Mike Luckovich

By DavidU

April 28, 2006 11:10 PM | Link to this

I believe both parties are in bed with Big Oil. But to continue with the premise of the cartoon…

Dem have one night stands with Big Oil. Rep stay the nigh, make them breakfast, leave their toothbrush behind, and call to see if they want to talk.

So I guess it all depends on how you see things….

By finch

April 29, 2006 12:18 AM | Link to this

DavidU,

I think a lot of the GOPers see their affairs with Big Oil as more than one night stands, true. Highly adulterous, though. Something they just can’t tear themselves away from.

Big Oil lobbyists give them untold pleasures (great restaurant feasts, Superbowl tickets and God only knows what else… all perfectly legal, of course!). In return they shower Big Oil with fabulous bling (tax breaks, softball hearings on energy prices, etc.)

Meanwhile, the poor dutiful wife (the American consumer-citizen) stays at home, in her terrycloth bathrobe, eating a Swanson chicken pie and wondering when and if her philandering hubby will finally stagger home.

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 12:30 AM | Link to this

In bed with big oil.

By JP

April 29, 2006 01:00 AM | Link to this

Thank God for that $100!!

By Wild Sects

April 29, 2006 06:53 AM | Link to this

Excellent toon Mike! I find it hilarious that the Republicans think we’ll accept their $100 and forgive their lack of leadership. I suppose it will work just fine on the 32% of the Americans who are still falling for their lies.

By Lord Help Us

April 29, 2006 06:54 AM | Link to this

Since all the Big Oil guys are smoking, we can imagine what shameful act was just perpetrated on poor little Babar.

The hopeless shills for all things GOP (Tobacco, Oil, Gun, etc.) will tirelessly defend big oil and big oil’s interests all the way up until big oil literally leaves them high and dry (and in the minority party).

They are the uselful idiots (or cheap whores, take your pick) of the most destructive industries on this planet.

It’s The Competence, STUPID!!

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 29, 2006 06:57 AM | Link to this

I hope this isn’t a window into cartoon boy’s sex life, 5 bald guys in a bed.

I mean that is the typical way a lib operates, accuse your opponent of things that you actually do.

Anyway, in the next hotel room over there’s a cartoon with 5 democrat senators in bed with your wallet. After all, the oil company gets 8.5 cents a gallon profit while the government gets 45 cents a gallon in taxes.

45 cents a gallon. Feeling screwed?

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 29, 2006 06:59 AM | Link to this

Hey, Zawahiri says he’s going to go see Brokedick Mountain, I guess you libs have finally showed him the way.

By seeker

April 29, 2006 07:23 AM | Link to this

The federal gasoline tax is now $0.18 cents a gallon. Exactly what it was 13 years ago.

Nearly all gasoline taxes go to highway construction, maintenence or mass transit.

Oil company profits, on the other hand, have increased exponentially the past 13 years. Much of this money goes to fund bloated bureaucracies, monstrous paychecks for executives, and let’s not forget the price of paying off Congress through extremely expensive lobbying services. Precious little is earmarked for research and development.

Accounting sleight of hand is used to hide the $0.30 to $0.55 a gallon profit big oil rakes in at the refinery level.

Refineries?? New refineries?? We don’ need no stinkin’ new refineries!!

Feeling screwed?

By Lord Help Us

April 29, 2006 07:26 AM | Link to this

Congratulations to the Bush administration and their hopeless shills!! Your bold steps to address terrorism are really paying off!! A few more years of fantastic progress like this and we’ll leave the next administration with a fine mess to clean up!!

The number of terrorist attacks worldwide increased nearly fourfold in 2005 to 11,111, with strikes in Iraq accounting for 30 percent of the total, according to statistics released by U.S. counterterrorism officials yesterday.

It’s the INcompetence, STUPID

By Lord Help Us

April 29, 2006 07:37 AM | Link to this

Yup, we are definitely ‘winning’ in Iraq as the Shrub says. AND, these insurgents sure look to be ‘in their last throes’ as Cheney said a couple of years ago.

The military announced the death of one American soldier on Friday, bringing the death toll so far in April to 69, the highest in five months. The monthly figure disrupted a trend of steadily falling American fatalities that had begun in November

It’s the INcompetence, STUPID!!!

By Liberal Texas Democrat

April 29, 2006 08:13 AM | Link to this

The toon’s a great way to start the weekend, which I’ll be spending at home since gas prices have gone through the roof. The intercity and urban public transportation system in Texas is nearly zilch.

By @@

April 29, 2006 09:41 AM | Link to this

The world’s oldest profession!

But if you take the condom off your head (the one that thinks), you’ll get to see the paternity test. The results of this lovefest will produce bi-partisan offspring.

The donkey is down on the street pimping “John Q”.

By Liberals Suck And Lie

April 29, 2006 09:41 AM | Link to this

seekling: It’s an average of 27 cents a gallon for state taxes you government shill. Ward of the state. The oil companies make 8.5 cents a gallon, that’s less then either the state or fed by themselves. If you’d like to contradict that, then provide some proof.

By Lord Help Us

April 29, 2006 09:59 AM | Link to this

Deranged Moron - FYI, the State of GA is solidly Republican and all branches of the Federal Gov’t are solidly Republican. So, when you smear someone with ‘government shill’ are you smart enough to figure out who you are denigrating? Alas, probably not…

It’s The INcompetence, STUPID!!

By ChickenHawk Bush

April 29, 2006 10:05 AM | Link to this

Mike didn’t have room to show the other Family Values Republicans. In the next bed is California convicted felon/Representive Duke Cunningham and other congressmen in bed with a buch of hookers.

Federal authorities are investigating allegations that a California defense contractor arranged for a Washington area limousine company to provide prostitutes to convicted former congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Calif.) and possibly other lawmakers, sources familiar with the probe said yesterday.

By conservatives Molest America's Children

April 29, 2006 10:07 AM | Link to this

Lord Help Us, earlier this month one of Sybil’s other personalities posted, “April 15, 2006 08:24 AM | Link to this “By Little Pinko Angels, So Innocent, So Sweet April 14, 2006 09:22 PM | Link to this Why give cash? The libs will believe anything you tell them, anyway.” As that’s the respect Sybil gives to others ability to discern truth, that’s the respect I give his ability to speak it.

By ART

April 29, 2006 10:15 AM | Link to this

And how about that big bag of bombastic bag of doctor shopping, pill popping, bull@hit Rush Limbaugh? What a scumbag. Rush typifies the “do as I say do, not as I do” “family values” wing of the republiscum party.

By finch

April 29, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this

You have my sympathy, LTD. There’s no public transit on weekends in my SC “village” of 40,000 either. But it’s not just the fault of “big oil”. Stupid consumers who have been ignoring predictions of price and supply squeezes for years need to be soundly spanked. Their eagerness to buy gas hogs and refusal to embrace concepts like buses and car-pooling are the main reasons we’re looking at $3/gallon.

I hate to admit this (card carrying liberal that I am), but folks like RW and (shudder) Andy have a point about the “myth” of big oil greed. Profit margins at Conoco, Exxon/Mobil and their cousins are smaller than they are at WalMart, Microsoft and Coca-Cola. Oil’s definitely flush, but greedy is a stretch.

And here’s a dirty secret! Despite the gloating from wingnuts who say the mainstream media is dying, their profits as a percentage of gross put most other businesses to shame!

Newspapers? 10-25%.

Local TV? Up to 40% and more!

I admit gasoline is a necessity, while newspapers and TV aren’t, but I still snicker when I read or hear media pundits talking about obscene profits.

Of course, big oil suffers mightily from it’s own PR stupidity. Treating critics like so many pesky gnats while paying top executives hundreds of millions of dollars is no way to generate public empathy. They deserve the crap they’re now getting from Republicans, Democrats and your typical American.

Meanwhile, I’m lacing up my walking shoes.

By Buy Danish

April 29, 2006 10:18 AM | Link to this

Seeker,

We know where you stand on Big Oil. I am really and truly interested in your position on WalMart.

Please share you opinions with us!

LHU,

When we elect Republicans, as consumers one of our primary motives is to decrease the size of Big Government. If they fail at that mandate they will find their constituents mightily pi$$ed off.

I’m guessing that’s why Sen. Bill Frist’s phone was busy, busy, busy yesterday.

finch,

Your portrait of the American housewife is so last century. And are you suggesting that because of Big Oil we are so impoverished that the only item of clothing we own is a bathrobe?

By Liberals Suck And Lie

April 29, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this

LHU: So you you are saying I should contact my Congressmen and have them look at cutting some state waste, maybe provide them with some suggestions? It is you that are too stupid to remember that the GOP has just now gained control of the legislature, you know you are right, let’s see if we can ax some assistance programs and such.

That isn’t even the point, what is is how you liberals can blame the oil companies, and their gigantic 8 cent a gallon profits, for something they can’t control. It’s your environmental policies that have come to a head and caused this mess, deal with it.

The rest of you just need to know who’s screing who.

By Liberals Suck And Lie

April 29, 2006 10:37 AM | Link to this

ART: So your angelic liberal a-ss has never consumed an intoxicant?

Hypocrite.

By Pequod

April 29, 2006 10:43 AM | Link to this

The gasoline taxes are used to finance the public roads that Americans drive upon and frankly it should be increased (though it won’t be) so we can develop alternate means of transportation and alternate energy sources.

What is currently driving up prices is not the Bush administration or taxes. Price is determined by supply and demand. The supply has been reduced because of damage to refineries and the demand from China, which is not about to recede, is pressing upon the supply of crude oil. This is all common knowledge and only those in the grip of ideologies focus on conspiracy theories and partisan blame. Any blame for our energy dependency is bipartisan (except for Carter’s heroic effort.) And the final responsibility resides with the public that insists that we have an indestructible birthright to inexpensive gasoline. (An attitude absence from all other Western countries one could add.) Of the 60 million barrels of crude pumped out of the ground every day 20 million go to the United States, 60% of it from abroad. Again common knowledge, the implications of which most Americans won’t face.

We will pay for this dependency on a nonrenewable, polluting, and mostly imported energy source in manifold ways for decades to come. The libertarians can squawk about “big government” and “pinkos” all they choose, it is the “free market” expressing the less than rational preferences of individuals which drives this whole problem. And yes, there is something called the “public good” over and above the sum total of individual interests. In fact, in this case, it is not even in the interest of individuals, except a few who stand to profit and gain, to continue relying upon energy from other countries.

By Buy Danish

April 29, 2006 10:49 AM | Link to this

Democrat: “Taxes good, profits bad”.

Republican: “Profits good, taxes bad”.

This is not like choosing between Coke and Pepsi.

By Buy Danish

April 29, 2006 10:57 AM | Link to this

Pequod,

Thanks for all the pontificating.

Now, along with the European business and taxation model that you admire so much, can I count you in as a YES for high unemployment rates?

By Buy Danish

April 29, 2006 11:07 AM | Link to this

I have a few questions for you compassionate Libs -

Are you FOR or AGAINST the government seizing private medical records of private citizens who have no connection to terrorism?

Are you FOR or AGAINST legalizing drugs?

Are you FOR or AGAINST Google and Yahoo keeping private files on internet users, and when asked, turning them over to the Chinese government so they may imprison their citizens?

Are you FOR or AGAINST Big Google and Big Yahoo making huge profits while doing the above^^?

What would Jesus do?

By Lord Help Us

April 29, 2006 11:10 AM | Link to this

Deranged Moron - I noticed that you immediately want to ‘ax some assistance programs and such’.

Well, since it’s almost Sunday and I know what a ‘good Christian’ you think you are, please keep the following scripture in mind:

Mark 10:21 - And Jesus looking upon him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

True Christians (and true conservatives) distance themselves from GOP shills like you.

By Joe Roman

April 29, 2006 11:22 AM | Link to this

The one thing the Bush gang does very well is questioning people’s patriotism. If they are finally ready to get serious about our “gasoline addiction”, portraying people with vehicles that get less than 25 mpg as terrorist sympathizers would be a good place to start. If they followed that up with rationing gas to the tune of a one tank per week limit for personal use for everyone might actually gain them some credibility on this one issue.

By finch

April 29, 2006 11:26 AM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

Actually, the lonely wife in the terrycloth robe is my loving caricature of the typical GOP lawmaker spouse, dutifully keeping the home fires burning while hubby carouses with buxom Big Oil!! As opposed to the conscience stricken liberal who, after his one night stand, slinks home consumed by guilt and fear of unmentionable diseases!

I hope you’ve noted that the ACLU filed a friend of the court brief on behalf of Rush defending the privacy of his medical records.

I side with the ACLU.

As for his arrest, it’s the hypocrisy, dammit. The idiot still won’t admit he did anything wrong! Denial is a common symption of chronic addiction.

I’ll be watching for that red carnation!

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 29, 2006 11:27 AM | Link to this

Satan Help Us: Do you honestly believe giving the government money is doing the Lord’s work?

If so, you’ve blown a gasket. The government takes life away from people and replaces it with hopelessness and dependency. This is not good.

By Cryin'Bubba

April 29, 2006 11:28 AM | Link to this

Lord help us,Yew whant to maik me theenk that Jesus whants wellfaire, o man yew maik me sik.Yew’r haten on Jesus.

By Dusty

April 29, 2006 11:37 AM | Link to this

Lord Help Us,

And Lord help you.

You want to quote scripture and then call Buy Danish a deranged moron and a GOP shill? I guess name calling is your presentation of faith.

Better change your “name” from anything referring to religion. That is, unless you call WICCA a religion.

By JT

April 29, 2006 11:38 AM | Link to this

It’s time to quit picking the scabs. The democrats are going nowhere except straight to government for support. It’s a catastrophe in the making.

Government should support business. It’s what drives an economy and supports the people with jobs and income. Bush understands the concept. What’s wrong with the libs? Too complicated?

By This Justin

April 29, 2006 11:44 AM | Link to this

Some Christians are so caught up in being Americans they forget how to serve their God.

Its always been America first then a little Jesus from people like Andy.

False idols. WAKE UP!

By Leon Logan

April 29, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

We HAVE to cut our dependence on petroleum. We are NOT going to drill our way out of it. How about a $1 gal gas tax with the proceeds going to developing alternative fuels along with dropping the import tax on ethanol. Leon

By Lord Help Us

April 29, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

Deranged Moron - You are finally coming around. You say ‘The government takes life away from people and replaces it with hopelessness and dependency’.

Now add to that the fact that all branches of the Federal Gov’t have been led by Republicans for the last 5.5 years. And, add to that the fact that assistance programs (see new Medicare legislation) have grown more rapidly in those 5.5 years than anytime in the past 30 years.

Glad you’re finally waking up…

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 29, 2006 11:48 AM | Link to this

Some Christians are so caught up in being Americans they forget how to serve their God.

I’m sure you are an authority on the Scriptures, it’s too bad you missed the part about doing your good deeds in silence. Maybe next time you read the Bible you’ll catch it, huh?

By Pequod

April 29, 2006 11:48 AM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

I only see rhetoric and a series of false dichotomies. As far as Europe is concerned I do prefer the benefits of universal health care, job security, public transportation, low crime, and subsidy for culture to the American approach. But those are other issues.

To the point again, and not the red herring you introduced, the demand for crude in China will not abate, and the U.S. dependency on oil imported from a politically unstable part of the world will not either, if we do not make some serious choices. It is complicated and there is no single solution but the status quo will not endure. Consumers here can complain about spending $75 to fill up a gas guzzling oversize truck or SUV all they want, but mere complaints will not produce policy or solutions. They need to look more deeply into these issues, cheap gas is not a right and it will not continue.

In 1996 Rutgers political scientist Benjamin Barber noted in his book on globalization a study which concluded that if the Chinese owned as many cars per capita as Americans and drove them the same number of miles per vehicle that the world would run out of all known petroleum reserves in 5 years. Of course, this sort of change does not take place overnight. However, three years ago, the Chinese government announced that it would pursue private transportation to meet its needs and since that time the per centage of cars and trucks in China has increased fourfold. Bush could exercise no influence over this when the Chinese leadership visited (and why should he be able to.) This trend will continue. The demand for a limited and nonrenewable supply of a dirty energy source requires some new thinking on the part of citizens and policy makers, not just ideology and rhetoric.

By Daniel

April 29, 2006 11:53 AM | Link to this

The Bush government has betrayed America for money. Corporate greed in the form of giveaways to energy, oil and drug companies mean the average American pays more, much more. We are a nation lied to, doublecrossed and deceived. 2391

By Buy Danish

April 29, 2006 11:58 AM | Link to this

finch,

Rush most certainly did admit to his addiction. Very publicly and humbly.

I’m trying to reconcile the Libs who are against NSA wiretaps but for getting Rush by any means necessary.

The ACLU is right on this one, but they’re wrong the other 99% of the time, so they still suck.

JoRo,

Actually dude, we don’t give an fff what vehicle you choose to drive. That’s a difference between you meddling liberals and those of us across the aisle.

And as to you brilliant rationing idea, are you going to send a helicopter to take my husband to work on day 4 of his work week? Or should he just quit and go on the dole?

Dusty,

Rushncap invoked Christ’s name last night when he claimed (albeit incorrectly) that I didn’t correct an error. Apparently it doesn’t take much to offend Jesus if you’re not a Christian.

So far the only thing that I know for sure about Liberals and Jesus is the gospel according to Hillary Clinton: If you build a wall at our Mexican border Jesus does not approve, but if it is an electric fence he does.

Hmmmmm. I wonder if she is in bed with Big Electricity?

I’m off to Taladega (sp)! Keep a close watch on Rushncap - he seemed terribly depressed last nite.

By Buy Danish

April 29, 2006 12:00 PM | Link to this

Pequod,

You’re right - it’s complicated. But the Dems keep obstructing every possible solution.

later…

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 29, 2006 12:02 PM | Link to this

O.K. I’ll fess up, there is a couple of government expenditures that I am in favor of and it just so happens one of them is on full display at Dobbins Air Force Base right now. That’s American Power, pure and clean, don’t be scared now, you little panty waist liberals.

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 12:09 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

I think JoRo’s plan is even more insidious than you see it. It looks like he would let you have all the gas you needed for work, but one tank foe “personal use.”

We can’t tap terrorists phone calls into the country, but we can have a team of government gas monitors tracking our every move to make sure we are properly following the JoRo gas guidelines.

Have a great time at the race, I’m sure the moonbats will be trying to shut that down soon. (I’ve heard they use a whole bunch of gas)

By Daniel

April 29, 2006 12:13 PM | Link to this

RW: The market is going to take care of the problem. Huge profits for the oil companies have to be paid for by someone. Guess who? 2391

By ChickenHawk Bush

April 29, 2006 12:20 PM | Link to this

Bush 2:66 - I saw a cross made out of the clouds, big dust clouds I was making with my bike down at the ranch. I now knew that it was time for war.

(Excerpt from the New Republican Bible.)

By Redneck

April 29, 2006 12:20 PM | Link to this

Seeker - if you want to talk about being bloated look no farther than the federal government. How many govt employees does it take to change a light bulb? 25, 5 to verify the bulb is burned out or defective and come up with a work request, 5 to verify the request is valid, 5 to write the work order, 5 to change the bulb, and 5 to verify that the job was done correctly and completely.

By finch

April 29, 2006 12:23 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

I’m sorry, but Limbaugh’s “humble” confession had all the sincerity of someone who got caught red handed. I wouldn’t buy that kind of simpering repentance from a terminal liberal, either.

RW,

Since a NASCAR race uses less fuel than a NY to LA 747, and probably provides more economic benefits, I’ll give Talledega a pass.

Two thumbs up for the Blue Angels. An awesome display illustrating PEACE through STRENGTH!

By Redneck

April 29, 2006 12:25 PM | Link to this

ChickenHawkBush, did you notice the bump in the bed covers between the elephant trunk and the newspaper? I would bet that was that ole democrat flagger Barney Frank down there cleaning up, kinda like a maggot in a cess pool!!!!!!

By @@

April 29, 2006 12:26 PM | Link to this

Can Bush get credit from the liberals for anything? Like picking up the pace.

The Ethanol Industry Is Booming. Last year, America used a record 4 billion gallons of ethanol - more than double the level when the President took office. There are now 97 ethanol refineries in our country. Nine of those are expanding, and 35 more are under construction.

RW:

“foe”?^^^

By getalife

April 29, 2006 12:31 PM | Link to this

That video of the Blue Angel jet with the AJC guy passing out is very cool.

At Talladega, the party is in the infield.

By Dusty

April 29, 2006 12:32 PM | Link to this

Awww, I want to go. BD ‘s gone to NasCar and Andy to the airshow I think. Who knows? RW may be on the rocks with the Indians (under three feet of water).

