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By Mike Luckovich | Friday, October 19, 2007, 08:51 PM

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By Luckoduh

October 22, 2007 8:03 AM | Link to this

Look at Jay Kookman having to qualify his own column:

{{{{Let’s be honest: It’s not about the mussels.-Urinal}}}}

I thought you were going to be honest?

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{{{{Mr. Thompson, in turn, took a swing at Mr. Romney after one of the debate moderators said the former governor had run “to the left” of Sen. Edward (Swimmer) M. Kennedy in his failed 1994 Senate bid. “Actually, Mitt, I didn”t know there was any room to the left of Ted Kennedy. In fact, I didn”t know there was any room to the right of him, either.”}}}} ~~~~~~

{{{{“It’s rather unbelievable that [Hillary] Clinton would listen to a conversation being conducted by political opponents,” says one Republican campaign consultant, “but refuse to allow our intelligence agencies to listen to conversations conducted by terrorists as they plot and plan to kill us.”}}}}

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The terrorists in Iraq know full well that they can hide behind innocent civilians and get them killed or even kill them themselves, and the pinko media will be there to blame it on America:

{{{{The U.S. military said Sunday its forces killed an estimated 49 militants during a dawn raid to capture an Iranian-linked militia chief in Baghdad’s Sadr City enclave, but Iraqi police and hospital officials reported only 15 deaths, including three children killed when helicopter gunfire hit a house as they slept. Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said all the dead were civilians, and he told CNN that Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki had met with the U.S. commander in Iraq, Gen. David Petraeus, to protest the action.-Urinal POS}}}}

The mainstream drive by media is fully responsible for each and every civilian death that occurs in combat with the terrorists.

Every one.

Instead of exposing the actions of the terrorists as despicable, these scumbag media people just do what comes normal to their sick, depraved minds and blames our troops for the actions of the terrorists.

The terrorists aren’t stupid, this is great, they kill civilians and display their bodies as propaganda against America, here comes the lib media to megaphone for them, with much joy and glee.

FY, POS AJC, MF.

By Mrs. Godzilla

October 22, 2007 8:09 AM | Link to this

I knew a freshwater mussel once. No kidding.

In the old days, when the ‘Zillettes thought boys were icky and slimy, they also thought all stuff that really was icky and slimy was cool.

After an expedition to the Pearl River they brought home a shell, which contained our newest pet. Happy the Clam.

Thanks to the folks at the Ole’ Miss extension center we learned Happy the Clam was actually Happy the Freshwater Mussel. But the original name always stuck.

He lived at the bottom of a Tupperware bowl on the patio for nearly a year. The girlies had to go back to the river regularly for new “dirty” water. We learned about osmosis that summer.

One day the youngest ran in crying that there was some “white pudding” stuff in Happy’s bowl. We explained, holding back hysterical laughter, that the “white pudding” stuff WAS Happy.

I guess I have a soft spot for that particular species of mollusk.

Faced with our current (and probable future) water crisis, I believe the need of the humans outweigh the needs of my shelled friends. No doubt about it.

Is it not possible to satisfy our requirements and maybe also help out the little mussels?

Heck, aren’t we the home of one of the greatest Aquariums in the world?

Wouldn’t it be nice if Mr. Marcus and the aquarium staff took an interest in the plight of Happy’s relatives?

I’d volunteer to help. And if Mr. Marcus and the Georgia Aquarium needed some cash, I have a little put aside.

I’m praying for rain, cutting back wherever possible, given up ninja watering of my precious calicarpa and am watching the water evaporate from our old hot tub.

I have heard that other states that share our water do not have the same restrictions we do. If that is true, it’s just plain wrong.

I don’t care if the bank’s pansies whither or my car is dusty. Commercial watering must cease.

We should not be bottling tap water. Too much is wasted.

It is not going to get any better, so we will have to learn to live a little differently.

I also hope, we can leave some freshwater mussels for the next generation of kidlets who love the icky and the slimy.

By Anonymous

October 22, 2007 8:11 AM | Link to this

Shouldn’t DullAndy get his OWN blog, instead of posting repeatedly simpleminded and crude irrelevancies here day after day?

By getalife

October 22, 2007 8:21 AM | Link to this

Well Ga., at least you are not on fire like in SoCal.

Saw treason last night on 60 minutes

Couric: “Do you think President Bush was in on this?”

Plame: “I don’t know about that, but I, like most other Americans saw President Bush say on TV that he would fire anyone from his administration found to be involved in the leak of my name. It turns out, the president is not a man of his word.”

But it gets worse:

So if you have wondered why Joe and Val are a little p** off, this might help shed some additional light on the matter. Not only did the Bush Administration out a covert intelligence officer working on the most sensitive national security issues in a time of war, but when that officer faced a direct threat to her life and her family’s safety because of that public exposure, they did not do a g******* thing to help.

Disgusting.

