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Executive Producer of The Professional Left Podcast. On staff at Crooks and Liars since 2007. Master's degree from Harvard. Happy wife of Driftglass. Mother of three geniuses. Obsessive knitter. Blogs at http://bgalrstate.blogspot.com. .
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John Amato-- fix the misleading Jay Leno headline (see comments). Leno is NOT firing people. He is not crossing the picket line, which is why *NBC* is firing people. Leno is paying wages to people who aren't even his employees. Please correct.

Truth Be Told's picture

First!!!

Almost as bad as watching the 2 Girls, 1 Cup video.

Preacher Boob's picture

That picture of Ass*ole Alberto on an open thread, makes me feel like I've swallowed a rope with a dead fish on it.

This could be another day in paradise, why bring up our decadent, unlawful, torture-ridden past, personified by a mentally-deranged, intellectually-bereft, wanna-be wetback? Who, if there were a 'god' in the heavens, would have been picking lettuce in the Imperial Valley, 24/7/365, instead of fu*king up our justice system, as head of the DOJ, so appointed just because he liked licking Bush's ass?

Out of sight, out of mind, please do not disinter Gonzales again, he brings shame to the Latino/a community.

Preacher Boob's picture

Why don't Hillary and Barack kiss and make up, and let Bill raise their bastard child (unless it's a girl, in which Child Protective Services would have to step in). While they're kissing, old stealth John Edwards is gonna slip in and land some great endorsements and support, and knock them on their asses.(Figuratively, I pick him by 1 to 2 %)

Things ain't what they appear, not usually.

Preacher Boob's picture

Now here's a big deal, Mitt is gonna talk to us all about religion. I wonder which one?

Islamofascism?

Crazy Christianity?

Pedophilic Catholicism?

Rat-Shit Nutty Rapturism?

Multi-Spousal Mormonism?

Responsible Republicanism? (I just made that up, it's a figment)

Anyway, it should be fun to listen to. Better catch it live, I doubt anyone will issue a DVD on it. Unless Mitt does, to hang on his 'Trophy Wall', together with his autographed pack of ZigZags from Nancy Reagan.

Preacher Boob's picture

Amazing!! Now Rove is giving personal political advice to Democratic presidential candidates.

Do you think they should trust him?

No, because no one should trust him. What's to trust? There's no there, there.

Rove is a figment, has always been a figment, of MSM. Do you trust them?

He is Bush's brain. Do you need further proof that he's a nothing? A nonentity, a Zip, a Zero?

Of course, Image is Everything. Picture him as a pudgy little dweeb fu*k. That's Reality.

CoIntelPro's picture

On Dec. 2, 1954, the Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R Wis., for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."

Paul's picture

I’m an Islamofascist I resent all the bigoted remarks directed at my beliefs,

and I support Rudy Giuliani.

Preacher Boob's picture

Rudy told Judith he was going to have to take away her personal cop and cop car, just before Christmas, and she told him she was gonna give him a kick in the balls.

If you're invited to the Giuliani's for Holiday punch.......................

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CoIntelPro @ 7:

On Dec. 2, 1954, the Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R Wis., for "conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute."

Geez, there's about 99 of them that deserve that honor today, but they'll have trouble getting the votes.

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If you haven't had a chance to read this interview with Scott Ritter that I found at truthout.org, please read it, if you have the stomach for it.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/113007S.shtml

Preacher Boob's picture

Microsoft has asked permission to tape the House and Senate republican caucuses as background, an introduction, to a new video game they're developing.

It's called, 'World Annihilation'.

LibertyLover's picture

In other news... Brittany Spears turned 26 today.

Preacher Boob's picture

Larry Craig denies having sex with any of the multitude of new accusers.

Of course, as his lawyer explained, it 'Depends upon what your definition of 'Sex', is'.

They're coming up with a new 'Definition Book' (what most of us call a 'Dictionary')

I just glanced through it, but apparently, opening the refrigerator door and waving it around in the cool breeze is NOT 'sex'.

Preacher Boob's picture

LibertyLover @ 13:

In other news... Brittany Spears turned 26 today.

And Lindsay Lohan got out of an eighteen-wheeler and turned 126 heads.

Gekke's picture

LibertyLover @ 11:

If you haven't had a chance to read this interview with Scott Ritter that I found at truthout.org, please read it, if you have the stomach for it.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/113007S.shtml

I read that post earlier today, It's realy getting scarey, especially after hitting these posts today too.. look who's back.

An Old Face Resurfaces

and this one...

US says it has right to kidnap British citizens

George Orwell could right a few bestsellers books about this i sure ;)

Preacher Boob's picture

Paul @ 8:

I’m an Islamofascist I resent all the bigoted remarks directed at my beliefs,

and I support Rudy Giuliani.

