New Year's Eve Open Thread
The Golden Monkeyfist Awards are up. Monkeyfister his own self points out:
These awards are given to recognize smaller, unsung bloggers who are giving their all to stop the lies of the Right Wing Machine-- thus the graphic of the fist choking the Flying "Morans!" Monkey in mid-flight. These people are DOING IT-- Locally, on a small scale, within their communities, no budget, and one-on-one. And they are succeeding. This is my way of recognizing them, and their efforts.
The great thing about these awards is they are for small blogs and are nominated BY those who write small blogs. Congratulations to Blue Girl, Red State (no relation), winner of The True Golden Monkeyfist: for most exemplifying the spirit of living in a state, in a district where there is no Democratic Representation. And you might just recognize the winner of The Au Peer Award, voted by the bloggers themselves as best of the best. Congratulations, Driftglass. And congratulations to Monkeyfister for holding a 2007 award ceremony which completely avoided an embarrassing number by anyone named Britney.
Happy New Year from all of us at Crooks and Liars.
Open Thread below, and don't forget the New Year's Resolution Open Thread here....
Let me be the FIRST! to say Happy New Year!
(and we can only hope it will be better than this one was)
heres hopeing we are all still around this time next year and really have a reason for celibrating , happy new year for what its worth!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Just some info on free coupons you can get for converter boxes for when we go digital in '09.
Happy New Year!
May the repugs rot in hell.
WOOOOooooooooHOOOOoooooooo......heres hoping the next one will be better than the last one..........wellllll........the end of next year at least....Thanks to everyone at C&L.....HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Top Ten Signs Your Country May Be Going Fascist - Google Video - 3rd Most Blogged Today.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSuWCIYi7T4
1 minute 54 seconds.
Happy New Year everyone! a special thanks to everyone and C&L for a great blog!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Happy New Year! May it be an improvement over this one. Keep the Internet fires burning.
PROSPERO ANO NUEVO!!!
tyree @ 2:
DITTO! and bakatcha!
xoites defends Constitution @ 1:
Here's to that!
May 2007 be forgot, and 2008 be a shining example of goodness, both politically and personally!
Thanks, C&L, for everything!
Y'all are truly wonderful, and I certainly hope that good things to to each and every one of you all here in this coming year.
Happy New Year, everyone!
--mf
dated but still funny rumsfeld
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pBi6iodnvQ
May 08 be less sucky than 07!
Its been a bitch of a decade so far, and really its best if we undertake a bit of rehab, if at all possible...
Happy New Year!
2007: The Year In Stoopid
I would like to give a special thanks to Tequila.
Although i have never seen a personal post from Tequila night after night without fail on the open thread Tequila posts interesting and informative links.
[Deleted] Comments on Dr. Ron Paul are routinely censored. [Deleted]
[You know, The reason the comments don't show up or disappear, is because they are generally off topic in the threads in which they appear. Or they're flame bait. Try reading the Comment Policy and abiding by the rules. And you don't win any support here with bull-laden accusations about pay offs and the like-Sitemonitor]
Happy New Year all here... from the frozen north. And tonight it truly is frozen. See you at the turn of the tide.
EC @ 16:
i thank god jerry fallwells dead and in hell with the devil greaseing up his poop shute sot that hes not here to see the year in stoopid!!!!!!!!!!!!
As always, BG, thanks for the linkage! Y'all were fantastic to me in 2008, and I hope I can live up to the faith you've place in my humble little blog(s) so you don't regret it in 2008!
--(the other) BG
Happy New Year, all.
Don't forget to open your door and sweep the old year out and let the new year in. (What? My mom is the superstitious type. And it can't hurt!)
Oy vey. What a hanging over I'm gonna have.
Happy New Year everybody!
Thanks C & L for making life bearable!
Now, lock and load for '08!!
thanks c&l...and look fwd to reading more in 2008!
wishing everyone peace, love and happiness.
special "happy new year" wishes and blessings of peace to the troops.