Does that mean I might have to face this blog with just sqawking liberals complaining about the terrible president, the terrible country, the terrible oil companies, the terrible WalMart, the terrible drug restrictions, the terrible lack of socialized medicine, the terrible ruin of the environment, the terrible transportation system and GEORGE BUSH WILL NOT FIX IT???

Nope, I’m heading out where the sun is shining. I, too, will wear a red carnation. Have fun, liberals. Tear ‘em up. You’ve got to have SOMETHING to do.

By Daniel

April 29, 2006 12:33 PM | Link to this

Uh-Ooh; now IT IS getting interesting! MSMBC reports that the FBI is investigating a republican prostitution scandal involving “Duke” Cunningham! As long as these sum-btches are stealing you phony christians don’t care. Now that they’re getting laid you’re going to get real pssed. Let’s watch. 2391

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 12:35 PM | Link to this

@@,

foe=for, mea culpa. Although since you caught me red handed with that typo finch probably won’t forgive me.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 29, 2006 12:37 PM | Link to this

At Talladega, the party is in the infield.

That’s the understatement of the year.

I would have never pegged Danish as an overnite Talladega girl. Just goes to show you about as-sumptions.

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 12:39 PM | Link to this

Dusty,

Good idea! I’m going to sign off for the afternoon and see if by the time we all get back the liberals have managed to solve all the worlds problems. My guess is they will do the same as yesterday and just b-itch about us.

By WashingtonState

April 29, 2006 12:41 PM | Link to this

@@,

Did you get a chance to read that article yet? What do you think?

By Daniel

April 29, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this

MSNBC reports that Cunningham hired a limo service owned by Chris Baker to ferry prostitutes to the Watergate Hotel (Yes, that’s right). Baker (with a very long criminal record) has a contract with (you guessed it!) Homeland Security. The FBI is looking into whether other republican congressmen are involved. Stay tuned. 2391

By WashingtonState

April 29, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this

@@,

For ethanol to be a financially attractive alternative, gas will need to be at about $5 per gallon. My understanding is that most ethanol production is subsidized at the state level.

By finch

April 29, 2006 12:49 PM | Link to this

We can’t tap terrorists phone calls into the country…

Sure you can! All you have to do is follow established law and get an easily obtainable, retroactive warrant from FISA, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. Which the Bush administration didn’t do. And a lot of people, including Republicans, think that stinks.

Wiretap Furor Widens Republican Divide

Sigh. Whatever happened to respect for the rule of law?

By Daniel

April 29, 2006 12:53 PM | Link to this

finch: I’m trying to drum up a discussion about these crooks getting laid and you want to talk about is respect for the law! Where are your priorities? 2391

By getalife

April 29, 2006 01:21 PM | Link to this

Daniel,

There are so many scandals, it is getting difficult to keep up with these criminals

Duke was the inspiration in the “Top Gun” movie but this scandal will would make a much better movie. “Duke gone wild.”

By @@

April 29, 2006 01:44 PM | Link to this

WashingtonState:

I did! Absolutely it should be a part of their life and it should be incorporated into their education. I work with ages 2 to 6 so it’s not age appropriate.

However, my school has accomodated high-school age students in the past and I never saw any lesson plans which addressed that. It was very obvious to me that the natural instinct was present in that age group (especially the kids with Downs Syndrome). Competition among the sexes was obvious. Not really surprising, but eye-opening.

My school now is geared towards “early intervention” in preparation for mainstreaming.

But since the natural drive is there it needs instruction, not discouragement. There was one incident in the article that caused me concern.

Given the developmental delay coupled with the opportunity for exploitation, that incident concerned me. BTW, I loved the movie “I Am Sam”. Didn’t like “Forrest Gump”, go figure.

I’m going out to catch some rays by the pool. Everybody enjoy this beautiful day.

Did I just spam? I’m sorry.

By getalife

April 29, 2006 01:52 PM | Link to this

Here is another criminal.

By WashingtonState

April 29, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this

@@,

Thank you for your comments. It is important to me to get the viewpoints of people with other perspectives than my own. I appreciate your honesty and civility.

By WashingtonState

April 29, 2006 02:35 PM | Link to this

Where do they find these people. Now the (former) head of the FDA is the subject of a criminal investigation. I think is is the Lay mentality. “Everyone else is doing it.” Time for a clean sweep in the upcoming elections.

By Jim

April 29, 2006 02:47 PM | Link to this

Remember, every Republican in the Georgia delegation voted for the Bush/Cheney Energy Bill that gave big oil $ 12 billion in tax breaks in August 2005.

By WashingtonState

April 29, 2006 02:58 PM | Link to this

Remember, Cheney declared there were no irregularities in energy trading on the West Coast just before Enron went under. His refusal to intervene stuck taxpayers with billions in overcharges brought on by the creation of artificial “shortages.” Even now, the feds are trying to force public utility districts to honor contracts made under these fraudulent circumstances.

By BALU

April 29, 2006 03:37 PM | Link to this

I am BALU,from INDIA. I would like to congratulate Mr. Mike for winning the Pulitzer award for the second time.After serving Indian Bank for 26 years I had opted voluntary retirement and now I am the marketing manager of Cartoon periodical namely Asathana Vidooshakan(Royal Joker!). I am from Kerala State(Population 30 million) where Cartoon periodiacal faces so many problems for survival.The price of my magazine Rupees 10/-( equ.$0.20).

I would like to write an article on Mr. Mike alongwith some of his award winning cartoons.Kindly permit me to do so.

I am expecting a reply from Mike.

Thanking you

Balu

By JT

April 29, 2006 03:52 PM | Link to this

Hey everybody, it’s a long list but it does hurt to pay at the pump. Lower prices than “socially” inclined Europe though. France, a catastrophe in “progress”.

By finch

April 29, 2006 03:59 PM | Link to this

What do you get when you put George W. and Laura Bush, New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin and former ambassador Joe Wilson with wife (and ex CIA spook) Valerie Plame, all together in the same room at an event hosted by Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert??

You get the annual White House Correspondent’s Association Dinner.

It is TONIGHT, and will be televised LIVE on C-SPAN. The 90 minute preview begins at 8:00pm EDT. The dinner itself airs at 9:30pm EDT, and is scheduled to last an hour.

More here

Be there or be square.

By Midori

April 29, 2006 04:12 PM | Link to this

Am I the only one who has noticed the proverbial “elephant” in the room?

Did not Congress recently pass an Energy Bill?

Whenever this Republican-led Congress passes legislation, hardship always follows.

And their followers leap onto the internet discussion boards, bleating out their defenses of the indefensible.

By Paul Krugman

April 29, 2006 04:14 PM | Link to this

Where am I on that list? I know nobody gets to read it, but I still write a column for the New York Times and I used to rake in big time cash from Enron.

By i'm just a bill...

April 29, 2006 04:24 PM | Link to this

on capitol hill yes just as bill, up on capitol hill

By William Kristol

April 29, 2006 04:30 PM | Link to this

I should be on the Enron list too!! As editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, I had no problem accepting cash from Lay Scanlan and Company. But unlike Paul, I never reported it as a conflict of interest until after I was called on it!

No matter. I got $100,000. Twice as much as you, Paul! Nyaah nyaah!!

By Peggy Noonan

April 29, 2006 04:33 PM | Link to this

Mee, too! I got $50K from Enron! Just as much as Paul! And that didn’t bother my bosses at the Wall Street Journal a bit!!

Heck, I was just taking advantage of one of those “thousand points of light” I liked to tell my bosses Ronnie and George about!

By JT

April 29, 2006 05:10 PM | Link to this

Business gives me a hand ^^^ up.

Government gives me a hand <<< out.

It’s vertical vs lateral!

By Hillary Clinton

April 29, 2006 05:19 PM | Link to this

I don’t know what this is all about but it looks like some loser has gone insane with these penny ante opinion writers. If you want big time corruption look no farther than me and my “husband,” by the way has any one seen him lately?

We traded nuclear secrets to China mucho dinero, we pardon international criminals to build whole wings onto the putzes library, we bilked condo owners with whitewater, we killed Vince Foster for disclosing that I am a dike, I “traded” cattle futures for one day and made 100 large.

These Conservatives are trolling for chump change and, quite stupidly, doing it from the Republican Party. If they would just become democrats the triple up their earnings and plus the stupid clowns who vote for me will act like they don’t know nothing. They cover for us here. They just want us to be in charge so they can get queer with eachother.

Drive on democrats, sic those Republicans for us!

By William Jefferson

April 29, 2006 05:26 PM | Link to this

When you are caught by a hurricane flooding your city and all your bribe money is still in your house it pays big time to be a Democrat. You can just make the military drop all rescue efforts and take you to pick up your dirty cash.

Who cares if a few losers drown while you’re doing it, just blame the Republicans. 67% of the people are stupid enough to believe you.

By AJC Journalist

April 29, 2006 05:38 PM | Link to this

Hey, who cares about those other news makers getting handouts from gas companies. I am well taken care of right here as long as I write “liberal”. Yeah, lean left!

Don’t you know AJC is owned by one of the richest Democrats in the country, a lady by the name of Cox? I’m so proud that she is one of the big financial supporters of the DNC. Makes me all teary eyed.

Tucker, Bookman and Luckovich all love this generous lady too. Who needs points of lights when you ‘ve got buckets of bucks!! Yahoo!!

By Allan Mollohan

April 29, 2006 05:39 PM | Link to this

My wife dabbles in Real Estate like the Clintons too. When I first came to Congress I was a bankrupt country boy, but the Democratic Party put me and my wife in touch with some people that needed to buy a house and the next thing you know I’m worth millions. I had no idea that my salary and the sales commission on a house could add up so fast. I sure am glad those Democrats put me on the commitee to appropriate things

By AJC Distributions

April 29, 2006 06:04 PM | Link to this

And the owner of my paper likes to put African Americans out on the street corners to peddle her wares for a meager pittance. My employer Ms. Cox is oh so generous. She’s a progressive you know!

She just doesn’t tell her paper peddlers what progressive means. She thinks they’re better off not knowing.

By Randy Cunningham

April 29, 2006 06:05 PM | Link to this

Hi! You can call me Duke. My only mistake was being caught, but damn it was great while it lasted. Antiques, real estate, yachts and girls, girls, girls!!

I just hope those capitol hill snoops don’t find how how my Republican friends in DC were gaming the system too! Lots of them!! DeLay, Abramoff, Scanlan and me aren’t the only ones who had our hands in the till!

Gotta go… I’m mentoring the warden on mixing hookers and limos!!

By James Traficant

April 29, 2006 06:15 PM | Link to this

I’ve got to get out of this place, if it’s the last thing I ever do

When I get out I will grab a sword like Maximus Meridius Demidius and as a Gladiator I will stab people in the crotch.

By finch

April 29, 2006 06:20 PM | Link to this

Midori,

The chameleon behavor of the White House on energy policy is quite a show.

President Bush now favors executive authority to set vehile mileage standards!

But Bush was against mileage standards before he was for them.

By Cynthia Tucker

April 29, 2006 06:25 PM | Link to this

The last thing this country needs is to keep gas prices low — thereby encouraging American consumers to keep up our greedy consumption of fossil fuels. Our addiction to petroleum has kept us hostage to the Middle East. We pay them billions in petrodollars, and some of that cash inevitably ends up in the hands of people who want to kill us.

Cause I got the money to pay for my stupid ideas while all you serfs can walk for as far as I’m concerned.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 29, 2006 06:37 PM | Link to this

[Not many nations get a second chance to show the world and themselves that they are serious after all, that their friends can trust them and their enemies ought to fear them. There is no way we can atone for the blood and death we inflicted (indirectly) on South Vietnam by abandoning it to Communist tyranny. That failure can never be put right. But we can make clear that “No More Vietnams” is a Republican slogan. It means that we will never again go back on our word and betray our friends, our soldiers, and ourselves.](http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/012/151alsid.asp

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 29, 2006 06:47 PM | Link to this

Not many nations get a second chance to show the world and themselves that they are serious after all, that their friends can trust them and their enemies ought to fear them. There is no way we can atone for the blood and death we inflicted (indirectly) on South Vietnam by abandoning it to Communist tyranny. That failure can never be put right. But we can make clear that “No More Vietnams” is a Republican slogan. It means that we will never again go back on our word and betray our friends, our soldiers, and ourselves.

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 06:53 PM | Link to this

Well the libs really solved a lot of the worlds problems this afternoon didn’t they.

We have getalife and WashingtonState convicting a man because there is a report of the beginning of an investigation. getalife gets extra credit for reporting that the government following the law by reporting on their surveillance is somehow a scandal.

We have Midori wallowing in her own misery over a bipartisan energy bill.

And we have faux celebrity true confessions.

It’s enough to make you think all these barking moonbats really have nothing to say when given the opportunity.

By @@

April 29, 2006 07:15 PM | Link to this

I have a most urgent question. Does Traficant wear a wig? It sure likes like one.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 29, 2006 07:16 PM | Link to this

You know, I’m really starting to like the Washington Post, I believe I’ll subscribe:

First, U.S. forces in Iraq remain focused on their mission. Talking with soldiers and Marines over dinner in their mess halls, it’s easy to see why reenlistment rates among U.S. troops in Iraq are the highest in the military. These men and women understand their mission and believe they are making a difference. Like my son, Joe III, after he returned from a tough mission in Fallujah, the Marines I met said they would be happy to return to Iraq because they believe what they’re doing is important.

Adel Abdul Mahdi, Iraq’s interim vice president and a leader of the largest Shiite party, told me that he hoped the Samarra bombing and its violent aftermath could be a “turning point” that promotes dialogue and reinforces national unity. Indeed, after a four-month stalemate, the selection of Jawad al-Maliki as Iraq’s prime minister is being greeted as a real chance for national reconciliation. Every Iraqi leader I met with — including outgoing Prime Minister Ibrahim al-Jafari, former prime minister Ayad Allawi and Deputy Prime Minister Ahmed Chalabi — said that the Iraqi people’s desire for a common future will avert a civil war.

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 07:20 PM | Link to this

@@,

I am shocked, shocked that you don’t think that is Traficant’s real hair.

I think I remember him having a big battle with prison admissions because they made him take it off.

By getalife

April 29, 2006 07:28 PM | Link to this

Oh goody, I got extra credit.

I have this knack of reading through the BS.

Check the economic numbers because they are probably wrong.

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 07:42 PM | Link to this

getalife,

You might get even more extra points for doing a really bad job of reading through the bs.

The biggest single factor was the inclusion of attacks within Iraq, which in prior years were largely excluded, the report said.

At least 30% of terrorist incidents last year occurred in Iraq, as did 55% of related fatalities, or about 8,300, the report said. Fifty-six Americans were killed in terrorist acts, 47 of them in Iraq. A total of 40,000 people were killed or wounded, including about 6,500 police and 1,000 children, the report said.

By @@

April 29, 2006 07:48 PM | Link to this

Getalife:

I admire your knack for reading through the BS, but sometimes what comes out the other end might make you feel a little better. I liked the part about Rummy.

Our hearts are tender, theirs are brave.

By getalife

April 29, 2006 07:54 PM | Link to this

This is an even bigger story

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 07:58 PM | Link to this

Sorry getalife,

No way was that a bigger story than @@’s. Just consider that my way of reading through the BS.

By @@

April 29, 2006 08:18 PM | Link to this

And Getalife, I know you can read through BS, but can you SeeBS? CBS Getalife! I’m shocked, are you?

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 29, 2006 08:47 PM | Link to this

Everyone understands that the IA will never be up to the level of American soldiers. On the other hand, judging by the even more woeful performance of the enemy, they’ll hardly have to be. Further, there’s absolutely no evidence the insurgency is growing, while the IP and IA in Falluja clearly are. In Al Anbar, as well as in Iraq as a whole, while it’s common to hear that time is on the side of the enemy, it’s really not.

By getalife

April 29, 2006 09:02 PM | Link to this

Well, I posted this yesterday

Some just want to see their families.

By getalife

April 29, 2006 09:08 PM | Link to this

Oops, wrong link

By @@

April 29, 2006 09:25 PM | Link to this

Getalife:

Do you have a way to communicate with some of the soldiers. You might enjoy it. You should look around for a site. Did you ever visit the “48th in Iraq” blog here at AJC?

I did. I used my real name though.

So Rummy is fed up with the press (1st link), I don’t blame him. I would be too.

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 09:40 PM | Link to this

Was this the AJC “reporter” that posted here earlier?

By Midori

April 29, 2006 11:09 PM | Link to this

If you didn’t see the White House Correspondent’s Dinner tonight, Stephen Colbert was complete in the zone. Masterful. Brilliant.

And The Chimperor didn’t look to happy about Stephen’s bit.

I always knew that gang didn’t have a sense of humor.

Or any sense at all, really.

By finch

April 29, 2006 11:19 PM | Link to this

Yes indeed, Midori!

Colbert was absolutely merciless!!

“Staff changes at the White House? The President isn’t rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic! He’s rearranging deck chairs on the Hindenberg!”

Or how about “don’t let the Generals retire! Use stop-loss!”

And my favorite (so far?) Washington is a chocolate city, with a vanilla center and a graham cracker crust of corruption…

And the taped stalked by Helen Thomas bit was pure genius.

President Bush did not look happy. Laura Bush did not look happy. The AP’s Mark Smith (dinner host) did not look happy. He must have done a good job. He offended everyone.

Gotta see when CSpan airs this again.

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 11:36 PM | Link to this

Obviously you two are too partisan to give a fair review of the performance. Colbert started off very poorly. His timing was off and he even screwed up his own jokes.

He did seem to get a little better as it went along, although the taped Helen Thomas bit was only funny for the first three hours.

C-Span cameras must not have had any advance notification or seating charts because they almost never found anyone as they were being lampooned. They did find Justice Scalia and he was laughing his a-ss off when Colbert went after him.

All in all it was pretty lame, but I guess the libs have to have something to ease the pain of not having Lurch up there as President.

By getalife

April 29, 2006 11:43 PM | Link to this

It is replaying now on Cspan, I turned it off the first time because it was boring as hell.

The blog world seemed to love it.

By Jay not jay

April 29, 2006 11:47 PM | Link to this

Maybe they could tag a new Ben and Jerry’s name to it? Salivating liberals

It does get old.

By RW-(the original)

April 29, 2006 11:52 PM | Link to this

getalife,

Good luck trying to make it through 2 1/2 hours of that snoozefest to get to the last half hour this time of night.

By finch

April 29, 2006 11:53 PM | Link to this

RW,

I admit it! I’m partisan!! And yeah, Colbert muffed a joke or two.

But I thought that he was at least as funny as Imus in 1996. You know, the one where the I-Man skewered Clinton for his ‘girlfriends’? I think the Correspondent’s Association sent a letter of apology for that one, but that just showed that the dinner organizers were wussies!

Take no prisoners!! There are no sacred cows!! Colbert gets an A for topical cojones!

By finch

April 30, 2006 12:00 AM | Link to this

Yes, getalife, the first 90 minutes or so are a snoozefest. But near the end, President Bush’s speech with his ‘double’ showed the guy can make fun of himself… and Colbert was (IMO) razor sharp.

I think it’s being run again Sunday afternoon. But by then I’ll be watching the race at Talledega and looking for Buy Danish and her carnation.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 12:08 AM | Link to this

finch,

As funny as Imus??? Wow that’s a ringing endorsement.

I loved the taped piece showing the tiny little work areas those pompous press jerks had to work in. No wonder they’re so bitter when they get let out to ask questions.

By getalife

April 30, 2006 12:36 AM | Link to this

He is on right now and there are some stunned people in the audience.

By finch

April 30, 2006 12:37 AM | Link to this

RW,

I’m probably giving away too much information here, but years ago I worked (occasionally) at the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room. I even once spent the night there (along with a few other media who-res) during a “national crisis”.

It is even dirtier, more cluttered, more crowded, smellier and more vermin ridden than the Bill Plante tape suggested.

Bitter? BITTER? You call them BITTER?? You petty judgemental CREEP!! And what’s this POMPOUS cra-p? Next thing you know, you’ll call them HOSTILE!! Don’t you DARE call them HOSTILE!!! And JERKS?? YOU’RE the JERK, man!! Yeah, I mean YOU!!

Whew! Maybe it was that 409 hangover?

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 12:49 AM | Link to this

finch,

That’s another thing. Why was David Gregory waving around his 409? Wouldn’t Lysol have been more appropriate?

By WashingtonState

April 30, 2006 02:01 AM | Link to this

Congratulations Mr. Fox! Another Republican sees the light.

By Jay not jay

April 30, 2006 02:48 AM | Link to this

Hi WS…What if Ranier blows?