If you support Giuliani, you better work out bench-pressing 500 pound sacks of sh*t, you'll need the experience (and the muscles) when he comes crashing down.

Dhalgren's picture

Hugo Chavez was just handed his first major defeat as sitting president of Venezuela. He will not be able to run for president for life. Democracy won a little battle today.

Gekke's picture

I don't recall where i found this tuber, i have no recollection whatsoever.

what was the question? i don't recall ;)

Total Recall

Preacher Boob's picture

Can it be really true that we're all powerless to stop this careening train wreck we're all riding on?

We thought we changed direction in the '06 election, but the Dems we elected turned out to be cojones-challenged wimps. That friggin' Pelosi, inbred from a long-term establishment political family, takes impeachment 'off the table'. WTF does she think she is, she's violating the Constitution as much as The Dummy, it's her DUTY to impeach a treasonous, traitorous administration, not bend over and let them stick it to her-and US!

The gross lies continue, and it appears we're about to commit yet another major, 'pre-emptive' crime, and it'll be committed IN ALL OUR NAMES!

I have nothing against the Iraqis, or the Iranians, but I'm really pissed at this 'administration', and the NeoCon Zionists who control and direct it.

Preacher Boob's picture

Dhalgren @ 18:

Hugo Chavez was just handed his first major defeat as sitting president of Venezuela. He will not be able to run for president for life. Democracy won a little battle today.

But isn't it interesting, that this US-declared 'Dictator', allowed himself to be outvoted. That's more than tour republican-zionist dictatorship allowed in the '00 and '04 elections.

LibertyLover's picture

Gekke @ 16:

LibertyLover @ 11:

If you haven't had a chance to read this interview with Scott Ritter that I found at truthout.org, please read it, if you have the stomach for it.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/113007S.shtml

I read that post earlier today, It's realy getting scarey, especially after hitting these posts today too.. look who's back.

An Old Face Resurfaces

and this one...

US says it has right to kidnap British citizens

George Orwell could right a few bestsellers books about this i sure ;)

I think he already did... ;) too bad they are using them as playbooks instead of cautionary tales.

LibertyLover's picture

Preacher Boob @ 15:

LibertyLover @ 13:

In other news... Brittany Spears turned 26 today.

And Lindsay Lohan got out of an eighteen-wheeler and turned 126 heads.

Any news on the OJ front? ;)

YellowSnow's picture

Piss on Gonzales (on him, it'll look like make-up)

Preacher Boob's picture

LibertyLover @ 23:

Preacher Boob @ 15:

LibertyLover @ 13:

In other news... Brittany Spears turned 26 today.

And Lindsay Lohan got out of an eighteen-wheeler and turned 126 heads.

Any news on the OJ front? ;)

He'd get an acquit, 'cause the sh*t don't fit, if he was anywhere but Vegas.

Preacher Boob's picture

LibertyLover @ 22:

Gekke @ 16:

LibertyLover @ 11:

If you haven't had a chance to read this interview with Scott Ritter that I found at truthout.org, please read it, if you have the stomach for it.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/113007S.shtml

I read that post earlier today, It's realy getting scarey, especially after hitting these posts today too.. look who's back.

An Old Face Resurfaces

and this one...

US says it has right to kidnap British citizens

George Orwell could right a few bestsellers books about this i sure ;)

I think he already did... ;) too bad they are using them as playbooks instead of cautionary tales.

Not just British citizens, anyone, in any country. Our Supremes, and this arrogant administration, have declared ourselves Rulers of the Planet Earth. (Doncha wish the Russkys, and the Chinks, would get together and kidnap Bush and Cheney?)

Gekke's picture

Preacher Boob @ 21:

Dhalgren @ 18:

Hugo Chavez was just handed his first major defeat as sitting president of Venezuela. He will not be able to run for president for life. Democracy won a little battle today.

But isn't it interesting, that this US-declared 'Dictator', allowed himself to be outvoted. That's more than tour republican-zionist dictatorship allowed in the '00 and '04 elections.

Let me present these two little gems to the members of the World Idols Team ;)

Hugo canta / Hugo Chavez sings

and..

Paul Potts - monile phone sales man

enjoy :)

Preacher Boob's picture

Here's another thought experiment.

If (when) we attack Iran, it's going to drastically affect the world's oil supply and market.

Suppose Chavez, tired of the screwing around of the CIA in his country, and the insults from Bush, decides to cut off oil to the US, what are we gonna do, open a second front in Caracas?

And if you think he needs the US as a market for his oil, don't you think the Chinese, or the Indians, would like to assure their energy futures by making a deal with Chavez?

