Jay Bookman

By AJC/DNC Management

November 12, 2008 5:09 PM | Link to this

Yeah, kookman, great column:

They will make what homes they can in the physical, ethical, and intellectual slums of the South Side of Chicago. The South Side of Chicago is what everyplace in America will be once the Democratic administration and filibuster-resistant Democratic Congress have tackled global warming, sustainability, green alternatives to coal and oil, subprime mortgage foreclosures, consumer protection, business oversight, financial regulation, health care reform, taxes on the “rich,” and urban sprawl. The Democrats will have plenty of time to do all this because conservatism, if it is ever reborn, will not come again in the lifetime of anyone old enough to be rounded up by ACORN and shipped to the polling booths.

Did you bother reading past the first paragraph?

By citizen

November 12, 2008 5:27 PM | Link to this

Power is the end game in politics now. Forget serving the people, protecting our sovereignty, creating a system that promotes self-determination and individualism. I’m speaking of both parties, conservatives as well as liberals. When the majority of jobs in America only provide for a living wage with no hope of upward mobility, the electorate will fall for ANYONE who promises a brighter future. I’m afraid that we have a different economy on the way that we have yet been able to identify nor name.

By TN Gelding

November 12, 2008 5:37 PM | Link to this

I can relate to despising one’s self.

But this one is too deep for me. Might try to read it later.

Free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don’t attack each other. Free nations don’t develop weapons of mass destruction.

~George W. Bush

By AJC/DNC Management

November 12, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this

Guess who:

For the first time in 32 years, Democrats got more than 50 percent of the country to vote for their candidate in a national election, and now they want to lecture the Republican Party on how to win elections. Liberal Republicans have joined them, both groups hoping no one will notice that we just lost this election by running the candidate they chose for us.

Number 1 issue that Republicans need to correct before 2012, close the Republican primaries to only Republican registered voters. I think that the horrific economic depression that our country is headed into will get Our New Little Socialist’s as-s impeached, so at least the democrats will be distracted choosing between Bruno and whiny Edwards, but still, we do not need them unloading another McBushie on us.

By GodHatesTrash

November 12, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

Great link, Bookman. P.J. Rourke’s a suicide bomber in this one.

Anyhow, it looks like [the South is trying to rise again…] Birth of a Nation, Part Duex(http://www.ajc.com/news/content/shared-gen/ap/National/KlanSlaying.html?cxntlid=homepagetab_newstab&imw=Y)

By getalife

November 12, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

Boehner Demands Fed Identify Recipients of Loans (Update2)

Finally, some oversight.

The bailout czar should be a seasoned FBI official on fraud and theft.

By "The Corporal"

November 12, 2008 5:44 PM | Link to this

I know what’s going to be on my tombstone.

I told you I was sick

By Soixant huitard

November 12, 2008 5:48 PM | Link to this

Ah yes, the perfect antidote to Will Rogers-style American dopeyness.

But wait, isn’t (wasn’t?) O’Rourke a conservative? Or was he more of the libertarian snark mold?

What is it with misanthropism and conservatism?

By AJC/DNC Management

November 12, 2008 5:55 PM | Link to this

Remember when Democrats lamented the growing budget deficit and spoke of the burden our children and grandchildren would face if we didn’t put our fiscal house in order? That was when Republicans ran the federal government and Democrats opposed tax cuts.-RealClear

WASHINGTON – A key House Democrat is writing legislation that would send $25 billion in emergency loans to the beleaguered auto industry in exchange for a government ownership stake in the Big Three car companies.

How long will it take for them to burn through 25 bill?

How long will it take our children to pay it off?

By Soixante huitard

November 12, 2008 6:04 PM | Link to this

Looks like Mr. McCain’s got plent of time these days to carry some water

Senator John McCain is set to campaign for Mr. Chambliss on Thursday, and Gov. Mike Huckabee is expected on Sunday. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that President-elect Barack Obama is leaving his state offices open for Mr. Martin’s use, and some of his aides will campaign for the candidate, but Mr. Obama is unlikely to appear himself.

By AmVet

November 12, 2008 6:17 PM | Link to this

Wow. What a read.

And I thought I was cynical about the destruction wrought on this country’s moral fiber by the Republicans beginning with Ronnie.

And this cat is one of them!

Great stuff. Thanks, Jay…

By TN Gelding

November 12, 2008 6:25 PM | Link to this

AJC/DNC Management

November 12, 2008 5:55 PM

At least it’s an investment in this country.

And with any luck it will pay off. Obama wants to help it retool and start making smart cars. Health care reform would take a huge burden off its shoulders.

Our enemies…never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.

