of me. Sorry Mr. President, you're on your own.
Yes, Clarence tell us why the Republicans have a lame website?
You really have to check out the photo on this page! Is this the face of the Republican's 2008 Candidate? hahaha I think Not
Clarence the Republican,
Why did Bush have to lie about the WMD's?
Oh, I forgot to tell everyone; there is a link at Michaelmoore.com for a publishing company that wrote a paperback book outlining the articles of impeachment for bush. They are offering free shipping to anyone who sends a copy to their congressman. All you have to do is pay for the book (4.95) and they will ship it. You don't even have to know the congressman's address; they have all the info. I sent Mel Martinez one...
Clarence the Republican,
Why does the US have a trillion dollar debt?
Clarence? Clarence? We're not picking on you; we are helping you. Come back; we want to play.
Clarence the Republican?
Why are the Republicans flunking Diplomacy 101?
All right guys,
Let's not act like republicans and pick on the minority. Let's get back to work on getting real people in office. Does anyone have any good news? This is Earth Day for crying out loud. My good news is that I finally got our recycling initiative at school up and running as of Friday! Our school now recycles plastic, all paper, used vegetable oil, and printer cartridges. Next we plan on getting rid of styrofoam in the lunch room.
Another bit of good news is that I heard Davis is leading Charlie Christ in the race for governorship. I am putting that bit out more for help because I am nervous as crap about that race. Christ is an evil snake...
Posted by Clarence on April 22, 2006 at 05:15 PM
Nice try troll, but you didn't answer the question.
Isn't this interesting...Bush said the new Iraqi government "will make America more secure."
So does the new Iraqi government rule Iran and Korea???
unbelievably stupid, bush is.
Bush said the new Iraqi government "will make America more secure."
And if this one don't, he'll claim "the next one will". And if the next one don't, he'll say the next one will, and the next after that. He'll never run out of lies. It's what he does, lie.
Rumsfeld May Be Permanently Tainted by War in Iraq
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld will be permanently damaged by failed U.S. planning for the aftermath of the Iraq invasion even if he survives calls for his resignation from seven former military commanders, defense analysts said.
The retired generals, who made their views public in interviews and essays over the past month, are adding to criticism from Democrats and some Republicans over what they say was Rumsfeld's failure to anticipate the instability in Iraq after Saddam Hussein's regime was toppled three years ago.
Rumsfeld's ability to achieve his broader goals at the Pentagon, such as completing the transformation of the U.S. military from the Cold War period to the post-Sept. 11 era, will be compromised by the damage Iraq has done to his reputation, according to Loren Thompson, an analyst with the Lexington Institute in Arlington, Virginia, and other military experts.
``Any time a war goes wrong on a defense secretary's watch, not only does history judge them poorly but their ability to get anything done is gravely damaged,'' said Thompson.
President George W. Bush and other supporters of Rumsfeld are trying to put a lid on the mounting criticism. Bush on April 14 issued a statement saying Rumsfeld has his ``full support and deepest appreciation.'' Retired Air Force General Richard Myers, who served as Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman under Rumsfeld, yesterday called the criticism from some of his former colleagues ``inappropriate.''
Already Weakened
The effort to quell Rumsfeld's critics may be too late, said Lawrence J. Korb, a defense official in the Reagan administration, and other military analysts.
``He's already been weakened by the failures in Iraq,'' said Korb, now a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a policy research group in Washington. ``He can't possibly make a controversial decision'' without risking an uproar, Korb said.
We are already LESS secure because Osama is NOT sitting in the can.
Even though Clarence is pre puberty he is actually regressing. He is reciting his Pug counter points from last year. Guess we will have to hold him back in the 3rd grade another year. "slam dunk"...that is so 04's
Have fun with your fantasy, Clarence, when you come back to reality let me know.