By Analchord

October 22, 2007 8:32 AM | Link to this

Plame was undercover trying to trick the Iranians into buying poison-pill blueprints for a phony nuke. Cheney outed her at a critical moment. Iran’s nukes were saved. Everyone in Iran who dealt with Plame were hanged. It’s part of the reason that amnehnijihad rose to power. Bush all but hoisted him up there. The truth is probably classified by Cheney, but in future generations, when the truth becomes unclassified, and Cheney/Bush are revealed to be the traitors they are, history wont be kind. (Of course, That future may be nuked by Iran, thanx to Cheney.)

Anyone else get the feeling that the man sized safe in Cheney’s office is radiation proof? What a coward.

I demand the resignation of George W Bush effective noon tomorrow. Ditto Cheney. Let the Speaker run things till Hillary takes the oath in ‘09.

alles sprechen der muffenheimer

Extra Credit: What is the mission of US troops in Iraq?

By IN THE NEWS

October 22, 2007 8:32 AM | Link to this

The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 311

By JP

October 22, 2007 8:41 AM | Link to this

Water, water, water. My gosh do we need water. It’s time we realized that as a species, we are caretakers of the environment. It’s essential that we take a look at the past and recognize the mistakes of the past. In the mid eighties during the last big drought, plans were drawn up to create more water reservoirs downstream of Lanier. This would have alleviated some of the pressure on Northern Ga, and still able to provide more of a precious natural resource downstream.

What happened? Take a guess.

By Analchord

October 22, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this

I cant guess, what happened? Uh, they didn’t build the reservoirs? A giant came and stopped them? It rained so much the day I left the weather it was dry?

What?

By John in Tampa, FLA

October 22, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

ML’s toon about what are W and Cheney going to be for Halloween was published in the Sunday St. Petersburg Times.

Lake Lanier’s plight was also done in a big story in the local papers. Gov Perdue even came accross as looking good.

As the great philosopher Mr. Spock once said, “the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few”.

SAVE YOUR WATER, a billion gallons of water a day released downstream sounds irresponsible.

Perhaps we need to consider pipelines to carry springtime floodwaters from the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers and pipe it into the Southeast to store in our reservoirs. We can move oil thousands of miles in pipelines, why not water? California can tell us how to do it.

By RB from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this

OK libs…

I gave you all day Friday to come up with Hillary accomplishments that would maybe slightly qualify her to be president. You provided a grand total of ZERO. Now you’ve had all weekend to think about it (and maybe revise some more history), so what do you have for us today? Anything?

By RW-(the original)

October 22, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this

Shouldn’t in the news/aka anonymous get his OWN blog, instead of posting repeatedly simpleminded and crude irrelevancies here day after day?

By JP

October 22, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this

You can’t guess?

Red tape my man, red tape. NIMBYS, enviormentalists and capitalistic ventures thwarting the attempts at creating these reserviors. Not only could they have gained more water resources, the commercial impact of another lake would have benefited the region with increased habitat for fishing, economic oppourtunities for leisure and lessen the impact of water shortages in the future.

Instead, we got a bunch of infighting by individuals and organizations not looking at long term solutions.

A lot of states along the east coast are revisiting water resources and taking a hard look at future needs and pressures on current sources. With increasing populations, it only makes sense to investigate these issues.

I was doing some reading on desalinization technology and came away quite impressed. It’s something that should be looked into, in particular our neighbors to the south along the Gulf and the East along the Atlantic.

With populations expected to continue to rise, it’s important for us to examine our future water needs and sources now. It’s important to develop a plan of action and implement it now.

By RB from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 8:56 AM | Link to this

OK libs…

I gave you all day Friday to come up with Hillary accomplishments that would maybe slightly qualify her to be president. You provided a grand total of ZERO. Now you’ve had all weekend to think about it (and maybe revise some more history), so what do you have for us today? Anything?

By Ditzty

October 22, 2007 9:03 AM | Link to this

Good god, now this RB nobody thinks this is his blog.

Whose blog is this?

By Analchord

October 22, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this

Red tape? That’s it? Aw, come on. Dont you have any stories with ponies or Indians in them? I love ponies. It’s not fair. Red tape. And just what am I supposed to do with red tape???

By RB from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this

In fact, Novak told the Society of Professional Journalists that Wilson was more interested in not being portrayed as simply an opponent of the Iraq war. He also said that Wilson told him his wife goes by her married name.

Novak said he didn’t expect his report to lead to an investigation by special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald, who Novak claims knew all along that the source of Plame’s identity original came from then-Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage.

“It was an off-hand remark to a question I asked in an interview I requested,” Novak said. “This was not a conspiracy in the federal government to go after Valerie Plame Wilson.”

Novak also said he was forced to pay his legal fees, which totaled $160,000. His home newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times, contributed $30,000. But most of all, Novak said he was shocked by the attacks against him for reporting a perfectly legitimate story.

“I was stunned by how little editorial support I received. I was under assault from editorial writers from across the country,” Novak said. “It is startling how little is known about this case by the people who are commenting on it.”