~George W. Bush

By Hillbilly Deluxe

November 12, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this

P J doesn’t know much about the poultry business. A 20,000 square foot house will hold roughly 25,000 broilers. Those houses cost roughly $120,000-130,000 initially. P J has always struck me as a tad smug and pompous, but to each their own.

To Getalife @5:43 The bailout czar should be a seasoned FBI official on fraud and theft.

I whole-heartedly agree with that.

By getalife

November 12, 2008 6:31 PM | Link to this

Washington’s $5 Trillion Tab

Out of control.

Geez.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 12, 2008 6:38 PM | Link to this

getaclue, I hate to burst your bubble, but even if the us automakers could make a “smart” car, they can’t do it profitably in Detroit or anywhere in their union burdened regions. You can’t pay people $30/hr to sweep floors and make money.

By Ray

November 12, 2008 6:49 PM | Link to this

Looks like “Cold Cash Jefferson”, that bastion of liberal decency and paragon of representative zeal has, at long last, been indicted. This happens, even in the positive response of his voters, mostly black, probably all black, as they ponder his political future. I wonder how this patriotic American, a felon at best, can conjure up the balls to run for re-election. Are we to believe that just because he is black that he is immune from the normal turn of events for a felon or is it just that, like McKinney, he is a little above the scrutiny of the average American who would hold him to a standard that we as voters, should hold our elected representatives. Bookman never enters these waters. Jay, give us the opportunity to vent on this issue. You hold yourself out to be a journalist, show us that you are.

By AJC/DNC Management

November 12, 2008 6:52 PM | Link to this

Aaahhh, yes, now they are turning the fake polls on their very own dimwits:

WASHINGTON – People want the tax cuts promised during the presidential campaign, but may be willing to wait while President-elect Obama takes on the larger issue of fixing the economy.

Eighty percent say trimming personal tax rates should be a goal when the new president takes office in January, but only 36 percent say the cuts should a very top priority, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.

How about that tax hike?

ahahahahahaha, suckers

By Greg Mendel

November 12, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

“Did you bother reading past the first paragraph?” — AC/DC

Did you?

“We, the conservatives, who do understand the free market, had the responsibility to—as it were—foreclose upon this mess. The market is a measurement, but that measuring does not work to the advantage of a nation or its citizens unless the assessments of volume, circumference, and weight are conducted with transparency and under the rule of law. We’ve had the rule of law largely in our hands since 1980. Where is the transparency? It’s one more job we botched.” — PJ O’Rourke

O’Rourke can be funny — especially when skewering orthodox liberal dogma — but he’s a genuine conservative. And he’s honest.

By TN Gelding

November 12, 2008 6:56 PM | Link to this

Sneak peek into the future.

A people free to choose will always choose peace.

~Ronald Reagan

By AJC/DNC Management

November 12, 2008 7:01 PM | Link to this

Greg Mendull: I said the exact same thing on these very pages.

And like me, O’Rourke then goes on to pronounce that the liberals are far worse.

You think that might have been what I meant?

By TN Gelding

November 12, 2008 7:06 PM | Link to this

RB from Gwinnett

November 12, 2008 6:38 PM

PBGC will probably have to assume their pension plans as well.

People do not make wars; governments do.

~Ronald Reagan

By Greg Mendel

November 12, 2008 7:16 PM | Link to this

“You can’t pay people $30/hr to sweep floors and make money.”

Not if you expect to give your CEOs millions of dollars in bonuses as a reward for bankrupting their companies with lousy products and worse management.

On second thought, you can. Just lay off the floor sweepers, and get your executive handouts from the Secretary of the Treasury. (This offer expires 1/20/09)

By S. Mall Pox

November 12, 2008 7:17 PM | Link to this

Those darned poor people. Every time we turn our backs on them, it seems as though they find another way to skirt their financial obligation to this fine country. I mean, who do they think pays for Congress and all the bills they pass and the wars and on and on. It’s disgusting…a pox on them all, all 20,000 of them, and a small one at that.

By getalife

November 12, 2008 7:28 PM | Link to this

RB,

I am against trickle up socialism.

It is a scam.

Even the gop majority leader wants oversight so that is a step in the right direction. 2 trillion and the fed said they would not provide the names of the bailed out companies. WTF? Are you freaking kidding me? Where is the outrage?

This issue should be the focus of all media and Americans.

It stinks to high heaven.

By Greg Mendel

November 12, 2008 7:34 PM | Link to this

“You think that might have been what I meant?” — AC/DC

It’s often difficult to tell. But, regarding liberals being far worse than Republicans, I can only point out that Republicans were in charge the first time the American economy was ruined. Looks like a streak.