Sorry if repost
The BEAST 50 Most Loathsome People in America, 2007
My favorite is number 9:
Charges: You believe in freedom of speech, until someone says something that offends you. You suddenly give a damn about border integrity, because the automated voice system at your pharmacy asked you to press 9 for Spanish. You cling to every scrap of bullshit you can find to support your ludicrous belief system, and reject all empirical evidence to the contrary. You know the difference between patriotism and nationalism -- it's nationalism when foreigners do it. You hate anyone who seems smarter than you. You care more about zygotes than actual people. You love to blame people for their misfortunes, even if it means screwing yourself over. You still think Republicans favor limited government. Your knowledge of politics and government are dwarfed by your concern for Britney Spears' children. You think buying Chinese goods stimulates our economy. You think you're going to get universal health care. You tolerate the phrase "enhanced interrogation techniques." You think the government is actually trying to improve education. You think watching CNN makes you smarter. You think two parties is enough. You can't spell. You think $9 trillion in debt is manageable. You believe in an afterlife for the sole reason that you don't want to die. You think lowering taxes raises revenue. You think the economy's doing well. You're an idiot.
Exhibit A: You couldn't get enough Anna Nicole Smith coverage.
Sentence: A gradual decline into abject poverty as you continue to vote against your own self-interest. Death by an easily treated disorder that your health insurance doesn't cover. You deserve it, chump.
http://www.buffalobeast.com/122/50mostloathsome2007PF.html
The final year of the Bush presidency begins... almost....there....
Feliz Año Nuevo
Just remember, we're a year and a few weeks closer to the end of Bush junta.
NOW DRINK!
Happy New Year! Gotta be better than 2007.
Happy New Year everyone, and thanks to C&L, and all the folks that come here. You all keep me amused with your comments and the banter that goes on at the site. I'm not always happy about the news, but who is... ?? We must keep spreading the word!!!
I'm off to live with some elephants, in Laos, tomorrow. Laos is gorgeous if you ever get the chance! Also treking about Thailand and Cambodia. (Someone's gotta do it.) ;) See ya in February.
HAPPY NEW YEAR, C&L gang...
so glad for all you do! many thanks and best wishes!
2008 is coming and I am gonna embrace it.
Happy New Year everyone.
(384 days until 01.20.09)
my congratulations and humble thanks to all these very articulate individuals who help keep us informed and grounded in reality and truth. my anger has become so overwhelming recently that i have indulged my baser self when expressing my anger at these bastards bush/cheney for unforgivable dishonesty for their entire reign of terror over the whitehouse, the American citizens and Constitution and over Humanity, a group of noble beings that they are not a part of.
bravo for superb excellence.
For a change of pace (just as depressing but so entertaining) you gotta see Maxed Out, directed by James Scurlock.
Happy New Year, all around the world.
The best thing I'll remember about 2007 is that I met and fell in love with a beautiful Nicaraguan woman. In the midst of all the insanity love still thrives on this damn ball. No doubt about that.
But there is still much to be done.
Happy new year to everyone here at C&L (and you too, John, Nicole, Howie, and the site monitors). Thanks for all of you being the crazy individuals that you are. And there are some effin CRAZY individuals here. Thank you for the inspiration, the unbelievably clever remarks that I pass on to the sheeple, and the links. I only wish I could meet more of you face to face and shoot the shit.
And to George Bush, well dude, you are frikkin under ARREST!!!!!
Gosh, well, 2007, you son of a bitch, get the hell out of here!
Polls: Huckabee matches Giuliani. "Value Voters" scam hoists GOP on their own petard. Happy New Year!
Some red-state woman exploited the suffering of the troops
in a fake essay, in order to get into a Hannah Montana concert. But hey, us blue-staters are really the ones who spit on their sacrifice.
"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross"
---Sinclair Lewis
Let's make goddamn sure it never happens.