Of course the libs won’t support Novak. His “truth” doesn’t support their agenda.

By Ditzty

October 22, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this

Hey Anon/itn, RW wants to fight you.

He drives a pick up truck and will meet you at the Big Chicken at 12:00 for a big fist fight. This blog is that important.

By getalife

October 22, 2007 9:12 AM | Link to this

RB,

Ignorant question.

We know exactly what we will get with the Clintons in the WH again.

Google President Clinton you freaking moron.

By Bosch

October 22, 2007 9:15 AM | Link to this

RB, She’s (at least) 35 years old, a naturalized U.S. citizen, and she has lived in the U.S. for at least 14 years.

That’s all the qualifications or accomplishments she needs.

You should tread lightly when asking such questions, when George W. is the president now. What did he do? Failed businesses, DUI arrests, what did he accomplish before he was Governor of Texas?

By Anonymous

October 22, 2007 9:18 AM | Link to this

Good grief, RB, do your own research for a change. You can find the voting record of EVERY member of Congress at VoteSmart.org. Here’s Hillary’s votes:

http://votesmart.org/votingcategory.php?canid=55463

By Bosch

October 22, 2007 9:19 AM | Link to this

Hell, for that matter, what has Bush accomplished SINCE being the Governor of Texas?

By getalife

October 22, 2007 9:22 AM | Link to this

RB,

Novak was the first to print her outing. He should be locked in Gitmo for treason with cheney, rove, libby and w.

Did you even watch 60 minutes last night?

By Bosch

October 22, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this

Novak also said he was forced to pay his legal fees, which totaled $160,000. His home newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times, contributed $30,000. But most of all, Novak said he was shocked by the attacks against him for reporting a perfectly legitimate story.

“I was stunned by how little editorial support I received. I was under assault from editorial writers from across the country,” Novak said. “It is startling how little is known about this case by the people who are commenting on it.”

Maybe the Chicago Sun knew the truth: that Novak was a traitorous doucebag. Why should they help him?

I don’t support him because he’s a traitor, not because I’m a liberal.

By Truthman

October 22, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this

News flash from the Fred Thompson campaign trail:

“Fred Thompson denies missing Republican debate to take wife to cheerleading practice.”

Film at 11!

By IN THE NEWS

October 22, 2007 9:25 AM | Link to this

The List of Bush’s Lies and Policy Failures

By Anonymous

October 22, 2007 9:25 AM | Link to this

Sounds like RW is DullAndy’s biggest fan… a shame, given that RW seems capable of completing a sentence without screaming or cursing. Why do you want to step down to that level, RW?

By Beltway Bandit

October 22, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this

I read a fine article in the NY Times this weekend on the water situation out west. Very interesting. It seems that they are having to come up with a system that will bring them water in the event that the Colorado River flow reaches a certain low level. There is an agreement in place where “the river’s lower-basin states (Nevada, Arizona and California) can legally force the upper-basin states (Colorado, Wyoming, New Mexico and Utah) to reduce or stop their water withdrawals.” Sounds like the Western U. S. is a few years ahead of the Eastern U. S., as usual.

Check it out when you have an hour to spend reading: The Future Is Drying Up

By Bosch

October 22, 2007 9:29 AM | Link to this

I watched a show on the science channel last night about global warming. Tom Brokaw narrated it. I’m done arguing about it. The science is there, you can choose to believe it or not. I don’t care, but the least anybody can do, is to be environmentally responsible.

Whether or not you believe it is a natural occurence or it is man-made, it doesn’t matter, just please be environmentally responsible.

By Paul

October 22, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this

getalife 8:21

I guess this is what happens when things get better in parts of Iraq - resurrect the Valerie Plame story!

I guess we’ll have to rehash everything - not - but as far as firing a “leaker” - Richard Armitage left public service in 2005. And Pres Bush couldn’t fire her husband for using the phrase “covert agent” (which neither Armitage nor Novak did, but Wilson did in his interview that introduced that phrase to the public) because he wasn’t part of the administration.

Until late this afternoon - maybe - have a good one -

Analchord 8:32

You’re really John LeCarre, writer of spy fiction, right? Keep hanging here - plenty of material for new novels!

By Bosch

October 22, 2007 9:32 AM | Link to this

Sometimes it’s not a matter of whether of not you CAN do something, it’s a matter of SHOULD you do it.

By Paul

October 22, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

Bosch 9:29

The screen refreshed, your comment popped up, and I just can’t resist….

You sound just like Bill O Reilly!

So There!

:-)

Have a good day today -

By mm

October 22, 2007 9:37 AM | Link to this

In case anyone missed the Republican debate last night, here is a summary:

“I’m more conservative.”

“No, I’m more conservative.”

“I don’t run with scissors.”

“I eat all of my vegetables.”

“I say my prayers every night.”

“I’m 9/11 man.”

“I’m POW man.”

“I’m Hollywood man.”

“Hillary is bad.”

