Mid Day Open Thread--Christmas Shopping Edition
In order for all of us at C&L to get some much deserved time over the holidays with our friends and loved ones, John Amato has decided that we will be posting a little less over the next couple of weeks. We'll still be around for any breaking news, but we'll do fewer regular posts and host an open thread every afternoon.
For this open thread, I was inspired by my chronically procrastinating husband, who is braving the traffic and jammed parking lots to go finish(begin?) his shopping on this last weekend before Christmas. It made me think of some gifts I would love to give people we feature here on C&L regularly (my phone number to Keith Olbermann notwithstanding).
Like this for Chris Matthews...
Or these cards for Culture Warrior Bill O'Reilly ...
Or this for Campbell Brown and Dan Senor's new baby...
...and lest we forget, a certain Mr. Amato is just begging to find this under his Christmas tree.
So what kind of gifts would you like to give? And please, keep it family-friendly.
He's partially responsible for the following match-up:
Thrilla in Vanilla: Klein vs. Greenwald
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Send a lump of coal to Bush.
I'd like to give each of you a big hug and a little kiss on the cheek. 8)
The Conservative Threat Level T-Shirt is the holiday gift that keeps on giving.
Angry One @ 4:
I have one of those for my husband. He wears it out all the time and gets SO many thumbs up from people who actually read it. :)
Is John Amato related to this Mike Amato?
I only ask because they have the same thighs.
From the WaPo: FBI aims for world's largest biometrics database
Amusement parks, grocery stores - lots of private companies turning to biometrics (fingerprints) to identify customers. Don't think for a minute that they're not turning over their records to the FBI.
Family friendly?!?!? Darn and I was going to suggest the Crucifix *ss plug...[link withheld]
lol
I would give everyone the bumper sticker I saw today. It said, "Sorry W, but I'm the decider in 08".
I have a great shirt for chris matthews that my wife gave me last year its w in silhouette and it says I bet you'll vote next time hippy...
I have gotten more pos. feedback from that shirt than any other in my wardrobe.
A K-Y jelly coated cross for Huckabee.
K-Y jelly coated microphones for O'Reilly, Matthews, and Limbaugh.
A K-Y jelly coated Katie Couric for Les Moonves.
A life-size, K-Y jelly coated globe of the earth for the Preposterous Putz.
A K-Y jelly coated, working oil well derrick for DickHead.
And a GREAT BIG MERRY CHRISTMAS AND THANK YOU CARD for the Amato family.
Merry Christmas Fools from The Decider.
I need serious elf.
I'm giving this Mitt Romney because he's always been a hunter. Okay, only shot a couple of small varmints. And because the NRA endorsed him. Okay, they didn't but you know.
ldzppln @ 7:
I took a small -- very small -- stand for privacy while Christmas shopping at my local Sh*rper Im*ge Store while Christmas shopping yesterday... I had one item, politely waited in line to purchase said item -- I even had cash to pay with.
When it was my turn to purchase, the man behind the counter politely asked for my name and I asked:
"Do I have to give you my name to purchase this item?"
He said no, but that it was for my convenience that they put me in their database, so that If I ever had to return the said item, I wouldn't need my receipt.
I said, "That's ok, I'll pass. I don't want to be in your database."
He asked again: "Can I at least have your name?"
I said, "No" --- the poor man was clearly flummoxed, and he finally pressed some button on the machine and I was able to complete the transaction and be on my way... but it took 2X as long to purchase the item than if I just went to T*rg*t, where their whole philosophy is to get the customer out the door as quickly as possible or they penalize the cashier.
Anyway... looking forward to the day when I can just swipe my arm past the the pay scanner with little imbedded chip that one will get when they are born and be on my way... every part of everu purchase recorded for the government to see...
I'm sending this card out to Falafel Bill, Glenn Beck, and Tucker. Christmas cheer from the cheerleaders.
Rick @ 6:
LOL!
Forget related, I think that is John!
ldzppln @ 7:
The FBI collecting data on fingerprints, etc. isn't exactly earth shattering news... they've been pretty much doing that since the day the agency was founded. Though I too would be wary of big box stores collecting fingerprint info and shuffling it off to the FBI.
Just heard an OnStar commercial on the radio:
Woman crying. Emergency situation. Understanding operator gets doctor on phone. Understanding operator says she's ready to call an ambulance, if necessary.
It occurred to me that THIS is the privatization of the emergency 911 service that our taxdollars pay for.
Anybody else make this connection?
Think about it: If we privatize everything, we have to pay a fee to have or enjoy everything, even life-threatening matters.
Do you really think our taxes are going to go down as services such as 911 are privatized? Not only will we be paying high or the same taxes, we'll have to pay a corporation a monthly fee for everything that is now tax-funded.
