Mike's Blog Roundup
By Mike Finnigan Wednesday Apr 09, 2008 10:00amFirst Draft: MSM notices what anyone with the curiosity of an end table has known for years.
Big Daddy Malcontent: The 'family values' party lobbied for, and got, extended bar hours for their convention in Minneapolis. Hardly surprising. The leaders of this party commit war crimes daily, so some delegates might well require a lot of booze with their Kool Aid.
The Nation: Who in the Senate swallowed General David Petraeus's Iraq spin and who challenged it? It took a Democrat who is not running for president to speak the full truth
Concurring Opinions: Me, wife, and son have all been stranded for hours (or days) in the past week by canceled flights. Coincidence? Nope. It's BUSHCO! Demonstrating from day one that regulatory vigilance has no place in a Republican administration.
Blue Girl, Red State: The shameless GWB, a waste of skin who went AWOL, views dead soldiers as political capital.
Big Brass Blog: Some people are really out of touch.
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Kudos once again to Amy Goodman.
Well Happy Birthday to me.
Bush is going to speak at 11:30 eastern time but I don't think is has anything to do with my birthday. Most likely he will talk about the war in Iraq.
I heard last night somewhere that these new rules about tour time for the soldiers will only apply to future soldiers and not the ones serving now. Does anyone know if that is true?
pissed off patricia @ 2:
You're right (as usual) PoP. Busholini is going to announce "shortened" tours of duty (from 15 months to 12 months) for troops not yet in Iraq or Afghanistan. The shithead deemed it perfectly fine to INCREASE troops' tours while already in-country, but won't reciprocate on the shortening of their tours.
PLEASE, CONGRESS: Indict all the Bushco war criminals already!
Great links today and the link to the nation is a must read for anyone who missed Russ Feingold's message to Petraeus and Crocker.
See ya around - gotta catch a flight to...
....oh... never mind...
As always, thanks for the linkage, Mike! (You playing Kansas City any time soon?)
BTW, happy b-day PoP!
Telecom Whistleblower Discovers Circuit that Allows Access to All Systems on Wireless Carrier—Phone Calls, Text Messages, Emails and More
Babak Pasdar is a computer security expert who was hired in 2003 to help restructure the tech infrastructure at a major wireless telecommunications company. What he found shocked him. The company had set up a system that gave a third party, presumably a governmental entity, access to every communication coming through that company’s infrastructure. This means every email, internet use, document transmission, video, text message, as well as the ability to listen to and record any phone call.
Its gonna be ALL OVER Corporate news tonite right? .... right? nevermind.
... more at democracynow.org
something about the hundreds and hundreds of flight cancellations really has my hmmmm-meter thumping. the american airlines claims that it is not a safety issue but something to do with a regulatory issue (they needed to get that ideological BS out there, didn't they). but, something is really stinky about it. are they really shutting down 50% of their operation b/c of non-safety issues? or are they, again, blowing jet exhaust up our asses, and the problem really has to do with safety... i wonder.
trust corporate PR? ha! fuck that.
and, on a related subject, i saw 2 of the most glaring examples of hypocritical commentary. joe 'the intern was on the floor when i got here' scarborough and the market temptress, erin burnett, both are adherents to a flawed, failed and discredited market fundamentalist market ideology, but they brought up the idea--and argued for its implementation--of nationalizing the airline industry. i about spit my morning shot of courage on my TV.
these two believers of unicorns and leprechauns are calling for the nationalization of industry? whaaa? things must be really, really, really, really, really bad. and, note, that their solution to fix the failures of the market is to bring in the state. *cough* hypocrites
pissed off patricia @ 2:
*clears throat*
haaaappy birthday to yoooooooooooou
haaaaaaaappy birthday to yoooooooooou.....
and, to answer your q, i heard the same thing. troops currently deployed are not effected by the 12 month limit. another great bush job of giving hope and then bludgeoning that hope to death by repeated blows to the head, followed by the requisite spit upon the dead corpse, bush-style.
Happy Birthday POP!
You think the msm will mention that Webb tried to get the troops shorter deployments and more rest and the republicans voted no? I don't either.
Some hard-of-thinking empty suit is on CSPAN blathering about Iraq, wonder how many times will 'Eye-ran' be blamed?
Incompetent!
"When Senator John McCain was asked here this afternoon how he plans to balance the budget, he said that he hoped to do so by stimulating economic growth - and approvingly cited the example of President Ronald Reagan," the New York Times reports.
"There was one thing he did not mention during his response: the deficit nearly tripled during the Reagan presidency, partly due to tax cuts and increases in military spending."
Once again McCain shows he doesn't know the issues.
McCain = Credit Card Republican
pissed off patricia @ 2:
first things first!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY 2 EWE!