What a joke.

By BR from Cobb

October 22, 2007 9:41 AM | Link to this

Hi everyone! I have a question to ask all you liberals. If Hillary Clinton were a tree, what kind of tree would she be?

By georgia74

October 22, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this

RB, If George Bush is qualified to be President, anything breathing or hasn’t been dead over three days is qualified.

By reebok

October 22, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this

This cartoon is boring. And Bush should fire himself for outing Valerie Plame.

By getalife

October 22, 2007 9:45 AM | Link to this

Not one word about OBL last night in the gop debate.

Like w, they gave him amnesty and declared an American woman the enemy.

How pathetic is that?

Geez.

Paul,

Actually, if you watched before you spew, she has a book coming out. It was Novak who printed the outing. There were many leaks. All treason.

For those who spew before they watch it, you can see the treason here

By Luckoduh

October 22, 2007 9:47 AM | Link to this

{{{{By Anonymous October 22, 2007 9:25 AM Sounds like RW is DullAndy’s biggest fan… a shame, given that RW seems capable of completing a sentence without screaming or cursing. Why do you want to step down to that level, RW?}}}}

Is it inbred in these liberals that they have to anoint themselves as the Grand Overseer Of All Blog Conduct, Common People Should Address Me As Sir?

Is your life so devoid of control that you have to exercise oversight authority of a political debate, one where I bring subjects of discussion to the table, and you bring uncontrolled sobbing and whining and gnashing of your stupid teeth because you cannot answer me with any facts or evidence?

You are the most inconsequential blogger in all of the Internet, a serial ankle biter that has nothing to offer but insignificant hall monitoring, a virtual nun in digital Catholic school.

Be quite, Fool.

By RB from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this

You’ve GOT to be kidding. You’re not actually confusing the fact Hillary can qualify (over 35, citizen, etc.) with her being “qualified” to be president, are you? Surely you’re smarter than that. And don’t give me voting records you moron. If showing up to vote qualifies her, then Larry Craig is as qualified as she is. I want to know what bills she’s written, what meaningful plans she’s developed, anything that qualifies her to run this country. The fact is she hasn’t done a d_ thing since she’s been in office and didn’t do anything prior to that either that qualifies her to run this nation.

And don’t give me “look up the Clinton Presidency” either. We’re not voting for Bill are we? And if we are, I don’t need to look it up, I lived through it and don’t really care to again. There’s a blight on our history….

And yes, the libs do view Novak as a traitor, but not the United States, but to the Democratic Party. Again, his truth doesn’t support their “smear the Bush administration at all costs” campaign and he must be tossed under the bus and backed over a few times.

By getalife

October 22, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this

And her book Paul, you will learn that Al-Qaeda threatened to kill cheney, rove and Plame.

cheney and rove security was beefed up but none for Plame.

She was outed and then not protected by her government.

You keep cheering for those pathetic people Paul.

Scum.

By Analchord

October 22, 2007 9:54 AM | Link to this

I guess Kid Rock really covered the other guy in punches, smothered him in headlocks, dragged him through the garden etc….

Dumbldork is gay? Sen. Craig could have used the invisibility cloak to get out of the mensroom, eh?

It’s Getting serious in Turkey. At what point do allies become the enemy? Do we side with kurds or turks? History says turks. We’ve doublecrossed the kurds twice in recent memory. Especially after desert storm. Then we made up for it with the no fly zone. (Curb your enthusiam was brilliant last night, a rare treat).

Boston is the new dynasty. Because they’re a team and not just an assembly of allstars, like the Rockies, Boston will win in five or six. (or 7)

By getalife

October 22, 2007 9:56 AM | Link to this

RB,

She has a brain and can speak English.

That alone is drastic improvement over w.

Idiot.

By Paul

October 22, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

getalife 9:45

My first appointment’s running late so I get to stay for a few -

Of course it had to be a book promotion - and the anchors are willing to oblige.

Remember a past discussion? How something can be “wrong” yet “not illegal?” Assuming, right from the start - Fitzgerald knew she was “covert” at the time of the “outing?” Yet he still couldn’t prosecute anyone for it because of the language of the statutes (which inevitably leads to months-long “investigations”).

How that just maybe Congress should hold hearings, amend the law so nothing like this - “endangering agents, causing others to lose their lives, blown operations, etc etc” could ever happen again?

You’d think Congress would, especially since the opposition party has control, right?

Nawwwwwww - and I know, just one more reason why you’re so disgusted with them.

By Senator Craig (REPUBLICAN)

October 22, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this

DUMBLEDORK IS NOT GAY!

By getalife

October 22, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this

Paul,

I don’t like the Gop because they want to invade my bedroom.

They can’t tell me and my lover what to do.

Homophobes.

