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By bluegal Wednesday Jun 04, 2008 10:30pm"Do you want lies with that?" by the amazing Darkblack. (Click image for larger.) Open Thread below...
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meet barack obama
Bill Clinton Finally Sees the Light
i hope when all the crap comes out
of bush and cheney lying about the war,
that the world court in Nuremberg charges
them with war crimes and a trial finds them
guilty. we know that congress has tucked
their balls between their legs and won't do
anything.
Awesome.
Fuck it. It's going on my office door.
dadams @ 3:
after they are impeached and tried then sentenced then sent to the haig.
yeah biggie lies with that please
chuck @ 4:
new wallpaper
new serving:
smoking guns with mushroom clouds.
The Administration was also hiding info on Iran.
Latinos appear to have the worst rates of job-related deaths.
Mc Impeachment - Im Lovin It
Go Wings!!!!!!!!! 11 Cups and counting!!!!
dadams @ 3:
Ya can't tuck what ya ain't got.
This congress has no balls!
I hope they end up in prison for the rest of their lives.
now that we're on to the general, obama can emphasize his 50% honkiness.
it's no b.s., either.
wheeee @ 12:
the report is a start
Shouldn't it be trillions stolen and probably that many lies.
Hillary quits in private tomorrow
Hillary quits in public Saturday
I'm still wondering about her strategy.
Celtics win Game 1
Clinton and Obama met tonight at Clintons home in D.C.
From the article:
Reached for comment, roughly 80% of the American people said, "Duh." Another 19% thought hard for a minute before remarking, "Hussein was bad man," while the remaining 1% smiled diabolically, and dove naked into a pile of money.
McClatchy tells us what the NYT piece omits here.
Ron @ 16:
about 14+ Trillion: 6 pentagon budgets. 8 special appropriations bills, social security fund drained. 100 billion in tax cuts/year for rich and corps....
Karen @ 20:
So Donald Duck's Uncle Scrooge caused this greed and corruption.
Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US control
Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity for all American soldiers and contractors
By Patrick Cockburn
Thursday, 5 June 2008
A secret deal being negotiated in Baghdad would perpetuate the American military occupation of Iraq indefinitely, regardless of the outcome of the US presidential election in November.
The terms of the impending deal, details of which have been leaked to The Independent, are likely to have an explosive political effect in Iraq. Iraqi officials fear that the accord, under which US troops would occupy permanent bases, conduct military operations, arrest Iraqis and enjoy immunity from Iraqi law, will destabilise Iraq's position in the Middle East and lay the basis for unending conflict in their country.
But the accord also threatens to provoke a political crisis in the US. President Bush wants to push it through by the end of next month so he can declare a military victory and claim his 2003 invasion has been vindicated. But by perpetuating the US presence in Iraq, the long-term settlement would undercut pledges by the Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama, to withdraw US troops if he is elected president in November.
Obama is meeting with BILLARY Clinton?
I Hope He Doesn't Eat Or Drink ANYTHING She Offers Him!
I don't trust that woman, BILLARY Clinton.
And it is June, on the anniversary Of RFK's assassination, as BILLARY has reminded us!!
Ron @ 16:
There aint a trillion people on the earth!
it's the same story, over & over again, throughout human history.
an advanced civilization is corrupted into empire by cutthroats who lie and cheat their way to the top.
and everyone gets so scared they let it happen.
it was caesar's murder leading to the emperors, it was louis 14's beheading leading to napoleon, it was czar nicholas's murder leading to soviet russia, it was hitler killimg his rivals leading to nazi germanay, and, yes, it was kennedy's assassination leading to the neocon american nightmare.
lafin gas @ 26:
Yeah, but there are trillions of lies.
*killing
US issues threat to Iraq's $50bn foreign reserves in military deal
By Patrick Cockburn
Friday, 6 June 2008
Under the planned pact, reported in The Independent yesterday, US soldiers in Iraq will enjoy legal immunity
The US is holding hostage some $50bn (£25bn) of Iraq's money in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to pressure the Iraqi government into signing an agreement seen by many Iraqis as prolonging the US occupation indefinitely, according to information leaked to The Independent.
US negotiators are using the existence of $20bn in outstanding court judgments against Iraq in the US, to pressure their Iraqi counterparts into accepting the terms of the military deal, details of which were reported for the first time in this newspaper yesterday.