By WashingtonState

April 30, 2006 03:00 AM | Link to this

Hey Jay not jay,

Then, I am up a creek. Aside from all the ash, my favorite ski slope will be gone. I moved here the year St. Helens blew and it was something to behold.

By WashingtonState

April 30, 2006 03:01 AM | Link to this

Quote of the week:

President Bush on Friday rejected the idea of killing FEMA.

“The lessons of Katrina are important,” Bush said. “We’ve learned a lot here at the federal level. We’re much more ready this time than we were the last time.”

“Let’s, first of all, pray there’s no hurricanes,” Bush said. “That would be, like, step one.”

No sh*t!

By Jay not jay

April 30, 2006 03:13 AM | Link to this

WS, I hear ya, I saw it too. Natural disasters are more frequent, no?

By WashingtonState

April 30, 2006 03:21 AM | Link to this

Jay not jay,

If Rainier blows, it could take thousands of lives with it, depending on how big the eruption was. A good sized earthquake around Seattle would probably do more damage. And then there is always the Avian Flu. My philosophy is not to worry about things I can’t change.

By Loracie63

April 30, 2006 03:59 AM | Link to this

Taxes on gas? Remember when President Clinton placed a 1 cent tax on oil in the early 1990’s and the Republicans screamed over that ( 4 years later)? The 1 cent tax raised over a billion dollars for Federal programs. President Clinton removed the tax, and within a short time Republicans in congress had secretly slid through a 17 cent tax on a gallon of gas! But we still had a budgetary surplus - unfortunatley robbed by the robber barons of the 20th & 21st century, otherwise known as Republicans. Sorry republicheerleaders, but these Republicans in office now and those who support them are turning out to be the slimey hypocrites of the Earth. I think the good Lord is opening the closet doors on many of them at this time and showing what they really stand for (Cheney, Rove, Bush, his administration, congress, legislators, local electees, etc).

And SHAME on those democrats selling their souls by switching to the Republican side!

By AntiRadical

April 30, 2006 06:39 AM | Link to this

Good toon ML but to get it right you should have had a night stand with a stack of cash on it nearby. This is hardly news though-

“America has the very best government that money can buy”- Will Rogers circa 1930

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 06:50 AM | Link to this

Algore was a Republican?

Al Gore’s “Prescription” - Raise the Tax on Gasoline

The BTU tax attempt and the subsequent 4.3-cent-per-gallon gas tax hike were not the first time Gore was on the record for supporting radically higher energy taxes: “The United States could start by gradually imposing a higher gasoline taxhiking it by one or two cents per month, until gasoline costs $2.50 to $3. 00 per gallon, comparable to prices in Europe and Japan.”

Very interesting and insightful link that I’ve come across. It appears that the Republicans were trying to tell Clinton/Gore that their energy policy would lead to the mess we have today, inadequate refining capacity, inadequate oil production, etc.

Republicans are always right.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 06:58 AM | Link to this

RW: There has to be more to it then what is disclosed in your 9:40 article. I can’t imagine the AJC letting a reporter go simply because he plagerized someone else’s work, after all, we are talking about the “Bush Sucks Sentinel” here, they probably use Jay Bookman as their “fact checker.” If he really did get caught stealing someone else’s work, normally that would get him up for an award or “prize.”

No, I believe our boy most likely got caught either trying to tell the truth or he forgot to scrap the Bush sticker off his bumper before he parked in the Urinal’s lot.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 07:14 AM | Link to this

Doesn’t this break your heart?:

Palestinians limp through cash crunch Josef Federman, Ali Daraghmeh - Associated Press Sunday, April 30, 2006

Maybe if your a bloodthirsty liberal.

Western donors who accuse Hamas of supporting terrorism cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in aid, and Israel suspended monthly payments of tax money it collects for the Palestinians.

Pinko word game translation:

Donors: You.

Accuse: We know for a fact.

I got an idea, what if the little Palestinian lovies were to join the 21st century, stop spending their days scheming how to kill Jews? You know, become a member of civilization?

You libs would never ask them to endure that hardship, now would you?

Or beter yet, why don’t you pinkos pass the hat and take up a collection for your little darlings?

By conservatives Molest America's Children

April 30, 2006 07:34 AM | Link to this

THREE years after its invasion of Iraq the US Administration acknowledged yesterday that the war has become “a cause” for Islamic extremists worldwide and there is a risk of the country becoming a safe haven for terrorists hoping to launch fresh attacks on America. Who’d a thunk something like this would have happened

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 07:59 AM | Link to this

Well, O.K. so we know how the pinko media sees the State Departments report on terrorism (in the 7:34 post) but I say let’s actually read it:

The arrest or death of two key operational planners in the span of half a year during 2005 forced AQ to adapt to broken command-and-control lines and to increased pressure in a region they had previously considered a safe haven. AQ’s leaders are scattered and on the run; its Afghan safe haven is gone; its relationship with the Taliban has diminished; its finances and logistics have been disrupted; and its organizational networks previously centered on Afghanistan are now more decentralized.

During 2005, evidence began to emerge that, in the face of counterterrorism successes, central al-Qaida (AQ) leaders were seeking new ways to interact with associated networks. By year’s end, it appeared that AQ senior leadership often inspired terrorist activity but could not direct it as fully as in the past.

Sounds like success to me, for uncovering the wormy little maggots in the lib media, who would take a positive report and spin it for their anti American campaign.

By conservatives Molest America's Children

April 30, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this

From the final page “Overall, we are still in the first phase of a potentially long war. The enemy’s proven ability to adapt means we will probably go through several more cycles of action/reaction before the war’s outcome is no longer in doubt. It is likely that we will face a resilient enemy for years to come.”

Can anyone say “Mission Accomplished”

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 08:15 AM | Link to this

John Kerry announced this week’s John Kerry Iraq Policy of the Week the other day: “Iraqi politicians should be told that they have until May 15 to deal with these intransigent issues and at last put together an effective unity government or we will immediately withdraw our military.”

Did he get that from Churchill? “We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, at least until May 15, when I have a windsurfing engagement off Nantucket.”

But the high holiness of dissent for its own sake is now the core belief of the Democratic Party: It’s not what you’re for, it’s what you’re against. Their current denunciations of Big Oil have a crudely effective opportunism but say to them “OK, what’s your energy policy?” and see what answers you get: More domestic oil? Ooh, no, we can’t disturb the pristine ANWR breeding ground of the world’s largest mosquito herd. More nuclear power, like the French? Ooh, no, might be another Three Mile Island. Er, OK, you’re the mass transit guys; how about we go back to wood-fired steam trains? Ooh, no, we’re opposed to logging, in case it causes global warming, or cooling, or both.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 08:24 AM | Link to this

“Overall, we are still in the first phase of a potentially long war. The enemy’s proven ability to adapt means we will probably go through several more cycles of action/reaction before the war’s outcome is no longer in doubt. It is likely that we will face a resilient enemy for years to come.”

Committed to their beliefs, eh?

Meanwhile, back on Earth, we have yet to lose 3000 innocent men, women and children again, so yes, let’s give a rousing “Mission Accomplished!”

By @@

April 30, 2006 08:52 AM | Link to this

Well Andy, I’m gonna have to start looking at my “quotes” to verify for accuracy. I don’t mind though. I’m not running for President and appealing to the anti-war crowd.

I’m pretty sure this one is accurate because Martin never did either.

I love Steyn, a straight-shooter and truth seeker.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 09:00 AM | Link to this

I’m baaaack from Talledega!

Finch

You can watch the re-run of the totally boring White House Correspondent’s dinner instead of trying to find me and my red carnation, which, I’ll opine, would have been more fun.

And I’m annoyed with the Fword Network because I was watching a Julie Banderas special, “The Pizza Bomber Mystery”, when they cut away to President Bush and Impersonator Bush lamely exchanging lines. Two’s a crowd in this case.

I’ll admit it - I didn’t watch the whole thing. While I have enjoyed the humorous roasts of years past, that bit alone was enough for me to vote with my remote.

But then again, I didn’t stay for the whole Talladega race either…

By seeker

April 30, 2006 09:04 AM | Link to this

ConsMolestChildren… thank you for the State Department link. Since it comes from a government arm that is consistently, fatally optimistic, I can only conclude that we’re in deep muck:

It is likely that we will face a resilient enemy for years to come.

And that’s the good news?

Coming from the crowd that predicted candy and roses and a quick decisive end to the Iraq footsy game 3 years ago, this means our grandchildren will be fighting/paying for Iraq long after we’re dead.

Suck, your pathologically dangerous optimism is only exceeded by your blind stupidity.

When are your daughters enlisting?

By dave

April 30, 2006 09:09 AM | Link to this

Typical Luckovich, don’t bother with factual information, reality or anything even remotely fair, just continue the big lie. Did someone say useful idiot? And a Pulitzer to boot. Absolutely shameless, why are you not marching with Cindy and Al .

By JT

April 30, 2006 09:45 AM | Link to this

Seeker, fine! Keep your money and sacrifice security for your children & grandchildren and let others around the globe suffer oppression at the hands of brutal dictators.

The key word is “enlist”, not “forced” to fight. Big difference between our country and others. Let go of your dangerous pessimism and grab hold of some national pride. It serves this country well.

Or you can move to “progressive do nothing” France where you have no money, security or pride.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 09:52 AM | Link to this

Seeker and liberals alike,

Henry A. Crumpton, the State Department’s ambassador at large for counterterrorism, said the new methodology would lead to better analysis of terrorist trends in the future, using this year as the benchmark.

But he acknowledged that the new methodology made it all but impossible to compare successes and failures in the U.S.-led war on terrorism in 2005 with that of previous years.

Asked his gut feeling on whether the U.S.-led coalition was gaining the upper hand over Al Qaeda and other terrorists, Crumpton — a former career CIA official — said it was too soon to tell.

“I think so,” Crumpton said in a briefing with reporters. “But I think that [when] you look at the ups and downs of this battle, it’s going to take us a long time to win this. You can’t measure this month by month or year by year; it’s going to take a lot longer.”

This^^is from the much-heralded State Dept. report.

This>>is what Donald Rumsfeld said in October of 2003:

It is pretty clear that the coalition can win in Afghanistan and Iraq in one way or another, but it will be a long, hard slog.

May I be the first to say, “No Sht Sherlock!” in response to Mr. Crumpton (who btw worked for the same agency that screwed a lot of things up in the first place with their lousy intelligence, Left Wing ideology, and employees who *leak to Pulitzer Patriots)?

CMOC,

On September 11, 2001, Islamists drove two planes into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and behaved like perfect gentlemen while slashing the throats of flight attendants of hijacked Flight 93.

Was that before they had become radicalized?

dave^^is right. You hate Big Oil, but you are totally in love with the Big Lie.

Daniel,

I’ll take the bait: What is 2391? 2+3+9+1=15. 1+5=6? Is this some secret message for Al Qaeda? Or Al Qaida? Do tell!

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 10:04 AM | Link to this

By seeker April 30, 2006 09:04 AM When are your daughters enlisting?

Just as soon as the Fanatical Islamic Hordes That You Liberals Have Your Panies All In A Wad Over reach the shores of California, although I may consider ceding that state to the Suicide Bombers, they deserve it. Pick your “they.”

By getalife

April 30, 2006 10:20 AM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

The real race is today.

I think Daniel was referring to this

Cobert lived up to his word of “truthiness” last night.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 10:31 AM | Link to this

Speaking of Talladega

Do you have a f——— problem with me?” the 2005 mayoral candidate said to state Sen. Carl Kruger at an annual Mill Basin fund-raiser Thursday night, witnesses said.

Weiner, thought to be an early mayoral 2009 favorite, also called the Brooklyn senator a “p—-y,” witnesses said.

“I’m going to give you a bad hair day,” Kruger shot back, apparently vowing revenge.

The exchange, which occurred in the lobby of Temple Shalom, was prompted by Weiner’s fierce opposition to acting legend Paul Newman’s proposal to bring Grand Prix-style racing to Brooklyn…

*Kruger supports Newman’s proposal to bring auto racing to the long-closed Floyd Bennett Field in Gateway National Recreation Area. Weiner has called it “illegal.”

Illegal. Hmmmm. I wonder what Weiner’s position is on illegal immigration

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 10:51 AM | Link to this

getalife,

My free tickets were for yesterday.

Thanks for explaining Daniel’s groovy number.

By Getitright

April 30, 2006 10:52 AM | Link to this

Psst, Mikey. Perhaps Uncle Howard at the DNC forgot to tell you that federal taxes are taking 5 times the amount that the oil companies are making as profit. Oh, I forgot, you WORK for the DNC. Any thoughts on doing a cartoon that snips at the Dems for their hipocracy?

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 10:52 AM | Link to this

The New York Times finally believes in trickle down economics!

As Gas Prices Go Up, Impact Trickles Down

We’ve won!

By getalife

April 30, 2006 11:02 AM | Link to this

At some point in time, the wingnuts will accept responsibility that they are the party in power and stop blaming everybody else for the problems they create.

The blame game does not get anything done and just makes them look pitiful. I think Mike should do a cartoon on this fact.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 11:07 AM | Link to this

Daniel,

Is that you in this photo?

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 11:39 AM | Link to this

Okay getalife,

If we can’t go back in history and blame others for their errors, then perhaps you would like us to be more like Chesa Boudin Yale ‘03, and celebrate their accomplishments.

By getalife

April 30, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

I guess we have not reached that point in time.

I will be waiting for some accountability for the current administration.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 11:55 AM | Link to this

Getalife,

When does history begin? Is it like a tree falling in a desert? Sheesh.

By Republican Family Values

April 30, 2006 12:28 PM | Link to this

Bush Warns of ‘More Days of Sacrifice’

What happened to “Mission Accomplished”? Was that a LIE or is this a LIE? Looks like even Bush himself doesn’t believe Bush is credible these days.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 12:35 PM | Link to this

RFV: Just because you are too afflicted with ignorance to distinguish between removing Saddam Hussein from power and creating a democracy in Iraq, doesn’t mean that you have to share it with us. Most people would be polite enough to study on a subject before the shot their mouth off about it.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 12:43 PM | Link to this

Any idiot can speak in soundbites like “Bush said mission accomplished”, for evidence of just that see 12:28. Other people listen to or read the whole thing

By Republican Family Values

April 30, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this

Attention turned Tuesday to a giant “Mission Accomplished” sign that stood behind Bush aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln when he gave the speech May 1. The president told reporters the sign was put up by the Navy, not the White House.

Yeh, I guess since Bush blamed it on the Navy, he really didn’t say it at all just like Hate & RW said.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this

I guess I should have thought about the lack of mental capacity of RFV, for the rest of you that aren’t as mentally challenged bear with me.

You see RFV, if you read the entire text of the speech you will clearly see that a mission was in fact accomplished. It was also very clearly stated that the war was not over and would not be for a long time.

In other words More days of sacrifice or exactly what was said in the radio address you so kindly linked the Jennifer Loven translation of.

Maybe you should go back to linking your perversion stories, you are woefully inadequate when you try use your own words.

By getalife

April 30, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this

Give the devil his due. There is one thing this administration and the 30% are good at, it is the blame game.

The Colbert Classic

Brilliant!

By Republican Family Values

April 30, 2006 01:23 PM | Link to this

RW- Nice try at misdirection but I was commenting on Bush’s famous photo-op not a speech and the words were not mine but from the link. You may want to bury and forget about “Mission Accomplished” just like Bush did when he blamed the Navy but you don’t get to.

By RE

April 30, 2006 01:24 PM | Link to this

Colbert was something to see last night. That was the most intense thrashing of Bush I have seen so far, an uninterrupted 20 minutes hitting every failure, mistatement, and lie told so far. I was waiting for him to be lead off the stage. If you have not seen it yet, check out c-span.

By buff

April 30, 2006 01:37 PM | Link to this

Hey, RW, whatcha been up to?

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 01:39 PM | Link to this

This goofball says he gets to decide when the words count and when they don’t when he is trying to pretend that he has found some contradiction in message and I’m the one dissembling.

OK RFV, whatever you say bud, just try to control yourself this afternoon when it sinks in that you have proved yourself a fool once again.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 01:41 PM | Link to this

buff,

Trying to escape town which it looks like I may be able to do Wednesday or Thursday. How’s the poker circuit?

By @@

April 30, 2006 01:55 PM | Link to this

Oh look, Buff stopped by.

I’m so happy…

I’m so happy…

I’m so happy and ????? and…………..GAY!!

That’s me singing when I don’t know the words.

Hi Buff.

By buff

April 30, 2006 01:58 PM | Link to this

Rw, playing a lot, I actually won a tourney on PartyPoker.com. It was a $6 buy in LATE at night. I took home $1100. I spend way too much time on this stuff. I got loaded one night and got slaughtered at Blackjack. I got up about $300 on $5 hands, then switched to $25 a hand; bad move

I wonder if some people actually think about things before posting. This oil issue is one of the most misunderstood calamities of all times.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 02:10 PM | Link to this

RPV,

It would have been so much better if Bush had landed on the USS Abraham Lincoln with a big sign that said, “Thanks for nothing. You suck!”.

Then you all could have argued whether the sign was put up by the White House to honor the troops, or by the troops to honor Bush.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 02:13 PM | Link to this

Hey buff, good to hear from you.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 02:14 PM | Link to this

Hi Buff!

There was a guy next to me at Talladega yesterday who was wearing a “Party Poker” hat. Was that you?

I was the gal with my fingers in her ears, just like RW predicted.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 02:16 PM | Link to this

buff,

PartyPoker should at least reimburse you for the beverages, since they got the full casino treatment out of you.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 02:33 PM | Link to this

RPV,

Here are a ton of quotes you need to [bury and forget].(http://www.freedomagenda.com/iraq/wmd_quotes.html)

This should keep you busy for awhile. Shall I lend you a shovel?

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 02:40 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

In case RFV is trying to bury pictures instead of words here are a few more.

By buff

April 30, 2006 02:49 PM | Link to this

@@ “I’m so pretty, oh so pretty, and pretty and witty and bright, and I pity any girl who’s not me tonight”

Have you seen Jack Nicholson sing that in “Anger Management?”

By @@

April 30, 2006 02:49 PM | Link to this

And this one is a “KEEPER”.

“Hindsight alone is not wisdom and second-guessing is not a strategy.” George W. Bush-1/31/06

By buff

April 30, 2006 02:52 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish, no not me theer, but I have been there before. I saw Earnhardt the elder win a race and he led every lap

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 02:56 PM | Link to this

RPV,

Damn that accidental period.

Here’s the motherlode for you to bury:

Between burying those quotes and RWs photos, you may need some of this

Poor baby.

By @@

April 30, 2006 02:56 PM | Link to this

Buff:

Man was I “OFF KEY?”

No, haven’t seen “Anger Management”, but Jack is one of my all time favorites.

As to my recollection of song lyrics…it’s a real shame I ain’t got “Jack”.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 03:00 PM | Link to this

Buff,

Well it was a great hat and the guy who was wearing it was really cute, so you are in good company.

By buff

April 30, 2006 03:04 PM | Link to this

@@

Watch “Anger Management,” it is funny Also, “Team America: World Police” is a “must see”

By Brian Curtis

April 30, 2006 03:31 PM | Link to this

Colbert’s performance was excellent overall. I like how he not only went after Bush (which is, let’s face it, shooting fish in a barrel), but the press themselves.

It’s hard to say which has been more negligent and incompetent the past few years, and Colbert helped put ‘em both in their places last night.

http://youtube.com/profile?user=farmhand

By Dusty

April 30, 2006 03:58 PM | Link to this

Oh, hush, Brian.

We are celebrating buff’s return. buff we enjoy.

Colbert? Who cares? He will be forgotten by next week. Just a little jerk acting like one.

By Matilda

April 30, 2006 04:17 PM | Link to this

Brian Curtis- May I call you farmhand? I just love a big strong and young farm boy. You are just 23 aren’t you? I hope you are not one of those Hollywood movie cowboys with the sheep and each other. Call me.

By getalife

April 30, 2006 04:28 PM | Link to this

Hey buff,

Well, folks on the left love “the Colbert classic”.

The “angry right” shares Dusty’s point of view.

By seeker

April 30, 2006 04:34 PM | Link to this

buff! You poker maniac! Welcome back!

Buy Danish, you picked the right day to hit Talladega, since today was a bit of a washout. And I see you have returned in full form!

By dubya

April 30, 2006 04:42 PM | Link to this

Listen up! Especially you chickenhawks. Tomorrow, May 1st, will be a magnificent day. Your brave leader, The Absent Aviator, “Guts” Bush has been agitating for this day for months now. We will see “Democracy On Thee March” not just in Eyerack, but here at home as well. See our happy, deserving citizens as they proudly take to the streets. Once again, God Bless Murcuh!

