So I wonder how Obama's weekend was. Seems the Bilderberg group had a weekend meeting in Northern Virginia...hmm didnt Hillary and Obama meet in Northern Virginia too this weekend?
So strange how the media isn't talking about their weekend activity.
Funny you should bring up Kanye, as George Bush has moved on from not caring to completely ignoring black people. The Pentagon tried to dispose
of evidence used against it in torture cases. OPEC's not interested in pumping more oil. Corporations are forced to give it away to get more clients. And a gay Episcopal bishop gets hitched in NH.
That was the first night that we could say that the Bush presidency was slowly in decline. That was either just before or just after Olbermann's first special comment criticizing Bush, Fema, and Chertoff.
George Bushs' kind of people in his own words are the "haves and the have mores". I do not believe George Bush is raceist. He hates poor people and middle class people no matter what color. The only color he sees is green.
Smirky ghoul......that's an apt description of GWB's darkness. Bugliosi compares him to Charles Manson. Clinically GWB is a sociopath. The entire Bush dynasty is mentally ill.
Sat, 06/07/2008 - 23:26 — McCain the Liar (not verified)
Bush and the republicans didn't care about helping. They immediately started pointing fingers at democrats. They called it a blame game. Only to republicans would people's lives be a game.
Smirky Ghoul's resemblance to Ted Bundy has always creeped me out big-time. You are correct, Comrade Rou, the entire Bush family are sick bastards ... dark, evil and twisted.
Because this is an open thread. I want to bring up a point I heard Richard Clarke make on KO's show. Perhaps you heard it as well. Clarke aptly stated that society should not allow Bushco continue to profit, after the current Bush term is over, as a benefit of having served in a Presidential administration (and that includes the idiot son, W). Society can not pretend that nothing immoral or wrong did not happen. As Americans we can't ignore what was done in our name. War crimes, suspension of civil liberties, torture, you name it were done based on a lie. We can't allow it to stand, and if we do, we, as a society are nearly as culpable as those who committed those crimes against this country. Clarke recommends that there be a "reconciliation commission which would allow those who perpetrated these crimes to ask for forgiveness, and if they do ask, they would be allowed to participate in society (Personally, I think the whole lot of them should go to jail, but I know that won't happen). If they don't admit their transgressions, then they we as a society are duty bound to try ( I don't know if that is the correct spelling) them.
As I see it, those responsible for these crimes against the world, America and the Constitution should at the very least go the same route as OJ Simpson. Any thoughts?
Because this is an open thread. I want to bring up a point I heard Richard Clarke make on KO's show. Perhaps you heard it as well. Clarke aptly stated that society should not allow Bushco continue to profit, after the current Bush term is over, as a benefit of having served in a Presidential administration (and that includes the idiot son, W). Society can not pretend that nothing immoral or wrong did not happen. As Americans we can't ignore what was done in our name. War crimes, suspension of civil liberties, torture, you name it were done based on a lie. We can't allow it to stand, and if we do, we, as a society are nearly as culpable as those who committed those crimes against this country. Clarke recommends that there be a "reconciliation commission which would allow those who perpetrated these crimes to ask for forgiveness, and if they do ask, they would be allowed to participate in society (Personally, I think the whole lot of them should go to jail, but I know that won't happen). If they don't admit their transgressions, then they we as a society are duty bound to try ( I don't know if that is the correct spelling) them.
As I see it, those responsible for these crimes against the world, America and the Constitution should at the very least go the same route as OJ Simpson. Any thoughts?
I have long said that these people should be stripped of their wealth. No matter where it came from. They owe the world. They should not be allowed to be comfortable in any way.
He is a proven war criminal, he admittedly broke the rules of the Geneva Convention by authorizing torture, he flat out lied our country into war, his close personal family friends in the Oil industry are currently raping us monetarily, all of these are facts.
We should really prosecute these criminals, but if that isn't politically tenable then we should use truth and reconciliation. Imagine if Gerald Ford hadn't pardoned Richard Nixon and his vile conduct had been completely exposed-- we wouldn't have all these shameless and unreconstructed Nixonian thugs that litter government.
Okay, everybody, let's all get ready to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies! In his own words, it's Gone InSane!
• By the way, the dog wasn't there -- Chloe -- I wanted to kick it. ---to Jon Stewart.
• I condemn remarks that are, in any way, viewed as anti-anything. ---to George Stephanopolous, regarding John Hagee
• The Constitution established the United States as a Christian nation.
• I prefer a person [for president] who I know has a solid grounding in my faith.
• Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.
Sat, 06/07/2008 - 23:52 — Joe Tseng (not verified)
LeftofLeft@5 says: "Respectfully Kanye, President Smirky Ghoul doesn’t give a shit about ANYBODY."
True enough. But like Chris Rock says, when they had that big fire in southern california, chimpy mcflightsuit was down there in a FLASH using the water from Katrina to put out the flames. Lot of rich white people in that area, ya know.
that was great! I love the looks on Mike Myer's and Chris Rocks faces... priceless. I agree with above comments, George Bush wants to ruin everything possible, it its not that he doesn't care, it is that he is so wrong all the time that he comes close to EVIL.
it's not like he's flipping a coin, and 50% or the time doing shit right, it is always wrong
He is a proven war criminal, he admittedly broke the rules of the Geneva Convention by authorizing torture, he flat out lied our country into war, his close personal family friends in the Oil industry are currently raping us monetarily, all of these are facts.
He is a proven war criminal, he admittedly broke the rules of the Geneva Convention by authorizing torture, he flat out lied our country into war, his close personal family friends in the Oil industry are currently raping us monetarily, all of these are facts.
Why is nothing being done?
What can we do, any suggestions?
I don't think anything was done because of the brilliant (said not as a positive affirmation) way that the Republicans played the fear card. However, people have started to realize they were "played" by Bushco. For many it is easier to ignore their mistakes and that is why there has not been a groundswell of anger and demands for accountability.
I think the best we can do is to follow Richard Clarke's advice that I wrote about up thread. It may not be commensurate with the crime, and I think society should treat them the way Alberto Gonzolez is being treated.
Okay, everybody, let's all get ready to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies! In his own words, it's Gone InSane!
• By the way, the dog wasn't there -- Chloe -- I wanted to kick it. ---to Jon Stewart.
• I condemn remarks that are, in any way, viewed as anti-anything. ---to George Stephanopolous, regarding John Hagee
• The Constitution established the United States as a Christian nation.
• I prefer a person [for president] who I know has a solid grounding in my faith.
• Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.
Happy Birthday and many more. You are one of my personal heroes and I want to thank you for providing one of the most wonderful and honest pieces of journalism to air on Corporate Media in the entire last seven years.
Sun, 06/08/2008 - 00:15 — The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein (not verified)
I agree that Bush doesn't care about anybody. But I am glad that someone had to say it. Katrina was a travesty. I miss New Orleans. And, I am very saddened to what happened to the people there in the Gulf Coast (including those affected by Rita). The deaths make me sad. And it still angers me regarding the federal government's response to the disaster.
There are folks who knock Kanye West for what he said, but I believe that if they watched what went down during those days they'd eat their words.
Happy Birthday, Kanye. Thank you for your courage at that one moment to open the world's eyes.
McCain was eating birthday cake with George W. Bush during the Katrina/Bush Administration Catastrophe. He failed to mention that during his "Night of the Living Dead" speech he gave in Louisianna last week.
I agree that Bush doesn't care about anybody. But I am glad that someone had to say it. Katrina was a travesty. I miss New Orleans. And, I am very saddened to what happened to the people there in the Gulf Coast (including those affected by Rita). The deaths make me sad. And it still angers me regarding the federal government's response to the disaster.
There are folks who knock Kanye West for what he said, but I believe that if they watched what went down during those days they'd eat their words.
Happy Birthday, Kanye. Thank you for your courage at that one moment to open the world's eyes.
ditto that! Happy Birthday, Mr West!
BTW, Kanye's last three albums are slamming.
McCain was eating birthday cake with George W. Bush during the Katrina/Bush Administration Catastrophe. He failed to mention that during his "Night of the Living Dead" speech he gave in Louisianna last week.
when will the media call him on that. for that matter, Obama better not think that's too mean to bring up!
LIEberman heads the committee that is supposed to oversee the NOLa resurrection. '
He has let $2B in contract fraud go uninvestigated.
It's OK to hate him now, right? When is Harry Reid going to make it stop?
No way, the best part is the half a second you get to see Chris Tucker with his eyes totally wide and his jaw dropped open. He recovers well, but you can tell that there's about half a second where he's completely stunned.
