Open Thread
Posted by on April 28, 2006 at 06:27 PM
The calm before the storm ... the storm being the tidal wave of Democrats rushing into neighborhoods across the country all day tomorrow, sharing conversation with neighbors about the strong but smart Democratic message. Send your pictures and stories to april29@dnc.org.
In other news, you're going to be seeing a lot less of my fancy little font around the DNC blog. In fact, come next Friday, my presence will be akin to a 0 pt. Arial font. In other words, that's my last day with the organization. I'll be leaving to take a job with a campaign yet to be determined, but surely for a candidate I (and hopefully you) can believe in -- you're all invited. Pam B., I might end up in your neck of the woods, and if I do, I owe you dinner for all the trolls I have failed to zap promptly.
You'll meet the first of the new and improved captain(s) of the DNC Blog, Tracy, this coming Monday.
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gone for months and now first? go figure. is anybody home?
Rush Limbaugh just got busted for fraud in Florida and has turned himself in.
Rush Arrested
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., April 28 — Rush Limbaugh reached a settlement with prosecutors Friday in a fraud case involving prescription painkillers, though the conservative radio commentator maintains his innocence.
Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities about 4 p.m. on a warrant for fraud to conceal information to obtain a prescription, the first charge in the nearly 3-year-old case, said Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the state attorney. He was released an hour later on $3,000 bail.
LOL! well triple-jinx on y'all!
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Friday rejected calls to tax oil companies' record profits, but said he expects those companies to re-invest those profits in alternative fuels and new energy technologies.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/04/28/congress.oil/index.html
Yeah, just like the top 1% created jobs for people with their oversized tax cuts. Didn't happen then, ain't happening now. Why do the republicans think the middle class should depend on the charity of big business? That's not the American way.
OMG! Tim. TELL ME you are coming for Lamont campaign!! I email with Aldon all the time. I will be attending the Dem Convention on the 20th as a volunteer. I am currently doing the petition drive for Ned. I would LOVE to have you on board.
(I currently do everything I can for Joe Courtney, Diane Farrell, Chris Murphy too. )
Definetly take my email and keep in touch with me.
{{{Marsh}}} You have been sorely missed. Hope you have been well.
guys, be ready to work...be ready to work very hard. I was very depressed last night...but now, finally the tide could be turning. Let's be humble and be firm. Man, if pakistan is upset with bush, Limbaugh going down, republican sex scandal which makes Clinton look like a choir boy...we could do okay...but we have to work hard. Donate, volunteer, plead, beg your neighbor to listen to your take on things... I just might have hope for my four year old daughter's future now.
Tim I hope it is for John Edward, if so call me.
Unfortunetly, the only thing it looks like happening to Limbaugh, is 18 months of continuing with his Drug Treatment???? What the hell kind of punishment is that for dealing in drugs?
I wanted to see the slob frog-marched out in leg chains !
Posted by marsh on April 28, 2006 at 06:45 PM
{{{{{marshie}}}}}} how's the border? Can you still cross it? be careful this weekend!
TIM,
Now who are we going to photo-shop?? Could you send us some good pixs of Josh and Joe, this way we will make them feel loved. At any rate, good luck with whatever road you take. I am sure you fair well.
"Crack some skulls" if you going to Pam's neck of the woods.
MARSHALL - WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN???? It is great to see you.
ahhh, the $100 hush money explained! It would be in a bill, where drilling in Alaska would be hidden !
RePUGlicans' Idea of Fairness: $34 Billion For Exxon Mobil, $100 for Us
The rebate would be part of a bill that would also allow the ReTHUGs to finally sink their environmentally-unfriendly teeth into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. It was also announced that Congress might ease the exorbitant tax breaks afforded the Bushevik-friendly oil companies
http://www.ostroyreport.blogspot.com/#42806A
TIM, My neck of the woods, is also gregg's, Lizzy's, Cyn's, Bean town bob's. We can arrange a meet-up for us all. We did it before, and will do it in your Honor!
We did it before, and will do it in your Honor!
And we will come dressed as trolls.
Posted by PeppermintLizzy on April 28, 2006 at 07:38 PM
ROFLOL - what pray tell does a troll wear? LOL that's so funny!
Washington - Ten states fired a new legal salvo at the federal government Thursday in a long-running court battle over global warming and pollution from power plants.
The states, joined by environmental groups, sued the Environmental Protection Agency over its decision not to regulate carbon dioxide pollution as a contributor to global warming.
New York, California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin filed the lawsuit in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/042806EB.shtml
How did doorhangers go out to people who signed up to host? They were distributed through the state party here causing some confusion. Were walk lists distributed from the DNC?
Posted by PamB on April 28, 2006 at 07:42 PM
dammit now THAT's excellent news on the power of the States to Act!! LOVE hearing stories like this!!
