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Defying law of gravity
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By N-GA
July 23, 2007 8:05 AM | Link to this
…need a fly swatter in this toon…
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 8:06 AM | Link to this
SPECIAL EDITION
The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 300
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 8:09 AM | Link to this
Report: Bush Has Violated 750 Laws
By Mrs. Godzilla
July 23, 2007 8:11 AM | Link to this
Does this mean he’s full of hot air?
By Bosch
July 23, 2007 8:25 AM | Link to this
In the toon, Dubya should be saying “WEEEEEEEEEEEE”
Good toon!
By Analchord
July 23, 2007 8:40 AM | Link to this
Where’s W’s dog holding a fly-swatter?
By ron
July 23, 2007 8:44 AM | Link to this
Presidents and football players are above the law.By Peter
July 23, 2007 9:00 AM | Link to this
Duh-bya must be dreaming in this ‘toon …
By Duh stands for Democrats
July 23, 2007 9:14 AM | Link to this
Boy, can that duck fly, it sure doesn’t look lame to me. Or to Harry Reid either for that matter.
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{{{{{A column entitled “Shock Troops” is said to be the work of “Scott Thomas”—“the pseudonym for a soldier currently serving in Baghdad.” “Thomas” colorfully describes three sets of alleged misdeeds he and his buddies committed in Baghdad: They humiliate a woman in a military dining hall who has been disfigured in an IED explosion (the woman “wore an unrecognizable tan uniform, so I couldn’t really tell whether she was a soldier or a civilian contractor”); they discover human remains and one private spends a day and night playing around with a child’s skull (“which even had chunks of hair”), amusing his fellow soldiers; and one private routinely drives a Bradley Fighting Vehicle recklessly and uses the vehicle to kill stray dogs.}}}}}
Of course no one can find “Thomas” and it is starting to look like he was made up out of whole cloth.
So what else has the lib media made up?
By w00t
July 23, 2007 9:17 AM | Link to this
You see, Bush thinks the “real world” is like the Matrix. He only has to believe in something to make it so.
Evolution = not in the bible Global Warming = Crazy liberal plot WMD’s = they where there, I swear… The Constitution = just a piece of paper Mission Accomplished = well, for phase 1
THERE IS NO SPOON!
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this
That said, the specific contentions being made against the piece (most of them can be found by scrolling around the Standard’s blog) are pretty unconvincing. You have a bunch of nitpicking about the technical details of some of the hardware described, plus some Army public affairs people denying that anything improper would happen in Iraq, plus a lot of huffing and puffing. On the other side, TNR says their editors have spoken to other soldiers who witnessed the key events, and they corroborate the story.
So what else has the lib media made up?
WMD
GREETED AS LIBERATORS
NOT MORE THAN A FEW WEEKS
OIL MONEY WILL PAY FOR WAR
AD NAUSEUM
OOPS, THAT WAS THE NEO CONS!
By getalife
July 23, 2007 9:24 AM | Link to this
Well, Senator Feingold posted at kos about accountability:
“The good Senator evinces concern that Impeachment will put the country “through a very trying process”, which would be a touching concern under other circumstances, but the sentient part of this Country has been going through a “very trying process” for some time now, what with an illegal war of aggression sold with a pack of deliberate lies and the systematic dismantling of our Constitution one piece at a time.”
Yes, he used a right wing argument about impeachment and that community demanded impeachment each time he posts.
They are more concerned about what history books will write about this Congress during w’s “trying process”.
I think he will vote for impeachment and the House needs to start this process.
Conyers said he is three votes away.
By LMAO
July 23, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this
Of course Bush has a 100 people around him that will swear the President does indeed fly. Anyone who disagrees is unpatriotic, loves terrorists, and is surely anti-Tinkerbell.
I wonder if Bush flies naked? Certainly no one in his administration would say so.
“You think we should tell the President he’s flying naked?” asks Tony Snow.
“No” answers Karl Rove, “If we tell him he’s flying naked he’ll realize that also means he doesn’t have a parachute. He’ll panic and fall flat on his face. It would destroy his Presidency.”
By @@
July 23, 2007 9:49 AM | Link to this
The Democrats hate having a fly in their “healing” ointment, that’s for sure. Bush’s congressional smack-down.
Time for another pajama party ladies.
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 9:53 AM | Link to this
National Intel Director: Bush Admin. Manipulated Iraq Intel Because They Didnt Like The Answers
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 9:55 AM | Link to this
Sen. Sununu: I Dont Want President Bush To Campaign With Me
By getalife
July 23, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this
It is absolutely amazing the gop are going to run on trashing the Constitution and the rule of law.
Who in their right mind would vote for this position?
By Analchord
July 23, 2007 9:58 AM | Link to this
W seems more like Tinkerbell than a fly.
If you want to win in IRAQ, then clap three times, people!
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this
[The fruits of escalation in Iraq. Attacks in Iraq last month reached their highest daily average since May 2003, showing a surge in violence as President George W. Bush completed a buildup of U.S. troops, Pentagon statistics show.] (http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20416437.htm)
By Paul
July 23, 2007 10:13 AM | Link to this
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It looks as if Sen Obama is the first candidate with the intellect or courage (or both) to discuss the inconsistencies between the situation in Iraq and in Africa (Sudan, Darfur, Congo, etc). His statement - preventing genocide in Iraq is not a good enough reason to stay, is at least consistent with the notion of not adopting the liberal humanitarian imperialism line (military intervention in Africa for humanitarian reasons) that contributed to our debacle in Iraq.
I’d imagine the ultraleft of the Democratic party will freeze him out over this.
Link: Obama: preventing genocide not a good enough reason for unilateral action
By getalife
July 23, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this
Wrong again as usual Paul.
The wingnuts are smearing him with that comment not “ultraleft”.
Did you get that drivel from BO bashing kos?
YearlyKos will be huge this year with media coverage and the right wing blogs have no counter convention.
All they can do is attack. Before I was banned from the wingnut blogs I told them they should enter the political arena like kos but they did not have the guts.
You still have talk radio and the media but no people movement. This election will be the biggest landslide victory in history for the Dems and crime will be a huge issue.
It is absolutely amazing the gop are going to run on trashing the Constitution and the rule of law.
Who in their right mind would vote for this position?
By Rhetorical question
July 23, 2007 10:37 AM | Link to this
Which is worse? The pukefest following Ronnie’s timely demise or the pukefest leading up to Barry’s steroid-assisted home run record?
By Paul
July 23, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this
“Wrong again”?
You’re not much for differing opinions this morning, are you?
I wasn’t referring to any “smear” by “wingnuts.” I merely referenced Obama’s drawing a parallel between unilateral military intervention in Africa and the situation in Iraq. I thought he made a good point.
I took it straight from the link cited, which was MSNBC - you know, that far-right outfit with the ultraright nutty commentators (sarc).
Too bad you got banned. I saw the same thing when that Dem strategist who had her mic cut on BOR posted her side on her website. Someone wrote in and said “just answer the question first like the Code Pink person” and the response was “this is a Democratic web site - get out of here with your opinions.”
Isn’t Kos the site that banned Cindy Sheehan? Amazing how the political activists are the ones who want to ban free speech.
My earlier point was the the ultraleft of the Dem Party - those who are pressing for a complete withdrawal from Iraq (unlike Hillary and others, who want to keep about 75,000 troops there) will not be happy with Obama saying “if it isn’t good enough for Iraq, it isn’t good enough for Sudan, Darfur, etc.”
The election could get tighter - if Hillary’s the Dem nominee, and if Bush starts a drawdown that results in total forces left roughly equal to the number Hillary proposed. Then the Rep nominee can take other issues to separate himself. But if Nader gets in, it’s a whole new game.
