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By Mike Luckovich | Monday, November 26, 2007, 09:06 PM

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By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 8:04 AM | Link to this

{{{{Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton trails five top Republican presidential contenders in general election match-ups, a drop in support from this summer, according to a poll released on Monday by Zogby Interactive.}}}}

Can you say Dukakis?

~~~~~~

{{{{Israeli and Palestinian leaders have already said they want to conclude a bargain within the 14 months that Bush has left in office.}}}}

Peace in the Middle East?

Under Bush and Rice?

Oh my, just imagine the whining that will come from this.

~~~~~~

Don’t it figure, the libs want to ease automobile traffic congestion by getting rid of all the, uh, automobiles?

{{{{The choices we now make —- such as not carpooling, not riding public transportation, not driving smaller cars, or not living closer to work —- all reflect wants and desires that are themselves the product of our car culture. Only when we see that culture for what it is, and for what it costs, might we one day move —- preferably on foot —- beyond it. -Urinal}}}}

Or we could add a few more lanes, smooth out the interchanges so that they don’t back up traffic flow and demand stricter driver’s licensing standards.

It’s a choice between fixing the problem or wasting time with idiotic suggestions from the left about everyone piling onto MARTA trains.

~~~~~

{{{{West argues that the “arrested development” has caused a “loss of identity” in America and therefore, weakens our fight against Islamic terrorism because we can’t even define good and evil. The book asserts a “social bias against maturity” and that, West said, has created a “bleak outlook” for the future.}}}}

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 8:07 AM | Link to this

{{{{The Environmentalism movement would have you believe that its critics want to kill the planet. It is a unique individual that wishes to live in a dying toxic world devoid of nature. I have yet to meet any such person — although the closest I’ve come are some radical environmentalists themselves, who often choose to live in the sterile, paved downtown areas of overdeveloped cities, far removed from nature.}}}}

{{{{From these abiotic bubbles of apartments and “dog parks,” they then heap scorn on suburbanites, commuters, farmers, oilmen, rednecks, hunters, fishermen, miners, loggers, and other assorted villains and yahoos who actually live out there where all that nature that the environmentalists claim to love so much actually exists.}}}}

{{{{“The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement” even has a website and a motto “Live Long and Die Out.” Note the “live long” part. None of these selfless people wants to deny themselves life — just deny it to others.}}}}

{{{{But don’t think I am critical of the eco-sterility cause. For once, I have found a leftist movement that I totally agree with. Leftist should not breed under any circumstances. If we can get 100% compliance on this point, we’re just one generation away from a better world. I think it’s fair to say that Vernelli and her kind are absolutely correct: the fewer children they have, the better.}}}}

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 8:11 AM | Link to this

{{{{On the one hand we have the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change coming up with yet another of its notoriously politicised reports, hyping up the scare by claiming that world surface temperatures have been higher in 11 of the past 12 years (1995-2006) than ever previously recorded. This carefully ignores the latest US satellite figures showing (((((temperatures having fallen since 1998, declining in 2007 to a 1983 level))))) - not to mention the newly revised figures for US surface temperatures showing that the 1930s had four of the 10 warmest years of the past century, with the hottest year of all being not 1998, as was previously claimed, but 1934.}}}}

I might be wrong but shouldn’t “global warming” mean that the temperatures are, you know, like warming?

Duh.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 8:20 AM | Link to this

More about Trent Lott by John Aravosis (DC) · 11/27/2007 12:58:00 AM ET Discuss this post here: Comments (100) · digg it · reddit · FARK · · Link

It seems the blog claiming to have a “scoop” about Trent Lott is now claiming that Larry Flynt has confirmed the scoop. Uh, no. Dan Savage explains. Huff Post has more about this increasingly non-story.

I’m all for nailing Trent Lott as another family values hypocrite, but come on folks, we’re no better than the people we’re fighting if we’re not willing to fight with the facts.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 8:25 AM | Link to this

It’s Looking Like Blue Skies All Over Again

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 8:27 AM | Link to this

Nancy Nord Continues To Lie About NPSC’s Toy Testing

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 8:32 AM | Link to this

{{{{The World Doesn’t Hate America, the Left Does}}}}

{{{{Given that it is the left and the institutions it dominates — universities, media (other than talk radio in America) and unions — that hate America, two questions remain: Why does the left hate America, and does the American left, too, hate America?}}}}

{{{{The answer to the first question is that America and especially the most hated parts of America — conservatives, religious conservatives in particular — are the greatest obstacles to leftist dominance. American success refutes the socialist ideals of the left; American use of force to vanquish evil refutes the left’s pacifist tendencies; America is the last great country that believes in putting some murderers to death, something that is anathema to the left; when America is governed by conservatives, it uses the language of good and evil, language regarded by the left as “Manichean”; most Americans still believe in the Judeo-Christian value system, another target of the left because the left regards all religions as equally valid (or more to the point, equally foolish and dangerous) and regards God-based morality as the moral equivalent of alchemy.}}}}

{{{{Many millions of people would rather live in America than in any other country. How does the left explain this? Why would people want to come to a country they loathe?}}}}

Duh.

By Glenn

November 27, 2007 8:36 AM | Link to this

Yep, Luckoduh: D-u-u-u-kakis! You’re right. Sounds good.

[Rudy&Out]

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

Why do the Neo-Cons hate America Mummy?

By Paul

November 27, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

In The News 8:07

Many complain when the Administration doesn’t impose it’s political “solutions” on the Iraqi gov’t. Now, with the peace talks, the Administration doesn’t seek to impose an American solution. And the same people complain (after complaining about the past - that’s required).

“Bush won’t offer new proposals” - Possibly this is one reason so many “agreements” have come to naught - they were presented, brokered and announced by the Americans. Now the Americans (read: Administration) did what many thought impossible - they brought together even the Palestinians, Syrians and Saudis. Now they (all caps) have a chance to enact a peace process for their (all caps) region. With their own (all caps) proposals that they will own.

By @@

November 27, 2007 8:52 AM | Link to this

The far-left do like their “bumblechutes” ml. They own a vast collection.

Californie is the place ‘ya oughta be…The process, called by proponents “indirect potable water reuse” and “toilet to tap” by the wary, is getting a close look in several cities.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 8:55 AM | Link to this

More Massive Bellyflops From The Republican Netroots

By Paul

November 27, 2007 8:58 AM | Link to this

@@

I remember a tv piece from years ago - in Calif - an artificial lake whose water tested way below most other water sources for bacteria. The lake was fed almost entirely from a sewage reprocessing plant.

Really no difference, I suppose, than looking at a pool of slimy, sludgy stinking water and realizing through evaporation or soaking through layers to the underground supply it makes its way back to our homes.

Nah - it’s different!

By Glenn

November 27, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this

@@,

You may take this lightly, but I think we’ve got an international crisis on our hands if CA drinks its waste water. What are the Mexicanos Nortenos to drink?

By the time they see the Colorado now, it’s already reconstituted toilet flush.

How if the Californios drink up that fountain of couth?

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this

Blackwater probe stifled by conflicts

By DICK -IF ONLY I HAD A HEART - CHENEY

November 27, 2007 9:01 AM | Link to this

Uh Oh, another failed president is throwing a hail mary touch down pass at the end of his term. When the jews and the pals negotiate peace with such a failed president presiding, American Taxpayers had better hold on to their wallets very tightly. The last such peace treaty between Egypt and Israel has cost us one hundred and thirty five billion dollars, and growing at five billion dollars per year, forever into the future. What will the pals and the jews want this time? Ten billion per year? Oh yeah, they also want the payments increased each year to reflect inflation. Hold on to your wallets…..

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 9:04 AM | Link to this

{11 dead in Baghdad mass slaying, showing fragility of gains there ](http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20071127/wlmcclatchy/20071126bcusiraqattnnationalforeigneditorsytop;ylt=Aob7NzqboSzh3wI6Xph96Gs0NUE)

By Bosch

November 27, 2007 9:05 AM | Link to this

Funny cartoon. I was so glad to see the rain yesterday. My windshield wiper fell off my car yesterday (I guess from lack of use) and it was nice to get wet while putting it back on.

I hope everyone had a Happy Thanksgiving. I, for one, did and have had my full of turkey and stuffing.

Paul,

I really hope, like all the others in the past, that these peace talks aren’t just photo ops. It seems like that is the en vogue thing to do with out going Presidents - let’s try one more time to get these guys to make a peace deal.

Seriously, I hope it works this time, but where’s Pakistan? Have they been invited to this “peace” deal? What about Iran? In my opinion, if you want true peace in the Middle East, you need all the players at the table.

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 9:27 AM | Link to this

In the News @8:20

You posted, “I’m all for nailing Trent Lott as another family value hypocrite.”

What is it about Trent Lott that excites you so much? Because he is a Republican? And family values?

What kind of family values do you want? Is there something wrong with raising children in a decent home with love?

Then you close saying “We are no better than the people we are fighting if we are not willing to fight with facts.”

What about the people who are not willing to fight at all, like our dear anti-war(cartoonist for peace) Luckovich?

What facts do you need to protect America? Excerpts from liberal media?

Americans are no better than terrorist killers because YOU don’t have facts?

Perhaps you should give us some true facts, IN THE NEWS, not just syndicated liberal news items day after day after day. Speak for yourself for a change instead of the daily propaganda aimed only at Republicans who are NOT America’s enemies, in case you hadn’t noticed.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 9:32 AM | Link to this

Dusty

Read it again.

Carefully.

See the author.

Think.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 9:39 AM | Link to this

A “Declaration of Principles” from George Bush?

by BarbinMD

Tue Nov 27, 2007 at 06:07:33 AM PST

Yesterday it was announced that George Bush has unilaterally decided that the United States will have what appears to be a permanent presence in Iraq.

As explained by General Douglas Lute, Assistant to the President for Iraq and Afghanistan:

Today’s declaration outlines the main parts of what we expect that emerging agreement to contain. There should be a political-diplomatic segment, there will be a segment dealing with economic affairs, and then a security segment.

Today’s agreement is not binding, but rather it’s a mutual statement of intent that will be used to frame our formal negotiations in the course of the upcoming year.

Do you remember what George Bush said when he announced his temporary “surge” of troops?

The most urgent priority for success in Iraq is security…

To empower local leaders, Iraqis plan to hold provincial elections later this year. And to allow more Iraqis to re-enter their nation’s political life, the government will reform de-Baathification laws, and establish a fair process for considering amendments to Iraq’s constitution. […]

To show that it is committed to delivering a better life, the Iraqi government will spend $10 billion of its own money on reconstruction and infrastructure projects that will create new jobs. […]

We will use America’s full diplomatic resources to rally support for Iraq from nations throughout the Middle East.