By Dubya

October 22, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this

Ahh, did you see them last night?? Didja? The Republiscum’s best and brightest. Doing what they do best: puking forth insults and lies about each other, Hillery, the country, the world, history, facts. Character assassination in every direction. All of them good, family-values, American Christians, walking in the footsteps of…The Master. The epitome of Repuglicanism who make their little constituents so proud! Indeed, what a wholesome, prideful group they are. Like something out of the House of Frankenstein. Every one a “hero” and a “patriot.”

Well, lets see how many innocents we can slaughter in Iraq today for your amusement. And never worry, our FBI Storm Troopers are ever busy breaking into David Copperfield’s private property, drooling as they examine all his wondrous sets and goodies. Proud to be a Murcun?? I should say so! Praise thee Lord n God Bless Murcuh!!

By @@

October 22, 2007 10:02 AM | Link to this

You have a gift ml. When your cartoons address the drought IT RAINS!!!!

You could be another Al Gore. Stick with what you don’t and we’ll be able to flush it.

By getalife

October 22, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this

Paul,

Congress is busy writing immunity for telecom companies for breaking the law.

Which part of broken government do you not understand?

libby took the fall and w freed him. Just another travesty of so called “liberty and justice for all”.

Geez.

By Paul

October 22, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this

getalife 10:00

All the more reason that segment of the party’s influence is waning.

People should mind their own business. Live and let live.

By @@

October 22, 2007 10:08 AM | Link to this

Oops!

make that “stick with what you don’t know and we’ll be able to flush it.”

IHB

By Bosch

October 22, 2007 10:10 AM | Link to this

RB,

No, I’m not confusing that fact at all, it’s right there in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 1.

See, it’s like this, Hillary is just as qualified as anybody, including Craig, including Dubya, including Guiliani, including RuPaul for that matter, anybody who fits the qualifications That’s the breaks, dude.

You don’t like her, you think she isn’t qualified, then don’t vote for her. Okay?

Again, you should be very careful when you start asking for qualifications for President.

Qualifications are all in the eye of the beholder.

By getalife

October 22, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this

Paul,

Glad you feel that way.

I’ll tell my boyfriend you said hello.

Geez.

By Bosch

October 22, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this

I’ll remember that Paul - that was low down.

By BR from Cobb

October 22, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this

Ummmm, come on all you libs. I asked this over a half hour ago. Why can’t you answer?

“If Hillary Clinton were a tree, what kind of tree would she be?”

By Paul

October 22, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this

getalife

“Which part of broken government do you not understand?”

Broken? Also interested in grand theater. Which is part of being broken.

By Presidential Accomplishments

October 22, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this

RB from Gwinnett- None of the candidates from either party has been President, a unique set of job skills in and of itself.

None of the candidates thereby have accomplishments that are relevant to the job, because none of them has ever done the job. Every single one brings to the debate a uniques set of life experinces and values that qualifies them to lead.

No Republican candidate has any presidential experience. Closest thing out there to a candidate having any presidential experience whatsoever is Hillary Clinton who at least resided within the Whitehouse and was activist regarding many issues during her husband’s 8 year tenure.

So your argument that Hillary has no presidential accomplishments is actually counter to the disparagement you wish to make. Nice try at partisan hacking, but no banana for you today, Bush-monkey.

By RB from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this

Did I watch 60 Minutes last night??? Why in the world would I waste 60 minutes of my life watching liberal propoganda from those clowns? What a waste of what was once a relevant program…

Bosch. We finally agree on something. Whether you agree with global warming being man made or not, it makes sense to conserve. Amen!!

By Luckoduh

October 22, 2007 10:20 AM | Link to this

What do you know, another Campaign Finance Scandal, should we start numbering them?:

{{{{“That Hillary Clinton’s campaign is involved with this particular cast of characters should give people pause,” says John Moscow, a former Manhattan prosecutor. In the late 1980s and early ’90s he led the investigation of the corrupt Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) global financial empire—a bank whose prominent shareholders included members of the Harken board. “Too many of the same names from earlier troubling circumstances suggests a lack of control over who she is dealing with,” says Moscow, “or a policy of dealing with anyone who can pay.”}}}}

All Hail the Crook In Chief.

By RB from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this

Did I watch 60 Minutes last night??? Why in the world would I waste 60 minutes of my life watching liberal propoganda from those clowns? What a waste of what was once a relevant program…

Bosch. We finally agree on something. Whether you agree with global warming being man made or not, it makes sense to conserve. Amen!!

By BAMF From Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this

Ok, all you cons here’s the question.

If George Bush was a steaming pile of excrement, what kind of animal would have pinched that loaf?

You better answer within the next 30 minutes or I’ll ask another stupid question.

By Hearts and Minds

October 22, 2007 10:34 AM | Link to this

BAGHDAD, Iraq — U.S.-led forces reported killing 49 insurgents on Sunday during predawn clashes with renegade Shiite militia members. The fighting was the deadliest in recent months and further stoked furor among Iraqis over the heavy toll the war is taking on civilians.

The U.S. military claimed that no civilians were killed or injured during the raid, while Iraqi police said at least 13 were dead, including three children and a woman. Iraqi authorities said 69 people were injured.