Iraq's foreign reserves are currently protected by a presidential order giving them immunity from judicial attachment but the US side in the talks has suggested that if the UN mandate, under which the money is held, lapses and is not replaced by the new agreement, then Iraq's funds would lose this immunity. The cost to Iraq of this happening would be the immediate loss of $20bn. The US is able to threaten Iraq with the loss of 40 per cent of its foreign exchange reserves because Iraq's independence is still limited by the legacy of UN sanctions and restrictions imposed on Iraq since Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait in the 1990s. This means that Iraq is still considered a threat to international security and stability under Chapter Seven of the UN charter. The US negotiators say the price of Iraq escaping Chapter Seven is to sign up to a new "strategic alliance" with the United States.
Ron @ 19:
I hope Obama made Chelsea the designated Food Taster.
Ron @ 28:
How long would it take you to count to one trillion?
Just saying.
sbjzzzz @ 21:
NYT is still shilling. after all, why else would they hire KKKristol.
lafin gas @ 32:
about 600 years by ones
lafin gas @ 32:
I'll pass. Go ahead, you start.
For anyone who enjoys Vice Presidential speculation, it's VeeP Madness!
A trillion dollars = $1,000,000,000,000.
Something to think about!
That's 12 zeroes to the left of the decimal point. A trillion is a million million dollars.
The U.S. government spends more than the entire Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Australia, China and Spain combined. If you laid one dollar bills end to end, you could make a chain that stretches from earth to the moon and back again 200 times before you ran out of dollar bills! One trillion dollars would stretch nearly from the earth to the sun. It would take a military jet flying at the speed of sound, reeling out a roll of dollar bills behind it, 14 years before it reeled out one trillion dollar bills.
Along those lines...written by a (former?) old school Repup...actually was the last straw that flipped my lifetime Repub Alaskan MD dad from the dark side - he's voting Dem from now on.
Hi CIP and ya'll
;-}
Karen @ 36:
F-it, with the ongoing madness of this country why not make a good corporate citizen like wal-mart the veep.
can't wait to get after mccain for his pappy's role in th u.s.s liberty cover-up.
we'll literally see steam spouting out of the old coot's noggin.
*the
lafin gas @ 37:
Once they get close to the sun it would burn up almost as fast as the repugnantcants have wasted it. Almost.
lafin gas @ 37:
How many rolls of toilet paper, then?
Good evening, 2b. Nice to see you again.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 8:
these are the mushroom clouds bush talked about,
probably from those nukes the airforce tried to sneak
across the u s and gates is trying to cover up by
removing the generals in charge. i would not put it past
bush or cheney to nuke this country and lie that it
was another country attacking. just my thoughts.
calgarylady @ 44:
Hey everyone gather around. Nothing new to say, just gather around.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 30:
I gotta tell ya, that makes me sick to my stomach. Is there any way to stop this?
i sometimes think obama has some very, very deep ancient egyptian bloodlines.
like, egypt BEFORE it became evil and corrupted.
Ron @ 46:
Let the Gathering comments...I've got the first round, so place your orders ;-}
Oh, and Hi to you, young Calgonian :)
A special hello to Ron, as well. Sometimes it's just nice to gather around, isn't it ... be with other sane people ... no one needs to say anything earthshaking ...
:-)
Clinton and Obama met tonight at Clintons home in D.C.
I hope Obama made Chelsea the designated Food Taster
====================
He's going to offer to take that knife out of her back that the DNC stabbed her with if she'll give him her voters.
Ain't gonna happen.
P.U.M.A.
calgarylady @ 51:
I got in trouble last night with a site monitor last night because I said that tyree may just have been a clerk in the army. I think that tyree may have been that site monitor.
[Wrong. But do try that one again. Site Monitor]
calgarylady @ 51:
I'm out, then, cuz I'm in-
;-}
jmac @ 52:
As the repugnantcants say, "Get over it."
McDonald's tastes like cancer.
Coming Soon--- McSupeonas---Thousands Served
Ron @ 53:
Obviously trying to stay out of trouble tonite, then...
Proud2bHumble @ 57:
Maybe, maybe not.
