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By bluegal Saturday Aug 09, 2008 10:30pm
A stupid thing said by a Republican. h/t Miss Cellania. Open thread below...
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Russia kept up its attacks on Georgia in the early hours of Monday, brushing aside appeals for a ceasefire after its forces swept through the Georgian rebel region of South Ossetia.
Putin Applies ‘Bush Doctrine’ with Georgia on His Mind
Paulson supports Bush's drunken comment, but thinks another series of rebates is bad for the economy, even though he strangely had no problem with the bank bail-outs. Cheney talks tough to Russia while apparently forgetting his little neo-con quagmire in Iraq and his previous plans to nuke Iran.
Republican is soo stupid!
IQ's fall off significantly after birth
for the reichwingneocons. i guess
it's what happens when you are
dropped in the delivery room three/four times.
Am I a troll if I think 1999 is along time ago..?
Tequila @ 3:
Dick Cheney is like the kid who stands behind his four big brothers and six cousins, and tells you what he is going to do to you.
Then, the next time you see him alone in the school cafeteria, he runs and stands behind the principal on lunchroom duty until the bell rings. Then he disappears in a crowd as he runs out the door at the other end of the cafeteria. Same thing goes for tough guy dumbya. Our steely nerved neocon commander in chief, who is afraid of horses.
To think that a person is PAID to write shit like that. Just boggles the mind.
If the American airforce is flying Georgian troops from Iraq back home to fight the Russians, aren't they a little bit involved?
Georgia ditches us in Iraq to fight Putin's WMDs.
So, Pissy Boy Bu'ush now can but stomp and stammer about "respecting national sovereignty"?
Look into Pootie's soul one more time, you incoherent asshat. He could at least have bought you a drink prior to pushing your shit back.
Georgian soldiers retreating from S. Ossetia feel betrayed by US and NATO:
NY Times: On Slog to Safety, Seething at West
But Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal (R) defends McCain's foreign policy adviser Randy Scheunemann, who has been a registered lobbyist in Washington for the Tbilisi government, saying: "[Georgia is] an example of Senator McCain's push to spread democracy in that part of the world as a very important advance of America's interest."
McCain Aide's Georgian Ties Become an Issue
We'll probably never know the answer, but my question is, "What assurances did the Bush administration give, or imply, to the Georgians?"
And if the Bush administration did not know that their boy Saakashvili was going to attempt to drive the Russians from South Ossetia, why not?
Cas @ 9:
Less than a month ago more than 1000 US Marines and "other advisors" were "training" Georgian troops at the military base in Gori, the Georgian city levelled by Russian air power just yesterday and occupied by Russian ground forces today.
Russia would not have attacked Georgia if Georgia, aided by Israeli military advisers, had not attacked the southern province of South Ossetia and killed Russian peacekeepers.
The Bear does not like malevolent influences in it's affairs or attacks on Russian citizens with whom South Ossetia is populated.
This whole thing is a US/UK Israel ploy deliberately set off to force the Caspian pipeline through Russian territory and the US had no room to speak about 'withdrawal' when it has illegally invaded and occupies at least 2 countries already.
Our ambassador to the UN said that the days of overthrowing leaders by military means in Europe are gone.
Russia, US tangle at UN
Hey well, if it's in the Middle East, Central or South America, or maybe Africa, that's just fine.
Doesn't Russia know that it's our job to invade sovereign nations for corporate gain?
MountainMan23 @ 12:
And the Bush administration was so keen on getting Georgia in NATO, that they have now the obligation of coming to Georgia's aid.
If they don't, it's treason to worts Georgia. The other NATO members should say; well Bush.. go ahead.. where are you waiting for?
Amerikagulag @ 14:
Saakashvili, the President of Georgia must be a delusional idiot to think that Russia would do nothing when provoked. But that's what happens when you listen to fools. And as you say the US forfeited their moral high ground to demand withdrawal long ago. Nice work, Neocons.
This moronic narcissistic megalomaniac messianic Field Marshal of Mayberry motherfucker has just been shown by Pootie how ya really do it. Putin will have this tied off and wrapped up with a big bow on top by the time of the closing ceremony in Beijing.
Condi's Sovietology PhD really served well here, 'eh? What a ship of fools.
another segment for the movie "Idiocracy" part 2
Gulag: Anyone who thinks Russia's the "victim" in this altercation might as well be arguing that Sudan was provoked, too.