By Midori
July 23, 2007 10:47 AM | Link to this
just when I thought @@ couldn’t get any bloody stupider, or post something completely sillier, ……. {{{POOF}}}
By doug
July 23, 2007 10:48 AM | Link to this
How can ANYONE, even the 28%’ers out there, still think this guy and this administration is worthy of respect and support? How? Please give some examples of how the United States and the world has benefitted from having put this person in the office of President. I cry for my country. All partisan rhetoric and name-calling aside, these are truly sad times we are suffering through. Alberto Gonzales, Scooter Libby, illegal wiretapping, bankrupting the treasury, allowing war profiteering, unneccessary invasion and occupation of a soveriegn nation, Walter Reed, veteran benefit cuts, Gitmo, indifference toward the Constitution, contempt toward Congress, Hurricane Katrina response, lies, incompetence, arrogance…..need I continue? God help us.
By Jesus
July 23, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this
IMPEACH BUSH NOW!!!
By The Watcher
July 23, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this
Anybody who thinks there is the slightest possibilty of the GOP taking the White Hose in 2008 is truly living in LA LA Land. Bush is at 19% in Wisconsin!
Not to mention the serious whacking their going to take in the house and senate.
I wonder if we start taking Chambliss and Isakson to task here on the blog if we might help add those two names to the list of seats the GOP lose.
I mean, Chambliss and Isakson are firmly attached to Bush’s backend - We need to get rid of them.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this
I have no problems with your opinions Paul.
It is your lies.
They had no problem with Obama’s comment, the right did.
Cindy still posts at kos.
A little intellectual honesty would be nice for a change.
Like most Americans, I am sick of the lies, smears and ignoring the rule of law.
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this
A gentle reminder to ALL U.S. Senators and Representatives:
You made a solemn promise. This is that promise:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter.”
You cannot support and defend the Constitution and at the same time allow the executive branch to continue to deny us our civil rights guaranteed by that same Constitution.
You cannot bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States which says, among other things, that all treaties are part of the “supreme law of the land,” and then look the other way when the POTUS breaks the provisions of the UN Charter to get us into an illegal war, along with the provisions of the Geneva and Hague Conventions. Such crimes are crimes against the Constitution, and therefore are “high crimes.” It is your DUTY to impeach and remove from office the entire Bush administration.
You said that you take the obligation to protect the Constitution “freely, without ANY mental reservation or purpose of evasion;” If, indeed, this is true, why is impeachment “off the table?”
You said that you will WELL and FAITHFULLY execute the duties of your respective offices. It is your DUTY to impeach and remove from office those in this administration who have clearly committed high crimes. How WELL and FAITHFULLY are your executing THAT duty of your office?
Here is a measuring stick for you to use: The Illegal War in Iraq. Are you assenting to it by continuing to fund it? Can you really look in the eyes of the families of those who have lost their lives or have been wounded and TRUTHFULLY tell them that their sacrifice is worth it, and we must give it a “little more time?” Do you REALLY believe that? Can you justify keeping our combat troops in Iraq for ONE MORE HOUR, as if doing so will make the situation any BETTER? Can you? And KNOWING that the only way to END this war is to quit funding it, and that the ONLY way to ensure the restoration of our civil rights is to impeach Cheney, Bush, and Gonzales…what are you doing on those fronts?
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this
THAT WAS FROM DU
By Max Blumenthal
July 23, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this
On July 13, 2007, I visited Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, where the bodies of American soldiers killed in Iraq were freshly interred. Afterwards, I headed across the street to the Sheraton National Hotel, owned by right-wing Korean cult leader Sun Myung-Moon, to meet some of the war’s most fervent supporters at the College Republican National Convention.
In conversations with at least twenty College Republicans about the war in Iraq, I listened as they lip-synched discredited cant about “fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them over here.” Many of the young GOP cadres I met described the so-called “war on terror” as nothing less than the cause of their time.
Yet when I asked these College Repulicans why they were not participating in this historical cause, they immediately went into contortions. Asthma. Bad knees from playing catcher in high school. “Medical reasons.” “It’s not for me.” These were some of the excuses College Republicans offered for why they could not fight them “over there.” Like the current Republican leaders who skipped out on Vietnam, the GOP’s next generation would rather cheerlead from the sidelines for the war in Iraq while other, less privileged young men and women fight and die.
By Duh stands for Democrats
July 23, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this
{{{{{{By The Watcher July 23, 2007 10:58 AM Anybody who thinks there is the slightest possibilty of the GOP taking the White Hose in 2008 is truly living in LA LA Land. Bush is at 19% in Wisconsin!}}}}}}}
Bush isn’t running in 2008, genius.
This is the first week ever that Clinton has polled ahead of Guiliani, and that was probably a fake lib poll.
Besides which, lazy Fred is taking away all of Guiliani’s supporters, that’s why his numbers are falling.
By Paul
July 23, 2007 11:18 AM | Link to this
Watcher
The Rep candidates are doing everything they can to separate themselves from Bush and his policies. There is a carryover from approval with the President to a new election with new candidates, but I think you’ll see more emphasis on “traditional” Rep platforms, like fiscal responsibility, - plus some changes, like sidestepping the social conservatives and emphasizing environmentalism - maybe couched in terms of getting off our dependency on Mideast oil.
getalife
My ‘lies’? Gotten a bit strident in the week I was gone?
What was the lie, exactly? (Unless you’re a member of the farleft group who defines as anything that’s said in good faith that later turns out to be inaccurate, regardless of intent, current evidence or generally accepted scientific theories)as a “lie.” I referenced what Obama said as reported by MSNBC. I then gave the opinion that those (in this case, Dems) who oppose Iraq but call for American military intervention in Africa would not (that’s future tense) be happy with him and it could (that’s an opinion, speculation) decrease his support.
I asked if Cindy Sheehan was banned from Kos. That was a question. I seemed to recall she said when she announced she was going to run against Spkr Pelosi that the Kos banned her - said they were a Democratic web site, not open to others. But, I could have misheard. She said she couldn’t post, the headline was she was “warned.”
Link: Sheehan on Kos
Why would the right have problems with Obama’s comment? I’d think they’d be happy, as it plays to their “if we leave, there’ll be a genocide” justification for a continued presence. It also separates himself from Hillary (keep tens of thousands of troops in Iraq) and would, I think in their opinion, be an easier opponent than Hillary?
By getalife
July 23, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this
BTW Paul, right wing blogs do not allow “differing opinions”.
There are many “differing opinions” on left wing blogs especially with Dem candidates.
They discussed Obama’s comment and let it go but the right keeps bring it up to try to smear him.
If this blog was a wingnut blog, most posters here would be banned a long time ago.
Wooten is one wingnut blog that does not ban because of AJC policy.
doug,
That is a good question.
@@, Paul or duh may answer because I would like to know why people would vote gop at this point in time?
By The Watcher
July 23, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this
Duh,
No Duh, Duh.
Bush’s shadow falls over the entire Republican ticket, genius(not).
And, that’s going to be ugly for the cons next year. No doubt…
By Not Duh
July 23, 2007 11:24 AM | Link to this
Please don’t feed Andy/Duh/Dull/Suck or any of his other personalities. He has been banned from this site and just comes by to annoy people.
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this
Democrats Lead By $100 Million In Money Race
By getalife
July 23, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this
I do not think anybody has been banned from this blog.
Duh has a mental problem and he thinks he has been banned but keeps posting for some reason.
Duh.
By Paul
July 23, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this
getalife
Well that explains the different perspectives. I read few blogs - mostly this one - so don’t know who is banning whom. The Kos folks say the purpose of their blog is to elect Dem candidates, so it makes sense they’d cut off people opposed to their faq.