[ You might want to re-think that.: ) Site Monitor]
I heard a rumor that Oprah Winfrey was considering helping Obama with the older white woman vote. I beg that she not do this. I hope she keeps her endorsement of Obama quiet. Obama needs to do this on his own. Frankly, the reason that I didn't come around to Obama sooner (I personally liked Edwards' Health care plan) was because Oprah endorsed him. It turned me off.
Liberty(appeaser)Lover @ 60:
Hey I liked the halogram, Edwards, at first, but now we all have to get behind the nominee.
bullfrog @ 48:
Older than that...
Hi 'Goes Both Ways'
;-}
Ron @ 61:
No worries. I'm there.
I'm proud to live in a 8 million people size South East Asian City, without a Mac Donald's!
Proud2bHumble @ 62:
Those were Bush and Cheney's ancestors. They haven't evolved yet.
Ron @ 61:
not a personal challenge... but i think there are worse people in the world to endorse barack than oprah...maybe you have something with the hollywood thing but she seems to be a good human being
Ron @ 61:
Me too...he had a light and saintly quality...
Proud2bHumble @ 67:
The problem was that he kept disappearing during the debates more than he was appearing.
Cas @ 64:
If there is no Wal Mart as well then you might as well call it paradise. Some jewel in the South Pacific. When I saw that the tribe in the Amazon I said a silent prayer that they evade civilization, and I understand, in some peculiar way, why they kill interlopers. I understand their wish to stay away from the rest of the world.
Rush "Operation Donut Hole" Limpnuts is carrying the water again. Scumbag says his "connections", who are apparently Bush donors, say Bush will attack Iran before his term ends. Bush donors? Fatass is full of shit. He wishes.
StirFry @ 70:
I've been wondering what that fat fuck was thinking now that his operation chaos failed.
odanny @ 69:
Nop, no Wal Mart.
But we have here a Nike factory/sweat shop of which the government put 4 strike leaders in jail for 4 years last month, for having the nerve to tell the workers to keep striking for a salary higher then $80 a month.
Cas @ 72:
Damn, these corporatetist make me sick.
Neocons - Zionists - Religious Nuts
The terms are all interchangable. People need to understand what this ME war crap is really all about.
Bushflash.com wrote a nice obituary for Hillary's campaign.
Ron @ 73:
http://www.workinglife.org/blogs/view_post.php?content_id=7999
That's how it works. Keep them poor. Is good for everybody.
Dave @ 74:
Nazi, fascists and you have the US right now. Obama's right, we need to change the mentality of our government.
Ron @ 71:
Being wrong again..and feeding this bullshit to his followers. My dittohead dad loves to give me the weekly Rush briefing every Sunday over coffee. He's lucky I'm a solemn man and a good son.
Ron @ 77:
Our government needs an enema
StirFry @ 78:
I guess i'm lucky. My dad was from Arkansas and still respected the blacks and was a faithful union man. How times have changed.
StirFry @ 70:
You'd seriously would have to be completely insane to willing attack a country without any sort of diplomacy and without establishment of a threat. reich-wingers really are a vile, blood thirsty, and psychotic group of filth.
Are you all halograms too? Everyone just disappeared. Is it another government plot?
Dr. (Bitter Hussein) Matt @ 81:
For what it's worth, Israeli newspapers are reporting that Olmert's meeting with Bush yesterday was to coordinate the final details of the attack which, according to those reports, will take place before Bush is out of office.
I really hope they're wrong.
Ahhh, finally, I'm feeling the freedom: That purity of passion that flows from a clear objective to fight and overcome a disastrous, undeniably failed way of thinking. To attack War based on lies, an economy designed to privatize taxation and suck wealth to the top, the suspension of habeas corpus and trivialization of most of the Bill of Rights, the erosion of the rule of law...
In some ways John McCain is a gift. He's not only been stupid enough not to distance himself from the Bush/Neocon disaster, he's embraced it wholeheartedly. And we are not stuck with a John Kerry "Well, I voted for the War, but..." candidate. Instead, we can finally call this government out for the travesty that it has been - directly, unabashedly, proudly, and to popular acclaim.
It is a good and noble fight in the best traditions of our country, a proud fight that we have long waited for and that we will win.
Peace.
fiver @ 84:
Has the revolution begun?
Ron @ 77:
Obama gives me hope for a better future.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 5:
Would that be General Alexander Haig?
