March 22, 2008 11:30 PM
Open Thread
Happy Easter, and Happy Second Blogiversary to our second favorite guilty pleasure, Hot Chicks with Douchebags. (click the image for a bigger picture of the, um, ego.) Open Thread below.
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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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Another milestone from the worst administration of my lifetime. 4000 American service members and most of our national treasure. Feeling safer?
Yeah, me too.
GOPnot4me @ 1:
4008. 8 are yet to be confirmed but i can asure you that they know they are dead.
http://www.geenstijl.nl/archives/images/vrolijkpasen.jpg
Hihihihi!!!
Happy easter!!
I thought guys like that drove huge, jacked up, tarted up pickups with off-road tires that they never took off road. I didn't know they wore t-shirts that shouted their lack of...well you know.
Whitehouse @ 3:
Vegan?
I would suggest that everyone watch HBO's new film John Adams that C&L had mentioned last week. That was one of the best films that I have seen in a long time. The acting was top notch and it really reminds a person of exactly where we come from and how we got there. Compare that film to the events today and we see a similar struggle going on in our country.
"And as if that's not enough, the federal government has taken several steps to remove our rights and freedoms through fear. As writer/director William Lewis points out, the list includes, "The Military Commissions Act, which ended Habeas Corpus; The John Warner Defense Act, which ended Posse Comitatus; The Detainee Treatment Act, which protects torture; The Real ID Act rider attached to HR 1268, which will give us a national ID card; and a half dozen others . . ."
h/t DownsizeDC.org
I forgot from earlier this week that Phil Donahue is on CSPAN now discussing his new anti-war film "Body Of War". I'll check and see if it will be rebroadcast at another time. Basically the movie is about the daily tribulations of disabled Iraqi War vets as well as media and government indifference to them.
Joe O. @ 6:
I am going to watch Part 3 in 15 minutes.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 9:
It did remind me very much of our arguments here about what to do and how to do it.
oh no you didnt!
guilty as charged - also have that site bookmarked.
ok...
since this is an open thread and i am feeling particularly drunk off the family festivities (my alcohol in blood level probably approaches 30%):
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americangoy @ 12:
Sorry, you are busted.
If your blood alcohol level was even 20% your post would look a lot more like:
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I've been watching John Adams too... and it's awesome.
Take it a step further... AND READ THE BOOK!
There is SOOOO MUCH good material in direct quotes from letters and publications laid down by John and Abigale... and many other revolutionary leaders within these pages. It is a treasure trove of thought (and action) regarding our American heritage and our responsibility to our citizenship.
Here's the link for the Phil Donahue CSPAN interview
http://www.q-and-a.org/
Interview
Q & A with Phil Donahue
C-SPAN, Q&A
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
ID: 204350 - 03/17/2008 - 0:59 - $19.95
View in Video Library
Donahue, Phil Filmmaker
Former talk show host Phil Donahue talked about his documentary Body of War. Mr. Donahue was the co-director and executive producer of the documentary about a young man named Tomas Young who, following September 11, 2001, enlisted in the military. In March 2004, he went to Iraq. Less than a week into his tour of duty he was shot and paralyzed from the chest down. After months of recovery, he returned to his hometown of Kansas City, Missouri. The documentary tells the story of his physical rehabilitation and his decision to actively protest the war in Iraq. It follows him as he struggles with wearing catheters and attempting to correct his erectile dysfunction. It also follows him as he demonstrates against the war in Texas and Washington, D.C. The program also shows the Senate debate on the resolution to go into Iraq. Video clips of the documentary were shown and Mr. Donahue talked about how he got involved in this project as well as his own feelings about the war in Iraq.
Some video in this program may be disturbing to viewers.
RIP
Ivan Dixon
americangoy @ 12:
I'm not Jewish, but I am just wondering, is that a ceremony they have just before they take the foreskin off?