Via Judd at Think Progress:
Rove’s Legal Troubles More Extensive Than Previously Reported
Rove testified to the grand jury that when he told Cooper that Plame worked at the agency, he was only passing along unverified gossip, according to people familiar with his testimony.
In contrast, Cooper has testified that Rove told him in a phone conversation on July 11, 2003, that Plame worked for the CIA and played a role in having the agency select her husband, former Ambassador Joseph C. Wilson, to make a fact-finding trip to Niger in 2002.
Cooper has also testified that Rove, as well as a second source — I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby, then-chief of staff to Vice President Dick Cheney — portrayed the information about Plame as accurate and authoritative.
Hey Keith O is on shortly! Be back in a while!
Peace all!
keep up the good works!! :-)
RRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHH!!!
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!
THE PIG BOY TAKES A PLEA. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
WHERE IS THAT SACK OF SHIT SALLY WHO SAID DELAY WOULD BE BACK AS LEADER OF THE HOUSE, RUSH WOULD
BEAT THE RAP AND ROVE HAD NUTIN TO WORRY ABOUT!!
Limbaugh arrested on drug charges
Conservative talk-show host has been released on bail
April 28: Rush Limbaugh was arrested on prescription drug charges for painkillers. The conservative talk show host turned himself into authorities.
Updated: 7:46 p.m. ET April 28, 2006
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Rush Limbaugh reached a settlement with prosecutors Friday in a fraud case involving prescription painkillers, though the conservative radio commentator maintains his innocence.
Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities about 4 p.m. on a warrant for fraud to conceal information to obtain a prescription, the first charge in the nearly 3-year-old case, said Teri Barbera, a spokeswoman for the state attorney. He was released an hour later on $3,000 bail.
Limbaugh’s attorney, Roy Black, said his client and prosecutors reached a settlement on a charge of doctor shopping.
I like Olberman's opening line..."Comedian Rush Limbaugh arrested on drug charges..."
so rush has been the man cheney and rummy turned to to get their plea's for mercy out to the ditto heads.
maybe he will be able to negotiate with the war crimes tribunal in their behalf.
This put a smile on my face, even with $3.00 gas prices at the pump, world condemnation, criminal investigations, and all the other stuff being passed off as good governance these days.
http://decider.cf.huffingtonpost.com/
Don't let this one sneak by, peeps.
When this kind of tax relaxation or termination goes through, WHO do you think has to pick up that $71 billion ? Why the Middle Class, the elderly, the poor, the children, the disabled, Veterans, of course, in cut benefits, services, etc.
"Eighteen of America's wealthiest families, including the Timkens of Canton, are bankrolling efforts to permanently repeal estate taxes that would save their families a total of $71.6 billion, according to a report released Tuesday by public interest groups.
Groups funded by the super-rich have engaged in a deceptive campaign to convince the public that estate taxes cause widespread problems for small businesses and family farms when they actually affect about one in 370 estates, said the report released by Public Citizen and Boston-based United for a Fair Economy.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12868.htm
My question is when is there going to be a movie based on Rush's life? I can't wait for the Hallmark version of Tom DeLay's either. Incidentally never buy Hallmark cards...major contributor to republicans. Check out buyblue.org. Love you all; I'll be back after my margarita party that my condo association is having. No telling what my posts will be like after that.
Don't let them sneak this lie by you, either !
04/28/06 -- WASHINGTON, April 28 (Reuters) - The U.S. war on terrorism has made the world safer, the State Department's counterterrorism chief said on Friday, despite more than 11,000 terrorist attacks worldwide last year that killed 14,600 people
But the new 2005 figures, which showed attacks in Iraq jumped and accounted for about a third of the world's total, may fuel criticism of the Bush administration's assertion that it is winning the fight against terrorism.
http://informationclearinghouse.info/article12871.htm
Chris,
You don't honestly think anyone would go to a movie about Limbaugh, the big jerk, do you?
All he is is a big bag of wind. Tries to come off sounding so knowledgeable, so righteous, yet the worst thing that ever happened to him, was the Clintons leaving office! that is what catapulted him to fame. The Clinton haters just ate up his facetious digs at them every day.
I betcha he voted for Clinton the 2nd time around, because he knew which side his bread was buttered on.
Heading out. Wish I could stay around for my ice cream allottment, but please save it for me, gregg! I was good. :))
be well Dems.
Rush Limbaugh was arrested Friday on prescription drug charges, law enforcement officials said.
Limbaugh turned himself in to authorities on a warrant issued by the state attorney's office, said agency spokeswoman Teri Barbera.