Mike Myers, meanwhile, just does a double take, which is funny, but Tucker's look of complete astonishment is what I always think of when I see this clip.
Kanye wasn't quite correct: George Bush doesn't care about anybody who isn't on his mother's Christmas card list.
He WAS correct - he just didn't take it far enough.
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KKKarl masterminded the decision to do nothing with the objective being that by shipping 280,000 black (about 98% of whom were Dem) voters out of NOLa and out of La, with no return trip in the bargain, that they would instantly create a majority repug city and state. Nagin, who had switched to Dem from Repug, then switched back to repug.
I've never forgotten Myers' face in that clip, either. I admire Kanye for having the guts to say the truth and be damned with the consequences. Like when that gulf coast resident told Cheney to go eff himself when he showed up for his little vice-presidential photo-op.
Bravo to the true heroes like Kanye and the common people for having the courage to stand up to these phony, criminal liars.
In all fairness to Mike Myers he was trying to raise some money to help those in desperate need (did any one of them get any?) in the meantime the rest of us were going nuts over the lack of action and Kanye West said what was on a lot of people's minds. Mike was not ready for it and his first thought must have been, "Will this piss people off and keep them from helping?"
I agree that Bush doesn't care about anybody. But I am glad that someone had to say it. Katrina was a travesty. I miss New Orleans. And, I am very saddened to what happened to the people there in the Gulf Coast (including those affected by Rita). The deaths make me sad. And it still angers me regarding the federal government's response to the disaster.
There are folks who knock Kanye West for what he said, but I believe that if they watched what went down during those days they'd eat their words.
Happy Birthday, Kanye. Thank you for your courage at that one moment to open the world's eyes.
ditto that! Happy Birthday, Mr West!
BTW, Kanye's last three albums are slamming.
Thanks. :-)
I remember that day when I saw Kanye's words. I think he said what a lot of folks were thinking and feeling during that time.
And to think of it, Bush wasn't even embarrassed by what his mother said (about the folks in the Astrodome in Houston) as well as his own response to this disaster by doing fly-overs (except for Trent Lott to receive FEMA money before anyone else.).
McCain was eating birthday cake with George W. Bush during the Katrina/Bush Administration Catastrophe. He failed to mention that during his "Night of the Living Dead" speech he gave in Louisianna last week.
when will the media call him on that. for that matter, Obama better not think that's too mean to bring up!
if obama fights clean he will lose......gop very dirty will do anything to win....we all know that by now i hope
McCain was eating birthday cake with George W. Bush during the Katrina/Bush Administration Catastrophe. He failed to mention that during his "Night of the Living Dead" speech he gave in Louisianna last week.
when will the media call him on that. for that matter, Obama better not think that's too mean to bring up!
if obama fights clean he will lose......gop very dirty will do anything to win....we all know that by now i hope
It's not dirty to bring up the literal congruence of marie antoinette's "let them eat cake" with McCunt having boosh over for some birthday cake while people are drowning.
Kanye wasn't quite correct: George Bush doesn't care about anybody who isn't on his mother's Christmas card list.
He WAS correct - he just didn't take it far enough.
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KKKarl masterminded the decision to do nothing with the objective being that by shipping 280,000 black (about 98% of whom were Dem) voters out of NOLa and out of La, with no return trip in the bargain, that they would instantly create a majority repug city and state. Nagin, who had switched to Dem from Repug, then switched back to repug.
That's why KKKarl deserves to go to prison for a long time. He's been doing this stuff since Watergate and always managed to slip through the cracks.
I'm hoping that someone out there will do the right thing and bring this bozo to justice.
And thanks for your comments above about my response regarding Kanye West. I love his albums as well! And I think what he did took a lot of courage. And yes, I'll never forget the look on Mike Myers' face. He looked like a deer in the head-lights.
In all fairness to Mike Myers he was trying to raise some money to help those in desperate need (did any one of them get any?) in the meantime the rest of us were going nuts over the lack of action and Kanye West said what was on a lot of people's minds. Mike was not ready for it and his first thought must have been, "Will this piss people off and keep them from helping?"
Spot on. That's what Myers said he was thinking about when asked about his reaction.
Dave @ 2:
He WAS correct - he just didn't take it far enough.
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KKKarl masterminded the decision to do nothing with the objective being that by shipping 280,000 black (about 98% of whom were Dem) voters out of NOLa and out of La, with no return trip in the bargain, that they would instantly create a majority repug city and state. Nagin, who had switched to Dem from Repug, then switched back to repug.
That's why KKKarl deserves to go to prison for a long time. He's been doing this stuff since Watergate and always managed to slip through the cracks.
I'm hoping that someone out there will do the right thing and bring this bozo to justice.
And thanks for your comments above about my response regarding Kanye West. I love his albums as well! And I think what he did took a lot of courage. And yes, I'll never forget the look on Mike Myers' face. He looked like a deer in the head-lights.
But even as Mrs Clinton was preparing to formally concede the race yesterday and throw her weight behind her former rival, various coalitions of her most loyal supporters were considering ways to still, somehow, back her – no matter the consequence in November.
“In the hearts of her ardent supporters, we know she’s the best one this time or 2012, which is why we’re willing to put [Senator John] McCain in for four years and [then] have another go at it,” said Thuc Nguyen, 32, a graduate student at the University of California who is part of a burgeoning group known as PUMA, which stands for Party Unity My A—.
[...]
Pam Hamilton, a Clinton supporter who works in sales in Medford, Oregon, and who started a website called ClintonDems, said a lot of women are feeling the four words about party unity that gave PUMA its acronym. She, and others, talk of Mr Obama in terms of inexperience and lack of substance, while complaining of unfair treatment of Mrs Clinton, both by the Democratic National Committee and by the media.
Ms Hamilton suggested she was not sure whom she will vote for – “My dream is that somehow Hillary gets on the ticket” – or whether she will even vote. But the longer she talked, the more it seemed she already had made up her mind. “With neither of them really appealing to my sensibilities, I have to look at who’s more experienced and who do I feel most comfort with, and it’s John McCain,” she said. “We know him.”
It is unclear what effect the PUMA crowd will have in November, if any, but its ranks are mobilising. Ms Nguyen helped launch last week what she described as the group’s official website, gopumaparty.com, although there are several ad hoc offshoots.
Well, well, well. How can we have party unity with this going on? Just asking.
But even as Mrs Clinton was preparing to formally concede the race yesterday and throw her weight behind her former rival, various coalitions of her most loyal supporters were considering ways to still, somehow, back her – no matter the consequence in November.
“In the hearts of her ardent supporters, we know she’s the best one this time or 2012, which is why we’re willing to put [Senator John] McCain in for four years and [then] have another go at it,” said Thuc Nguyen, 32, a graduate student at the University of California who is part of a burgeoning group known as PUMA, which stands for Party Unity My A—.
[...]
Pam Hamilton, a Clinton supporter who works in sales in Medford, Oregon, and who started a website called ClintonDems, said a lot of women are feeling the four words about party unity that gave PUMA its acronym. She, and others, talk of Mr Obama in terms of inexperience and lack of substance, while complaining of unfair treatment of Mrs Clinton, both by the Democratic National Committee and by the media.
Ms Hamilton suggested she was not sure whom she will vote for – “My dream is that somehow Hillary gets on the ticket” – or whether she will even vote. But the longer she talked, the more it seemed she already had made up her mind. “With neither of them really appealing to my sensibilities, I have to look at who’s more experienced and who do I feel most comfort with, and it’s John McCain,” she said. “We know him.”
It is unclear what effect the PUMA crowd will have in November, if any, but its ranks are mobilising. Ms Nguyen helped launch last week what she described as the group’s official website, gopumaparty.com, although there are several ad hoc offshoots.
Well, well, well. How can we have party unity with this going on? Just asking.
Bower has to be a complete fucking idiot. Does he not know that the POTUS will probably picking the next SCOTUS. Some of these people have such shallow thought processes.
Oh, yes, I agree about the movie. But, I believe the cesspool of corruption in America's government is so deep that it is like quicksand. I doubt that even the players know which end is up. And that's a sorry fact.
But I continue to hope that someone will do the right thing and show this country that yes, we can finally achieve some semblance of justice.
I recently saw 4 little girls and the Great Debaters. I kept the tissues close and used a few. few punches pulled. some shocking detail. vivid accounts. real people.
I recently saw 4 little girls and the Great Debaters. I kept the tissues close and used a few. few punches pulled. some shocking detail. vivid accounts. real people.
still, I recommend them.