Anyway, nothing new here, but people of color are more likely to take the fall for crimes of assault.
Maybe Carly Fiorina can wave her fist at the Russians or something.
Saakashvili had to learn the hard way what it looks like under the Bush bus.
looks like obama will pick his VP in the next few days. i'm expecting a text message.
Hey C&L: you might consider posting this interview between Bob Costas and President Bush on Sunday August 10th.
At 1:45 Bush insists that he's met with China's premiere "a lot" during his administration. I think he's met with the Chinese premiere about four times, but I'm no expert.
At 2:15, Costas frames a question by mentioning "America's own problems".
Watch Bush bristle, and insist that America doesn't have any problems!
Roket @ 22:
Notice the MSM is trying to make it look like Russia invaded Georgia?
Pretty pathetic.
Charles@15Says:
Doesn’t Russia know that it’s our job to invade sovereign nations for corporate gain?
Their plutocraps and our plutocraps are just having a friendly pissing contest. Don't worry, they'll be fine. If a few serfs and their women and children get wasted, hey, cost of doing bizness, and kinda keeps 'em on their toes at work, too, so it's a kill kill win win sitch...
Tengrain @ Mock, Paper, Scissors might be interested in front-paging MM'sB, he really loves it, if you feel like it contact him... :)
GEORGIA
Total personnel: 26,900
Main battle tanks (T-72): 82
Armoured personnel carriers: 139
Combat aircraft (Su-25): Seven
Heavy artillery pieces (including Grad rocket launchers): 95
RUSSIA
Total personnel: 641,000
Main battle tanks (various): 6,717
Armoured personnel carriers: 6,388
Combat aircraft (various): 1,206
Heavy artillery pieces (various): 7,550
Source: Jane's Sentinel Country Risk Assessments
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Like I said, wrapped up with a bow on top shortly. Sorry to fuck with your olympic serenity there, Dubya. Bet you're wishin' you were already MLB Commish, so your could screw that up as well, without the geopolitical consequences.
Bush fails to fulfill NATO agreements.
A complete failure as president.
Maybe he was too busy reading "My Pet Goat".
obama proves he is aware of all internet traditions.
Yet these Georgian guys are tough (remember Stalin).
And have a look at at that border on Google Earth. And that photo was taken in the summer..
Cas @ 9:
ahhh WW3 just the thing to avoid something occurring in November ...
L.A. Confidential @ 25:
Watched a movie the other week, one I had never seen before.
Airforce One, are the neocons using hollywood as their script !@?
"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative."
John Stuart Mill
bmw H. 528 @ 17:
Actually, I have heard that Russia started it by firing missiles at Georgia in an attempt to destroy some cross-border attackers not affiliated with the Georgian government. Georgia, understandable, retaliated for this invasion of their sovereign territory.
Then I hear other reports that Russia's true goal is to destabilize the region to gain access to the Azerbaijani pipeline and attempt to re-add Georgia and it's surrounding republics back into its territories.
Of course, this sets up things nicely for a good old fashioned regional war when China steps in to protect it's interests and Israel pre-preemptively attacks Iran, thus forcing us into another two (potentially three) front war against Russia, China, and Iran.
Yay Geo-politics!
Cas @ 6:
Naw, just shows that Republicans have been idiots for years.
MountainMan23 @ 12:
I know that Obama's on vacation but, has anyone heard if he is being kept up to date on what is going on?
Roket @ 22:
He better keep his head down, 'cause it's towing the Straight to Hell Express...
fastfeat @ 36:
bush didn't get the memo that he was supposed to spend most of the week distracting Putie by looking into his eyes??
Albatross, I felt slightly nauseated after watching the Dubya-Costas interview. It was necessary viewing, however. As adults, we must be aware of the actions of our leaders.
A world-wide conflict may be about to erupt ... but hey, who cares ? Dubya's at the Olympics with all of the ath-a-letes. Beach volleyball. Mountain biking. You know, the important stuff. Gag.
Homeland Insecurity ignores experts (again), awards big multi-million bio-threat lab to Mississippi:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/biothreat_laboratory
We elect the head ofthe CIA as president, GHW Bush and Russia elects the head of the KGB as president, Putin. Does anyone else see a pattern here? Two of the world's best at deceiving people as world leaders.
kgb
Iraq would rather do business with China than Bushco. Obama now has to deal with the "dreaded" non-rich and non-white affirmative action
card.
