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By Mad As Zell
October 26, 2007 7:37 AM | Link to this
Come on everybody, sing-along!:
Hitlery-and-Osama-sitting-in-a-tree, P-I-$-$-I-N-G!
Sorry, just kidding, that’s not true about Hitlery at all because everybody knows that Hitlery wouldn’t pi$$ on a Conservative if they were on FIRE. Oh wait! California is on fire now, but those are all liberal anti-war democrap supporters whose houses are on fire. I guess Californians can get ready for one of Hitlery’s politically-biased Golden Showers. Maybe when Hitlery gets into the White House in 2009 she’ll discontinue waterboarding on real terror suspects. Instead, she’ll use all of her golden-tinted “moonbat juice” for waterboarding Conservatives who speak out against her Socialist “Nanny-State” Agenda. I guess that means the end of talk radio if “Queen Femminazi” is elected.
Oh, I can hear the slimy pinko roaches whining now: “Republicans name-call too much, Conservatives play too rough, Mad As Zell hits the liberals too hard, your spraying too much Raid (political truth) in Lucko’s blog, wah! wah! wah! Change my diaper, I want my mommy, Conservatives don’t play fair” That’s right, THE TRUTH KILLS LIBERALISM ON CONTACT. Just consider the truth as “Raid” for pinko cochroaches.
By Mad As Zell
October 26, 2007 7:55 AM | Link to this
Actually, the fire seems to be in the heads of liberals like Jay Bookman (who fulfilled his left-wing bomb-throwing quota today with his weekly anti-Bush molitoff cocktail) and Mike LuckoVICK (who would do to Conservatives what Michael VICK does to dogs if he could get away with it. Instead, Mike settles for lambasting everything not far-left-extremist in his politically-biased psychobabble scribble on paper that he likes past off to brainwashed “Urinal” readers as “cartoons”).
LuckoVICK: change your diaper becuase your liberal bias stinks!!!!
By Luckoduh
October 26, 2007 8:03 AM | Link to this
democrats- They believe that the reason scholastic test scores are so low in Washington, D.C, is because of all the minorities that live there, they draw racist editorial cartoons of minorities they disagree with, they fought against Republicans in a failed attempt to keep slavery in the South, they publish disparaging photos in their “news” papers of the most accomplished, honorable black woman that has ever achieved high office not through extortion or whining, but through education and hard work:
Democrats question Rice on Iraq woes-Urinal
You have to buy the litter box liner to see their shi-tty little picture, if you do see it, isn’t your first thought that the scumbags that are employed by the AJC can go to hell?
And ask yourself why do minorities keep voting for these race haters, modern day Klanners?
Rice is a Republican and a Conservative and we should all have immense pride that the face of American foreign policy is represented by this distinguished woman, but no, we hate her cause she’s not a democrat.
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My Lord, the Atlanta Urinal Constitution must think that their readership is the stupidest people in the world:
{{{{$1 trillion plan would end alternative tax-Urinal}}}}
Is there anyone out there that doesn’t see the outlandishness of this statement?
Maybe it’s the reporter that is stupid, no?
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Again, you have to buy the paper, these libs don’t know how to post photos to their sorry website, but look at the front page and the glamour picture of the enemy troops ready to try and kill Americans:
{{{{The Guards are an elite branch of Iran’s military, created in 1979 in the wake of the country’s Islamic revolution to provide a counterweight to the then U.S.-trained military.}}}}
Ever wonder how the AJC gets a picture of the enemy troops so quick?
And only has photos of U.S. troops getting shot at?
Which side are they embedded in?
Geez.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 8:08 AM | Link to this
Straitjacket Bush The president’s warmongering remarks on the Iranian threat suggest he is psychotic. Really. ……………………….. But all this creates a conundrum. What’s a constitutional democracy to do when the president and vice president lose their marbles? ……………….. The U.S. is full of ordinary people with serious forms of mental illness — delusional people with violent fantasies who think they’re the president, or who think they get instructions from the CIA through their dental fillings………………….. The problem with Bush is that he is the president — and he gives instructions to the CIA and military, without having to go through his dental fillings …………………………………………………………………….. Still, don’t lose hope. By enlisting the aid of mental health professionals and the court system, Congress can act to remedy that constitutional oversight. The goal: Get Bush and Cheney committed to an appropriate inpatient facility, where they can get the treatment they so desperately need. In Washington, the appropriate statutory law is already in place: If a “court or jury finds that [a] person is mentally ill and … is likely to injure himself or other persons if allowed to remain at liberty, the court may order his hospitalization.”
Duh, too.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 8:11 AM | Link to this
BLUFFTON, South Carolina (CNN) — At a campaign stop in South Carolina Wednesday, Fred Thompson said that the Iraqi insurgency is made up of “a bunch of kids with improvised explosive devices,” and suggested that the appearance of losing to such an enemy would harm U.S. national security.
By Luckoduh
October 26, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this
Whining will only get you so far:
{{{{Louisiana has been at or near the bottom of “quality of life” lists for so long that you start to believe that there’s something genetically wrong with its residents. For 15 out of the past 17 years, Louisiana has been either America’s Least Livable State or runner-up in the annual Morgan Quitno research firm’s comprehensive rankings, which combine educational, economic, health, environmental and crime statistics. No wonder Louisiana has for at least two decades experienced a steady out-migration of young professionals.}}}}
At some pint in time you actually have to make an effort.
Jindal will help you fix it, whether you like it or not, al-Gitmo.
