I think she found the WMD's.

No one cares
for Bush's "solution" to the housing crisis. The CIA tries to erase its war crimes.

I can't help but remember Ronald Reagan's Campaign slogan in 1980:

Are you better off than you were four years ago?

Message to Billo: 'Omaha' is Your Real War On Xmas!
http://satiricalpolitical.com/?p=1265

*sorry, Burt Ward.

Bush is losing
military voters.

Plus, I think Obama'd be a good face, worldwide, for America, in the wake of the disastrous and downright psychotic foreign policy of the neocons.

xoites,

Don't say he's the only one to get your vote. He's ggot tpwin the nomination first. I will vote for whoever is nominated for the democratic party. Edwards is still my pick.

I hope we all keep remembering that there is a healthcare crisis in the United States, and that the insurance companies need to crushed, the way they've crushed us.

Speaking of insurance companies, remember that bloated pig, the former CEO of UnitedHeath, the one who earned 1.6 BILLION compensation in one year?

News story:

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former chief executive of UnitedHealth Group Inc will forfeit more than $400 million in stock options and other compensation and pay a $7 million fine to settle an investigation into the health insurer's options practices.

We have been so screwed by these profiteers.

You can read the rest of this story at this location.

Sorry, I'm as artsy fartsy as the best of them, but I thought that was stupid.

beckyboo @ 6 "'m looking for Rumi, for my daughter, right now. She loves poetry, and this will be a nice present for her."

"That which God said to the rose,
and caused it to laugh in full-blown beauty,
He said to my heart,
and made it a hundred times more beautiful."

- From "Jewels of Remembrance," by Rumi

Hafez and Kabir are also names to look for.

Kabir is also in the Sikh holy book, and his 'crazy wise' approach is also quite wonderful.

Are you looking for me?
I am in the next seat.
My shoulder is against yours.
You will not find me in the stupas,
not in Indian shrine
rooms, nor in synagogues, nor in cathedrals:
not in masses, nor kirtans, not in legs winding
around your own neck, nor in eating nothing but
vegetables.
When you really look for me, you will see me
instantly --you will find me in the tiniest house of time.
Kabir says: Student, tell me, what is God?
He is the breath inside the breath.

~Kabir

For these poets, divinity was not a 'God,' but a present experience of unaccountable bliss.

Not that I expect the anti-religionists around here to know anything of that.

Cheers.

Paul in LA

I heartily disagree. Those of us who know there is no God also know the joys of being human with other human beings. In fact when we are that human with each other a sense of spirituality that trancends us as individuals is impossible to ignore.

By the way, am I wrong that 'xoites' is a spelling of 'coitus'?

After I took one Swiss ticket too many, I learned more about transcendence than 99% of the people in my county.

Bush hates energy efficiency.

love is the way.

Well, that letter is Chi in Greek, K - oit- es.

Here for all these years I've thought that coitus was defending the constitution, and I thought, well, why not?

If fucking can't save us, we are truly doomed.

xoites defends Constitution @ 34:

the opposite of war. :)

Oh, no, I think you're doing it wrong. The opposite of war?

What are you, a liberal?

http://www.miltonhebald.com/terracotta.html

That was the answer I was expecting from xoites (and gee, I've been pronouncing it correctly in my head all this time!). :-) And on the threadstarter video?

"Hands across the water
Hands across the sea" - Paul McCartney

(warning: blogwhoring below)

If anyone missed it, I started my new blog yesterday. It's @ tbsn.wordpress.com (or click on my name.)

I've spent a couple of years seing Xoites in the Jesus fish on people's cars, Stanley.

Coitus Saves.

oops, guys. I'm so tired. I intruded on a mutual admiration thing. Too tired to partiipate but good for you. :)

Hi Sphinx! :)

xoites defends Constitution @ 42:

"39 Paul in LA Says: I’ve spent a couple of years seing Xoites in the Jesus fish on people’s cars, Stanley.

Coitus Saves."

You are thinking of Jonah. :)

Coitus Saves, Cunilingus Earns!

Interruptus helps no one.

[Sphinx. Knock it off. Go to bed and sleep-Sitemonitor]

"Something that’s really frustrated me about the left in this country is that no one’s realized that Bush’s nickname for Gonzalez wasn’t “Fredo”, it was “Frito”, as in Americanized tortilla chip."

Or as in the "Frito Bandito", perhaps?