And how are you gonna like your Hummer when gas goes to $10/$20 a gallon, if there is any. Hell, you could get a real hummer, from a Vegas show broad, for less than it would cost you to fill your tank.

McDuff's picture

Paul Wolfowitz back in the White House?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/73273

Preacher Boob's picture

Gekke @ 27:

Preacher Boob @ 21:

Dhalgren @ 18:

Hugo Chavez was just handed his first major defeat as sitting president of Venezuela. He will not be able to run for president for life. Democracy won a little battle today.

But isn't it interesting, that this US-declared 'Dictator', allowed himself to be outvoted. That's more than tour republican-zionist dictatorship allowed in the '00 and '04 elections.

Fantastique! Paul, that is, who does sing better than Hugo. Nevertheless, I'd like to have a president who acts as abnormally normal as Chavez, rather than the tone-deaf klutz we have.

Let me present these two little gems to the members of the World Idols Team ;)

Hugo canta / Hugo Chavez sings

and..

Paul Potts - monile phone sales man

enjoy :)

xoites defends Constitution's picture

What happened to the cute kitties?

Preacher Boob's picture

Preacher Boob @ 30:

Gekke @ 27:

Preacher Boob @ 21:

Dhalgren @ 18:

But isn't it interesting, that this US-declared 'Dictator', allowed himself to be outvoted. That's more than our republican-zionist dictatorship allowed in the '00 and '04 elections.

Let me present these two little gems to the members of the World Idols Team ;)

Hugo canta / Hugo Chavez sings

and..

Paul Potts - monile phone sales man

enjoy :)

Fantastique! Paul, that is, who does sing better than Hugo. Nevertheless, I'd like to have a president who acts as abnormally normal as Chavez, rather than the tone-deaf klutz we have.

Preacher Boob's picture

McDuff @ 29:

Paul Wolfowitz back in the White House?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/73273

If AIPAC/AEI said so, he would be president.

Preacher Boob's picture

xoites defends Constitution @ 31:

What happened to the cute kitties?

One of them crawled under Lindsay's skirt.

McDuff @ 29:

Paul Wolfowitz back in the White House?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/73273

Is there no crime this man can commit that will keep him off the government dole?

Gekke's picture

Preacher Boob @ 30:

Gekke @ 27:

Preacher Boob @ 21:

Dhalgren @ 18:

But isn't it interesting, that this US-declared 'Dictator', allowed himself to be outvoted. That's more than tour republican-zionist dictatorship allowed in the '00 and '04 elections.

Let me present these two little gems to the members of the World Idols Team ;)

Hugo canta / Hugo Chavez sings

and..

Paul Potts - monile phone sales man

enjoy :)

Fantastique! Paul, that is, who does sing better than Hugo. Nevertheless, I'd like to have a president who acts as abnormally normal as Chavez, rather than the tone-deaf klutz we have.

there you go i posted your block quote as i guessed you meant it to be rather than the one you posted :) glad you enjoyed Mr Potts, he's something else :)

Gekke's picture

John Amato

George Bush is the best thing to happen to America since apples fell off trees, you neo-liberals don't know your toes from your thumbs

Are you sure giving html to the great unwashed masses is a good thing ;)

LWH's picture

My oh my,

Hillary Clinton CONTINUES to plant questions in debates...only this time she planted a questioner in the GOP youtube debate!! hahaha....what a loser! These democrats are apparently not learning anything! Is it any wonder she has such little support in the country and in the polls? Useless woman she is...no ideas...no vision...no hope...

http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/d91f3cba-6a87-4686-92ce-70a16edc311b

And if that isn't enough...Obama and Edwards are getting into the game as well...

http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/510e25b1-bd33-49de-8443-91f18fd3d5a8

I'm sorry, but if the dems have to resort to planting in the debates, and their paid buddies over at CNN don't bother to fact check the questioners, makes one realize how corrupt this crony corporatism has become in this country. The American people need to understand that the dems and CNN have created a partisan news org like Fox.

Stop the corruption in Washington!

In other news, Google has just announced that they are investing in new energy sources. Folks, the gooberment is not the only group of people capable of solving the energy problem! Hooray for the "evil" free enterprise corporations!

http://adcentered.typepad.com/adcentered/2007/11/google-renewabl.html

Finally, it looks like the world has spoken out as to who they want as President. It's a clear winner...by a long shot...

http://whowouldtheworldelect.com/

Tequila's picture

Looks like the Homeland Security doesn't
want poor, tired, huddled masses yearning to be free.