By Dusty

April 30, 2006 04:43 PM | Link to this

Oh, get going, getalife

I am right here celebrating. THE BRAVES JUST WON 8-5. Francoeur did his stuff and everything went right.

Kinda reminds me of conservatives. Winners! Nobody cares about Colbert’s little shabby showoff. A loser trying to lampoon a winner.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 04:52 PM | Link to this

Seeker,

Yes, I’m back with a link that should meet your high standards.

This is testimony about Ramzi Yousef to the 9/11 commission, with some very interesting analysis indeed.

Enjoy

By getalife

April 30, 2006 04:55 PM | Link to this

Dusty,

Obviously, you only read one side.

Check out the comments.

Francoeur went to my High School and I watched him today. I am a big fan.

Where did you want me to go?

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 04:59 PM | Link to this

I thought Detroit was full of pinkos?:

And just who is the profiteer here? While the average profit on the sale of a gallon of gasoline is nine cents, the average state and federal tax on that same gallon of gasoline is about 45 cents (and 52 cents in Michigan). And if we must have an investigation, how about investigating the extent to which government regulations drive up prices and block new production?

Washington should cool its carburetors. The pursuit of profit is one of the main engines of Western progress and prosperity. And as people in my neck of the woods are fast learning, it is only out of profit that we can afford to pay for a comfortable retirement. As profits in the steel, airline and auto industries erode or even vanish, so do pensions and health care benefits, not to mention jobs.

Thomas Bray is a Detroit News columnist.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 05:05 PM | Link to this

I thought San Francisco was full of pinkos?:

The bottom line is that while these demonstrations, I am told, are supposed to make me feel better about illegal immigrants, I feel angry when I see thousands of people who knowingly break American law, yet somehow feel entitled to do so and outraged that they have not been sufficiently rewarded for it.

I can only say that when I read, “no trabajo” and “no escuela” and “no compra” (no shopping) and “no venta” (no selling), my response is: “No mas.” No more.

dsaunders@sfchronicle.com

By seeker

April 30, 2006 05:09 PM | Link to this

Danish,

That’s better than other links you’ve tossed out. But it still doesn’t show Saddam’s Iraq was any more a nexus of terror than Saudi Arabia, where Osama and most of the hijackers were born and where they got their money.

Attack Iraq after 9/11? Might as well attack Syria, where the father-son Assad regime was far more anti US and anti Israel. Who do you think orchestrated the Beirut barracks bombing? On Reagan’s watch, I might add?

And your other evidence about Osama Iraqi links offer more proof that bin Ladin was blackmailing Saddam. “Leave us alone and we won’t kill you or overthrow you”.

Someday, your efforts to justify Bush’s transparent attempt to please his Dad by knocking off Saddam instead of targetting Osama, the REAL terror kingpin will embarrass you.

We did not cut off Medusa’s head. We just sliced up a few snakes. And Medusa (Osama) is growing new snakes every day.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 05:11 PM | Link to this

Seeker,

I know this Stephen Hayes analysis doesn’t have the gravitas of Farenheit 9/11 IYHO, but it’s a page turner nevertheless.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 05:25 PM | Link to this

BUSH: This ruggedly good looking man next to me is Steve Bridges. He is a talented man. In fact, he did all of my debates with Senator Kerry.

The gathered correspondents loved it, laughing frequently at the two Bushes. Ironically, the pair was followed by a more well-known comedian, Steve Colbert of Comedy Central’s Colbert Report. Initially Fox News pulled away for a couple of minutes of useless analysis, but the anchor of the broadcast took viewers back to the presentation because, in her words, Steve Colbert “never fails to make us laugh.” Fox then broadcast three of the most laugh-free minutes of comedy seen on national television since Chevy Chase fancied himself as the new Johnny Carson. Colbert barely garnered even polite laughter for his banal and obvious schtick, and eventually Fox returned to its obviously embarrassed anchor.

There were two problems with Colbert’s act. The first is that it wasn’t funny, and the second was that it didn’t keep with the spirit of the evening. The Correspondents Dinner prides itself on making the evening a safe venue for all, and the humor is supposed to stay self-deprecating. Attacking one’s opponents in this forum is considered bad manners. Colbert has no grasp of his audience or the event, and he paid the price for it. And that price was painful indeed.

Another stupid democrat clod, showing their total lack of class and humility for all the world to see.

Keep it up, you as-ses!

By Dusty

April 30, 2006 05:33 PM | Link to this

getalife,

I wanted you to go find the “angry right” and strighten them out! They aren’t here and I was celebrating the Braves win. Just wanted to let you know

I don’t enjoy satire used to denigrate people. If that is what you like, go ahead. It’s a free country.

By getalife

April 30, 2006 05:35 PM | Link to this

Let the smear begin, so predictable but very entertaining.

Here let me help

Check out the last picture.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 05:52 PM | Link to this

getalife,

I thought you liked Colbert. Why are you trying to wreck his career by getting people to watch that utterly lame performance?

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 06:01 PM | Link to this

The Los Angeles Times said Sunday it is discontinuing the column and Internet blog of a Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter because he posted items online using assumed names.

Get out! I wonder if this could be a trend among recent PP winners? We sure do have the crimes here, all we need is a suspect. Cartoon boy?

By Midori

April 30, 2006 06:03 PM | Link to this

RW,

That performance is only lame to the utterly lame.

I’m just sayin……..

By getalife

April 30, 2006 06:04 PM | Link to this

RW,

Acually, I like Stewert better but the Colbert classic is all over the “internets”.

Now, they are questioning his patriotism. Smear tactic #2.

Too funny!

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 06:08 PM | Link to this

Saudi Arabia King Cuts Gasoline Prices 25 Percent

The drop in prices means Saudis now will be paying 60 halalahs per liter of regular gasoline, or about 60 U.S. cents a gallon. The price of super drops to about 76 U.S. cents a gallon. There are 100 halalahs in the Saudi riyal, which is worth about 26 U.S. cents.

This is what we need, a king who beheads democrats that won’t let him drill in ANWR.

By Midori

April 30, 2006 06:10 PM | Link to this

Getalife,

got a link to that?

I need some Sunday evening humor :)

By Midori

April 30, 2006 06:11 PM | Link to this

hmmmmmmm

I see Andy is still practicing his “cut and paste” skills.

Keep it up dear. You’ll master it yet!!

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 06:13 PM | Link to this

Midori,

Actually I appreciate good comedy and I have no problem with skewering the President or his policies. Colbert’s performance was completely lame as a comedic exercise and only appreciated by people that are simply thrilled to see the President attacked.

Jon Stewart does a much better job of it. Colbert does a great job of ridiculing through satire on his show. I already said up ^ ^ ^ there that he got better as the routine went on and he branched out, but if you spend three minutes trashing the President and can’t even get a snicker out of the press corps you really aren’t doing a very good job.

Of course, I’m just giving an honest appraisal. Something you are completely unfamiliar with.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 06:18 PM | Link to this

Andy,

That 6:01 is hilarious. I guess I shouldn’t be surprised that this is a left wing tactic, but I thought we just had a few deranged fools around here.

I bet they use multiple personalities to derive their poll numbers too.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 06:50 PM | Link to this

RW: No doubt. Can’t you just imagine the poll takers, probably the first question they ask “Are you a democrat?” If the answer is no, they hang up. If they get a yes, it may seem like a no brainer but I’ll bet they still have to work for it. “Do you approve of the job Chimpy McBushhitler is doing as president?” May we take that snort as a negative?

By Mikey Luckovich

April 30, 2006 06:56 PM | Link to this

It wasn’t me!

I swear on…er, my mother’s uh, let’s see now, err, I swear on my mother’s… Readers Digest that I am not the nasty nicjacker.

By @@

April 30, 2006 06:58 PM | Link to this

Alright, so which one of you malicious, maladjusted, moronic, miscreant, leftwing, lunatic lackeys is ml?

That was kinda fun!

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 07:04 PM | Link to this

@@,

Midori—Lord help us—ML…hmmmm

By Dusty

April 30, 2006 07:05 PM | Link to this

OK, so Colbert was using satire to try and make the president look like a big joke. It wasn’t funny but that seems to be beside the point. Call it liberal humor.

Jimmy Carter and Lowry tried to “cut down” the President at Coretta Scott King’s funeral. Was that also liberal humor? Nawww..just plain bad manners and bad judgment. Just like Colbert. None of it was funny.

By I hate $3.00 Gas

April 30, 2006 07:07 PM | Link to this

Dear President Clinton,

Why did you veto drilling in ANWR in 1996, after it was passed by the Republican House and Senate?

You told us that the it was bad for the Caribou. I know you never lie and that was the truth, but can you please apologize ‘cause I’m going broke now from those damn Caribou.

Can you send me some money from your speaking engagements to cover the cost of my gas? Maybe Hillary can lend you some dough.

I don’t even drive one of those big gas guzzlers. Heck, I can’t even run my lawn mower.

Your friend,

Debbie Democrat

By @@

April 30, 2006 07:13 PM | Link to this

RW:

Hmmmmmm! You may be onto something here. Midori is certainly protective of ml whenever I give a critique of his artistic work.

Midori?

Lord Help Us?

By Dusty

April 30, 2006 07:14 PM | Link to this

MIKEY Luckovich??

Are you for real, MIKEY?

Now about this last cartoon and the hundred before it………….

I have a “bone to pick” with you. OH, nevermind.

By MIKEY

April 30, 2006 07:37 PM | Link to this

Dusty, Like I told you on my “pro-bush” thread. PUT UP OR SHUT UP.

Don’t give me “never minds”, that hits a little too close to home.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 07:45 PM | Link to this

moonbat liberal

.

mindless leftist

.

mushbrained lunatic

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 07:54 PM | Link to this

What happened to the rest of my post?

ml, those names at 7:45 are just a few suggestions you can use to contribute to your blog and still fly under the radar. You’re Welcome!

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 07:58 PM | Link to this

Misappropriate Labels.

By @@

April 30, 2006 08:23 PM | Link to this

Getalife:

They’re busy, busy, busy in Afghanistan. Go to “International” (in the marginalized left), scroll down to “Successes Continue in Afghanistan Operations”.

If you post your address, we’ll tell the troops to send OBL to you, C.O.D. Do you want him dead or alive?

Exits have been cut off and there are thousands of troops looking for him. Have I made you happy?

By Dusty

April 30, 2006 08:28 PM | Link to this

MIKEY,

Your “pro bush” thread must have been “before my time”.

You may be a golf pro, swim pro, polo pro, chef pro,or bozo pro, but a Bush-pro. Never!

Put the pens and paper away. And stop braying! You’re keeping Bookman awake.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 08:37 PM | Link to this

This guy may be a little nuts, but this is a pretty funny experiment.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 08:42 PM | Link to this

‘A Virgin Market’ Afghanistan is open for business.

BY ANN MARLOWE Sunday, April 30, 2006 12:01 a.m. EDT

KABUL, Afghanistan—The recent Yale graduate I was chatting with at a party here spoke Chinese and had lived in China, the seeming epicenter of all things capitalist. “Why did you decide to come to Afghanistan?” I asked. He stared at me. “This is the largest rebuilding and development effort in the history of the world. Who wouldn’t want to be here?”

According to the World Bank, Afghanistan is ranked 16th among 145 countries for ease of opening an enterprise. The Afghan Investment Support Agency, the one-stop shop for investing in Afghanistan with streamlined business registration, reports that 754 foreign companies have registered investments of $1.3 billion in Afghanistan; some well-known names include Siemens (rehabilitating dams) and Serena Hotels (Kabul’s first five-star). There are 13 private banks, including Standard Chartered Bank, Commerzbank-affiliated Kabul Bank, and ING-managed Afghanistan International Bank. A third mobile phone company, Lebanon’s Investcom, will launch service in Kabul in June, having paid $40 million for its 15-year operating license. At least $100 million will be invested in cement manufacturing in 2006.

By God's One and Only True Messenger

April 30, 2006 08:50 PM | Link to this

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism Anytime (24/7 any topic, seldom related) But of course, It’s never stopped you, has it?

By MIKEY

April 30, 2006 08:54 PM | Link to this

Dusty, I am not a golf pro, swim pro, polo pro, chef pro or a bozo pro. I am a PRO-STITUTE and proud of it.

pros·ti·tute (prst-tt, -tyt) To sell (oneself or one’s talent, for example) for an unworthy purpose.

I will thank all of you to remember this fact in the future.

By Sam

April 30, 2006 09:11 PM | Link to this

You are correct, DUBYA. This country is getting all the nightmares that the Bush gang guaranteed. Entirely predictable.

By Mikey Luckovich

April 30, 2006 09:15 PM | Link to this

Hey! Wait a minute! Someone is pretending to be me!

He is clearly an imposter. Right? I mean you can tell the difference, can’t you?

I’m the man! The Pulitzer Board said I am! Mikey is just the kid who peddles Life cereal.

Mikey sucks! STFU Mikey!

By Dusty

April 30, 2006 09:21 PM | Link to this

RW.

There’s a Darfur protest march tomorrow. Haven’t heard too much about it. Have you?

By AJC subscriber

April 30, 2006 09:24 PM | Link to this

GOOTM,

I am so humbled to be in your presence. What am I supposed to say? Allah Akbar?

Let me know what I need to do to earn your favor. I luv unwilling virgins. I don’t care where they live. Heaven. Earth. Don’t matter to me.

Give me a sign. I’ll even check my grilled cheese sandwhiches for anything that looks like a Mohammed. I can tell it’s you if I see an image of a turban and a beard. I burn my toast a lot so the beard thing happens already.

Oh shoot! If I eat it does that make me an Infidel?

By Clem

April 30, 2006 09:24 PM | Link to this

Once again you are spot on Sam. I so wish you would post more often as you are one of the few that can truly descibe the horror we face.

By JT

April 30, 2006 09:32 PM | Link to this

Sam:

Somebody had to take action to clean up Ted Kennedy’s(D) progressive mess. BTW, there’s another Democrat in there somewhere. Oh yea, Inouye(D).

Chief among national concerns was total numeric immigration. Senate floor manager and Camelot knight-errant Ted Kennedy, D-Massachusetts, assured jittery senators that “our cities will not be flooded with a million immigrants annually.” Senator Daniel Inouye, D-Hawaii, further calmed that august body, insisting “the total number of potential immigrants would not be changed very much.” Time has proven otherwise. Average immigration levels before the 1965 amendments took effect hovered around 300,000 per annum. Yet 1,045,000 legal immigrants flooded our cities in 1996 alone.

But you’re right, a big mess. Thanks to progressive Democrats.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 09:37 PM | Link to this

Dusty,

There was a big rally today in Washington. Tomorrow is for the illegal alien rally and the New Black Panther march on Duke University I believe.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 09:50 PM | Link to this

RW,

I don’t know why but your 8:37 left me in stitches. I don’t think he’s crazy at all, although he has the patience of a Saint.

Dusty,

I don’t mean to sound cynical, but this sounds like a big fundraiser, not for Darfur, but for the U.N., to me.

They’ve squandered all their Oil For Food $ and now they claim they can’t afford to send enough supplies to Darfur.

Sorry, but my B.S. meter is on high alert, especially when I see who is involved in this (besides George Clooney)

They are a day late and a dollar short. This situation has been going on for years now. Where were they? Too busy protesting the Iraq War to notice?

I have an open mind and if any of you can convince me that this is an effort born of sincerity, and with solutions that won’t just make things worse, I’m willing to listen.

By Dusty

April 30, 2006 09:53 PM | Link to this

Thanks,RW

AJC home page just reported a lot of information on the Darfur Protest March. Lots of good names associated with this one. Elie Wiesel for one. Even the Democrats are saying they agree with the President about Darfur.

Conditions in Darfur are horrendous.

But so many protests marches are ruining the effect. Wish Hollywood wasn’t involved with this one. Raises doubt.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 09:59 PM | Link to this

From RW’s link,

“This is in fact the first genocide of the 21st century, but there is hope…” the actor (George Clooney) said.

I guess George was too busy acting to notice the last genocides of the 20th Century.

By finch

April 30, 2006 10:04 PM | Link to this

Stay away for awhile and what happens? I enjoyed being politics (and BS) free for an afternoon. That will change. Heh.

Buff, nice to see you. BD, now I know I wouldn’t have seen the carnation today even if the race had been run.

RW,

The $39 Experiment link is… strange. I liked it much.

By @@

April 30, 2006 10:05 PM | Link to this

Well I’ve always wanted to do this and; I get to take a jab at Teddy.

You are correct and; you are spot on J.T..

I’ll accept no criticism of my punctuation. I’ve never understood what to do with a semicolon. Just thought they looked good there. Well, really, I don’t think they look good anywhere, but…….

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 10:11 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

It looks like if you just write and ask for key chains you get results. He certainly seemed happy with his compressed air cans, but my favorites were his letters to Subway and Quizno’s.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 10:16 PM | Link to this

Here’s a Sudan timeline of going back to the 1881.

Those nice Islamists, who weren’t radicalized until Bush invaded Iraq, are responsible for the genocide of course.

By Dusty

April 30, 2006 10:18 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

I know what you mean about your B.S. sensitivity being on alert. It is such a mixed up affair. Hollywood, rabbis remembering the holocaust, Elie Wiesel/prison camps, Democrats, Republicans.The thought of genocide is a bad one.

As you said, it has been going on for years. African nations were sending troops as peace keepers but I don’t think that worked out. Chad now sounds like it has an unstable government. Pictures of refugee camps don’t even look livable.

Protest marches should be around the UN building, not Washington. Relief agencies have already done more than they have. This whole thing is like a Gordian knot. But I am like you. Something keeps saying: Watch out!

By Midori

April 30, 2006 10:20 PM | Link to this

Great. Just great.

now they are channeling Dr. Evil

All the Fox News Hounds and all of Fox and Friends can’t make Bush seem credible again.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 10:28 PM | Link to this

RW,

He certainly is skilled at using the word enthusiast! Too funny.

It’s hard to choose a favorite. The compressed air got me started, and the Gillette one was very clever. Quiznos and Subway were hilarious too. I sort of stopped reading shortly after that - I was getting a stomach ache.

finch,

I’m quite sure I left you a note this morning. Sorry you missed it.

Nite all…

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 10:34 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

You need to scroll down to the bottom and see how Colgate Palmolive sent him a letter back complete with his title “Personal Care Enthusiast” on the address label.

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 10:37 PM | Link to this

Oh my God!!!! The Chief of Staff of the White House did an interview on a network???? Unbelievable!!! What will those monsters do next, a press briefing???

By @@

April 30, 2006 10:43 PM | Link to this

RW:

Well Buy Danish is a lady. I’m just @@ and it was the Durex (#45) than brought tears of laughter to my eyes.

I kept thinking the #45 indicated size, but I was disappointed. It was an item #.

Oh well, nite!

By RW-(the original)

April 30, 2006 10:49 PM | Link to this

@@,

I completely missed that one somehow. Poor guy, “Tom Locke-intercourse enthusiast”, hasn’t heard back from Durex yet.

By Buy Danish

April 30, 2006 10:51 PM | Link to this

Midori,

Andy Roddick lost his mojo last summer. I mean, of all the things to get hysterical about. Mojo? Or is something else bothering you? Oh I get it - the scoop, the very first interview with Josh went to Fox instead of Katie Couric.

How dare they.

Why aren’t you in Washington with George Clooney?

Dusty,

If they must protest, why not park themselves right outside Kofi “Rwanda was not genocide” Annan’s office?.

final g’nite.

By @@

April 30, 2006 11:13 PM | Link to this

“Divestment and Sudan” was an innovative concept initiated by two Harvard college students. Seems that Harvard had $1M invested in a Chinese Oil Company doing business with the Sudanese government. The students compelled them to divest. It snowballed to other colleges and had an impact on the Sudanese government.

NATO & the EU have convenient and lousy excuses for doing nothing. Very transparent if you ask me.

By @@

April 30, 2006 11:45 PM | Link to this

Hey, my post disappeared.

Poor “little tommy Locke”.

Aaaacckkk, Aaaacck, Aacck, aack, aa, a………….Goodnight little Tommy.

Goodnight everyone!

By Mike

May 1, 2006 03:11 AM | Link to this

Today is illegal immigrant boycott day. I wonder if they will boycott all of the free services they get such as schools,food stamps,hospital emergency rooms(might as well be free,they cant pay the bill)and all other social services they freeload off the taxpayers.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 04:53 AM | Link to this

The generic congressional polls now look bleak for the GOP, but there is less than meets the eye. First, they usually overstate the Democratic vote. They also do not mention candidates’ names but ask only which party voters will support. Such polls have historically shown Democrats leading in years when the Republicans in fact made gains in Congress.