I’d guess the rightwingers are saying “Obama wants genocide” or words to that effect? I wrote here months ago one of America’s greatest challenges in the new century would be to not unilaterally intervene in every genocide or humanitarian disaster where there’s not a clear strategic interest. All candidates (except Obama, evidently) avoid this topic like the plague.
Watcher
I’d guess it’s because some Republicans, who are extremely disillusioned with Bush and feel betrayed by his abandonment of what they see as Republican principles, feel one of the candidates may be in the traditional Republican mold, with the added benefit of ditching the evangelical/social conservative/single issue litmus tests that have dominate the party for the last eight years? Plus they see Democratic candidates as espousing only government-run solutions for every problem (such as health care) while avoiding the question of how much citizens’ money they want - plus they seem more prone to new military adventures around the globe?
Just guessin’ -
By DebbieDoRight
July 23, 2007 11:37 AM | Link to this
[[How can ANYONE, even the 28%ers out there, still think this guy and this administration is worthy of respect and support? How?]]
A good friend of mine, an ARDENT Dumbya supporter, still has the GWB sticker on the window of her SUV. When I asked why she doesn’t take it down, she was LIVID that I would even suggest such a thing. She states that he’s doing the best he can because he’s saddled with a Dem. congress that won’t let him do his job — according to her, if not for the Dem. congress we could’ve won this war MONTHS ago.
Of course, I didn’t point out that the Dems just took control of congress last year — nor did I mention that Dumbya is Commander in Thief and his crony was the Sec. of Defense. She’s bigger than me by about 45 pounds, taller too. I’m no fool.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this
Paul,
Well, they are having the first Youtube debate tonight and that question might be asked.
I think there will be better questions asked but there are 5 CNN editors deciding on the questions.
By Paul
July 23, 2007 11:47 AM | Link to this
getalife
I’ve got to watch it. There’s a whole new generation out there with a different view of things (you know, the myspace “let me tell everyone about me” generation). It’ll be interesting to hear what’s important to them. I hope the CNN (a network that’s gone into a bit of a slump, IMHO) editors pick some of those questions - not just the ones that mirror what they’d ask.
BTW - another example of misrepresentation came when Obama said (near as I recall) that kindergarteners (it may have been discussed here) should be taught about inappropriate touching as a way to ward of sex abuse (much of which occurs by family members, boyfriends, girlfriends, stepparents, etc). Reps immediately took it to “Obama wants sex ed in kindergarden.” Sad.
Similar in sadness (pathetic?) response of Dems to Romney’s challenging Hillary’s economic positions - rather than answer the accusations or clarify the position to show it isn’t as Romney said, all they did was avoid the economic topic and do the namecalling/personal slam thing.
By Bosch
July 23, 2007 11:54 AM | Link to this
DDR, Shame on you! You should have pointed that out.
Since she weighs more, you could probably have out run her! :-)
By Midori
July 23, 2007 11:55 AM | Link to this
How low can he go?
By getalife
July 23, 2007 11:57 AM | Link to this
Paul,
They had a 17 year old asking about the qualities of the candidates to win the general.
His fist election to vote and it should be included tonight.
Your second paragraph showed some intellectual honesty but your your third, I have not read about.
Do you have a link on that Clinton smear?
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 12:05 PM | Link to this
Halliburton Co., the worlds second-largest oil services company, said on Monday that second-quarter profit from continuing operations rose 19 percent, topping Wall Street views, helped by new international contracts.
By Paul
July 23, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this
getalife
Is was from the Associated Press. Here’s a link where it was reported:
Link: [Romney compares Hillary’s economics to Karl Marx](http://apnews.myway.com/article/20070722/D8QHUJ480.html}
Romney raised a decent point - candidates who’ve not done much in private industry who look at gov’t as a better, in some ways, only, solution.
The Clinton campaign response was “Given how often Romney flip-flops, tomorrow he will be touting his membership in the Communist Party,” Kathleen Strand said.” Nothing about Hillary’s view, or in which areas gov’t can do better, or why private business experience isn’t all that necessary.
It’s a campaign of sound bites and personal attacks. I hope that 17-year old doesn’t get disillusioned.
BTY - just listened to some of the potential youtube questions. Some are a bit on the fringe or special interest, but they’re really pretty good questions.
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this
Democratic Member Of House Homeland Security Committee Denied Access To Portions Of Presidential Directive
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:07 PM | Link to this
I love debating political issues. It makes me feel important and wanted, a feeling I haven’t had in the last 72 years.
By Paul
July 23, 2007 12:10 PM | Link to this
getalife
one more try:
Link: Romney compares Hillary’s economics to Karl Marx
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:11 PM | Link to this
72?
I am not that old.
Nevermind Paul, I found it
Geez.
By Lord Help Us
July 23, 2007 12:11 PM | Link to this
Paul, gotta give kudos on this gem:
‘candidates whove not done much in private industry who look at govt as a better, in some ways, only, solution.’
I bet you can’t imagine who comes to mind…
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 12:13 PM | Link to this
Why Removal of Bush and Cheney from Office Needs to Be Done Soon
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:13 PM | Link to this
I’m 71.
Geez.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:18 PM | Link to this
Stop wanking duh.
By DebbieDoRight
July 23, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this
[[DDR, Shame on you! You should have pointed that out. Since she weighs more, you could probably have out run her! :-)]]
Too funny!!!!
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this
I wonder if Chris hansen is still investigating me? It’s been a while, but if anyone wants to know what I look like I will be making my television debut this Wednesday at 10E/9C on Dateline NBC’s “To Catch a Predator”.
By Paul
July 23, 2007 12:28 PM | Link to this
getalife
The (what’s the word, “wanker”? “getalife wannabee?”) must be a budding politician. Avoid the issues and talk about the other person. Yup, he has a career in politics. And you have a fan.
By Midori
July 23, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
Getalife: asking Andy not to namejack is like asking the sun not to rise.
That crap lost it’s shelf life months ago, yet when the going gets tough that’s the first weapon he pulls out of his arsenal.
Well, that’s the only weapon in his arsenal.
Two words that do not go together: originality + conservatives.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:32 PM | Link to this
Stop wanking PF.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:33 PM | Link to this
Paul,
That wasn’t the wanker that time. It was really me. NBC caught me at the wrong place at the wrong time. She said she was 19, but the transcript from our chatlog showed 12.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:36 PM | Link to this
Paul,
I posted PF and @@ were having a last idiot standing contest and he needed new material so I may have upset our resident comic.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:39 PM | Link to this
Midori,
Yes Andy started that mess.
I think you were the first victim and then started posting Kos.
He is the reason for the rules here.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this
Underaged girls may be my preference, but that doesn’t give anyone the right to wank me.
Geez.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:46 PM | Link to this
Geez.
By Paul
July 23, 2007 12:52 PM | Link to this
I don’t have a scorecard to keep this straight -
I’ll check in before the debate -
By Tom
July 23, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this
Getalife: Take it off your mind, pal. Those “to catch a preditor” folks are getting too carried away. Stupid cops acting like clowns wherever the location. Screaming, running, pointing guns, throwing guys to the ground. No self-respecting cop would allow himself to be photographed in that childish garbage. Think maybe Chris has some personal hangups in that field. Any rate, come on in, have a cookie - I just baked em. Glass of cold lemonade too. Did you bring the condoms, or is that Dustmite’s full-time job? I’ll get the hot tub running.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:55 PM | Link to this
Back to the topic:
“Patrick Leahy (D-VT) and the Senate Judiciary Committee will get another crack at Attorney General Alberto Gonzales as he appears to testify on Tuesday. Leahy last week sent Gonzales a sneak peak at some of the questions he intends to ask to get clarification on some of Gonzaless hazy recollections of what went down in the political firings of eight federal prosecutors.
The word I get is that Leahy will at first stick with questions easy for Gonzales to be truthful about, such as what day of the week follows Tuesday?