US death toll in Iraq war hits 4,000
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000. The grim milestone came on a day when at least 61 people were killed across the country.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080324/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 9:
Man! Your rate of comprehension is SOOOOOOO much more advanced than mine! It would take me 3 hours to watch a 3-hour show, not just 15 minutes. :)
A meat packing plant in Arkansas suffers from an explosion and ammonia leak. That Minnesota bridge was unstable for at least four years. McCain claims to be a better person after the Keating scandal, in spite of being as much a whore for him as he is for Bush's policies. Americans are concerned about voting machines for some reason.
eric @ 15:
Also more info about Body of War at:
www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/03212008/profile.html
While visiting a VA facility, Ellen Spiro heard a cryptic comment from an employee--"There's nothing we won't do for our veterans, so that's what they get, nothing."
What a disgusting failure of our leadership.
tHeGaMeHusseinOfLiFe @ 16:
Yes, indeed. Also, wasn't the guy who played the French prisoner a concentration camp survivor in real life?
I haven't watched any of the mini-series (too friggin' cheap to pay for HBO) but I've long said that Paul Giamatti is an under-appreciated actor.
Matt Hussein in Texas @ 23:
Agreed, Paul and this series are excellent. We'll look forward to a synopsis on part 3 from Xoites in about five minutes.
I have a huge.....
.......
ego.
God bless America and God damn w.
ecotopian @ 4:
Absolutely, I've always called them the Peni-Mobile and I think they all come with that shirt this idiot is wearing.
I also agree that these dip-shits all have 4 wheel drive peni-Trucks never once even considering taking them off-road ever! Can you imagine how dumb you would feel sitting in traffic in an off-road vehicle?
Best of Penn Says - Hillary Clinton Joke Predicts the Future http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GY4gpmvMjrY&feature=dir
Peter Sprigg of the extremist hate organization Family Research Council advocates deporting gay Americans http://youtube.com/watch?v=S6JuKnXJGTc .
getalife @ 25:
I have a huge....
.......
Sadness that fills my heart when I think of what my country is doing in my name.
So I agree with you - Fuck Dubya. If I thought there was anyone manning the light at the end of the tunnel I would support your first part of that statement too.
But really, do you think there is a god who would favor America over any other country in the world? or would even acknowledge the existence of our BS borders that mankind made up all over the world? do you really think there is a god who would favor any one of his/her children over any other one of his/her children?
I am not religious so from an outsiders point of view, it's amazing to me how people who would call themselves (I'm not saying you are just going off your words) religious have such a strange view of what they believe is the creator of all life, just some lives are better or have a higher value then other lives? it just never made sense to me, I tried to embrace the belief but no matter where I turned it just never made sense to me.
**sorry getalife, I'm not going after you specifically, I missed my name today and I'm tired and cranky. please disregard all the BS above. thanks
Ruthless "Don't Call Me at 3:00 AM" People @ 28:
Peter Sprigg has a sprig for a peter.
Wow, I must be tired - this line should have been "missed my nap today"
duh!
The housing crisis has ironically led to more
loan sharks. India shoots another
nuclear missile.
americangoy @ 12:
Funny stuff. In that video of McCain he didn't look so much like he was praying as concentrating on getting a dribble of urine past the enlarged prostate.
Dahgrostab'ph-r-i @ 29:
I spent my Easter at the casino getting hammered on Crown
Reigion kills more than drugs.
Matt Hussein in Texas @ 22:
I always thought Ivan Dixon deserved far more than he got in this life. Not sure about the French guy, but I've heard that Colonel Klink's family was killed in the holocaust. I'll have to check Wikipedia to verify.
Looks like Mr. Big Ego is overcompensating for his "vertically challenged" status.
getalife @ 34:
So did Ronnie Reagan.
This site is packed with douches with bimbos:
http://www.njguido.com/
I found this on David Cross' website. Read the "About us" section. They're harmless though, they probably don't vote cuz they're "too busy bangin bitches and getting ready for da next night."
GOPnot4me @ 1:
You know I was chatting with The Highlander the other day and he said the same thing about the worst administration in his lifetime.
Hi PG, Ron, x, Matt, N2O, et al!
;-}
Peter G @ 39:
LOL
Hi to you too, wokman ;-}
Stranded @ 35:
You were right. Robert Clary (LeBeau) was in a Nazi concentration camp, and was the only member of his family to survive. Horrible.