Posted by Chicago on April 28, 2006 at 06:54 PM
You forget to mention the fact that he pleaded not guilty which was apparently accepted by the prosector and all charges will be dropped in 18 months. Do you think that would happen if there was any proof he was guilty of "dealing drugs". Give it up already you make dems sound like idiots. Its an obvious win for him and should just be ignored.
PamB, love you and can't argue with you; I just wouldn't put it past the hallmarks of the world to try to vindicate the neocons.
pam- just catching up on the thread here- had to comment on druggie- man, can you believe that, so he gets to go to rehab and pretend like he is contrite (not unlike a certain draft dodger we all know who had his little epiphany with billy graham) and then continue to belittle and otherwise spout his bs about the "filthy drug addicts" on welfare? i'm not surprised, but it is pathetic nonetheless
Good evening all. It seems ol' Rush can't get the monkey off his back. Tsk, tsk.
I'm looking forward to attending tomorrow's event! Jen, will you still be going?
RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A DRUGGIE.
FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND DRUG ADDICTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE TERRORISTS.
RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A TERRORIST.
pam- i saw that the other day- they have been hard at work on this for years- trying to convince the ignorant that their inheritance might be endangered by the estate tax- it really is something how much money these people have spent- imagine what good could be done with all that money instead of pooring it into the coffers of hypocrites who are living a lavish lifestyle in our government all the while doing less than nothing about actually running said government in any way other than destroying it in the manner that their benefactors have requested
hey! watching cnn larry king and they just showed the ucc commercial that the other networks rejected.
Hey, pewbie...does PLEA BARGAIN ring a bell?
That fat assed moron, who ducked out of a debate with a couple of HIGH SCHOOL KIDS couldn't talk his way out of a "personal" examination of his world famous anal cyst.
HAHAHAHAHAHA
The PUSSY took a fall. He has to piss in a bottle for the next 18 months, and probably VIOLATED HIS CONTRACT WITH HIS RADIO NETWORK!!!!
His ear replacement happened just a few months AFTER he signed that big fat contract, so this plea bargain is an admission that he KNEW that his drug addiction was the cause of his hearing loss.
This downfall of the PUBES is just beginning.
Blueincincy, Hi! Just catching up! Still going!!!
they ought to send druggie to rehab with bill bennett- has he gotten over that gambling addiction- maybe they could help each other with their moral failings
I'd like to know what rush's market share is now compared to what it was when saint Clinton was in office. That'll make any 'conservative' hypocritical talk show host want to pop pills. Wish I had his problems.
actually, the prosecutor got all his doctor records and couldn't make a case. Ergo, Rush won, shut up already. It will be all over his show Monday about how he really pissed of the raging left wingers. Thanks very much.
RUSH LIMBAUGH IS A TERRORIST.
Good evening, everyone.
And good luck, Tim. You obviously have a real talent for campaign work. Come back and tell us what you've learned after this election.
Now that they have booked and fingerprinted Rush, the authoriities can track his movements better. I bet he has his fingerprints all over a lot of Republican crimes of passion.
And if he thinks it's going to be easy staying off Oxicontin, he better think again. That stuff is poison...worse thean herion. Fall off the wagon his once and you're hooked again.
Life is never going to be easy again for this hateful little man. He has far too much money and and so little self-esteem. That's a toxic combination for a junkie.
Hi Jen,
COLUMBUS - A unanimous Ohio Elections Commission voted to issue U.S. Rep. Jean Schmidt a public reprimand Thursday for "false statements" - claiming she had a second undergraduate degree from the University of Cincinnati that she never received.
What is with republicans and lies???
If Rush won, he would be getting off without a sentence. Period.
Good evening, Democrats! yahhhhahhahah! Rushie junkie in treatment. lmfao. Think he can keep it together for 18 months? we'll see. I've court ordered lots of UA's in my time, and I'm just gleeful thinking of Rush having to pee in a cup in front of some techie. I'm sure that's all the Democrats fault. hahhahahahahah - I needed that one this week.
yep Lizzy, I know. Wish I knew.
Jen, thanks for that UCC commercial. That's wonderful.
there is nothing pretty about druggie limbaugh- his constant attempts to demonize those who have the same jones as he does lies at the core of his sickness- sadly, it is a sickness that he shares with millions of other hypocritical americans who need to spend more time in front of their mirrors in the morning and less time listening to the rushes, o'liely's and savages of the world
Jefro - something about people in glass houses? ;)
How might Bush mangle that one? hmm "huh huh, you see, people who live in glass houses, well, huh huh, (shrug, shrug), well glass is weak, you see, huh huh, and you can knock it down just as easy yourself, huh huh"
I think it's hilarious, Jen, and the fact that Fox has to cover it just tickles me to no end. Now all we need is for another phone loofa-ing from O'Lielie and I may actually have to take time off of Air America to listen to the glorious spin that 80% of America no longer believes.