Anybody see Chris Matthews today? I've been so frustrated with him over his reaction to questions republican candidates have faced about religion, like that question about literally interpreting the bible. Yes, the constitution outlaws a religious test for government office, but it's the candidates who are violating it, not those asking questions about it. If the candidates weren't using their "faith" to court votes then these issues wouldn't come up.

But today I was very happy with him. I've heard him ask tough questions of conservative republicans about why they feel threatened by gay marriage, but it was never clear (at least to me) exactly where he - Matthews - stood. Today he cleared that up, saying he supports gay marriage. He said something to the effect that "if we don't show respect for people who are different, how can we expect them to respect themselves".

So good for him!

hahahahahahahahaha

http://www.zombietime.com/really_truly_hillary_gallery/

Danras @ 51:

hahahahahahahahaha

http://www.zombietime.com/really_truly_hillary_gallery/

Wow imagine that. Someone has millions of pictures taken and they actually have a few ugly ones in there-out of the millions.

Colour me shocked, asshole. Looks are everything after all.

I guess you're a Romney man.

Paul -
> I’ve spent a couple of years seing Xoites in the Jesus fish on people’s cars, Stanley. Coitus Saves.

:-) I've also seen the Xoites in the Jesus fish ... Rolly Polly Fish Heads, Eat Them Up, Yum!

On the Coitus Saves thing? I'll have to post some Eagles (for misunderstood lyrics. They're really singing like "Coilitus" (which means bud, from my understanding) -

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vPIuIwSJ41s

Hey Bluegal, my niece Jordan Kriston is in this dance performance. I went to the opening night in November, it was very interesting. Chen has written and choreographed a real mirror of our time. A mix of video, dance, and great modern music.
Frustrating it has not been reviewed by the Village Voice yet...

miss_kitty @ 53:

Danras @ 51:

hahahahahahahahaha

http://www.zombietime.com/really_truly_hillary_gallery/

Wow imagine that. Someone has millions of pictures taken and they actually have a few ugly ones in there-out of the millions.

Actually, my empathy for her increased by viewing that gallery.

A huge amount of opposition to her is not exactly noble.

Electoral vote measure fails to make June ballot
Los Angeles Times - 2 hours ago
The Republican-backed initiative in California, which could have favored the GOP presidential nominee, did not garner enough financial support.

Paul, I think that I may've misspelled it. I recall this topic going around on the LNMC previously, and it was determined that the word used in Hotel California actually was describing the smell of burning bud. And of course I'm not talking about Budwieser.

It's become an obsession:

Four Fabulous Elves:
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1180540625

The smoking gun mugshot edition:
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=12118981

Four War Elves of Apocalypse:
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1212620650

That's nasty, the spill in the ROK. The coast line it happened on is beautiful, as long as you ignore the razor wire you have to get through to enjoy it. Strange feelings to go to the beach, where in many cases there is not only razor wire, but minefields behind the razor wire, and in some cases artillery positions...guns greased and covered, lacking only the firing pin and ammunition.

20 xoites defends Constitution Says: Sorry Ron, i am morally obligated by my personal beliefs to vote for Kucinich. I will write him in if i have to.

I believe in non violence and Kucinich is the only candidate who does as well.

Make that 3 votes. My wife and I plan to write in his name also. I have spent too many votes for the "lesser of 2 evils" since 1960 (my first vote).
I finally have someone whom I am excited about=Kucinich.

Daily Reading pt 2...

Brent Budowsky: Grapes of Wrath for Some, Wonderful Life for Others - http://pundits.thehill.com/2007/12/06/grapes-of-wrath-for-some-wonderful...

Latinos Move Away From GOP and Back to Democratic Party - http://pewresearch.org/pubs/652/hispanics-2008-election

Republican priorities, money for war, not for FDA: Unregulated, Uninspected Food For Thought - http://www.thenation.com/blogs/notion/?pid=257207

Two-thirds of Israelis oppose attack on Iran: poll - http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20071206/wl_mideast_afp/israelirannuclearcon...
Hey AIPAC, Lieberman, neocon armchair warriors....sit on that

Sand Castle economy: House prices seen falling 30 pct - http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071206/bs_nm/usa_economy_housing_dc;_ylt=AnhI22q22f6Dn0Z_ekwmz4is0NUE

PROOF THAT CNN IS AS WORTHLESS AS FOX NOISE: CNN forced to postpone its speculative documentary "We Were Warned -- Iran Goes Nuclear." Well, because there is no nuclear threat. If only CNN had spent that money investigating the news, it wouldn't have egg on its face.
- http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117977083.html?categoryid=1238&cs=1
Please don't watch this BS channel, they haven't been in news business since Ted Turner left...