Bush started with security, political, economic and diplomatic goals, and now he has security, political, economic and diplomatic goals. The only difference? In January our commitment was, “not open-ended,” and in November the long-term agreement, “is not binding.” How’s that for progress?

By RW-(the original)

November 27, 2007 9:54 AM | Link to this

Bosch,

Pakistan has little to no involvement in the the middle east situation being addressed in Annapolis other than housing a bunch of Jew haters. In that case you would have to say people like RE need to be at the conference too. So it doesn’t advance the cause to have them there. (caveat: I’m only taking your word they aren’t there)

One of goals of this conference is to isolate Iran so having them there as a party to the talks doesn’t make much sense either.

Your thoughts?

Later!

By getalife

November 27, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this

w pimping peace is just too funny.

Too bad the writers are on strike because this is comedy gold.

Mideast peace?

Not in our lifetime,

Geez.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 10:03 AM | Link to this

Wall Street is betting on a recession.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this

Bosch 9:05

If it was more just photo-op I don’t think that many countries - particularly some hardline ones - would attend. Nor would Pres Bush excuse himself so early.

Where’s Pakistan? They may not be seen as a player - never took part in wars against Israel, more concerned with their border disputes with India. And Iran? Here (no surprise from a regime that wants to obliterate Israel - at least it gets more difficult for Iranian apologists):

“The so-called conference… is of no benefit to the Palestinian people and has the aim of supporting the occupying Zionists,” Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in a speech Sunday, quoted by the official IRNA news agency.

“Participation in this conference is a sign of a lack of political intelligence. History will not look positively on the name of those who participate in this conference and help the Zionist regime,” he said.

Ahmadinejad also held talks on the telephone with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, another Iranian news agency reported.

ISNA said the two presidents “agreed that only the true representatives of the Palestinian people can take decisions on the future of the Palestinians and that conferences such as Annapolis are doomed to failure.”

In The News 9:36

So people who think there’s a danger posed by militant Islamists are stupid? “he knows those Islamofascists he’s heard about on FOX-News are undoubtedly headed to his little neck of the woods.”

Lots of stupid people in NYC. Or Bali. Or Kenya. Or Spain. Or - heck, you get the point? The “militant Islam is a myth” seems to be quite a mantra of the lalaland Left. I’d really like to read an article supporting their assertion, if you ever come across one, please.

RW-(the original)

Yesterday I made a comment along the lines of the earth warming in the recent past. Given Luckoduh’s 8:11 reference US satellite data, I’ll have to rethink that.

I know, Al Gore said the debate was over.

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 10:17 AM | Link to this

IN THE NEWS

You don’t even have enough of your own sense to answer questions. If somebody doesn’t print it for you, then you are lost.

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, answer the questions about your 8:20 post. Can’t translate your own propaganda?

By @@

November 27, 2007 10:18 AM | Link to this

Paul @8:58:

(((The lake was fed almost entirely from a sewage reprocessing plant.)))

(((I suppose, than looking at a pool of slimy, sludgy stinking water and realizing through evaporation or soaking through layers to the underground supply it makes its way back to our homes.)))

Damn…^^^ that was harsh.

“TruthOut”?

Glenn @ 9:01:

Believe me when I say California’s new healthcare initiative will do them in before the big flush. In a recent article I read where Healthcare facilities i.e. hospitals are already wanting to wash their hands of it.

They say California is a trailblazer. Watch and learn America. Progressive Europe is already suffering the consequences of socialized medicine but still the leftists think it’s Grrrrreat.

Drinking from the sewer will make you go blind.

By getalife

November 27, 2007 10:24 AM | Link to this

Hell, there is comedy gold right here on this blog:

“Dusty,

Think.”

Bwa, that is rich.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this

@@

I engage with trolls here at my discretion, not by your command.

I might put any engagement with you behind more important duties,ie.:

Picking up after the dog in the yard.

Helping Grandad with his in-grown toenails.

Giving the mulch pile a turn over.

Besides, any debate with you is pointless.

Your mind is made up. So is mine.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

In The News

Just heard Pres Bush at the peace talk news conference.

“We cannot impose our will but we can facilitate.”

Well said.

By Bosch

November 27, 2007 10:35 AM | Link to this

It appears I was wrong about Pakistan’s attendance at the conference, there is a representative there - my bad, sorry ‘bout that. There apparently ARE alot of players at the table.

I just wonder what their true agenda is: Israel/Palestinian peace, Iranian isolation, Arab support for the war?

I don’t really have too many thoughts to be honest, if they are there for true peace negotiations between Israel and Palestine that’s one thing and I wish them the best, but if their intentions are to isolate Iran and drum up continued support for war, it seems a little counterintuitive.

I guess we’ll just have to watch and see how it all pans out.

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this

getalife @10:24

You make me laugh. Reading you is always a big joke.

Hang in there, buddy. At least, you still have a sense of humor.

By @@

November 27, 2007 10:39 AM | Link to this

(((By IN THE NEWS November 27, 2007 10:27 AM | Link to this)))

(((@@

I engage with trolls here at my discretion, not by your command.)))

What are you babbling about ITN? If you track back ^^^ up you’ll find that I neither invited or commanded an engagement with you.

Grandpa may have ingrown toenails but you’ve gotta “hang”nail goin’ on there buddy.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 10:47 AM | Link to this

In The News 10:32

LOL! Care to guess what CITI’ll do with their credit card interest rates to cover this?

Not that they would target it at groups least able to afford it or understand it?

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 10:49 AM | Link to this

@@ 10:39

Poor lil’ IN THE NEWS was trying to say something to me, I think. She’s a bit mixed up as you can tell. I guess her job as “yard man” keeps her busy. No wonder she doesn’t have time to answer questions.

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 10:51 AM | Link to this

Good morning everyone.

I can only stay for a minute as I’ve got to run and help the American economic engine pay for the occupation.

ITN, your “I engage with trolls here at my discretion, not by your command.” is yet again another example of your absolutely fantastic acumen! And why these witless extreme right wingers here are simply over matched. Kudos to you sir!

Paul, though you are sometimes flamed for being what I consider open minded, i.e. - not absolutely intractable in your opinions or beliefs - I would caution you not to take much (any?) of what Andy writes as legitimate or credible.

Note the always lacking links to corroborate his claims. Not that I would ever assert that he would cherry pick info to his liking!

I did a very quick look up and found that, as usual, the claim is suspect:

http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/

And the author? An exceptionally non-qualified editor and journalist.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Booker

Let me know what you find out, if you care to pursue it, OK?

‘til then.

By John in Tampa, FLA

November 27, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

Good toon ML.

When i was in Europe last week i saw where the government of Cyprus is going to pray for rain because they are running out of fresh water.

Sonny, fly Delta to Athens, Greece and hop on a Cyprus Airways jet to Nicosia. THEY NEED YOU NOW!!!

By getalife

November 27, 2007 10:53 AM | Link to this

Oh, you think that is funny dusty?

Check this one out:

“Bush: Time is right for Mideast peace”

Bwahahahahahahaha!

Geez.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

Dusty

Okay, here’s a question for you.

Lotsa snide comments about Pres Bush’s early years - about alcohol and drug use.

Now Obama’s talking about his early youth and similar experiences. Any comments seem to be largely laudatory. Where are the same people who condemned Pres Bush so vigorously but give Obama a pass? (Hint: they’re not in their rightwing family values fundamentalist Christian churches with the rest of their socially progressive friends, ready to condemn those who don’t measure up to their standards). //sarc//

Anyone from the other side of the political aisle Dusty represents - please, join in!

By @@

November 27, 2007 10:58 AM | Link to this

Dusty:

It appears you’re right about ITN. You used the word “hang” in your 10:39 and I also used the word “hang” in MY 10:39.

That’s enough to convince ITN that you and I are the same poster without realizing that it’s impossible for one person to post at exactly the same time.

No matter how many times reality is pointed out to leftists they still exist in a state of paranoia.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this

AMvet,

If I am effective at all….it’s because of good folks like you.

Always happy to see you here.

By Bosch

November 27, 2007 11:01 AM | Link to this

Dusty,

It’s apparent that you do not like ITN, but are you actually trying to disparage landscapers?

Shameless.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

ITN 10:53

That column is just plain nutty.

Czechoslovakia analogous to Israel? Say what?

Not including Syria? Sounds rather like Hillary’s refusing to talk without preconditons. Hillary and Gaffney. Strange bedfellows. In the symbolic sense, of course.

By getalife

November 27, 2007 11:04 AM | Link to this

Paul,

Obama admitted inhaling and playing in the snow.

Brutal honesty is a new concept for politicians.

Of course, some like being lied to but it is a form of disrespect.

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 11:06 AM | Link to this

getalife, @10:53

Have you ever heard of the PALESTINIAN people?

Think hard now. Did you know they have a few problems?

By getalife

November 27, 2007 11:10 AM | Link to this

crusty,

They need a country.

I listening to him read the deal.

They will form a committee next year.

Geez.

By Prophetess Kelley P

November 27, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

Oh my goodness, “Pray For Rain” in Greece? Wow.

Just 2 quick thoughts on that. First I have applied for the “Pray For Rain” copyright. If Greece wishes to use that phrase they will have to pay to use it.

Next, they have to use a lot of caution. Our “Pray For Rain” program here in Georgia was responsible for 8 deaths last week. As we found out over the Thanksgiving weekend, the rain will result in more traffic accidents. Georgia was predicting 18 holiday traffic deaths but ended up with 26. When someone asks, I now have to say “Yes, I have killed.”

That keeps everything in perspective.

Forgiveness

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 11:14 AM | Link to this

Have I mixed up @@ and Dusty again?

Imagine that.

No biggie.

Uriah, clever gratuitous addition of one of the democratic front runners names in your post. You are a nasty piece of work.

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 11:16 AM | Link to this

{{{{By DHIMMI THE NEWS November 27, 2007 10:27 AM I engage with trolls here at my discretion, not by your command.}}}}

DHIMMI: Just as a clarification, there might be some new comers here and I don’t want them to get confused, but you are the freaking troll.

{{{{Blog Troll 2.(n) -A depraved individual who sits in front of a computer ((((((all day)))))) and posts flames of an idiotic or pseudo-intellectual nature on public forums and private websites.}}}}

Now, go back and count the number of your posts versus the posts of everybody else.

You little troll, you.

~~~~~

Check it out, this morning I posted data from the satellites of the United States Weather Service, who should be considered an authority on weather data, and ninnyVet comes back and counters that with information from his “expert,” al-Gore:

{{{{By AmVet November 27, 2007 10:51 AM I would caution you not to take much (any?) of what Andy writes as legitimate or credible. Not that I would ever assert that he would cherry pick info to his liking!}}}}

I rest my case.

By F. Hanson

November 27, 2007 11:19 AM | Link to this

Where the heck is the 2nd batch of caroons????

By F. Hanson

November 27, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this

Where the heck is the 2nd batch of cartoons????

By Big Bad Wolf

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

By getalife November 27, 2007 10:24 AM | Link to this Hell, there is comedy gold right here on this blog: “Dusty, Think.” Bwa, that is rich.

Now, now, don’t be a big bad liberal and hurt anyone’s feelings.

By getalife

November 27, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this

BBW,

Are you the self appointed blog monitor?

GFY!

