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Low-flow governor

By Mike Luckovich | Thursday, January 17, 2008, 10:16 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 8:03 AM | Link to this

{{{{But telling Obama to wait his turn is a tricky proposition. It sounds patronizing and condescending, awakening the kinds of racial grievances white liberals have spent half a century fanning — only to find themselves now singed in the blowback, much to their public chagrin.}}}}

{{{{Who says there’s no justice in this world?}}}}

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I kid you not:

{{{{Instinctive! ill-advised!! Reinstating draconian work!!! residency rules on sex offenders will force predators underground!!!!-Urinal}}}}

I can’t think of a better place for child molesters than “underground.”

Six foot underground.

But no, that would be a positive, foolproof means of protecting our children, like they deserve, of course the libs at the Urinal are against it.

Never met a degenerate that they didn’t like.

~~~~~

{{{{Bin Laden son urges peace-Urinal}}}}

Tell us where daddy is, we’ll give you some “pieces.”

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Mindlessly plodding into the future, status freaking quo:

{{{{Co-ops plan coal-burning power plant-Urinal}}}}

{{{{Georgia Power almost scratches nuclear plans -Urinal}}}}

{{{{The country’s fourth-largest coal producer, Massey Energy Co., will pay a $20 million fine as part of a settlement over allegations it routinely polluted hundreds of streams and waterways in West Virginia and Kentucky.-Urinal}}}}

Coal IS pollution you mouth breathing Neanderthals.

Who do you think is going to pay the $20 million, will it magically fall out of the coal companies as-s?

Stupid, wretched pervert environmentalists, socialist POS, when will the ravaging of our economy stop?

After we’re all broke?

Build the nuke plants, you foul little wankers.

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 8:05 AM | Link to this

{{{{He says the state teachers union, most of whose leadership backs Mrs. Ku Klux Klintoon, realized that the Culinary union would be able to use the casino caucuses to better exercise its clout on behalf of Mr. Obama, and used a law firm with Klux ties to file the suit.}}}}

{{{{“This is the Ku Klux campaign,” he said. “They tried to disenfranchise students in Iowa. Now they’re trying to disenfranchise people here in Nevada.” He later told the Journal’s June Kronholz, “You’d think the Democratic Party elite would disavow this, but the silence has been deafening.” (Late Tuesday the Democratic National Committee quietly filed a motion supporting the Nevada party’s rules.)}}}}

Suing, screaming, discrimination, throwing ashtrays, red faced finger pointing taunts, and that’s just what the libs have done in public.

What mayhem is taking place behind closed doors?

Bwa.

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In the end, we have to face the fact that political intolerance in America — ugly and unfortunate on either side of the political aisle — is to be found more on the left than it is on the right. This may not square with the moral vanity of progressive political stereotypes, but it’s true.

Like we already didn’t know.

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Ku Klux Klintoon voters, the great mass of uneducateds:

{{{{It snowed, but they still came. A heavy snowfall blanketed a global warming protest outside the State House in Annapolis this morning, but it did not dampen the shouts of about 400 activists who urged lawmakers to pass the nation’s toughest greenhouse gas control law.}}}}

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{{{{Now Huckabee has gone from supporting the Bush amnesty plan on immigration and righteously declaring in a debate that children of illegals shouldn’t be punished for the sins of their parents, to promising to chase them all - man, woman and child - from the country. It might be the most nakedly political turnabout any GOP candidate has made in the race.}}}}

By Screw the MSM

January 18, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

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Bless You!

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this

Good lord, what a terrible depiction of Sonny. I don’t like the man (Perdue), but that’s just kind of freaky!

By RW-(the original)

January 18, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this

But I’ve also appreciated Fred’s unwillingness to be somebody he is not. He will not respond like a puppet when a debate moderator tells him to raise his hand to signify a childishly simplistic approval or disapproval of a certain policy. He will not be goaded by interviewers into saying things he doesn’t feel comfortable saying. He won’t divide us with class envy or pretend we can be friends with rogue regimes or terrorists. He does not promise a chicken in every pot or pander to liberals on global warming.

{{{{{He will not otherwise tailor his positions to suit the demands of particular constituencies. For example, he has the courage to preach that Social Security is in trouble, but unlike most others, he doesn’t surrender to the oppressive populist seduction to urge government fixes for it or for health care. Instead, he courageously tells us — if we’ll listen — that the answers lie in greater market forces. (Listen up, conservatives.)}}}}}

{{{{{Fred does not run from his record — more to the point, he doesn’t need to. He shoots straight without the constant self-serving reminders that he does, as in telling us he’s driving the “Straight Talk Express.”}}}}}

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 9:18 AM | Link to this

{{{{“I was a little disturbed by my anger, the currents of which would prove deeper and stronger in the years ahead,” Mr. Ku Klux wrote. “Because of the way Daddy behaved when he was angry and drunk, I associated anger with being out of control and I was determined not to lose control. Doing so could unleash the deeper, constant anger I kept locked away because I didn’t know where it came from.”-Treason Times}}}}

{{{{His so-called “purple fits” and “earthquakes” have been a constant to those who have worked with him. Some have dealt with it by avoiding him, others by simply responding with silence. One senior White House aide, George Stephanopoulos, who was often a target of Mr. Klux’s fury, has written of taking an antidepressant because the vicissitudes of the job were so intense.}}}}

{{{{Aides and advisers to both Ku Klux Klintoons say he tends to explode in anger more often and more fiercely than his wife, whose temper is usually described as that of a slow-burn and clipped-tone variety.}}}}

Nice people, those Klintoons.

They are working soooooo hard on their…..”likeability.”

It must be an enormous effort, seeing how much they hate and despise all of their voters.

You people are nothing but a pain in their as-s, mucking up their lustful quest for power.

Watch out for those flying ashtrays!

By IN THE NEWS

January 18, 2008 9:25 AM | Link to this

Perdue, his task force shortchange children

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 9:28 AM | Link to this

{{{{In Orangeburg, South Carolina, Fred Thompson fired up the crowds with humor and substance. After a long day of talking, he coughed and took a sip of water. “Yeah, I’m choked up,” Thompson said, “but I’m not getting emotional.” The crowd roared. Then Thompson went into his hallmark campaign routine — questions from the crowd. Every event ends that way.}}}}

{{{{It is a unique campaign. Like John McCain, who was written off for dead last June, Fred Thompson has begun a comeback. He has come back as the candidate everyone wanted to get in the race. In the process, he is owning the crowd.}}}}

Bwa.

By getalife

January 18, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this

Canada puts U.S., Israel on torture watchlist

The reason why Powell wants to shut down Gitmo is the first thing on the agenda of all diplomatic meetings is torture and Gitmo.

How pathetic.

I think duh needs to apologize like tweety for attacking Clinton.