Dave @ 74:
Semitic origination religious philosophies viewing man and God as separate entities are an outgrowth of a dualistic/binary/egotistic concept of existence that emphasizes apparent differentiations in a feedback loop that generates concentric rings of isms, i.e. egotism, tribalism, nationalism, racism et al
Ron @ 85:
From your lips to Dog's ears.
This report says that the head of the Mossad met with the head of the American intelligence community Mike McConnell and tried to convince him that the information that was released in the NIE was false:
http://www.nrg.co.il/online/1/ART1/743/224.html
more.....(in English)
Right wing radio station: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/126416
Daily newspaper: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3552310,00.html
fiver @ 89:
The whistle is blowing.
The fact that Canada has not demanded the release of Omar Khadr from Gitmo is an abomination. Britain and Australia brokered deals, successfully, with the US to get their detainees out.
Boys at the age of fifteen are still considered 'children' in my country. What happened to this young man was, and is, criminal. Stephen Harper should be ashamed of himself.
It seems the very nature of a corporation is evil. There must be other capitalistic entities which are less greedy and destructive. Are there?
StirFry @ 78:
He's lucky you're his son wokman...it says something good about him...lost cause on the Limpbahs tho huh? That's a tough one...got some of those in my fam too, the majority to some degree...I'm still working on them, and getting more persistent as the neomare is becoming impossible to deny. I expect some yelling and swearing soon... lol
;-}
Kathy @ 93:
Yes, is called social democratic. Plenty of in Europe around.
calgarylady @ 92:
While I agree with you wholeheartedly, I'm pleasantly surprised that Maher Arrar's case was handled well by the Canadian government. They held an inquiry, officials were held accountable, the man's name was cleared and he was compensated for his suffering.
Can you imagine a police chief resigning and the government holding it's own agents accountable if Arrar were a U.S. citizen? I don't. They'd sweep it under the rug and make up excuses. Heck, the DHS is still claiming that the immigration services acted within the law when they deported him to Syria knowing he would be tortured.
Proud2bHumble @ 94:
My brother-in-law, white, born and raised in Alabama said that he is leaning very heavily towards Obama. The message is getting out to everyone.
McCain is toast.
Smitty, you make a good point there. Canada did step up to the plate with Arar case.
I read something recently about all Khadr's court defense documents ending up 'missing' from the box in which they were stored. The old 'missing' and 'committed suicide' crap, again. It's time for Khadr to get some justice now, too.
You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!
oops, 'all OF Khadr's court defense documents' ...
so our local uncle tom broadcaster, one larry elder, today talked about how beneficial the war has been for america
and who did he choose to play a clip from as proof?
one charles krauthammer
i almost busted a gut
it was just too funny
fiver @ 98:
Crusty moldy stale and white...yep
Proud2bHumble @ 103:
The moldy oldie.
Tis late, time for me to check out for the evening ... Good night to all ... Peace :-)
calgarylady @ 99:
Yeah it's the same old nonsense with these guys.
I think we're starting to see the Bush admin shifting the fight from Al-Qaeda, what with Gitmo detainees finally getting a court appearance (albeit in a sham trial) and Cheney saying the other day that the fight against Al-Qaeda is almost over and then Chertoff saying that the threat of a nuclear terrorist attack in the U.S. is non existent.
Now, mind you, Chertoff did say that Hezbollah now poses a greater threat than Al-Qaeda. Coupled with Olmert's recent meeting with Bush and the head of the Mossad's meeting with McConnell and it seems there's going to be a shift in the rhetoric against Iran/Hezbollah.
Iraq and Al-Qaeda are suddenly old news to these guys.
Ron @ 104:
But you must remember the Arizona factor:
That's Wikipedia, and even without playing with "Maillard reaction" the parallels are endless.
Ron @ 80:
Actually, the trends are good, especially with younger generations.
Gna. loves ya all.
GN
Did George Will admit he was an agnostic on Colbert or was I daydreaming?
Proud2bHumble @ 50:
actually they're calgarians
fiver @ 111:
You were having a vision...
;-}
I loved the non-stop hateful glare Ole Bowtie Bitchboy was trying to intimidate SC with and the "Conservatives see the role of government like a terrarium (i.e. survival of the fittest). The old prick sounded like a conlibertard.
Mike the Canuck @ 112:
Too late, she's calgone to bed, eh?