Pakistan is helping the Taliban.
Tequila @ 43:
Any surprise? They didn't blow the shit out of them, plus they get to spend our interest money.
And bushco thought the Iraqis were a bunch of saps...
most snakes are longer than others
remember that, if you're ever in the woods and you see a snake
it won't help, but it will take your mind off your problems ...
Ron, I agree, it's very interesting. Judging from the body language that is going on between Putin and Poppy's little spoiled frat boy, we all should be very afraid. The timing is scary, too.
calgarylady @ 47:
It has the potential to explain a lot.
People of all political persuasion now seem to get it about Russia. In "The Return of History and The End of Dreams," Robert Kagan, the neoconservative foreign policy expert who is advising John McCain, writes of Mr. Putin and his coterie: "Their grand ambition is to undo the post-cold war settlement and to re-establish Russia as a dominant power in Eurasia." Michael McFaul, a Russia expert at Stanford who is advising Barack Obama, also views Russia as a premodern, sphere-of-influence power. He attributes Russia's hostility to further NATO expansion less to geostrategic calculations than to what he says is Mr. Putin's cold war mentality. The essential Russian calculus, he says, is, "Anything we can do to weaken the U.S. is good for Russia."
calgarylady @ 40:
AND .. GW got to have **lunch** (mmmm!) with China's President .. along with Laura and his Dad and his daughter and .. and .. and ..
Ever notice how much GW looks forward to **lunch** when he travels?
constituent: I liken Putin to the Russian equivalent of a neo-con.
Underage sex drops off significantly after 40.
The anthrax also meant the military had an excuse to stick servicemen with experimental vaccines.
MountainMan, so true. Everywhere he goes, he talks about the food and what's on the menu for his next meal. Gah.
Never mind the war in Iraq, it's lunch time !
Thanks for the TPM clip of Dazed and Confused McCain. Whenever I need a good laugh, I watch it and it always delivers.
Time for me to get some shut-eye now. Good night, all.
James in Colorado @ 34:
If Russia had "started it" Bush and his advisors would not be complaining about "Russia's disproportionate response." (Think about it.)
Our WarLord pResident realizes his boy Saakashvili started it.
My question is .. did the Bush-Cheney Gang know beforehand, or even encourage it?
MSNBC (AP) : Bush says violence in Georgia is unacceptable
N. Korea gets a pass for not doing anything soon about nuclear plants, but not Iran.
GEORGIA
Total personnel: 26,900
Main battle tanks (T-72): 82
Armoured personnel carriers: 139
Combat aircraft (Su-25): Seven
Heavy artillery pieces (including Grad rocket launchers): 95
RUSSIA
Total personnel: 641,000
Main battle tanks (various): 6,717
Armoured personnel carriers: 6,388
Combat aircraft (various): 1,206
Heavy artillery pieces (various): 7,550
Source: Jane’s Sentinel Country Risk Assessments
________
Like I said, wrapped up with a bow on top shortly. Sorry to fuck with your olympic serenity there, Dubya. Bet you’re wishin’ you were already MLB Commish, so your could screw that up as well, without the geopolitical consequences.
USA? fresh troops and eqipment//// another possible players North Korea,,, maybe UK, China?
Russia is giving me the impresion they are against what we are doing ? What are we doing?
What was Iraq's milatary force when we decided to over through their government?
oh no here I go again.......
Is Russia trying to say Nancy pelosi should bring the IMPEACMENT vote to the floor as soon as she gets back from a summer, month and a half long, vaction?
Where ever i3u$h goes the damn earth keeps trying to blow up somehow, that man is running from a massive evil force, it's gonna get you some day, dude,George Dude.
I'm not worried about how few teenage pregnancies there are after 25. What really concerns me are poor women who have been pregnant for at least 6 years in order to be a 25 year old pregnant teenager. Thats a lotta morning sickness!
Amerikagulag @ 14:
They're not moving the pipeline-- they're removing Georgia.
fast:
I guess they're hoping if they move it from Tuskegee, it'll work this time.
So when Chechnya declares itself independant, and Russia genocides the population into obedience its called national peace-keeping where the international order has nothing to say or to meddle with.
But when Georgia tries to reclaims its breakaway rogues states, Russia has to intervene for international "peacekeeping" and ravels in bombing to death the whole country.
