Mike's Blog Round Up
Happy Saturday, rascals and rogues. Melissa McEwan of Shakesville, coming to you one last time with bits and baubles from around the blogosphere. Thanks so much to Mike for giving me the opportunity to spend some time with you, and thanks to Nicole for her help and patience. I had an absolute blast, and I hope to see some of you at Shakesville in the future! Off we go…
David Kurtz, on the subject of McCain's "How do we beat the bitch?" incident, wonders How do Republicans get away with it?
Cara, meanwhile, notes that McCain is using The Bitch to make The Man some money. Watch for McCain on the next episode of Pimp My Ride, when he has the Straight Talk Express tricked out into the Straight Talk Pimpmobile.
Digby discusses what was the most embarrassing moment of the latest Dem debate, only to update with an even more embarrassing moment. Ezra notes the galling hypocrisy of a network having spent a week lambasting Hillary for planting a question about global warming themselves planting a question about jewelry.
Fixer has a great story about an animal rescue and the organization that made it possible. Mannion offers up a great puppy dog tale, too.
Madison Guy makes my blood run cold with a chilling hypothesis about Cheney's future. Robot overlords, indeed!
Portly Dyke writes a splendid post explaining how to f--k up.
And Kevin Hayden says Gag me with a Constitutional Protector!
That's all for me, folks! Your next cruise director will be Manila Ryce from The Largest Minority. You can send tips to him at john[dot]william[dot]harrison [at] gmail [dot] com. Toodles!
Some excellent news on Iraq:
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/11/15/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Basra.php
Bring em home.
I have to post this somewhere -- Harry Reid foils Bush's recess appointments. Finally the Dems take action to actually thwart Bush.
getalife @ 1:
So we've won!
Here's the important thing to get through your head. This about ensures $5-$7 dollar gasoline, perhaps by January/February.
The dollar's decline: from symbol of hegemony to shunned currency.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article3169638.ece
Saudi minister warns of dollar collapse.
http://www.thebusiness.co.uk/news-and-analysis/358346/saudi-minister-war...
mo_dems @ 3:
Actually, it shows Ron Paul and the dems are right:
"The people who say there will be a bloodbath are the ones who said it will be a cakewalk or it will be a slam dunk, and that it will be paid for by oil. Why believe them?"
McLoser gets away with the bitch bs because we are too busy bashing Clinton.
That was a real planted question for donations folks.
The Clintons are winners on our side.
I like winners.
An anonymous poster at Madison Guy's website states something I've been worried about for quite some time; that Bush/Cheney would use some real or imagined catastrophic emergency as an excuse to stay in power by either suspending elections or refusing to step down in January 2009. I've also been wondering if I can place bets in Vegas about just such things happening. I'm afraid that I could make a mint off of it.
For the truly paranoid and conspiracy minded, I can believe that the "real or imagined catastrophic emergency" mentioned in the comment is one engineered by Bush/Cheney precisely so that they can use it to stay in power.
Man, just thinking about the possiblities makes my head hurt.
As it continues to evolve today, a headline in the UK's "Independent" calls it "The dollar's decline: from symbol of hegemony to shunned currency".
Here's the important thing to get through your head: This about ensures $5-$7 dollar gasoline, perhaps by January/February. "Saudi minister warns of dollar collapse" blares one headline.
JC @ 6:
They don't need to stay in power. They've reached their objective. The continual consolidation of money into higher and "righter" hands.
Mission Accomplished
There's some movement in the Writers Strike.
According to Bozzel (MRC fame) it was Hillary and not Bill that was at the center of the "scandals" Who'd have thought........
bozzel
http://www.onenewsnow.com/2007/11/book_details_media_whitewash_o.php (in case I got the link post wrong again)
Oh and just so you know the book is uber reliable and objective
My eyes rolled so far back I could see the ground behind me
"The bitch" comment says something about the woman who said it. I hope she's not a "Christian" conservative. I'm glad someone caught it on film.
As far as all those "derisive" labels attached to Senator Clinton: The mainstream press just loves to use that term, don't they? Personally I am nostalgic about the Clinton years - budget surpluses, jobs, respect in the world... I could handle that again. I could handle any of the democrats running - they all have their strong points. With the exception of Governor Huckabee, none of the repub candidates seem trustworthy. When the candidates are chosen - then see how they match up against each other.
Wonderful week Sis. Well done.
Nice job!
Madison Guy makes my blood run cold with a chilling hypothesis about Cheney’s future. Robot overlords, indeed!
Interesting read. That is exactly what Stalin did in the Soviet Communist Party. He was a "nothing" Secretary (of the party), in a room "down the hall", but he engineered it so everything ended up going through his office. This way he took real power over the party machinery. And... we all know how that story ended.
Thanks for an interesting week Melissa.
After an extensive search for a runningmate for the Chimp for the 2000 election, Cheney picked himself. I suspect he will attempt to expand that to the office of POTUS in 2008.
" I have decided that the best person to be the President of the United States is...me."
L.A. Confidential @ 4:
Hey, good thing we took out Sadam so he didn't weaken the dollar, right?
From the summary:
Easy. Lowered expectations.
Open Mouth, Insert Wattle: T. Boone Chickens
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