I was going to make a post about how the Rontards had seemingly disappeared.....guess I spoke too soon.
Happy New Year,
V V
Maybe in 2008 CnL will not censor opposing views.
Site Monitor: Maybe posters like you will grow up and realize that we don't censor opposing views. What we do is enforce the commenting policy. Keep your posts on topic, free of hate speech and civil to others in this community and you'll never need to worry about the site team. Or maybe that's just too hard for you.
drb @ 40:
C&L doesn't censor opposing views. Only idiots.
Happy New year to all of you at C and L! Here's to a great 2008! And troops home from Iraq soon!
I'm still waiting for my Christmas present of Peace on Earth...
LibertyLover @ 42:
Happy Near to all that visit this site and to C&L.
Let's make this new year progressive.
Happy New Year from Tokyo and big thanks to the C&L team for making us all feel part of one big family!
Let's hope for more enlightenment in 2008.
as the resident curmodgen....thank god 07 is over....now lets oust all the wingnuts, get rid of the weak kneed libs, have an all out revolution and make 08 sane
and in conclusion....I FUCKIN HATE GETTING OLD
Congrats to The Golden Monkeyfist Award winners. Happy 2008 everyone
My first comment on the Internet for 2008. If there is a god, he, she, or it certainly smiles on all of you who read this. Happy new year!
J'm glad i'm
as the resident curmodgen….thank god 07 is over….now lets oust all the wingnuts, get rid of the weak kneed libs, have an all out revolution and make 08 sane
and in conclusion….I FUCKIN HATE GETTING OLD
Lap top is harder to type on for me. It's given me more time to find out what's really going on.
Ron @ 49:
Damn. I'm so glad you claim resident curmudgeonship. For awhile, I thought it was me. I guess I'm just the cranky old cow. As for old, it's a state of mind. I'm going to last a long time. But I refuse to get old.
I couldn't figure out wHY William Cohen is always showing up on Blitzer's " Speculation Room " alone , and never balanced with somebody else . So after hearing something about a third party yesterday , an " independent party" ..." to bring people together " " find common ground between both parties " , I decided to run for the hills .
I've seen the Twilight Zone , but I'm not ready to enter . Conservative and RICH William Cohen is looking out for us little people , by creating a " third party " , an INDEPENDENT THIRD PARTY , with the candidate being ..drum roll...BLOOMBERG . Billionaire from NY.
Willy , are you so giddy with money you made from NOUR , the BRAND new oil pipeline security contractor , you represented in IRAQ .
We'll the Council on Foreign Relations must be scared of something and the election is not looking so good for republicans or the CFR , otherwise there wouldn't be this big meeting with Nunn and others ..of Whitman of the Bush Admn.
This system is so rigged and the globalists have the media in the palm of their hands, that this actually taken seriously , Bloomberg running as an " independent " Independent from WHAT.. the average American .
He go back and check that Kenneth Starr piece everyone! Jim Newton from the LA Times is responding! Happy Crooked New Year to the Liars!
TWEEEEEeeeee!!
Happy New Year, Ever- oh... Dang, I'm always late...
Oh well, nazdrovia you lefty rebel scum!
;)
Happy New Year C&L! Thank you for all your hard work. About 365 days until the end of the Bush regime. Tick...
Happy new year and long live C & L !!!
Always serious topics but with a twist of humour, what would be another year without C & L?
Happy New Year Everyone!!!
Peace to all. We should all have a giant orgy before they kill us all! God knows the guards would be into it!
Love and peace for '08,
JR,
Canadaland
Happy New Year, back at ya. Look forward.
Happy New Year to John, Nicole, Howie, and the rest of the C&L team, as well as the regulars.
Last night we got together with a few friends played some music and had some food and watched the ball drop at midnight.
I am 56 years old and for the first time since I was 17 years old I found myself wishing that 2008 was gone.