Should be fun to watch.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 12:56 PM | Link to this
Paul,
Good deal. In the meantime, I just saw this cute girl come out of the toy store across the street so I’ll check you later.
By raisedanidiot
July 23, 2007 12:57 PM | Link to this
ITN - super post at 11:07…I wanted to stand up and cheer!
I think best way to deal with Andy is to put him on ignore.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 1:00 PM | Link to this
Tom,
I’ve never been with a guy before, but I’m willing to try something new. You do sound a bit old for me though. My age range is typically 11-14.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 1:05 PM | Link to this
For the record, all posts about sex are not mine.
“Bush’s approval rating has dropped so low
the only thing he’s above now is the law.”
— Jay Leno
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this
I’LL TELL THE TALE AGAIN AND AGAIN
A WHILE BACK SOMEBODY WAS USING MY NAME AND LINKING TO PORN
I CONTACTED AJC AND WAS TOLD THEY WOULD BAN WHOEVER WAS DOING IT.
THE WEBSITE WAS SCRUBBED OF THE OFFENSIVE MATERIAL.
A BUNCH OF TROLLS DISAPPEARED FOR A WHILE - THEN SLOWY CAME BACK. LUCKODULL BECAME DUH.
EVEN THEY CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET A NEW E-MAIL ADDRESS>>>>
I SUSPECT THE MELT DOWN, GO AWAY AND REAPPEAR CYCLE HAS HAPPENED A NUMBER OF TIMES>
JUST KEEP THE PRESSURE ON
By Chris Hansen
July 23, 2007 1:19 PM | Link to this
getalife,
Thanks for the confession. Now we’ll just add that to our ongoing investigation and submit it to the Georgia Bureau of Investigations. Thanks idiot.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 1:23 PM | Link to this
Chris,
What are you talking about? I haven’t confessed to any crime. I made a reference to my personal preference for those between the ages of 11-14, but I didn’t use names or admit to any particular action. You have nothing on me.
Geez.
By Luckovichisaheadcase
July 23, 2007 1:36 PM | Link to this
Today’s cartoon is really just too laughably hypocritical. You sychophants and head cases just tossed it aside when Slick Willie and the Internet Boy just completely disreguarded all campaign finance laws, perjured themselves and repeatedly lied to the American people, using lame excuse after lame excuse to justify their ILLEGAL actions. Our do-nothing Congress is investigating everything in the Bush administration and finding NOTHING. Scooter Libby was railroaded when the prosecutor new there wasn’t even an underlying case. Imagine the outcry if that had happened during Slick Willie’s tenure.
Fred in ‘08
By getalife
July 23, 2007 1:36 PM | Link to this
Um wanker, you forgot something.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 1:40 PM | Link to this
Um, Fred is lazy and an abortion lobbyist.
By wanker
July 23, 2007 1:42 PM | Link to this
What?
By Such Silliness makes Poster look STUPID
July 23, 2007 1:45 PM | Link to this
Todays cartoon is really just too laughably hypocritical. You sychophants and head cases just tossed it aside when Slick Willie and the Internet Boy just completely disreguarded all campaign finance laws, perjured themselves and repeatedly lied to the American people, using lame excuse after lame excuse to justify their ILLEGAL actions. Our do-nothing Congress is investigating everything in the Bush administration and finding NOTHING. Scooter Libby was railroaded when the prosecutor new there wasnt even an underlying case. Imagine the outcry if that had happened during Slick Willies tenure.
REALLY REALLY STUPID
By getalife
July 23, 2007 2:06 PM | Link to this
This is a major red flag
This is scaring many people.
What do you think they are hiding this time?
Looks like the Dems are pressuring Pakistan to go after the real enemy.
By bon scott
July 23, 2007 2:08 PM | Link to this
By Paul - July 23, 2007 10:41 AM - Too bad you got banned. I saw the same thing when that Dem strategist who had her mic cut on BOR posted her side on her website. Someone wrote in and said just answer the question first like the Code Pink person and the response was this is a Democratic web site - get out of here with your opinions.
Isnt Kos the site that banned Cindy Sheehan? Amazing how the political activists are the ones who want to ban free speech.
Paul, you are an ignorant twit. Declining to publish thoughts from someone who wrote to a website or newspaper is not “banning free speech”. The private owners of public sites have the right to “ban” anything they want. This blog, the AJC, the NYT, or the WSJ are not violating the law or the Constitution by refusing to publish letters or posts FOR ANY REASON. Maybe it’s lousy, or it doesn’t fit their political agenda, or they got up on the wrong side of the bed. Whatever. IT’S THEIR RIGHT.
You are perfectly free (and in fact, I encourage you) to print a paper or start a blog that reflects your views by (among other things) not printing or posting items that are contrary to your opinions.
Now, a LAW imposing a blanket ban on ALL media against the promulgation of certain ideas would certainly be a violation of Free Speech guarantees. But that would take government action, and I don’t think the Daily Kos or the AJC have that power.
So a blog or newspaper that edits is not “banning” anything. You are perfectly capable of legally spreading your political ideas someplace else.
The sooner you wingnuts grasp that concept, the better we’ll all be for it.
By Midori
July 23, 2007 2:20 PM | Link to this
that 1:45 again illustrates the overwhelming stupidity, cluelessness, and crippling hypocrisy that infests the right.
their “views” are just about as relevant as the wadded up gum stuck to the bottom of my shoe.
By luckovichisaheadcase
July 23, 2007 2:23 PM | Link to this
It has just come to my attention that Hugo Chavez wants to ban all foreigners who disagree with him. He has already instituted his own version of Diane Feinstein’s wet dream - the “fairness doctrine”.
Bon Scott - where you have it wrong is that you liberals don’t grasp the concept that you hate censorship of your own views but love it when it is done to others.
You also don’t get the fact that editing is censorship, and perfectly legal. It’s just that the AJC and KOS are a bunch of hypocrites about it.
By Talk about a head case
July 23, 2007 2:33 PM | Link to this
What a moron.
Oh, same old moron.
By luckovichisaheadcase
July 23, 2007 2:36 PM | Link to this
Midori - you just counter arguments with nasty put-downs, never facts. You are a shining example of the liberal intellect!
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 2:40 PM | Link to this
Brooks Admits He Picked Facts Out Of The Air To Defend Bushs Iraq Policy
By Analchord
July 23, 2007 2:48 PM | Link to this
And just how much egg will be on Luckovich’s face if all the insurgents come out from the sewers they’re hiding in today with their arms held in the international sign of surrender, shouting, “Dont shoot, gringo’s, we surrender, We dont know what got into us, we dont want to fight, we want to see peace, we want to see growth, we want to see the Paris Hilton Video”!
So maybe you libs should take yourselves down a notch or two….it could happen!!
If the Iraqis and Al Queda surrender today, then Bush will be the king!
You never know what can happen if one of our troops suddenly figures out where to throw the next grenade, one well placed grenade can do miracles, just ask anyone who survived the Hindenberg.
It’s good to be the king!
By @@
July 23, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this
Paul @ 10:13:
(((Id imagine the ultraleft of the Democratic party will freeze him out over this.)))
Paul…Paul…Paul. They would deny it with their dying breath, but the ultraleft wants to be able to “pick their wars” kinda like those in Congress keep “picking their noses in bed” on the Iraq withdrawal.
Getalife:
(((That is a good question.
@@, Paul or duh may answer because I would like to know why people would vote gop at this point in time?)))
Here’s my answer…
Cause all you leftists have shown me are your “boogers”.
BTW Paul, until my daughter returns and I’m able to renew my Stratfor subscription I’ve desperately been hunting for a comparable analysis site.
I stumbled across an article the other day that took into account many various countries and how they go about pursuing their prevailing interests.