It's getting scary in this country.
If I could choose a gift, it would be some Medical Marijuana for all of the soldiers returning home with PTSD.
If it's safe and effective enough for Israeli soldiers, then ours should have legal access to the herb as well.
http://www.drugpolicy.org/news/08_09_04israel.cfm
a friend of mine made this website, I think the santa claus target would be good to stir up orly's paranoia regarding the war on x-mas.
Lollimom @ 18:
Just before the huge economic collapse in Argentina several years ago, everything was privatized. Even street signs had logos on them because corporations bought them as sponsors.
You can probably guess what contributed to the economic collapse.
Lollimom @ 18:
You're right about the privatization, but this country has BEEN scary. The perpetrators are just more overt now. But a new paradigm is beginning. Can you feel it?
Happy Solstice everyone!
I'm getting every American one of these as a reminder.
Blue Buddha @ 21:
Soon 911 will be converted to a 900 exchange, @ $4.95/minute.
Thing Fish @ 2:
He's not the only one...
I say all the right-wingers should get this in their stocking...
http://www.firebox.com/index.html?dir=firebox&action=product&pid=1249&sh...
Turkey saved the Kurds in Northern Iraq the trouble of shopping today. They dropped their bombs (no mention of the wrapping) again today, Saturday.
Of course, the good news is that the only casualties will be 'Kurdish terrorists gathered to plot against Turkey'.
Amazing the intellectual skills of some of those two, three and four-year-old Kurdish kids. If they're plotting at those ages, imagine what they'd have been able to do had they had the opportunity to grow up.
Family friendly?.......oh...ok I get it........what I would like to give everyone for Festivus?.........wish them peace and security for everyone and their loved ones...........and a better year ahead.
You know, the CIA is so damned difficult to shop for, not because they have everything, but just because they're so damned difficult about everything.
Here we set up an agency for the purpose of deceiving, lying, cheating, stealing, running dope, torturing folks, laundering money, setting up secret companies, bank accounts, and agents in foreign lands, as well as domestically, in short, doing whatever they can to assure their continued existence and growth, including murder, assassination, execution, and what do they do?!
They lie to us. They hide things from us.
And we get upset!
Do you realize how lucky we are we have not yet crossed the line, wherever it is they have drawn it, that would cause them to kill us all??!!
GWB @ 27:
this was me.......Happy Holidays folks...
Isn't it amazing how Christmas can screw things up?
Look at the Giulianis.
All Judith wanted was a little pre-Christmas fu*k,
Rudy couldn't get it up'
So he pleaded a 'headache'.
The effing plane turned around, he ended up in a hospital, and the next day, the story of his ED is splashed all over the MSM. As usual, they got it wrong. But think of how embarrassing it could have been, not to mention the high-heel holes in the head Rudy would have suffered, had they got it right.
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Yeah, I know: Bring my fan with me when it's my time 'cause it will be hot where I'm going...unlike Bush, who will sit in the throne currently occupied by God.
Here it is, just before Christmas, and what does Obama do?
He tells Hillary, and the world, that Bill Clinton's political advisors prefer him to Hillary.
Who Knew!!??
That Bill Clinton hired wide-stanced republican Senators as advisors?
Yet another Holiday surprise.
Mary Matalin is publishing Rove.
And James Carville is writing Rove's auto-biography.
The gifts just keep pouring in.
Mitt changed his story again.
The REAL truth (according to Mitt) is he is the love child of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks, and was driving the bus she sat in the back of the day she was arrested.
pissed off patricia @ 9:
POP, this may seem off the wall, but trust me, I'm serious. I cannot leave my home, and I'd like to find a funny, you're-a-good-friend card and/or small gift I can buy on-line for a female friend who lives in Belgium half-time, and is there now, and has the political sensibilities we do. Any suggestions? She's very bright, speaks six languages, was euro-educated, works for the EU, loves dogs, hates Bush. I'd appreciate your suggestion(s).
It's a bit shocking & disheartening to find a regular contributor referring to her husband's participation in this mass orgy of consumerism as "his shopping" .. as if each of us has an obligation to participate ..
We've all got to change our habits if we're going to emerge from the darkness ..
"Identity Through Consumption" was the catch-phrase sold by Madison Avenue Psychiatrists to their Advertising Agency Clients in the mid-60's.
And orgies of mass consumption have become the backbone of American "culture" since.
Giving up the orgies of mass consumption is just as important as bringing the Military Industrial Complex under control.
ciao .. enjoy the Winter Solstice !!!
Conyers does NOT care about Wexler’s Petition to start Cheney impeachment hearings!