By GodHatesTrash

November 12, 2008 8:01 PM | Link to this

My favorite part:

There was no need to p** off the entire black population of America to get Dixie’s electoral votes. And despising cracker trash who have a laundry hamper full of bedsheets with eye-holes cut in them does not make a man a liberal.

Interesting that Bookman links to this, and he bans me for posting the exact same sentiments.

Bookman has finally come over to the light side, it seems. Better late than never.

And fair-weather friends are better than no friends at all…

By AJC/DNC Management

November 12, 2008 8:29 PM | Link to this

Excellent:

Democrats prepare to move forward with investigations of the Bush administration…

This won’t pis-s a bunch of people off, go for it.

By Mr Snarky

November 12, 2008 8:32 PM | Link to this

Interesting read. O’Rourke is a good writer. He is definitely right about the hypocrisy and weakness of the Republican Party. They had their shot and they blew it. They wanted to cut taxes, increase defense spending, while keeping the entitlement programs. The math just didn’t add up. That, plus stupid foreign policy will get you fired, no matter how much you pander to your base and demonize the opposition. Unfortunately for them, you won’t ever convince old people and their kids that Social Security and Medicare are a bad thing. So being the party of small government is a losing proposition in this day and age.

By lwwmm7

November 12, 2008 8:42 PM | Link to this

My hat’s off to you, Jay. First you mention Merle and then bring out O’Rourke, one of the best and brightest writers of our age. Remember when he used to write for National Lampoon? Pure genius. He has confessed to being a raving radical in the 60’s who grew up and became a conservative and then got fed up with them too. Your move toward blogs other than “Bush sucks and here’s why” bode well for you. Keep up the good work.

By @@

November 12, 2008 9:27 PM | Link to this

Lawdy that was a long article. As little as O’Rourke thinks of our present day conservatives, he thinks even less of your liberals, jay.

The guy probably LOVES Ron Paul.

By TN Gelding

November 12, 2008 10:11 PM | Link to this

Possible Obama Cabinet?

We must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.

~Ronald Reagan

By Anthony

November 12, 2008 10:12 PM | Link to this

“Joe da Pluma” been on WELFARE TWICE and says he deserve to because he paid into the system YET he has a TAX LIEN on his house for not paying his taxes. Go figure.

By Soixante huitard

November 12, 2008 10:24 PM | Link to this

OK this rube is starting to REALLY annoy me now

Can we get this crank fired - or muzzled - or something?

By GodHatesTrash

November 12, 2008 10:35 PM | Link to this

Hilarious that Joe the Plumber was on welfare twice.

Effing wingnuts.

Such filthy stupid hypocrites.

By Soixante huitard

November 12, 2008 10:43 PM | Link to this

There’s a pasty-headed, bespectacled scarecrow making statements at this hour to bring dishonor on our state. And no one seems to be doing anything to bring him to reason.

If you’ve got the [stomach]9http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/stories/2008/11/11/brounregretsobamahitler.html?cxntlid=homepagetab_newstab) you can read more about it here.

By Soixante huitard

November 12, 2008 10:47 PM | Link to this

Sorry, let’s try that again.

There’s a pasty-headed, bespectacled scarecrow making statements at this hour to bring dishonor on our state.

And no one seems to be doing anything to bring him to reason.

If you’ve got the stomach for it, you can read more about it here.

By Soixante huitard

November 12, 2008 10:52 PM | Link to this

Sorry, having some trouble here.

One more time for the scarecrow

By RB from Gwinnett

November 12, 2008 11:16 PM | Link to this

Anthony, what does JTP’s background have to do with anything? He’s not the person who said we need to “spread the wealth”, you know? He was merely the lucky American who happened to be standing in front of Obama the Great when he uttered those fateful words. And as is typical, the libs feel the need to destroy the man to take the focus off their savior.

Try paying attention to what matters for a change. Unless your toilet is clogged, it’s not Joe.

Greg, I agree on the big CEO bonuses. They’re out of hand. However, many of them are based on stocks and all the stock options in the world are worthless if you run the company in the tank. Obviously, that fact doesn’t make good press.

By AJC/DNC Management

November 13, 2008 5:29 AM | Link to this

For seven years solid the libs ran this same exact story, except they had no basis for running it:

New York —- Americans have slammed their wallets shut since the financial meltdown, and the future is looking downright scary for stores across the country and the whole U.S. economy.-Urinal/People’s Temple

Now it’s real.

Just in time for them to get all the blame for it, hahaha.