Great debaters was absolutely one of the best recent movies out.
NOLA was real and i had just read an article about a year before that described the worst case scenerio. I knew this was gonna suck almost a week before it hit, I had no idea Bush and company would laugh it off and go fishing.
I use netflix, 100,000+ movies for as little as 5 bucks a month. You can't go wrong and they have several hundred you can watch online.
I have a blockbuster plan for mail order movies. and some I buy, first run, because it's cheapest. GD I own, along with 4LG. Spike planned the extension as a followup a year later, since you have 4DVDs, you probably have that version. I am going to buy that one after I determine that there are no more additions.
Xoites and Ron: Yes, I agree with you both. Despite my misgivings, I do want party unity. I feel that people have to keep an eye on the prize as well. We can't let this country slip into McCain's hands. We simply can't. There's too many things at stake.
But we have to work on the underlying social problems in the Dem party as well. That needs to be addressed because the face of the Dem Party is changing. And we need to have people who really want the party to get better.
I just wonder who's interests are being served with such groups as P.U.M.A.? I would just like to know.
The more that this kind of thing gets traced back to Hillary, the harder it will be for her to make a successful run.
There's not a shred of evidence that this has anything to do with HRC. Did anyone of you expect that there would be no sour grapes among some her supporters. By trying to tar all of them with the same brush and perpetuating the conflict you are being every bit as unhelpful as they are. The war is over. Let it rest.
CNN was running some clips of Blitzer's history with the company. Wolfie had an interview with Bush while he was governor of Tx. commenting on the threat of Irag with nukes. I missed part of it but got the impression that it was in his plans before he became pres.
BTW, Great Debaters centers around James Farmer founder of the Congress of Racial Equality. Little license was taken and many of the principles were on hand to give accounts of what really happened.
4 Little girls is about the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, AL, in 1963
Xoites and Ron: Yes, I agree with you both. Despite my misgivings, I do want party unity. I feel that people have to keep an eye on the prize as well. We can't let this country slip into McCain's hands. We simply can't. There's too many things at stake.
But we have to work on the underlying social problems in the Dem party as well. That needs to be addressed because the face of the Dem Party is changing. And we need to have people who really want the party to get better.
I just wonder who's interests are being served with such groups as P.U.M.A.? I would just like to know.
Always be observant and we will take back our government from the repugnantcants and the DLC.
Ah, tis late. Hosted out-of-town guests this weekend and must turn in for the night. It was fun to stop by for a little while. A good evening to all. :-)
The more that this kind of thing gets traced back to Hillary, the harder it will be for her to make a successful run.
There's not a shred of evidence that this has anything to do with HRC.
No, but it has to do with some of the divisiveness in the Democratic party. That is something you can't turn your back on during this election cycle.
Did anyone of you expect that there would be no sour grapes among some her
No. But, it always isn't about HRC and her supporters as well. There are other folks in the Democratic party too. So why is the MSM making it all about them in the first place?
By trying to tar all of them with the same brush and perpetuating the conflict you are being every bit as unhelpful as they are.
Respectfully, I am not. I am putting forth questions about how the future face of the Democratic party will look.
Furthermore, I saw this acronym here and elsewhere in the blogosphere and I wanted to find out what it meant. I'm sure there are other folks who wanted to know as well.
The war is over. Let it rest.
Respectfully again, I posted a link that the war isn't over. For some folks, if these splinter groups out of the Dem party are to be taken seriously, the war has just begun.
Now, despite my position in all of this, this is information every Dem should know about.
Ah, tis late. Hosted out-of-town guests this weekend and must turn in for the night. It was fun to stop by for a little while. A good evening to all. :-)
CNN was running some clips of Blitzer's history with the company. Wolfie had an interview with Bush while he was governor of Tx. commenting on the threat of Irag with nukes. I missed part of it but got the impression that it was in his plans before he became pres.
TRY 1998! - two full years before he was selected preznitwit.
Ah, tis late. Hosted out-of-town guests this weekend and must turn in for the night. It was fun to stop by for a little while. A good evening to all. :-)
the problem is that "surrogates", which Hillary has refused to publicly reign in, have been attacking Obama and his supporters and undermining the efforts of the Democratic Party to present a united front. The media will use these shills to create false memes and try to drive a wedge into the Democratic Party.
The DLC will be very dangerous. Just today, CNN brought out Feinstein, big DLC and suspected booshie. John Kerry was on ABC.
Where are people like Murtha or Webb to talk about war or Bernie Sanders or Barney Frank to talk about the economy or the constitutional freedoms provided by the 1st amendment.
The more that this kind of thing gets traced back to Hillary, the harder it will be for her to make a successful run.
There's not a shred of evidence that this has anything to do with HRC.
No, but it has to do with some of the divisiveness in the Democratic party. That is something you can't turn your back on during this election cycle.
Did anyone of you expect that there would be no sour grapes among some her
No. But, it always isn't about HRC and her supporters as well. There are other folks in the Democratic party too. So why is the MSM making it all about them in the first place?
By trying to tar all of them with the same brush and perpetuating the conflict you are being every bit as unhelpful as they are.
Respectfully, I am not. I am putting forth questions about how the future face of the Democratic party will look.
Furthermore, I saw this acronym here and elsewhere in the blogosphere and I wanted to find out what it meant. I'm sure there are other folks who wanted to know as well.
The war is over. Let it rest.
Respectfully again, I posted a link that the war isn't over. For some folks, if these splinter groups out of the Dem party are to be taken seriously, the war has just begun.
Now, despite my position in all of this, this is information every Dem should know about.
Your're right about them being small splinter groups. My advice is not to recruit for them. I think x has this right. The movement you're discussing has all the earmarks of a Republican program to further divide the party. When it stops being pushed forward it stops having any effect.
Obama Must change the image of John McCain maverick and clean politician. Far too often in the press this image is portrayed of John McCain. The truth of the matter is John McCain is neither. Obama must define McCain as a reckless man who for his own political benefit will say and do anything to get elected. Including go to war with Iran and stay in Iraq for 100 years. Obama should also connect the dots between the Keating Five and more recent McCain corruption deals done in Arizona. As of this moment far too many voters see McCain as this ideal image that he is not. Destroy the ideal image McCain hides behind and win the presidency.
Not only does George W. Bush not care about black people, he doesn't care about smart, well-reasoned people with good and better judgment. There's no wonder why he doesn't like science and learning. He just places his "knowledge" and faith into one fictional book called the Christian bible as all he assumes he needs to know.
McCain's chief surrogate, Senator Lindsey Graham, did not adhere to that message during his appearance on ABC's This Week, with George Stephanopoulos.
Stephanopoulos asked Sen. Graham if McCain's policies are essentially "an extension or maybe an enhancement of the Bush policies." Sen. Graham answered, "Yeah, absolutely."
Sun, 06/08/2008 - 07:38 — no longer a proud american (not verified)
Hey, kanye, you're a young dude, but you had the courage to speak out for all of us and say to the rest of America, what we all knew to be true. You did what others in this country (the Media, in particular) had the responsibility to do but not the testicles. Some are always so much more worried about wealth, position, or power to make the leap and say what needs to be said. You did, and there are plenty of us who appreciate that. so sleep well. you're representative of the young that will bring this country back. Keep speaking out.
Obama Must change the image of John McCain maverick and clean politician. Far too often in the press this image is portrayed of John McCain. The truth of the matter is John McCain is neither. Obama must define McCain as a reckless man who for his own political benefit will say and do anything to get elected. Including go to war with Iran and stay in Iraq for 100 years. Obama should also connect the dots between the Keating Five and more recent McCain corruption deals done in Arizona. As of this moment far too many voters see McCain as this ideal image that he is not. Destroy the ideal image McCain hides behind and win the presidency.
OBAMA CAN'T DO THE PRESS' JOB! b ut he can continue to hammer the point home again and again until the media cannot ignore it.
Obama Must change the image of John McCain maverick and clean politician. Far too often in the press this image is portrayed of John McCain. The truth of the matter is John McCain is neither. Obama must define McCain as a reckless man who for his own political benefit will say and do anything to get elected. Including go to war with Iran and stay in Iraq for 100 years. Obama should also connect the dots between the Keating Five and more recent McCain corruption deals done in Arizona. As of this moment far too many voters see McCain as this ideal image that he is not. Destroy the ideal image McCain hides behind and win the presidency.
Agreed. But how many brain-dead Americans, or more specifically, potential McBush voters to peel off for Obama, can remember ANYTHING about the Keating Five?