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this

{{{{This year the American electorate is more angry and disgruntled than I have seen it in more than four decades of study. Neither the President nor Congress – having failed to win the war, secure our borders or control reckless government spending – have the voters’ trust. The biggest issue this year may not be the war, or taxes, or the economy. Trust could overwhelm them all. And people trust Fred Thompson.}}}}

Bwa.

By IN THE NEWS

January 18, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this

Fred Thompson Says Fox News Is Too Mean to Him

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this

Gosh, where have we heard all of this before:

{{{{Make no mistake about it, you are paying exorbitant prices at the gas pump solely because the environmental terrorists and their Democrat allies in Congress have all but shut down our domestic oil production while refusing to allow the exploration and creation of new sources of this resource so vital to our economic health.}}}}

{{{{To get an idea of just what using nuclear power can do for America, look at the USS Ronald Reagan. During the life of the two nuclear reactors on that carrier, the American taxpayers will be saved $579 billion in fuel costs. Nobody has died on nuclear-powered aircraft carriers or submarines, and nobody has died in the U.S. because of a nuclear accident.}}}}

{{{{We can’t exploit nuclear power or drill for oil in ANWR or the Gulf because Democratic members of congress have been bought and paid for by the most dangerous terrorists in America, the radical environmentalists.}}}}

{{{{They make the Taliban and al Qaeda look like Mother Teresa’s nuns. They have wreaked such havoc here in the U.S. with their terrorist tactics that the president of the United States is reduced to begging for oil, a plentiful domestic resource but, thanks to them, off-limits to the American people.}}}}

{{{{We need a surge here at home to deal with these terrorists. With the Capitol Hill Democrats, they are the American people’s deadliest enemies.}}}}

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{{{{By Autumn 2007, casualties, attacks on civilians, roadside-bombings, assassinations and sectarian violence in Iraq had plummeted. But for the potentates of the press, the drive by anti American media, the lack of bad news from the battlefield didn’t mean that bad news about our military couldn’t be created elsewhere.}}}}

{{{{This collection of sensational headlines is an effective gimmick — but it ignores reality. The homicide rate for 18-34 year old civilians who have never served in the military is actually five times higher than it is for those who are now, or who have recently been in, the Armed Forces.}}}}

By getalife

January 18, 2008 9:45 AM | Link to this

Oh big freaking deal, President Clinton got upset with a reporter accussing him of the lawsuit.

Willard was busted out lying about his lobbyist and got upset.

So freaking what, quit whining and grow up.

Geez.

By Paul

January 18, 2008 9:56 AM | Link to this

getalife 9:45

Actually, I’m rather enjoying watching candidates -from both parties- and their spokespersons challenging reporters. Questions with inaccurate data as premise, misrepresenting records, gotcha journalism - and it’s even better when the cameras are rolling.

By getalife

January 18, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

duh is more shrill than usual today because after SC lazy fred is history.

By MomCat

January 18, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this

By Bosch January 18, 2008 9:01 AM Good lord, what a terrible depiction of Sonny. I don’t like the man (Perdue), but that’s just kind of freaky!

Bosch, did you read Jay Bookman’s 1/17? This is right on. Of course, we are living in a New Georgia.

By getalife

January 18, 2008 10:00 AM | Link to this

Paul,

Yes a little passion shows they care.

I like it too.

By getalife

January 18, 2008 10:07 AM | Link to this

w is going to save the economy from the recession today.

I am guessing more tax cuts for the corps and elites.

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 10:13 AM | Link to this

al-Gitmo: When did they count the votes in S.C?

Or are you looking at the fake polls again?

Bwahahahahaha, fool.

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He is right on one count though, I have been hard on the democrats this morning.

To even things up, allow me to slam a “Republican” pinko:

{{{{As barrels of oil oscillate between $90 and $100, and rising energy prices make driving, flying, and heating costlier, GOP voters should know that McCain rejected drilling in Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge at least four times. Had April 2002 legislation prevailed “to reduce dependence on foreign sources of crude oil and energy…and to promote national security,” an area the size of Washington-Dulles Airport would augment Earth’s petroleum supply. Instead, McCain joined Hillary Clinton and John Edwards to defeat this measure. Thus, U.S. wallets are lighter, the economy is running out of gas, and America pumps increasing billions into OPEC — some of which fuels car bombs.}}}}

By RW-(the original)

January 18, 2008 10:16 AM | Link to this

Where was all this talk of a little passion showing they care when it came to John Bolton?

Later!

By Paul

January 18, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this

ITN 9:39

“Fred Thompson Says Fox News Is Too Mean to Him”

That’s cuz they’re part of the vast Left-Wing Conspiracy.

By Blackadder

January 18, 2008 10:19 AM | Link to this

“I am so proud to be from the state of Minnesota. We’re the workingest state in the country, and the reason why we are, we have more people that are working longer hours, we have people that are working two jobs.” -Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN)

Bachmann’s version of the American Dream is apparently working two full-time jobs and struggling to get by.

Hear that, John Edwards? Americans like working two jobs so corporations can get tax breaks. Two Americas, indeed.

By Blackadder

January 18, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this

Imagine that. The NYT being critical of a Democrat. I know that seems strange to Ricky Wing Nut because FOX Noise is never critical of Republicans. Except for Bill “The Bloody” Kristol, The NYT actually employs journalists.

By getalife

January 18, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this

Bolton is a neocon war monger.

I can’t belive duh is calling his nominee a pinko.

I said after SC kkkook.

By RB from Gwinnett

January 18, 2008 10:32 AM | Link to this

By Blackadder 10:19 AM

You must be part of the simpleton crowd who hasn’t figured out yet corporations don’t pay taxes. People who buy their goods pay the taxes. It’s all passed on and we all foot the bill. That’s one of the lies in foriegn competition. Our companies will always struggle to compete with companies around the world who don’t pay the 35% tax rate ours do. Plus payroll taxes, etc, etc.

You cry about every tax break a company gets like they’re putting the money in their pockets vs. not putting it in the cost of their products and passing it on to consumers. I really don’t think most people have any clue what percent of the cost of anything goes to the government. If you did, you’d be shocked. Big government will destroy us. Figure that out soon, please…

By Paul

January 18, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this

Blackadder 10:24

Welcome back. But to say no one at Fox, be it the news shows or the partisan commentators (Rep and Dem) are “never critical of Republicans” is just a wee bit unsupported by the facts.

Journalists are supposed to report news. Commentators don’t need a degree in journalism. You may want to check the credentials of some on other stations (MSNBC comes to mind) of people who are touted as journalists, not commentators. And what their professional background is in.

So why’ve you been gone so long?