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this

Paul@10:56

Liberals abide by the rule”ours is not to reason why, ours is but to post and’die’” for their liberal leanings. Truth is not a factor.

@ith this thinking, Obama can do no evil. George w. Bush can do no good. They are following liberal rules without fail.

Bosch@11:01

I do apologize to landscapers for comparing them to IN THE NEWS. That was not fair to those who beautify our world and post no trash.

By getalife

November 27, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this

Ooops, (Good For You)

Geez.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

[Bush butchers pronunciation of ‘Olmert’ and ‘Abbas.’ While reading a joint agreement on principles established between the Israelis and Palestinians at today’s Annapolis conference, President Bush stumbled in pronouncing the names of Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

Watch it

Flashback: In September, a marked-up draft of Bush’s speech to the U.N. was inadvertently released. The draft included “phonetic spellings of some names and countries.” Dana Perino said at the time that it was “offensive” to suggest Bush has a hard time pronouncing certain names:

REPORTER: Does the president have a hard time pronouncing some of these countries’s [sic] name?

PERINO: I think that’s a offensive question. I’m going to just decline to comment on it

By Blackadder

November 27, 2007 11:36 AM | Link to this

More pearls of wisdom from our Commander in Dunce Cap:

“We’re going to — we’ll be sending a person on the ground there pretty soon to help implement the malaria initiative, and that initiative will mean spreading nets and insecticides throughout the country so that we can see a reduction in death of young children that — a death that we can cure.” —George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Oct. 18, 2007

“All I can tell you is when the governor calls, I answer his phone.” —George W. Bush, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007

“My hearts are with the Jeffcoats right now, that’s what I’m thinking.” —George W. Bush, after meeting with California wildfire victims Kendra and Jay Jeffcoat, San Diego, Calif., Oct. 25, 2007

“I fully understand those who say you can’t win this thing militarily. That’s exactly what the United States military says, that you can’t win this military.” —George W. Bush, on the need for political progress in Iraq, Washington, D.C., Oct. 17, 2007

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 11:38 AM | Link to this

11:29

I like that PERINO. She knows how to answer offensive questions from offensive libs.

Leave it to IN THE NEWS to repeat something offensive. Oh well, that’s nothing new.

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 11:49 AM | Link to this

Blackadder?? Huge?? Amvet?? IN THE NEWS??

Are you all for one or just ONE to start with? You say the same things in the same manner, ad naseum…

Please tell Democratic headquarters that you need a refresher course in propaganda tactics and revolving IDs. The current posts are really tiresome.

By Bosch

November 27, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this

“You say the same things in the same manner, ad naseum…

Please tell Democratic headquarters that you need a refresher course in propaganda tactics and revolving IDs. The current posts are really tiresome.”

So rich coming from a brain numbed wingnut.

Sigh….if only she’d practiced what she preached.

By getalife

November 27, 2007 12:00 PM | Link to this

Paul,

“Obama stirs the pot: He’s open to medical marijuana:

Illinois Sen. Barack Obama admits he’s inhaled. He’s been honest enough to say inhaling is really “the point” of experimenting with marijuana in the first place.”

Score one for Obama.

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 12:03 PM | Link to this

From the New York Times:

{{{{In the first place, despite the ups and downs of the business cycle, the United States still possesses the most potent economy on earth. Recently the World Economic Forum and the International Institute for Management Development produced global competitiveness indexes, and once again they both ranked the United States first in the world.}}}}

{{{{In the World Economic Forum survey, the U.S. comes in just ahead of Switzerland, Denmark, Sweden and Germany (China is 34th). The U.S. gets poor marks for macroeconomic stability (the long-term federal debt), for its tax structure and for the low savings rate. But it leads the world in a range of categories: higher education and training, labor market flexibility, the ability to attract global talent, the availability of venture capital, the quality of corporate management and the capacity to innovate.}}}}

{{{{William W. Lewis of McKinsey surveyed global competitive in dozens of business sectors a few years ago, and concluded, “The United States is the productivity leader in virtually every industry.”}}}}

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 12:12 PM | Link to this

Bosch @11:59

You are such a dull tool. I rarely pay any attention to your posts for that reason.

I thought your “landscaper” was kinda funny but you have reverted to your sam’old left lib language.

Go play with your equal, getalife. I’m not interested.

By @@

November 27, 2007 12:13 PM | Link to this

Moreover, some voices have been raised calling for the boycott of the gathering because it is viewed as a useless event designed only to extract concessions from the Palestinian side.

On the other hand, there are hopeful signs that the Bush administration might achieve some success at Annapolis and in 2008 before it exits in January 2009. The signs include:

Be sure to read the signs — they’re things that have happened in the recent past but have probably been overshadowed by more important things like Bush’s youthful indiscretions.

There’s an excellent article at Stratfor regarding the meeting in Annapolis. The way I see it is never before has the ME conflict reached such a point that ALL of those countries in the area are tired and at risk within their own borders. Great motivation to do something besides what’s been done in the past.

The extremists are being isolated one by one. Whether you want to believe it or not Al Qaeda was the first to go.

Could this have been done earlier? Probably, but the chances of success are even greater under the present circumstances.

Timing is everything.

Paul @ 10:56:

I’m not interested in what Obama did in the past. Any past references I might have made regarding Clinton’s indiscretions were just playful jabs.

For over a year I kept telling the leftists that I didn’t really care about Bill’s personal indiscretions. The leftists kept insisting that I did. I decided to go with their flow.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 12:17 PM | Link to this

getalife 11:04

Hello!

“Obama admitted inhaling and playing in the snow.”

Yes he did. Pres Bush avoided it, but I don’t fault him for that. Many people in recovery don’t discuss past addictions. I mean, he wouldn’t even drink wine at social events. That’s gotta be a clue. So I don’t think it was deception, at all. I also think there’s a great tendency to hit personal issues - both sides do it, now it’s “how many times married, what are your kids doing and where do you go to cyurch” - instead of things that matter, and the times are different. So I think Obama’s smart to hit it head-on. Especially given the rumblings from Hillary’s camp with her dirt-gatherer folks.

By @@

November 27, 2007 12:22 PM | Link to this

Bosch:

I’m going to reiterate what Dusty just posted at 12:12.

Too often you enter here wanting to be seen as the voice of reason. Too often in your frustration you come back with crap like this:

(((So rich coming from a brain numbed wingnut.)))

I’ve seen your kind before and way too often. Liberal subversion — not something to be admired.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 12:23 PM | Link to this

getalife 12:00

Sounds reasonable to me. A drug produced from chemicals to ease pain is okay, but a drug produced by Mother Nature isn’t? The logic escapes me.

I saw Obama on Leno a number of months back. Leno asked him if he inhaled (take that, Hillary!) and Obama grinned and said “I thought that was the whole point!”

@@ 12:13

Don’tcha get just a tad tired of people telling you what you really think, in spite of what you say? Seems to happen a lot -

By Tiny Tim

November 27, 2007 12:34 PM | Link to this

f-f-f

“Dont you dare use that word again, Tiny Tim. Dont do it.”

F-F-F

“Tiny…..I’m warning you, dont say that word again….”

f-f-f-f

“Tiny……”

f-ff—ff-

“Bad Tiny Tim. BAD TINY TIM”

God bless us everyone.

“Thank you, Tiny Tim.. Now dont you feel better? See? You dont have to use swear words to communicate.”

f-f-fa que, mom

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 12:36 PM | Link to this

Iraq politicians oppose US pact

By Bosch

November 27, 2007 12:40 PM | Link to this

@@,

If Dusty doesn’t want people to comment on her posts, then maybe she shouldn’t post, especially if she is going to be hypocrital.

I don’t get frustrated. This is a blog, you take this a lot more serious than I do.

I’ve seen your kind before too: neo-con, wingnut subversion is also just as nauseating.

By Bosch

November 27, 2007 12:43 PM | Link to this

Paul,

Newt said something similar years back during the whole Clinton “I didn’t inhale” controversy. That was about the only sensible thing Newt ever said.

Later guys! I’m going to enjoy the sunshine!

By Bosch

November 27, 2007 12:47 PM | Link to this

One more thing @@ before I go off -

“Too often you enter here wanting to be seen as the voice of reason.”

Things I “want,” I put on my Christmas list. I don’t “want” anything from you anonymous people.

Adios!

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 12:58 PM | Link to this

By Andy Borowitz

In a special Thanksgiving radio address broadcast from the White House, President George W. Bush asked his fellow Americans to join him in giving thanks for the following things:

“My fellow Americans, let’s be thankful for global warming, because as these winter months approach, it makes the world such a nice, toasty place.

“Let’s be thankful for all of the food on our tables, unless some of it is from China.

“Let’s be thankful that Pakistan will have free and fair elections, and maybe someday we will, too.

“Let’s be thankful for the iPhone, except for those losers who actually paid full price for it.

“Let’s be grateful that I didn’t take out a subprime mortgage on the White House like Mr. Cheney told me to.

“Let’s be thankful that nuclear weapons haven’t fallen into the hands of the wrong people, like Nancy Pelosi or Rosie O’Donnell.

“Let’s be thankful that Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert’s writers are on strike, and hopefully will stay that way for the rest of my term in office.

“Let’s be thankful that even though my approval numbers are falling, they’re still higher than my grades at Yale.

“Let’s be thankful for Guitar Hero III, which really helps you get through those long Cabinet meetings when they’re going on and on about the economy.

“Let’s be thankful that our military commanders have nothing bad to say about the war in Iraq until after they’re retired.

“Let’s be thankful that in nine months it will be August, and then I can go on summer vacation again.

“And finally, my fellow Americans, let’s be thankful that even though Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize, I’m still a lock for the Nobel War Prize.”

Award-winning humorist, television personality and film actor Andy Borowitz is author of “The Republican Playbook.”

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 1:01 PM | Link to this

@@ @12:22

Poor ol’ bosch, does not realize that some people give their honest opinion and use only one ID. And those people are usually conservatives!

Ho humm..now it is “subversion”. Well..I just don’t feel like being a subversive spy today. I would have to become a blond and lie like Valerie Plame. Now that is asking too much.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 27, 2007 1:05 PM | Link to this

I agree on the “personal life” issues mentioned above, however, slick Willies “personal life” issues from the oval office fall into a different category for me. He disgraced the nation with his indiscretion, looked the American people in the eye (picture biting his lip) and flat out lied about it. To me, that took the whole thing far beyond a “personal issue” to be dealt with outside of politics.

I don’t really care of Obama smoked pot, snorted coke, or whatever, as long as he’s not doing it in the oval office while he has his finger on the trigger. At least he has the moral fortitude to be honest about it vs. the “but I didn’t inhale” crap we saw a few years ago. Did ANYBODY believe that? Should have been a clue to those who didn’t already know Bill and truth can’t used in the same sentence. Do you libs still think Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and the others were making the stuff up too, or have you seen enough smoke to know there’s a fire there?