Oh, you were talking about the UCC commercial - yes, that was EXCELLENT. I wish it would go out there. I think people are, properly, lumping together all producers of the hatred and fear that we have endured these horrid 5.5 years, which definitely includes the fanatical religious zealots, and that UCC commercial really nails it well!
What is with republicans and lies???
Posted by PeppermintLizzy on April 28, 2006 at 09:21 PM
And the hypocrisy!! Party of moral values my *SS!!
Lawmaker Chided for Going to Frat Party
WASHINGTON - Republican Rep. John Sweeney (news, bio, voting record)'s attendance at a beer-drinking, college fraternity party has drawn criticism from Democrats who accused the New York lawmaker of using poor judgment.
"What is a 50-year-old congressman doing at a frat party at 1 in the morning cavorting with students 30 years his junior? Teaching them how a bill becomes a law?" Blake Zeff, a spokesman for New York Democrats, said Friday.
this is not what happens when you beat the case newbie. when you beat the case all charges are dropped. he wasn't found not guilty. he says he is not guilty....not an uncomman claim of folks who have been charged with a crime.and if you think we from the left wing will let this drop you need a reality check. big time to quote a famous asshole who recently was on the dope fiends show.
reuters:
He was booked on Friday on a single count of concealing information to fraudulently obtain a prescription drug after turning up with his lawyer, Roy Black, at the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office.
He was released after less than an hour on $3,000 bail, Black told Reuters.
He said Limbaugh filed a written plea of not guilty, and would persist in denying that he committed the crime of so-called "doctor shopping."
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So according to This Time Line Flush may be guilty of Contract Fraud, and lose his Gazillion Dollar Hate Pulpit.
HAHAHA
Let the CIVIL suits begin!
There's nothing good about drug use. We know it. It destroys individuals. It destroys families. Drug use destroys societies. Drug use, some might say, is destroying this country. And we have laws against selling drugs, pushing drugs, using drugs, importing drugs. And the laws are good because we know what happens to people in societies and neighborhoods, which become consumed by them. And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.
What this says to me is that too many whites are getting away with drug use. Too many whites are getting away with drug sales. Too many whites are getting away with trafficking in this stuff. The answer to this disparity is not to start letting people out of jail because we're not putting others in jail who are breaking the law. The answer is to go out and find the ones who are getting away with it, convict them and send them up the river, too.
...We are becoming too tolerant as a society, folks, especially of crime, in too many parts of the country.... This country certainly appears to be tolerant, forgive and forget. I mean, you know as well as I do, you go out and commit the worst murder in the world and you just say you're sorry, people go, "Oh, OK. A little contrition."... People say, "I feel better. He said he's sorry for it." We're becoming too tolerant, folks.
--Rush Limbaugh TV show (10/5/95)
STATES RIGHTS! I find this ironic. The GOP says they are the supporters of states' rights. Well, they have given the finger to the states pretty much the same as to the middle-class citizen. States are indeed responding with power, and a little "i love you, too" of their own:
10 States Sue EPA Over Global Warming
WASHINGTON - Ten states fired a new legal salvo at the federal government Thursday in a long-running court battle over global warming and pollution from power plants.
The states, joined by environmental groups, sued the
Environmental Protection Agency over its decision not to regulate carbon dioxide pollution as a contributor to global warming.
New York, California, Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Wisconsin filed the lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
When you strip it all away, Jerry Garcia destroyed his life on drugs. And yet he's being honored, like some godlike figure. Our priorities are out of whack, folks.
--Rush Limbaugh radio show (quoted in the L.A. Times, 8/20/95)
All right Newbie take advice from Rush, quit defending him, you're being too tolerant, get your priorities straight.
Dell, I think you just lost your cone.
*aiming my dart and throwing*
much more important things to spend tax dollars on.
dell is a cone head? he seemed a bit french.
OH crap. I did, didn't I? Ok, I'll show some self control now.
heh heh, DeLLBerto - excellent quotes. Are we supposed to feel sorry for him because of his deafness? Perhaps if he were human... no, wait, I'd even feel bad for my hamster if it started losing its hearing... perhaps if he were mammalian... nope, pretty sure I'd feel bad for a lizard, too. Perhaps if Rush demonstrated any connection to the living world of bloom, growth, and fulfillment instead of evil pond-scum-like behavior... nope, just can't muster the concern to care at all, 'cause really he's the pond-scum on the bottom of a wide, flat rock in the middle of Lake Huron which is shallow enough for the scum to fester and spread and destroy - unless we scrape it up.
LOL, gregg. Yes, we are from france.
Greg, I'll take Dell's ice cream. :)
Hey Kristen, DeLL, Karen, Marsh, Lizzy, Jen and DPD. All the familiar faces (names).
Let's open up the bar.