Moreover, Republican strategists familiar with the GOP’s renewed voter outreach effort say historically Republican voters tend to turn out in much larger numbers than the Democrats in midterm elections and that the Republican ground game is better equipped than the Democrats at targeting its voters and getting them to the polls.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 05:28 AM | Link to this

Darfur Double Standard

We’d be remiss, however, if we didn’t say that we also hope that the Darfur rally yesterday helps to illuminate the hypocrisy of some of those on the left. They want military action now to oppose a genocidal regime in Sudan and to protect its victims. Yet they opposed military action in Iraq to oust a regime, in that of Saddam Hussein, that had engaged in ethnic cleansing of Iraqi Kurds and Shiites and had rained scud missiles on Israeli cities.

By Glenn

May 1, 2006 06:07 AM | Link to this

RW: Please, shhhhhhh. This is a special repub day for little weenie guys. You babble endlessly too much. Take up space. Say nothing. Give some of your little weenie guys a chance to express themseves. Into your roach motel with you for awhile.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 06:08 AM | Link to this

Well lookie here, some more name jacking in the “Readers Write” section of the Urinal:

Hate radio!!

Whinefest has audience!!

Conservatives comparing the work of Jay Bookman and Mike Luckovich (two peas in a pod) to the work of those in hate radio are sadly out of touch with the world. As I see it, people such as Bookman and Luckovich use their talent and training to express their opinion in an artful and respectable way.

Hate radio is just a way for conservative madmen to whine all day. Somehow, plenty of listening conservatives find a way to relate to the insanity, which says a lot about their maturity.

Luckovich and Bookman are miles beyond anybody who resorts to yelling and babbling over the airwaves.

By seeker

May 1, 2006 06:39 AM | Link to this

AJC promoter,

As usual you use lies to prop up bogus ideas. No Democrat, Hollywood or otherwise is calling for an Iraq style in vasion of Sudan. They’re calling for humanitarian aid and a police action to thwart roving killers.

Darfur is nothing like Iraq was. Iraq didn’t have hundreds of thousands of starving refugees moving across deserts in nomadic clumps pursued by bandits and killers. To even suggest the situations are similar mocks a real tragedy.

Idiot.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 06:48 AM | Link to this

seekling: Define “police action.”

By seeker

May 1, 2006 06:50 AM | Link to this

The US is the worst friend Iraq ever had. Bush and the Pentagon do as much for Iraq as car title loansharks do for Georgia’s workers.

I take that back. I’m being nice to loansharks.

May 1 (Bloomberg) — The U.S.-led reconstruction effort in Iraq is running out of money and hundreds of projects are at risk of going unfinished as the yearend deadline approaches for handing off most of the work to the Iraqis, according to the U.S. inspector overseeing the effort.

In March, the country’s oil output was about 2.2 million barrels a day, compared with 2.6 million barrels before the war opened in March 2003, the report said. The U.S. goal is 3 million barrels a day.

The promises that Iraq would be self sufficient were hollow lies.

The U.S. has spent $265 million on a failed effort to improve Iraq’s ability to protect its energy infrastructure from attacks, the report said. Poor management and a lack of accountability were cited as key factors in the failure.

Cany you say Halliburton? Dick Cheney’s dividend checks?

Corruption among Iraqi officials is another form of insurgency'' andplagues” Iraq’s oil and gas industry, the report said.

Iraq. The US money pit. 2400 American deaths and counting.

Idiots.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 06:58 AM | Link to this

seekling: So you want a free “police action” in Darfur?

By seeker

May 1, 2006 07:00 AM | Link to this

Frank Rich of the New York Times cuts thru the BS to show the costs of a failed Iraqi invasion and the lies by the greedy liars that propelled it.

The demons that keep rising up from the past to grab Mr. Bush are the fictional W.M.D. he wielded to take us into Iraq. They stalk him as relentlessly as Banquo’s ghost did Macbeth. From that original sin, all else flows. Mr. Rove wouldn’t be in jeopardy if the White House hadn’t hatched a clumsy plot to cover up its fictions. Mr. Bush’s poll numbers wouldn’t be in the toilet if American blood was not being spilled daily because of his fictions. By recruiting a practiced Fox News performer to better spin this history, the White House reveals that it has learned nothing. Made-for-TV propaganda propelled the Bush presidency into its quagmire in the first place. At this late date only the truth, the whole and nothing but, can set it free.

The liars that keep on lying

It was on May 1 three years ago that Mr. Bush did his victory jig on the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln. It was May 1 last year that The Sunday Times of London published the so-called Downing Street memo. These events bracket all that has gone wrong and will keep going wrong for this president until he comes clean.

A Bush promise is priceless. That and $1.75 gets you a ride on MARTA.

These days Mr. Bush seems to be hoping that we’ll just forget every falsehood in his “Mission Accomplished” oration. Trying to deflect a citizen’s hostile question about prewar intelligence claims, the president asserted at a public forum last month that he had never said “there was a direct connection between September the 11th and Saddam Hussein.” But on May 1, 2003, as on countless other occasions, he repeatedly made that direct connection. “With those attacks the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States,” he intoned then. “And war is what they got.” It was typical of the bait-and-switch rhetoric he used to substitute a war of choice against an enemy who did not attack us on 9/11 for the war against the non-Iraqi terrorists who did.

Where’s Osama?? Where are the real terrorists? Why is Bush taking potshots at a few little niggling terror snakes when the Medusa mastermind of Muslim terror remans free, laughing at us as he uses Iraq and Pakistan as both recruiting tools and training bases?

Idiot. Bush lies, Americans die.

By seeker

May 1, 2006 07:02 AM | Link to this

Easy.

A police action is NOT what the US is doing in Iraq.

Capische?

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 07:10 AM | Link to this

No, I don’t “capische.” It’s called bipolar, what you are doing. You’re the idiot, you bust out of the box this morning condemning the US for not doing enough in Darfur and then immediately start whining because of what we are doing in Iraq. Are you on the rag or what?

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 07:12 AM | Link to this

The Washington Post kicking liberal butt again this morning:

Open societies flourish because they are driven by intelligence and information; the U.S. tort system creates an enclave of idiotic whimsy in the heart of the most open society in the world. But the Vioxx litigation does not merely celebrate dumb prejudice. It’s extraordinarily expensive. For this year alone, Merck has set aside a legal war chest of $685 million. The Vioxx lawsuits could eventually cost it between $10 billion and $50 billion.

Did those numbers sink in properly? The midpoint of those estimates — $30 billion — is six times more than the federal government spends annually on cancer research. Or, to put it another way, $30 billion is about five times Merck’s annual earnings, meaning that one of the world’s top pharmaceutical research establishments is fighting for survival. At a time when Americans fret over relative decline in science and business, it’s insane to sink a flagship scientific company in order to line the pockets of unscrupulous lawyers.

By candide

May 1, 2006 07:13 AM | Link to this

Apparently Stephen Colbert really laced into Bush at the Correspondants Dinner. Good for him! Satire often is more effective than rational discourse. For example, the best way to turn people away from evangelical foolishness to make it seem designed for fools and knaves, which it is. People don’t want to seem like fools.

When you see a Christian or a Republican, make fun of him/her. It can work to save his/her soul.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 07:24 AM | Link to this

Since seekling is unable to explain what he wants done in Darfur, let me:

The United States and Iran are playing programmed roles in a minuet on nuclear weapons. The United States pushes the U.N. Security Council to warn Iran about the consequences of going nuclear. And Iran continues its march toward development of nuclear power, even as its president declares that “we don’t give a damn” about U.N. resolutions calling on Iran to suspend its uranium enrichment.

As with Iran, The UN plan of action is to piddle around like pinkos until it’s too late to act and millions are already dead. As usual, it’s a stupid socialist feelgood fake action that results in absolutely nothing but higher tax rates.

Meanwhile, democracy and independence in Iraq are all but inevitable:

CAIRO, Egypt - Iraq’s Defense Ministry will be preparing for more Iranian incursions into Iraqi territory this week after issuing a stern warning to its neighbor to end security sweeps and mortar attacks in Iraq in pursuit of Kurdish rebels. The warning from the ministry, currently headed by a Sunni Arab politician, Saadoun Dulaimi, comes after the Iraqi national security adviser, Muwafaq al-Rubaie, said this weekend that he expected all foreign troops to leave Iraq by mid-2008.

This is the real lib outrage, they know Bush is going to win in Iraq and they would rather hit their dic-ks with a hammer then see that happen. You can clearly see the haggard look of desperation and futility in seeklings posts, it’s killing him.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 07:37 AM | Link to this

By all means, when you libs are making fun of Christians and Republicans be sure to do it in public in front of large crowds, especially at events that are being held to honor someone, like funerals. Go ahead, hijack the occasion, force everyone to listen to your stupid socialist nonsense, incite the moonbats to swarm around you for a day or two, all in exchange for your career.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 07:52 AM | Link to this

Look at Richarde Clarke, writhing in his hatred of the Bush Administration, too overcome with bitterness to realize he is giving up the “civil war” in Iraq BS:

Al Qaeda has morphed from a command- and-control organization into a movement — a many-headed hydra that is just as deadly and far harder to slay. According to the State Department report, in 2005, there were 11,000 terrorist attacks around the world resulting in nearly 15,000 deaths. Of these, 3,500 attacks occurred in Iraq, taking 8,300 lives. This is almost four times as many attacks as occurred in 2004. The administration says this is largely due to a new method of counting — but there’s no way to paper over the deeply distressing trend.

Maybe the Iraqi People aren’t being civil to Al Qaeda anymore?

By seeker

May 1, 2006 07:58 AM | Link to this

Are you on the rag or what?

When you can’t formulate a cogent argument, you resort to snarky remarks about biological functions. You’re really deep, you know that?

There’s a world of difference between humanitarian aid and stoking a civil war. Look what the Iraq invasion’s done to Iraq’s integrity, moron.

As the U.S. military struggles against persistent sectarian violence in Iraq, military officers and security experts find themselves in a vigorous debate over an idea that just months ago was largely dismissed as a fringe thought: that the surest — and perhaps now the only — way to bring stability to Iraq is to divide the country into three pieces.

That, by the way, is from your suddenly reliable Washington Post.

Idiot.

By seeker

May 1, 2006 08:04 AM | Link to this

when you libs are making fun of Christians and Republicans be sure to do it in public in front of large crowds, especially at events that are being held to honor someone, like funerals.

You mean like these Baptists at the funerals for soldiers killed in Iraq?

By seeker

May 1, 2006 08:07 AM | Link to this

Why do the puffy press releases trumpeting imaginary peace, tranquility and stability in Iraq sound like the puffy press releases trumpeting the virtues of “Vietnamization” in the 1970s??

I KNOW!!! They’re both based on LIES!!!

Idiots.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 08:10 AM | Link to this

It’s International Worker’s Day or better known as May Day! So get out there and show your pride, you delightful little socialists. As you parade through the streets proudly waving your hammer and sickle banners, remember:

Since 1917, communist regimes have sent more than 100 million victims to their graves — and in places like North Korea, the deaths continue to this day. The historian R.J. Rummel, an expert on genocide and government mass murder, estimates that the Soviet Union alone annihilated nearly 62 million people: ”Old and young, healthy and sick, men and women, even infants and the infirm, were killed in cold blood. They were not combatants in civil war or rebellions; they were not criminals. Indeed, nearly all were guilty of … nothing.”

the commies are eternally grateful to you for putting a happy, smiling face on to their depraved, monstrous slaughterhouse ideology. You are the best propaganda that a mass murderer could ever want! Hugs and kisses!

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 08:14 AM | Link to this

seekling: So now you are advocating that we impose our will on to Iraq’s government? That we ignore the results of the elections? And could you explain how this will help stop the Al Qaeda foreigners from killing innocent women and children as they shop?

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 08:15 AM | Link to this

Does anyone remember The Lost Boys of the Sudan?

For over 20 years, Sudan’s government has been controlled by a military regime dominated by radical northern Islamists. These regimes have waged a progressively more violent campaign of forced Islamization against southern Christian and animist Sudanese, including the Dinka and Nuer peoples. Southern resistance to the government has been led by the Sudanese Peoples Liberation Army (SPLA).It is estimated that two million Sudanese have died in the civil war.

Seeker,

Al Zarqawi and the Jingaweed have a fair amount in common. Only instead of using IEDs and suicide bombers, they use machetes.

But these Islamists only became really, really radical after George Bush invaded Iraq.

You also need to join RPV in burying this. Pulitzer Patriot Dana Priest is even one of the sources so it must be true!

Maybe Frank Rich will help you shovel.

Idiot.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 08:22 AM | Link to this

Oh, by the way, add this to the 45 cents a gallon that the government gets from you:

The nation’s energy companies are already providing a “windfall” of taxes. According to Department of Energy data, from 1977 to 2004, federal and state governments extracted $397 billion by taxing the profits of the largest oil companies and an additional $1.1 trillion in taxes at the pump. In today’s dollars, that’s $2.2 trillion — enough to buy a Toyota Prius for every household in the nation.

Tell me, young socialist, who pays those taxes? Is there a tax money tree growing near the Capital?

Gov is making a killing off of gasoline, which means you, and now they want more?

Feeling screwed?

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 08:53 AM | Link to this

By seeker

May 1, 2006 06:39 AM - *Darfur is nothing like Iraq was…Idiot.

Seekling,

Some analgoies between the Sudan (of which Darfur is only the most recent atrocity) and Iraq:

The Darfur genocide, I believe, must be viewed not solely as a case of an Islamic jihad, but also as a case of Arab racism and should be seen as parallel to Saddam Hussein’s genocide against Kurds…

The self-determination of religious and ethnic minorities is an anathema to the Islamic state. This is an essential concept of Islam. Non-Muslims are dhimmi. Thus it is of no surprise to see Muslim violence against non-Muslim’s in Muslim countries, whether it be in Sudan of in Iraq.

Outside of North Korea, Sudan perhaps has the worst human rights record on the planet, yet Sudanese embassies around the world are rarely protested. This, of course, begs the question of why such an event has merited far less attention by human rights activists, peace activists, and NGOs than has the American effort to liberate Iraq

IDIOT

By seeker

May 1, 2006 09:00 AM | Link to this

seekling: So now you are advocating that we impose our will on to Iraq’s government?

You really are dumb as a cesspool, AJC.. it’s the US government, desperate for an exit from Iraqi quicksand, that’s looking into this. Not me.

I wouldn’t have push for this expensive bloody waste of a military snafu to begin with.

Buy Danish, it’s now Muslims killing Muslims in Darfur. You should be happy.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 09:07 AM | Link to this

By seeker

May 1, 2006 08:07 AM

Why do the puffy press releases trumpeting imaginary peace, tranquility and stability in Iraq sound like the puffy press releases trumpeting the virtues of “Vietnamization” in the 1970s??

I KNOW!!! They’re both based on LIES!!!

Idiots.

Seekling,

Speaking of puffy press releases, why does the American Left perpetuate the LIE about a peasant revolution in Cuba? The movie critic intelligentsia (like Frank Rich ) are LYING again.

Andy Garcia’s Thought Crime

Garcia has seriously jolted the Mainstream Media’s fantasies and hallucinations of pre-Castro Cuba, Che, Fidel, and Cubans in general. In consequence, the critics are unnerved and disoriented and their annoyance and scorn are spewing forth in review after review.

The learned (movie critic) Mr Holden is also annoyed by “buffoonish parodies of sour Communist apparatchiks barking orders.” Apparently, Communist apparatchiks should be properly depicted as somewhat misguided social workers, or as slightly overzealous Howard Dean campaign staffers.

It’s no “parody,” Mr Holden, that the “apparatchiks” Garcia depicts in his movie incarcerated and executed a higher percentage of their countrymen in their first three months in power than Hitler and his apparatchiks jailed and executed in their first three years.

IDIOT!

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 09:18 AM | Link to this

Seeker,

Nothing that Islamofascists do makes me “happy”.

I’m just wondering why George Clooney has suddenly become interested. He didn’t seem to give a FFF when it was Christians and Animists being slaughtered.

He also doesn’t seem to give an FFF about Robert Mugabwe either.

Idiot.

By Cindy

May 1, 2006 09:21 AM | Link to this

Well, we’ve seen conservative values: lying spying, war and torture. Now they are taking over the sex arena too.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 09:24 AM | Link to this

Andy,

Don’t you realize that Seeker is psychic and he knew that all that stuff about Saddam Hussein being a threat that Clinton, Clinton, Gore, Kerry, Albright, Rockefeller, Berger, Pelosi and many others spoke of was just plain wrong.

He tried to warn them but no one would listen! He is an unsung hero, a whistleblower who has been silenced by the evil slaves to Halliburton. He should have gotten a Pulitzer Prize. Life is so unfair!

Hey Seeker - What’s you position on WalMart? I so want to know.

Idiot

By Thomas

May 1, 2006 09:25 AM | Link to this

I blame — well ourselves for this mess.

Each and every American could (and should)do something about this by spending a little cash “out of pocket” on their own behalf.

If everyone put just four solar panels on their roof, they could reduce the electricity (and subsequently coal and oil burning power plants) very considerably. This is a homeimprovement that actually gives you tax breaks, and in the long run saves you money. But instead of doing something about it in ways we could, we prefer to gripe, and do nothing.

As to fuel, well how about fuel at $1.00 a gallon, or even free.

In Atlanta we already have bio-diesel communitys and co-ops. Lets buy our fuel from american (and Georgia) farmers instead oil sheiks and terrorist, that will just use the money we send them against us.

Here’s a local link with a message board: http://vegenergy.com/

They have a big bio-diesel/bbq event downtown this weekend.

We are the people - and “We the People” are in charge of this country, so if it fails, it’s also OUR fault!.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 09:27 AM | Link to this

It’s not difficult to detect how many liberals feel about this sea-change in modern American history. Harold Meyerson called Bush the most dangerous president ever, and said that, by comparison, “I miss Ronald Reagan.” But he goes on to acknowledge that Reaganites wanted many of the same things Bushies do—they just couldn’t implement them. What Meyerson really misses is an America in which a conservative president had to try to govern without a House majority, without a significant number of like-minded Republican senators, without talk radio or conservative bloggers, and without more conservative judges. He misses an America in which liberals called the shots. It’s enough to have driven Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone’s “historian,” to write an article for The American Prospect in 2004 urging fellow liberals to “fight like hell against the right.” Imagine what he’d have said if partisanship were a factor in all this.

By Dusty

May 1, 2006 09:42 AM | Link to this

Danish,

Seeker is obviously trying to damn Iraq while talking about Darfur. This could be called the Liberal Anti-Bush Crusade.

Muslims have their crusade against those who are not Muslims in Darfur. But some think it is the oil that lies below in Darfur. Persecution and annihilation clear the way for more oil exploration.

Whatever. What is obvious is that people are being starved and killed by the thousands in Darfur.

For that urgent human rescue, some people at my church are praying for this protest march to do good. For them, they cannot endure the thought of such human cruelty and terror. I don’t think it is political or even a military invitation. I don’t think they know a solution. Just a hope for a seemingly lost people.

At the moment, the UN seems the best “tool” available. Perhaps some miracle will invigorate them. In the meantime ?????????

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 09:48 AM | Link to this

Cindy,

Does this represent your liberal values?

In this engaging drama of a middle-class Cuban family crumbling during free Havana’s last days, Garcia insisted on depicting some historical truth about Cuba — a grotesque and unforgivable blunder in his industry. He’s now paying the price.

*Earlier, many film festivals refused to screen it. Now many Latin American countries refuse to show it. The film’s offenses are many and varied. Most unforgivable of all, Che Guevara is shown killing people in cold blood.

By Liberal Texas Democrat

May 1, 2006 09:51 AM | Link to this

“By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

April 30, 2006 06:08 PM | Link to this

Saudi Arabia King Cuts Gasoline Prices 25 Percent

The drop in prices means Saudis now will be paying 60 halalahs per liter of regular gasoline, or about 60 U.S. cents a gallon. The price of super drops to about 76 U.S. cents a gallon. There are 100 halalahs in the Saudi riyal, which is worth about 26 U.S. cents.

This is what we need, a king who beheads democrats that won’t let him drill in ANWR.”

And there you have it. Everything else posted by TAJCPHAR should be seen in the light of his new respect for a repubic form of government headed by elected officials. The Fascist Nazi Dictator loving wing of the Republican Party shows his true colors. Anything beyond that statement is moot. Makes no difference fascist boy, statements like that only go to inflame the hearts of terrorists. I always suspected you of hating the USA at your very core, I never suspected you’d publicly advocate overthrow of our form of goverment in favor of a brutal monarchy, but then I should have considered your love of cheap gas into the scenario, traitor.

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 09:55 AM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

I’m pretty sure I met seeker at his place of employment yesterday. When I asked where an item was he told me it was on aisle 6 right past the food and before I got to the oil.