BTW, if you’re honest with yourself, you know Hillary smells like smoke too, don’t you.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 27, 2007 1:08 PM | Link to this

I agree on the “personal life” issues mentioned above, however, slick Willies “personal life” issues from the oval office fall into a different category for me. He disgraced the nation with his indiscretion, looked the American people in the eye (picture biting his lip) and flat out lied about it. To me, that took the whole thing far beyond a “personal issue” to be dealt with outside of politics.

I don’t really care of Obama smoked pot, snorted coke, or whatever, as long as he’s not doing it in the oval office while he has his finger on the trigger. At least he has the moral fortitude to be honest about it vs. the “but I didn’t inhale” crap we saw a few years ago. Did ANYBODY believe that? Should have been a clue to those who didn’t already know Bill and truth can’t used in the same sentence. Do you libs still think Paula Jones, Kathleen Willey, and the others were making the stuff up too, or have you seen enough smoke to know there’s a fire there?

BTW, if you’re honest with yourself, you know Hillary smells like smoke too, don’t you.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 1:10 PM | Link to this

Hey, Young Americans, Here’s a Text for You

By Paul

November 27, 2007 1:11 PM | Link to this

Dusty

ITN linked to this at 9:36

“Stupid is just a product of the world in which he lives. He listens to the Professional Stupids on the radio and TV – like the right-wing pundit who thinks his job description includes outing a covert CIA agent in what passes for ‘journalism’ in the rag that prints his columns”

I’ve always wondered the reasoning by which people went apoplectic over publicly discussing a person who worked at the CIA (even if she was covert, I’ll accept it for now - just strengthens my point) BUT justify to the nth degree the same journalists, officials or new outlets who reveal the existence of a covert, highly classified program.

And it ain’t ‘cause the person’s life is in danger, LOL!

By luckovichisaheadcase

November 27, 2007 1:25 PM | Link to this

I have to admit that this cartoon is one of the funniest that I have ever seen on any editorial page. I guess the drought is one thing that we can all agree on - it is BAD. I thought about putting out a cistern under my gutter drain!!!

By getalife

November 27, 2007 1:43 PM | Link to this

“In front of the inn, two well-dressed men wore masks and held up signs meant to embarrass Giuliani for his close connection to Bernie Kerik, former New York City police commissioner. Kerik was indicted earlier this month on 16 felony counts including fraud, tax evasion and making false statements when applying for Homeland Security secretary. President Bush nominated Kerik on Giuliani’s advice, only to withdraw the nomination a week later when Kerik’s troubles began to come to light. Kerik could face up to 142 years in prison if convicted of the charges.

A man wearing a Giuliani mask has shown up to several Giuliani events in the state holding a sign that reads, “Free Bernie.” Today, he held a “Best Friends Forever” sign and stood next to a man in an improvised mask that resembled Kerik’s face.”

Brilliant!

By B.P.O.E.

November 27, 2007 1:46 PM | Link to this

I would freak though if Barack Osama were to have done crack.

I have done marijuana, cocaine, mushrooms, lsd, Ecstasy, Angel Dust, and meth. (When I was young.)

Crack is different though. Good God. Crack would be a deal breaker. I wouldn’t vote for him. HELL NO! No way. Guess someone better ask him. Quick.

By getalife

November 27, 2007 1:46 PM | Link to this

Treason is not funny but this is:

Rove: “Congress Pushed Bush to War in Iraq Prematurely”

Geez.

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 1:48 PM | Link to this

“Data collected by satellites and balloon-borne instruments since 1979 indicate little if any warming of the low- to mid- troposphere - the atmospheric layer extending up to about 5 miles from the Earth’s surface. Climate models generally predict that temperatures should increase in the upper air as well as at the surface if increased concentrations of greenhouse gases are causing the warming.”

Heh, so “man made” “greenhouse gases” are having no effect on surface warming, just like I said.

{{{{“The warming trend in global-mean surface temperature observations during the past 20 years is undoubtedly real and is substantially greater than the average rate of warming during the twentieth century. The disparity between surface and upper air trends in no way invalidates the conclusion that surface temperature has been rising.”}}}}

So if “greenhouse gas” is a bogus falsified cause, then it must be the Sun getting warmer, gee, where have you heard that before?

Duh, yes, from Duh.

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 1:48 PM | Link to this

Paul@ 1:11

I hate to say that I have become somewhat hardened when I see liberal politicians and reporters on television. But I see no reasoning to so many of their actions and words. They seem to have only two standards to guide them.

The first is the ever obnoxious “No matter what, if it makes Bush look bad, use it.”

The second is “No matter what, if it supports a liberal, use it.”

I would love to think that all Americans are speaking for the benefit of our country. But the constant indication of quite the opposite cannot be ignored.

Liberals want us to lose the war, incriminate our leaders and reinvent terrorism into a gentle purr. It simply does not ring true for me.

By Gordon

November 27, 2007 1:51 PM | Link to this

I simply do not understand the cartoon. What do people holding umbrellas upside down have to do with George Bush causing all our problems? I guess the tie-in is Global Warming (excuse me, Climate Change) causing the drought, but Mike should do a better job of making that clear in case there are people unfamiliar with his material.

By getalife

November 27, 2007 1:53 PM | Link to this

We know you are scared dusty.

We get it, now go hide somewhere.

Coward.

Geez.

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 1:55 PM | Link to this

Yesterday, Paul and I laughed a bit about the element of “experience” in regards to the qualifications for President.

I’ll speak for no one else, but to me, though it is still a viable factor, it is misapplied and over rated as evidenced by Bush, Cheney and Rumsfeld, et al…

Bush’s track record especially, prior to 2000 was very spotty and had some egregious “holes in the fossil record”. But as we all now know, it was indeed a harbinger of things to come.

But it did not matter one iota to those who refused to see it.

And his amazing lack of relevant knowledge and intellectual curiosity was also completely ignored by the neo-cons, who seemingly placed very little value on those characteristics.

But even harder to pin down is character, or in his case, lack thereof.

Somewhere along the way, the spinmeisters decided it was of uber importance to portray the candidate as almost saint-like. Be sure he is shown attending church services and working soup kitchens (even if it was only for three minutes).

And pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, making crooked deals and intentionally misleading the nation to get his way and his boys taken care of.

Wake up! The only thing that matters is RESULTS.

And those are almost always related to basic competence and hard work no matter the endeavor.

This President’s RESULTS stand on their own merits, and that is why the GOP faithful, which helped create those RESULTS, are in such deep doo doo.

By Georgia 74

November 27, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this

Latest Gallup Poll: Clinton leads all Repudlickers, nearest one by at least Five Points. Obama also leads all Repuds. Hillary 08’(Fox News)

By Paul

November 27, 2007 2:02 PM | Link to this

Dusty!

I was just updating my NetFlix queue, was scrolling through “Science Fiction and Fantasy” - clicked on Award Winners, and guess what popped up in that category? Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth.”

LOLOLOLOL!!!

By John in Tampa, FLA

November 27, 2007 2:03 PM | Link to this

Amvet:

Amsterdam was fantastic. It is like an amusement park for adults.

I never thought the phrase “watch out for flying dildos” would apply, but in Amsterdam it certainly does.

My third time there in 18 months.

IT NEVER GETS OLD, ALREADY PLANNING OUR 2008 TRIP(S).

By @@

November 27, 2007 2:06 PM | Link to this

Upon your return Bosch…

(((Things I “want,” I put on my Christmas list. I don’t “want” anything from you anonymous people.)))

Not true Bosch. You’re constantly calling for “civil” discourse from conservative posters here while exercising your own “less than” and expecting to have it overlooked.

(((By Bosch November 27, 2007 11:59 AM | Link to this)))

——>Dusty addressed to Blackadder?? Huge?? Amvet?? IN THE NEWS??<——

——>“You say the same things in the same manner, ad naseum…<——

——>Please tell Democratic headquarters that you need a refresher course in propaganda tactics and revolving IDs. The current posts are really tiresome.”<——

After quoting Dusty’s post YOU, ——>not Blackadder, HUGE/AmVet ITN<—— had this to say…

(((So rich coming from a brain numbed wingnut.)))

(((Sigh….if only she’d practiced what she preached.)))

Do you wanna try to justify your less than civil response to Dusty who had, before your snide retort had done nothing that should warrant such?

and Bosch, I don’t take this blog seriously. It’s become a game for me — nothing more. “Find the Poster Girls/Boys” so to speak.

Unlike you I don’t care if posters are civil or not.

By Georgia 74

November 27, 2007 2:09 PM | Link to this

Gordon, you are such a simple dumdass.

By getalife

November 27, 2007 2:09 PM | Link to this

Stephen King Sounds Off: “I Suggested Jenna [Bush] Be Waterboarded”

Bwa.

By Prophetess Kelley P

November 27, 2007 2:10 PM | Link to this

Excellent Gordon! I have looked deep into the soul of your post and have determined that you are a very nice person.

Your comments on Prophident Bush are spot on. The media and 75% of the American public have certainly grown a huge blind spot when it come to Prophident Bush. Haters.

Let us laugh at the others. We know. We know. Know what’s truly amazing though? We keep telling them our secrets and they still don’t get it.

Bless you Mr. Prophident, bless you.

Amazing

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 2:14 PM | Link to this

As always, nothing new.

getalife—no “point”.

AmVet—thinks Bush is running for a third term. Forgets all positive “points”. Remembers all setbacks. Speaks unadulterated liberalism. Long winded. zzzzzzzz

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 2:24 PM | Link to this

Things whatever her name is simply will not accept about those who disagree with her.

We love Americans.

We love the constitution.

We are not afraid of admitting that which is wrong with America, in order to face it and fix it.

We recognize Bush as incompetent and by extention, all of his administration.

We do not trust this administration and will question their motives and actions until we find the truth.

We don’t want war. We don’t want occupation. We don’t want appeasement.

We believe in diplomacy.

We believe diplomacy requires competance.

We do not expect you to understand our reasoning as we no longer attempt to understand yours.

We understand that Mr. Bush has been a terrible President. He has not needed us to make him look bad.

We think that people who think like you do are simpletons, bigots, greedy or intellectually lazy.

We think that people who think like you do have done gross damage to our nation. Some of you will realize that and repent, some will not.

We think “terrorism” is real. We are just not as afraid of a few thousand crazies as you are.

We believe if anything destroys this nation it will be you and your cohorts - from within. Giving away what my ancestors fought for because you cannot be brave in the face of danger.

We believe that you and yours will always justify the means by the end and never bother to read “The Prince”.

We believe that many of you have absolutely perverted Christianity.

By @@

November 27, 2007 2:28 PM | Link to this

(((Wake up! The only thing that matters is RESULTS.)))

O.K. O.K., I’M AWAKE!!!!!!

By: SpamVet—(((I’ll speak for no one else)))

END RESULTS? deep doo doo.

Gotcha.

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 2:31 PM | Link to this

Paul @ 2:02

Thanks for letting us know about this exciting news.

I think all of us should give a big hand to Al Gore for winning a top award in SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY. Now that is an honor he rightly deserves.