Unfortunately, the campaign will probably have to be simpler--age and McBush's failing mental faculties (vs. the black and librul factors sure to be played by the Rethugs).
Sun, 06/08/2008 - 07:43 — no longer a proud american (not verified)
incidentally, mike meyers who is brilliant in his own right was a total disappointment to me with that incredulous look on his face and his lack of support. He's smarter than that. He needs to be interviewed now. If he's a redneck GW supporter, i would like to know. If he says that on the spur of the moment, he was simply taken aback and left speechless, i can also understand that. But he's had time to think and put things into perspective now, what would he say???
Daily Reading pt 1...
pd The con-servative climate change problem, An acknowledge-and-do-nothing strategy is little better than denialism - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/6/172553/8794
"It seems to me that con-servatives have learned nothing politically from the climate change debate to date. Facts on the ground are forcing them to abandon the denialist position, and facts on the ground will ultimately force them to abandon the do-nothing position. Rather than get ahead of the curve and offer a reasonable critique of the liberal approach, they've opted to stick their fingers in their ears and hope for the best. That's bad policy, and it's bad politics."
We Spend That Before Breakfast, Mere $45 trillion needed to tackle climate change, says IEA - http://www.grist.org/news/2008/06/06/clean_trillion/
That's about 1.1 percent of the world's average annual gross domestic product through 2050; more overwhelmingly, it's also about three times the size of the current U.S. economy.
That's a bargain considering the alternative...waiting to act will cost the world between 15-20% of GDP (which would come out to 675-900 trillion dollars...hmm...tough call!)
Peak Oil Update: Holding onto what's golden, Saudi Arabia and oil - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/6/141459/0656
One of the starkest warnings came in a February report commissioned by the United States Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory. "Because oil prices have been relatively high for the past decade, oil companies have conducted extensive exploration over that period, but their results have been disappointing," stated the report.
The message he delivered was clear: the world is heading for an oil shortage. His warning is quite different from the calming speeches that Naimi and other Saudis, along with senior American officials, deliver on an almost daily basis.
Less obviously, oil producers deplete their reserves every time they pump out a barrel of oil. This means that merely to maintain their reserve base, they have to replace the oil they extract from declining fields. It's the geological equivalent of running to stay in place.
In other words, if demand and depletion patterns continue, every year the world will need to open enough fields or wells to pump an additional six to eight million barrels a day -- at least two million new barrels a day to meet the rising demand and at least four million to compensate for the declining production of existing fields. "That's like a whole new Saudi Arabia every couple of years," Husseini said. "It can't be done indefinitely. It's not sustainable."
An Oil-based/Old Energy economy is doomed....
Clinton Ends Campaign With Clear Call to Elect Obama - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/politics/08dems.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&...
“The way to continue our fight now, to accomplish the goals for which we stand, is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States,” Mrs. Clinton said.
“Today, as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him.”
“I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me,” Mrs. Clinton said. “I want to take all our energy and all our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama as our next president of the United States,” said Mrs. Clinton.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY UNITY - 08
Marie Wilson: Clinton's Real Victory - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR200806...
Now it's up to the rest of us to do our part -- by encouraging women's leadership in every shape and form. We do that by inviting our female friends and relatives to take the next step in their political lives by running for office, big or small.
This race does not end with Hillary Clinton's campaign. By helping to fill the pipeline with a critical mass of diverse, well-equipped women, Clinton's candidacy has changed everything about the future of leadership in this country. And that is a legacy of which she -- and our nation -- should be proud.
White House is Worried that Patrick Fitzgerald, Special Prosecutor Will Testify Before Congress, and Nail At Least Cheney and Rove, and Possibly Bush, Which McClellan Already Has Done in the Book. But Fitzgerald's Testimony Before Congress Could Put the White House in Legal Jeopardy.
- http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/08/duffy-waxman-plame/
GOP/Republican racism Update: Willie Horton Ad Producer is in Seventh Heaven: He Gets to be a Bigot Against a Real Live Presidential Candidate. Those Republicans Still Think That They Can Win the Civil War. What's This Guy's Slogan: "Vote for a Party That Will Bring You Back to the Ante-Bellum South"?
- http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/09/willie_horton_ad_c...
GOP soon to be extinct in the 21st Century...where change will dominate everything in every way...
GOP/Bushevik 'supporting the troops'/Stop-Lossgate Update: 'Anything Not To Go Back': Soldiers Practicing "Self-Harm" To Avoid Multiple Iraq Tours
- http://www.newsweek.com/id/140478
"What's worrying...is that American troops committed suicide at the highest rate on record in 2007—and the factors behind self-injury are similar: combat stress and strained relationships."
Bring them Home 08
GOP Senator has to Remind Bush that "We have a Constitution" (6/8/08 Sunday) - http://poorgeorgesalmanac.com/?p=298
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln
How Karl Rove played politics while people drowned - http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/06/06/rove_katrina/index.html
Immediately prior to, during and after Hurricane Katrina, the White House responses to this tragedy were being orchestrated by Karl Rove. A man who only has political campaign experience was taking on the tasks of response to national emergency. And his responses were solely political.
As a result, promised buses were never sent, restoration was only done when a camera was nearby, and blame was stuck on democratic governor Kathleen Blanco. And thousands were left to die. Mississippi and Alabama, both with republican governors, were given immediate response. A new book on Rove ("Machiavelli's Shadow: the Rise and Fall of Karl Rove") covers this story in detail.
Rahm Emanuel: McCain Is In For A Thumpin' -http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/06/rahm-emanuel-mccain-prote_n_105706.html
NPR: As California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger grapples with a $17 billion budget deficit, only two of every five voters believe he's doing a good job. In addition, 75 percent of the voters surveyed in this week's Field Poll say California is headed in the wrong direction.
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91252428&ft=1&f=100...
Guess we won't be getting that amendment to allow non-US born citizens to serve as president....
Blog for Arizona: John McCain has managed to define himself as that cantankerous old coot who always seems to be angry. John McCain has defined himself as old man Wilson who was always yelling at us kids to "get off my lawn!" And nobody likes that guy.
- http://arizona.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/you-kids-get-of.html
Indicted Saudi investor in Harken Energy (Bush bankrupted venture) gets $80 million Pentagon contract - http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/7/154413/4034/108/531801
"Interestingly, Pharaon was also an investor in President George W. Bush's first business venture, Arbusto Energy."
To call that information "interesting" is to put it rather mildly. Can you imagine the hoo-hah that would erupt in the American trad media if a Democrat such as Barack Obama, say, were connected by even two degrees of separation to an international crook like Pharaon?
And yet Pharaon was a Harvard classmate of Bush's and a key investor in Arbusto/Harken Energy. He has a notoriously unsavory record. During the Carter administration he was involved in the disgrace of Bert Lance, and then a dozen years later in another banking scandal, the collapse of the shady BCCI due to massive fraud that cost the bank's clients billions of dollars.
In the US, he was the second largest shareholder in CenTrust when it went belly up. The Federal Reserve then barred Pharaon from doing business in the US, and the FBI indicted him. Pharaon has been a fugitive ever since.
Culture of Corruption = GOP, Bush Crime Family, its crown jewel...
Make No Mistake: McCain's a Neocon - http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/060808.html
Since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, John McCain has sought to hide the forest of his neoconservative alignment with George W. Bush amid the trees of details, such as stressing differences over military tactics used in Iraq.
But the larger reality should be clear: McCain is a hard-line neoconservative who buys into Bush’s “preemptive war” theories abroad and his concept of an all-powerful “unitary executive” at home.
This neocon vision also holds that the President – on his own authority – could take the nation to war anywhere in the world for whatever reason.
In essence, the United States would cease to be a democratic Republic with citizens guaranteed fundamental liberties and with an Executive possessing limited authority constrained by the Legislature. All meaningful power would be invested in the President as a modern-day monarch.
But there should be no doubt that a McCain victory would give the neocons another four-year lease on the White House. And, after those four years, there might be no feasible way back for the great American Republic.
Obama 08
Graham: McCain’s Policies Would ‘Absolutely’ Be An ‘Extension’ And ‘Enhancement’ Of Bush’s - http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/08/graham-mccain-bush/
There you have it from Lindsey Graham (R-SC).....McCain = Bush, McBush, McSame....
"Anti-contraception activism has been working its way up the priority list of the anti-choice movement in the U.S. in recent years and Saturday's campaign will be one of the most organized and visible displays of this broadening agenda." Remember, Roe v. Wade is at stake in the November election.