(I realized my muricanistic error too late to do anything aboot it, but thank you ever so much for pointing it out to everyone else, kinadian
hosir, haha);-}
P2B,
That could even aggravate a "concerned" canuck.
BTW is that how you spell canuck? Why doesn't my spell checker aboot know this?
Sorry,
Meant to say "Why doesn't my spell checker no aboot this."
Man, I hate it when I can't even misspell correctly.
fiver @ 115:
All my Canadian friends have a great sense of
humorhumour, and I suspect Mike does too, or I wouldn't have teased him...I get along with the 'concerned' ones just fine...I do as a matter of personal policy try to avoid prog fratricide of any kind...
...punk.
LOL
;-}
Got no problem with punk (though I preferred very heavy metal back in the day), but what's this "prog" shit? Is it from that Oz show on HBO?
:)
Like they're going ask if you want lies -- that's what the whole mealis made of!
Back to a beer. GNA.
fiver @ 118:
I knew you'd know me and punk well enough to catch my behind the back complementationisticalish meaning...sometimes I shorten some obvious code words to balancinatify oot the banalishistical ones I embellishificatify to make them less boring...
So, yeah, it's the Oz thing...
luv ya fiver...gotta go :)
"Last word freak." - Melvin Udall
out
;-}
I've been experiencing crashes and lock-ups for the last week or so when entering C&L. Sometimes I get a flash player slowdown warning. What gives, C&L?
Has anyone seen this story? http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/us-issues-threat-to-iraqs-50bn-foreign-reserves-in-military-deal-841407.html
El Gordo @ 123:
At the sharp end of a gun, yeah that would be considered legal and binding in any court in the world.
A little matter of the concept of 'duress' methinks.
Smitty @ 106:
This shows Chertoff's true purpose and true masters, he doesnt work for the USA.
Hezbollah dont give a flying fig about the US, outside of our meddling in their dispute with their neighbors and whatever civil war they are fighting at the time.
ferrofluid (Obama 08) @ 125:
chertoff has dual citizenship........israel and us
karl @ 126:
and thus a safe hiding place to flee to when and if any war crime trials happen.
I wonder if Chimpy has been granted 'honorary' Israeli or Saudi Arabian citizenship for services rendered.
McCain is another 3rd term of Bush:
A top adviser to Senator John McCain says Mr. McCain believes that President Bush’s program of wiretapping without warrants was lawful, a position that appears to bring him into closer alignment with the sweeping theories of executive authority pushed by the Bush administration legal team.
McCain will continue the Bushco attack on the constitution.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/us/politics/06mccain.html?_r=1&hp&oref...
Rick Davis stares goggle-eyed at off-screen cue cards, robotically making a call for Americans to stalk their neighbors with video cameras, and reveal what secret Islamofascists might be walking among us. The lucky winner will be flown to the Republican National Convention to enjoy a session of "Seven Minutes In Heaven" with Larry Craig at the Minneapolis airport, and then it's off to Guantanamo Bay!
This contest, by the way, is the "true story" upon which the Liv Tyler thriller The Strangers is based.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/05/mccains-campaign-manager_n_1052...
Dave @ 74:
MONEY. It all boils down to money; every time. With money comes power (etc., etc.). It's the history of the world. Yes, Marx is right. Class Warfare.
Proud2bHumble @ 114:
We do say "eh". It's a most useful "word". Perhaps we constantly want others to agree with us, eh? It's always used at the end of a sentence. We suffer from an inferiorty complex, and we know it, and we are OK with it, too. We're hosers, eh. That's part of our charm. Deep down inside, we know we have big hearts and feel everyone is truly equal, so the hoser part ain't nothin'. It's the "true north, strong and free", eh.
Tornados in biblical proportions continue to rip through the reddest of the red states http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/05/storms-pop-up-in-plains-a_n_105... meanwhile up here in the leebrul Northeast we have had mild winters, beautiful springs and moderate summers year after year. I wonder what message http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-CAcdta_8I Pat Robertson and McCain's pastors Hagee and late Jerry Falwell http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDI7pt9KGs4 would say God is sending to the red states? Don't bash gay people? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IgKCu2oHeRY&feature=related Vote Democratic? Vote for Obama? Quit voting for people who are polluting his planet and killing its inhabitants?