By @@

November 27, 2007 2:37 PM | Link to this

ITN:

(((We think “terrorism” is real. We are just not as afraid of a few thousand crazies as you are.)))

It took a measly 19 terrorists from various MEastern countries to kill 3,000 of our citizens.

The radical extremists are now undergoing isolation in their own little corner of the world not to mention the entire world.

I suggest you stay in your little cocoon while the rest of the world sees the light.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 2:38 PM | Link to this

[[[Holt turns up the heat on Klein. Rep. Rush Holt (D-NJ) sets the record straight, after Time magazine columnist Joe Klein ignorantly claimed the Democrats’ FISA reform legislation “would give terrorists the same legal protections as Americans.” Holt explains the Reform Act “explicitly states that no court order is required to listen to the conversations of foreigners that happen to pass through the U.S. telecommunications system. It does not grant Constitutional rights to foreign terrorists.” Glenn Greenwald writes, “It would be nice if other Congressional Democrats spoke up and objected to Time’s false smearing of them.” Meanwhile, FDL reports that Time is circling the wagons around Klein, refusing to answer questions about his errors. }}}

By Dusty

November 27, 2007 2:41 PM | Link to this

Oh my goodness,

IN THE NEWS has finished her yard work and now shovels out a long liberal credo. Just one thing has me wondering (the rest is old stuff): “The Prince”?? New book? Old book? Mystery? Who knows.

Well, see you later. Things to do and places to go. Bye now…

By RB from Gwinnett

November 27, 2007 2:46 PM | Link to this

{{{We believe if anything destroys this nation it will be you and your cohorts - from within. Giving away what my ancestors fought for because you cannot be brave in the face of danger.}}}

Please explain how retreat and surrender makes you brave in the face of danger? I don’t get that.

Your list looks like a typical liberal collection of soundbites that sound great on CNN, but have no relevance to whats really going on in the world.

What exactly do you propose we do with a few thousand crazies who intend to kill every last American who will not convert to islam? I realize that sounds a bit like fear mongering, but in light of the THOUSANDS of American deaths at the hands of these crazies prior to our invasion of Iraq, I think you have to accept that the threat is not only real, but was being carried out by the crazies. Or would you like to ignore those facts too as they don’t fit your agenda?

getalife, what is your definition of “coward”? You seem to toss that label on everyone you exchange with here and you either don’t know what the word means, it means something different to you, or you’re and idiot.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 27, 2007 2:49 PM | Link to this

{{{We believe if anything destroys this nation it will be you and your cohorts - from within. Giving away what my ancestors fought for because you cannot be brave in the face of danger.}}}

Please explain how retreat and surrender makes you brave in the face of danger? I don’t get that.

Your list looks like a typical liberal collection of soundbites that sound great on CNN, but have no relevance to whats really going on in the world.

What exactly do you propose we do with a few thousand crazies who intend to kill every last American who will not convert to islam? I realize that sounds a bit like fear mongering, but in light of the THOUSANDS of American deaths at the hands of these crazies prior to our invasion of Iraq, I think you have to accept that the threat is not only real, but was being carried out by the crazies. Or would you like to ignore those facts too as they don’t fit your agenda?

getalife, what is your definition of “coward”? You seem to toss that label on everyone you exchange with here and you either don’t know what the word means, it means something different to you, or you’re and idiot.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 2:50 PM | Link to this

After reading what’s her name’s post

””“Just one thing has me wondering (the rest is old stuff): “The Prince”?? New book? Old book? Mystery? Who knows.”“”

I think perhaps I should have capitalized INTELLECTUALLY LAZY.

Holy cow, that chick is not only not well educated - but proud of it.

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 2:52 PM | Link to this

Thanks for the good laugh:

{{{{By B.P.O.E. November 27, 2007 1:46 PM I have done marijuana, cocaine, mushrooms, lsd, Ecstasy, ———>Angel Dust, and meth.<———— (When I was young.) Crack is different though. Good God. Crack would be a deal breaker.}}}}

I suspect there are a lot of liberals that would be able to say this^^.

It’s explains why they are so goofy and brain dead.

And naive.

Poor little dimwits.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 2:57 PM | Link to this

RB/Zell RB/Zell

We all know what you don’t get. We all know what you don’t get.

Please explain who says we want to retreat and surrender. Please explain who says we want to retreat and surrender.

I don’t ignore facts. I don’t ignore facts.

You do. You do.

We might start by finding out why they want to kill us. We might start by finding out why they want to kill us.

Or we could do it your way. Or we could do it your way.

Bomb the snot out everybody who scares you. Bomb the snot out everybody who scares you.

By getalife

November 27, 2007 2:59 PM | Link to this

RB,

A coward is a failed American who happily gives a government that can’t be trusted, the freedoms millions have fought and died for because they are scared to death.

This is utmost disgrace and dishoner of those who paid the ultimate price for freedom.

They are not going to convert you to Islam coward.

Geez.

By Gordon

November 27, 2007 3:08 PM | Link to this

Georgia 74,

I guess if I used words like “Repudlickers” and “dumdass” I would seem a lot more clever to “complex” person such as yourself. Is 74 your age, year of birth, year of graduation, or I.Q.? I’m guessing the latter.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 3:14 PM | Link to this

{{{{This may come as a surprise to absolutely no one, but what Rudy Giuliani says and what he does are frequently at odds with one another. In the latest example, Candidate Giuliani hates earmarks, but Businessman Giuliani loves ‘em.

Giuliani, the Republican presidential front-runner, last month pledged to “get rid of” so-called earmarks, which cost taxpayers about $13 billion this year, saying his party should promote “fiscal discipline.” Just weeks later, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP won $3 million worth of projects for its clients in defense-spending legislation. […]

In all, Bracewell & Giuliani sought federal earmarks for 14 companies this year, 11 of which hired the firm after Giuliani joined in March 2005, Senate records show. Giuliani, 63, isn’t registered as a lobbyist. The firm paid him $1.2 million last year, according to his personal financial-disclosure form.

The defense-spending legislation approved this month by Congress contained funding for three of those clients, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense, a Washington-based advocacy group that opposes special projects that lawmakers insert in spending bills without public debate.

Republican consultant Eddie Mahe responded, “It’s a bit hypocritical. He profits from it. I don’t think Joe Sixpack is going to buy into that.”

For Giuliani to run on anti-earmark platform after (successfully) fighting for clients’ earmarks in private practice requires even more cognitive dissonance than most of the former mayor’s contradictions.}}}}

By @@

November 27, 2007 3:20 PM | Link to this

Damn, I think Republicans can just sit back and watch on this one…

The Clinton-Obama camps got into a new war of words Monday over reports that Obama’s political action committee may have directed a majority of its campaign contributions to politicians in the key early nominating states.

(((“On the campaign trail, Senator Obama is outspoken about his desire to reform the campaign finance system so it was surprising to learn that he has been using his PAC in a manner that appears to be inconsistent with the prevailing election laws,” Clinton’s campaign said in a statement.)))

(((Obama’s campaign then took aim at Clinton’s reluctance to release financial, fundraising and White House records in full.)))

(((“The latest personal attack from Hillary Clinton is a completely false attempt to misrepresent Barack Obama’s full disclosure of his campaign finances,” Obama spokesman Bill Burton said in a statement, adding that Clinton is in no position to point fingers until she discloses her own White House records.)))

Won’t need to be uncovering the dirt. The dems are throwing it in their own playpen and they’re using shovels too.

Oooooo, N-A-S-T-Y.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 3:27 PM | Link to this

McCain: Huckabee’s Pakistan comments ‘totally unnecessary’

Romney says Republican rival Giuliani praised Clinton’s health care plan

OH NO! POLITICAL CANDIDATES HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS AND STATE THEM PUBLICALLY!

SAVE US FROM THOSE NASTY BOYS!

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 3:35 PM | Link to this

{{{{{Iraqi parliament unlikely to approve long-term presence. In a White House press briefing yesterday, Iraq war czar Gen. Doug Lute claimed that the Bush administration would not need congressional approval for it’s new long-term occupation plan that envisions an endless, unqualified, “enduring” presence in Iraq. Though it is unclear if Lute is correct in his assertion, it is clear, as Spencer Ackerman points out today, that the Iraqi constitution requires “that Iraq’s parliament has to ratify any such agreement.” Considering that 144 out of 275 parliamentarians signed a petition in May for U.S. troops to begin withdrawing, it is unlikely that two-thirds would now vote for them to stay}}}}

By getalife

November 27, 2007 3:37 PM | Link to this

“Hillary to Bush: No Permanent Bases in Iraq”

Bwa.

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 3:38 PM | Link to this

Hey John! Welcome back!

Glad you enjoyed Amsterdam! It is truly like no place on earth! Some of the more constipated wing nuts here need to spend a few months there and lighten up (or light up as the case may be!).

Flying dildos???

As you can see, the more things change the more they stay the same here in this little insane asylum.

The tidy righties seem to have regained a minor second wind and are a tad more emboldened lately. I believe it is because there have been no major blunders by the White House, in what? A couple of weeks?

But with the upcoming GOP You Tube debate, there is SURE to be lots more comedic material after tomorrow.

So watching these lucidity challenged neo-rats and assorted climatological experts here scurry around from justification to spin to cover up to lie is mild amusement for the rest of us.

And 2008 hasn’t even started yet!

Again, John, welcome back to the fray and give it to ‘em with both barrels.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 3:39 PM | Link to this

AmVet 1:55

“his amazing lack of relevant knowledge and intellectual curiosity ” (re. Pres Bush)

If I may offer an alternate viewpoint - I know that statement has received wide play over the years. When he would go to Camp David for some rest and recreation and reporters would ask “how’s he going to relax?” and the Press Sec would respond with some books, the result was generally “yeah, right” smirks.

I was reading a piece about changes in thought about conducting insurgency operations - military and diplomatic. The writer noted, somewhat in passing, that Pres Bush had just finished reading Alistair Horne’s “A Savage War of Peace: Algeria 1954-1962” - all 604 pages of it and was wont to refer to the ideas in discussions.

My impression is more he’s a “hands-off” delegator. Okay style depending upon the type of organization, but as the Chief Executive, with some underlings who were quite ideological with their own agendas, I think a more engaging style would have been called for.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 3:40 PM | Link to this

In The News 2:40

Association is not causation.

By @@

November 27, 2007 3:42 PM | Link to this

That’s what I like about Giuliani ITN…he’s flexible and works well with Democrats. I didn’t read your link though. Does that mean I’m not interested? Yep…sure does.

Don’t think I’d like having my medical decisions made by Hillary and government though. You may want to trust a government that you display distrust for daily. Not me.

I’ll trust government with national security but they pretty much suck at anything else they attempt to improve upon.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this

Shop for America! (It’s a Very GWB Christmas!)

By mm

November 27, 2007 3:43 PM | Link to this

Dusty at 1:48,

{{{Liberals want us to lose the war, incriminate our leaders and reinvent terrorism into a gentle purr. It simply does not ring true for me.}}}

Please stop posting. You keep showing your stupidity.