- http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/290012
There is nothing pro-life about the pro-war, pro-gun, pro-death penalty, pro-right to kill trespassers, pro-right to shoot first, "compassionate conservative" right wingers...) In fact, the multi-pronged attack against the right to use contraception is led entirely by anti-abortion groups.
Their initiatives include opposing health insurance coverage of contraception; urging pharmacists to deny women's birth control prescriptions; and attempting (with no scientific rationale) to reclassify the birth control pill, and all other hormonal forms of contraception, as abortion methods with the goal of banning them. This represents an important and frightening shift in focus by the anti-abortion movement.
incidentally, mike meyers who is brilliant in his own right was a total disappointment to me with that incredulous look on his face and his lack of support. He's smarter than that. He needs to be interviewed now. If he's a redneck GW supporter, i would like to know. If he says that on the spur of the moment, he was simply taken aback and left speechless, i can also understand that. But he's had time to think and put things into perspective now, what would he say???
"Anti-contraception activism has been working its way up the priority list of the anti-choice movement in the U.S. in recent years and Saturday's campaign will be one of the most organized and visible displays of this broadening agenda." Remember, Roe v. Wade is at stake in the November election.
- http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/290012
There is nothing pro-life about the pro-war, pro-gun, pro-death penalty, pro-right to kill trespassers, pro-right to shoot first, "compassionate conservative" right wingers...) In fact, the multi-pronged attack against the right to use contraception is led entirely by anti-abortion groups.
Their initiatives include opposing health insurance coverage of contraception; urging pharmacists to deny women's birth control prescriptions; and attempting (with no scientific rationale) to reclassify the birth control pill, and all other hormonal forms of contraception, as abortion methods with the goal of banning them. This represents an important and frightening shift in focus by the anti-abortion movement.
Because we need more human targets! There are only so many squirrels to kill...
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Nothing like live TV for speaking out.
Kanye wasn't quite correct: George Bush doesn't care about anybody who isn't on his mother's Christmas card list.
In light of what how things were handled, Kanye's words seem to echo truth, don't they?
"george Bush doesn't care about X"
Substitute whatever word you want for X and chances are it's true.
Respectfully Kanye, President Smirky Ghoul doesn't give a shit about ANYBODY.
Mike Myers face is classic.
George Bush don't care about POOR people, black or any other color!
This bunch makes it perfectly clear what D.C. stands for.
Don't Care!
Impeach, try, convict, put them all in prison and throw away the keys. Now!
So I wonder how Obama's weekend was. Seems the Bilderberg group had a weekend meeting in Northern Virginia...hmm didnt Hillary and Obama meet in Northern Virginia too this weekend?
So strange how the media isn't talking about their weekend activity.
An apposite reminder of why we should all be in this together.
Ah the memories...This was the first video that I recall visiting C&L over.
Thanks Kanye. And my condolences on the loss of your mom.
And have as good a day as is possible.
One of the great clips of all time!
Another is Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent's Dinner:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-869183917758574879&PHPSESSID=f9...
Funny you should bring up Kanye, as George Bush has moved on from not caring to completely ignoring black people. The Pentagon tried to dispose
of evidence used against it in torture cases. OPEC's not interested in pumping more oil. Corporations are forced to give it away to get more clients. And a gay Episcopal bishop gets hitched in NH.
Also, we haven't learned a thing.
President Smirky Ghoul ... hehe. And happy b'day to Kanye, too.
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That was the first night that we could say that the Bush presidency was slowly in decline. That was either just before or just after Olbermann's first special comment criticizing Bush, Fema, and Chertoff.
Amazingly he was right. Go Kanye!
Mike Meyers and Chris Tucker coulda shoulda spoke out to.
Happy birthday Kanye. Keep bringing the truth, even if it flusters polite white Canadian comedians!
chris @ 15:
Imagine that..
[Yes. Imagine that. Flame baiting lies deleted to save me some work-Sitemonitor]
George Bushs' kind of people in his own words are the "haves and the have mores". I do not believe George Bush is raceist. He hates poor people and middle class people no matter what color. The only color he sees is green.
BG, you rock. Awesome.
Smirky ghoul......that's an apt description of GWB's darkness. Bugliosi compares him to Charles Manson. Clinically GWB is a sociopath. The entire Bush dynasty is mentally ill.
Kanye Was Right!!
War bill helps Iraqis, may ignore Katrina victims
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080608/ap_on_re_us/iraq_katrina
I miss New Orleans.
Happy B Day, Kanye.
Maliki lies to Iran for Bush.
Bush and the republicans didn't care about helping. They immediately started pointing fingers at democrats. They called it a blame game. Only to republicans would people's lives be a game.
Jersey Jay @ 12:
Brilliant! I needed to laugh!
Smirky Ghoul's resemblance to Ted Bundy has always creeped me out big-time. You are correct, Comrade Rou, the entire Bush family are sick bastards ... dark, evil and twisted.
Because this is an open thread. I want to bring up a point I heard Richard Clarke make on KO's show. Perhaps you heard it as well. Clarke aptly stated that society should not allow Bushco continue to profit, after the current Bush term is over, as a benefit of having served in a Presidential administration (and that includes the idiot son, W). Society can not pretend that nothing immoral or wrong did not happen. As Americans we can't ignore what was done in our name. War crimes, suspension of civil liberties, torture, you name it were done based on a lie. We can't allow it to stand, and if we do, we, as a society are nearly as culpable as those who committed those crimes against this country. Clarke recommends that there be a "reconciliation commission which would allow those who perpetrated these crimes to ask for forgiveness, and if they do ask, they would be allowed to participate in society (Personally, I think the whole lot of them should go to jail, but I know that won't happen). If they don't admit their transgressions, then they we as a society are duty bound to try ( I don't know if that is the correct spelling) them.
As I see it, those responsible for these crimes against the world, America and the Constitution should at the very least go the same route as OJ Simpson. Any thoughts?
calgarylady Says
Smirky Ghoul’s resemblance to Ted Bundy has always creeped me out big-time.
Ha ha ha.....this is rich. Take a look at the photos of the two. Very creepy stuff.
http://www.moillusions.com/2006/12/george-bush-and-ted-bundy-twins.html
oncall @ 32:
I have long said that these people should be stripped of their wealth. No matter where it came from. They owe the world. They should not be allowed to be comfortable in any way.
I wonder why Bush is even still in office.
He is a proven war criminal, he admittedly broke the rules of the Geneva Convention by authorizing torture, he flat out lied our country into war, his close personal family friends in the Oil industry are currently raping us monetarily, all of these are facts.
Why is nothing being done?
What can we do, any suggestions?
http://www.moillusions.com/2006/12/george-bush-and-ted-bundy-twins.html
Truly creepy pics of Bush and Ted Bundy. Thanks calgarylady. I'll probably have a nightmare tonight.
We are surrounded by terrorists. Terrorist Fist Jabs: Terrorists Are Everywhere!
We should really prosecute these criminals, but if that isn't politically tenable then we should use truth and reconciliation. Imagine if Gerald Ford hadn't pardoned Richard Nixon and his vile conduct had been completely exposed-- we wouldn't have all these shameless and unreconstructed Nixonian thugs that litter government.
Okay, everybody, let's all get ready to deliver bottled hot water to dehydrated babies! In his own words, it's Gone InSane!
• By the way, the dog wasn't there -- Chloe -- I wanted to kick it.
---to Jon Stewart.
• I condemn remarks that are, in any way, viewed as anti-anything.
---to George Stephanopolous, regarding John Hagee
• The Constitution established the United States as a Christian nation.
• I prefer a person [for president] who I know has a solid grounding in my faith.
• Only the most deluded of us could doubt the necessity of this war.
LeftofLeft@5 says: "Respectfully Kanye, President Smirky Ghoul doesn’t give a shit about ANYBODY."
True enough. But like Chris Rock says, when they had that big fire in southern california, chimpy mcflightsuit was down there in a FLASH using the water from Katrina to put out the flames. Lot of rich white people in that area, ya know.
that was great! I love the looks on Mike Myer's and Chris Rocks faces... priceless. I agree with above comments, George Bush wants to ruin everything possible, it its not that he doesn't care, it is that he is so wrong all the time that he comes close to EVIL.
it's not like he's flipping a coin, and 50% or the time doing shit right, it is always wrong
GeorgeBushlovesmoney @ 35:
Vote.
GeorgeBushlovesmoney @ 35:
I don't think anything was done because of the brilliant (said not as a positive affirmation) way that the Republicans played the fear card. However, people have started to realize they were "played" by Bushco. For many it is easier to ignore their mistakes and that is why there has not been a groundswell of anger and demands for accountability.