I am celebrating Ellen's win for best talk show host. Got the Daytime Emmy's on in the background. Gotta get a good look at all the soap hunks in their tuxes.
Tony, they aren't on yet here...do you mind not ruining them for me ;)
Kristen, I am so sorry. How can I make it up to you?????
my priorities are fine. Just like it was no bodies business what Bill did when Hillary wasn't looking, who cares how many pills Rush pops? I want my tax dollars spent on IMPORTANT THINGS. I'm sick of this nitpicking wastefulness. I want a party that is focused on what is best for Americans, not on what is going on in peoples bedrooms and bathrooms. I guess it just doesn't exist!
much more important things to spend tax dollars on.
Posted by newbie on April 28, 2006 at 09:57 PM
Au Contrere, Mon Frere!
Rush also has to pat $30,000 NOW in order to defray HIS abuse of the system.
How was that 70 MILLION bucks spent on Whitewater justified?
They had to keep expanding it until they nailed someone for getting a BJ from somebody other than his wife.
The Pubes even had an investigation into who was on the Clinton's Christmas Card list.
Get over it, and just slit your wrists now.
The Pube house of cards which was glued together with bull crap is melting under the heavy rain of HUBRIS.
Well, Kristen! Have you read who is the opening act performing?
Tonito!!! YESSSS, I was hoping someone would open up the bar! PLEASE may I have an Amaretto sour?
Rush is wrong about many things. Personally I don't feel sorry for him because of his deafness, but I do kinda feel bad for him that he's a hypocrite and a druggie.
tonito, the bar has been washed down and polished for you,
dnc pub
You got it Karen!
Hey gallina, wanna play bouncer?
Rush, Rush, Rush, Rove, Rove Rove, Rush, Rove....
Geeeeez!!
Tony I'd enjoy a Jaegerbomb please, a double if you've got a glass big enough.
I fell into a nice, good dentist from Britain so my dental work is complete, gregg.
Well Tony, you can make me one of those fancy umbrella drinks and even if you don't you know I luv ya and would never need you to make it up to me. :)
gregg, i love that pic of that pub! it gives us a sense of place and I can see all your lovely faces politely asking for your favorite beverages. Good old dayz!
Tony truthfully I am so tired tonight I don't think I'll stay up to see one second of it so spoil away. :) I absolutely love Ellen, especially since she was pulling for our Seahawks in the Super bowl.
Kristen, are you going to watch?
Very entertaining so far, wink wink!!
Yours is the one with the purple umbrella! And an extra shot of rum down the straw, so be careful.
In honor of stanke complaining that we aren't all singing her ONE NOTE SYMPHONY...
I'll have a MARGARITA!! HOLA!
i'll bounce for you tonito but if i actually have to play the stong man you gonna be reminded of the lion in the wizard of oz....
Well Kristen, you must at least watch the opening. Rick Springfield does a melody of his 4 hits from back in the day and he still rocks....
awwww, John Kerry's first wife just died :(
Julia Thorne, RIP
tonito---these are the good old days...
I just wanted to let everyone know that I don't work for moveon.org, I only posted that info because I've been seeing TV ads with my eyes during Wheel of Fortune against Republicans and I think they are doing a good job trying to help Democrats that's why I wanted to share the info with everyone because they are doing a good job and all Democrats must stick together if we are going to have a victory this November when voters go to the polls.
Stinky, you fecal throwing monkey, a plea bargain isn't skating.
Sorry guys, I'll quit typing to the trolls now.
gregg, as long as you can say "puttem up, puttem up" and fake growl you will be fine.
I love Rick Springfield!
oops I meant when I was wee child I loved him...I'm not nearly old enough to still have a crush on him.
Posted by PamB on April 28, 2006 at 07:36 PM
Pfffftttt!!! Didja forget somebody? Heck, we're practically next door neighbors!!
I know I haven't been blogging much these days, but I'm still a passionate Dem!!
Just finished my grantwriting course, so I may be able to have more time to spend here!
yeah, i'm da bouncer. stinky how about we crazy glue your face to rush's cyst and you can give us the play by play as he runs his victory lap?
dka, i like the attitude you bring.
hey guys! these are the good old days! love it.
Thx kj, I'm sorry to hear about Kerry's girls' mom. Very sad.
Tonito:
Merlot, please...anything from California will be fine.
DemocratKickingAss...no one would hold it against you if you worked for Moveon.org or not.
currently on Cspan2 Gov Mitt Rmney R-Mass is talking about his insurance for everyone plan. I had heard about it earlier and thought maybe it was a good idea, but the way he presents it is that "there will be no more free rides, everyone will HAVE to have insurance and all but the VERY poor will HAVE to pay"...
any comments? anyone been following this?