@@ at 2:37,

{{{The radical extremists are now undergoing isolation in their own little corner of the world not to mention the entire world.}}}

{{{I suggest you stay in your little cocoon while the rest of the world sees the light.}}}

The rest of the world is actually going after the extremists instead of meddling in a civil war like we are.

RB at 2:46,

{{{What exactly do you propose we do with a few thousand crazies who intend to kill every last American who will not convert to islam?}}}

You are about to pass Dusty on the stupid meter. Go hide in the closet.

Dr. Willson said most researchers expected greenhouse gases to warm the planet by 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit over the next 100 years. Solar irradiance could add another 0.72 degrees, he said.

A resurgent El Nino and persistently high levels of greenhouse gases are likely to make 2007 the world’s hottest year since recordkeeping began in the mid-1800s, Britain’s weather agency said Thursday.

By RB from Gwinnett

November 27, 2007 3:46 PM | Link to this

{{{A coward is a failed American who happily gives a government that can’t be trusted, the freedoms millions have fought and died for because they are scared to death.}}}

Lovely… What freedoms have I supposedly given up? And before you throw out warrantless wiretapping, that only applies to calls made overseas to suspected terrorists and that doesn’t include me, so please be specific.

{{{They are not going to convert you to Islam coward.}}}

You’re finally right about something. Commandment no. 1 says “thall shalt not put any god before me”. And I won’t. I will never bow to allah or budda or muhammad or any other idol.

BTW, the definition of a coward is “1. a person who lacks courage in facing danger, difficulty, opposition, pain, etc.; a timid or easily intimidated person.” Sounds a lot like the Dems position on Iraq to me… “It’s too hard” waaaaaaaaaaa

By IN THE NEWS 2:57 PM ITN, do you feel smarter now? Do you call mom and say “hey mom, my post button only posts my incessant drivel one time vs. two like others!! Aren’t you proud of me??!!!!” Idiot.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 3:50 PM | Link to this

Uriah 3:40

Apples are not oranges.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 3:56 PM | Link to this

RB - Zell

I don’t buy your double post excuse.

You just want to create a specific identity.

Schmuck

By @@

November 27, 2007 3:58 PM | Link to this

(((The rest of the world is actually going after the extremists instead of meddling in a civil war like we are.)))

In the past that statement wouldn’t have been true. They’ve been flushed….out for lack of a better word.

Nope, on second thought FLUSHED works well.

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 3:58 PM | Link to this

Paul, this was the interview where I first realized, perhaps unfairly, that W was going to get in WAY over his head and was clearly NOT the right man for the job. Was I prescient or did I just luck out?

Either way it doesn’t matter other than that the nation has had to endure arguably the worst foreign policy debacles since Viet Nam.

November 5, 1999

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Texas Gov. George W. Bush is enduring sharp criticism for being unable to name the leaders of four current world hot spots, but President Bill Clinton says Bush “should, and probably will, pick up” those names.

The front-runner for the 2000 Republican presidential nomination faltered Thursday in an international affairs pop quiz posed by Andy Hiller, a political reporter for WHDH-TV in Boston.

Hiller asked Bush to name the leaders of Chechnya, Taiwan, India and Pakistan. Bush was only able to give a partial response to the query on the leader of Taiwan, referring to Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui simply as “Lee.” He could not name the others.

“Can you name the general who is in charge of Pakistan?” Hiller asked, inquiring about Gen. Pervaiz Musharraf, who seized control of the country October 12.

“Wait, wait, is this 50 questions?” asked Bush.

Hiller replied: “No, it’s four questions of four leaders in four hot spots.”

By Paul

November 27, 2007 3:59 PM | Link to this

In The News 2:57

“We might start by finding out why they want to kill us.”

Why keep asking the same questions when our enemy has already given us the answer?

Because we’re part of the House of War. Not the House of Peace. We’re not Islam. We stand in the way of the caliphate.

Easy, yes?

In The News 3:00

A fundamentalist, Islamic regime who would use the offices of the leader of one of the greatest infidel groups that directed the Crusades should give anyone second thoughts about their sincerity. But not their manipulations.

In The News 3:14

Because there’s a difference in one’s role and objectives as a Federal official and as a businessman. Same reason Ron Paul seeks and gets earmarks.

@@ 3:20

Hillary fights dirty. But most of us knew that.

Makes some all warm and fuzzy as a harbinger of how she’ll conduct a Presidency, eh?

In The News 3:27 [[OH NO! POLITICAL CANDIDATES HAVE DIFFERING OPINIONS AND STATE THEM PUBLICALLY!

SAVE US FROM THOSE NASTY BOYS!]]

Quite a refreshing change from the Democratic mantra of “don’t speak ill or disagree with another Democrat,” isn’t it?

getalife 3:37

[[“Hillary to Bush: No Permanent Bases in Iraq”]]

So how’s that square with Hillary’s plans for the region? I know!!!! She’ll rent temporary buildings so she can say the bases aren’t “permanent.”

Gotta watch her.

By Moses

November 27, 2007 3:59 PM | Link to this

@@ Perhaps you should review old #6.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

ITN 3:40

Glad you saw the point. It’s the same fallacy as “More Bibles are sold in Kentucky than in any other state. Kentucky has the highest per capita whiskey consumption in the US. Therefore, Bible readers are heavy whiskey drinkers.”

Association. Not causation.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 4:04 PM | Link to this

Check out this source!

[LOTT’S SURPRISE The tin-foil-hat crowd was almost immediately pushing a Jack Abramoff angle to the surprise resignation of Sen. Trent Lott. But a more recent scandal brewing — which has already ensnared Sen. Ted Stevens, among others — may also be playing on Lott’s mind.

Lott, Stevens, as well as Rep. Dennis Hastert all have ties to Bill Allen, a larger than life Alaskan businessman who owned Veco, an oil-field services company, and who was a huge benefactor of Republican politicians. Between 1980 and 2000, Allen, Veco executives and Allen’s friends generated more than $1 million in political donations](http://www.spectator.org/dsparticle.asp?artid=12353)

By RB from Gwinnett

November 27, 2007 4:05 PM | Link to this

By mm 3:43 PM

Are you saying all the bombings by the few thousand crazies didn’t really happen, that several thousand Americans aren’t really dead, the boogie man did it, or what? What part of “convert to islam or die you infidel” are you not getting? Do you think that’s some kind of joke I just made up? Are you really that naive about what’s been going on in the world over the last 15 years, or are you just not very bright? As I said before, this might sound like a joke except for the FACT there are several thousand dead Americans whose families can attest to the fact the several thousand crazies are serious about their intent to do us harm.

Why do they hate us?? Because the peace loving religion of islam tells them to. You can make the claim it’s about our foreign policy, but then you have to explain why they also bomb Spain, France, and others who obviously don’t share our positions on foreign policy. You do remember the 900+ burned automobiles in France a year or so ago, don’t you? At the hands of muslim youths. Fool.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 4:15 PM | Link to this

AmVet 3:56

I remember that story. I thought Pres Clinton’s response was a fair one.

But “Chechnya, Taiwan, India and Pakistan” in 1999?

Can you imagine if at the next Democratic debate the candidates are asked to name the heads of state for:

Indonesia - site of one of the biggest battlegrounds with Islamists.

Uzbekistan - country with which we’ve had sharp differences over policies which affected our basing rights - think in terms of Hillary’s new vision for our Middle East presence.

I’ll stop at two, not four. Get the idea?

Then maybe the questioner could turn to the camera and ask the same of the “international foreign affairs reporters” in the press pool -

By @@

November 27, 2007 4:20 PM | Link to this

Moses @ 3:59:

Thanks old man. Been to the Red Sea lately?

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 4:27 PM | Link to this

ITS A MIRACLE!

RB/ZELL/F.Hanson has been cured of doublepostitis!

Praise Cheeses!

Has he been to see Benny Hinn?

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 4:37 PM | Link to this

Hey Paul, as I said it was just a very strong feeling I got watching that interview that a Bush administration was going to be a train wreck. I wish beyond wish I had been wrong, but can you tell me I was?

My assertion has always been the same - GWB is a pretty smart guy. UNLESS you compare him, on average, to all of his predecessors. Then I believe he drags the score down. A gentleman’s C at Yale or not.

His ability to select advisors is just one of the many areas where he showed IMHO terrible judgment. And then deferring to these yes men shows he again is not the brightest bulb in the chandelier.

But again IMHO it is only the RESULTS that matter and to the extent that intellect is a predictor of them, then it is useful.

Your second point is totally irrelevant.

Who cares one iota if ANY reporter knows the answers to those questions or not?

It is not their job. It IS the job of the leader of the free world.

By @@

November 27, 2007 4:38 PM | Link to this

LAHORE: Punjab Governor Lt-Gen (Retd) Khalid Maqbool, welcoming the return of PML-N Chief Muhammad Nawaz Sharif and PPP Chairperson Benazir Bhutto to the country, has said the episode should not be taken as the government’s weakness rather it showed wisdom.

(((When asked whether the President would be less powerful after doffing off the uniform, he said the real strength of the President was his services for the welfare of the common man. He said that after the President’ doffing off the uniform, the army would veer away from the politics, but the President would continue to enjoy the support of national institutions.)))

(((On emergency, he said that emergency was not a hurdle in the way of free and fair elections and the government was moving towards the lifting of emergency.)))

(((Maqbool said the security situation in Pakistan did not allow rallies and public gatherings and the government had to change traditional style of politics for the safety and welfare of the masses.)))

(((To another question, he said the role of Benazir Bhutto would be useful in the national politics after Nawaz Sharif’s return.)))

I find that last sentence intriguing.

Sharif and Bhutto hate each other. Sharif a religious extremist and Bhutto a secularist.

I keep asking myself “What’s going on in Pakistani politics?”

I’m patient. I’ll just have to wait and see.

By RW-(the original)

November 27, 2007 4:40 PM | Link to this

ITFS,

Everybody else here could double post all of their posts and the grand total wouldn’t reach yours.

@@,

It doesn’t matter how much dirt the Democrats throw at each other. Anything that sticks will be blamed on Republicans. Keep in mind it was Al Gore that first introduced us to Willie Horton in the 1988 primary season.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 4:41 PM | Link to this

In The News

The first time I saw Benny Hinn in the tv listings I thought it was a misprint for Benny Hill and thought “great! They’re running the shows again. I set up the recorder.

One of the great disappointments of my life.

I wasn’t sure if it was supposed to be a comedy show, though -

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 4:43 PM | Link to this

RW are you RB/Zell/F.Hanson?

By @@

November 27, 2007 4:44 PM | Link to this

ITN @ 4:27:

RB sounds like the kinda guy who’s likely to appease children.

(((By IN THE NEWS November 27, 2007 3:56 PM | Link to this)))

(((RB - Zell

I don’t buy your double post excuse.

You just want to create a specific identity.

Schmuck)))

You sounded a little “pouty” up there so maybe he took “pity” on your “pouty”.

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 4:50 PM | Link to this

OMG Paul!