By Mad As Zell
October 26, 2007 8:35 AM | Link to this
In regards to Jay Bookman’s editorial (Poppin’ Jay Boogman who, as we all know, is a highly-trained certified expert on foreign policy): Jay Boogman and everyone else knows that the best possible U.S. foreign policy approach to dealing with despotic and tyrannical regimes anti-American would be to simultaneously take Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong EEL, Hugo Chavez and that Syrian slime, whatever the hell his name is, and turn their thick, hard-headed skulls into long-distance drive-thru lanes for hot .50-caliber slugs. At this point we could literally sneak in to Fidel Castro’s hospital room and just turn-off his life-support respirator, so dealing with him wouldn’t be much of a problem. Not to forget our friend, Vladimir Putin who loves to play with radiation poisoning, especially around political dissidents. Maybe Vlad’s meals could be served with a little “vitamin supplement” to add a little “glow” to his diet to help him understand the true meaning of democratic governing.
By Analchord
October 26, 2007 8:38 AM | Link to this
Mad as zell: you missed a bit w/Molotov Cocktail. Certainly you can find a third reich parallel construct, or mixed metaphor that sounds like or is spelled like molotov cocktail. Or some other way to indicate the left lunatic fringe. there it is! the Molunative Cocktail! no, that stinks, you’re much better at this than me. Go for it! YOu can do it!
Seriously, Mad, you will get read if you can manage to provide an entertainment/cleverness payoff for a reader. That’s why everyone reads every word I write, and virtually nothing that you write. Simply write with the puns you have, not the puns you want, and you’ll be perfect.
alles sprechen der muffinhosen
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By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 8:44 AM | Link to this
Attack Iran and you attack Russia
By reebok
October 26, 2007 8:45 AM | Link to this
It’s sickening to watch the Alcoholic-In-Chief use California’s fires as a photo op. That slimy little frat-boy grin of his never gets any less disgusting. For comic relief, I enjoy hearing him babble about World War III and Iran’s “Nookyular” program.
By Larry Mischik
October 26, 2007 8:46 AM | Link to this
Lukawitch’s bush photo has thrown me over the AJC edge. It is AJC hate and igorance at its finest.
I have canceled you and now will be getting USA Today sent right to my front door. Good by Socialists.
By Analchord
October 26, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this
Pakistan has 20 thousand schools teaching millions of children “I am Death to America and so can you” (Madrass Schools). Bush badgered Pakistan to crack down on these schools and Pakistan complied. Hundreds were keeled. The results backfires. Enrollments surged.
Foreign Policy should be: “Hawk Softly and Carry a Big Schtick”. Bush thinks foreign policy should be “Let them eat yellowcake”. (see what I did there, mad? Learn. Learn well, my fine friend) It will be nothing less than a miracle if Pakistan doesn’t go all Iran on us now.
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By Mad As Zell
October 26, 2007 8:53 AM | Link to this
Analplug:
We’re talking about ridding the world of some of its worst anti-human slum and all you’re worried about is how the correct spelling of the weapons to be used? This is war, not grade school! And what is that German for, are you practicing your Nazi-speak for when Hitlery takes over the White House? If if was up to liberal pacifists we’d all be speaking German and Japanese now because they wouldn’t have had enough spine to take out Hitler and the Emperor in WWII. That German-speak just shows how much liberals like Analsord love Nazis, tyrants and others of their ilk.
By Bosch
October 26, 2007 8:57 AM | Link to this
I almost feel sorry for Bush.
Okay, glad that feeling has passed.
ITN,
I read that story you posted about Bush being psychotic, and you know, I really think he is. Does he really WANT to start a World War? Sometimes I think he does, that he has some kind of Napoleon complex.
Can we please just get him out of there?
To all the wingnuts out there:
Do you think going into Iran is a good idea?
By Luckoduh
October 26, 2007 9:04 AM | Link to this
If there was ever any doubt which political party the terrorists support, it Has Bin laid to rest:
{{{{“All Americans must vote Democrat,” insisted Jihad Jaara, an exiled Al Aqsa agent who commanded 2002’s siege of Bethlehem’s Church of the Nativity.}}}}
{{{{“We see Hillary and other candidates are competing on who will withdraw from Iraq,” said Abu Jihad of Al Aqsa’s Nablus unit. “This is a moment of glory for the revolutionary movements in the Arab world…”}}}}
{{{{Al Aqsa’s Nasser Abu Aziz, considered it “very good” that there are “voices like Hillary and others who are now attacking the Iraq invasion.”}}}}
{{{{Islamic Jihad’s Abu Ayman felt “emboldened” by Clinton’s demands that America retreat from Iraq. He said: “It is clear that it is the resistance operations of the mujahideen that have brought about these calls for withdrawal.”}}}}
Wonderful, isn’t it?
By @@
October 26, 2007 9:04 AM | Link to this
Getalife, resident of NOLA was recently declared “a popsicle” so maybe he can explain…
(((Jordan, the city’s first black district attorney, violated employment discrimination laws when after taking office he ordered the wholesale firing of white employees and replaced them with black workers, a jury found more than two years ago.)))
(((Jordan wanted Duval to freeze the $3.7 million award until the city has a chance to approve a new budget that includes enough money to pay off the legal debt, but that didn’t occur.)))
What is it about NOLA officials? freezing money seems to be a favorite pastime.
and then you have Nagin and Blanco whose first response to the devastation of Katrina was to declare a day of prayer? A Democratic Governor and a Democratic Mayor have to give permission to pray?
How sad is that?
By Analchord
October 26, 2007 9:07 AM | Link to this
I love the Tiger tank. I love the Fockwolfe. (Wow, the Fockwolfe). I love the Schtucka Dive Bomber. I love the Luger. (give me that machined pistol). The helmets. I love world war two. nazi? they had a platform? I thought it was just blitzkreig. Please tell us, mad, what is a nazi, but blitzkreig?
If only you were clever, mad. If only you could see yourself as the mess that a reader simply refuses to wade through. I’m telling you bluntly, sir: nobody reads you. It’s torture. You only can express hate, and even that is obvious, trite, hacked, and the same every day. You read Madaszell on monday, you’ve got him for the whole week.