When I didn’t find it I came back and seeker told me they didn’t stock that item and never had.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 10:10 AM | Link to this

Tex,

You are a joke. You read a joke and don’t understand that it is a joke, so that makes you a joke.

But hey, if you wan’t to keep calling the people who support Israel, NAZIS, go right ahead.

That makes you both a Joke and a Fool. Congratulations. You’ve earned it.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 10:15 AM | Link to this

RW,

That’s got to be him - right out of the Twilight Zone.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 10:17 AM | Link to this

Tex,

I forgot to ask your opinion of WalMart. Seeker is silent on the issue, so I thought you might have something to say about it.

Please don’t be greedy and keep your opinions all to yourself. Share with us!

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 10:26 AM | Link to this

Just in case anybody missed my earlier post:

Saudi Arabia King Cuts Gasoline Prices 25 Percent

The drop in prices means Saudis now will be paying 60 halalahs per liter of regular gasoline, or about 60 U.S. cents a gallon. The price of super drops to about 76 U.S. cents a gallon. There are 100 halalahs in the Saudi riyal, which is worth about 26 U.S. cents.

This is what we need, a king who beheads democrats that won’t let him drill in ANWR.”

This is proof, proof I’m telling you, that I want to behead Americans. I’ve been outed! I’m really against Islamic facism because I don’t want to share your neck with them. So beware!

By Dusty

May 1, 2006 10:27 AM | Link to this

Liberal Texas Democrat,

I thought you liberals liked satire? It was so delightful when the president was the victim the other night.

I looked all over town and didn’t find a single guillotine. Could this be a …joke??

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 10:31 AM | Link to this

Will this include our money?:

MEXICO CITY - A demonstration by thousands of Mexican workers Friday to promote union solidarity turned into a protest against America’s vast influence on the nation’s economy, with many protesters saying they will take part in a boycott of all things “gringo” on Monday.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 10:38 AM | Link to this

Oh, so liberals are against prostitutes now:

Prostitution Alleged In Cunningham Case Investigators Focus on Limo Company Washington Post Staff Writers Federal authorities are investigating allegations that a California defense contractor arranged for a Washington area limousine company to provide prostitutes to convicted former congressman Randy “Duke” Cunningham (R-Calif.) and possibly other lawmakers, sources familiar with the probe said yesterday.

Go figure, the “right to privacy” party is all up in Duke’s personal life now. I thought was just about sex? I thought prostitutes had to eat too?

By VOTE LIBERTARIAN

May 1, 2006 10:42 AM | Link to this

Republicans have proven to be even bigger scumbags than the Democrats. Vote Libertarian, the party that TRUELY wants smaller government. Of course, that’s what the mealey-mouthed Republicans said and we all see how that has turned out. Big, BIG, BIG BUSH GOVERNMENT everywhere you look.

Who knows, if enough people are as disgusted as they seem, the Libertarians may actually win a significant power base. If the Democrats regained power through vote-splitting, could they REALLY do any worse job of running our society than the Republicans have done? Heck, even Democrats are better stewards than the Republicans have been!

By getalife

May 1, 2006 10:44 AM | Link to this

Every right wing blog I read, did not think the Colbert classic was funny.

Andy’s multiple personality disorder lacks a sense of humor, so I can understand LTD’s comment.

I would be an angry “right” member too, if I was a wingnut.

By Midori

May 1, 2006 11:03 AM | Link to this

Liberal Texas Democrat - I’m with you.

That guy is completely unstable.

One only needs to go back and sample some of his screeches.

He actually had the nerve to identify himself as a Christian, too.

I don’t know which is worse, his screeds or Dusty’s lame, boring, unimaginative comebacks.

By Liberal Texas Democrat

May 1, 2006 11:16 AM | Link to this

“By getalife

May 1, 2006 10:44 AM | Link to this

Every right wing blog I read, did not think the Colbert classic was funny.

Andy’s multiple personality disorder lacks a sense of humor, so I can understand LTD’s comment.

I would be an angry “right” member too, if I was a wingnut.”

No, they never get it. They’re the type that’ll jump on one misspelled word in a blog and rant on as to why that means the blogger sufferred a public school education, and they’re opinion isn’t worth considering - calling them America Haters and terrorists lovers. But they think they’re being clever and pithy when they publish blogs that say what we need a president who can behead his political opponnents. Now I’ll patiently wait for the dirth of blogs concerning political correctness as it applies to everyone else, or maybe instead I’ll trot on down to the HEB and buy blue.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 11:28 AM | Link to this

What sort of satirist dares to joke about beheadings? Surely this is a hate crime and the perpetrator deserves nothing less than the gallows.

…and in a very short time the Queen was in a furious passion, and went stamping about and shouting, “Off with his head!” or “Off with her head!” about once in a minute.

Alice began to feel very uneasy: to be sure she had not as yet had any dispute with the Queen, but she knew that it might happen any minute, “and then,” thought she, “what would become of me? They’re dreadfully fond of beheading people here: the great wonder is that there’s any one left alive!”

Tex,

It’s a damn good thing that Lewis Carroll is already dead. God only knows what punishment you would recommend for this satire.

Getalife,

You’ll notice that no one has said that Colbert is unstable or a NAZI. We just say his unfunny comedy bit sucked, that he’s rude and disrespectful to the President, and leave it at that.

In contrast, the humorless sod suggests psychological intervention for Andy (but does not recommend that we intervene in Iraq where some not-imaginary beheadings are occurring with alarming frequency).

Sheesh.

By Dusty

May 1, 2006 11:31 AM | Link to this

I must be doing something right. Midori doesn’t like me.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 11:35 AM | Link to this

I wonder if “no right wing” bloggers found Colbert’s remarks not to be funny because they weren’t funny?

Nah, that would be too simple an explanation to satisfy the vast, open curiosity of your average moonbat. It has to be a BIG OIL CONSPIRACY! a conglomeration of DICK CHENEY OWNED! subsidiaries that are colluding to suppress Colbert’s superior humor from the general public. Or something like that.

I’ll admit, I found his routine to be quite funny, not because of anything he said but instead because you kooks are acting like it was some kind of policy achievement or maybe a win at the polls. I think it is hilarious that you libs have been losing for so long that this intrusion of bad manners is considered a success for the democratic party. It does make me laugh.

Happy now?

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 11:36 AM | Link to this

Tex,

While you mention it, the word is dearth, not dirth.

You’ll also have to explain to us how you wait for a dirth of blogs. Is that like holding your breath?

And the Political Correctness thing? That is totally your invention.

I point these errors out because it is your soulmates who keep insisting that I only have a second grade education.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 11:41 AM | Link to this

BD,

It is absolutely amazing that the right wing blogs said exactly the same thing over and over again.

• We just say his unfunny comedy bit sucked, that he’s rude and disrespectful to the President, and leave it at that.*

It is like all wingnuts have the same brain and think the same. Which website is “talking point central” so I get get the BS from the scource?

By RE

May 1, 2006 11:43 AM | Link to this

IS this like a daily thing now, Andy rants on and says something disturbing and outside the boundries of decency, followed by BD and Dusty defending his brilliance in saying foolish things?

Looks like the rightwingers are all out of ideas, just keep shouting loud enough and maybe no one will notice

By Here it comes

May 1, 2006 11:45 AM | Link to this

Ewww. Buy Danish is about to post her daily “my dad went to Harvard” cr@p…..go ahead get it over with….Ewwww…now wipe…..

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 11:47 AM | Link to this

*During these financial troubles, Baker’s company won a contract worth $3.8 million with the Department of Homeland Security in April 2004. It appears from federal records that Shirlington Limousine was the only bidder. The contract was awarded under a program that limited competition to businesses in poor neighborhoods.

From the Andy’s 10:38^^

Yep. Affirmative action is a wonderful thing. You liberal Democrats have so much to be proud of!

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 11:50 AM | Link to this

Getalife,

That’s funny, because I haven’t even been to any right wing blogs to see what they said about Colbert! I must be psychic!!

Bwahahahahahahahaaha

By The Evil Oil Beheader

May 1, 2006 11:51 AM | Link to this

RE: Don’t forget the silly, childish, immature rantings of the left, without one contribution to the issues of the day. Would a blog description be complete without the left reinforcing it’s irrelevancy and pointlessness?

If I were y’all, I would talk about Andy all day too. It’s the limits of your understanding, the boundaries of your knowledge.

I’m glad I can provide you with the entertainment, I know the dems have nothing to offer you.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 11:53 AM | Link to this

Never mind, I found one on Rove

I guess they email them to you? How can I get on the list so I can read what you are going to say, straight from the scource.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 11:55 AM | Link to this

Define “out of bounds of decency:”

Madonna attacks Bush at festival During an energetic rendition of her song I Love New York, Madonna roared, “Just go to Texas and suck George Bush’s dk.”

I guess it depends on whether you are a pinko or not.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 11:57 AM | Link to this

HIC,

Whaddya know! A homonym for HICK!

The truth of the matter is that I mentioned it ONCE after having been accused of not speaking the King’s English. That was and after countless and oft-repeated claims that I have a second grade education,live in a trailer park and other such falsehoods.

I’m just setting the facts straight! Of course conservatives are not permitted to defend themselves. That’s why it was so wrong of the White House not to just let Joe Wilson lie and lie to his heart’s content.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 11:57 AM | Link to this

Some things the libs are outraged by, somethings they’re not:

“Reprehensible” is the word used by the White House to describe remarks made by Sen. Dick Durbin (search) earlier this week comparing the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to victims of Nazis, Soviet gulags and Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge.

I guess Dick Durbin must not be kicking their a-ss like I am.

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 12:00 PM | Link to this

getalife,

You can find my review up ^ ^ ^ there as soon as it wrapped up, so maybe this is the source you are searching for.

Wouldn’t that be just like a lib to search far and wide for the holy grail when what you really need is at home all along?

By Dusty

May 1, 2006 12:02 PM | Link to this

RE, angel child,

You say something brilliant and we will applaud you too.

Was that your brilliance over at Here it comes or has Midori shown us her finer points of life again?

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 12:02 PM | Link to this

getalife,

You’re welcome to subpeona my computer. You and anyone else you choose may go through both my internet history and my emails and you won’t find ONE thing there that shows that I got my talking points from someone else.

Heck, Rush Limbaugh hasn’t even started yet.

I just want a formal apology and a pitcher of pina coladas out of it.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 12:07 PM | Link to this

Woops, I had an extraneous and in my 11:57. And I used countless and oft-repeated in the same sentence.

I need another cup of coffee.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 12:19 PM | Link to this

RW,

This search for the Holy Grail is even funnier than the $39.00 experiment, and that was freaking hilarious.

Who needs Colbert? getalife is far more amusing!

By gadem

May 1, 2006 12:21 PM | Link to this

BD why do you assume that the Owners were minority because the business was located in a poor neighborhood? Could you be racist?

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 12:23 PM | Link to this

No, they never get it. They’re the type that’ll jump on one misspelled word in a blog and rant on as to why that means the blogger sufferred a public school education, and they’re opinion isn’t worth considering.

rushncap is going to be really surprised to read that LTD thinks he is right wing maniac. Another example of moonbats eating their own.

By rushncap

May 1, 2006 12:23 PM | Link to this

Colbert’s routine was awesome, although the end dragged far too long. But previous to his video, his comments were absolutely brilliant. And of course the right-wing bloggers did not find it funny. One of the distinguishing characteristics of really any lunatic fringe, including neocons, is total absense of a sense of humor. Colbert is catching up to Jon Stewart as the priemier political commentator of our time.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 12:29 PM | Link to this

RW,

Now you have conjured up the missing rushncap! How do you do it?

By Happy Anniversary!

May 1, 2006 12:29 PM | Link to this

May 1 2003…………

“Mission Accomplished”

By SS&S

May 1, 2006 12:33 PM | Link to this

Puff-ecting Liberal Toadism:

Exploding toads:

Several thousand toads in the city’s parks have so far mysteriously spontaneously exploded, sending entrails and toad body parts over a wide area.

Vets and animal welfare workers said the mystery has decimated the city’s toad population as well as the unpleasant problem of leaving toad parts scattered around parks and open spaces.

Eyewitnesses say the toads swell up to three and a half times their normal size before suddenly exploding - sending entrails flying metres into the air.

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 12:34 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

That one I don’t know about, but it was more than a little freaky.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 12:35 PM | Link to this

Ha, I got on the list for talking points and will know what you are going to day before you say it.

In other words, use your own brain for a change. Let see what is really inside your minds.

Post something original without help from RNC memos. You can think on your own or can you?

By rushncap

May 1, 2006 12:37 PM | Link to this

I have no idea who “LTD” is, nor am I surprized by anything on this blog. Saddened? Sure. Disgusted? Quite frequently. Surprized? Nah.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 12:37 PM | Link to this

gadem,

Did I say that the owners were minority? I have no idea what the race of the limo company owners are, and it never occurred to me that it mattered.

I would guess that the brilliant liberal minds who invented these affirmative action laws assumed that that poor neighborhoods are inhabited exclusively by minorities.

So that would make THEM the racists.

By gadem

May 1, 2006 12:37 PM | Link to this

Well let me ask supporters of this administration something. It has now come to light that the administration was told by atleast two former members that troop levels were inadequate. What is your response to this?

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 12:39 PM | Link to this

RW,

Let’s just put it in the amazing coincidence column.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 12:41 PM | Link to this

By Buy Danish May 1, 2006 11:47 AM The contract was awarded under a program that limited competition to businesses in poor neighborhoods.

By gadem May 1, 2006 12:21 PM BD why do you assume that the Owners were minority because the business was located in a poor neighborhood? Could you be racist?

Maybe this a mental comprehension issue for a liberal, perhaps they were born with it, where they have to read things into other people’s posts.

Or is it a moonbat propensity for conspiracy theories?

By Dusty

May 1, 2006 12:42 PM | Link to this

RW,

The question might also be asked: WHY did you do it??

To change the subject a bit The Supreme Court has backed Anna Nicole Smith. I guess that proves justice is for all, EVEN bimbos.

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 12:44 PM | Link to this

HA,

Some Presidents go out on May 1st to greet returning military men and women from battle and also make a speech to the nation declaring a long and difficult fight ahead. Others use the day to stick our collective heads in the sand.

By Republican Family Values

May 1, 2006 12:45 PM | Link to this

Military Spouses Job Program in Jeopardy

Just another example of how the Bush administration really treats our proud men and women in uniform. Use ‘em and lose ‘em, that’s the true crux of Republican Family Values!

By gadem

May 1, 2006 12:47 PM | Link to this

BD Affitmative Action. Now I have never heard of whites given jobs due to Affirmative Action…have you?

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 12:48 PM | Link to this

gadim: Considering that this war has been one of the most successful military operations in history, far more brilliantly executed than the last war the democrats lost, with only 2% of the casualties sustained by the left in that loss, I think your stupid partisan political point has no basis for a response.

Next question?

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 12:50 PM | Link to this

gadem,

Could it be that they also heard from “members” that the troop levels were adequate? Christ, if we put 500,000 soldiers in there and got 20,000 killed because we had too many targets do you honestly think we wouldn’t be hearing exactly the opposite sniping?

If they ever start giving out hindsight awards I hope there are enough TV cameras in the world to cover them.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 12:50 PM | Link to this

getalife,

How is this going to work? I don’t get those talking points which you have registered for (nor will I, as I have no desire to clutter up my email).

So if I happen to make a point about something that you were emailed, are you going to say that I’m just a mind-numbed robot who can’t think for herself?

I think I’m pretty good at analyzing liberal stupidity without needing any help. It’s not unlike diagnosing a disease - once one is familiar with they symptoms the diagnosis is easy. It’s the cure that is problematic.

By Republican Family Values

May 1, 2006 12:53 PM | Link to this

Bolten Says White House to Regain ‘Mojo’

mo·jo: (n. pl. mo·jos or mo·joes) 1. A magic charm or spell.

Would this be something like “Voodoo Economics”?

By gadem

May 1, 2006 12:53 PM | Link to this

Andy successful???? Please list the how this war is successful?

By getalife

May 1, 2006 12:56 PM | Link to this

Check out this memo on turning W’s number around

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 12:57 PM | Link to this

gadem,

Democrats excel at limiting competition.

You codify it into law as part of affirmative action, and they turn around and accuse those who quote directly from a newspaper story that didn’t even mention race of being racist.

Why don’t you give Malik Shabbaz a call? I’m sure he’d be delighted to hear your complaint.

Idiot

(I keep forgetting to close every post to a liberal with the word, Idiot, but will try to remember in the future. I picked that up from Seeker, the compassionate liberal).

By getalife

May 1, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this

BD,

OK, maybe it was a bizarre coincidence that all right winger’s comments on the Colbert classic said exactly the same thing.

I will check my memos to see if any of you can come up with something original or independent of the GOP talking points.

By gadem

May 1, 2006 01:02 PM | Link to this

RW you are full of excuses and s@#%…Who would ever say that having too many troops are a bad thing? Enough troops to maintian the peace and civility in the country is a good thing. Only Bush and his ilk think that war is easy. No planning for the aftermath was the biggest mistake. Save that crap for one of your Neocon support meetings.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 01:05 PM | Link to this

gadim: Saddam Captured ‘Like a Rat’ in Raid

Next question?

By Republican Family Values

May 1, 2006 01:06 PM | Link to this

Sen. Biden Suggests Decentralized Iraq

The senior Democrat on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee proposed Monday that Iraq be divided into three separate regions — Kurdish, Shiite and Sunni — with a central government in Baghdad.

Oh, but this would never do. A Democrat proposed it and it might actually work. No more war drums for the Republicans to beat in order to bolster their lagging poll numbers. No more troops to kill in order to cover up their inability to govern. Nope, can’t have that!

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 01:10 PM | Link to this

getalife,

How many original descriptions for something that wasn’t funny can you think of.

gadem,

Don’t ask a f*** question if you don’t want a response in the future. OK pr-ick? There are many, many military planners that would say that too many troops not only make too many targets, but also give the impression to the indigenous population that you only plan on conquest not liberation.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this

Okay, this memo I just posted shows how bad the GOP is bad for this country.

The memo says another *terrorist attack will help their party.

That is a classic case of the mental illness “party over country”.

Please tell me, you do not support this memo!

By wakeup

May 1, 2006 01:14 PM | Link to this

you “head in the sand” conservatives can say what you want, believe what you want…your “God fearing” “elected” “leaders” are responsible for our state of being whether the topic of the day is oil, war, ethics, etc. I’m an Atlanta transplant now living in the Florida panhandle where I sometimes feel like a missionary to a third world country. Whether you’d like to believe it or not, we ARE in another “Great Depression”. Don’t believe me, have another REAL look around you.

By gadem

May 1, 2006 01:19 PM | Link to this

BD you were the one that bought up the issue of Affirmative Action….the inadequacies of the program is what you were referring to I think.

By rushncap

May 1, 2006 01:29 PM | Link to this

Christ, getalife, that is pretty damn sick. I’m not shocked, nothing the Repubs pull really shocks me any more, but I’m merely impressed with their craven audacity. Wonder how many more people they’d like to die so as they can win another election. Just sickening.

By gadem

May 1, 2006 01:37 PM | Link to this

Andy if capturing Sadaam constitutes success in your book, then your bar is set pretty low. Not hard to exceed expectations when you have none, I guess. Now if you rolled out Osama, then I would say yes the war on terrorism has been a resounding success.

RW, it is not that I don’t answers to the questions that I ask, I just don’t like BS answers.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 01:38 PM | Link to this

Capital Hill Blue- Rational Reporting Of Politics Without Partisanship.

President Bush, defending his Iraq war against both the facts and the critics, warns of tough fighting to come and “more days of sacrifice and struggle” as April drew to a close as the deadliest month for American forces this year.

Can you say forgery?:

Okay, this memo I just posted shows how bad the GOP is bad for this country. The memo says another *terrorist attack will help their party.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 01:52 PM | Link to this

gadim: So the capture of a mass murdering dictator doesn’t cut the mustard with you, that’s nice to know.

I know you limit your successes to stupid token liberal pleasing stunts, so think about this one before you shoot your mouth off:

Not many nations get a second chance to show the world and themselves that they are serious after all, that their friends can trust them and their enemies ought to fear them. There is no way we can atone for the blood and death we inflicted (indirectly) on South Vietnam by abandoning it to Communist tyranny. That failure can never be put right. But we can make clear that “No More Vietnams” is a Republican slogan. It means that we will never again go back on our word and betray our friends, our soldiers, and ourselves.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 02:09 PM | Link to this

Limbaugh wasn’t “shopping” very hard:

However, the single charge only alleges that Limbaugh illegally obtained about 40 pills, said Mike Edmondson, a state attorney’s spokesman. He would not elaborate or explain why prosecutors scaled back the case.