Mistaking Benny Hill for Benny Hinn!

How incredibly hysterical!

Both are funny; but one, the Englishman, is funny as in humorous. And the other, is funny, but as in just plain weird!!!

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 4:51 PM | Link to this

Or maybe, @@ he’s been putting you on.

Gullible.

By N-GA

November 27, 2007 4:52 PM | Link to this

So Abu Dhabi invests $7.5 Billion in Citigroup. They have to do something with all those petrodollars before they become worthless. Citigroup is committed to paying more than 11% dividend on those funds (convertible to common shares) when they pay only 7.3% on their standard dividend.

I more than suspect that foreign countries and/or companies are buying up US assets (stocks, real estate, watersheds, etc.) using weak dollars as this is being written.

And the worst is yet to come. You always have to pay the piper……

By Paul

November 27, 2007 4:52 PM | Link to this

AmVet

There’s something to be said for gut reactions. My point about the advisors - it’s why I’m keenly interested in who the candidates pick. Hillary’s recycles don’t instill much confidence. I’m thinking of Berger.

Possibly that’s why Pres Bush is engaged in reading such tomes now? One can only hope.

Possibly you thought the second point irrelevant in context of the candidates. My point was, many reporters who are assigned to such beats seem to possess very little background in the histories, regions, peoples, culture, etc of their assigned areas. They can be quick to criticize actions of government officials, but they themselves lack any background against which to test their assertions. Rather like assigning a reporter to Venezuela who’d never heard of it until Chavez entered the picture. Whose stories regularly refer to American injustice in the region.

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 4:52 PM | Link to this

{{{{By DHIMMI THE NEWS November 27, 2007 4:04 PM Check out this source! [LOTT’S SURPRISE The tin-foil-hat crowd was almost immediately pushing a Jack Abramoff angle to the surprise resignation of Sen. Trent Lott. But a more recent scandal brewing — which has already ensnared Sen. Ted Stevens, among others — may also be playing on Lott’s mind.}}}}

How many posts do you reckon this bozo has under it’s belt, hundreds of thousands, the little idiot still tries to link two separate paragraphs together, what a clueless clod.

And isn’t it surprising that Conservatives don’t try to lie, spin or cover up their problems, instead they report them honestly and openly and then the “guilty” will resign his position, not further disgracing his high office?

Unlike your average pinko, a certain presidential candidate comes quickly to mind, who will try several different lies out on the same day to see which one works the best with “her” slobbering goony supporters.

democrats are just natural scumbags.

By @@

November 27, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this

RW @ 4:40:

I know that’s true. In ITN’s 3:14 accusing Giuliani our resident newshound was either not eager to or too dishonest to acknowledge this (sorry for all the dancing TuTus)

(((The defense-spending legislation approved this month by ——>Congress<—— contained funding for three of those clients)))

By Betty

November 27, 2007 4:54 PM | Link to this

Its sad really. That a board of this stature is reduced to such idiocy.

Lets get one thing straight people. We don’t ridicule the leftist here because of Bosch’s short comings as a liberal spokesman. We don’t pretend that all you lefties are as simple as Bosch is.

Yet here you so-called big hearted liberals pound poor RB every time he posts here. You’re like big bullies picking on the weak.

We don’t need that here. You “big man” bloggers seem to disappear when the heavy hitters are up. Buy Danish squishes all of you like bugs. She is one of the best posters here. By far, and leaves you libs in a cloud of dust. You’re not so tough when the Queen Bee is around.

Un-Friggen-Bee-lievable liberals, pick on someone your own size. Leave poor RB alone.

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 4:57 PM | Link to this

I never thought Benny Hill was funny.

Give me Monty Python anytime!

Ah, The ministry of silly walks!

By IN THE NEWS

November 27, 2007 5:00 PM | Link to this

I’m so glad the radical right has Betty to do battle for them.

Maybe they’ll call in the cavalry/Veronica/Archie!

Do you think she thinks RB is the very best poster here now that we seldom see Buy Danish?

By RW-(the original)