Gekke's picture

LWH @ 38:

My oh my,

Hillary Clinton CONTINUES to plant questions in debates...only this time she planted a questioner in the GOP youtube debate!! hahaha....what a loser! These democrats are apparently not learning anything! Is it any wonder she has such little support in the country and in the polls? Useless woman she is...no ideas...no vision...no hope...

http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/d91f3cba-6a87-4686-92ce-70a16edc311b

And if that isn't enough...Obama and Edwards are getting into the game as well...

http://www.townhall.com/blog/g/510e25b1-bd33-49de-8443-91f18fd3d5a8

I'm sorry, but if the dems have to resort to planting in the debates, and their paid buddies over at CNN don't bother to fact check the questioners, makes one realize how corrupt this crony corporatism has become in this country. The American people need to understand that the dems and CNN have created a partisan news org like Fox.

Stop the corruption in Washington!

In other news, Google has just announced that they are investing in new energy sources. Folks, the gooberment is not the only group of people capable of solving the energy problem! Hooray for the "evil" free enterprise corporations!

http://adcentered.typepad.com/adcentered/2007/11/google-renewabl.html

Finally, it looks like the world has spoken out as to who they want as President. It's a clear winner...by a long shot...

http://whowouldtheworldelect.com/

Hillary + Clinton = dynasty = Bush + Bush + ?

time to kick all those idiots out and get back the constintution and start again.

Tequila's picture

The Supreme Court tackles
Guantanamo.

41 Gekke
time to kick all those idiots out and get back the constintution and start again.

A good place to start is by learning how to spell it.

After that give it a read, not just the part about gun ownership rights, there is a lot more there to learn.

Gekke's picture

xoites defends Constitution @ 43:

41 Gekke
time to kick all those idiots out and get back the constintution and start again.

A good place to start is by learning how to spell it.

After that give it a read, not just the part about gun ownership rights, there is a lot more there to learn.

lol, maybe you should take your spelling bee hat of and actually read the post:)

LWH's picture

Gekke @ 41:

"Hillary + Clinton = dynasty = Bush + Bush + ?
time to kick all those idiots out and get back the constintution and start again."

Seriously, if Hillary were elected, would this not violate the two term limit for Bill Clinton? He would be living in the WH after all, and would no doubt be an advisor to Hillary.

Is she wins, that would make it at least 2012 - 1988 = 24 years that either a Clinton or a Bush was in the WH. I never knew we were supposed to live in a monarchy.

Of course I agree with you that this country needs the Constitution again.

Hmmm...I wonder who is the only candidate who swears to uphold it if elected? Hmmm...

Tequila's picture

Craig gets around.

nsr's picture
The Provokateur's picture

Bush and Gonzo laugh at the corruption they have saddled America with. America has been raped and thrown on the sidewalk. America is owned by an ignorant few who have set themselves up and above for life they hope. The nature of our culture has been changed maybe forever. Global economics means the loss of tribe and only greed as the new global and national mantra. No good will come from the actions of BushCo.

Preacher Boob's picture

A fact to ponder:

If we put a memorial cross, for each American service person killed or wounded in Iraq, on all US Freeways, there would be more than one cross per mile.

True, do the math.

Preacher Boob's picture

Next time you drive on a freeway, think about that.

Taking a little 30-mile jaunt?

Or going on a 1000+ mile vacation?

whizkid's picture

The stories about Chavez.
Yeah.
Sorta like how Bush was actually elected president.

I've seen you trolls all over the web tonite.

Its called the CIA. And its bad news for you.

The Truthiness Hurts's picture

Preacher Boob @ 28:

If (when) we attack Iran, it's going to drastically affect the world's oil supply and market.

Suppose Chavez, tired of the screwing around of the CIA in his country, and the insults from Bush, decides to cut off oil to the US, what are we gonna do, open a second front in Caracas?

Afganistan, Iraq, Iran, Venezuala, that makes it the 4th front.

Sure the US military will stretch that far...

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Dhalgren @ 18:

Hugo Chavez was just handed his first major defeat as sitting president of Venezuela. He will not be able to run for president for life. Democracy won a little battle today.

doesnt this kill off all the fear mongering repugs?

venezuela is a true democracy

when are we gonna get national referendums?

The Truthiness Hurts's picture

LWH @ 38:

My oh my,

Hillary Clinton CONTINUES to plant questions in debates...only this time she planted a questioner in the GOP youtube debate!! hahaha....what a loser! These democrats are apparently not learning anything! Is it any wonder she has such little support in the country and in the polls? Useless woman she is...no ideas...no vision...no hope...

Why does it make a difference if somebody who asks a question at a debate was affiliated with somebody on 'The Other Side'? Surely it doesn't make the question any less valid. The question could have been asked by a republican. Its another case of 'Attack the messenger, ignore/divert attention from the message'.