By RB from Gwinnett

January 18, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this

By Blackadder 10:19 AM

You must be part of the simpleton crowd who hasn’t figured out yet corporations don’t pay taxes. People who buy their goods pay the taxes. It’s all passed on and we all foot the bill. That’s one of the lies in foriegn competition. Our companies will always struggle to compete with companies around the world who don’t pay the 35% tax rate ours do. Plus payroll taxes, etc, etc.

You cry about every tax break a company gets like they’re putting the money in their pockets vs. not putting it in the cost of their products and passing it on to consumers. I really don’t think most people have any clue what percent of the cost of anything goes to the government. If you did, you’d be shocked. Big government will destroy us. Figure that out soon, please…

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

Momcat,

I just read Bookman’s column - thanks for the heads up. Sonny Perdue does not strike me as a very intelligent man.

My views about what we need to do about transportation are pretty simple - we need better public transportation all over the state, which is where I think many of the GA DOT funds should go.

But yes, the governor’s speech, at least the parts I’ve read seemed just the same old stuff - all talk.

By LMAO

January 18, 2008 10:49 AM | Link to this

“You must be part of the simpleton crowd….”

LMAO. RB is the same person that called the real estate market sound because of a highway billboard.

By getalife

January 18, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this

Did Fratto not realize he’d be called on such a blatant falsehood? Or does the Bush White House simply no longer care?

Another Waxman hearing on another law breaking scandal.

How pathetic.

By MomCat

January 18, 2008 10:58 AM | Link to this

By RB 10:32 AM You cry about every tax break a company gets like they’re putting the money in their pockets vs. not putting it in the cost of their products and passing it on to consumers

Goodlordamercy! Yep, let’s go back to the good old days when child labor and other atrocities were rampant. I sure am glad the ‘Government’ passed laws against this action. I’m also glad ‘Government’ enacted a minimum wage, passed laws to enforce safety standards, equal rights, created Unemployment Insurance, fair credit reporting. The list is endless. Yes, let’s go back to the good old days!

By MomCat

January 18, 2008 11:08 AM | Link to this

By Bosch January 18, 2008 10:49 AM we need better public transportation all over the state, which is where I think many of the GA DOT funds should go.

I agree. We need a mass transit system all around metro Atlanta, reaching from Gainesville to Macon. Now that comment should ruffle a few tail feathers on the ‘crazies.’

By Mrs. Godzilla

January 18, 2008 11:12 AM | Link to this

Georgia schools are PITIFUL.

We don’t have nearly enough Mass Transit.

Our water is dwindling but building continues.

Sonny is LOW on everything.

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 11:21 AM | Link to this

…….and we need more bike, and walking trails. I know lots of people who would ride bikes if there were adequate trails. But no, we have to pour more money into widening roads so that we can get MORE gas guzzling SUVS on the road.

I also like Peachtree City’s deal with the golf carts. I would so do that if I could! Golf carts are cool. Don’t like the game so much, but the carts are way cool.

By Sherlock Homie

January 18, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

If you type “Geez” one more time…..

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 11:25 AM | Link to this

Gutenmorgen Mrs. G!!!

I feel German today for some reason. Don’t you love those subdivisions with their environmentally friendly names like “River Oaks Estates” or something like that? Then I think about all the River Oaks they’ve cut down to make them - using crappy building materials from China, which are probably poisoned with toxins, and how much water each one of those houses will need - while other older, much more charming neighborhoods become abandoned and left to rot or better yet become slums?

Yeah, ain’t that grand?

By getalife

January 18, 2008 11:26 AM | Link to this

Well, our Indian wingnut governor started his term with a prayer for NO to recover.

Turns out that the offshore oil legislation that Blanco and him got passed is a huge revenue maker due to the cost of oil.

They need contractors and the workers on the news look like illegals, so there is an opportunity for contractors to make some money in NO.

By RB from Gwinnett

January 18, 2008 11:27 AM | Link to this

By LMAO 10:49 AM

You don’t listen very well do you? Either that, or you aren’t bright enough to follow a line of reasoning. Either way, your annoying to debate with because you don’t show enough depth of thought to understand everything isn’t as shallow as the latest AJC headline.

The point I made that you’re too dense to get is that the ATLANTA market is still relatively healthy as shown by the fact the homes here are still selling. Yes, it’s down from a year ago, which was at a ridiculous pace. Yes, nationally, the market is down. But, here in Atlanta, with the growth rate in this city, the real estate market is still pretty healthy.

And I said all that in that discussion, so are you dense or dishonest?

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this

Been reading the billboards again RB? Are there any billboards that talk about the water problems?

My mom was all in a frenzy because of the “Syphillis is Back” billboards. She was shocked that ITS BACK - I had to explain her that syphillis really — hadn’t — um, GONE anywhere.

By RB from Gwinnett

January 18, 2008 11:46 AM | Link to this

By Mrs. Godzilla 11:12 AM

{{{Georgia schools are PITIFUL.}}}

How so?

By RB from Gwinnett

January 18, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this

By Mrs. Godzilla 11:12 AM

{{{Georgia schools are PITIFUL.}}}

How so?

By Dubya

January 18, 2008 12:20 PM | Link to this

The Alcoholic Imbecile returns to his cage. After another embarrassing, humiliating foray into the Middle East, as the world laughs at Him and us. And Condi again pronounces “we are winning” in Iraq. Gessussa! We MUST put this stooge back in Crawford! Looks like HICKABEE is the new Repug star. God bless Murcuh. Allah Akbar!

By MomCat

January 18, 2008 12:27 PM | Link to this

By Bosch 11:25 AM while other older, much more charming neighborhoods become abandoned and left to rot or better yet become slums? Yeah, ain’t that grand?

I also marvel at the way they level many of these old houses, which would be so attractive with some repair, and build those big atrocities where a ghost with any brains would refuse to live.

By Truthman

January 18, 2008 12:37 PM | Link to this

Fred “Gramps Thompson.

Someone’s been in the Kool-Aid again!

He stands about as much chance of winning as Bill O’Reilly.

Really, though, it doesn’t matter which faux-christian white guy Luch-o-less and his pals run up for election. He will be buried in an election landslide not seen in the U.S. since 1964.

Sleep well @@, RW, Luch-o-less et al, you’re going to hate ‘08 (and ‘09, and ‘10 and ‘11 and ‘12 and ‘13, and ‘14, and 15…get the picture, mouth-breathers!!

By Milton Friedman Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this

It’s only looming. LOOMING ONLY!

By Mrs. Godzilla

January 18, 2008 12:46 PM | Link to this

Afternoon Bosch.

We share some cultural heritage. I had a mean old German Grandmother. Made me limburger and tongue sandwhiches.

How home is 13 years old and starting to wear out. My first home, (bought myself at 19 by the way) wae 130 years old and still stands proudly.

RB from Gwinnett

Surely a man as well read and knowledgable as yourself is aware of our states ranking in education.