Posted by momoaizo on April 28, 2006 at 12:08 PM
(Last open thread)
Most states say you have to have car insurance, too. But many can't afford it and drive without it. Just saying people must do something, doesn't mean they have the means to do it.
It's the same typical Republican "law and order" rhetoric. Let's just hope that this bill makes medical insurance more affordable. With risk shared by a large pool of well and sick, rates should hopefully go down for all. (I wouldn't be surprised if the insurance industry is going along with this so they can sabotage the whole universal health care idea.)
I don't trust any system that allows the insurers to control the process. Just look at all those on the Gulf coast who had their home owners insurance cancelled this week... just before the hurricane season starts.
ROSE!!! HI!!! HOW YA DOIN', my favorite librarian!!
hi dka, Rose, dell, everyone!
me big fan of moveon. make mucho calls for them.
FOUR "Hits"?
Lesseeeee, Jesse's Girl (sucked)
Um....I'm done, although I saw his album with that cool picture of a dog in a shirt and tie:
Working Class Dog
When I was in Vegas a few years ago he was on a marquee for some lounge show at the "Place where I lost a Hunnert". (Or something like that).
Sandy, when I first heard about the Mass. plan I was really surprised as well, it seems that they are going to further punish people for being unable to provide health insurance for their families and it didn't seem that companies would be held responsible for making sure they were part of the solution.
Rose, long time no chatty! Welcome.
as I raise my head to broadcast my objection
as your latest triumph draws the final straw
who died and lifted you up to perfection?
and what silenced me is written into law.
Where's dawn tonight? Somebody rouse her!
Hi KJ, Jen, Tony and all!
Things going well here -- slowing down anyway. College geek is coming home for the summer on Weds. I think he'll probably start to drive me crazy before Sept hits, LOL!
Hey, BTW, hub and I went to see United #93 tonight. It was excellent. Sad, but very well done.
Rose, wasn't it this time last year you were feeling teary about him heading off to college? :)
Evening. Can't stay :(
Just got home and heard about Rush - I don't know the details
Hi {{{Rose}}} - You liked the movie? I don't think I can see it
Gov. Rod signed into law his "ALL KIDS" insurance plan. It just kicked in. ALL children are covered by Medicare / Medicaid until their 18th birthday.
ALL KIDS COVERED
Sounds like what Hillary proposed 20 years ago. It just takes guts and brains.
Cin - summary - he turned himself in and got 18 months drug treatment and a fine. If he doesn't comply, he goes to jail. Looks like there's finally some accountability for these right-wing hypocritical bad-boys.
You betcha, Kristen. But he has grown so much. He's a completely different person! I'm so proud of him. He founded a Young Dems club at his school. They just gave him the okay today.
But it's funny how quickly you get used to having one less person in the house. When he comes home, it starts to feel crowded!
Yeah for Illinois!! Go KIDS!!
Hey Cin. Yes, a lot of people were sobbing loudly at the end. I was able to hold it together.
Good evening everybody!! Just dropping by for a little bit.
{{Rose}} my daughter is coming home for the summer next Sunday... We've survived the first year of college, can you believe it? :)
Tonito, could I have a good German Lager please?
if you are in the northeast and look at jupiter in the south east sky now with binoculars or a telescope you can see some of its moons!
Cin, it's getting great reviews...I just can't watch it. I get upset just watching the preview, there is no way I could sit through the movie. Especially since each month I put my son on an airplane and hold my breath until he lands.
Kristen, you still here?
The cast of Grey's Anatomy is going to present the award for best soap.
I bet dawnie is watching the emmy's. She's a big fan of General Hospital.
GiG, indeed! It went by so fast, too! I wonder where we're going to put all of his stuff when he comes home?
Andrea, you got it!
Do you like a little or a lot of head???? wink wink, Just kidding'
trying to earn my tip you know!! LOL
Tony, you have to tell me who takes that award. That is still my one sick day weakness...ABC soaps. I watched them as a kid with my mom and still love to catch them when I can.
which "tip" are you referring to, you dirty man ;)
I could use another Amaretto Sour, please, garcon.
Suze Orman just beat Martha Stewart (and she looked bitter) for best service show host. It was pretty funny.
You got it Kristen.
LOL Rose, I know :) Plus I'm wondering how I'm going to get all her stuff home in the first place, she's added a bunch and my little Protege was bursting at the seams taking her down there :)
Tonito, I'm sure you know how to serve a German beer properly ;)
Kristen, they had Robert and Holly Scorpio reunite to give the synopsis of the General Hospital for best soap drama. They looked fabulous! And they announced that they are coming back to the show..
tonito, I haven't talked about GH in ages. Is Frisco (the long haired 19 year old Detective with the pierced ears) still with Anna (the 19 year old Police Commissioner from England)?
And what about Duke Lavery? I think he's sleazy.