I need a good Chreestian pastor to intemperate this meaning for me!
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 1:
Quite a contrast between him and Chimpy McFailure aka Chimpy McSilverspoon.
" Let me super-size that for you."
Proud2bHumble @ 38:
just past my bedtime!
sorry I missed ya.
B well.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 34:
A trillion seconds ago was over 31,600 years ago.
do the math.
Kathy @ 93:
you are correct. by its nature, corporation will consume all available resources, plan for ever-increasing income and profits and return absolutely nothing. by design,to be successful a corporation must sustain, continuous growth and generate growing profits in a world where resources are finite and contraction occurs as well as growth.
corporations are pathological.
Chico Hussein @ 135:
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 136:
Investors and stock holders are the most pampered people on Earth. Keeping them happy and quiet is quite expensive, particularly on the planet's resources and on most of its people.
Ruthless People @ 132:
I'm glad it was sent to me. I was wondering if his Dem Convention speech was floating around. It's all good. Barack met with Hillary at her house last night. I'd like for meryl streep to play hillary in the upcoming movie.
Adviser Says McCain Backs Bush Wiretaps
By CHARLIE SAVAGE
The position appears to bring Senator John McCain into closer alignment with the sweeping theories of executive authority pushed by the Bush administration legal team.
Clinton Meets With Obama After Dousing Talk of Ticket
By JEFF ZELENY and ADAM NAGOURNEY
Moving forcefully into the general election, Barack Obama held a private meeting with Hillary Rodham Clinton in an effort to unify Democrats.
El Gordo @ 123:
see #30
Have a look at the WEATHER MAP of North America It's amazing how concentrated the weather is.
Justice Dept. Investigating Deportation to Syria
By SCOTT SHANE
The Justice Department is reviewing a 2002 decision by department officials to send a Canadian citizen to Syria, where he was tortured, American officials said Thursday.
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why? oh yeah! whitewash the whitehouse.
Daily Reading pt 1...
Bastards: Think Progress: GOP strategy memo revealed: This is about 'making political points' and 'finger-pointing over blame.'
- http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/05/gop-strategy-memo-revealed-this-is-a...
At 11 p.m. last night, after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) shut down Senate debate on the Climate Security Act by forcing the 492-page bill to be read in full, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) revealed the existence of a GOP strategy memo on the climate debate. The anonymous memo, provided to Reid “by a lobbyist involved in Republican strategy meetings,” explains that their climate strategy is “much more on making political points” than “affecting policy.”
The G-rand O-il P-arty (GOP) isn't satisfied with setting the ALL TIME record for filibusters - http://kirkcaraway.com/03/12/2007/republicans_set_filibuster_record , not allowing bills to be voted on so leglislation can be passed...now they're toying with the future....bastards, simple as that and people ask me why I post under 'the right wing hater moniker'...
From Dec 07 (and they've added much more since) - Senate Republicans set a new record for filibusters. They didn't just break the record, they are destroying it with their constant foot-dragging.
There have been 72 filibusters so far, beating the old record of 68. But 110th Congress is not even half over. Republicans are on track to more than double the old record, an accomplishment of delay and obstruction unparalleled any time in history.
This is the most underreported story in Washington. President Bush complains that Congress isn't doing their job, yet it's his allies in the Senate who are gumming up the works.
The Republican Party: There is no shame when there is no conscience. http://thinkprogress.org/wonkroom/2008/06/05/gop-climate-memo/
Whitehouse Slammed in New York Times Editorial: The Bush administration’s to manipulate climate science took another hit this week. - http://www.desmogblog.com/whitehouse-slammed-in-new-york-times-editorial
The legacy of the Bush Whitehouse is being etched in editorial ink all across the nation. The Times summed it up nicely: "This administration long ago secured a special place in history for bending science to its political ends. One costly result is that this nation has lost seven years in a struggle in which time is not on anyone’s side."
The NY Times Editorial: The Science of Denial - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/opinion/04wed2.html?ex=1370318400&en=3...
Question: If the 'debate' was genuine....why all the money offers to 'scientists' from ExxonMobil/CEI? Why all the obstruction from the two oilmen in the White House? This is why Deniers/Extinctionists/'Skeptics' are full of it...their 'science' isn't enough on its 'own merits'...it has to be served with a heaping side of money & propaganda to swallow...