I suspect you just wish to pick a fight and frankly I’m not interested.

By IN THE NEWS

January 18, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this

The Low Spark of Well-Heeled Trolls

Damn! I just do it for love of my country!

By RE

January 18, 2008 1:01 PM | Link to this

Please any one with questions as to GWB’s competence and understanding of the economy, please take a look at the transcript of his special meeting today.

After bernanke’s meeting stressing over and over a balanced budget, what does GWB reccomend to stimulate the economy????? tax cuts. This guy has a one page playbook on the economy.

Watch the wingnuts head explode on what happens in this plan, because the governments plan is to send everyone a check back with thier taxes. Including people who do not pay taxes. Why, because poor people will actually spend all of the $300 check, a guy making 150k per tear is not waiting for an extra 300 before he spends money.

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this

Mrs. G.,

Limburger and tongue sandwhiches? Oh, I just threw up a little in my mouth.

and MomCat,

The Bosch home is a charming 110 year old, 5000 sq. foot fixer upper (a real b!tch to heat too!). My sister lives in one of those environmentally friendly sounding neighborhoods, I think for about 10 years now, the names of the streets are just hysterical to me, and she can’t sell it because of all the repairs it needs.

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this

RE,

“This guy has a one page playbook on the economy”

The other Bosch and I were watching the news last night quite amazed at this. Two wars and tax cuts - what a great combination!

By Sherlock Homie

January 18, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this

You’re a real charming guy, Bosch.

When the fed starts to dance for wall street, we get stagflation, and that’s what we’ve got.

By RE

January 18, 2008 1:27 PM | Link to this

Bosch,

I think there is something deep in GWB’s mindset that avoids resonsibility. Be that the economy, or his political choices, or his past business failures, he just does not seem to own up to fixing problems, and drops them off on someone else.

By RB from Gwinnett

January 18, 2008 1:29 PM | Link to this

By Mrs. Godzilla 12:46 PM

{{{Surely a man as well read and knowledgable as yourself is aware of our states ranking in education.

I suspect you just wish to pick a fight and frankly I’m not interested.}}}

I’ll throw the first punch dimwit. Lets see if you have a clue about our education system any more so than you do about…well…pretty much everything.

The “rankings” are based on SAT score averages, but the falacy they don’t tend to include in the discussion is the percentage of students who take the test in each state. Based on the pure numbers, that bastion of intelligence, N Dakota, is the “smartest” state in the union. And we all know how they’re a hot bed of high tech research, etc, right? N. Dakota has 4% of their students take the SAT. Likely, their state schools use the ACT and the only kids taking the SAT are going out of state. In GA, 70% of our students take the SAT.

If you graph the scores against the % taking the test, it shows a pretty direct correlation. There are minor variances, but very little. Among states with 60 to 80% of students taking the SAT (14 states), GA is 9th. The spread from the best state in that group to the worst is 93 points.

To get information like this, you have to look beyond the headlines in the AJC and actually THINK a little. You might try that sometime.

BTW, nobody is saying we don’t need to improve education in GA, but the GA education sucks crowd is being dishonest. It’s not as broken as they want you to believe. Try telling the whole story for a change.

By MomCat

January 18, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this

Bush proposes tax relief to stimulate the economy. Do these people think Americans believe the Easter bunny really does winter in New Zealand? Evidentally they (many Americans) do. I know some who don’t have a pot, and they will agree with this. Yep, that $300.00 tax refund will really help. It will not pay a premium on that insurance plan you don’t have and can’t afford. Stupid! Pulease! Let’s do something about health care and jobs. Oh excuse me! How could I forget? Americans love to work two or more jobs, both at minimum wage, and still can’t make ends meet. I’m not just talking about unskilled workers.

By getalife

January 18, 2008 1:31 PM | Link to this

RE,

The Dems will have to fight for the poor getting rebate checks and the gop will want more tax cuts for the elites and corps like McInsane’s is spewing about.

By Mrs. Godzilla

January 18, 2008 1:46 PM | Link to this

RB from Gwinnett

Must you always be so disagreeable? So mean spirited without provocation? It does your case no favors.

I strongly disagree with you. I believe it’s more broken than we realize.

Nifty data though.

By RE

January 18, 2008 1:47 PM | Link to this

Getalife,

Thats all they have been talking about, more tax cuts for corporations. and they want to tie in an extention of bush’s tax cuts to this short term stimulus plan, yes those tax cuts that are not going to expire until 2011. That $300 check sure will help though, I can use it to put gas in the truck for 2 weeks!!

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 1:52 PM | Link to this

RE,

That’s called being a sociopath.

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 1:54 PM | Link to this

RB,

Do not EVER call Mrs. G. a dimwit again. Be a man.

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 1:59 PM | Link to this

$300 will go a long way in the liquor store - yeeee haaaaa!!!!

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 2:01 PM | Link to this

{{{{By RE January 18, 2008 1:01 PM Please any one with questions as to GWB’s competence and understanding of the economy, please take a look at the transcript of his special meeting today.}}}}

RE: Oh, so one major league as-s whooping and now you have to qualify your comments in a way that precludes rebuttal.

Are you crowning yourself the Financial Wizard of this blog?

{{{{“Good afternoon. Thank you for being here. I’m pleased to join Leader Boehner and other members of the House leadership today to talk about how we can work together in a bipartisan way to have a stimulus package to relieve the hardships of America’s working families.}}}}

{{{{“I’m optimistic that we can go forward in this manner, and hope that it can be done in a way that is timely, that is targeted, and that is temporary.}}}}

{{{{“Again, I thank the Republican leader of the House, Mr. Boehner, for his very constructive ideas. I think our meeting was very productive and look forward to continuing the conversation.”}}}}

{{{{Office of the Speaker of the House, Blinky Pelosi}}}}

Bushie, eh?

By RB from Gwinnett

January 18, 2008 2:06 PM | Link to this

By Mrs. Godzilla 1:46 PM |

You’re right, Ms. G. I’ll try to be nicer next time I post. Will you try thinking next time before you post?

I know you don’t want to debate issues with me any longer because you only debate on emotions that can’t be supported by facts. Try supporting an opinion once in a while vs. throwing bricks at people such as Bush and Perdue. You want me to be nice to you, but you don’t have a problem throwing bricks at them, do you? Sucks when people throw bricks back at you, doesn’t it?

Question for you global warming folks complaining about the old neighborhoods. How much energy does a 1930 uninsulated house use vs. one built in 1990 with insulation? You want to complain about SUV’s, but isn’t this the same issue? Sure, you can insulate the floors and ceiling, but you can’t insulate the walls without removing the plaster and slats. How about the windows? By the time you do all that, replace the plumbing and wiring, it’s a toss up vs. tearing down and rebuilding.