Werner Klemperer's family fled to the US. Good for them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Dixon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Clary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werner_Klemperer
Nighters folks and hope the easter bunny was kínd.!
Take care ttyl and have a great monday,
best regards
expat ex ab
friar!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 40:
P2b how are you.
Hey P2B Sorry about my abrupt departure last night. I was posting from my office and had one of my metabolic meltdowns. Had to run for meds. I beat the coma by about fifteen minutes. How could we tell I hear you ask?
Howdy, p2b!!
Matt Hussein in Texas @ 22:
No kidding.
This accurately depicts the antiwar movement and a vast number of participants at this site.
Sad, but true.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-080323-arrests-holy-name,1,...
Whats up 2b!!
I just finished reading this at News Hounds about Hannity's neo-Nazi buddy Hal Turner. Maybe why this explains why blockhead Hannity can't stop talking about Rev. Wright and Obama. He gets his ideas over Sunday dinner with a neo-Nazi.
Ron @ 44:
Happy to see some of my favorite people here :))
Peter G @ 45:
Apoplexy accepted. Hypoglycemic?
U.S. death toll in Iraq reaches 4,000
Grim milestone reached when IED kills 4 U.S. soldiers in Baghdad
Image: Iraq bomb blast
updated 9:52 p.m. ET, Sun., March. 23, 2008
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in the five-year war to at least 4,000.
The grim milestone came on the same day that rockets and mortars pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone, underscoring the fragile security situation and the resilience of both Sunni and Shiite extremist groups despite an overall lull in violence.
A Multi-National Division — Baghdad soldier also was wounded in the roadside bombing, which struck the soldiers' patrol vehicle about 10 p.m. in southern Baghdad, according to a statement.
Identities of those killed were withheld pending notification of relatives.
The 4,000 figure includes eight civilians who worked for the Department of Defense.
Last year, the U.S. military deaths spiked along with the Pentagon's "surge" — the arrival of more than 30,000 extra troops trying to regain control of Baghdad and surrounding areas. The mission was generally considered a success, but the cost was evident as soldiers pushed into Sunni insurgent strongholds and challenged Shiite militias.
-------------
Just wanted to add some detail....
Matt Hussein in Texas @ 46:
YeeeeeeeHaaawww!!! Matt!!
Haven't, like, spec'd ya late, brah... been catchin any hot rides?
;-}
lafingas @ 27:
HAHAHAHAHA
Great!
tHeGaMeHusseinOfLiFe @ 47:
tHeGaMe is on! Hi GaMe!
;-}
StirFry @ 49:
The bizarre thing about this is that from what I just read (thanks to the Southern Poverty Law Center's "Intelligence Report") is that Hal Turner was actually an informant for the FBI.
WTF?!?
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 51:
Yes it has the same effect as a ground strap coming off. Foiled again!
BaScOmBe whose saying “NO REPUGS” @ 52:
Hi toBaScO NO PUGS!
;-}
Hey P2B, peterG, Xoites and those I haven't mentioned.
:<[)
Matt Hussein in Texas @ 56:
sickening.
StirFry @ 49:
Hannity, neo-nazi, who woulda known.
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 58:
Hi bakatcha, P2B!
I'm gonna stop by and check your list.
Peter G @ 57:
Great. Now I'm gonna fuckin worry boutchoo every time ya disappear... {:-(o
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 53:
Yo, dude, like I'm kinda landlocked here in SE TX. But I AM going to Key Largo the 1st week in April, so I'll be diving and kayaking and sippin' some tasty brews in the trade winds!
BaScOmBe whose saying “NO REPUGS” @ 62:
Don't bother til Tuesday - I got a lotta catchin up to do...
Ok, i just watched part 3 of John Adams on HBO and from What i can See the thirteen colonies are doomed so i have given up on them.
BaScOmBe whose saying “NO REPUGS” @ 59:
Greetings B. You asked me a fair question on a thread the other day but I was not able to answer immediately. I hope you found my reply satisfactory. No offense was intended.