New Delays Loom as F.A.A. Expands Airliner Review By MICHELINE MAYNARD and MATTHEW L. WALD
Chaos at airports could go on for weeks as the Federal Aviation Administration and the airlines expand their scrutiny of passenger planes.
.... AS ANOTHER THOUSAND-PLUS FLIGHTS ARE GROUNDED
I'm feeling so much safer that each and every part of the infrastructure crumbles.
Thank you so muc, repugs
New Roadblocks Delay Tribunals at Guantánamo, Frustrating the Pentagon By WILLIAM GLABERSON
The Pentagon is frustrated in a new effort to push detainees' cases forward, overwhelmed by legal issues arising from a lack of precedent and allegations of torture.
Thank you all for the birthday wishes. Put all your drinks on my tab. I'm buyin'
I listened to bush's speech, now where do we keep the barf bags? What a line of bs that guy can mumble out. Iran seems to be in his crosshairs and he almost seemed excited when he talked about it.
Iraq's Military Seen as Lagging By THOM SHANKER and STEVEN LEE MYERS
Gen. David H. Petraeus's recommendation to suspend troop reductions reflects an assessment that Iraqi forces remain unprepared to take over the mission of securing their own nation, officials said.
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Afghans Hold Secret Trials for Men That U.S. Detained By TIM GOLDEN and DAVID ROHDE
Dozens of Afghan men who were previously held by the United States are being tried in secretive Afghan criminal proceedings based mainly on allegations forwarded by the American military.
Saw some of Bush's speech. Well, Iran, Iran, Iran... What the Hell. Betrayus even stated that Afghanistan was more of a threat. He wont be satified until we drop bombs over there, meanwhile, the average American will be left in poverty. What a legacy!
Happy Birthday, Patricia.
Janet @ 11:
The way Andrea Mitchell is talking, I don't think even she knows who the new tour times will apply to. And hell no, no one is going to mention Webb or what he tried to do. The "credit" for these new rules will go to the the Criminal in Chief, because he's such a Christian and caring man.
earl @ 12:
Even asshats on the left are finding ways to blame Iran. Israel, in a report issues today, blamed Iran, Syria and Jordan for training terrrrrists!
Perhaps 10 years ago the Georgia Legislature was considering passing tougher anti-prostitution legislation in its upcoming session.
Weeks before the legislators arrived in HotLanta, Dolores French (local madam & long time sex worker) issued a statement, warning the legislators that if they didn't drop the legislation they wouldn't be getting any from their favorite girls while in Atlanta, and that the little notes in the customer profiles in the girl's little black books would be made public.
Legislation dropped.
MountainMan23 @ 24:
.. that the little notes in their customer profiles in the girl's little black books would be made public.
Heparin Is Now Suspected in 62 Fatalities Across U.S. By WALT BOGDANICH
It is not known if the deaths linked to the blood thinner were the result of a contaminant introduced in China during the manufacturing process.
pissed off patricia @ 18:
Well, in that case, I'll have a sarsparilla/sassafras shake!
Why do we continue to call this gutter press as MSM>? It beats me why don't we call it by its true name? Surely it is not Main Stream Media. It is anything but. In the absence of designating it truthfully we can call it Establishment media, Corporate Media or Conservative Media. It's time that the media distortion of truth should be challenged.
Bush is missing a great opportunity. If he wants to wipe out Iran he should set up a trade deal between Iran and China. Over a matter of time the Chinese products will destroy the health of most of Iran.
zedetch @ 28:
P-O-S media works for me!
The World Food Crisis
The United States and other developed countries need to step up to the plate to help solve the problem of rising food prices.
Going Soft on Corporate Crime
The Bush administration's reluctance to prosecute corporations that break the law is another example of how it has taken the justice out of the Justice Department.
CoIntelPro against all things repug! @ 31:
The first step should be to stop planting and wasting so much corn for converting to ethanol. It's just welfare for corn growers. Ethanol is inefficient and uses petroleum in the processing stages.
Did You Know That a U.S. Colonel and Two Other GIs Were Killed in a Mortar Attack on the Green Zone on Sunday, While They Were Exercising in the Fitness Facility of the U.S. Embassy? Neither Did We, Until a Reader Sent Us This Article.
Dr. Acula @ 33:
Ethanol is a total boondoggle!
The bar hours are going to be extended in Minneapolis? This may be the first useful psuedo-legislature ever introduced by Republicans in my lifetime; too bad they have to spoil it by coming to the bars too.
Heh heh...I remember when the Republicans held their convention in NYC and there was a spike in prostitution too > http://www.democracynow.org/2004/8/17/are_sex_workers_coming_to_new
"We are aware that this group is capable of (sexually abusing young girls)," Doran said. "But there again, this is the United States. We are going to respect them. We're not going to violate their civil rights until we get an outcry. I've said that from day one."
http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=4625830&page=1
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