Read the transcript from Democracy Now.
http://willyloman.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/from-democracy-now-interview-...
He will NOT allow impeachment hearings to take place.
Conyers knows that Pelosi will undercut the efforts of impeachment rather than helping to build a bi-partisan coalition to impeach.
Conyers knows that Pelosi will again be Speaker of the House next year and she will take him off the Judiciary Committee if he goes against her wishes. It’s a “lose-lose” for him and impeachment.
Let’s help him and the rest of the members of the House of Representatives by removing an obstructionist Speaker. It can be done and must be done to start the impeachment process.
http://www.petitiononline.com/everyman/petition.html
Preacher Boob, can you buy on line a gift certificate to Petsmart? If she has a dog, she can get it whatever she likes with the certificate when she is in the US or she could use it on line. She would like that. I promise. :)
Click here and there you go.
Merry Christmas
one thing's clear in this election, hrc is the dlc's gal.
but, who really are the dlc?
are they democratic leaders, or are they a sort of "designated losers club"?
it sure seems like they specialize in sending out operatives to go lose something on behalf of the american people.
you know, like asking welterweight (and golden skull & bonesboy) john kerry to go out and tell us he'll make sure every vote will be counted, only to go down like a sack of potatoes on election day.
or asking harry reid to boldly don his mr. rogers sweater and help lead the senate into losing some more rights for the american people.
so, would it really be a bad thing if the
d-esignated
l-osers
c-lub
let the people decide this time?
I want to send a picture of Nataline Sarkisyan to Ron Paul, Mitt Romney and the rest of the "socialized medicine!" fearmongers
I would like to give my best friend $2000 so she would not loose her house. The adjustible mortage she has is killing her.
pissed off patricia @ 37:
Thanx, how simple, how apropos, and I never though of it. But I was smart enough to ask you.
I sincerely hope it works out for you. Here's your hug. :)
Preacher Boob @ 41:
It's done, my friend thanks you, her dogs thank you, I thank you, Merry Christmas from us all.
Did you know the Bush regime is bombing Somalia , killing hundreds , possibly thousands , also causing thousands of refugees to flee and some being turned over to U.S. intelligence at borders . The Ethiopian attack on Somalia fully supported by bush , includes U.S. gun ships attacking Somalia .
But you wouldn't know from watching CNN or the other infotainment channels and they have the NERVE to report a French journalist kidnapped in Somalia is their VERY short around the world segment and not mention ONE FRICKEN word about what's going on there .
If CNN were in CAHOOTS with U.S. foreign , protecting it, omitting many facts and basically not reporting the occupation of AFRICA , that is expanding daily there, it couldn't look any different . So you can come to only one conclusion . Barbara Starr who was the "only reporter " with the U.S. occupation forces in Ethiopia at the beginning of the conflict and omitted many facts , knows what is going on , but refuses to report the facts , keeping americans uninformed .
But along with NBC, CBS, fox they have plenty time to cover the missing British Girl or the predictable Airport story or weather, weather, weather .
Thank goodness for Chris-Floyd .com who is constantly monitoring the story and reporting many details about the wAR on Somalia .
MountainMan23 @ 36:
Wow. I just meant that he went out to get me a Christmas present. There's no obligation to mass consumerism or consumption. There's an obligation to be nice to his wife. You'd be surprised how easy that is. Last year, it was a gift certificate to get a manicure/pedicure. I'm not the jewelry/expensive toys kind of gal.
And for what it's worth, my children were REQUIRED to make gifts for their family so that they understood that the season is about GIVING, not receiving.
This for Huckabee.
i almost hate to say it, but i think we obama supporters are about to pull the same type of upset on the clintons as they did on the bushes in '92...
Preacher Boob @ 43:
All's well that ends well. :)
Merry Christmas!
Give the gift of Thor Shield Energy Weapon Protection Fabric...
Is Russ Feingold planning to pull a 'Tony Blair'?
He has an audience scheduled with the Pope for next summer.
Is he planning to become a Catholic so he can qualify as the token goy if Bloomberg/Lieberman take the White House?
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#49
Reminds me of The Butter Battle Book by Dr. Seuss.
Oh what will those boys in the back room think of next?
DKarma @ 8:
hilarious.......lol....
praise Jeebus
You are certainly entitled to a break and a well deserved one at that--but will you please continue to cover the Sunday am talk shows so I can maintain a modicum of sanity? Thanks you do a great job every day. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to everyone at C&L--my favorite site.
pissed off patricia @ 3:
And back at you, I have admired your comments many times. Now back to my Wisedup self, 'I would like to give bushco a big.....naw...I'll keep it clean this time. Merry Christmas everyone.
tommy thompson twins @ 51:
exactly ;)
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