Matt Hussein in Texas @ 64:
Lucky bastid - jealous I am ;-}
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 66:
Haha! Hi Riddler...;-}
Mmmm corona+lime+salt and the trade winds.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 66:
Spoiler alert. Things turnout pretty well in the long run.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 66:
If you relate that to what's happening now, we will pull it out .
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 68:
Yoda are you?
Ron @ 72:
Pull it off.
Matt Hussein in Texas @ 73:
If Yoda was not a puppet he would never have become a Jedi Master.
Anyone have family in Iraq? I got two cousins. One on his fifth tour, first three in afghanistan, next two in Iraq. The other is going to complete his fourth tour in Iraq in May. Maybe.
Bill Moyers Journal today was especially poignant: a 20-something gimp meets a gimp from the Viet Nam war and gains some enlightenment on how he's being shortchanged.
Ron @ 74:
Good Golly, Ron. You are going to have the Religious Right all over us if you keep that up!
StirFry @ 70:
Dude, that's my life's aspiration. Check out Alan Jackson's (ahem......Jimmy Buffett's) "It's Five O'Clock Somewhere."
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 77:
My girlfriends won't let me pull it out. LOL
Matt Hussein in Texas @ 73:
No Redneck Yoda am I. My finger you will pull.
fuck the easter bunny.
fuck colored eggs.
and mostly....
fuck Jesus.
Peter G @ 67:
No offense taken.
help me out with the thread's title. I blew a gasket last night, so I've lost track. I'll go back for it.
Matt Hussein in Texas @ 73:
People say there's a remarkable resemblance, but my latest DMV pic refutes that.
(Sigh) I just looked at the clock and have to go to bed. Good night to all, and to quote George Carlin, " Fuck Hoover."
KansasCityFaGt @ 81:
KansasCityFaGt @ 81:
that job belongs to magdalen
Ron @ 74:
Take a break from reading your latest script and pay attention here, Ronny Wad.
Easter bunny: Can't catch.
Colored eggs: Not racist.
Jesus: Too late. He died about 2000 years ago
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 75:
I'll take that as a complement as long as there's no strings attached ;-}
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 77:
Yeah! No 'stem' sell research aloud!
BaScOmBe whose saying “NO REPUGS” @ 82:
I had to backtrack to the Richardson endorsement thread. My post is @213.
BaScOmBe whose saying “NO REPUGS” @ 76:
Sorry to hear that, B. Deepest hopes they come home ok, as well as all the others.
Peter G @ 80:
Gross it will smell!!! Good will be the night. Deep will be my sleep. Good will be my wishes to ayou all.
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 90:
I will only do it until I need glasses.
Ron @ 79:
In animal husbandry, we call that 'tied up', canine canoodler...;-}
Peter G @ 80:
LOL!!
KansasCityFaGt @ 81:
No thanks, not my type...
;-}
Dixon directed the cult classic The Spooky Who Sat by the Door. Brilliant! He also Directed tons of hit TV shows.
You're right he didn't get the attention he deserved but then again he was a quiet man.
Ron @ 88:
He rides on Santa's sleigh.
Matt Hussein in Texas @ 84:
Yeah, he sucked!
nite Matt ;-}
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 85:
LOL
Five tours in Afghanistan/Iraq.
I can't imagine one tour.
Bush needs removal and incarceration.
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 97:
Kind of an interesting menage a quatre though don't you think.
Ron @ 94:
Haha ;-}
Hey 2b, with your crazy self. ;)
Ash"Hussy"Williams @ 99:
Why would she do that? She will end up at the North Pole and freeze and she won't be able to breed like rabbits.
Ron @ 106:
If I remember my dogma correctly didn't the easter bunny emerge from Jesus' tomb and see his shadow which meant six more weeks of winter. Where I'm at anyway.
Hey, hey, hey with the fuck Easter nonsense.
This is the only time of the year to eat MarySue pecan nut rolls and coconut eggs. It's a great time for me.
Hillary lied, people died in a war that she authorized.
The following Youtube video is Hillary's campaign deal breaker. Spread it around and make sure it is an issue in this morning's headlines.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It6JN7ALF7Y
Make it happen. Prove that Time Magazine didn't declare us person of the year for nothing.