Alles sprechen der muffenhosen
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Blogging 101…. First class. Hello, students of Blog: “Write something. Delete it all. Write a second draft of it. Delete it all. third draft. delete. fourth. delete. fifth maybe keep one line”.
Then go stick you head in the toilet.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this
Bush on the Couch …….If one of my patients frequently said one thing and did another, I would want to know why. ………For the last three years, I have observed with increasing alarm the inconsistencies and denials of such an individual. But he is not one of my patients. He is our President………Responsibility is something this president flees at all costs. ……..The untreated alcoholic who has simply stopped drinking treats anxiety as an enemy, and with good reason………..
By Mad As Zell
October 26, 2007 9:09 AM | Link to this
Bosch:
We don’t have to go “into” Iran, Iraq-style. We should just carpet-bomb it a zillion times over then park a couple of hot .50-cal slugs in Ahmadinejad’s thick skull. And kill those crazy Mullahs too!
Or maybe just kill Ahmadnutjob and those psycho Mullets and hold on the bombings until we have more info, but definitely make Mahmoud and Friends’ heads explode. Ditto for Chavez and Kim Jong EEL.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 9:11 AM | Link to this
Katrina: What Happened When September 16, 2005 Updated: November 8, 2005 It will take months to get the full story, but meanwhile here are some of the key facts about what happened and when officials acted.
By Analchord
October 26, 2007 9:16 AM | Link to this
Today’s cartoon was George W Bush as Dumb Blonde. Sen Craig must be very happy to see the cartoon. Oh, dont reach for THAT one, mad, it’s WAY over your head.
bwa
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By John in Tampa, Fla
October 26, 2007 9:20 AM | Link to this
I wonder if ML will take any shots at Gov Schwartzenpecker and his response to the fires?
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 9:21 AM | Link to this
Psychology researchers, including some who advise politicians, have reached the same conclusion. “I do think there is denial on Bush’s part in his running of the war,” says Kerry Sulkowicz, clinical professor of psychiatry at New York University Medical Center. “He seems unmoved by the extent of the evidence that things are far worse than he believes. The tip-off for denial is perpetual optimism, a pathological certainty that things are going well.”
By Mad As Zell
October 26, 2007 9:22 AM | Link to this
Analsore:
You mean it’s torture like waterboarding, is that what you wanted to say? Why don’t you finish your snobby elitist WHINE and cheese and then go back to that drinking out of the toilet thing you were crowing on and on about. With sanitary habits like that no wonder your name is analcord.
Analsord, the SELF-APPOINTED grammatical editorial snob of the blog.
By Mad As Zell
October 26, 2007 9:32 AM | Link to this
Analsore:
You can get some penicilin for that, you know. You’re a talking contradiction- liberals say don’t read my blogs yet somehow, without reading, they’re angry enough to respond to what I said, word-for-word.
By Analchord
October 26, 2007 9:38 AM | Link to this
I think I first saw “Whine” vs “Wine” in the third grade. That’s why nobody, and I mean nobody reads you except your own sock-gerbil aliases.
This was too easy. He’s neutralized himself with hacked quickcuts.
Sighted dud. Sank same.
(it would be embarrassing for me to spend another comment on mad and run up the score).
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By Butch
October 26, 2007 9:38 AM | Link to this
Would all of you nut case libs rather fight and finish the war in Iraq, Afganistan and Iran or here in the USA? Will all of you cower and run to Canada if the terrorists were to show up on American soil to kill all the men, women and children that don’t believe in their religion and cause? I wonder??? Just keep bashing Bush and pushing your agenda. History will again prove you wrong.
By RW-(the original)
October 26, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this
All of this is done in the name of tax “fairness,” but it’s hard to see how this would make the U.S. code more equitable. Millions of those who’d receive the tax credits already pay no income tax, so they would merely be getting another government subsidy. The group that gets slammed hardest is the entrepreneurial class. Tax Foundation data show that three of four taxpayers in the highest income tax bracket are small business owners or farmers. If Mr. Rangel’s plan ever becomes law, look for millions of Americans and small-businesses to “incorporate” themselves so they can pay the lower corporate rate. Previous tax reforms have tried to keep the corporate and top income tax rates equal precisely to avoid this kind of tax gaming.
By @@
October 26, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this
Let’s take a closer look at the “PROVEN” psychosis of denial…
(((HOW could she have not known? How could such an intelligent woman have believed her husband’s denial of infidelity, knowing his past history? Could she really have believed that being in the White House had persuaded Bill to mend his philandering ways? Or could she simply not conceive that he would be so stupid, so breathtakingly reckless as to jeopardise his presidency - and legacy - over a squalid entanglement with an infatuated intern? Or was it easier to live with denial than confront the truth?)))
Useful tools of the left hear ^^^ that and it gains their respect?
Someone who knows Hillary well and is NOT a useful tool…
(((Dick Morris, who acted as an adviser and pollster to the Clintons for nearly 20 years, put it bluntly: “Did Hillary believe her husband’s denials? Come on. Get real. For Hillary to pretend injured innocence at this point has only one motive: she needs to somehow justify her strident public defence of her husband. She can’t admit the truth: that she defended him because she didn’t want him forced from office - ending both their political careers -because he’d been unfaithful to her.)))
The left suffers from psychosis — unable to accept the truth but eager to create and embrace a lie.
By Mad As Zell
October 26, 2007 9:54 AM | Link to this
Butch:
No, the libs won’t run to Canada, they’ll just willfully submit, bend over and take it up the “Analchord” while the rest of us go on the offensive to kill and cut the terrorists’ heads off. A few of the pacifist snobs, like the above mentioned, would actually probably take the time to agonize over which way the surrender note is spelled and what shade of white, the white flag is while its waving and blah, blah, blah. Or like you said, they’d probably just turn into olympic sprinters enroute to Canada.