Tiny little insignificant countries vying for the attention of the big dogs. Quite a few of them still see the U.S. as the “best of breed” in guard dogs.
The majority of Wall Street’s economists are predicting a severe negative impact on the global economy if we withdraw from Iraq. We’ll all be impoverished and then those in Darfur will just have to die to make room for….?
I’m back to canning tomatoes from the garden. I’m giving them away by the bushel, and still I have too many. I’m even tossing some into the woods.
Squirrels love ‘em.
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
July 23, 2007 2:54 PM | Link to this
Such Silliness makes Poster look STUPID says: “Imagine the outcry if that had happened during Slick Willies tenure.”
You are absolutely right. The libs get away with everything and the Republicans are constantly railroaded. I mean the Republican Congress and the Right Wing didn’t invest anytime in investigatiing Clinton. I mean you had to look hard to find anything about White Water, travel office scandal, alleged investment scandals, allegations of murder, allegations of drug dealing, allegations of using the military (against Bin Laden) to take the focus off of Lewinsky. I mean the GOP and the press were completely hands off and focused on business until Clinton got oral sex. And thats where a Republican has to draw the line.
So yes, you are in a great position to call people stupid. We both know that if Clinton had:
1) led us into a war based on facts that didn’t turn out to be true
2) predicated our military success on a foreign nations’ political progress.
3) fired generals who disagreed with him
4) leaked CIA agents’ names
5) looked in the camera and said that “he would fire all the leakers” and then did nothing
6) handled Katrina in the same way as Bush etc., etc…
the GOP and the press wouldn’t have liften a finger. I mean again its only after oral sex, a far greater offense than any listed above that got the GOP to impeach a twice elected President. So yes you are right. There is such an obvious double standard and somebody, you know who, is really stupid.
RWNJIFG
By Got your Head Case right Here
July 23, 2007 2:55 PM | Link to this
I’m a shining example of the neo con itellect
OOps, Neo con’s have no intellect
Lemmings have no brains
By Source Please
July 23, 2007 2:58 PM | Link to this
“The majority of Wall Streets economists are predicting a severe negative impact on the global economy if we withdraw from Iraq. Well all be impoverished and then those in Darfur will just have to die to make room for.?”
Find this a little hard to believe since Wall St. tilting toward Dems
By Analchord
July 23, 2007 3:03 PM | Link to this
What if the Iraqis do surrender? Then what? Who would they surrender to? What would it mean if the iraqis surrender.
What would it mean for us to win the war there? See the problem if we talk about a surrender or victory?
Post war occupation? DO you realize what a big problem that would be? Then we’d have to babysit the post-war recovery and rebuilding.
It’s much easier having a war. Rush would brow beat the Iraqis into fighting again by calling them surrender monkeys.
The situ in Iraq is so impossible that even I dont know what’s going to happen next, only that it’s probably going to hurt.
By Bandy D@@stRWS
July 23, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this
It seems I can pick my friends and my nose, but it’s more fun to pick the enemys nose.
I DO do the pick and roll.
By rushncap
July 23, 2007 3:06 PM | Link to this
Getalife: serves you right for trying to ask @@ a serious question. What were you expecting…. a well thought out answer? Something intelligent or intelligible? Hell, even Jesus warned about casting pearls before swine.
By Midori
July 23, 2007 3:08 PM | Link to this
2:36 - yes, I am. thank you very much.
too bad I can’t rub off on you.
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
July 23, 2007 3:10 PM | Link to this
STUPID: These were the ONLY “scandals” the GOP congress investigated in th eclinton years there were only 55 (ican only fit the first 20) and while no wrongdoing was uncovered, it only cost 17 million to do the investigating:
Commodity transactions by First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton
Alleged access to White House (Lincoln Bedroom, etc.) in exchange for contributions to the DNC
Whitewater Alleged money-laundering and drug trafficking at the Mena, Arkansas airport during the term of then-Gov. Clinton Allegations that the Molten Metal Technology company received government contracts in exchange for contributions to the Clinton-Gore campaign Involvement of former Gore aide Peter Knight in advocating a relocation of the FCC to the Portals building in Southwest D.C. American Worker Project, to look into the conduct of labor unions and the agencies that oversee them Irregularities in the Teamsters 1996 elections Review of Ramspeck Act, prompted by large numbers of Democratic staff getting executive branch jobs following GOP takeover of House Political ideology of organizations participating in the Combined Federal Campaign Firing of White House travel office personnel Alleged White House acquisition of FBI files of certain individuals Alleged abuse of travel privileges by Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary Clinton Administration enforcement action against the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas Financial holdings and activities of former Commerce Secretary Rob Brown Alleged illegal foreign contributions to the DNC in the ‘96 elections Alleged fundraising activities on federal property (e.g. White House coffees, Lincoln Bedroom) Alleged Hatch Act violations (e.g. fundraising phone calls from official residences, acceptance of campaign checks by White House secretaries) Alleged ‘conduit’ contributions to the DNC in the ‘96 elections (made at the request of and paid for by a third party) Alleged foreign influence on U.S. elections and access to U.S. intelligence.STUPID it is so great to have people like you on my side, because you know the facts and you tell the truth about them. Its because there are smart people like you that we ended up ina great war like Iraq.
RWNJIFG
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
July 23, 2007 3:11 PM | Link to this
A few more for STUPID: 21. Clinton Administration’s appointment of Charlie Trie to a special Commerce trade commission allegedly in return for campaign contributions 22. Justice Department failure to appoint an independent counsel to investigate alleged fundraising calls from the White House 23. Alleged quid pro quo—refusal by Interior Secretary Babbitt to grant a gaming permit to the Hudson Casino and Dog Track because of campaign contributions from opposing parties 24. Designation of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, allegedly in part to benefit a Texas mining company connected with James Riady which did not want mining competition in Utah 25. Alleged failure of FEC to prosecute fundraiser Howard Glicken, because of ties to Vice President Gore 26. Fundraising practices of state Democratic parties 27. Alleged use of White House databases for political purposes 28. Irregularities in the Teamsters 1996 elections 29. Alleged lack of compliance with subpoenas issued to White House, including failure to produce videotapes of White House coffees 30. Alleged acceptance by Webb Hubbell of White House-arranged ‘hush money’ 31. Alleged White House obstruction surrounding allegations regarding Monica Lewinsky and her relationship with President Clinton 32. Alleged voter fraud in the Dornan-Sanchez election contest in California’s 46th district 33. Alleged foreign influence on U.S. elections and access to U.S. intelligence 34. U.S. technology transfers to China, including allegations that political contributions influenced the Clinton Administration’s export policy 35. Alleged link between Clinton Administration’s trade policies and political contributions, including but not limited to alleged illegal contributions from Indonesian and Chinese sources 36. U.S. technology transfers to China, including allegations that political contributions influenced the Clinton Administration’s export policy 37. Clinton Administration enforcement action against the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas 38. Allegations that the Clinton Administration improperly influenced career prosecutors at the Justice Dept. to settle a civil racketeering lawsuit involving the Laborers’ International Union 39. Justice Department failure to appoint an independence counsel to investigate alleged fundraising calls from the White House 40. Justice Department oversight/preparation for impeachment proceedings.
RWNJIFG
By getalife
July 23, 2007 3:13 PM | Link to this
@@,
Oh man that is rich.
My goodmess, we are reaching way out there now.
Geez.