HAHAHA That was from my bartending days, I'd read the TV Guide "What's Happening on your Favorite Soaps?" column just so I could shoot the breeze with the waitresses.
(spoiler alert)
Luke Spencer (Tony Geary) wins best actor.
They have both been back on the show already (for the last few months) they must be staying for awhile.
you guys crack me up! give me a bellini please Tony.
Jefro is sitting on the couch nodding off. His head keeps bobbing back and forth. Me and mom are cracking up silently watching him.
Hey, Jen, "what'll it be?" Tonito's behind the bar - you're the dj - I just nominated you!
DPD, Anna and Frisco are both gone...but to ruin it for you Frisco ended up with Felicia and they are now divorced and she is letting her second (or third) ex husband raise her daughters.
I hope we don't get yelled at on Sunday for wasting so much precious space on the weekend thread. ;)
So just HOW did Luke and Laura have that fairy tale "Wedding of the Century"?
They "met" when he was a bad guy drug dealer and raped her in front of her boyfriend on the dance floor of the Disco he owned after drugging both of them.???
HUH???
{{JEN}} Just put on some Stevie Wonder, and put him on You Tube!
HAHA
Kristen,
I think we are safe tonight...the Canvassing is tomorrow. There will be threads.
Got Neil Young's album playing - linked from Michael Moore's website. Having weird flashbacks to my former life listening to him :D
but, wow, powerful words.
GH won, Kristen.
I was hooked on it in college when the whole Luke and Laura rape and then wedding and the Ice princess stories were all the rage.... LOL
Hey GiG, Cin and any other recent entries I missed while I was actually doing some work at work, lol. Could I get that JaegerBomb now Tony?
lol dpd. he woke up.
I have to recommend you listen to this: Neil
ok, Tony...I'm getting ready to watch the opening of the Emmy's...oh my! It's Cameron Mathison (sp) on the red carpet!
Enough of this Soap Opera crapola. Lets talk Rosie O'Donnel going on that coffee klatch that Babs Wawa holds. I hope That Pug Lovin' bitch gets her teeth knocked out within the first 5 shows.
JMHO.
With the Ohio primary fast approaching, I was trying to think of something we could do to help our favorite local candidate, Subodh Chandra. Other than blogging, of course, which I've done rather a lot of.
My husband made "Flat Howard" available online in late 2003/early 2004. People could print it out in pieces and assemble it themselves, or we could send them the large file in one piece, and they could take it to a printer.
"Flat Howard" showed up at tabling events, fundraisers--anywhere Howard couldn't be there personally. Just do a Google search for "Flat Howard" and you can get a sense of how the 2D Dean got around.
When we met Paul Hackett at the Honesty in Government event back in January, someone from his campaign (forget who) thought it was a cool idea. Paul posed for a picture that was to be used to make a "Flat Hackett", but he dropped out of the race before that could happen.
Well, anyway, I ran the idea of a "Flat Subodh" past the folks at Buckeye State Blog, and met with a positive response.
So, voila, here he is!
Oh yeah, Kristen, there are plenty of hotties tonight!
DeLL, I put it on the bar. Gregg must have drank it.
He needed some bouncer courage, I guess!
Jen, your bellini is chillin.
DPD, what will be interesting will be to see how Star Jones does with having two people sitting on either side that can't stand her.
DPD - tell us how you really feel about Rosie, lol!! Haven't really kept up with her since League of Their Own, so I'm a bit behind on my Rosie knowledge.
Rose, it was good catching up with you a little, it's been one crazy year, that's for sure.
Thanks for the beer Tonito
Sweet dreams everybody, enjoy the evening, and Gregg, I'm counting on you keeping the trolls out of this lovely place :)
gregg.. would you do such a thing?
dpd, who's the pug loving bitch on the view? baba wawa, surely it is not Rosie!
Gregg musta fallen asleep on the couch again - lol - probably that drink.
Karen, he is talking about the Hasselbeck chick that is the Bush lovin' pug.
Gay Talese is currently on Tavis Smiley on PBS..
as usual being accused of aberrant behavior.
well i was outside siting in the dark throwing the stick for the pooch who is really just warming up in terms of energy level at 11pm....and checking out jupiter's moons. i could see pretty clearly with my binoculars and one was much clearer and larger and it put a whole different sense of the reality of other planets hanging out there all around us...pretty cool.
tonito, dell seems to be selling beers out of his trunk to the kids in the parking lot....
george clooney is on bill maher and he went to darfur. savedarfur.org
i am so totally jupigeekyfied...
tony, don't believe him... i wasn't selling them, I was giving them. I enjoy spreading happiness to all.
as long as they are progressive kids, I don't give a rat's ass.
tee hee
Jupiter is awesome. I can't wait for Kirk to get home so we can go try and see it.