Analsore:
You’re right. Every word you write does get read, but dogs really don’t do too much reading while dumping on the toilet paper on which your handwritten leftist psychobabble usually resides.
By Mad As Zell
October 26, 2007 9:55 AM | Link to this
Butch:
No, the libs won’t run to Canada, they’ll just willfully submit, bend over and take it up the “Analchord” while the rest of us go on the offensive to kill and cut the terrorists’ heads off. A few of the pacifist snobs, like the above mentioned, would actually probably take the time to agonize over which way the surrender note is spelled and what shade of white, the white flag is while its waving and blah, blah, blah. Or like you said, they’d probably just turn into olympic sprinters enroute to Canada.
Analsore:
You’re right. Every word you write does get read, but dogs really don’t do too much reading while dumping on the toilet paper on which your handwritten leftist psychobabble usually resides.
By RW-(the original)
October 26, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this
How to fix the world in one east step. At least as the Daily Kos is concerned.
While it appears from more than one point of view that the War in Iraq and the War on Terror are situations from which we may never be able to extricate ourselves, from the mountains of Pakistan comes a very simple solution: convert to Islam. //Before we reject this out of hand, lets seriously consider it for a moment: Osama Bin Laden promised the wars would be over if Americans convert to Islam.
To the Koz Kidz around here. What’s with the poll that only has a yes option?
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this
Cafferty File viewers: Let’s start another revolution
By RW-(the original)
October 26, 2007 10:01 AM | Link to this
@@,
For Hillary to think that Bill wasn’t having an affair with that woman, Miss Lewinski, would take a willing suspension of disbelief.
Maybe she threw in a little projection when she tried to smear General Petraeus.
By Bosch
October 26, 2007 10:03 AM | Link to this
Butch,
One of the problems with your theory is that the number of countries keep growing. What does that tell you?
It tells me that our plan isn’t working.
If the terrorists were to show up at my door, then yes, I’d say, let’s fight them, and no I wouldn’t run to Canada - it’s too cold up there.
History will show that Bush is the worst president to ever occupy the position, but you keep up that cheerleading for him. He needs it.
Think for a minute of the number of soldiers we’ve had killed since this war began. Think how many are permanently injured. We are facing another generation of soldiers who will require help for the rest of their lives and rightly deserve it. How are we going to pay for that?
We are facing another Cold War, or worse.
We have bankrupted our economy to pay for this war and are now indebted to China and India.
We don’t have the manpower anymore to defend our own borders (you know, to keep the terrorists out) or to be there in the case of a natural disaster like Katrina or these wildfires.
Those are some of the realities we are facing these days.
Speaking of fear tactics, I’ve been reading some of the ghost stories on the Chatter Blog, they are pretty creepy!
By Blackadder
October 26, 2007 10:04 AM | Link to this
I see that the most rabid wingnuts still can’t follow direction or abide by rules and are posting prior to 8:00am. Just shows the sorry nature if their character.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:08 AM | Link to this
Where Does the Right-Wing End and the Media Begin?
By Bosch
October 26, 2007 10:10 AM | Link to this
That’s just really crazy to think that some of these fires were set by arsonists. Now those are some people who really deserved to be tortured. Yes, waterboarding, electric shock to the genitalia, whatever.
That’s just really hard to get your head around.
By Corky Cobb
October 26, 2007 10:12 AM | Link to this
Butch, lead the way! Its great to see that a Bush loving Republican has decided to encourage Republicans to do some actual fighting for a change.
Its about time! Millions of Republicans have decided to sit this one out. School, career and family are more important right now. Canada luckily is not necessary this time, conservatives have been sitting this war out from the comfy confines of their living rooms. Great Internet speeds are good for blogging about wanting others to do the fighting conservatives don’t want to do!
Conservatives have not been lining up at the recruitment centers but you give us hope. Please use your influence here because EVERY SINGLE Bush war loving conservative here has an excuse for not being in Iraq. Help them see the light.
Every single Bush loving war supporter on this blog please list your excuses for not fighting in Iraq. Everyone of you has one.
Its time. The threat is real right? We need to fight them over there right? Republican war dodgers, what are you waiting for?……
ENLIST!
By RW-(the original)
October 26, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this
{{{{We don’t have the manpower anymore to defend our own borders (you know, to keep the terrorists out) ———>or to be there in the case of a natural disaster like Katrina or these wildfires<———-.}}}}}
Boschsh!t! Haven’t we already been through this? Even Barbara Boxer said she was wrong about that statement.
Sheesh
Blackadder,
Did you pop back up just to cry and whine in public again?
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:17 AM | Link to this
Comic Relief
By Buy Danish
October 26, 2007 10:17 AM | Link to this
RW,
Did you see the original “Mother of all tax hikes” press release?
The bill will add a 4% surtax on Americans earning more than $150,000 a year ($200,000 for couples).——> That is on top of the scheduled expiration of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts<———.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:19 AM | Link to this
Potrero, California, the town that has gained national attention for standing up against Blackwater Worldwide’s plan to build a private military-style training camp in their pristine backcountry community east of San Diego, now faces an even more formidable force. The Harris wildfire which began outside Potrero early Sunday morning has ravaged the small rural community, where many residents remain trapped without supplies four days after the fire began.
By RW-(the original)
October 26, 2007 10:21 AM | Link to this
{{{{{{That’s just really crazy to think that some of these fires were set by arsonists. Now those are some people who really deserved to be tortured. Yes, waterboarding, electric shock to the genitalia, whatever.}}}}}
How many leftists, or anybody for that matter, agree with that sentiment? Keep in mind that this statement goes along with a belief that if an Islamofascist terrorist had knowledge of a nuclear weapon getting ready to be detonated in the middle of an American city this same poster would say you could only ask and if the terrorist didn’t want to talk you would just hand him back his Koran and walk away.