November 27, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

ITFS,

I’m RW-(the original) unless you can get back to the very early archives when I was only RW. That’s the only name I post under. Do all you libs have fuzzy crystal balls?

~~~~~~~~~~

Obama standing in front of a high school class and without solicitation telling them of his drug use might have been alright if he had shown them it had any consequences. He told them he drank, smoked pot, and did blow when he could afford it. Then he said he went to college, realized he had wasted a lot of time, was now a US Senator and wanted to be President.

Now what does a high school kid here in that sequence? He/she hears that they can do whatever they want in High School and it won’t make a bit of difference to the rest of their lives.

Our last Democrat President taught our youth that oral sex wasn’t sex and mainstreamed it and now a man that wants to be our next Democrat President tells them to go ahead and stay high while you’re at it.

Pitiful!

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

ITN, I say we ALL start double posting!

That’ll show ‘em!

Seriously, it is most ironic (at least to me anyway) that some here are absolutely obsessed with playing Inspector Clouseau as regards the scorned upon use of multiple IDs.

And as I have noted before I have had to endure the false accusations from these poorly read cretins myself.

Actually, I find it pretty funny as some here are very interesting and definitely worth reading, no matter if they use one name, or nine. And no matter their politics.

While the others offer us dried out, awful tasting turkey stuffing.

I mean who cares if the loons use various monikers? The drivel is unmistakably the same and easily skipped.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 5:01 PM | Link to this

N-GA

I’ve a nephew who works for a European firm. I suggested he renegotiate his contract to get paid in Euros. He just grinned - evidently it’d been tried several times in the company.

We remember what happened when the Piper didn’t get paid, don’t we?

By getalife

November 27, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this

Betty,

Your hero is RW pretending to be a woman.

Weird huh?

Paid troll.

Idiot.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 5:04 PM | Link to this

In The News

I’ve tickets for Spamalot this season. Looking forward to it. I keep trying to convince my wife it’ll be worthwhile -

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 5:10 PM | Link to this

ITN, granted Benny Hill is no Monty Python.

But tell me good sir, who the hell is? Or ever was?

I’ll take that one. NO ONE on either side of the pond.

King Arthur: Consult the Book of Armaments.

Brother Maynard: Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one.

Cleric: [reading] And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, “O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy.” And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu…

P.S. @@ just loves it when the MP quotes start coming out…

By getalife

November 27, 2007 5:10 PM | Link to this

Obama has been corrupted by the pro weed lobby.

Score weed er one for Obama.

Geez.

By @@

November 27, 2007 5:14 PM | Link to this

Oh puhleeeeeze HUGE/AmVet…

(((And as I have noted before I have had to endure the false accusations from these poorly read cretins myself.)))

once a multi-ID poster, there’s always the likelihood that you will continue to be one. It goes to credibility of the witness if ‘ya know what I mean…

and you DO KNOW WHAT I MEAN.

Did you volunteer that you were now posting under a different name HUGE when you arrived as SpamVet? NO…you had to get caught and only then did you acknowledge it.

The conservatives have caught so many liberals posting under multiple IDs, it/they have become laughable.

By RW-(the original)

November 27, 2007 5:14 PM | Link to this

Blowhard,

Since all of your posts say exactly the same thing nobody would realize if it if you did double post.

By @@

November 27, 2007 5:22 PM | Link to this

Yes SpamVet, I do like it when the Monty Python quotes come out. Monty Python has somewhat of a “cult” following.

You/HUGE/AmVet, Blackadder and OoTMVoD are all in the same cult.

By Objective Observer

November 27, 2007 5:25 PM | Link to this

“”The conservatives have caught so many liberals posting under multiple IDs, it/they have become laughable.”“

LOL

By RW-(the original)

November 27, 2007 5:26 PM | Link to this

Apparently the following two headlines were up at Drudge together today.

{{{{{NYT Tuesday: Clinton relying on elderly women to help her win Iowa…}}}}}

{{{{{{Streisand Endorses Hillary…}}}}}

By @@

November 27, 2007 5:35 PM | Link to this

I see Oooooo Oooooo has arrived with hand raised just hoping that someone…anyone will notice that she now posts under my previous moniker which I informed everyone I was changing to @@ since my Objectivity was constantly called into question by all liberals.

I lost my objectivity long ago. It had a lot to do with liberal “nuts” and their lack thereof.

By Rover

November 27, 2007 5:41 PM | Link to this

Hey Luckoduh,

Stop cutting and pasting rants like the above unless you’re willing to acknowledge the author/blogger.

Looks like you’re trying to pass off far-right opinion as fact.

By N-GA

November 27, 2007 5:41 PM | Link to this

I suspect that someone will “Swiftjoint” Obama….

By Glenn

November 27, 2007 5:42 PM | Link to this

IN THE NEWS @ 3:14,

How old are you? Do you know anything about politics, or do you just pretend to be worldly wise beyond your teen years? How about torts and Con. Law? Did the term “republication of libel” appear in your Civics textbook?

Have you ever heard of a “placed story”, because the one you republished, the one containing the tortious libel, is such a story. The first sentence and the last contain false accusations against Giuliani, who demonstrably did not lobby for anyone, at any time, after going to work a couple years ago for Bracewell, who built an enormous global law firm which does indeed do some lobbying. So what.

Mr. Giuliani is now a private citizen, free to sue your arse off, and the AJC’s, and prevail. You’d better hope he gets the nomination so he won’t have time to clean up his reputation in court.

He’s a prosecutor, after all.

Idiot.

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 5:42 PM | Link to this

Now now @@, don’t don’t take take yourself yourself so so seriously seriously like like RW RW (and his gerbel).

You troglodyte I gave you how many clues? How many Python quotes and how many Rundgren verses?

Do you honestly think I’m afraid of getting “caught” by a “conservative” troll such as yourself? I’ll tell you to your face you’re a paranoid fool, I don’t need multiple monikers to do that for Chrissakes.

And let’s face facts, you couldn’t find your own a$$ with both hands but you still insist you did the Scooter Libby in “outing’ me.

Just like a Republican Inspector Clouseau but without any wit or humor.

No worries though. I still laugh at your writings from time to time anyway.

Here’s another clue boobs. Note the last verse.

Cowboy-politician suckin’ up to the aristocracy

Not even sure if you like democracy

Tryin’ to establish an American royalty, a personal dynasty

Priests-of-the-airwaves let the buyer beware, it’s a jungle out there

So buy my advice and don’t think twice

Then me and your money will go someplace sunny

Celebrity-stud-monkey

Kiss and tell, got a book to sell

‘Cause you don’t excel or do anything well

Since you slipped past thirty, better keep the sex dirty

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 5:42 PM | Link to this

Look at our resident “millionaire” who has no clue whatsoever of the dealings of big business, just whiney little kook slogans to throw around like some wannabe Pat Buchanan:

{{{{By N-GA November 27, 2007 4:52 PM So Abu Dhabi invests $7.5 Billion in Citigroup. They have to do something with all those petrodollars before they become worthless. Citigroup is committed to paying more than 11% dividend on those funds (convertible to common shares) when they pay only 7.3% on their standard dividend.}}}}

I can just imagine what these liberals are thinking in their empty heads, the Arabs pulling the Citigroup Headquarters out of the ground and taking it home with them, I’m sure.

Dhabi made a shrewd investment in what they saw as a solid growth company, the 11% only gets returned from future profits, duh.

If Citi doesn’t make money, neither do the Arabs.

And check this out, Citi is a subprime “risk,” clearer heads must not see this as such a big problem.

In fact, they see potential in us.

Which is marvelous, look at what the DOW did in reaction to the good news.

Say, NG-A, how did you make that “million?”

Mommy’s money?

By @@

November 27, 2007 5:57 PM | Link to this

Oh poo SpamVet:

(((You troglodyte I gave you how many clues? How many Python quotes and how many Rundgren verses?)))

Always “the pomp” of little circumstance. I can still rile you and I love it.

Hell, I even dropped a couple of your other names out of kindness to your over-inflated ego. Something that one has when feeling less than adequate.

Lighten up? I fly light. Remember, to me this blog is just a game. You may wanna check the “runt” er rant @ 5:42.

You’re way too easy Spammer.

By RW-(the original)

November 27, 2007 6:02 PM | Link to this

One thing that’s consistent about these moonbat(ic)s®, they sure blow a gasket every time they get confronted with their sockpuppet ID’s and their namejacking.

The parrot spent two whole days spamming the board after she got caught, Blackadder left us a suicide note the day after his nicjacking episode came to light, finch went into an asylum for a few months, and now Blowhard throwing his HUGE hissy fit.

By Paul

November 27, 2007 6:07 PM | Link to this

AmVet 5:10

My TomTom (car navigation unit) has an optional voice. John Cleese.

My wife has threatened bodily harm if I install it.

That’s an assumption. I believe her words were “Just remember… you have to fall asleep sometime…”

N-GA 5:41

And I’m afraid it could well emanate from the camp of a fellow Democratic candidate -

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 6:08 PM | Link to this

Runt? You have been checking out Todd, haven’t you?

And now I find you changed your name once, too?

OH MY GOD!OH MY GOD!OH MY GOD!OH MY GOD!OH MY GOD!

Pray tell? What was it before? Not Not? Or **? Maybe !@#$%^&?

The rank hypocrisy! The utter indignation! The sheer luncacy!

Go on! Pull the other one!

By @@

November 27, 2007 6:08 PM | Link to this

Oops there’s two 5:42 posts. I was referring to AmVet not Luckoduh.

Nosiree…Luckoduh’s no runt. I’d put my money on Luckoduh against the SpamVet any day.

By Tiny Tim

November 27, 2007 6:09 PM | Link to this

f-f-f

“Do not use that word again, Tiny Tim. Dont do it. I’m warning you.”

F-F-F-F

“Tiny Tim! Stop right there, young man. Do not say what you’re thinkin.”

ff-ff—fffff-ff-f-f-f-

“No! Bad Tiny Tim. Very Bad Tiny Tim. Dont say it.”

Oh, alright, then God bless us everyone.

“That’s great, Tiny Tim. Now dont you feel better? See? You dont have to swear to communicate with peoples. You’re a good boy, Tiny Tim.”

f-f-fa que, mom.

By @@

November 27, 2007 6:14 PM | Link to this

RW:

Let’s not forget JJG who left us with lyrics to a song from the 60’s. Vowed that he would NEVER return. Said he wanted to change this site into a place for “CIVIL” discussion.

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 6:16 PM | Link to this

Paul, I think females just don’t GET Monty Python.

That’s what make me so suspicious of @@. (Einhorn’s a MAN???!!!)

Just kidding, just kidding.

Looks like I’ve really riled up the “natives” today though, no?

Such indignation over such meaningless stuff. You’d think I said something bad about their drunken criminal fathers and their smelly mothers and their…

Just kidding, just kidding. Again.

By Glenn

November 27, 2007 6:19 PM | Link to this

@@, I ain’t Luckoduh. I’m Glenn Gilbert. Luckoduh and I write alike, but I’m more green at this, and ponderous. He’s the resourceful one. Fortunately we have the same politics, or else we’d each have to live up to the other’s reputation. I’ve used alter egos, but I’ve never stolen somebody’s identity.

Tiny Tim, go to Hell you sniveling hack. Go find another world to edit. Isn’t that what liberals dream of, editing our world to make it more to their liking?

Fornicate off.

By @@

November 27, 2007 6:21 PM | Link to this

Let’s see now…I changed my name right about the time Buy Danish was forced to change hers because of all the liberal namejackers posting under her Buy Danish. She ANNOUNCED RIGHT HERE that she would be calling herself the Empress of Elba or something like that.

I ANNOUNCED FOR ALL TO SEE that if she got to change her name I did too.

Do you see the difference SpamVet. We ANNOUNCED our name change. You tried to slip past us but we caught’cha.

Ha…ChaCha.

By RW-(the original)

November 27, 2007 6:25 PM | Link to this

Blowhard,

We’re just happy you manged to type a post without the words “neocon” and “bloodbath” in it. Congratulations, even if the only way you can do it is cutting and pasting song lyrics or movie dialog.

@@,

Imagine that, cutting and pasting some 60’s lyrics and vowing never to return after posing as the voice of moderation. I think it’s where they get their immature feelings of invincibility from. Some of these clowns really think their sockpuppets are real.

By @@

November 27, 2007 6:26 PM | Link to this

Glenn:

I never thought you were Luckoduh. He also had a post at 5:42.

SpamVet sandwiched between you and Luckoduh. It’s a squeeze play. Wanna join in the fun?

It ain’t Friday but what the heck.

By Glenn

November 27, 2007 6:38 PM | Link to this

@@, Ah. A 5:42 unwholesome threesome.

Bent Tim, who has whims of twisted funkadelic solid-form ego, has obviously seen many a chimaera in his time, one of them his first original thought in many a moon: that Luckoduh and I are the same person, even when we post simultaneously.

By @@

November 27, 2007 6:38 PM | Link to this

Oh poo again SpamVet:

(((That’s what make me so suspicious of @@. (Einhorn’s a MAN???!!!))))

What makes you suspicious of me is that I’m an “Ace” Ventura and I’ve made YOU my pet.

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 6:51 PM | Link to this

{{{{Penn mischaracterized this latest online Zogby poll as our first interactive survey ever – a bizarre contention, since we have been developing and perfecting our Internet polling methodology for nearly a decade (Zogby Intreractive Methodology), and since Penn’s company has been quietly requesting the results of such polls from Zogby for years.}}}}

{{{{Because Mark Penn is a quality pollster himself, we chalk up his contention that our poll is “meaningless” as a knee–jerk reaction by a campaign under pressure coming down the stretch. Several other polls – Zogby surveys and others – have shown her national lead and her leads in early–voting states like Iowa and New Hampshire have shrunk.}}}}

So if he freaked over one bad poll, what will this pencil neck geek mofo do when B&%$! Klintoon loses the nomination?

Should be fun to watch.

By @@

November 27, 2007 6:54 PM | Link to this

Glenn:

I like this:

(((one of them his first original thought in many a moon: that Luckoduh and I are the same person)))

I’d say that their greatest fear is in what they have become. In psychology it’s known as blame displacement or guilt transference.

They’ve accused me of being Dusty, Buy Danish, Luckoduh, RW and one of them even thought I was Paul.

Unfreakin’ believable. <—— A Buy Danish signature sign-off.

Some leftist came in here earlier posting as Betty just oozing with sarcasm. They mistook him/her for a conservative. Either that or someone was talking to themselves.

They’re the wierdest bunch I’ve ever encountered. I didn’t know people like them existed until I visited this site. I was more inclined to give everyone the benefit of the doubt.

By AmVet

November 27, 2007 7:04 PM | Link to this

Oh yes, @@, that was it, “I tried to slip past ya”. Nuts.

When I found this place about 18 months ago, I discovered it was fouled by Andy. And I am not exaggerating when I say every other word of his was an invective or vulgar swear word and the place was an absolute insane asylum.

I liked this newly discovered blogging and decided I’d give this place a go. But I simply wasn’t going to tolerate this one particularly loathsome hatemonger ruining this blog. I soon took up a mission to clean up my local paper’s blog and said so. @@, the first Great Defender of Andy said, “Who are you? We’ve been here longer. If you don’t like it STFU or go someplace else.”

I repeatedly declined.

And after some time the people here joined in, fought fire with fire and we did the Harry Truman on Curly. There were consequences, some of them unforeseen. After the mushroom cloud settled, he eventually blew a fuse BIG time, was a VERY naughty boy and ended up banned for some long period of time.

His ardent supporters to this day deny any knowledge of this sad episode.

I had already voluntarily left as I could see the writing on the wall and when I returned five months later, I learned of his absence and emasculation. That was earlier this year (March or April?) and when I returned as AmVet, I vowed to never post under another name. And never have.

And my presence here truly torques the four or five who are daily obsessed with me and my opinions. And the very large impact I had on their beloved leader.

Meanwhile Andy returned sometime thereafter and before you stands/writes the kinder, gentler “compassionate conservative” Luckoduh. Without the endless vitriol, hate speech and venom that was his thing.

A tiny few and especially @@ hated that the despised foes had won this war and have been seething ever since. She pretends to be a nice girl but… And the others never even made the pretense.

I have enjoyed everyday back, and look forward to more debate with out the filth.

Those are the facts ma’am, just the facts

By Glenn

November 27, 2007 7:04 PM | Link to this

Betty was Tiny Tim, who goes by many names, like one of the demons that the late Father Malachi Martin (on whom Blatty based “Exorcist”) chatted with before destroying. He’s a demonic changeling.

Is the psychophenom you’re talking about related to transference, because that’s what set off his weird spell of thinking that duh and I were one, like two-faced Janus of mythology. (He should put that one in Jung’s pipe and smoke it instead.)

By RW-(the original)

November 27, 2007 7:26 PM | Link to this

Blowhard,

That 7:04 is completely delusional and I dare say you can’t prove a word of it. They do have archives here you know.

It is hysterical to watch you blame all your and your “buddies” bad behavior on Andy though.

You’re a typical liberal punk that wants to shout down everybody else’s opinion but your own and you justify it by saying the person you shouted down was a “hate speaker.”

We, on the right, always have debated leftist opinion here and countered it with our own. If you can’t stand to debate anyone that doesn’t share your narrow world view, why are you here except to attempt to silence others?

Ain’t gonna happen bro.

By Luckoduh

November 27, 2007 7:34 PM | Link to this

{{{{By AmVet November 27, 2007 7:04 PM His ardent supporters to this day deny any knowledge of this sad episode.}}}}

I know my stalker is not that bright but this blog is archived.

If he truly desired to show this “sad episode” to whoever it is that he is trying to impress on this silly little political blog, you’d think he’d go to the archives and produce maybe one of my posts full of “endless vitriol, hate speech and venom that was his thing.”

Funny how he can’t do it.

Maybe he just enjoys babbling about me?

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