If they can't face the other half of their own nation, how can these candidates face Al Quaida? Can they only survive these 'debates' if the pack is stacked with soft questions that allow plenty of mentions of 911, scary brown people, apple pie and how they love their moms?

Joe O.'s picture

They could have made that cartoon even better by adding in Ollie North's "I don't recall" from the Iran-Contra hearings. It would add a little nostalgia to it and draw a clear line that all of them have been and always will be crooks and liars.

Dustin de Wynde's picture

Shit.

It looks Doonesbury just upped the ante and killed off Ray by an IED in Iraq.

If that's the case, then this SUUUUCCKKKKSSS.

And not in a good, but a very, very, very, bad way.

Shit.

~nwa

Tom Murphy's picture

Are we going to stop this son of a bitch or not? Giuliani is dangerous, please help spread this video to everyone you can. Let's make this a viral video and expose this sick bastard. (MSM isn't going to do it for us) pass this video on to others, email it and post it on blogs and Internet forums: YouTube Question for Giuliani

charles's picture

Scott Ritter is calling April 08 zero hour.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/113007S.shtml
If true, enjoy the last few months of life as you know it.

right wing hater's picture

Daily Reading pt 1...

Climate Talks Take on Added Urgency After Report - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/asia/03bali.html?em&ex=119683080...
The United States will soon stand alone among industrialized nations in its refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, with the new Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, having said in no uncertain terms that his country would now ratify it.
“The Bush administration is the only government in the world that is opposed to mandatory emissions reductions being included in a new treaty,” said Philip Clapp, the deputy managing director of the Pew Environment Group, based in Washington. “The question is, will they block others from moving forward.”

Outbreak of rare African disease in Italy linked to globalization, climate change - http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/071128/w112835A.html
More mosquitoes will mean more disease. With warmer temperatures in the future, Europe might be hit by future outbreaks of diseases usually confined to Asia and Africa.

Earth's tropical belt seems to have expanded a couple hundred miles over the past quarter century, which could mean more arid weather for some already dry subtropical regions, new climate research shows. - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/12/02/national/...
"You're not expanding the tropical jungles, what you're expanding is the area of desertification," Weaver said.

BP is facing more questions about pollution from its massive [Indiana] refinery, this time from federal regulators, who accuse the oil company of significantly increasing toxic air emissions. - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-bp_bddec02,1,5465931.story?...
This is really bad considering the Bushevik/Orwellian 'Clean skies initiative' laws allow for major pollution of the air...they're even 'breaking' that 'law'...

Detroit Free Press: "Fuel economy deal gives automakers some wiggle room." - http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071202/BUSINESS01/7120...
Its a first step, now we need a president that will push for higher MPG & take us down the road to American Energy Indpendence...

Bush's Legacy for Our Children and Grandchildren: Like a ticking time bomb, the national debt is an explosion waiting to happen. It's expanding by about $1.4 billion a day — or nearly $1 million a minute.
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071203/ap_on_go_ot/nation_in_debt;_ylt=AofP...
"Democratic congress is like a teenager with a new credit card" - GWBush "Republican/Con-servative fiscal policies are like burning money" - Reality

Report: GOP Initiative To ‘Steal’ White House Is Lagging But Still Viable - http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/12/02/report-gop-initiative-to-steal-wh-lags/\

right wing hater's picture

Daily Reading pt 2...

Huckabee Lied About Boost in Poll Numbers - http://politicsplus.blogspot.com/2007/12/huckabee-lied-about-boost-in-po...

Larry Craig Gets Caught With His Pants Down, As Recalled by Four Men. Actually, He Often Had Gay Sex With His Pants On. The BuzzFlash Editor's Blog.
- http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/editorblog/015

A Promising Sign: GOP State Party Tells Republican Candidates That Running Against Abortion is Now a Losing Proposition in Kansas. - http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-kansas1dec01,1,1668...
This means that the South has taken the stupidity mantle and is running with it...

The Democrats Look West - http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/01/dems.radio.ap/index.html
Economic Populism taking hold in Western U.S.

This Week's Top Ten Con-servative Idiots - http://journals.democraticunderground.com/top10/316
Make sure to scroll to bottom to see captioned pictures from GOP 'debate'....

The GOP/Republican Con-servative War on Science continues: Endangered truth: Exposing the administration's lies on science - http://www.dailycamera.com/news/2007/dec/02/endangered-truth/

How out of touch/removed from society are the crusty old GOP candidates...this much: Prehistoric Presidential Candidates, Giving Technology the Short Shrift - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/30/AR200711...
GWBush: "Get out there on the uh....Internets" "I do the google" "...so I can download music to my pod"

Corporate America is Going to be Squeezing Us for Blood During the Waning Months of the Bush Administration - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/02/washington/02lobby.html?_r=1&th=&adxnn...