Bosch,
As horrific as the fire damage is, you’re talking about taking someone into custody for a crime and then torturing them out of nothing but sadistic pleasure. How’s that square with the Constitution?
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:22 AM | Link to this
LOS ANGELES (AP) — As wildfires were charging across Southern California, nearly two dozen water-dropping helicopters and two massive cargo planes sat idly by, grounded by government rules and bureaucracy.How much the aircraft would have helped will never be known, but their inability to provide quick assistance raises troubling questions about California’s preparations for a fire season that was widely expected to be among the worst on record.
By RW-(the original)
October 26, 2007 10:28 AM | Link to this
Buy Danish,
What I’m really surprised at is that Democrat leaders didn’t slap Rangel silly and lock him away until after the 08 elections.
All that tax code manipulation, income redistribution, and class warfare sure does make the FairTax look better though.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:37 AM | Link to this
FEMA Meets the Press, Which Happens to Be … FEMA………………………..Reporters were given only 15 minutes’ notice of the briefing, making it unlikely many could show up at FEMA’s Southwest D.C. offices. They were given an 800 number to call in, though it was a “listen only” line, the notice said — no questions. Parts of the briefing were carried live on Fox News, MSNBC and other outlets. ……………………………The reporters were lobbing too many softballs. No one asked about trailers with formaldehyde for those made homeless by the fires. And the media seemed to be giving Johnson all day to wax on and on about FEMA’s greatness……………………………Of course, that could be because the questions were asked by FEMA staffers playing reporters. We’re told the questions were asked by Cindy Taylor, FEMA’s deputy director of external affairs, and by “Mike” Widomski, the deputy director of public affairs. Director of External Affairs John “Pat” Philbin asked a question, and another came, we understand, from someone who sounds like press aide Ali Kirin.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this
House members hoping to spend quality time with their families during the holiday season got some bad news this week: they may be in Washington days before both Thanksgiving and Christmas.
By Bosch
October 26, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this
OH, RW,
You are just way too serious. Lighten up. I said they deserve it, which they do.
How’s that square with the Constitution? It’s not. Not for sadistic arsonists or for sadistic terrorists.
I think the firefighters who have been fighting these fires would agree with that statement though.
And I really don’t care what Boxer said or didn’t say, I think all the National Guardsmen/women need to be home, here, helping Americans, not in Iraq. One troop, or one piece of equipment over in Iraq, is just one less troop and piece of equipment we could be using for disaster relief or protection here.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this
Democrats Reintroduce Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Legislation
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this
Supreme Court frees Genarlow Wilson
By Dusty
October 26, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this
Ho hum,
the same ol’ stuff AGAIN that has been rehashed, denied, and psyched out.
The National Guard was and is adequate in New Orleans and California. The local and state governments of Louisiana were inadequate.
Dr. Gerberding, herself, said her speech was not censored. “Rediculous” was her comment.
Soldiers have died in every war we have fought. Fighting aggression takes lives. Our military takes that chance every day, just for us.
Bush has won in Afghanistan and is gaining in Iraq. (Remember terrorists. We are fighting them.) I give Bush the credit because liberals bestow blame on him. They would love to indict Bush but cannot find anything illegal. But they keep trying—over and over. Maybe they will find out one day that Bush is not doing ANYTHING illegal.
All you libs in deep depression—2008 is going to make you feel even worse. Better get help NOW!
By Buy Danish
October 26, 2007 10:45 AM | Link to this
{{{By Blackadder
October 26, 2007 10:04 AM
I see that the most rabid wingnuts still can’t follow direction or abide by rules and are posting prior to 8:00am. Just shows the sorry nature if their character.}}}
Hey Adder Dude,
Since you’re such a stickler for rules, what do you think about what happened last night at Emory University?
“I’ve spoken at Emory University several times and I’ve never seen it this bad,” said Horowitz responding to the crowd as they shouted and jeered. “This is exactly what the fascists did in Germany in the 1930s.” The loud chants, sign-waving, and disruptive gestures continued to escalate from audience members until the atmosphere was so chaotic that even the police present were unable to subdue the crowd. Horowitz was led off stage and left the campus under tight security, and the event came to an abrupt end. After Senior Vice Provost for Community and Diversity Ozzie Harris announced that audience members should sit down and let the speech continue or risk being forcibly removed, protesters shouted, “Everybody stand up, they can’t take us all!” and “Stand up in solidarity!” At the end, when Horowitz’ speech could no longer continue, chants of “This is what democracy looks like” shot up throughout the audience.
This was one of my favorites:
{{{Are we going to talk about who killed JFK?”}}}
Wouldn’t it be more on topic to ask why Sirhan Sirhan killed RFK?
But I digress.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:49 AM | Link to this
Dusty 10:43
By RW-(the original)
October 26, 2007 10:50 AM | Link to this
{{{{{I think the firefighters who have been fighting these fires would agree with that statement though.}}}}}
Bosch,
I don’t. People that go into the military or police and fire services are overwhelmingly the bravest and most law abiding among us. It’s leftist scum that always wants to portray them as barbarians that would torture and kill just for a little quick revenge or amusement.
By mm
October 26, 2007 10:50 AM | Link to this
A new day, same wingnut crap.
We have to fight them over there or we’ll have to fight them over here.
Dems want to cut and run.
Bill and Hillary, blah, blah, blah.
Psycho Duh and his mini-me Mad. Senseless drivel from stark raving lunatics.
More pathetic photo-ops from Bush and his crony congressman.