By Milton F. Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 2:07 PM | Link to this

Looming

Looming

Looming

Looming

looming

By RE

January 18, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

Andy,

That would be the transcript of Pelosi, not Bush.

You don’t read so good do ya

By RB from Gwinnett

January 18, 2008 2:09 PM | Link to this

By Mrs. Godzilla 1:46 PM |

You’re right, Ms. G. I’ll try to be nicer next time I post. Will you try thinking next time before you post?

I know you don’t want to debate issues with me any longer because you only debate on emotions that can’t be supported by facts. Try supporting an opinion once in a while vs. throwing bricks at people such as Bush and Perdue. You want me to be nice to you, but you don’t have a problem throwing bricks at them, do you? Sucks when people throw bricks back at you, doesn’t it?

Question for you global warming folks complaining about the old neighborhoods. How much energy does a 1930 uninsulated house use vs. one built in 1990 with insulation? You want to complain about SUV’s, but isn’t this the same issue? Sure, you can insulate the floors and ceiling, but you can’t insulate the walls without removing the plaster and slats. How about the windows? By the time you do all that, replace the plumbing and wiring, it’s a toss up vs. tearing down and rebuilding.

By Mrs, Godzilla

January 18, 2008 2:14 PM | Link to this

RB from Gwinnett

You first attempt in being nicer has been a failure.

“Will you try thinking next time before you post?”

Do you have a wife and family?

By RE

January 18, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

By the way, does anyone here remember andy dishing our a “major league a* whoopin” to me recently?

By CEASAR ARMANDO LAUREAN

January 18, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this

Generations have dumbed down. They don’t make Marines like they used to. Find me if you can. I’ll be a skinhead dressed in gangsta clothes w baseball cap. Typical hero of today.

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this

{{{{By RE January 18, 2008 2:09 PM Andy, That would be the transcript of Pelosi, not Bush. You don’t read so good do ya}}}}

RE: It’s a bipartisan plan, dillweed.

And remembering that you have never criticized any democrat, but I have criticized Bushie many times, I agree that there were some stupid ideas that were put forth, that is what he gets for compromising with the libs.

Again.

By RE

January 18, 2008 2:20 PM | Link to this

someone was watching the history channel last night….

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this

RB,

It’s all about how you use the utilities. Old homes are tricky.

By RE

January 18, 2008 2:25 PM | Link to this

Dunce…

Bush has his own plan

Pelosi has her own plan

Boehner has his muddled collection of suggestions.

Nothing has been agreed to yet, therefore, it is not bipartisan. Get it?

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 2:27 PM | Link to this

RE,

Let’s see — major league a$$ whooping — hmmmm……………thinking, thinking,

The answer to that question is definitely “no.”

By RE

January 18, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this

I gotta go for a while, can someone keep the freak in his cage?

By getalife

January 18, 2008 2:31 PM | Link to this

Ah, duh is saying Obama’s unity crap will not work.

Congrats duh, you finally got something right.

“[H]ere is what Rush Limbaugh said about McCain and Huckabee on his program today: “I’m here to tell you, if either of these two guys get the nomination, it’s going to destroy the Republican Party, it’s going to change it forever, be the end of it.” This week, Rush and his radio mimics have been on the rampage on the party’s modernizers, from Newt Gingrich on over.

This thing will only get uglier.”

HahahahaHaHaHBwahahaha.

Good times ahead.

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 2:37 PM | Link to this

{{{{By RE January 18, 2008 2:25 PM Dunce… Bush has his own plan Pelosi has her own plan Boehner has his muddled collection of suggestions. Nothing has been agreed to yet, therefore, it is not bipartisan. Get it?}}}}

Oh, O.K:

{{{{I’m pleased to join Leader Boehner and other members of the House leadership today to talk about how ——>we can work together<——- in a bipartisan way to have a stimulus package to relieve the hardships of America’s working families.}}}}

{{{{I think ———>our meeting<——— was very productive and look forward to continuing the ———>conversation.<———-}}}}

Your really telling me they haven’t talked about this package, eh?

{{{{By RE January 18, 2008 2:16 PM By the way, does anyone here remember andy dishing our a “major league a* whoopin” to me recently?}}}}

Yes, it was last night when you answered my remarkable insights into the damage that Congress has wrought on energy prices by declaring yourself the winner and running back into your hole to hide.

Care to see your exact words?

By getalife

January 18, 2008 2:40 PM | Link to this

My government is buying my weed.

Bwa.

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 2:45 PM | Link to this

{{{{In last night’s Democratic presidential debate in Nevada, Ku Klux Klintoon floated what is perhaps the dumbest solution to the current mortgage mess I’ve heard from a top presidential contender.-Fortune Magazine}}}}

{{{{“I have a plan - a moratorium on foreclosures for 90 days [and] freezing interest rates for five years, which I think we should do immediately,” Klux announced at what was the last Democratic debate before the Nevada Caucus on Jan. 19.}}}}

{{{{For everyone else though, such a freeze would be disastrous. Interest rates on new mortgages would skyrocket - perhaps past 8 percent, as the mutual funds, pension funds and other investors who typically provide capital to the mortgage market shift their money into other investments where the government isn’t impairing returns. With higher mortgage rates eroding buying power, the downward pressure on home prices would only increase. Lower home prices would lead to even more defaults, as more folks who’d lost the equity in their homes choose to walk away from their mortgages.}}}}

Ahhh, yes, financial “wizardry” from the very heart of Pinkoville.

By Milton F Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 2:57 PM | Link to this

LOOMING

LOOMING

I really said LOOMING

By getalife

January 18, 2008 2:59 PM | Link to this

Yea duh,

McInsane will stay the course with w’s recession policies and Gomer will abolish the IRS with a whole new tax system.

Shazam.

Idiot.

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 3:01 PM | Link to this

{{{{Russians are bracing for temperatures of as low as minus 55 degrees Celsius (minus 67 degrees Fahrenheit) in Siberia as Russia’s emergencies ministry warns on Wednesday of its impending dangers in the coming weeks.}}}}

{{{{The ministry warned that the unusually cold weather could kill, cause frost-bite, conk heaters and cut electricity to homes, disrupt transport, increase the rate of car accidents and even destroy buildings across Siberia.}}}}

Global warming, yeah, hahaha.

By You know you're an idiot if....

January 18, 2008 3:13 PM | Link to this

You think global warming means you’ll never hear of cold temperatures again.

You think extending the taxes cuts and fiscal policies used for the last 7 years that sent our economy into the toilet will pull it back out again.

You think that a market based health care plan - which is what we have now anyway - is going to make healthcare cheaper and more available.

You think any GOP candidate will will the White House in 2008.