I think the best we can do is to follow Richard Clarke's advice that I wrote about up thread. It may not be commensurate with the crime, and I think society should treat them the way Alberto Gonzolez is being treated.
She doesn't believe in shooting stars
all she cares about are shoes and cars
Karen @ 38:
The last one will be a death knell.
Feeling like Katrina with no Fema
Like Martin with no Gina
Like a flight with no visa
First class with the seat back I still see ya
Dear, dear, Kanye West,
Happy Birthday and many more. You are one of my personal heroes and I want to thank you for providing one of the most wonderful and honest pieces of journalism to air on Corporate Media in the entire last seven years.
Respectfully yours, . . . .
*
Dave @ 2:
He WAS correct - he just didn't take it far enough.
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NishNish @ 6:
Yes - it's pure gold -- I'll never forget it.
*
I agree that Bush doesn't care about anybody. But I am glad that someone had to say it. Katrina was a travesty. I miss New Orleans. And, I am very saddened to what happened to the people there in the Gulf Coast (including those affected by Rita). The deaths make me sad. And it still angers me regarding the federal government's response to the disaster.
There are folks who knock Kanye West for what he said, but I believe that if they watched what went down during those days they'd eat their words.
Happy Birthday, Kanye. Thank you for your courage at that one moment to open the world's eyes.
Trittydi @ 48:
it says all that needs saying.
fyi, for some who may not know, myers is canadian, I believe. Where were the other American celebrities.
NishNish @ 6:
Isn't that the truth
Mike Myers was probably thinking if he stood still enough no one would notice him.
If every democrat would just convert one rebulican friend soon the government would love everyone.
McCain was eating birthday cake with George W. Bush during the Katrina/Bush Administration Catastrophe. He failed to mention that during his "Night of the Living Dead" speech he gave in Louisianna last week.
The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein @ 49:
ditto that! Happy Birthday, Mr West!
BTW, Kanye's last three albums are slamming.
xoites defends Constitution @ 53:
when will the media call him on that. for that matter, Obama better not think that's too mean to bring up!
LIEberman heads the committee that is supposed to oversee the NOLa resurrection. '
He has let $2B in contract fraud go uninvestigated.
It's OK to hate him now, right?
When is Harry Reid going to make it stop?
Fil @ 43:
I ain't saying she's a golddigger...
The Brits lose soldier no. 100 in Afghanistan.
If it is not ok to hate Lieberman i have been going against the grain for a very long time.
When Kanye West said George Bush doesn't care about Black people. I thought I saw Myers shit in his pants.
NishNish @ 6:
No way, the best part is the half a second you get to see Chris Tucker with his eyes totally wide and his jaw dropped open. He recovers well, but you can tell that there's about half a second where he's completely stunned.
Mike Myers, meanwhile, just does a double take, which is funny, but Tucker's look of complete astonishment is what I always think of when I see this clip.
It almost looked like Mike Myers was about to say something. I think it was "affirmative, Kanye."
Trittydi @ 47:
KKKarl masterminded the decision to do nothing with the objective being that by shipping 280,000 black (about 98% of whom were Dem) voters out of NOLa and out of La, with no return trip in the bargain, that they would instantly create a majority repug city and state. Nagin, who had switched to Dem from Repug, then switched back to repug.
I've never forgotten Myers' face in that clip, either. I admire Kanye for having the guts to say the truth and be damned with the consequences. Like when that gulf coast resident told Cheney to go eff himself when he showed up for his little vice-presidential photo-op.
Bravo to the true heroes like Kanye and the common people for having the courage to stand up to these phony, criminal liars.
In all fairness to Mike Myers he was trying to raise some money to help those in desperate need (did any one of them get any?) in the meantime the rest of us were going nuts over the lack of action and Kanye West said what was on a lot of people's minds. Mike was not ready for it and his first thought must have been, "Will this piss people off and keep them from helping?"
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 54:
Thanks. :-)
I remember that day when I saw Kanye's words. I think he said what a lot of folks were thinking and feeling during that time.
And to think of it, Bush wasn't even embarrassed by what his mother said (about the folks in the Astrodome in Houston) as well as his own response to this disaster by doing fly-overs (except for Trent Lott to receive FEMA money before anyone else.).
And yes, I love Kanye's music as well. :)
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 55:
if obama fights clean he will lose......gop very dirty will do anything to win....we all know that by now i hope
xoites defends Constitution @ 65:
I think you're right or close. I think Meyers was unprepared.
karl @ 66:
It's not dirty to bring up the literal congruence of marie antoinette's "let them eat cake" with McCunt having boosh over for some birthday cake while people are drowning.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 63:
That's why KKKarl deserves to go to prison for a long time. He's been doing this stuff since Watergate and always managed to slip through the cracks.
I'm hoping that someone out there will do the right thing and bring this bozo to justice.
And thanks for your comments above about my response regarding Kanye West. I love his albums as well! And I think what he did took a lot of courage. And yes, I'll never forget the look on Mike Myers' face. He looked like a deer in the head-lights.
I am still working up the nerve to watch the second part of "When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts" by Spike Lee.
It is very good part hard to take.
part=but* (in my non mathematical head.)
xoites defends Constitution @ 65:
Spot on. That's what Myers said he was thinking about when asked about his reaction.
The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein @ 68:
Thank you right back!
There's a recent movie with mark wahlberg that comes to mind...
xoites defends Constitution @ 69:
is that the version with the followup?
And, being Canadian, Myers is polite. He was a guest in your country. xoites has it right.
The other thing I've been wondering was about this P.U.M.A. thing that a lot of Hill's folks have been sporting.
Well, now I've found out:
Well, well, well. How can we have party unity with this going on? Just asking.
Shout out to xoites, PtG, CIP, clady and allyall :)
Gotta go now, will check back later....
;-}
73 CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory Says:
xoites defends Constitution @ 69:
I am still working up the nerve to watch the second part of “When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts” by Spike Lee.
It is very good but hard to take.
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is that the version with the followup?
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I really don't know, but it is four DVD's and i think it is the whole thing.
Here is another blast from the past as reported in the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper. Barbara Bush is fully quoted.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/barbara-bush-comments-on-survivors-spar...
75 The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein
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That's disturbing.
The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein @ 75:
Bower has to be a complete fucking idiot. Does he not know that the POTUS will probably picking the next SCOTUS. Some of these people have such shallow thought processes.
Proud2bHumble @ 76:
right baklatcha, P2B!
howzithangin'?
nevermind, don't answer that. we're in mixed company.
xoites defends Constitution @ 77:
it's on sale at HBO, right?
I use netflix, 100,000+ movies for as little as 5 bucks a month. You can't go wrong and they have several hundred you can watch online.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 72:
Oh, yes, I agree about the movie. But, I believe the cesspool of corruption in America's government is so deep that it is like quicksand. I doubt that even the players know which end is up. And that's a sorry fact.
But I continue to hope that someone will do the right thing and show this country that yes, we can finally achieve some semblance of justice.
Btw, you're very welcome. :)
The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein @ 75:
The more that this kind of thing gets traced back to Hillary, the harder it will be for her to make a successful run.
we're in mixed company ... so? (quoting Cheney) ...
Greetings, PG, x, CIP, 2b, Karen, Ron et al ... PS, Karen I liked your post with those McCain quotes - scary stuff indeed.
Monster chiller horror stuff :-)
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 82:
I recently saw 4 little girls and the Great Debaters. I kept the tissues close and used a few. few punches pulled. some shocking detail. vivid accounts. real people.
still, I recommend them.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Democratic Party Victory @ 87:
I recently saw 4 little girls and the Great Debaters. I kept the tissues close and used a few. few punches pulled. some shocking detail. vivid accounts. real people.
still, I recommend them.
Great debaters was absolutely one of the best recent movies out.
that is the greatest clip of all time of any medium.....hilarious.
Thanks. I will check into them.
NOLA was real and i had just read an article about a year before that described the worst case scenerio. I knew this was gonna suck almost a week before it hit, I had no idea Bush and company would laugh it off and go fishing.
xoites defends Constitution @ 83:
I have a blockbuster plan for mail order movies. and some I buy, first run, because it's cheapest. GD I own, along with 4LG. Spike planned the extension as a followup a year later, since you have 4DVDs, you probably have that version. I am going to buy that one after I determine that there are no more additions.
Proud2bHumble @ 76:
Hey P2B. What? No drive by pun?
xoites defends Constitution @ 79:
Xoites and Ron: Yes, I agree with you both. Despite my misgivings, I do want party unity. I feel that people have to keep an eye on the prize as well. We can't let this country slip into McCain's hands. We simply can't. There's too many things at stake.