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
July 23, 2007 3:13 PM | Link to this
This ought to do it STUPID:
U.S. technology transfers to China, including allegations that political contributions influenced the Clinton Administration’s export policy Designation of Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, allegedly for political purposes Alleged quid pro quo—refusal by Interior Secretary Babbitt to grant a gaming permit to the Hudson Casino and Dog Track because of campaign contributions Allegations that campaign contributions influenced Interior Department policies on Guam Allegations that former Energy Secretary Hazel O’Leary or her staff solicited a bribe for a Department of Energy contract General investigation into fundraising activities of Clinton Administration and Democratic party officials Alleged economic espionage for the Chinese government by John Huang while employed at the Commerce Dept. Alleged foreign influence on U.S. elections and access to U.S. intelligence China Ocean Shipping Company Preparation for impeachment inquiry Pentagon release to press of Linda Tripp’s personnel file U.S. technology transfers to China, including allegations that political contributions influenced the Clinton Administration’s export policy U.S. technology transfers to China, including allegations that political contributions influenced the Clinton Administration’s export policy Alleged use of political influence and campaign contributions to allow for burial of non-eligible persons in Arlington National Cemetery Alleged politically-motivated IRS audits of conservative organizationsTotal cost for all committees $17,121,000.
So there you go STUPID. The GOP Congrees stuck to the people’s business and above partisan politics.
RWNJIFG
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 3:18 PM | Link to this
Conyers: Three More Reps. and I’ll Impeach
By Truthman
July 23, 2007 3:25 PM | Link to this
We’re all “Out of Africa!”
Isn’t it great to know that Bush’s and Cheney’s and Rove’s and Coulter’s and Limbaugh’s and Hannity’s and Wolfowitz and Lott’s and Gingrich’s great grandmother came out of Africa 50,000 years ago and was BLACK!?!
In fact, all of us have a black grandmother: Pat Robertson, James Dobson, John McCain and Tom Tancredo.
Maybe all those uppity white folk need to be a little nicer to our friends of color as they were the first people here and we are of them.
Sorry, white folk, but your grandma is black!!!
Ha, Ha, Ha!!!
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 3:25 PM | Link to this
Tell Congress to Impeach Cheney First
By Midori
July 23, 2007 3:27 PM | Link to this
RWNJIFG,
I think his head just exploded :)
either that, or he’s doing a Google search, in order to try to come up with something even stupider than his original post :)
By Duh stands for Democrats
July 23, 2007 3:29 PM | Link to this
{{{{{{It is only after al-Qaeda has become truly barbaric and done things like, to teach lessons to people, cut their face off with piano wire in front of their family and then murdered everybody except one child who told the tale afterwards … that people realise how much of a mess they are in, Lieutenant James Danly, 31, who works on military intelligence in Doura, said.}}}}}}}
{{{{{{{“We want to protect innocent civilians from killing and kidnapping,” said Nadeem al-Tamimi, a Shi’ite tribal leader. “We have been working against al Qaeda for two years and paying for it from our own pocket. But we’re not just against al Qaeda. We’re against all murderers and thieves.”}}}}}}}}
By getalife
July 23, 2007 3:35 PM | Link to this
“The Executive Order criminalizes the antiwar movement. It is intended to “blocking property” of US citizens and organizations actively involved in the peace movement. It allows the Department of Defense to interfere in financial affairs and instruct the Treasury to “block the property” and/or confiscate/ freeze the assets of “Certain Persons” involved in antiwar activities.”
This should get those last three votes and the DeFazio denial should get more than three.
See ya dick!
Bwa.
By Source Please
July 23, 2007 3:36 PM | Link to this
Once again, Duh Andy, posts trash without sources.
The {{{{{ and the }}}}}may mean he copied them from a verifiable source or that he pulled them directly out of his {{}}.
Wanna run with the big dogs Andy?
Post with sources.
Or are you afraid?
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
July 23, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this
Duh,
I think that maybe you are undercutting our Right Wing argument for staying in Iraq by making it look like Al Qaeda may not be all that sucessful in Iraq if we leave. I mean, I’m just saying….
Wouldn’t it be a better argument to say, as the administration is, that: 1) Al Qaeda is weaker than before because of the invasion of Iraq other anti-terror efforts and 2) that the latest NIE stating that Al Qaeda is just as strong as before tells us how important it is for us to stay in Iraq.
Clearly these are better arguments than yours and I think everybody can see the inherent wisdom of the adminstrations’ stance. Some people might say that these are inconsistent arguments, but those are the same stupid people who said that the Iraqis wouldn’t greet us with roses. Moron libs.
RWNJIFG
By Truthman
July 23, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this
OK, Duh/Andi/Luckodunce,
Last time: There was NO AL QAEDA IN IRAQ BEFORE BUSH/CHENEY GOT US INTO THEIR STUPID, ILLEGAL, IMMORAL WAR - NONE, ZIP, NADA, BUPKIS!!!!
BUSH/CHENEY/BREMER/WOLFOWITZ CREATED AL QAEDA IN IRAQ, REGARDLESS OF HOW MANY TIMES YOU TELL YOURSELF IT’S CLINTON’S FAULT.
SORRY, YOU LOSE…AND LOSE AND LOSE AND LOSE!!
You’re gonna love ‘08, dunceboy!!
By DebbieDoRight
July 23, 2007 3:51 PM | Link to this
Found this article while browsing through the Times, (london), and I was wondering WHY haven’t I seen it here in any newspaper in America, (I’ve looked on the Miami Herald’s website, AJC, Portland, etc), why doesn’t anyone want us to know what’s going on in the world? Why haven’t we TOTALLY eradicated the taliban in Afghanistan? Isn’t that what we went over there for?
Taleban militants threatened to kill a group of South Korean Christians yesterday unless their country withdrew its personnel from Afghanistan.
By AmVet
July 23, 2007 3:53 PM | Link to this
RWNJIFG, please stop!
I’m not one to live in blissful ignorance, but you’re killing me man!
Everyday I wake up and am thankful for two things.
One, that I was fortunate enough to be born an American.
Secondly that as an adult, I have always had the good sense and wisdom to be a non Republican. (Special thanks to Richard Nixon!)
The more things change in the GOP, the more they stay the same.
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 3:57 PM | Link to this
DDR
IT’S ON DEMOCRATIC UNDERGROUND VIA AP
6 NATO troops killed in Afghanistan
“Meanwhile, a purported Taliban spokesman said the hard-line militia has extended until Tuesday its deadline on the fate of 23 South Korean hostages who were seized last week.”
By Buy Danish
July 23, 2007 4:01 PM | Link to this
DDR, Stevie and Midori,
Look what I found!
A nasty parrot who calls herself “Catwoman” went over to DU to squawk that “her head exploded” because of my “racist” comments about the ghetto culture and Pit Bulls, but lo and behold, quite a few of the comments agreed with me.
Of course one of these champions of free speech wondered if I had been banned by the P.C. police for my “horrible” comments - a predictable and entertaining reponse.
HA HA HA HA HA.
By Do I smell
July 23, 2007 4:09 PM | Link to this
PARANOIA?
By @@
July 23, 2007 4:10 PM | Link to this
Source Please:
Your wish is my command.
Iraq Pullout Could Give Market an Anxiety Attack
I’ve always heard that the market is fueled by emotions. That’s why it’s measured by consumer/investor confidence.
Consumer confidence up…the market’s up. Consumer confidence down…the market’s down. A little lag time, but it gets there.
See, you doom and gloom liberal naysayers WILL bring about the world’s demise. Neo-Malthusians of the radical sixties. People will be miserable right along with you liberals. That should make you happy.
Running around like chickens with your heads cut off. It just can’t happen fast enough for you.
rushncap:
Back to work. Garden vegetables at least offer nutrition. On the intelligence quotient, they fall somewhere in line with you liberals.
By Truthman
July 23, 2007 4:13 PM | Link to this
DebbieDoRight,
It’s been all over CNN.
TM
By Midori
July 23, 2007 4:15 PM | Link to this
Buy Banish,
let me put this in a way that you’ll understand:
b-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
July 23, 2007 4:22 PM | Link to this
Buy Danish,
You ought to also point out that not only do black people like rap and dog fighting, but that they also vote overwhelmingly for Defeat-o-crats, which means that they aren’t by and large very good Americans.