Maybe because the liberals were lying about all the other stuff? Like they do about everything?

By Dusty

May 1, 2006 02:16 PM | Link to this

Rushncap,

I hope you are just as sick over the audacity of Democrats to say anything to harm our country. Sen Dick Durbin,(D) has remarked that the treatment of prisoners at Guantanamo Baby, Cuba, compared to victims of Nazis, Soviet gulags and Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge.

The Khmer Rouge alone killed and tortured 1.7 of their own people. They are well known for the killing fields. Do you think that these are fair comparisons to Guantanamo by a Democratic senator? If you say “yes”, please tell us why.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 02:20 PM | Link to this

Damn Andy,

You are posting all the GOP talking points today.

Do you have a link on the forgery charge?

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 02:27 PM | Link to this

getalife,

At 12:57 I mentioned Malik Shabaaz. At 1:25 Rush Limbaugh mentioned Malik Shabaaz.

Maybe Rush is getting his talking points from ME!

Gadem,

Re your 12:47^^

Sure I can! It’s called Affirmative action for women. Not just minority women, all women.

Thanks to liberals, women in business get all sorts of preferences, particularly in awarding business contracts.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 02:28 PM | Link to this

Here is an original thought.

Do you think Rush is the king wingnut to stay out of jail and just spews right wing talking points as part of his plea deal?

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 02:29 PM | Link to this

“Capital Hill Blue- Rational Reporting Of Politics Without Partisanship” says it all. If there really is a memo that says that, the democrats are the ones who typed it. Guaranteed.

By finch

May 1, 2006 02:30 PM | Link to this

Suck,

In a world full of bloodthirty dictators, many with far more deaths on their hands than Saddam, what made Saddam so special? especially when he diverted US resources that could have tracked Osama? Hmmm?

gadem is right. Capturing Saddam was hardly a singular success.

Happy “Mission Accomplished” Day! 3 down and going strong!

And the call (by liberals and conservatives) for a humanitarian response to Darfur/Sudan bears no resemblance at all to the wingnut cries for the Iraq (or a possible Iran) invasion. No matter what you suggest.

Nobody’s calling for overthrowing Sudan’s government. Nobody’s pushing for “shock and awe” airstrikes against Khartoum. It’s just that concerned folks are tired of seeing landless, homeless, starving Muslims massacred by armed gangs who also happen to be Muslim. Got it?

On a non-partisan note, has anyone but me noticed that the MSM has paid absolutely no attention to Colbert’s monologue on Bush? Not the AJC, not Fox, not NBC or the NYTimes or WashPost or WSJ.

Funny is always a matter of opinion, but it seems nobody in the old fashioned media thought Colbert was newsworthy.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 02:34 PM | Link to this

Capital Hill Blue- Rational Reporting Of Politics Without Partisanship

Bush names right-wing Fox commentator as new press flak

Rumsfeld allowed and encouraged Gitmo prisoner abuse

Rumsfeld: The poster child for everything that’s wrong with the Iraq war

Can we survive three more years?

Bush went all-out to discredit Wilson

Bush ordered info leaked but left details to Cheney

You know, getalife, I’m starting to understand why you are so screwed up.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 02:41 PM | Link to this

Let’s ask the president about why Saddam had to go:

Earlier today, I ordered America’s armed forces to strike military and security targets in Iraq. They are joined by British forces. Their mission is to attack Iraq’s nuclear, chemical and biological weapons programs and its military capacity to threaten its neighbors.

Their purpose is to protect the national interest of the United States, and indeed the interests of people throughout the Middle East and around the world.

Saddam Hussein must not be allowed to threaten his neighbors or the world with nuclear arms, poison gas or biological weapons.

I want to explain why I have decided, with the unanimous recommendation of my national security team, to use force in Iraq; why we have acted now; and what we aim to accomplish.

That would be president Clinton by the way, moron.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 02:44 PM | Link to this

Andy,

I already know why you are screwed up. NRO, Rush, Ann, etc…

I read your posts, do you read mine?

Where is the forgery link?

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 02:47 PM | Link to this

What the Darfur population has to look forward to if they let the elite liberals “help” them:

Kofi Annan - himself a black man from Africa - was in charge of the United Nations department responsible for security in Rwanda and he refused to let UN troops fight the killers. He actually ordered the troops who were there to leave the country and to take all foreigners and aid workers with them. And yet after his total failure to prevent and stop the genocide in Rwanda, Kofi Annan got promoted to the highest position in the United Nations, ie Secretary General.

You have a impartial witness to your murder, with their eyes on your young girls.

With the United Nations already under fire for the Oil-for-Food mega-scandal and other corruption, sensational allegations of rampant sexual exploitation and rape of young girls and women by the U.N.’s so-called “peacekeepers” and civilian staffers in the Congo is dragging the global body’s reputation to an all-time low.

Anything else you’d like to “teach” me about, finch?

By RE

May 1, 2006 02:48 PM | Link to this

Bush, weak on terrorism, catering to the french.

“Mr Bush had Mr Zarqawi in his sights for almost every day for a year before the invasion of Iraq and he didn’t shoot because they were wining and dining the French in an effort to get them to assist us in the invasion of Iraq.”

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 02:50 PM | Link to this

Nobody’s calling for overthrowing Sudan’s government. Nobody’s pushing for “shock and awe” airstrikes against Khartoum. It’s just that concerned folks are tired of seeing landless, homeless, starving Muslims massacred by armed gangs who also happen to be Muslim. Got it?

finch,

Where were you (and George Clooney) when the Muslims, who were only radicalized in 2003 because W invaded Iraq, were slaughtering Christians? Not quite tired enough yet I suppose.

You also forget that the unmentionable former President bombed an aspirin factory in the Sudan, so while it wasn’t exactly awesome, it was shocking.

All in all, your comparisons to the Iraq War are incredibly fatuous. Ironically, I posted some that make sense earlier today, after one of your pen pals claimed that there was no comparison between the two situations.

So here we are, liberals in a heck of a of a muddle, all confused about what the appropriate stance is to take.

Getalife,

There is one thing we can all agree with - I do not get my talking points from finch!

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 02:51 PM | Link to this

getalife: How else would I have outed “Capital Hill Blue- Rational Reporting Of Politics Without Partisanship” as a pinko liberal rag? If you’re too stupid to vet your own sources you must be prepared to deal with the consequences of lying.

You’re irrelevant.

By Dusty

May 1, 2006 02:52 PM | Link to this

finch,

everything I have read about Darfur states that Darfur is the home land of Christians and animist. The northern part of Sudan, not Darfur, is Muslim and the government is run mostly by Muslims.

Read the link that Buy Danish gave last night about the political history of Sudan. Right now, Muslims are NOT killing Muslims. Muslims are killing the people of Darfur, 171,000 at last report.

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 02:59 PM | Link to this

RE,

That will teach George Bush not to listen to liberal Democrats like John Kerry who insisted that we listen to the French, who were busy, busy, busy collecting their blood money from Saddam Hussein.

And your post seems to be a tacit admission that by some strange coincidence, Al Qaeda and Iraq were linked, a full year before we invaded!

You and Seeker need to have a pow wow to figure out how to spin this.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 03:01 PM | Link to this

Thank you, RE, I owe you one:

So now we know whos fault it is that we haven’t found Bin Laden yet-

A former top CIA spy says the United States deliberately turned down several opportunities to kill terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the lead-up to the Iraq war.

Mike Scheuer headed the CIA’s bin Laden unit for six years before resigning in 2004.

Gosh, I wonder what he can do to get the left to overlook his little failure of losing Bin Laden?

I mean, who else can we trust beside the CIA?

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 03:06 PM | Link to this

Getalife,

I’ll bet you a million mangoes that this super secret memo does not exist.

If it does, it was written by some County Commissioner, some idiot blogger, or someone else of zero import to the Republican leadership.

Besides, during the last election, you all complained that Bush touted the fact that we had had NO terror attacks since 9/11 as if this were somehow out of the bounds of political decency.

It must be terribly confusing to be a Gumby liberal.

By Liberal Texas Democrat

May 1, 2006 03:07 PM | Link to this

And for a Republican, Pat Buchanon, take on all this.

There is a reason the Founding Fathers separated the power to conduct war from the power to declare it. The reason is just such a ruler as George W. Bush, a man possessed of an ideology and sense of mission that are not necessarily coterminous with what is best for his country. Under our Constitution, it is Congress, not the president, who decides on war. Many Democrats now concede they failed the nation when they took Bush at his word that Iraq was an intolerable threat that could be dealt with only by an invasion. Now, Bush and the War Party are telling us the same thing about Iran. And the Congress is conducting itself in the same contemptible and cowardly way.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 03:12 PM | Link to this

Higher oil prices are not strangling the economy. As economist Brian Wesbury pointed out in RealClearPolitics.com last week, at $75 a barrel, oil is still $10 cheaper (in inflation-adjusted terms) than it was at its peak in 1980. Efficiency is improving, too, thanks to improved technologies and garden-variety corporate self-interest.

Even though U.S. energy costs have risen by $244 billion since 2001, Wesbury says incomes have surged by $1.7 trillion - meaning that Americans have nearly $1.5 trillion more at their disposal even after they’ve filled up.

All of which makes the calls from some quarters in Washington to consider growth-stifling taxes and regulations on energy production foolhardy, indeed.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 03:12 PM | Link to this

Andy,

You’re irrelevant.

Most people here feel the same way about you and ignore your posts.

However, they are missing out on the fun of watching you make a total idiot of yourself. I find it very entertaining.

You are a person with no credibilty like W, but you are not irrelevant. You are this blog’s BJClinton, a blog terrorist, if you will.

By Dusty

May 1, 2006 03:17 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

I think RE is on to something for Saturday Night Live. Scene: big French dinner party. Guests: President Bush & others. Action: Zarqawi’s head pops up at the window every few minutes. Bush rises and takes a shot every time. The other guests never look up. We could call it DIPLOMACY A LA CARTE.

Oh, well. Got to leave before I get run off.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 03:19 PM | Link to this

Here are the results for the Iraq War Authorization vote in the Senate:

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 107th Congress - 2nd Session as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate

Vote Summary Yay 77 Nay 23

Question: On the Joint Resolution (H.J.Res. 114 )

It is awfully specious and self serving for Buchanan or anyone else to imply that this or any other wars will be anything but legal.

But what else would you expect from a lib?

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 03:24 PM | Link to this

getalife: Feel free to out any of my posts as forgeries as I have done with yours. It would be like a first for you. It says alot about your mental stability that, being someone who posts bald faced lies would call someone else irrelevant. That crap may work at KOS, here it gets called for what it is. Deal with it.

By finch

May 1, 2006 03:28 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

Where were you (and George Clooney) when the Muslims, who were only radicalized in 2003 because W invaded Iraq, were slaughtering Christians?

A handful of people, including me, have been decrying the situation in Sudan for years. I hate it when I’m right.

Where were YOU?

I’m not the one comparing Sudan to Iraq. Too many wingnuts (not you, okay?) have been arguing it’s hypocritical to support humanitarian intervention in Sudan if you opposed the invasion of Iraq. To which I respond ptttooey.

Dusty,

The Arabs in north Sudan have already won their war against Christians and animists in the south. Strange how Christians here were mostly quiet about that.

The janjaweed assault in Darfur is Muslim against Muslim. I’ve been reading about it for ages, but here’s a recent recap from Saturday’s NY Times:

Arab militias that call themselves the janjaweed and are backed by Sudan’s government continue to raid villages in Darfur, and now villages across the border in Chad as well. Not satisfied with the number of murders and rapes of men, women and children — a vast majority of them Muslim — in their ethnic cleansing campaign, the janjaweed are attempting to eliminate entire African tribes from the countryside.

Both sides in Darfur now are Muslim. The big difference is the thugs are white (Arab) and the victims are black.

Suck,

True, Kofi botched Rwanda thru inaction. But the US is botching Iraq thru massive misuse of force. Are you too dumb to contemplate alternatives?

By RE

May 1, 2006 03:28 PM | Link to this

I think the question Buchannan is getting to is, Would Bush have to go back to congress for approval of military action against Iran, or does he no longer need approval for any future wars provided they can be linked in some way to terrorism?

By RE

May 1, 2006 03:40 PM | Link to this

He says a plan to destroy Zarqawi’s training camp in Kurdistan was abandoned for diplomatic reasons.

Bd, not sure where exactly his camp was, the only reference is Kurdistan, which can mean northern iraq, NW iran, NE syria, or Eastern turkey

By getalife

May 1, 2006 03:45 PM | Link to this

Andy,

All your posts are right wing opinions.

Man, this is a good finish in Talledega.

Jimmy Johnson takes the checkered.

By Liberal Texas Democrat

May 1, 2006 03:47 PM | Link to this

Another liberal?

“Our assessment is that the prospects of an Iranian weapon are still a number of years off, and probably into the next decade,” said Negroponte, who was appointed last year as the Director of National Intelligence, a new post that supplanted the traditional primacy of the CIA director as the head of the U.S. intelligence community.

The opinion piece continues, “In effect, the Director of National Intelligence was splashing cold water on the fevered assessment of Iran’s nuclear progress favored by the neoconservatives. Some Bush supporters are now complaining that Negroponte has shown disloyalty to the President by siding with intelligence analysts who reject the direst predictions on Iran.”

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 03:48 PM | Link to this

It’s just that concerned folks are tired of seeing landless, homeless, starving Muslims massacred by armed gangs who also happen to be Muslim. Got it?

finch,

No mention of Christians here. Nope, nary a word about it. You seem to be suggesting that you only just got tired of the situation too.

So while I will not call you a liar, which is what the Libs like Getalife like to do to Andy, I will say that that particular post clearly made no mention of the pre-Darfur situation when non-Muslims were dying in great numbers.

And folks like myself and Dusty are wondering why there is this sudden Clooney-led concern, when this has been going on for years now? If Bono were involved I’d be a lot less cynical. He’s the real deal.

Gotta run. I’ll try to deal witht the rest of your post later.

By finch

May 1, 2006 04:19 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

I don’t know why Clooney’s vocal about Sudan now, and why Bono wasn’t then. You’ll have to ask them.

I was telling friends about the Sudan slaughter of Christians years ago. Unfortunately, because I’m not rich, don’t hold political office, don’t own a media outlet and aren’t a movie or rock star, nobody paid attention to me.

Not my fault.

As for the ongoing slaughter in Darfur getting attention now, all I can say is better late than never.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 04:22 PM | Link to this

But the US is botching Iraq thru massive misuse of force. First things first, when did I ever say Iraq was “botched?”

getalife: Opinion pieces based on facts, which is where liberalism parts company with Conservatism. You pinkos form your opinions based on lies.

By Liberal Texas Democrat

May 1, 2006 04:28 PM | Link to this

And from that uber liberal <-sarcasm Congressman Ron Paul But then again, our failure to find Osama bin Laden and destroy his network did not dissuade us from taking on the Iraqis in a war totally unrelated to 9/11. Concern for pricing oil only in dollars helps explain our willingness to drop everything and teach Saddam Hussein a lesson for his defiance in demanding Euros for oil. And once again there’s this urgent call for sanctions and threats of force against Iran at the precise time Iran is opening a new oil exchange with all transactions in Euros.

By Liberal Texas Democrat

May 1, 2006 04:38 PM | Link to this

i like to bring up people like Pat Buchanon and Ron Paul who are not real republicans, to make lame a-ss points about the right.

By finch

May 1, 2006 04:48 PM | Link to this

Suck,

I never claimed you said Iraq was botched. I said Iraq was botched. And I don’t want anyone wrecking Sudan like the US has wrecked Iraq. The tactic of “destroying a village (country) to save it” doesn’t work. Boy, are you dense.

By RE

May 1, 2006 04:49 PM | Link to this

There goes Andy name jacking again.

Sad sad little man

By referee

May 1, 2006 04:51 PM | Link to this

Hey Texas!!

You’ve been named-jacked!!

Now I wonder (Andy) who would (Andy) do a thing (Andy) like that? (Andy)

And why would any God fearing (Andy) conservative disavow (Andy) a movement founder (Andy) like Pat Buchanan?

By Liberal Texas Democrat

May 1, 2006 04:52 PM | Link to this

My name is Andy and I’ve morphed into a liberal … in just three easy posts

By @@

May 1, 2006 04:56 PM | Link to this

DavidU & I have been tagged. Where is DavidU by the way? I don’t want to suffer my embarrassment all alone.

DavidUuuuu??????

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 05:02 PM | Link to this

RE: Just because you are too stupid to see that school is out and the liberals are here, jacking names to promote their hatred, doesn’t mean you should share it with the rest of the room. Ignorance is nothing to be proud of.

Besides which, I don’t need to jack, I can trash you pinkos with my intelligence. It’s really not that hard, you make it easy.

finch: If you think Iraq is “botched” then you really have no business advising anyone of what to do in Darfur. Unless you want millions more dead and some UN sex crimes committed. Anybody can compare Iraq today to what Saddam was doing, dense or not.

By Liberal Texas Democrat

May 1, 2006 05:07 PM | Link to this

“And why would any God fearing (Andy) conservative disavow (Andy) a movement founder (Andy) like Pat Buchanan?” Sort of reminds you of the things children say about Santa, once they find out he isn’t real. Disapointment can be crushing to the pre-adolescent causing them to strike out in anger and denial. .. It can also aggravate their acne.

By RE

May 1, 2006 05:15 PM | Link to this

“Besides which, I don’t need to jack, I can trash you pinkos with my intelligence. It’s really not that hard, you make it easy.”

Another example of cognitive dissonance

By Daniel

May 1, 2006 05:23 PM | Link to this

Abramoff, Mission Accomplished!; Libby, Bring ‘em on!; Safavian, “We’ll be in and out in three months”; Ryan, “We’ll pay for it with the oil money”; Cunningham, “It will cost one billion dollars”; Kidan, They’re in the last throes of the insurgency”; Delay, “They’ll be throwing flowers at our feet”; Scanlon,”They have WMD”; Nye, “They’re alligned with Al Qeda” Taft, “We need to bring them democracy”.

By Liberal Texas Democrat

May 1, 2006 05:24 PM | Link to this

In my quest to find a conservative Republican The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism (Andy) can embrace, I found Barry Goldwater “”They think I’ve turned liberal because I believe a woman has a right to an abortion. That’s a decision that’s up to the pregnant woman, not up to the pope or some do-gooders or the religious right. It’s not a conservative issue at all.” During the 1990s, Mr. Goldwater spoke out in favor of allowing gays to serve in the military, and he worked in Phoenix to end job discrimination against gays. In 1994, he became honorary chairman of a drive to pass a federal law preventing job discrimination against gays.” Sounds like Andy kinda guy to me!

By Daniel

May 1, 2006 05:37 PM | Link to this

finch: Ignore the guy and he will dissappear. Here is my take: no job, on the dole, overweight, arrogant, selfabsorbed, greedy, stupid and wrong. Why talk to this? If he is ignored he will disappear. He gains meaning through you. His posts consistently show a lack of self respect. Without that, how can he respect others and another point of view? I’ve had my fill of the phony christians. 2391

By Buy Danish

May 1, 2006 05:46 PM | Link to this

Daniel,

What about this?

The only person on your list that the average voter has heard of is DeLay. And you don’t have him to kick around anymore. Ha!

Idiot

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 05:51 PM | Link to this

While the Eskimos, who have lived in Alaska for eons, have been pushing for rights to make a profit off the land we stole from them, liberals remain staunchly opposed to drilling in ANWR. Forget the fact that the only way we can get to the refuge is by plane, we like the idea that such a place exists.

When listening to liberals complain about high gas prices, Americans may find it convenient to forget the fact that this is a party that has prevented any exploration and new refineries in the past 30 years. Despite Sen. Ted Stevens’ (R.-Alaska) efforts to please his Eskimo constituents with jobs from ANWR drilling since the 1970s, Democrats have blocked his efforts at every step. Perhaps liberals are blocking oil wells because it may distort the view from their Alaskan mountain home as a speck on the horizon. Oh wait. I’m thinking of windmills 30 miles of the coast of Hyannisport, Mass.

Why is everybody ignoring me? I don’t like this it’s so spooky. I want to have f* Daniel shrieking his panty waist hysteria in my ear, please, oh, please, somebody scream at me! I’m so frightened that I might disappear!

By Dusty

May 1, 2006 05:53 PM | Link to this

finch,

You are so absolutely off your patriotism. That is, if you have any. You said “I don’t want Sudan wrecked like the US has wrecked Iraq.”