The Hypocrisy & Stupidity of the GOP on full display for all to see: Inhofe: 'Hey, it's not our fault' - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/5/133717/1155
"All Republicans want just one thing, and that is to debate this bill ... When they pull the bill, I don't want them to say that Republicans had anything to do with it."
-- James Inhofe (R-Exxon/Okla.) on the Senate floor Thursday, after Republican leadership spent nearly four days delaying debate of the Climate Security Act
Also see above GOP memo leaked to Think Progress that proves beyond a shadow of a doubt that Inhofe's a filthy scumbag liar with crude for brains...
The imprint of Barack Obama: The DNC will no longer accept contributions from federal lobbyists or take contributions from PACs
- http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2008/06/dnc-no-more-con.html
Its a start, a big one....the goal, publicly financed elections, equal time for all candidates of all parties (3rd parties especially, if you want it to become a reality, you have to start somewhere....)
Several countries in Europe, Latin America have already discovered & implemented this...its time we lead in it...and to those con-servatives against it....well..you GET what you pay for...
'Sen. Barack Obama (Ill.) is moving quickly to put his imprint on the Democratic National Committee, offering a vote of confidence in current chairman Howard Dean while also installing one of his most senior political deputies in a leadership role at the party committee.'
- http://blog.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/06/dean_stays_at_dnc_tewes_jo...
Clinton supporters wowed with warm reception at Obama rally - http://www.minnpost.com/stories/2008/06/04/2100/clinton_supporters_wowed...
The political healing process already is beginning, and no one is making that healing easier than Obama. After he had finished the St. Paul speech, Obama did not just leave the arena. Nor did he head to the nearest television camera or the nearest fat cat. Instead, he went to a room where the Clinton supporters had been gathered and one by one, shook the hands of the 25 people, stopping to chat with each of them.
"I think especially for women of my mother's generation, it's going to be very hard,'' he said. "They had waited so long for this (a woman in the White House). But I've spoken with a number of women like that in the last day. I think they'll come around. You don't spend your life fighting for women's rights and then vote for Sen. McCain.''
Democratic Party Unity - Obama 08
Daily Reading pt 2...
Gates ousts Air Force leaders in historic shake-up - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/air_force_shake_up
Defense Secretary Robert Gates ousted the Air Force's top officials Thursday, holding them to account in a historic military shake-up for failing to ensure the security of sensitive materials, including nuclear missile warhead fuses that were mistakenly shipped to Taiwan.
Gates announced at a Pentagon news conference that he had accepted the resignations of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley and Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne — a highly unusual double firing. Note: US Defense Secretary and the Chief of Staff at the Pentagon fired.
WOW! Remember the nuclear bomber that flew across this country fully loaded? There's more behind this story than meets the eye. And I bet it does not have anything to do with these stories reported.
SUV can go 40 miles for a dollar but car companies won't make it - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/365525_hybridsuv03.html
Edward Furia says the electric car technology his Bellevue-based firm, AFS Trinity Power Corp., has developed could end the United States' dependence on oil.
If anyone is asking why Detroit is getting its a$$ handed to it....BINGO!!! They'll stubbornly drag their feet all the way to bankruptcy....and its executive managements fault and stupidity...
The Brad Blog: My Own Votes, Four Of Them, Were Flipped Yesterday Before My Very Eyes - http://www.bradblog.com/?p=6043
As a fairly well-known Election Integrity journalist who has personally covered, for years, the myriad election woes of thousands (if not millions) of voters around the country who have tried to bring seemingly endless stories of votes flipped on e-voting systems to the attention of officials, these stories always continue to be remarkable to me, even if not to many others in the rest of the mainstream media.
It's even more troubling when one realizes that so little ever seems to be done in light of so many of these horror stories, as those very same failed systems are still deployed across the nation, with little or no modification to correct the mountains of documented problems even now, as we head towards an election likely to be of historic proportions this November.
What follows is yet another one of those stories, where a voter had vote selections flipped by the electronic voting system, such that candidates were chosen other than the ones intended to be selected by the voter, though no fault of his own. But this time, the voter is me.
Yet another reason publicly financed elections are CRUCIAL TO DEMOCRACY, take the money/for-profit out of the system and restore the right of every american citizen as intended by our country's founding principle...one man/woman, one vote.