Have you ever thought about why there is such a disparity? I mean its 92% or more of blacks in this country vote for the commies. I’m trying to think of what kind of party would alienate 92% of white voters. I’m thinking that it would have to be the “I Hate White People Party.” What is it about the GOP that almost an entire group of people wouldn’t even consider voting for it?
RWNJIFG
By getalife
July 23, 2007 4:23 PM | Link to this
The market is overpriced and will crash with high energy cost.
Check out this hip hop wingnut
Geez, they hate dogs too.
Willard Romney is Vick’s biggest fan.
By DebbieDoRight
July 23, 2007 4:27 PM | Link to this
Thanks guys — I wonder how long it’s gonna take AJC to find out there is more news that’s going on outside of Georgia.
By Analchord
July 23, 2007 4:29 PM | Link to this
Fox just reported that Michael Vick has signed a 10 million dollar contract with a flea collar company…..
By Analaccordian
July 23, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this
good one @ 4:15 midori, now that’s originality!
dance to my sweet music midori, dance!
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this
Just What the Founders Feared: An Imperial President Goes to War
By Buy Danish
July 23, 2007 4:45 PM | Link to this
Midori,
MEOW.
How Hip-Hop Holds Blacks Back by John H. McWhorter
You want to ban John McWhorter?
{{{On a deeper level, there is something truly unsettling and tragic about the fact that blacks have become the main agents in disseminating debilitatingdare I say racistimages of themselves. Rap guru Russell Simmons claims that the coolest stuff about American culturebe it language, dress, or attitudecomes from the underclass. Always has and always will. Yet back in the bad old days, blacks often complainedwith some justificationthat the media too often depicted blacks simply as uncivilized. Today, even as television and films depict blacks at all levels of success, hip-hop sends the message that blacks are … uncivilized. I find it striking that the cry-racism crowd doesnt condemn it.}}}
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 4:46 PM | Link to this
Bush Approval Rating Tumbles To 25 Percent
By rushncap
July 23, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this
@@, you don’t have to come back just to announce that you’re leaving. We don’t care about you.
Muffin — what on earth do you know about “hip-hop”? Besides, no one complains of racism because country music makes whites all look like inbred redneck idiots.
By Hmmmmm
July 23, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this
I guess midori stopped playing with herself just long enough to talk to herself at 4:43.
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 4:53 PM | Link to this
john mcwhorter: talking android
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
July 23, 2007 4:56 PM | Link to this
From the link that IN THE NEWS posted:
John Jay, the first chief justice of the United States, noted in Federalist No. 4 that absolute monarchs will often make war when their nations are to get nothing by it, but for the purposes and objects merely personal.
I hope that never happens here.
Anyway, back to Iraq. Hasn’t that whole thing been great for America AND George got to get the guy who “tried to kill his dad.”
RWNJIFG
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 4:56 PM | Link to this
At the end of the discussion, McWhorter, who is himself black, said that “[i]t’s almost like he’s mammy,” a reference to a caricature of blacks as “contented, even happy, as slaves,” according to The Jim Crow Museum at Ferris State University.
By Buy Danish
July 23, 2007 4:58 PM | Link to this
rushncap,
That’s right munchkin, you go ahead and enable the lowest common denominator of a culture to thrive while patting yourself on the back. That’s what Liberals have been doing for decades now.
Maybe this woman, April Sims, should be banned too?
Despite 40 years of progress since the civil rights movement, in the hip-hop era — from the late 1970s onward — black America, uniquely, began receiving its values, aesthetic sensibility and self-image almost entirely from the street up. This is a major departure for blacks, who traditionally saw cultivation as a key to equality. Think of the days when W.E.B. Du Bois “[sat] with Shakespeare” and moved “arm in arm with Balzac”; or when Ralph Ellison waxed universal and spoke of the need “to extend one’s humanity and one’s knowledge of human life.”
By DebbieDoRight
July 23, 2007 5:02 PM | Link to this
Would you vote for a smoker as president? ha!! America voted for an IDIOT….. obviously we’re cheap dates!
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this
Why White Kids Love Hip Hop”
By Right-wing nut job in full glory
July 23, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this
Buy Danish,
You are right. Black people have had 40 years to find some decent culture and haven’t.
Got to go for now; rastlin’ is on. I love me some WWE!
RWNJIFG
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 5:06 PM | Link to this
Hip Hop High: Mainstream Black Culture in the White Suburbs
By rushncap
July 23, 2007 5:07 PM | Link to this
Muffin — I’m sorry, but you’re far too redneck to be bemoaning someone else’s lack of culture. Yes, a lot of rap is idiotic and banal. But some of it is good, and some artists are actually freaking brilliant. You would not know that, because, frankly, you don’t know anything. But do tell us Muff, what do YOU listen to?
By IN THE NEWS
July 23, 2007 5:09 PM | Link to this
The Eminem Debate….pt2 Yes Color Does Matter If You’re Not In Control Of What You Create!
By Paul
July 23, 2007 5:14 PM | Link to this
bon scott 2:08
You need to hang around a little more - not just grasp onto something so you can educate us. Before last week there was a bit of back and forth over the overused term “free speech” - starting with the BOR example and finishing with the Hillary/Edwards gaffe. This was a tag-on. Sorry you weren’t in the know. If you would have read my later comments about Daily Kos as a website whose goal is to elect Dems, so they could censor anyone they wanted (even Cindy Sheehan) you might have surmised that.
But given the “wingnut” reference, I’ll just write it off as another ultraleft (that would be a “moonbat” or “moonbeam” “batty moonbeam”?) misunderstanding.
By DebbieDoRight
July 23, 2007 5:18 PM | Link to this
Danish, read the link you posted to the DU — don’t pay that stuff any attention. Everyone on here knows that you have a good heart, a hard head, but a good heart. You’re not deliberately trying to devalue anyone; you’re just one of those people who acutally believe what some political pundits tell you.
I’d just want you to consider something though, Tulia, Texas. Sterotypes lead to an abomination of the law so intense and so corrupt, that it’s amazing it happened in this “enlightened” age.
EXAMPLE: One defendant, who received one of the harshest sentences of all - 90 years - went to Joe Moore, a 60-year-old hog farmer who has lived much of his life in aone-room shack. Authorities described him as the drug kingpin of Tulia. The jury never bothered to ask the simple question, “If this man is a drug kingpin, why is he living in a one room shack, and not a mansion? Where are all his cars, where is the money trail?
When asked by Ed Bradley, (CBS 60 minutes), most of the all white jury that convicted the Tulia black residents, said that they believed that it was possible that ALL the defendants were guilty. Why? Because BLACK PEOPLE WERE KNOWN TO USE DRUGS AND BE SHIFTLESS AND LAZY.
STEREOTYPES.
We’ve ALL got to learn to rise above them.
By getalife
July 23, 2007 5:23 PM | Link to this
“Just lighten up”
Willard Romney
By Joe Louis
July 23, 2007 5:25 PM | Link to this
I was a great American hero who served my country. I brought about positive changes for African Americans who served in the military.
Mohammed Ali, the consciencious war objector said before millions on T.V. that I was an Uncle Tom, that I only cared about the white man.
My life was never the same after that.
When they asked me how I felt about Ali refusing to serve his country in Vietnam I told them that I couldn’t understand how a man who enjoys all that America has to offer could refuse to fight for his country.
Jimmy Cannon a New York sportswriter wrote that I was a credit to the race—the human race.
We Americans miss men like Joe Louis
By Paul
July 23, 2007 5:35 PM | Link to this
@@ 2:52
What concerns me is the seeming Democratic propensity to relable “war” as some “nice” term, therefore making it not only more palatable, but likely.