But we have to work on the underlying social problems in the Dem party as well. That needs to be addressed because the face of the Dem Party is changing. And we need to have people who really want the party to get better.
I just wonder who's interests are being served with such groups as P.U.M.A.? I would just like to know.
PUMA sounds like Operation Chaos.
oncall @ 85:
There's not a shred of evidence that this has anything to do with HRC. Did anyone of you expect that there would be no sour grapes among some her supporters. By trying to tar all of them with the same brush and perpetuating the conflict you are being every bit as unhelpful as they are. The war is over. Let it rest.
CNN was running some clips of Blitzer's history with the company. Wolfie had an interview with Bush while he was governor of Tx. commenting on the threat of Irag with nukes. I missed part of it but got the impression that it was in his plans before he became pres.
BTW, Great Debaters centers around James Farmer founder of the Congress of Racial Equality. Little license was taken and many of the principles were on hand to give accounts of what really happened.
4 Little girls is about the bombing of an African-American church in Birmingham, AL, in 1963
I don't know if you knew.
The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein @ 93:
Always be observant and we will take back our government from the repugnantcants and the DLC.
oncall @ 85:
It generates a lot of questions about what these actual aims and desires represent.
Are these supporters for their candidate first or are they supporting the party first?
I'd really like to know.
It's the same question one asks of Republicans: are they Americans first or are they Republicans first?
Thanks Cointelpro, i will look into them. :)
Rush Limbaugh has taken an active and overt interest in promoting the destruction of the Democratic Party. Don't let him win.
re: "George Bush doesn’t care about Black people"
one of the greatest moments of all time on TV,
Kanye gets major props...................
Ron @ 98:
An Interesting take on the "speech""
maybe the subliminal clues are still being sent out.
Ah, tis late. Hosted out-of-town guests this weekend and must turn in for the night. It was fun to stop by for a little while. A good evening to all. :-)
Peter G @ 95:
No, but it has to do with some of the divisiveness in the Democratic party. That is something you can't turn your back on during this election cycle.
calgarylady @ 105:
Good night Lady.
Ron @ 96:
TRY 1998! - two full years before he was selected preznitwit.
calgarylady @ 105:
thanx. g'night 2 u.
Sorry for cutting off your quotes and the bad quoting, Peter G.
It's a sign that my eyes and fingers are tired. :(
GN everyone. :)
Oh, yeah. Michelle is gonna be on The View.
GNA! :)
xoites defends Constitution @ 113:
I'm going fast also. GNA.
The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein @ 107:
the problem is that "surrogates", which Hillary has refused to publicly reign in, have been attacking Obama and his supporters and undermining the efforts of the Democratic Party to present a united front. The media will use these shills to create false memes and try to drive a wedge into the Democratic Party.
The DLC will be very dangerous. Just today, CNN brought out Feinstein, big DLC and suspected booshie. John Kerry was on ABC.
Where are people like Murtha or Webb to talk about war or Bernie Sanders or Barney Frank to talk about the economy or the constitutional freedoms provided by the 1st amendment.
The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein @ 107:
PMB2!
GNA
:<[)
Good night Ceci and clady. Catch you next time.
It seems the party's over. Good night Ron, CiP and all. I'm out too.
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So much for charity. Food banks are running out of inventory.
And the world's running out of water.
Not bad... but this guy is my hero:
Citizen Schools President Bush During Townhall Meeting
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRyxOzlJK98
Anybody know his name? He did it before it was cool.
122 Mark E Says:
Harry Taylor from north carolina!
Email this article on McCain character to as many people as possible:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1024927/The-wife-John-McCain-c...
Obama Must change the image of John McCain maverick and clean politician. Far too often in the press this image is portrayed of John McCain. The truth of the matter is John McCain is neither. Obama must define McCain as a reckless man who for his own political benefit will say and do anything to get elected. Including go to war with Iran and stay in Iraq for 100 years. Obama should also connect the dots between the Keating Five and more recent McCain corruption deals done in Arizona. As of this moment far too many voters see McCain as this ideal image that he is not. Destroy the ideal image McCain hides behind and win the presidency.
Not only does George W. Bush not care about black people, he doesn't care about smart, well-reasoned people with good and better judgment. There's no wonder why he doesn't like science and learning. He just places his "knowledge" and faith into one fictional book called the Christian bible as all he assumes he needs to know.
Consortium News:
Make No Mistake: McCain's a Neocon
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/060808.html
Lindsgay Graham says McSame's economic policies would be "absolutely" the same as Bush and tries to spin Kerry's fact http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/08/senator-graham-mccains-po_n_105...
McCain's chief surrogate, Senator Lindsey Graham, did not adhere to that message during his appearance on ABC's This Week, with George Stephanopoulos.
Stephanopoulos asked Sen. Graham if McCain's policies are essentially "an extension or maybe an enhancement of the Bush policies." Sen. Graham answered, "Yeah, absolutely."
Bush = McCain = Bush
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/08/senator-graham-mccains-po_n_105...
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plybbrrsnnnrrrr....
we could ask mcboosh!
Hey, kanye, you're a young dude, but you had the courage to speak out for all of us and say to the rest of America, what we all knew to be true. You did what others in this country (the Media, in particular) had the responsibility to do but not the testicles. Some are always so much more worried about wealth, position, or power to make the leap and say what needs to be said. You did, and there are plenty of us who appreciate that. so sleep well. you're representative of the young that will bring this country back. Keep speaking out.
DC @ 125:
OBAMA CAN'T DO THE PRESS' JOB! b ut he can continue to hammer the point home again and again until the media cannot ignore it.
DC @ 125:
Agreed. But how many brain-dead Americans, or more specifically, potential McBush voters to peel off for Obama, can remember ANYTHING about the Keating Five?
Unfortunately, the campaign will probably have to be simpler--age and McBush's failing mental faculties (vs. the black and librul factors sure to be played by the Rethugs).
Mark E @ 122:
this might be the only time. boosh and his secret service have long memories and talons.
incidentally, mike meyers who is brilliant in his own right was a total disappointment to me with that incredulous look on his face and his lack of support. He's smarter than that. He needs to be interviewed now. If he's a redneck GW supporter, i would like to know. If he says that on the spur of the moment, he was simply taken aback and left speechless, i can also understand that. But he's had time to think and put things into perspective now, what would he say???
Daily Reading pt 1...
pd
The con-servative climate change problem, An acknowledge-and-do-nothing strategy is little better than denialism - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/6/172553/8794
"It seems to me that con-servatives have learned nothing politically from the climate change debate to date. Facts on the ground are forcing them to abandon the denialist position, and facts on the ground will ultimately force them to abandon the do-nothing position. Rather than get ahead of the curve and offer a reasonable critique of the liberal approach, they've opted to stick their fingers in their ears and hope for the best. That's bad policy, and it's bad politics."
We Spend That Before Breakfast, Mere $45 trillion needed to tackle climate change, says IEA - http://www.grist.org/news/2008/06/06/clean_trillion/
That's about 1.1 percent of the world's average annual gross domestic product through 2050; more overwhelmingly, it's also about three times the size of the current U.S. economy.
That's a bargain considering the alternative...waiting to act will cost the world between 15-20% of GDP (which would come out to 675-900 trillion dollars...hmm...tough call!)
Peak Oil Update: Holding onto what's golden, Saudi Arabia and oil - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/6/141459/0656
One of the starkest warnings came in a February report commissioned by the United States Department of Energy's National Energy Technology Laboratory. "Because oil prices have been relatively high for the past decade, oil companies have conducted extensive exploration over that period, but their results have been disappointing," stated the report.
The message he delivered was clear: the world is heading for an oil shortage. His warning is quite different from the calming speeches that Naimi and other Saudis, along with senior American officials, deliver on an almost daily basis.
Less obviously, oil producers deplete their reserves every time they pump out a barrel of oil. This means that merely to maintain their reserve base, they have to replace the oil they extract from declining fields. It's the geological equivalent of running to stay in place.
In other words, if demand and depletion patterns continue, every year the world will need to open enough fields or wells to pump an additional six to eight million barrels a day -- at least two million new barrels a day to meet the rising demand and at least four million to compensate for the declining production of existing fields. "That's like a whole new Saudi Arabia every couple of years," Husseini said. "It can't be done indefinitely. It's not sustainable."
An Oil-based/Old Energy economy is doomed....
Clinton Ends Campaign With Clear Call to Elect Obama - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/politics/08dems.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&...