Dennis Kucinich (41%) and John Edwards (26%) combined for 2/3 of the Progressive Democrats of America presidential straw poll vote. Over 15,000 activists weighed in on the race. - http://pdamerica.org/articles/news/2007-12-05-08-07-19-news.php

Mike Huckabee Appeased Bill Clinton Hater Lunatics and Two Women Were Murdered as a Result: The BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrite of the Week is Rev. Mike, Who is a Fratenity Brother in the GOP Hypocrisy Hall of Shame
- http://gophypocrites.com/2007/12/hyp07049.html

bill w @ 67:

20 xoites defends Constitution Says: Sorry Ron, i am morally obligated by my personal beliefs to vote for Kucinich. I will write him in if i have to.

All the same, it depends on where you live. A pretty large proportion of Californians, for instance, can vote for Kucinich during the election itself as a protest vote (or a statement of personal values), and it won't matter.

Measure the opposite result.

"69 Dennis Says: The Bush Boom Just Won’t Quit-

U.S. Payrolls Rose 94,000 in November; Jobless Rate at 4.7%

Baffled Marxists everywhere search for some explanation- “How can this be?!?”

Free market capitalism is clearly the best path to prosperity."

How can it be? We have 300 million people to choose from, that's how.

Hazy @ 62:

Music to my ears, the creeps didn't win this time.

I know. SecState Bowen is solid gold.

The previous SecState would have approved it, by breaking the law, like when the SS sent Bilbray to Congress with a 'provisional certification' (which doesn't exist in California Election Code) so they could swear him in and stop the election protest in San Diego. A similar thing was done in Nevada.

Our previous SecState was forced out of office with threats. So a win in the face of the corrupt Governator and his big LIAR'S smile, is all to the good. By the way, did you see that he stupidly headlined a secret fundraiser, and thereby has been forced by law to expose his partners in larceny?

Real estate developers especially love the guy. One of his first acts in power was to slash the fire department's funds.

The names are on a list of donors who paid as much as $25,000 to attend a private fundraiser Schwarzenegger headlined in San Francisco last month for the California Protocol Foundation.

The little-known non-profit is run under the auspices of the California Chamber of Commerce and has funded most of Schwarzenegger's international trade missions and other events since shortly after he took [as in STOLE] office. Last month's dinner at the de Young Museum raised nearly $400,000, according to the documents.

They were released Thursday after repeated requests by the Associated Press. An AP review of fundraising records last month revealed that Schwarzenegger has become the most prolific campaign fundraiser in California history, taking in more than $125 million for his various political committees. The money raised by the foundation is in addition to that figure.

http://www.mercurynews.com/politics/ci_7658565?nclick_check=1

He stupidly blew his connections, outed himself.

We're in a Republican party credibility meltdown that is going to be VERY satisfying. Misery loves company, you bastards.

A Quick History Lesson For Mitt

navyswan @ 77:

Payrolls, unemployment numbers and the President are unconnected.

For one thing, if those 94,000 new jobs are to be trusted, a substantial portion of those new jobs may have been created by the artificial prosperity that Federal Reserve money creation causes. The sad thing is that if this is true, it is unsustainable.

Unemployment numbers, job creation, etc...these studies are conducted by government agencies and certain private companies that use seasonality, smoothing and other deceptive regression tactics that mask reality for political purposes.

Having said all this, I agree with you that free market capitalism is the road to prosperity, and that mixed or socialistic economies are the road to serfdom. I just don't trust what these people say through polling, statistics, and other lame forms of "science".

Marxism is alive and well in this country navyswan, because government spending has skyrocketed in the last 7 years. Marx believed that the only way to increase the standard of living of poor folks is to steal from the rich and give to the poor, and the way to do it is through government taxes and deficit spending.

The problem is that wealth cannot be expanded in this way, because money that goes to Washington bureaucrats is divied up politically and not "healthily". This is how all governments have worked since the dawn of time.

Sadly, many people don't want to believe that government intervention in the economy does not work in the long run, mostly because they believe statistics and government funded studies.