“The best equipped, most highly trained fighting force the world has ever seen”……..still can’t manage to shoot straight. Or are they TRYING to shoot the women and kids? Must be part of that grand Republican scheme to win over the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people by killing off their women and children!

By RB from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 10:42 AM | Link to this

Presidential Experience??? Your gene pool not have a deep end??

So if I spend enough time in a hospital, I can call myself a doctor??? Learn through osmosis maybe? It should be obvious to all of you Hillary didn’t spend too much time in the oval office if you know what I mean.

It’s not about experience as a President you mental midget, it’s about experience “governing”. Leading the people, accomplishing things through the governing process, writing legislation that makes a difference in the lives of your constituants, providing the proper level of tax and spend to keep the economy growing, etc. She’s done NOTHING and you still think she should have the reins because she was there with Bill. Incredible…

By @@

October 22, 2007 10:42 AM | Link to this

An elephant of course!

Question for PoliFore. What, exactly did you mean when you posted this?

(((By Political Foreskin December 23, 2006 10:34 AM | Link to this)))

(((I’d rather stick steel wool up my twinkie with a fork and twist it round and round no matter how much it hurt than to go see Rocky Balboa.)))

TWINKIE: a young and fresh-looking homosexual.

Getalife, you better keep a close watch on PoliFore — he’s into S&M.

By BR from Cobb

October 22, 2007 10:45 AM | Link to this

Well I think Hillary would be a prune tree. Thats right a prune tree. You pc feel good libs may be thinking I mean plum tree, but that shriveled up old lady Clinton is way past her plum days. She can’t bear anything anymore and thats why she can’t be president.

Prunes are a fruit right? She sure fits that category and is why she is popular in California. Lets just say there are rumors.

When them dried up shriveled old prunes drop from her branches I can guarantee one thing. There will be a thousand welfare recipients waiting under those branches to get a free prune handout. It will help them pass all that government free cheese they are still eating. That stuff will stop you up good, and I guess its better then them being treated at Grady for an obstruction and using my taxpayer dollars.

By @@

October 22, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this

This was posted at Stratfor on Friday. Why no mention here?

(((Iranian national security chief Ali Larijani has resigned, a spokesman for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Oct. 20. Saeed Jalili, a deputy foreign minister for European and American affairs, is set to replace Larijani as secretary of the Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) and continue negotiations with the West over the country’s controversial nuclear program.)))

(((There is growing opposition to Ahmadinejad in the ruling circles, but Khamenei does not wish to remove him through an extra-procedural measure, especially with elections —when Ahmadinejad could be purged constitutionally — only six months away.)))

(((In the meantime, Moscow’s offer has sparked an internal crisis that comes at an especially bad time for the Iranians. They are in the crucial stages not only of nuclear negotiations with the West, but also (and more importantly) of talks with the United States on the future of Iraq. This crisis weakens Tehran in the context of both sets of negotiations, and it provides Washington an opportunity to gain an edge in the struggle over Iraq.)))

An opportunity to exploit a situation.

By Luckoduh

October 22, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

{{{{By Hearts and Minds October 22, 2007 10:34 AM “The best equipped, most highly trained fighting force the world has ever seen”……..still can’t manage to shoot straight. Or are they TRYING to shoot the women and kids? Must be part of that grand Republican scheme to win over the hearts and minds of the Iraqi people by killing off their women and children!}}}}

POS Spammie: You and the POS Atlanta Urinal Constitution may be more inclined to believe enemy propaganda, propaganda from a terrorist organization that TARGETS WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS STANDARD PRACTICE, but I am more likely to believe the United States Army, which SACRIFICES THEIR LIVES TO PROTECT WOMEN AND CHILDREN AS THEY HAVE DONE ALL THROUGHOUT OUR HISTORY.

{{{{The U.S. military said it was not aware of any civilian casualties, and the discrepancy in the death tolls and accounts of what happened could not be reconciled. American commanders reported no U.S. casualties.}}}}

But then again, I’m not a gleeful as-shole traitor like you are.

GFY.

By Shawny

October 22, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

Hillary’s qualifications, seen here.

scary, ain’t it?

By Bosch

October 22, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

RB,

Give it a rest, you can’t win this argument.

No, you can’t call yourself a doctor if you spend a lot of time in the hospital, that’s illegal. You need a medical license to call yourself a doctor - did you not know that?

Here’s some things she’s done:

She’s a lawyer, she’s a two-term Senator from New York, she has served on five Senate committees with nine subcommittee assignments.

We get it, you don’t like her and don’t find her qualified to be President.

Again, don’t vote for her and move along.

I find it incredible that you are so stubborn on this. Can you tell me what Bush has accomplished in his presidency?

See the thing is, what you consider acomplishments and what I consider accomplishments are not the same. You can ask what qualified Hillary, and I can ask what qualifies Rudy? You can waste your time and make a list of Rudy’s accomplishments, and I can waste my time and list Hillary’s. You’ll come back and say, “Oh those aren’t accomplishements because….” and I can come right back and say the same thing.