“The way to continue our fight now, to accomplish the goals for which we stand, is to take our energy, our passion, our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama the next president of the United States,” Mrs. Clinton said.
“Today, as I suspend my campaign, I congratulate him on the victory he has won and the extraordinary race he has run. I endorse him and throw my full support behind him.”
“I ask all of you to join me in working as hard for Barack Obama as you have for me,” Mrs. Clinton said.
“I want to take all our energy and all our strength and do all we can to help elect Barack Obama as our next president of the United States,” said Mrs. Clinton.
DEMOCRATIC PARTY UNITY - 08
Marie Wilson: Clinton's Real Victory - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR200806...
Now it's up to the rest of us to do our part -- by encouraging women's leadership in every shape and form. We do that by inviting our female friends and relatives to take the next step in their political lives by running for office, big or small.
This race does not end with Hillary Clinton's campaign. By helping to fill the pipeline with a critical mass of diverse, well-equipped women, Clinton's candidacy has changed everything about the future of leadership in this country. And that is a legacy of which she -- and our nation -- should be proud.
White House is Worried that Patrick Fitzgerald, Special Prosecutor Will Testify Before Congress, and Nail At Least Cheney and Rove, and Possibly Bush, Which McClellan Already Has Done in the Book. But Fitzgerald's Testimony Before Congress Could Put the White House in Legal Jeopardy.
- http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/08/duffy-waxman-plame/
GOP/Republican racism Update: Willie Horton Ad Producer is in Seventh Heaven: He Gets to be a Bigot Against a Real Live Presidential Candidate. Those Republicans Still Think That They Can Win the Civil War. What's This Guy's Slogan: "Vote for a Party That Will Bring You Back to the Ante-Bellum South"?
- http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/09/willie_horton_ad_c...
GOP soon to be extinct in the 21st Century...where change will dominate everything in every way...
Daily Reading pt 2...
GOP/Bushevik 'supporting the troops'/Stop-Lossgate Update: 'Anything Not To Go Back': Soldiers Practicing "Self-Harm" To Avoid Multiple Iraq Tours
- http://www.newsweek.com/id/140478
"What's worrying...is that American troops committed suicide at the highest rate on record in 2007—and the factors behind self-injury are similar: combat stress and strained relationships."
Bring them Home 08
GOP Senator has to Remind Bush that "We have a Constitution" (6/8/08 Sunday) - http://poorgeorgesalmanac.com/?p=298
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” Abraham Lincoln
How Karl Rove played politics while people drowned - http://www.salon.com/books/excerpt/2008/06/06/rove_katrina/index.html
Immediately prior to, during and after Hurricane Katrina, the White House responses to this tragedy were being orchestrated by Karl Rove. A man who only has political campaign experience was taking on the tasks of response to national emergency. And his responses were solely political.
As a result, promised buses were never sent, restoration was only done when a camera was nearby, and blame was stuck on democratic governor Kathleen Blanco. And thousands were left to die. Mississippi and Alabama, both with republican governors, were given immediate response. A new book on Rove ("Machiavelli's Shadow: the Rise and Fall of Karl Rove") covers this story in detail.
Facing the World Water Crisis - http://therealnews.com/t/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&It...
Environmental Advocate and Filmmaker Afsan Choudhary explained that the water crisis is a direct result of decades of policies which have sought to control water instead of working with it.
Chicago Sun-Times: As gas prices surge toward $5 a gallon, sales nationally of big SUVs and pickup trucks are in a steep decline.
- http://www.suntimes.com/business/993875,CST-NWS-suv08.article
Rahm Emanuel: McCain Is In For A Thumpin' -http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/06/rahm-emanuel-mccain-prote_n_105706.html
NPR: As California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger grapples with a $17 billion budget deficit, only two of every five voters believe he's doing a good job. In addition, 75 percent of the voters surveyed in this week's Field Poll say California is headed in the wrong direction.
- http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91252428&ft=1&f=100...
Guess we won't be getting that amendment to allow non-US born citizens to serve as president....
Blog for Arizona: John McCain has managed to define himself as that cantankerous old coot who always seems to be angry. John McCain has defined himself as old man Wilson who was always yelling at us kids to "get off my lawn!" And nobody likes that guy.
- http://arizona.typepad.com/blog/2008/06/you-kids-get-of.html
Daily Reading pt 3...
Indicted Saudi investor in Harken Energy (Bush bankrupted venture) gets $80 million Pentagon contract - http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/6/7/154413/4034/108/531801
"Interestingly, Pharaon was also an investor in President George W. Bush's first business venture, Arbusto Energy."
To call that information "interesting" is to put it rather mildly. Can you imagine the hoo-hah that would erupt in the American trad media if a Democrat such as Barack Obama, say, were connected by even two degrees of separation to an international crook like Pharaon?
And yet Pharaon was a Harvard classmate of Bush's and a key investor in Arbusto/Harken Energy. He has a notoriously unsavory record. During the Carter administration he was involved in the disgrace of Bert Lance, and then a dozen years later in another banking scandal, the collapse of the shady BCCI due to massive fraud that cost the bank's clients billions of dollars.
In the US, he was the second largest shareholder in CenTrust when it went belly up. The Federal Reserve then barred Pharaon from doing business in the US, and the FBI indicted him. Pharaon has been a fugitive ever since.
Culture of Corruption = GOP, Bush Crime Family, its crown jewel...
NYT: Obama Maps a Nationwide Push in G.O.P. Strongholds - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/08/us/politics/08obama.html?hp
Obama First in More Ways Than Any U.S. Presidential Candidate - http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601073&sid=aaUIIClmEfwA&refer=e...
The unhappy warrior - http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0608/10919.html
What may be even more perilous for McCain, though, is Obama’s ability to get under his rival’s skin.
Make No Mistake: McCain's a Neocon - http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/060808.html
Since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, John McCain has sought to hide the forest of his neoconservative alignment with George W. Bush amid the trees of details, such as stressing differences over military tactics used in Iraq.
But the larger reality should be clear: McCain is a hard-line neoconservative who buys into Bush’s “preemptive war” theories abroad and his concept of an all-powerful “unitary executive” at home.
This neocon vision also holds that the President – on his own authority – could take the nation to war anywhere in the world for whatever reason.
In essence, the United States would cease to be a democratic Republic with citizens guaranteed fundamental liberties and with an Executive possessing limited authority constrained by the Legislature. All meaningful power would be invested in the President as a modern-day monarch.
But there should be no doubt that a McCain victory would give the neocons another four-year lease on the White House. And, after those four years, there might be no feasible way back for the great American Republic.
Obama 08
Does the Presidential Race Boil Down to 15 States? - http://news.aol.com/elections/story/_a/presidential-race-boils-down-to-1...
Graham: McCain’s Policies Would ‘Absolutely’ Be An ‘Extension’ And ‘Enhancement’ Of Bush’s - http://thinkprogress.org/2008/06/08/graham-mccain-bush/
There you have it from Lindsey Graham (R-SC).....McCain = Bush, McBush, McSame....
Daily Reading pt 4...
"Anti-contraception activism has been working its way up the priority list of the anti-choice movement in the U.S. in recent years and Saturday's campaign will be one of the most organized and visible displays of this broadening agenda." Remember, Roe v. Wade is at stake in the November election.
- http://www.madison.com/tct/opinion/column/290012
There is nothing pro-life about the pro-war, pro-gun, pro-death penalty, pro-right to kill trespassers, pro-right to shoot first, "compassionate conservative" right wingers...) In fact, the multi-pronged attack against the right to use contraception is led entirely by anti-abortion groups.
Their initiatives include opposing health insurance coverage of contraception; urging pharmacists to deny women's birth control prescriptions; and attempting (with no scientific rationale) to reclassify the birth control pill, and all other hormonal forms of contraception, as abortion methods with the goal of banning them. This represents an important and frightening shift in focus by the anti-abortion movement.
Feeding climate change, Still more reasons to eat local and lay off the beef - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/6/4/194419/4912
Green Eyes On: More Car Rental Agencies and Limo Services are Offering Hybrids - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/06/sara-snow-hybrid-car-service.php
no longer a proud american @ 137:
SassySandy @ 22:
He's Canadian. He was just being polite.
buzzflash:
buzzflash:
Democratic Party Unity (aka right wing hater) @ 140:
Because we need more human targets! There are only so many squirrels to kill...
Dan Rather:
So what does this mean for us tonight, and what is to be done?
Peter G @ 92:
surrogate drive-by. havagudday!
buzzflash:
Mark E @ 122:
He's prisoner #26453A at Gitmo.
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