Peter G @ 107:
No, no, no!
You have it all wrong!
The Easter Bunny emerged from K Mart and saw Wal Mart and became part of the shadow economy.
Peter G @ 107:
Yeah, if you grab one quik enough and chop off it's foot, you'll be lucky for life.
Arrow @ 109:
"Four Pinochios!
-The Washington Post"
LOL! :)
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 66:
Damn! You ruined it for me. I haven't had the chance to watch part 3 yet and here I was hoping that the thirteen colonies were going to gain their independence. Since they are doomed I guess that won't happen. lol
Joe O. @ 113:
No, they are fucked. John Adams is busy dying and being routinely bled by the top doctors of the time somewhere in Europe, Ben Franklin is busy trying to have sex with every woman in Paris. The whole thing reeks of debautchery, no Christian couls support this madness. Fox is going to denounce both Franklin and Adams tomorrow, from what i hear.
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 112:
If Wapo is taking on Hillary, we have to be ready for the Obama nomination. Wapo is as right wing as almost anyone and I guarantee you, Obama is next.
Peter G @ 103:
"9 and 1/2 Centuries"
tHeGaMeHusseinOfLiFe @ 105:
[%-}
Proud2bHumble Hus(in)sein @ 116:
19 1/2
%7)
I love The Onion, lol
Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't
matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr. Seuss
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 118:
Ah the refrigerator scene. Ben wa eggs but where did that chocolate bunny go?
%7-)8
(Tucker Carlson)
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 118:
Joke's been dead for 1,000 years...hehe
(^]~
Peter G @ 121:
fixed it for ya ;}
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 122:
LOLOLLYLOLOL!!!!
(.Y.)
).(
(_Y_)
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 114:
From what I understand, Fox News was going to denounce both Adams and Franklin in part 3 for being soft on the Indian threat and for being treasonous for even questioning King George.
Joe O. @ 127:
No, that was part 1 and only for Adams. Franklin was reticent and a fence sitter well into part 2. Now he is busy getting laid so Fox may defend him.
(.Y.)
) . (
(_Y_)
Joe O. @ 127:
Haha!
Hi Joe O.!
;-}
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 129:
???
Peter G @ 91:
I got it. thanks. like I said/you said no offense. honesty I appreciate.
Hey! Good to see you again 2b! :)
Good night guys.
I have to go do this work thing in the morning so i will say good night.
At the hands of the revolutionaries Fox News would have been tarred and feathered long ago and run out of the country.
Times have changed.
GNA! :)
xoites Hussein defends Constitution @ 129:
too damn creative
and it's messed up in italics
g'night purvis!
g'night all.
If I'm late for work tomorrow I may have to fire my ass. I reluctantly take my leave. GNA
Nite to you guys/gals and guygals...
I'll hang around desparate for company if ya don't mind though...
Here's to 4000 more.
I just got a hoot out of a minister saying that anyone that thinks easter is OK is a pagan because it has to do with bunnies, OK?? I guess worshipping on Christmas is also pagan because it follows the pagan calendar too? Where do they get these guys
About the pic in todays age where everyone has to be comgratulated on how good they did something "no that is wrong johny 2 + 2 does not equal 99" but since you thought so your a good student this guy must think that whatever can fit between his zipper has to be big as for the chick I don't think she's a Rhodes scholar either.
More dead.
Where are the resources to keep up chimpy's war? Tell me for 1B a month what the hell are they paying for?
unsurebtwilling @ 141:
He's been fooling himself with his tiny tiny hands on an hourly basis for the last several months since he just discovered a little snake hiding in the weeds.
Idiot's got his shirt on backwards
bushputz @ 144:
LOL!!
My ego is bigger than my right leg.
It's true. It's twoo
Either that is some strange tatoo on that girl's arm or she has a serious case of ringworm going on. From the looks of those two I would say the latter is true.
Joe O. @ 147:
"USDA Rejected
Contaminated"
Texas gun nuts hit a family in a card!
Sorry, car.
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