If there is a god please take out bush/chenny cabal. I don't care how, heart attack, a bullett through the brain, but the very best would be having them brought up on war crimes charges, convicted to a lifetime and one day in prison.
Then and only then will America be the land of the free and the home of the brave again!
Now we are no better then any terrorist organization.
Happy New Year . . . but now that C&L has been tagged as a "social networking site" by my workplace's filtering program (blocked), 2008 just won't be the same as before :( No longer part of my guilty pleasures at work.
have you seen this
bush family fortunes the best democracy money can buy
http://freedocumentaries.org/film.php?id=42
sister juliani on cnn asking you to be afraid !please remember reagans words , he says, give us your libertys ! your freedoms ! and your constitution ! and ill save you from ahem!terriorists like i did on 911! and his crowd screams please !please take them were scared shitless !!!!!!!!! god where oh where did these limp legged gutless cowards spring from?
Happy New Year,everybody! Thanks for all that you do.
Name required @ 61:
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just wanted to add, if you do not have the patience to watch the whole thing,
watch at 26 minutes, shocking, this can not happen again in 08
shouldn't this guy be held accontable for his fraud
instead he gets promoted
http://www.1dca.org/judges/roberts.html
If you have a couple of minutes (actually, one minute thirty seven seconds) please watch my new video, "Brought to you by the republicans". Comments and ratings are appreciated.
Thanks!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llIiNOFJ1NU
that golden monkey fist award image is by far one of the scariest things I've seen in awhile. I love it.
My New Year's resolution is to quit watching Fox Noise. What am I, some kind of masochist? Well, in my defense, let me say that I only switch to Fox when MSNBC is running dumb-ass stuff like "To Catch a Predator," or during the commercial breaks on Olbermann's program. In the latter case, since they're on at the same time, I catch snippets of BillO, sometimes when he has that bimbo blonde bitch, Laura Ingraham, subbing for him. But, speaking of BillO, the most questionable thing about him (given his well-publicized if fumbling and inept mashing of a female producer) is his moral indignation. Even as Fox projects scantily clad women and even soft core porno in the background, ol' BillO rants endlessly about the moral decay of America.
Apropos BillO's moral rants, I bought Tom Wolfe's anthologized short writings, Hooking Up, today. By accident (don't you just love aleatory synchronicities?), I happened upon a particular passage while standing in line at the store: "As Marshall McLuhan would put it years later: 'Moral indignation is a technique used to endow the idiot with dignity.'"
BilO!
Happy New Year, C&L and thanks for allowing us to vent out our frustration and voice of reason.
Dear Site Monitor,
I have have never posted anything hateful or off topic. I have been censored on your web site because you (the site monitors) did not like what I said. For example, on a posting about CENSORSHIP by AT&T, I posted that it was ironic that CnL was complaining about AT&T censoring when CnL censors things they don't like. THAT got censored. My original censored comments were "how do the candidates (democratic) propose PAYING for all thier promises." That got removed with a comment from you (the site monitors) "You must be crazy if you think we are going to allow that."
You posting policy allows you to remove anything. Beyond that, I have never violated your posting policies. I emailed regarding you removal of my positngs and got no reply.
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My comments are not hateful nor disrespectful, just contrary to some of your views. I even had another poster defend me against your removal of my comments when you called them off topic.
I used to love your site, but when I discovered you are not interested in discourse, just pushing your agendas, I lost much respect.
I am sorry you could not respond to my questions about why you were banning my postings.
Feel free to contact me if you like - you have my email. But if you are more interested in pushing your agenda then having a dialogue then I understand why you remove dissenting, yet respectful, posts.
BTW- I just noticed that you did not censor the commentor that called me an "idiot" -isn't that hate speech or at least not respectful to me? Even your comments regarding my being censored were belittling to me. Yet posting those things about me is fine. I never attacked anyone posting on this website, but you let someone call me names. It is ironic.
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