It’s a ridiculous exercise.

You do not get to determine who is qualified and who isn’t. You get to vote. That’s it. The Constitution is pretty clear about this.

By AntiRadical

October 22, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this

Good morning to all. Good toon ML, so you must whole-heartedly support Gov Perdue’s initiative to declare N GA counties a disaster area, or is the drought somehow another Rep induced catastrophy? Thankfully, our Rep Gov has not been frozen into the same apathy we saw with GWB/Katrina.

Sorry to interupt the bickering, but I would like to pimp the blog today in the name of my favorite IRS deduction, Heifer International. We have to start earlier each year in order to catch the holiday giving seson before everyone is “given out”, so please pardon the request for donations at this early date.

Heifer Int. provides seed stock animals that allow people in dire need to lift themselves from the depths of poverty. Each recipient is required to “pass on the gift” to at least one other in need as payment for their assistance.

Heifer is very judicious in it’s allocations (personally witnessed) and is entirely apolitical so liberals and conservatives alike can contribute should they so choose.

Please join me in support of this worthy mission.

By RB from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this

By Hearts and Minds October 22, 2007 10:34 AM

Question for you Einstein… What were the 49 insurgents doing? Having tea maybe, playing bridge, watching old reruns of Andy Griffith? They couldn’t possibly have had weapons could they? They weren’t shooting back were they? Nooooo, I would bet they were all sitting around making cookies and brownies when those mean nasty US servicemen broke in and shot them all dead and then killed some women and children too just for the fun of it.

Is it possible the insurgents killed the women and children becasue they know people like you are too stupid to THINK about what happens in a war zone and would actually post something as moronic as what you just posted? You are a freaking stupid tool of the enemy and you’re too stupid to even realize it. Unbelievable…

By Buy Danish

October 22, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this

Here are 35 inconvenient truths about Al Gore’s movie.

The science is settled, the consensus is that Al Gore is a demagogue, and the debate is over.

By @@

October 22, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

Our church has been participating in Heifer International for four years now. We give year round.

It is an awesome program. Very unique in that it perpetuates itself.

By RB from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 11:09 AM | Link to this

By Hearts and Minds October 22, 2007 10:34 AM

Question for you Einstein… What were the 49 insurgents doing? Having tea maybe, playing bridge, watching old reruns of Andy Griffith? They couldn’t possibly have had weapons could they? They weren’t shooting back were they? Nooooo, I would bet they were all sitting around making cookies and brownies when those mean nasty US servicemen broke in and shot them all dead and then killed some women and children too just for the fun of it.

Is it possible the insurgents killed the women and children becasue they know people like you are too stupid to THINK about what happens in a war zone and would actually post something as moronic as what you just posted? You are a freaking stupid tool of the enemy and you’re too stupid to even realize it. Unbelievable…

By getalife

October 22, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this

Scary is what w and gop have done to this country for Ron Paul to have to introduce this bill:

“This legislation seeks to restore the checks and balances enshrined in the Constitution by our Founding Fathers to prevent abuse of Americans by their government. This proposed legislation would repeal the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and re-establish the traditional practice that military commissions may be used to try war crimes in places of active hostility where a rapid trial is necessary to preserve evidence or prevent chaos.

The legislation clarifies that no information shall be admitted as evidence if it is obtained from the defendant through the use of torture or coercion. It codifies the FISA process as the means by which foreign intelligence may be obtained and it gives members of the Senate and the House of Representatives standing in court to challenge presidential signing statements that declares the president’s intent to disregard certain aspects of a law passed in the U.S. Congress. It prohibits kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of prisoners to foreign countries on the president’s unilateral determination that the suspect is an enemy combatant. It defends the first amendment by clarifying that journalists are not to be prevented from publishing information received from the legislative or executive branch unless such publication would cause immediate, direct, and irreparable harm to the United States.

Finally, the legislation would prohibit the use of secret evidence to designate an individual or organization with a United States presence to be a foreign terrorist or foreign terrorist organization”

By Analchord

October 22, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this

RB, you had the post of the day until you couldn’t help yourself from using a derivation of moron.

Look, the word moron is over. I know I was the one who got all the laughs with it for years, but I was hacking jerry lewis. He’s the one who started using it the most. I was simply using it because he used it and I thought it was funny.

SO, we’ll give you a “dew moreover”. Simply reblog your comment, remove the word moronic and everything will be perfect.