They talked up a depression, so they could win an election

bwa

By AJC/DNC Management

November 13, 2008 5:34 AM | Link to this

First paragraph:

Washington —- The U.S. military in Iraq is abandoning —- deliberately and with little public notice —- a centerpiece of the widely acclaimed strategy it adopted nearly two years ago to turn the tide against the insurgency. It is moving American troops farther from the people they are trying to protect-Urinal/Jihad

Fifth paragraph:

The U.S. is on track to complete its shift out of all Iraqi cities by June 2009. That is one of the milestones in a political-military campaign plan devised in 2007 by Gen. David Petraeus, when he was the top U.S. commander in Iraq, and his political partner in Baghdad, Ambassador Ryan Crocker.-Urinal.

By AJC/DNC Management

November 13, 2008 5:39 AM | Link to this

“History shows that ‘civilian national security forces’ bode ill for citizens,” Broun said in the statement. The flap has been watched with particular interest inside the State Department, which already is building a civilian corps similar to the one Obama described in a campaign speech. The Civilian Response Corps, as it is called, was launched two years ago by the Bush administration, after a bipartisan vote by Congress and the urging of Republicans, including former Secretary of State Colin Powell.-Urinal

Alright, show me where it says “just as strong and well funded as the military:”

The Civilian Response Corps of the United States of America The Civilian Response Corps is a group of civilian federal employees and, eventually, volunteers from the private sector and state and local governments, who will be trained and equipped to deploy rapidly to countries in crisis or emerging from conflict, in order to provide reconstruction and stabilization assistance.

We shall see if Oblahmi’s Gestapo comes anywhere near close to that description.

By AJC/DNC Management

November 13, 2008 5:43 AM | Link to this

Where have we heard this before?

The voters may be full of hope about the looming Obama Presidency, but so far investors aren’t. No President-elect in the postwar era has been greeted with a more audible hiss from Wall Street. The Dow has lost 1,342 points, or about 14%, since the election, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq hitting similar skids. The Dow fell another 4.7% yesterday.-WSJ

By I See All That Is In Front Of Me

November 13, 2008 7:10 AM | Link to this

People with any intelligence and knowledge of current events know that the recent stock market declines are in no way related to the outcome of the recent election. -ABCs

By Jen

November 13, 2008 7:14 AM | Link to this

Though it looks like the unabridged rage vomit known as AJC/DNC Management has once again spewed his humours all over this blog here’s my contribution:

“The tension was so thick you could cut it with a knife, not even a sharp knife, but a dull one from that set of cheap knives you received as a wedding gift in a faux wooden block; the one you told yourself you’d replace, but in the end, forgot about because your husband ran off with another man, that kind of knife.”

Lisa Lindquist 2007 Bulwer-Lytton Dishonorable Mentionist Jackson, MI

By I See All That Is In Front Of Me

November 13, 2008 7:20 AM | Link to this

Blah, blah, blah -The Head

By reebok

November 13, 2008 7:51 AM | Link to this

PJ O’Rourke is a pathetic joke. I remember the days when he was writing soft-core porn for the like of National Lampoon (really, the guy has a revolting inner life). How is this nasty crank still hanging around after all these years? Ignore him, we’ve all got better things to spend our time on…and if you don’t…yikes.

By Soixante huitard

November 13, 2008 8:02 AM | Link to this

How is this nasty crank still hanging around after all these years? Ignore him,

Who are you saying this to, the people the article is addressed to?

I actually agree with you - partly.

Still, if you’re on that side, you might want to listen to what he’s basically saying.

By TN Gelding

November 13, 2008 8:58 AM | Link to this

AJC/DNC Management

November 13, 2008 5:29 AM

In case you haven’t noticed, the recession and stock sell-off is global.

In their own words.

The defense policy of the United States is based on a simple premise: The United States does not start fights. We will never be an aggressor.

~Ronald Reagan

By TN Gelding

November 13, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

AJC/DNC Management

November 13, 2008 5:43 AM

Still above 52 week low.

Unless you’re blaming that on Obama, too.

From the horse’s mouth.

Peace is not absence of conflict, it is the ability to handle conflict by peaceful means.

~Ronald Reagan

By Joe the Engineer (aka Road Scholar)

November 13, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this

RB: Your writing “Anthony, what does JTP’s background have to do with anything? ” is laughable. Wasn’t it the Repub’s basis of the campaign (or at least one of the basis) that CHARACTER was the essence of Obama’s flaws? While it is acknowledged that Repubs do not like welfare, and most would be appalled by having to use it (unless they are the downtrodden), he also had tax liens placed on his home.

It would be easier to accept except for the level of celebity (remember that word) he was elevated to by the Repubs and the personal attempt to benefit from the noteriety he was given.