Greg, Jupiter was mooning you? That doesn't sound very friendly ;)
Oh, drat, our telescope is in our crawlspace.
Oh crap I might of messed up; the pudgy kid whining about his ass hurting, called himself rusty, threatening me with touching me with some sorta cyst, so I gave him one. Plus he had a prescription for it.
*patting Dell's hand* It's Ok, it is your first offense.
Greg, did Dell have the Gremlin?
George Clooney had a video that CNN was showing about Darfur. Pretty cool.
The Pug lovin' bitch is the one who replaced that Linda Liu or Lacy Ling or Lotsa Luck or whoever she was whose name sounds just the actress who isn't her. And SHE replaced that blond bimbette with the 14 letters in her Greek name.
Anyway, this Ann Coldsore wanna be just says outright lies and nobody calls her on it, and that unfunny comedienne is too busy working on her next line to even pay attention.
Rosie (ugh) will probably deck this waste of peroxide. (YAY)
As for Starr Jones , I don't watch the "View" but she subbed for Larry King (ugh) last week, and i guess she lost a few ounces?
Did they do a whole season about that ala Oprah (UGH UGH TRIPLE UGH)?
Good evening all, signed on late so need to catch up a little. Earlier posts re drugs and Rush L. etc. Caught a news piece on msn concerning a law that's been passed by Mexico's congress. Fox indicates he'll sign it. Makes small amounts of drugs legal to possess for personal use. No sales allowed. Dealers still targets of the Federalies. US will go balistic on this one, I bet.
i love George. he's my homeboy.
lol, DPD, thanks for filling me in!
yay barney frank is on! ian mckellen, michele martin. awesome.
back - thanks Karen - I was hoping for jail time for Rush - oh well, at least he's embarrassed
Rose, yeah, I would be sobbing - I can't watch either Karen
can't stay - have a drink for me guys - gotta run - I'll try to be back
bye Cin
i wish rush was embarrassed. i doubt it.
Aaron - another "renegade" nation, I bet, is how this issue will come out.
Check this out. The site is titled "Scholars for 9/11 truth." the URL is "http://www.st911.org/"
Click on the press releases tab then on the press release "SCHOLARS AFFIRM CHENEY COMPLICITY IN 9/11", dated March 12, 2006 and "EXPERTS CLAIM OFFICIAL 9/11 STORY IS A HOAX", dated January 30,2006.
This will make your day. There are also some videos analyzing the collapse of the three buildings. I am a civil engineer and was shaken by the explanation they present.
I have been depressed all day since I first saw this video and listened to their tale. If any of this is true then the United States as we knew it no longer exists. It is very disturbing to think about.
Seems 'W' has yet to come up with even a hairbrained idea of what to do about gas prices. I'd give him a hint, but he won't listen to anybody but Dick and Karl. Schmuck, he really screwed himself up on this one. All options appear to be closed to him.
Hi Cin, bye Cin...darn I missed her again.
*clearing my throat* I am still waiting for my wine
Have a great night and a Fantastic weekend everyone. It's bedtime for me. :)
kjkindlay, are these moons of jupiter visible often or is the a vary rare event tonite?
Lizzy, when gregg took my JaegerBomb, I seen your wine and I drank it.
bye - Cin!! Maybe next time.
lizzy, i think dell went down the rabbit hole we all visit from time to time. i didn't actually read anything to that effect but think this is the drift. he weakened, engaged and then had to eat ice milk with a graham cracker while everyone else got ben and jerry's sundaes.
thanks for that play by play DPD.
I couldn't have summed it up any better and yeah, Rosie will clock her for sure on the first day she starts spewing her ilk.
And it will be right before the 06 elections.
Could we have planned it any better?
hmm (I am about to put the tin foil hat back on)
Gregg, I don't know - Kirk's the astronomer - he tries to educate me. I pretend to know what I'm talking about. I'll let you know when he tells me. I think it's not very common, but pfffft that's just a guess.
Well, I gotta go now. Time for home!!
Hey Ya'll {{Tonito}} I only caught a little of the Emmys........ Geary won huh? amazing, didn't see him much this year.
A lot to catch up on
Yes, kj, it will be something to watch. It is too bad this country has not figured out that the only way we'll ever get a handle on the drug problem is to follow Mexico's lead. For 50 years we have tried to solve this problem with ever increasing sums of money. Now spending Billions annually sith no improvement. Take the profit out of it and the criminals will get out of the business. We could then control it the say we control liquer sales, with licensing and taxes. Tax revenues to fund rehap clinics. But then, what would all those cops, lawyers, DEA agents and crooked pols do to earn a living?
Lizzy, I sat it on the bar, that damn gregg is stealing everybody's drinks to build up his bouncer courage, I swear! LOL
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