Alles sprechen der murunheimer

By luckovichisaheadcase

October 22, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this

The funny thing is that cartoon boy got this one right. I think it really depends so much on whose ox is being gored. The pun there is intended. You see, you liberals who have always walked in lock-step with the radical envirnonmentalists really do miss the point constantly. YOU are the ones who are interfering with nature. If there were no Buford Dam, then the river would already be running at a trickle and those mussles down stream would be DEAD already. YOU FOLKS HAVE CAUSED THIS BY ENDORSING AND WRITING AND PASSING REDICULOUS LEGISLATION WHICH DOES NOT WORK IN THE REAL WORLD. You do this with everything, including health care, retirement, labor law and even taxes. Your big government, anti-market place wacko-leftist, Marxist-Leninist phylosophy just does NOT WORK, NEVER, AT ANY TIME, AT ALL! Enjoy your Saturday baths in shared dirty water!

By Luckoduh

October 22, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

{{{{Col. Rick Gibbs: I would just say that what the brave men and women of the Dragon Brigade are accomplishing here in southern Baghdad is nothing short of amazing. I like to say that “Our soldiers are our greatest ambassadors,” because it is absolutely true. I watch young captains, lieutenants, and sergeants who have but a few years in the army carrying on healthy, effective relationships with local military, government, religious, and tribal officials here that you would expect of people with years and years of service.}}}}

{{{{I want the American people to know that their most precious resource — your sons and daughters — are doing amazing things here and we are seeing the kind of progress that I hope I’ve successfully illustrated in the previous questions.}}}}

{{{{I also want to thank our families, family readiness groups, and communities in Fort Riley, Junction City, and Manhattan, Kansas. They have been a great source of support and inspiration for us in the time we’ve been deployed, and we look forward to the day when we can say that our time here is done and we can return home to those who have been there for us the most.}}}}

By getalife

October 22, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this

Look what w and gop have done to this country for Ron Paul to have to introduce this bill:

“This legislation seeks to restore the checks and balances enshrined in the Constitution by our Founding Fathers to prevent abuse of Americans by their government. This proposed legislation would repeal the Military Commissions Act of 2006 and re-establish the traditional practice that military commissions may be used to try war crimes in places of active hostility where a rapid trial is necessary to preserve evidence or prevent chaos.

The legislation clarifies that no information shall be admitted as evidence if it is obtained from the defendant through the use of torture or coercion. It codifies the FISA process as the means by which foreign intelligence may be obtained and it gives members of the Senate and the House of Representatives standing in court to challenge presidential signing statements that declares the president’s intent to disregard certain aspects of a law passed in the U.S. Congress. It prohibits kidnapping and extraordinary rendition of prisoners to foreign countries on the president’s unilateral determination that the suspect is an enemy combatant. It defends the first amendment by clarifying that journalists are not to be prevented from publishing information received from the legislative or executive branch unless such publication would cause immediate, direct, and irreparable harm to the United States.

Finally, the legislation would prohibit the use of secret evidence to designate an individual or organization with a United States presence to be a foreign terrorist or foreign terrorist organization”

The Clintons never did this kind of crap.

By RB from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this

By AntiRadical October 22, 2007 10:58 AM

Still blaming Bush for Katrina… Somehow he’s personally responsible for the mess when the Democrat Mayor of the city and the Democrat Governor of the state get a pass from you. How is that? Doesn’t fit your agenda maybe? Were you expecting GWB to go down there and make people get on those empty busses and drive them himself? What an idiot. Only people as mindless as you could still be blaming Bush for that and re-elect a moron like Nagean (sp?) as mayor of the “chocolate” city.

By Bosch

October 22, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this

AntiRadical and @@,

We buy animals every year. I bought a llama for my mother one year for Christmas and she was horrified that it would bite her and mess up the yard. I had to explain a little more.

My kids have been to the ranch in Arkansas, it’s an amazing place.

By Anonymous

October 22, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this

You’re entirely right, BD.

The scientific consensus IS overwhelming, and the global-warming debate IS over.

http://tinyurl.com/rf9p2

Unfortunately, the truth is on Gore’s side, not yours.

By BAMF from Gwinnett

October 22, 2007 11:30 AM | Link to this

I warned you.

If George Bush was a pallet of bottled water, how long would it take him to get to the Gulf Coast, after a stop to go fishing, a stop to eat birthday cake and were the Ferragamo pumps really his?

By Analchord

October 22, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this

Our dear Gubernatorial Goober has banned donating Water Buffalos to the poor as part of his drought remedy. So Heifer needs to take that particular animal off the menu of choices to donate petting zoo escapees to hungry people. I suggest they replace it with a panda. Like the chinese do.

By getalife

October 22, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this

Looks like NO will not be the only city to rebuild after today’s fires in SoCal.

Geez.

By AntiRadical

October 22, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this

RB- Federal response to Katrina ala GWB/Brownie was the problem, not the hurricane itself.

Clinton had his own hurricane, Andrew, lest we forget and his response and the results therefrom where in start contrast to that of your idol, GWB, and his man on the ground, Brownie.

Hurricane Andrew was the second-most-destructive hurricane in U.S. history.

I’m sorry but Katrina was not GWBs finest hour; own it and move on. Denial is not just a river in Egypt, and it makes you look extremely foolish in this case.

By AmVet

October 22, 2007 11:41 AM |