By RB from Gwinnett

January 18, 2008 3:20 PM | Link to this

By Bosch 2:23 PM

{{{It’s all about how you use the utilities. Old homes are tricky. }}}

Gee, Bosch, that’s very profound. Unless you’ve figured out a new way to heat and cool a house, or have some magic furnace, I’d say it’s more about whether or not you turn them on or not. Are you saying your solution to global warming is to not run your heat?

Are you now the self appointed name calling police? If you are, are you going to police both sides, or just the ones you don’t like?

By Midori

January 18, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this

looks like Andy is the resident idiot.

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 3:45 PM | Link to this

RB,

I believe the earlier discussion between Mrs. G., MomCat and myself was about the stability of older homes and how they are made better than the new pieces of crap homes they build these days in the many many subdivisions. We also mentioned our desires for more of these older homes to be refurbished instead of building new ones.

People who live in older homes such as myself and my family understand how to make the home energy efficient, it’s not as easy as it is in a newer home, but it can be done. I dare say that my home is any less energy efficient than a newer home.

By The Peoples for a Nuked Amerika' Century~!

January 18, 2008 3:54 PM | Link to this

-=-

Hey Duh — I’m with you -!

Nuclear reactors are the way to go - And RTG’s

Get rid of every stinkin’ coal and oil burning utility plant in this country, and set up nuclear reactors.

Then take the leftover waste Plutonium from the nuclear reactors and create RTG’s and Beta Battery based power plants around the country. Not quite as much output of power, but with enough of them it is significant. Not to mention it is using waste plutonium as fuel.

It would be great! So now all you have to do is convince the wonderful Exxon bribed government officials in DC to do that. Think you can get it past the Exxon guys there duh….?

But even though you don’t believe in Global warming (or Evolution), Nuclear Power plants instead of Fossil Fuel Power Plants would be a big help. (for both actually when you count the evolution of Mankind)

We liberals are with yah on this one Duh’— Why even a founder of Greenpeace believes Nuclear reactors are better than coal and oil power plants.

“Today, there are 103 nuclear reactors quietly delivering just 20 percent of America’s electricity. Eighty percent of the people living within 10 miles of these plants approve of them (that’s not including the nuclear workers). Although I don’t live near a nuclear plant, I am now squarely in their camp” Patrick Moore

Maybe theres still hope for yah’ duh’….

Thomas/PNAC

By Devastator

January 18, 2008 3:55 PM | Link to this

WASHINGTON - President Bush embraced as much as $150 billion in tax relief on Friday to jump start the lackluster economy. If Congress passes an economic stimulus package, the country will be “just fine,” he said.

Bush said in a White House announcement that such a growth package must also include tax incentives for business investment and quick tax relief for individuals. To be effective, he said an economic stimulus package would need to roughly represent 1 percent of the gross domestic product — the value of all U.S. goods and services and the best measure of the country’s economic standing.

Later, visiting a manufacturing plant in Frederick, Md., about 50 miles north of Washington, Bush said: “We need to get this deal done and get it out.”

“I believe we can come together on a growth package very quickly,” the president said. Earlier, he had said, “There is a risk of a downturn.”

Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said 1 percent of GDP would equate to $140 billion to $150 billion, which is along the lines of what private economists say should be sufficient to help give the economy a short-term boost.

Paulson said the largest part of the stimulus package would be targeted to individual taxpayers. One Republican official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Bush was hoping to target about $100 billion toward individuals and about $50 billion toward businesses.

“The cost of not acting has become too high,” Paulson said. “We must act now.”

While Bush focused solely on taxes, Democratic and Republican leaders in Congress have been working on a broader package that also would include a temporary increase in food stamps and an extension of and perhaps increase in unemployment benefits.

The president and Congress are scrambling to take action as fears mount that a severe housing slump and painful credit crisis could cause people to close their wallets and businesses to put a lid on hiring, throwing the nation into its first recession since 2001.

“Letting Americans keep more of their money should increase consumer spending,” Bush said.

He outlined several criteria for the package to meet: It must be “big enough to make a difference in an economy as large and dynamic as ours,” it must be built on “broad-based tax relief,” it must take effect right away but be tempor

By Plagerism Police

January 18, 2008 4:08 PM | Link to this

3:55 is illegal

where’s the regular crackpot who usually complains?

By Paul

January 18, 2008 4:14 PM | Link to this

Hello Bosch,

Just checked the post, Netflix delivered Muriel’s Wedding. She asked why I got it - I said a guy on the cartoon blog recommended it (notice how I avoided a topical explanation). Then she asked why I got it. I read the jacket - about a small-town girl who copes by listening to ABBA. No response. Then her eyes rolled to the top of her head and she went to fix a drink…

Some people just have no appreciation for the finer things in life!

By Paul

January 18, 2008 4:16 PM | Link to this

Police 4:08

Isn’t illegal a sick bird?

By @@

January 18, 2008 4:18 PM | Link to this

Good grief ml! While it’s obvious that leftist trolls infest your site, is it really nice to project their image into your cartoons?

I don’t follow Sonny.

My husband and I are excited about greeting the Sunny that just arrived outside our front door though.

Later.

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 4:23 PM | Link to this

Paul,

LOL!!! You’ll enjoy that movie, I’m almost sure of it. The main character lives in a town called Porpoise Spit, then decides to move to Sydney (it’s set in Australia).

You know I meant to tell you the other day when you said you’d never heard of The Clash, and nothing was the same after ABBA, ABBA and The Clash were contemporaries.

I can tell you too, that I’ve been called a bunch of things, but “guy on a cartoon blog” is not one that I’ve been called before!

By Paul

January 18, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

Bosch,

Well, my wife said “what’s his name?” I said “Bosch.” She asked “any connection with the dishwasher we just put in?” I said “I don’t think so. The dishwasher is real quiet.”

By RB from Gwinnett

January 18, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

By Bosch 3:45 PM

Bosch, I have just finished a complete renovation of a 1930 home in the area. To say it’s better built than a new home is a bit of a stretch. Floors sagging, no straight walls, sinking foundation, etc. I installed the windows with a level only to find out the walls weren’t straight. By quite a bit. Although I finished it, and kept as much of the original as I could, after I got into it more, I should have torn it down and rebuilt on the site. The code nazi’s are another barrier. They wouldn’t allow you to keep the orginal windows even if you wanted to preserve the original look of the house. You could buy replica windows with double panes at double the cost, but that’s a hefty penalty. New plumbing, new wiring, etc, and you’re spending the same money as rebuilding.

Not to worry, though, global warming fans, I stripped to the studs and insulated the walls too. The earth will be good for another 100 years!!