Ah, a new item to attack. Randel’s tax plan. Just like any other bill the dems come up with, the wingnuts make up lies and prevent it from being voted on. Then the wingnuts take essentially the same plan, put their name on it, and try to claim they are saving society.
The countdown to the 08 Dem landslide continues.
By Lovely Lucy
October 26, 2007 10:50 AM | Link to this
By @@ October 26, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this Let’s take a closer look at the “PROVEN” psychosis of denial… (((HOW could she have not known? How could such an intelligent woman have believed her husband’s denial of infidelity, knowing his past history? Could she really have believed that being in the White House had persuaded Bill to mend his philandering ways?
WHO? WHO? Would be so stupid as to care what the heck Hilary thought about Bill’s infidelity? Who just gives a rip? Most intelligent people are concerned about ending a war (based on lies), a decent health care system, jobs and scores of other issues! Get over it! Are you unable to think of something your hubby could do worse than ‘have a girlfriend?’ If not, God help you!
By Buy Danish
October 26, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this
{{{{By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 10:39 AM }}}}
Waaaaah! You know, if House Dems didn’t waste so much time pushing legislation which they know in advance will be vetoed, or conducting endless investigations that lead nowhere, maybe they’d get something done.
Of course, only government bureaucrats think Thanksgiving Holiday starts the Saturday before Thanksgiving anyway.
By Blackadder
October 26, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this
On the 5th anniversary of the death of Senator Paul Wellstone let us remember his words:
“The future will not belong to those who sit on the sidelines. The future will not belong to the cynics. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” -Sen. Paul Wellstone
“Never separate the life you live from the words you speak.” -Sen. Paul Wellstone
By Buy Danish
October 26, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this
Dusty,
ITN, our resident joke, is torturing you with a clip that sounds a lot like Shrillary Clinton.
Here’s the real Shrillary. Contrast and compare.
By Blackadder
October 26, 2007 10:54 AM | Link to this
Sorry - I meant to post Senator Wellstone’s words yesterday.
By luckovichisaheadcase
October 26, 2007 10:55 AM | Link to this
Buy Danish - You are right. But the fact is this is not what democracy looks like, it is what Nazi Germany looked like, or the Soviet Union. They want to tear up anyone who does not agree with their views, and on top of it, like most liberals, the last thing they want to hear are views which are contrary to their own. Liberals are really a bunch of ignorami.
By Blackadder
October 26, 2007 10:57 AM | Link to this
If this new tax law gets passed, corporations will no longer be allowed to use certain “Enron”- type accounting methods. And hedge fund managers will be limited in their use of offshore tax havens. In other words Bush will have a signing statement at the ready.
By Bosch
October 26, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this
RW,
Calm down. You know I don’t really think that. Good grief. Lighten up, it’s Friday and all that stuff, okay? To quote getalife: Geez!
Dusty,
HOLY SH!!TT - We’ve won in Afghanistan? Holy S**!!! Have we defeated the Taliban again (the second time around) and found Osama bin Laden? Did I miss the news story this morning?
That’s great news!
Why don’t your sons who work for AT&T in their little cubicles sign up to go fight the terrorists?
And, circumstantial evidence is admissable in court. We’ll see how the whole “Bush has done nothing illegal” bit works out. I hope the scum rots in jail with the likes of Eric Rudolph. One can always have hope.
By Buy Danish
October 26, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this
{{{By mm
October 26, 2007 10:50 AM
Ah, a new item to attack. Randel’s tax plan. Just like any other bill the dems come up with, the wingnuts make up lies and prevent it from being voted on. Then the wingnuts take essentially the same plan, put their name on it, and try to claim they are saving society.}}}}
(M)endacious (M)alaprop,
Name the lie.
Ask ITN for help if you need it. Neither of you are able to back up any of your statements individually, but maybe a little teamwork will do the trick.
By Buy Danish
October 26, 2007 11:04 AM | Link to this
{{{By Blackadder
October 26, 2007 10:52 AM | Link to this
On the 5th anniversary of the death of Senator Paul Wellstone let us remember his words…}}}
Adder Dude,
It would be wise for you Dems to remember that using a funeral service as an opportunity for political demagoguery is a really bad idea, but I always appreciate being reminded of how shameless and crass Libs are.
By WTF?
October 26, 2007 11:05 AM | Link to this
Does Mad as Zell even know southern California? That area hit hard by the fires in San Diego County is actually very conservative. In fact, Fallbrook, very close by and also hit by fires, was the headquarters for the Neo-Nazi fellow who ended up in Washington State, Tom Messinger and his son.
By RW-(the original)
October 26, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this
Why is that every time you expose leftist scum for being leftist scum they tell you to calm down?
Trust me Bosch, nothing is more calming than exposing leftist scum and their true feelings toward the best and bravest among us. Maybe you don’t really feel that way, but it’s remarkable how easy it is for you type a sentiment like that and how often you do it if those aren’t your true feelings.
By Lovely Lucy
October 26, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this
By Bosch October 26, 2007 10:03 AM | We have bankrupted our economy to pay for this war and are now indebted to China and India.
Bosch, that’s the idea! Bankrupt the country! Destroy it from within! When we are BANKRUPT, there’s no $ for anything but the WAR! Eventually we have a ‘Rich and Poor’ class of people, just as we had prior to the New Deal! Idiots play on the abuses. Of course there are abuses, but the objective of caring people should be to ‘fix’ the abuses as much as posible, and that does not include passing more laws to punish! The role of government should be to help people help themselves! PLEASE! No tirades about what should be done with the murderers and rapists etc! We’re on the same sheet of music with this!
By @@
October 26, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this
That’s funny RW. Hillary’s projects…Hillary’s projection.
Was it ITN applying definitions of “superiority complex” to conservatives yesterday?