Exposing the GOP's Voter Suppression Campaign - http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080605_exposing_the_gops_voter_sup...
If Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic presidential nominee, is to defeat John McCain, he’d better get started organizing teams of election law attorneys and other specialists to guard against efforts already underway to disenfranchise Democratic voters.
At this point, what’s more important than the coverage is that Barack Obama and his staff hustle election specialists to the battleground states. There’s not much glory in nosing around a Colorado county courthouse—but that’s where this election may be decided.
Barr chiseling into McCain voter base, Libertarian candidate could nab votes in dissatisfied red states - http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jun/04/barr-chiseling-mccain-vo...
'Polls in Georgia and North Carolina over the last two weeks show Mr. Barr winning 8 percent and 6 percent respectively of the presidential vote
Defining Insanity in the 21st Century: Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under U.S. control; Bush wants 50 military bases, control of Iraqi airspace and legal immunity for all American soldiers and contractors
- http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/revealed-secret-plan...
'Barack Obama is turning his attention to winning over traditionally Republican-voting US states in his campaign to be the next US president.' - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7438930.stm
[VIDEO] Obama wins: Newspaper Front pages around the World - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6VfZ4h0uZ4
Daily Reading pt 3...
Justice Department investigating two U.S. Attorneys for political prosecution; There's more to be done - http://rawstory.com/news/2008/DOJ_Investigating_two_US_Attorneys_involve...
Media Matters: Dick Morris baselessly claimed Rezko sold Obama property "for an amount that was substantially below its apparent market value" Liar, liar.
- http://mediamatters.org/items/200806040009
How many faces does this idiot have anyway???
Sam Stein: McCain's Day Marked By False Statements And Gaffes - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/04/mccains-day-marked-by-fal_n_105...
GOP/Republican 'Free Market' Great Economy Update: The equity Americans have in their most important asset - their homes - has dropped to its lowest level since the end of World War II.
- http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24988315/
Hillary Rodham Clinton and likely Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately Thursday night to talk about uniting the Democratic Party, an Obama spokesman said.
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080606/ap_on_el_pr/clinton
More Hot Air from Exxon? - http://www.prwatch.org/node/7408
Fitzgerald indicates he may be ready to testify on Rove’s efforts to push him out. We can't wait to hear that testimony. Is there a possibiliy yet of the psychopath Rove being indicted?
- http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/05/fitzgerald-indicates-he-may-be-ready...
How Obama and Dean Strategies Come Together To Challenge the Red/Blue State Electoral Map - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/05/obama-and-dean-team-up-to_n_105...
For whatever it's worth, A list of strengthening amendments to the climate bill that will probably never be introduced - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/5/135026/8141
The ultimate what could have been...if GOP obstruction, their leashes tugged by Old Energy/Big Oil hadn't been so opposed to taking our country into the 21st Century...
Bushevik run EPA FINALLY Moves to Keep Rat Poison from Kids, Animals - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/epa-to-keep-rat-posion-from-kids...
Just when you thought you’d heard it all, it turns out the EPA is finally getting around to keeping rat poison out of the hands of children.
Amazingly, it only took until 2008 to happen, but better late than never.
Somewhere Tom Delay is crying his eyes out...
Daily Reading pt 2...
Gates ousts Air Force leaders in historic shake-up - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080605/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/air_force_shake_up
Defense Secretary Robert Gates ousted the Air Force's top officials Thursday, holding them to account in a historic military shake-up for failing to ensure the security of sensitive materials, including nuclear missile warhead fuses that were mistakenly shipped to Taiwan.
Gates announced at a Pentagon news conference that he had accepted the resignations of Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Michael Moseley and Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne — a highly unusual double firing. Note: US Defense Secretary and the Chief of Staff at the Pentagon fired.
WOW! Remember the nuclear bomber that flew across this country fully loaded? There's more behind this story than meets the eye. And I bet it does not have anything to do with these stories reported.
SUV can go 40 miles for a dollar but car companies won't make it - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/365525_hybridsuv03.html
Edward Furia says the electric car technology his Bellevue-based firm, AFS Trinity Power Corp., has developed could end the United States' dependence on oil.
If anyone is asking why Detroit is ge
LOL, Isnt lying what politicians do best. Why is anyone surprised?
JT
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