Good luck with an alternate intel analysis site comparable to Stratfor. The free emails are quite good.
Many countries (including our allies) have for years sought the protection of the American defense umbrella. Which is one reason why we spend as much on defense as - what - nearly the rest of the world combined?
I knew a couple at university - had a 10x10 garden plot available to them. They like tomatoes but never had planted any. They wanted to make sure they’d have enough, so they planted 30 plants…
Right wing nut job 2:54
As far as I know, no generals were “fired” for disagreeing. There are plenty of other substantive points in your post - no need to perpetuate this inaccuracy. Personally, I think many of the general officers (particularly the book/talk show generals) should have resigned if they were so “sure.” Given their records, they had plenty of opportunity - some were key players. And many others should have disagreed, especially in private. By many accounts, such action was rare. That pull for the next star is just too strong for some.
By Paul
July 23, 2007 5:43 PM | Link to this
DDR 5:18
Excellent. I’ve served on a number of juries and one thing that strikes me (other than a desire to grasp onto rather minor points made by the prosecution or defense) is how many jurors’ common sense goes out the window. Rather the Shakespearean “suspension of belief” as when they’d have a guy playing a woman’s part - but the audience reacted just as if it was a woman. Your drug kingpin living in a shack example was most telling.
By Analchord
July 23, 2007 5:49 PM | Link to this
It would be a shame if the Falcons lose Michael Vick. He’s footballs first quadruple threat. He can pass, catch a frisbee with his teeth, roll-out, and roll-over.
By @@
July 23, 2007 5:49 PM | Link to this
rushncap:
You don’t care about me? I’m crushed by your nanni nanni boo boo. Really I am….NOT.
Here’s to your individualism again rushncap, something to be admired? the kind of intellectual posts that your liberal cohorts await with great anticipation?
(((Being an individual proved too hard for you. I sympathize. But Ill stay an individual. You can go on helping people. Ill continue to live in the real world.)))
rushncap’s real world where “those people” with disabilities contribute nothing of value.
YOUR world where political correctness is whatever you say it is:
(((Yes we are all unique, beautiful butterflies, we are all precious, blah blah blah. Now, back on planet reality, your kids will not (I’ll paraphrase here) accomplish anything noteworthy.)))
Your world where you enjoy exchanges with those people “just like you”…and everybody else should just pick up “the trash”.
(((By GodHatesTrash July 16, 2007 5:28 PM
@@ teaching retards.
Reminds me of the blind leading the blind.
Tards teaching tards. Only in Georgia.
Trash teaching trash.
Trash.)))
rushncap’s Utopia where our military is not quite good enough to protect your a$$ because they don’t come up to YOUR standard…
(((And duh would be the first one to volunteer had he been able to pass the lower-standard psychological test for the army)))
Bend over and smile rushncap. Show us your best side. You have so very much to offer.
By get a life
July 23, 2007 6:00 PM | Link to this
Democracy in action led by Cindy
Excellent.
By Duh stands for Democrat
July 23, 2007 6:05 PM | Link to this
Lets look in and see what the libs are dreaming about:
Paradoxically, it’s the fact that Weisman envisions the Earth enduring that becomes motivation for us to change our ways. The twist, of course, is that his imagined happy ending for the Earth only comes about because mankind is absent. Yet this isn’t depressing, as one might think, but oddly inspiring. Weisman concludes that many of those happy endings are possible even if humanity doesn’t disappear — as long we curb our appetites and our population. And even if we end up causing our own extinction, it is profoundly reassuring to think that the Earth will not only survive, but flourish.
Geezus.
{{{{{So what would happen to the Earth if we were gone?}}}}
Umm, who TF would care?
By Analchord
July 23, 2007 6:11 PM | Link to this
Vick is football’s first quadruple threat. he can drop back, drop one, pinch a cheerleader, and pinch a loaf.
By James Bowen
July 23, 2007 6:15 PM | Link to this
Mike L. is commonly known as a Bush basher. That’s his right, (ie.. care of the United States Military and of course The Constitution of the United States.) I just wish he would wheel his vitriol a little more wisely and with a responsible restraint.
MIKE, WE GET IT, YOU DON’T LIKE BUSH!
Now, let’s proceed in a more mature manner in getting our point across to others.
I myself am a conservative, (more or less) but I do like Mike L’s cartoon on 9-11 (I believe that had gotten national attention, kudos to you Mike L.) I also like the Mike V. cartoon where the Falcons fans are about to execute Mike V. for loosing games because it was good enough for dogs then it was good enough for him, (again, kudos to you Mike L. it was witty and well quick to the point!)
There are alot of cartoons from Mike L. that I like and some I don’t like. I don’t like the caricature of our PRESIDENT looking like a Jack-A*. He may have made some blunders but he is STILL OUR PRESIDENT! If you don’t like him then use the democratic process and change it.
But don’t make things worse than they actually are. There’s plenty of future oppurtunities by others who will hold higher powers than we will ever have to do that!
Thanks!
By Analchord
July 23, 2007 6:18 PM | Link to this
You know this thing with Vick and the dogs, well, all I gotta say is, well, you know, there’s a lotta cats out there, man, and these cats, well, they think that Vick is…well, you know, there’s these cats, man, and they think that Vick…THERE’S ALOT OF CATS, MAN!
By AmVet
July 23, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this
Though too young to remember his career I had read that Joe Louis was indeed a classy American.
With that said, I could never understand this country’s veneration for Muhammad Ali as evidenced at the 1996 Olympic Games.
I never could stand the guy. And not because of his anti-war statements. Many, many in this country had passionate and disparate feelings about that war.
Or his Muslim conversion. I was too young to understand any implications and am an equal opportunity anti-religionist anyway.
It was because to me he was the very paragon of unquestionable talent with absolutely no class. He was the first of the great black athletes to epitomize a complete disdain for good sportsmanship, common decency and respect for anybody but himself.
And his legacy lives on today in the countless arrogant “trash talkers”, self-absorbed hot dogs, sociopathic head cases and just plain thugs like Michael Vick that seem to dominate the American professional sports scene.
By Paul
July 23, 2007 6:22 PM | Link to this
Analchord 6:18
You may want to hold your breath when you make the music your moniker implies. It’s affecting your brain, man.
By Analchord
July 23, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this
The Cats of America have nominated Vick for President.
By Bosch
July 23, 2007 6:57 PM | Link to this
Amvet, in regards to your 6:21 - AMEN!! Ali is the first punk of his kind. I remember watching the 96 opening ceremonies and when he stepped out to light the torch, I almost puked.
By Bosch
July 23, 2007 7:01 PM | Link to this
Whoops, hit the post button too soon. I was a kid during the “fight of the century” days, but I’ve always secretly liked boxing. I watched a rerun of the “Fight of the Century” not too long ago, and Smokin’ Joe was so much more talented than that idiot Ali.
By rushncap
July 23, 2007 7:16 PM | Link to this
@@ wants me to “bend over and smile”. Tell us @@, how long was it since you got out of prison? And shouldn’t you work a little harder on getting over the instincts you learned there?
I’ll not address the rest of your post because, frankly, it’s beneath me.
By WRocks!
July 24, 2007 9:40 AM | Link to this
mmmmm….. sorry to be a nitpicker here BUT Gravity IS “Just a Theory”.
Like Relativity, Evolution, Electromagnetism, etc. They are JUST theories- there is no reason why W shouldn’t be allowed to ignore any or all of these. In fact, I’m sure he probably spends his spare time @ Camp David levitating, sticking forks in sockets, and crushing atoms with his bare hands just to show those ignorant scientists what they can do with their pesky little “Theories”.
Of course that’s assuming he’s not busy showing Congess, the Judicial Branch and the American People what they can do with their pesky little “Rule of Law” and “Constitution”.
Long Live W!
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