When you look up “inferiority complex” you get this:
Sensitivity To Criticism: Although people who feel inferior “know” they have shortcomings, they do not like other people to point this out. They tend to perceive any form of criticism, regardless of how sensitively or constructively it is presented, as a (((personal attack.)))
:-OMG, that sounds like every liberal on this board. Put that alongside Hillary’s “vast right-wing conspiracy” claim and it’s no wonder the left is on board with Hillary.
Hypercritical Attitude: These people cannot feel intelligent, attractive, competent, etc., unless they are the most intelligent, attractive and competent person around.
:-OMG, that’s PoliFore…AmVet/Huge…rushncap.
Inappropriate Response To Flattery: This can work two ways. Some people are desperate to hear anything good about themselves and will be constantly fishing for compliments.
:-OMG, that’s any number of liberal sockpuppets who come in and compliment themselves under a different ID.
Lovely Lucy:
When ITN spends time posting psychoanalysis of Bush with no foundation to support the diagnosis, my tendency is to give him a proven case study for reference.
Don’t get all defensive. Look up and see if you fit any of the criteria for “inferiority complex”. I believe you do.
By RB from Gwinnett
October 26, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this
By Corky Cobb October 26, 2007 10:12 AM
Corky, since you seem new to this blog, or you haven’t been here for a little while, please let us explain something to you. When you post things as stupid as your comments about R’s sitting out of the wars, one of us, and this time it’s me, is going to call you on in and ask you to provide facts that support your idiotic statements. If, like most of the left wing bloggers here, you are unable to provide any FACTS to support your idiotic claims, we will toss you to the garbage heap with Goldie, mm, and Mrs. G who are also never able to support their nut case comments with facts.
So, here goes…
In the recent elections, have the military votes been more heavily for R’s or for D’s? Look it up. Don’t bring opinions, bring data.
By rushncap
October 26, 2007 11:11 AM | Link to this
Man, right wing nuts are out in full force today. What, is Ann Coulter summer camp on recess or something?
By WTF?
October 26, 2007 11:13 AM | Link to this
Tom Messinger should have been Tom Metzger.
The W.A.R. Board Neo-Nazi boards began springing up in the United States as early as 1984, when a loose coalition of BBSs went online in California, North Carolina, and Illinois. One of the earliest, the W.A.R. Board (an acronym for White Aryan Resistance), began in the semi-rural town of Fallbrook, California, located halfway between Los Angeles and San Diego.
Tom Metzger, a blue-collar entrepreneur who owns and operates television repair shop in Fallbrook, started the W.A.R. Board from his home in 1984 using a Commodore 64 and a 300 bps modem. Its single phone line was constantly busy, indicating the high demand for online white- supremacist material and the number of neo-Nazis with the technology to access such information.
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this
[TP: one of America’s ‘most dangerous organizations.’ The conservative front group Family Security Matters (FSM) today released its list of “The Ten Most Dangerous Organizations in America.” ThinkProgress earned the 10th spot in the rankings. FSM writes that these 10 “hate” organizations are “growing powerful in the world of politics” and share a common “unwillingness to bend in their strictly biased view of the world.” FSM’s board of advisers includes Frank Gaffney, Barbara Comstock, and Laura Ingraham. Here are 10 most dangerous organizations:
10) ThinkProgress
9) Muslim Student Association
8) CodePINK
7) American Civil Liberties Union, National
6) Family Research Council
5) Center for American Progress
4) League of the South
3) MoveOn.org
2) Universities and Colleges
1) Media Matters for America
Watch your back, Universities and Colleges. We’re coming after you.]
Proudly involved with 7 out of ten!
By getalife
October 26, 2007 11:15 AM | Link to this
Poor Gates having to beg for money and troops for NATO to fight Afghanistan. He is much better than rummie.
The GA. Supreme Court ruled to release Wison for getting a bj.
Weird how bj’s are an outrage with the gop unless it is with another man.
Sick.
w spewing that he will veto SCHIP again was sick too.
What a disgusting creature. Has he done anything to help the people?
No, he gets off on blowing up babies just like Stark said.
Geez.
By Buy Danish
October 26, 2007 11:18 AM | Link to this
rushncap,
So nice to see you! Tell me, how is it that a brilliant scientist like you can make a boneheaded statement like this?
{{{By rushncap October 25, 2007 6:42 PM
RW, there are enough people who believe that life does NOT begin at conception. You have no right to define that for them. If it is your personal opinion, fine. But you cannot enact laws which enforce it upon others, any more than I can enact laws enforcing my opinion of when life begins upon you. End of story. }}}
By RW-(the original)
October 26, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this
It would be easy to dismiss Ted Rall as a fringe kook if we didn’t get so much daily evidence of how widespread his mindset is on the left
I couldn’t agree more with the commentary from Weasel Zippers.
By @@
October 26, 2007 11:22 AM | Link to this
Let’s review this one in depth:
Hypercritical Attitude: These people cannot feel intelligent, attractive, competent, etc., unless they are the most intelligent, attractive and competent person around.
That’s ^^^ the Democrat’s Political approach to their constituents/useful tools for “crying out loud”.
Translation for those who just don’t get it — “If you are dumb and unable to achieve your goals then WE your intelligent Democrat leaders can take care of that for you.”
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 11:23 AM | Link to this
With record low approval ratings for the Bush/Cheney regime and the albatross of an unpopular war hanging from the GOP’s neck, do you think that a Democratic presidential candidate will win the White House, get us out of Iraq, and end our long national nightmare? Think again – the mighty election theft machine Karl Rove used to steal the US presidency in 2000 and 2004 may be under attack, but it is still in place for the upcoming 2008 election.
By Dusty
October 26, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this
To the poisonous blogger @ 10:58 who is almost too infantile to address by name..