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 4:29 PM | Link to this

{{{{By The Peoples for a Nuked Amerika’ Century~! January 18, 2008 3:54 PM It would be great! So now all you have to do is convince the wonderful Exxon bribed government officials in DC to do that. Think you can get it past the Exxon guys there duh….?}}}}

SDoGB: Come on man, you start off serious and then you turn into a goonie.

Are you trying to tell me that it isn’t environmental extremists that don’t have the nuclear industry bogged down with silly and mindless regulations?

Besides which, Exxon doesn’t produce coal, my man.

It all comes back to the environmental terrorists, they continue to screw over the entire United States, they kill children in Africa, they are trying to revert half of the world’s population back to the stone age with the “global warming” scare mongering (but of course not their own private energy sucking mega mansion,) they drained our water supply on behalf of a freaking shellish and look at your answer to it all.

Big business.

How shallow.

Your a Ku Klux Klintoon supporter, aren’t you?

By Bosch

January 18, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

Paul,

Good one! Bosch makes dishwashers? New one on me. You could tell her I’m related to Hieronymous Bosch, or that I make awesome power tools!

Gotta run! Have a great weekend and enjoy the movie!

By RW-(the original)

January 18, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

I see Blackadder decided to come in and rant at me after I said I was leaving again. What a brave little moonbat. Didn’t he commit blogicide a few months back?

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I sure am glad we have a Democrat Congress to handle the tough chores of the economy. <—-Snarkasm (h/t ITFS)

Wouldn’t it be nice if those idiots could figure who they were interrogating?

By Paul

January 18, 2008 4:41 PM | Link to this

Bosch

You, too. Enjoy.

PS - she does love power tools. Always a safe bet for her for Christmas. I kid you not.

By N-GA

January 18, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

RB,

There are many different published “rankings” of the “quality” of education by state. One simplistic methodology is to rank states by SAT scores. However, there are others that use many test scores, graduation rates, college matriculation rates, educational spending, etc. You can find one example here where Georgia is ranked 41st. In every one I’ve seen Georgia ranks in the bottom quartile.

Perhaps a better argument would be to measure all students, not just public school attendees. After all, I suspect home-schooled and private school students would tend to raise the average. But then all states have those types of students.

I have more fun when I compare these rankings (and others such as healthcare and abortion rates) by contrasting red and blue states. And I am never surprised…..

By RW-(the original)

January 18, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

I’m partial to the red state/blue state contrast in charitable giving myself. I’m never surprised by those either.

By Filipino monkey

January 18, 2008 4:52 PM | Link to this

Iraq National Security Advisor: The “Government Is At A Stalemate”

Lets stay 100 years until they unite with hope like Obama.

By Paul

January 18, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this

N-GA

Missed you the last hour yesterday. Got interesting.

I’ve never understood the rationale for excluding home schooled and privately-schooled kids from standardized testing. Seems to run counter to the idea that every child is entitled to a minimum education, regardless of source. Plus, a minimum level of competence benefits society.

You really want to have - not fun, as it’s not - a time of it, check how districts compute “dropout rate.” When one sees the real numbers - it’s horrifying. But the reported numbers do much better for maxing out federal funds.

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

Let’s see what al-Rueters has to say about Iraq:

{{{{WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq’s army and police could be ready to take over security in all 18 provinces by the end of this year as the U.S. military moves toward a less prominent role in the country, U.S. officials said on Thursday.}}}}

{{{{He said that a joint operation under way led by Iraqi troops and supported by U.S. troops against al Qaeda militants in the northern city of Mosul was a model for the future.}}}}

{{{{Iraqi security forces are now in control of nine provinces after assuming control of Iraqi’s southern oil hub, Basra, in December. Iraqi forces are also expected to take control in Anbar province, a one-time insurgent stronghold, as early as March.}}}}

“Stalemate,” eh?

By RW-(the original)

January 18, 2008 5:46 PM | Link to this

{{{{This will really show us … Canada has decided to put the United States (and Israel) on their torture watch list. Maybe we’re building the fence on the wrong border. Let’s put Canada on a boring watch list.}}}}}-Boortz

By N-GA

January 18, 2008 5:56 PM | Link to this

Paul,

Personally I believe that standardized testing is a useful tool for measuring progress. I also believe that entrance/acceptance exams are valuable, as well.

One of the reasons (but not the only reason) that so many international students come to study in the U.S. is because they did not pass their university entrance requirements in their home country. Here it often takes only tuition money…and out-of-state tuition rates are a bonus. That’s not to say that they aren’t prepared for college. I had many foreign students in the graduate-level classes I taught many years ago.

In the meantime, many teachers here in the U.S. continue to pass marginal students in order to meet federally- and locally-mandated targets. Many others are just seeking the achievement bonuses offered to “successful” teachers. Do you recall the recent scandal in the Atlanta area? Teachers were found to have “earned” phony (also spelled “phoney”) degrees from Internet “schools” in order to pad their paychecks. What role models!!!

By Paul

January 18, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

RW-(the original)

You may find this interesting - a Canadian columnist’s view of our candidates. While there is plenty to take issue with in his views, given how the Canadian media is portrayed here, many were surprised to see this.

Link: A Canadian Columnist’s View of our Candidates

By Sara Gilford

January 18, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this

What subject did you teach, N-GA? Did you ever find any real talent in the student body?

By Paul

January 18, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

N-GA

Another day and I’ve learned something new. Your second paragraph, first sentence. It does make sense. In many countries kids select either a university or trade track in secondary school (at least they’re offered a trade). In others, the competition’s fierce, and if you don’t get in, life just got bleak.

I’ve a family member who became a primary school teacher in middle age. Real sense of social responsibility. Commutes a couple hours a day to teach at a disadvantaged school. Turned down administrator promotions (was told “that’s where the money is”) to stay in the classroom. I think she’s burning out - but then she relates how every so often a head will pop in the door and a young adult will say “remember me? Because of you, I stayed in school and I’m in college.” So she stays on.

But the bonuses are minimal. The raises have barely kept pace with increases in health insurance premiums.

I turn to her regularly for a different perspective - what “teaching to the test” means (hours spent not on subject matter but on how to interpret how to answer). Things that wouldn’t occur to me with my background.

Many of her kids share stories of “my daddy’s getting paroled this month!” Many have family members killed - not in Iraq, but in their neighborhoods. Some of the parents are nightmares - but some recognize education is their best chance out of a life of poverty and are supportive of her efforts.

Went long, sorry. That topic always gives me much to ponder.

Was going to ask yesterday if there was any Silver Leaf left to enjoy. Then I realized there is such a thing as a stupid question!

By @@

January 18, 2008 6:12 PM | Link to this

Just dropping by with some Stratfor:

((The rumors of Mottaki’s coming resignation have been spreading over the past couple of days. Iranian news agency Alef, which is reportedly overseen by a former ally of Ahmadinejad, reported Jan. 17 that Mottaki is threatening to resign over a dispute he had with the government over his summoning of Iranian Ambassador to Italy Abolfazl Zohrevand for his weak performance.))