Sex in the Bible: A Must Read - http://skepticsannotatedbible.com/sex/long.htm

Glenn Greenwald: National Review reporter caught fabricating; where is the "liberal media"? - http://www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2007/12/02/nro/index.html

CoIntelPro's picture

On Dec. 3, 1984, more than 4,000 people died after a cloud of gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India.

CoIntelPro's picture

uncle joe mccarthy @ 53:

Dhalgren @ 18:

Hugo Chavez was just handed his first major defeat as sitting president of Venezuela. He will not be able to run for president for life. Democracy won a little battle today.

doesnt this kill off all the fear mongering repugs?

venezuela is a true democracy

when are we gonna get national referendums?

When the corporations give them to you.

CoIntelPro's picture

Innovating Our Way to Financial Crisis
By PAUL KRUGMAN

The financial crisis that began late last summer, then took a brief vacation in September and October, is back with a vengeance.

Preacher Boob's picture

Well, apparently some carpers are claiming 'foul' in the recent Russian election. Gary Kasparov, for example, said it 'Was the most unfair and dirtiest in Russia's election history'.

He did not, however, go so far as to compare it unfavorably with the most recent American elections.

So the Bushies still hold the record for the least fair elections, with Pakistan and Myanamar running close seconds.

Preacher Boob's picture

CoIntelPro @ 63:

Innovating Our Way to Financial Crisis
By PAUL KRUGMAN

The financial crisis that began late last summer, then took a brief vacation in September and October, is back with a vengeance.

Christmas will be when the bottom drops out, and 'rich' American homeowner/investors have to make do with gruel instead of turkey to meet their mortgage payments. One possible partial solution the administration is considering, is converting the mortgage terms from dollars to euros or yuan, retroactive to the start of the troubled mortgages (roughly, three to two years ago), but this would require a multi-trillion dollar loan from China, which does not seem interested in providing more loans whose security is real estate over-priced by as much as fifty percent. Have the Chinese become more discerning, or have the Americans become less credible and credit worthy? Most investors are betting on the latter, and bailing on the American market, and investing in pork bellies.

Preacher Boob's picture

navyswan @ 62:

Third world warriors fight U.S. wars - for dollars a day

And first world warriors fight U.S. wars for hundred or thousands of dollars per day, e.g. Balckwater assassins. Harvard University, together with most major universities, is now offering bachelor and advanced-degree programs in MercenaryShip, becoming a for-pay warrior/assassin, since the personal incomes approach, and in some cases exceed, those of attorneys and doctors.
Of course, the only market for their services is the U.S. government, and it's future is 'doubtful', so most universities have plans to escape to their off-shore campuses when the final debacle occurs, and covert their MercenaryShip programs to PatrioticRevolutionary courses, offering a doctorate for those who succeed in taking back the American Dream.

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CoIntelPro @ 60:

On Dec. 3, 1984, more than 4,000 people died after a cloud of gas escaped from a pesticide plant operated by a Union Carbide subsidiary in Bhopal, India.

Of course, some years later, under duress, Union Carbide finally offered a compensatory 'We deeply regret' statement to the families of those murdered.

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right wing hater @ 59:

Daily Reading pt 1...

Climate Talks Take on Added Urgency After Report - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/03/world/asia/03bali.html?em&ex=119683080...
The United States will soon stand alone among industrialized nations in its refusal to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, with the new Australian prime minister, Kevin Rudd, having said in no uncertain terms that his country would now ratify it.
“The Bush administration is the only government in the world that is opposed to mandatory emissions reductions being included in a new treaty,” said Philip Clapp, the deputy managing director of the Pew Environment Group, based in Washington. “The question is, will they block others from moving forward.”

Outbreak of rare African disease in Italy linked to globalization, climate change - http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/071128/w112835A.html
More mosquitoes will mean more disease. With warmer temperatures in the future, Europe might be hit by future outbreaks of diseases usually confined to Asia and Africa.

Earth's tropical belt seems to have expanded a couple hundred miles over the past quarter century, which could mean more arid weather for some already dry subtropical regions, new climate research shows. - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/n/a/2007/12/02/national/...
"You're not expanding the tropical jungles, what you're expanding is the area of desertification," Weaver said.

BP is facing more questions about pollution from its massive [Indiana] refinery, this time from federal regulators, who accuse the oil company of significantly increasing toxic air emissions. - http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-bp_bddec02,1,5465931.story?...
This is really bad considering the Bushevik/Orwellian 'Clean skies initiative' laws allow for major pollution of the air...they're even 'breaking' that 'law'...