You are trying to say that Iraq which is forming its own government with its own elected officials and working on a constitution and free from a dictator is worse off than Sudan? Sudan wracked by genocide, starvation, torture, refugee camps, extremist repressive Muslim government, illness and death with death squads driving citizens into Chad and still killing them. You are still trying to say that Sudan is in better condition than Iraq because of Americans? What folly!

Blame America for a dictator’s legacy? For a while I thought you were a broadminded liberal, finch. Now, I think you are just another liberal spouting anything to make America look bad. And that because liberals are not running things.

So, long, finch, I don’t run with your pack of wolves ever.

By finch

May 1, 2006 06:08 PM | Link to this

Dusty,

You are still trying to say that Sudan is in better condition than Iraq because of Americans? What folly!

Sorry to see you fly off the handle. I never said Iraq now is worse than Sudan. I am saying that Iraq now is in far worse shape than Iraq was before the 2003 invasion. It’s infrastructure is in a shambles, for starters.

Care to dispute that?

By Daniel

May 1, 2006 06:13 PM | Link to this

BD: Is there something wrong? It’s my country, as much as yours. They are all crooks. Good government benefits all of us. Let’s see: “The only name the average voter knows…”. So, as long as the scumbags keep winning, who cares? What are you trying to say? We’re 9 trillion in debt. 2391

By finch

May 1, 2006 06:18 PM | Link to this

Buy Danish,

I hope anyone who clicks that link you provided to Snopes on pre Iraq war quotes from Democrats reads it through… including the following explanation:

Origins: All of the quotes listed above are substantially correct reproductions of statements made by various Democratic leaders regarding Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein’s acquisition or possession of weapons of mass destruction. However, some of the quotes are truncated, and context is provided for none of them — several of these quotes were offered in the course of statements that clearly indicated the speaker was decidedly against unilateral military intervention in Iraq by the U.S.”

In a nutshell, it’s clear Congress, and probably much of the White House was fed a load of bull about Iraq’s WMD capability after 9/11. But it’s also clear that in the months before the 2003 invasion, certain Bush administration senior officials knew it was a load of bull!!

But so determined were they to invade Iraq to fufill the pre-emptive dreams of Rummy, Cheney, Wolfowitz and the rabid PNAC crowd, they went ahead with it anyway.

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 06:27 PM | Link to this

finch,

So you’re proud of the fact that those Democrats in 1998 or so fully believed that Saddam Hussein had all types of WMD imaginable, but context would prove that they didn’t want to do anything about it?

That’s taking Neville Chamberlainism to a whole new level.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 06:30 PM | Link to this

certain Bush administration senior officials knew it was a load of bull!! And they used their mind warp machine to make Kerry and Bill’s “wife” agree with them and make speeches and vote in favor. I could clearly see the look in her eyes, it was one of a “woman” being trapped in her own body, with her kidnapped mouth saying “Remove Saddam!”

Bush is so good that he went back to 1998 and made Hillary’s “husband” advocate punishing Saddam and his load of bull WMD.

Meanwhile, back on Earth, it should make you wonder exactly what is going on at the CIA, the missed 911, the fall of the Soviets, misled Bush and Congress on WMD, etc, etc, etc. Do they need to be disbanded and replaced? Hung by the neck until dead like any traitor would have been when we were a strong, proud nation?

By Scooter

May 1, 2006 06:35 PM | Link to this

UN Inspectors kicked out of Iraq in December 1998 and did not return until Bush’s saber rattling. Democrats “knew” Saddam was a threat then. Why did they think the UN was going to be worth a Sh*t after their 4=/- year expulsion?

Here is someone else’s take on the terrorists’ threat and status

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 06:51 PM | Link to this

The only thing I like about the $100. gas rebate the Republicans have proposed is tyeing it to drilling in ANWR, but you have to admire the chutzpah of this Democrat. Democrats new battle cry, “That’s not enough money, give it to us!”

By Dusty

May 1, 2006 06:59 PM | Link to this

finch,

Sorry to see you leave patriotism behind.

You saidI don’t want Sudan wrecked like the US has wrecked Iraq.

There is not one thing that I wish to discuss with you.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 07:06 PM | Link to this

Colbert stayed in character as the bombastic, over-the-top, right-wing cable TV host he plays on the Colbert Report.

By DavidU

May 1, 2006 07:11 PM | Link to this

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales has signed a decree placing his country’s energy industry under state control. In a May Day speech, he said foreign energy firms must agree to channel all their sales through the Bolivian state, or else leave the country.

Morales sent the military to occupy 53% of the oil and gas fields and installations…..great! (sarc.)

By DavidU

May 1, 2006 07:13 PM | Link to this

@@- Hey!

I see the PR/Political message of Ecko got through to a larger audience.

By finch

May 1, 2006 07:29 PM | Link to this

RW,

So you’re proud of the fact that those Democrats in 1998 or so fully believed that Saddam Hussein had all types of WMD imaginable, but context would prove that they didn’t want to do anything about it?

Say WHAT?

You mean you didn’t read the Snopes text in full either, eh?? Try again. No influential Dem was categorically ruling out military action. They just weren’t as trigger-happy as the Wolfowitz-Cheney-PNAC crowd was in 1998, right up until their invasion fantasy was fufilled in 2003.

Nothing Chamberlain-esque about that. Not at all.

Let’s flash back to the Downing Street Memos. It’ll just take a minute:

Seven months before the invasion of Iraq, the head of British foreign intelligence reported to Prime Minister Tony Blair that President Bush wanted to topple Saddam Hussein by military action and warned that in Washington intelligence was “being fixed around the policy.”*

I don’t like being played for a sucker. Do you?

Dusty, you’re welcome back anytime your brain fully engages again. Until then, good night and good luck.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 07:30 PM | Link to this

RW,

I read the HP so you don’t have to.

• I can’t wait for my 100 bucks… I’ll send it right to Moveon.org hahahaha
• RWeSafer, 05.01.2006 So yeah, hey, do you think it’s a POLITICAL stunt? Nahhhhh. Everyone take the $100, send half to Ted Lamont’s campaign in Connecticut and the other half to Randi Rhodes Habitat for Humanity rebuilding the gulf coast. We’ll just recycle “their” money which is really our own, and give to a Democratic candidate!
• kaytee, 04.30.2006 *

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 07:37 PM | Link to this

finch,

I don’t need to try again with your party’s chameleon-like position nor do I need your Downing Street fantasies to flash back to.

That was a pretty nasty comment to Dusty. If it was done just because you don’t like what you said about the US being a bunch of marauding clods you should amend that instead of lashing out at her.

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 07:40 PM | Link to this

getalife,

What’s this you have found???? Liberals marching in lockstep because they have been instructed by some moonbat talking points???

Thanks for reading the HP for me! I know I couldn’t stomach it.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 07:41 PM | Link to this

DavidU,

And China’s oil grab

Here is a tip, invest in ethanol.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 07:53 PM | Link to this

Well, y’all will love what they are talking about at the lgf.

Your favorite,

Ted Kennedy

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 07:54 PM | Link to this

First it’s “Capital Hill Blue”, then we learn that the democrats lied about Saddam in 1998 and now we rehash the “Downing Street Memo.”

And to think people ask me why I never doubt what Bush says.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 1, 2006 07:57 PM | Link to this

Despite a great deal of pessimism, the US economy is booming. Real GDP grew by 4.8% in the first quarter, while “core” real GDP (consumer spending plus fixed investment) expanded at a 6.4% annualized rate. Excluding the volatile transportation sector, durable goods new orders surged 2.8% in March and are up 9.6% in the past year. Sales of both new and existing homes exceeded expectations in March, while commercial and industrial loans have expanded at a 14.5% annual rate during the first three months of 2006. For April, Wal-Mart blew away expectations and reported 6.8% same-store sales increases.

To translate that into pinko: “The sky is falling!”

By @@

May 1, 2006 08:02 PM | Link to this

DavidU:

Are you calling me fat? @—

I see the PR/Political message of Ecko got through to a larger audience.

Since I fell for the “AirForce One Tag”, I’m feeling very vulnerable, but…..is Evo into blackmail?

By DavidU

May 1, 2006 08:03 PM | Link to this

Getalife- In that picture that lady is pumping gas into her tire, just thought she should know :)

First Cuba, now Venezuela; which means after Bolivia has driven out the current investors, they will follow in line.

Much of the Chinese government’s support for bad guys is driven by its need for energy. (This condition is hardly unique to China — look at the U.S. relationship with the Saudi monarchy.) Its search for oil is more about the domestic needs of its red-hot economy than about international primacy. In addition to Sudan and Uzbekistan, China is hunting for energy resources in other pariah countries such as Iran, Angola and Cuba. Hugo Chavez, the leftist president of oil-rich Venezuela, has also reached out to China. Without mentioning oil, I once asked an influential retired Chinese general about China’s relationships with so many dictatorships. He replied that China picked its allies not by likes or dislikes but by practical necessity, and that China was a developing country seeking energy independence.

By @@

May 1, 2006 08:56 PM | Link to this

Well Getalife, why didn’t you alert us earlier. Registration is closed and I rarely find it open.

My favorite target and a vast majority in agreement with me on Teddy. Utopia and they won’t let me in.

Teddy, the catalyst of my contempt.

The delay on this site runs a close second to Teddy.

By getalife

May 1, 2006 09:19 PM | Link to this

@@,

It was open the other day and I post there.

The plot thickens in the Plame leak case

This blog does need help.

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 09:52 PM | Link to this

@@,

LGF registration is almost always open on Saturday afternoons. When you add in the assorted other problems with this site it may move ahead of Teddy for irritant factor, although I don’t think ml’s blog has left anybody to suffocate in a ditch yet.

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 10:18 PM | Link to this

getalife,

You are slipping big time. With the story about the traitorous Wilson family up on your blog you linked directly to the “story” here.

By @@

May 1, 2006 10:19 PM | Link to this

Aawwh Getalife:

I’ll bet you watch soap operas don’t you? I’ll pass on the Raw Story link. The plot is revealed in the left margin of your link. Takes away the suspense for me.

I’m always intrigued by the motive. No motive here. Unless, or course, your into fiction.

By rushncap

May 1, 2006 11:03 PM | Link to this

I love the fact that you call Wilson a “traitor” because he dared to disagree with your Lord and Savior Junior Shrub, @@. Gee, you figure Ken Starr and Newt Gingrinch are traitors as well, of is one only a “traitor” if one dares to attack a Republican? Whaddaya say, @@?

By getalife

May 1, 2006 11:08 PM | Link to this

RW,

It was a double post.

Did you see the “porn idol” link?

OO,

No soap operas for me, but this leak is turning into one. I am not the decider just the messenger.

By WashingtonState

May 1, 2006 11:34 PM | Link to this

rushncap,

There is a double standard at work here. If one of the many, many Republicans under criminal investigation is referred to, than one is guilty of judging them before their trial. When someone who is against Bush is involved, adjectives such as “traitorous” are considered to be mild. All part of the intellectual honesty brought to America by the Bush administration courtesy of Karl Rove.

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 11:43 PM | Link to this

WashingtonState,

I knew rushncap had no sense of humor, but I thought a little more highly of you. Hell rushncap can’t even figure out who is saying things or maybe he just likes trying to intimidate women. If that’s the case he’ll go crazier than he already is trying to intimidate @@.

Using adjectives like “traitorous” for Wilson is a running joke between getalife and myself. I agree that the only thing proven about Joe Wilson so far is that he’s a liar.

By RW-(the original)

May 1, 2006 11:46 PM | Link to this

getalife,

That sounds like a reality show that is finally worth watching even if it’s just for the “what you do back home” clips.

By @@

May 1, 2006 11:51 PM | Link to this

rushncap:

You know what? I wasn’t all that interested in the Clinton/Lewinsky scandal. It would have been nice if the act hadn’t taken place in my Oval Office. The facts were inconsequential to me. Just like I’m not interested in your sex life. He did lie about it though, trying to evade with the definition of “is”. It was pretty blatant.

Newt has attacked the policy of George Bush and I would still vote for him if he ran. He is a very smart man. I don’t care about his sex life either.

Ken Starr was given a job to do. If someone gives me a job to do, I do it to the best of my ability. Why should I fault a person for that?

I’m just not in the habit of speculating. I’m the kinda person you would want sitting on a jury that might convict you for……. whatever?

You really do take life too seriously rushncap. Everytime I see you on the board, you appear almost frantic. I think that the entire world is going through growing pains and it is indeed nerveracking (sp?) They can’t all be Bush’s fault though, as much as we need to blame someone. If we can just put the blame somewhere, we can believe we are in control.

I’ve always wondered when George Bush’s evil plan of corruption began. Was it before the election? How could he have implemented all this unfounded evil if he had not been elected. Do you ever think about those things, or do you just enjoy complaining.

I’ve been off most of the night Getalife, so I didn’t check out the “porn idol link”. I’ll check it out tomorrow. I’m very tired.

By WashingtonState

May 2, 2006 12:02 AM | Link to this

RW,

Did the papers in your area carry a story that the idea of splitting Iraq into three countries is gaining support among the mainstream (if you can ever call it that) of the Bush administration? It would seem to fly in the face of the official position on the progress of democracy in Iraq if it is true. I haven’t seen anything else about it except a mention on it the Seattle rag.

As for losing my sense of humor, I am not happy about your deliberately taking my words out of context in your little conversation with my favorite bigot. I made it clear to you that I was working from your definition when I referred to “liberals” as a social group to whom hate speech could be directed. I also made it clear to you that “conservatives” would qualify for the same status. All of that was predicated on the definition of hate speech you posted.

By rushncap

May 2, 2006 12:08 AM | Link to this

Do they pay you to be a psychiatrist, @@? You might want to spend a little less time analyzing the mental state of a person about whom you don’t know anything at all, including first name or even gender, and a little more time worrying about your own. Do we have a deal? Why don’t you listen to Jesus for once and worry about a log or two in your own eye?

So, fine, what makes Wilson a “traitor”? The fact that he got a job, went to do his job, returned, reported what he learned doing it and was right? Is that what makes his “traitorous” in your book? I’m simply trying to understand your definitions here.

Don’t bother replying if all you’re going to do is try to psychoanalyze me. Spare your fingers the typing, and my eyes the skipping over.

By WashingtonState

May 2, 2006 12:09 AM | Link to this

@@,

Did you read the link I posted a day or so ago from a former Republican congressman from Ohio putting the blame for the oil mess squarely where it belongs. On a corrupt system rather than any party?

By rushncap

May 2, 2006 12:14 AM | Link to this

You are absolutely right, Washington State, that is exactly the thing I was pointing out. Basically, anyone who dares to bring up facts is considered a “traitor” by the lunatic right. Witness Wilson. He came back and said, correctly, that there is absolutely no evidence for the “yellowcake” fairytale perpetuated by Bush. Which, in the minds of intellectual perverts like… well, most of this board, makes him the offspring of a gay affair between Judas and Benedict Arnold. Don’t ask me how they think that can produce a child. That would again involve facts (of biology and physics, this time), which are, as usual, irrelevant.

RW, are you still p** I whipped your as$ in a debate once? Jeez, let it go. Relax. I’m sure it’s not the first time someone destroyed your arguments in the space of 5 minutes. Go watch some Fox News or something. Take your mind off reality. Enjoy a frosty beverage.

By RW-(the original)

May 2, 2006 12:15 AM | Link to this

WashingtonState,

So far I’ve seen the Joe Biden press conferences about splitting Iraq. I haven’t seen much about it gaining mainstream attention, but I used to say a long time ago that a three state Iraq sounded like a pretty good idea. I’m not sure it is now because they seem to be putting together their unified government.

Paragraph 2 is a little too late at night to deal with. I remember goofing on people that were calling everything under the sun hate speech, but don’t really remember defining it myself. I doubt if I said anything deliberately intended to go after you though.

By WashingtonState

May 2, 2006 12:17 AM | Link to this

rushncap,

Yeah, but I don’t think it was @@ who said that.

By @@

May 2, 2006 12:20 AM | Link to this

I’ve been looking for the word “traitor” in my 10:19 post. I didn’t see it. rushncap’s imagination must be running wild with him. Poor guy!

Nite fellas, work tomorrow.

Oh yea, somebody on this site “speculates” that I don’t really work. Now that’s just sad.

By WashingtonState

May 2, 2006 12:23 AM | Link to this

RW,

Let’s chalk it up to a misunderstanding; I just don’t like being misrepresented.

By RW-(the original)

May 2, 2006 12:27 AM | Link to this

rushncap,

I’m heading off to bed now, but if you insist we can paste the entire 18 hours of you making an absolute fool out of yourself over loose nukes all the while pretending you were winning an argument. It will have to be later though.

By rushncap

May 2, 2006 12:28 AM | Link to this

Awwwwww crap, Washington. You are very right. Apologies, @@, your name popped up a couple of times around the post, I did not notice that the post was RW’s. Thanks Washington.

On a related note, is there a reason when I make a mistake RW or @@ don’t even bother pointing it out and simply go for the ad hominem? I was wrong, I misattributed a post, all someone had to do was say what Washington just said. That said, my question still stands, except it’s to RW, not @@.

By RW-(the original)

May 2, 2006 12:34 AM | Link to this

WashingtonState,

Fair enough. Goognight.

By rushncap

May 2, 2006 12:36 AM | Link to this

RW, you’re one sore loser. You really are. When I make an error, like just now, I admit it. You? Run run run. I think it was Danish who once asked how I know what a real man is. Well, this is one of those traits that I think a real man possesses. And you, obviously, don’t. Hey, no skin off my back!

By RW-(the original)

May 2, 2006 12:37 AM | Link to this

rushncap,

Not only did I point out your most recent mis-attribution, I also answered your question. Night.

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Oh you’ll find those items in posts addressed to WS.

By rushncap

May 2, 2006 12:42 AM | Link to this

So the answer to my question of “what makes Wilson traitorous” the answer was “a joke”. Fair enough. Steven Colbert you’re not, but if that is your sense of humor, I’m not about to challenge it.

What makes Wilson a liar, then?

By RW-(the original)

May 2, 2006 12:56 AM | Link to this

knock yourself out. If you have questions about the meaning of an inside joke between two parties please try to look it up for yourself. I’ll give you one hint. It isn’t performance art.

I AM LEAVING NOW..GOODBYE AND GOODNIGHT AND GOOD LUCK or whatever Clooney said.

By rushncap

May 2, 2006 01:10 AM | Link to this

So the best you can do about Wilson is a bunch of right-wing-nut blogs? Sigh. Of course. Who needs credibility when one has the unassailable armour of demagoguery? Good night, RW. And, yes, good luck. You’ll need it.

By The AJC Promotes Hate And Racism

May 2, 2006 04:43 AM | Link to this

Biden pitches division of Iraq

Sen. Joseph R. Biden Jr., the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday called for dividing Iraq into three separate regions held together by a loose central government, thus clearing the way for withdrawing most U.S. troops by 2008.

I think it would be better if we divided Joe Biden into 3 separate pieces and left the Iraq people to govern themselves.

It’s like the democrats wanting to play Saddam.

By @@

May 2, 2006 08:17 AM | Link to this

rushncap:

You asked me about Ken Starr, Newt Gingrich. I answered your questions. I included the Clinton/Lewinsky thing as a bonus. I really didn’t care!

I don’t recall any mention of your gender or first name. I addressed you as “rushncap”, that is your name here, isn’t it?

My profession of faith on a previous thread is now a target for you? I don’t care whether you have or practice any faith. It’s not my judgment to make.

In that you attributed the word traitor to my post, I accept your apology. No harm done.

By RW-(the original)

May 2, 2006 09:06 AM | Link to this

rushncap,

As I’m sure you already know I gave you the results of a google search for Joe Wilson+liar, the results contain any number of resources many explaining why they say he he isn’t. Your characterization of this as providing you with a “bunch of right-wing-nut blogs” is a bald faced lie and sadly you already know that.

You rushncap are a liar as surely as your hero Joe Wilson.

By sickofsleaze

May 2, 2006 09:08 AM | Link to this

Among all the Scotch tape remedies the R’s put out to “solve” the gas shortage, why doesn’t anyone bring out the REAL reason for the shortage, that the worst profiteers are at the very top of the Administration, from Bush, Cheney down to Condelezza Rice through the lower ranks of the administration food chain? That is how Bush got in the White House,his “experience” in Big Oil. (He ran 3 companies in the ground) but was so dumb they knew he would jump thru hoops for the glory of being president.

By Gene Davis

May 2, 2006 10:41 AM | Link to this

Hey Mike,
Just so you know, Texaco’s profits would be very hard to find right now. They merged with Chevron a number of years ago. What once was ChevronTexaco has now become Chevron as the stockholders voted to drop Texaco from the corporate name and identity a few years ago.