((Stratfor cannot confirm these reports, and it is quite possible that these rumors are intentionally being spread to undermine Ahmadinejad and give the impression that all is not stable within the Iranian regime. Similar rumors of Mottaki’s resignation arose following the resignation of Iranian National Security chief Ali Larijani in late October 2007.))

((That said, there has been a power struggle in Tehran, and Mottaki’s rumored resignation could be part of this ongoing dispute. Mottaki, Larijani and Iranian Assembly of Experts chairman Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani belong to the pragmatic conservative political camp and share a vision to circumscribe Ahmadinejad’s power. In their view, Ahmadinejad has been a reckless leader who has sunk the economy and is incapable of managing complex negotiations with the United States over Iraq and Tehran’s nuclear program.))

((About 75 percent of neighborhoods in Baghdad are secure, compared to 8 percent in 2007, USA Today reported Jan. 18, citing U.S. military figures. The military puts 356 of 474 Baghdad neighborhoods in the “control” or “retain” categories of its four-level classification system, which means insurgent activity has been mostly eliminated and economic activity is returning.))

By @@

January 18, 2008 6:19 PM | Link to this

Paul:

Interesting article out of LIBERAL Canada.

It would appear as though our liberal candidates haven’t evolved enough to meet the criteria of Canada’s liberals.

They seem to prefer the Republican candidates.

First mentioned….Rudy. (ISH) Insert Smile Here <—- or ^^^ there. Maybe —-> here. I never know where my ISH may end up. Where was I going now? Oh yeah!

Outta here!

By RW-(the original)

January 18, 2008 6:21 PM | Link to this

Paul,

Theo Caldwell’s article should be uploaded to Diebold screens across the country and you couldn’t move to a ballot until you read it. Thanks!

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this

Oh good, a Ku Klux Klintoon interview in progress, let us listen in:

{{{{Asked by Banks whether she was embarrassed by Mr. Klux’s relationship with Monica Lewinsky, which eventually led to his impeachment, she said “sure, a fat little intern like that.”}}}}

{{{{“The momentary feelings — you are mad, you are really upset, my eyes darted back and forth in my empty head, my tongue flickered, you are psychotic, all of that goes through your mind.}}}}

{{{{“I never doubted Klux’s love for me, ever, and I never doubted my lust for power and my commitment to our daughter and our extended family, except for those that I had killed.}}}}

{{{{He told me he loved me and I said put it into me snookums, you big lug.”}}}}

{{{{He seem shocked by my sudden advance and told me “not tonite, I’m tired, maybe next month, I promise.”}}}}

{{{{And then I said, “you mean like you promised those gays in the military” and I took the lamp and threw it at him, followed by an ashtray and then the telephone.}}}}

{{{{He stayed in the Oval Office for six months after that night, “all by himself he told me,” as punishment for his wrongdoings and to show his commitment to the American people.}}}}

{{{{“But I had to decide that what I deserve, I think it is so important to be able to hear yourself, that screeching, horrible voice in your head, at a moment when it is hard … there are so many times when you really have to listen to yourself, even though you sound like a bit-ch.”}}}}

{{{{He never did keep that promise, by the way.}}}}

By Sara Gilford

January 18, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this

The news from Iraq is encouraging. However, it tells us nothing about where the terrorist’s nuke is, or when they’ll hit us with it, or what chance we have of stopping it. We are fixing a mess we invented in Iraq, and that’s good, I guess, but what about the war on terror? One thing that is very disturbing is Hillary and Obama’s insistence that they can bring the troops home. We can never leave iraq, ever. Trillions. Trillions. Hope you’re happy. You got what you blogged for.

Paul, money is worthless. A dollar in 1970 is worth 19 cents now.

By Paul

January 18, 2008 6:33 PM | Link to this

@@

Now there are a couple of Iranians Columbia University could invite over for a speaking and Q&A session.

Can you imagine the prep the faculty and student body would have to go through in order to ask a coherent question?

RW

Thought you’d enjoy it. What I found quite interesting was the perspective on differences in how the candidates are handling certain issues.

I’m about ready to watch “Dave” again. About a guy who serves as a double for the Pres who suddenly takes over. Kevin Klein, Sigourney Weaver. Frank Langella’s great.

By Paul

January 18, 2008 6:45 PM | Link to this

Sara

?

By N-GA

January 18, 2008 6:51 PM | Link to this

Paul,

To answer your question: No & Yes!

There is no Silver Oak left from the other night. But there are 15-20 bottles of various vintages in the cellar.

Enjoy the weekend!

By Luckoduh

January 18, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this

{{{{One problem with the increasingly “temporary” nature of the Bush tax cuts is that they are beginning to introduce new political risk into economic decisions. Though they expire in 2010, everyone understands that a new President and Congress could act to raise taxes as soon as next year. Mr. Bernanke could have educated the public about this business expectations problem, but then Democrats would have been upset.}}}}

{{{{Finally, it is important to consider the potential economic consequences of failure to achieve a legislative objective. The amplified rhetoric of economic doom from leaders and hopeful leaders in Washington may become a self-fulfilling prophecy as consumers curtail their spending in response to the predictions of recession by their favorite candidates.}}}}

Remember that the next time you hear a pinko incessantly whining about the economy.

I’m doing good financially, why aren’t they?

Stupidity maybe?

And we want them in charge?

Ha.

By Paul

January 18, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this

N-GA

And the same to you!

And to the rest of you, also.

Pleasant weekend, all.

By @@

January 18, 2008 7:05 PM | Link to this

Last post! for YOU Sara…

((Western governments believe that Syria and North Korea were collaborating on a nuclear weapons program in the Syrian desert when Israel bombed the site in 2007, The Age reported Jan. 18, citing an unnamed senior European diplomat.))

Remember what we said about Iraq shipping their materials to Syria before the invasion. Coulda been building on what Iraq had sent them.

Notice it said Western, not exclusively U.S. I know it’s an unnamed diplomat but he’s from Europe.

By RW-(the original)

January 18, 2008 7:08 PM | Link to this

Luckoduh,

I just wish the politicians on our side would realize that they lose the people when they use the word permanent when talking about the tax cuts. If they would frame it in the terms that explained the sunset provisions and articulated that Congress could always write a bill to raise taxes if needed, but they would have to make a case for why they needed the higher tax rather than just letting them go higher with no politician doing anything, I think they would have public support for effectively making them permanent.

The stuff is really hitting the fan over some of the Hillarycare papers that are coming out. Here’s a good place to start following the links from.

By otis

January 25, 2008 1:50 PM | Link to this

Mike must lead a miserable life,if he was ever for something, i missed it.

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