Detroit Free Press: "Fuel economy deal gives automakers some wiggle room." - http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071202/BUSINESS01/7120...
Its a first step, now we need a president that will push for higher MPG & take us down the road to American Energy Indpendence...

Bush's Legacy for Our Children and Grandchildren: Like a ticking time bomb, the national debt is an explosion waiting to happen. It's expanding by about $1.4 billion a day — or nearly $1 million a minute.
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071203/ap_on_go_ot/nation_in_debt;_ylt=AofP...
"Democratic congress is like a teenager with a new credit card" - GWBush "Republican/Con-servative fiscal policies are like burning money" - Reality

Report: GOP Initiative To ‘Steal’ White House Is Lagging But Still Viable - http://www.pensitoreview.com/2007/12/02/report-gop-initiative-to-steal-wh-lags/\

Conclusion? Things may be heating up.

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charles @ 58:

Scott Ritter is calling April 08 zero hour.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/113007S.shtml
If true, enjoy the last few months of life as you know it.

Buy yourself a desk, and learn to 'Duck and Cover'.

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He's typical of the incompetents promoted by AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, over the years, then later hired as a TOKEN by phony liberals and even phonier conservatives... so we shouldn't be surprised that's who ended up as GW Bush's A.G.

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The Truthiness Hurts @ 54:

LWH @ 38:

My oh my,

Hillary Clinton CONTINUES to plant questions in debates...only this time she planted a questioner in the GOP youtube debate!! hahaha....what a loser! These democrats are apparently not learning anything! Is it any wonder she has such little support in the country and in the polls? Useless woman she is...no ideas...no vision...no hope...

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To paraphrase Mysogynistheses, the famous Greek poet, 'Women are no damned good'.

Why does it make a difference if somebody who asks a question at a debate was affiliated with somebody on 'The Other Side'? Surely it doesn't make the question any less valid. The question could have been asked by a republican. Its another case of 'Attack the messenger, ignore/divert attention from the message'.

If they can't face the other half of their own nation, how can these candidates face Al Quaida? Can they only survive these 'debates' if the pack is stacked with soft questions that allow plenty of mentions of 911, scary brown people, apple pie and how they love their moms?

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The Truthiness Hurts @ 54:

LWH @ 38:

My oh my,

Hillary Clinton CONTINUES to plant questions in debates...only this time she planted a questioner in the GOP youtube debate!! hahaha....what a loser! These democrats are apparently not learning anything! Is it any wonder she has such little support in the country and in the polls? Useless woman she is...no ideas...no vision...no hope...

Why does it make a difference if somebody who asks a question at a debate was affiliated with somebody on 'The Other Side'? Surely it doesn't make the question any less valid. The question could have been asked by a republican. Its another case of 'Attack the messenger, ignore/divert attention from the message'.

If they can't face the other half of their own nation, how can these candidates face Al Quaida? Can they only survive these 'debates' if the pack is stacked with soft questions that allow plenty of mentions of 911, scary brown people, apple pie and how they love their moms?

To paraphrase Mysogynistheses, the famous Greek poet, 'Women are no damned good'.

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whizkid @ 51:

The stories about Chavez.
Yeah.
Sorta like how Bush was actually elected president.

I've seen you trolls all over the web tonite.

Its called the CIA. And its bad news for you.

He's not kidding, I've been posting from Gitmo for months now, on a little special device a friend made and smuggled in to me, which I can hide in the space of a missing filling in one of my teeth. Gitmo is no fun, but it sure does take off the weight. According to my new BMI, I should live an extra twenty years, which falls just short of my 'indefinite' sentence. Although I haven't been formally charged, there's a whole group of us posters here, and the rumor is we're being held for 'posting unbecoming a Patriotic AntiTerrist Republican Christian person of God'.

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Tequila @ 42:

The Supreme Court tackles
Guantanamo.

And if they don't vote 'right', they're gonna live there.

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xoites defends Constitution @ 35:

McDuff @ 29:

Paul Wolfowitz back in the White House?

http://www.newsweek.com/id/73273

Is there no crime this man can commit that will keep him off the government dole?

Wiping his ass on the Star of David, or pissing in his beanie, might do it.

Is it just me or is anyone else having problems posting?

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Wolfie's back on the wingnut welfare dole

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Preacher Boob @ 69:

charles @ 58:

Scott Ritter is calling April 08 zero hour.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/113007S.shtml
If true, enjoy the last few months of life as you know it.

Buy yourself a desk, and learn to 'Duck and Cover'.

Not so much duck and cover as economic shock, an energy crisis, and further isolation of the US in the international community.