My oldest son has ALREADY served many years in the USA ARMY. The others are not eligible. How about your college bound son signing up for ROTC??
Now call your doc. The fact that you are wrong all the time should not make you depressed and aggressive.
By Buy Danish
October 26, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
ITN,
Since colleges and universities will allow genocidal maniacs like Ahmadinijead to speak, but won’t return the favor with men like David Horowitz, isn’t it reasonable to conclude that they are enabling fascism and anarchy - which is “dangerous” to our country?
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
Once again, the country’s largest voting machine vendor, Election Systems & Software, Inc. (ES&S) has failed in yet another state certification process
By mm
October 26, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
BD,
One lie is the one I caught you spewing last night about adults being able to use SCHIP.
I’m not going to waste my time with you.
Your post about the tax bill is from the Wall Street Journal, which is owned by Murdoch, who also owns Faux News Corp. The tax bill eliminates the ATM and also pays for its elimination.
You wingnuts are laughable concerning the presenting of facts.
You wouldn’t know a fact if it hit you in the face. Oh, never mind. We present facts everyday, you just deny them.
By Lovely Lucy
October 26, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
Don’t get all defensive. Look up and see if you fit any of the criteria for “inferiority complex”. I believe you do.
Please note the definition of bigot: “Unreasonably wedded to a particular religious creed, opinion, or practice…bitterly intolerant of those who believe differently.” As I said earlier, who just gives a poop about this Bill and Hillary issue? No one, unless they are mentally challenged!
By getalife
October 26, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this
“Oil rallied to a fresh record high above $92 a barrel on Friday as the dollar tumbled to a record low, Washington imposed new sanctions on Iran and gunmen shut more oil production in Nigeria.”
Geez, looks like RE was correct.
By Goldie
October 26, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this
Bush has a definite problem with being “relevant” or even “factual”, starting with his declaration of “Mission accomplished!” in 2003, all the way forward to our current mess of an occupation in Iraq… going on 5 years in occupying Iraq now and still no signs of the Iraqi gov’t doing any hard work necessary to govern.
And the photo-ops for Dubya’s pursuit in finding any relevance is just downright sad. Good riddance to the Repug Party in ‘08!
By Bosch
October 26, 2007 11:30 AM | Link to this
Leftist scum? Wow, RW, you’ve cut me to the quick. I assure you, I don’t think firemen and policemen are bad people.
Exposed me? Please. You don’t even think that firemen and policemen should be paid, isn’t that right? They are part of the socialist plot to spoil America, aren’t they?
Why RW, Why do you hate our brave men and women that work so hard to keep you safe?
By IN THE NEWS
October 26, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this
[A U.S. military strike against Iran would have dire consequences in petroleum markets, say a variety of oil industry experts, many of whom think the prospect of pandemonium in those markets makes U.S. military action unlikely despite escalating economic sanctions imposed by the Bush administration. The small amount of excess oil production capacity worldwide would provide an insufficient cushion if armed conflict disrupted supplies, oil experts say, and petroleum prices would skyrocket. Moreover, a wounded or angry Iran could easily retaliate against oil facilities from southern Iraq to the Strait of Hormuz.
By RB from Gwinnett
October 26, 2007 11:33 AM | Link to this
Are you libs planning to convert to Islam before or after you surrender?
By RB from Gwinnett
October 26, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this
Are you libs planning to convert to Islam before or after you surrender?
By Bosch
October 26, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this
Dusty,
I thought you were ignoring me by the way. You lied Dusty!
They aren’t eligible, they aren’t eligible, whine, whine, whine, excuses, excuses, excuses, can they hold a gun? Then sign ‘em up!
What’s the matter, did they hurt their knees playing football?
By anna
October 26, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this
If I were just entering the political arena, and I had no idea whether I were a democrat or a republican, I would look at recent history and I would look at cold, hard facts. I would not get these “facts” from Bill O’Riley. I would see that years after the storm, New Orleans is still a wreck. I would look at the current forclosure situation and who Bush appointed as his Secretary of the treasury. I would look at the rising costs in Iraq moving into the Trillion catagory. I would look at the pathetic state of health care in this country. After seeing what has gone on in this country since Bush was elected, I don’t think I could physically ever be a Republican. I’m not trying to hate on the party here, I’m really really not. There are lots of republicans-ok not lots-but some republicans that I respect. But how can any intelligent person look at this nation and the crap hole we’ve dug for ourselves and still stand with the party of the president? I’ll never know.
By Buy Danish
October 26, 2007 11:40 AM | Link to this
By mm
{{{October 26, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this
BD,
One lie is the one I caught you spewing last night about adults being able to use SCHIP.}}}
Just the facs (M)a’a(m)!:
Some states use SCHIP funds mostly for adults. Wisconsin covers almost twice as many adults as children — and spends 75 percent of its SCHIP funds on them. Minnesota spends 61 percent on adults, Illinois 60 percent, Rhode Island 57 percent, and New Jersey 43 percent./ This year, 13 percent of SCHIP funds will go to adults other than expectant mothers. Nearly 30 percent of these adults are not even parents. /Of the 14 states that were projected to exceed their federal SCHIP allotments in 2007, five cover children not considered low-income, and five cover adults other than expectant mothers.
I don’t blame you for not wanting to deal with me. The truth hurts, doesn’t it?
By Corky Cobb
October 26, 2007 11:41 AM | Link to this
Hey RB from Gwinnett, I could care less what political party our soldiers belong to. That is far from the point.
If this threat is as great as you war lovers claim it is, why have so many of you decided to place this threat so far down on your list of priorities? The Islamo-Fascists are coming to get you! Its Islamo-Fascist week! Thousands of college students are participating in the fun. Why haven’t these students enlisted? Haven’t they been listening to their own Islamo-Fascist week speeches? The threat is real?
Our forces are depleted and we have