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Dhalgren @ 18:

Hugo Chavez was just handed his first major defeat as sitting president of Venezuela. He will not be able to run for president for life. Democracy won a little battle today.

"w" will change that.

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Preacher Boob @ 34:

xoites defends Constitution @ 31:

What happened to the cute kitties?

One of them crawled under Lindsay's skirt.

and posed as her pussy?

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Anyone watch "Family Guy" last night? I can't believe that show is on Fox.

The main character went back in time to 1984, courtesy of the grim reaper, and screwed up the sequence of events that made his life what it is. By doing so, GORE was now president, we had universal health care and there was no more crime.

Hysterical, yet sad at the same time.

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Preacher Boob @ 26:

LibertyLover @ 22:

Gekke @ 16:

LibertyLover @ 11:

I read that post earlier today, It's realy getting scarey, especially after hitting these posts today too.. look who's back.

An Old Face Resurfaces

and this one...

US says it has right to kidnap British citizens

George Orwell could right a few bestsellers books about this i sure ;)

I think he already did... ;) too bad they are using them as playbooks instead of cautionary tales.

Not just British citizens, anyone, in any country. Our Supremes, and this arrogant administration, have declared ourselves Rulers of the Planet Earth. (Doncha wish the Russkys, and the Chinks, would get together and kidnap Bush and Cheney?)

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But that wouldn't be Orwell, that would be O'Henry..."The Ransom of Red Cheese"

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Preacher Boob @ 65:

CoIntelPro @ 63:

mid January, I think. they don't want to spoil the christmas stock option season.

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King of Mean @ 70:

He's typical of the incompetents promoted by AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, over the years, then later hired as a TOKEN by phony liberals and even phonier conservatives... so we shouldn't be surprised that's who ended up as GW Bush's A.G.

you got the AA wrong. It stands for Alcholics Anonymous!

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Gekke @ 36:

Preacher Boob @ 30:

Gekke @ 27:

Preacher Boob @ 21:

Let me present these two little gems to the members of the World Idols Team ;)

Hugo canta / Hugo Chavez sings

and..

Paul Potts - monile phone sales man

enjoy :)

Fantastique! Paul, that is, who does sing better than Hugo. Nevertheless, I'd like to have a president who acts as abnormally normal as Chavez, rather than the tone-deaf klutz we have.

there you go i posted your block quote as i guessed you meant it to be rather than the one you posted :) glad you enjoyed Mr Potts, he's something else :)

That Paul Potts is amazing, his singing is beautifully sensational, and as unexpected as if Simon Cowell were to give a coherent 10 minute speech, without using the word 'I', or putting someone down.

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Alberto Gonzales.... Not exactly a credit to the Latino community now was he... And that's a honest to god real shame given the position he rose to, and the overall trainwreck that is legal immigration verses illegal entry to this country without proper authorization with most of the ire directed specifically towards Latinos whether that ire is deserved or not.... The Latino community definitely didn't need this clueless Bush alcolyte further trashing the community image and reputation...

Don't anyone mistake where I am coming from on this matter. I am in favor of legal immigration of any and all people who want to come to this country and start over regardless of heritage. I do believe whomever comes here needs to assimilate into this society, much as Theodore Roosevelt maintained nearly 100 years ago. I am fully against illigal border crossing and I dispise how the whole debate is being manipulated and obficated by those with private agendas. That said, I also feel I need to say (given the historonics around the issue) I have no ill will for the Latino community and have many friends of Latino heritage. It is for that very reason along with a belief in fair play and subscribing to the concepts of national soverignty that I am against the current influx of 'illigal immigrants' which is just the current phrase in vogue to discribe people entering America without going thru the proper immigration channels. I have zero sympathy for the American business community which is behind much of this sad chapter in America and even less sympathy for the tired excuse they like to use about 'jobs that native born Americans won't do'. That is merely a smoke screen for not paying fair wages for honest labor.... to anyone, native born or not.

It is because of this heated debate and growing problem with immigration with the focus on the Latino influx from south to north that I think it was a damned shame what Alberto Gonzales did in his capacity as Attorney General of the United States. He could have thru proper example been a boon to his community and possibly racheted down the now bordering on irrational mistrust in many towards Latino people in general.. Yes, he could have done much to bring levity to all this thru simply doing his job properly. But, instead, he was just another shill for the Bush Administration and the fallout is washing downhill onto the entire community in general... and THAT is the shame of it.... I do not know where this debate will end up but I do know Alberto Gonzales has not helped matters at all, and in fact, has hurt the cause of Latino immigration by his sorry example. I regret that for all Latinos who might wish to come here legally and become American citizens... JD

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Moderator: The youtube link is no longer available...that is the message I just got.

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