O yeah the international community shows it's outrage, big help for Georgia. I knew China was now the new leading superpower, at least it's good to see who else is in charge in the caucassus. When we bombed Milosevic we didn't blow all Serbia to shreds. Russias is just tryinga payback and showing who's the boss.
L.A. Confidential @ 25:
We it is, South-Oseetie, seceded when URRS fell apart, but was never recognized by the international community. Hell if Chechnya whith a true existing ethnicity are denied those rights why should old mercenaries in south osetia get those same rights?
I know various examples of others who got those rights and some who didn't (Kurds, Tibet etc). The thing here it's to show the russian hypocrisy and incosistence. If Chechnya is national problems with no intervention by the International community allowed, then the same applies for south ossetia.
I don't think you guys understand very well the nature of those various break-way states along the border of Russia, they are mainly comprised of ex-mercenaries and are usually ruled by an ex-KGB official turned into local Godfather.
You have one family who owns 80% of all industries and all trade in those regions, and all this is possible because those pawns are using the old caches of URSS army, or the total support of the Russian regime. Those break-way states have all the same characteristics : KGB-led, tons of weapons (they also function as black market for all kinds of weapons for various international criminal organisations), corruption, cronyism, criminial behaviour on every ladder of 'government', trade in human beings, drugroutes.
Georgia didn't start a thing, it just did police work on its sovereign land. All those regimes are a shade on the international order. Wtf how can we still support Rhodesia-like satelites of the Russians? Would we support a same regime in South-afrika again?
johnny: I hear those Tibetans are really terrorists, too.
Anyway, are Brett and Bill separated at birth?
Unfortunately Georgia is no part of NAto (even in Dubya would have loved it too), so we are not forced to intervene, allthough morally we should yeah.
But then what about USA to let down one of it's last allies in Iraq... Great way to show how you support your allies, I'm sure many will repeat the same support for USA.
Even if I'm glad for all the morrons who joined the coalition of the bullied to finnaly see the truth and get the payback for their morronic and naive behaviour, it's sad for Georgia to have it's face stumped in the shit it refused to see : USA is nice to you only when it needs you, the moment you're not needed anymore they drop you like shit.
The guy who leaked the Pentagon Papers passed away. Cali might ban a chemical ban on certain baby bottles. Bush chooses to waste his time speaking
in the face of a general threat.
I'll admit I haven't watched much of the Olympics, but USA victory in men's 400m relay was pretty damn exciting:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080811/ap_on_sp_ol/oly_swm_swimming
Bonus--shrub wasn't there to see it.
Tequila @ 61:
I guess they're hoping if they move it from Tuskegee, it'll work this time.
Shhh--don't tell Trent's kids...
Al-Qaeda's number two calls for jihad in Pakistan. But we're winning, dammit!
Another stupid thing said by a Republican!
just add it to the list.
CoIntelPro for Pronktastic Victory Over SCLM, DIEBOLD, ESS and SEQUOIA! @ 71:
But where to start?
mudkitty @ 72:
Try ..
"Is our children learning?"
that one pretty much sums it up.
have you seen this, from a radiohead dvd... great anti-fascist stuff...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlBKwGRvitE&feature=related
Is our conservatives learning?
calgarylady @ 54:
All Bush does is eat, vacation, bike, and clear brush. Not that I'm complaining mind you. Just imagine all the damage Bush would have done if he treated the presidency as a full time job.
Albatross @ 24:
video on youtube removed try here
try here for the transcript
Ruthless People @ 75:
Just imagine how much better our nation's highways would look if bush (and KKKarl, Alberto, Miers, etc) had been clearing brush and picking up trash as part of a chain-gang full time...
Cindy Sheehan Makes It On Ballot To Challenge Nancy Pelosi!
scream to the rafters!
Even more amusing is the fact that they needed a statistic to tell them that.
That's because in my area 25 year old teachers are getting knocked up by 13 year old boys.
Where were these teachers when I was in Jr. High School?
McFraud is BFF with an Abramoff business partner, Ralph Reed
What a maverick! I guess John Gotti and Al Capone were mavericks, too.
Oh my GOD! I just saw this and had to look up that quote. It's real! I am once again, surprised by the idiocy.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaryAnne_Tebedo
Sorry, just had to share my surprise :-)
StirFry @ 81:
Gotta love the comments. Not one pro McCane/Reed comment in the first dozen or so. Better hope there's some Indian gambling...
Cas @ 6:
Well, I see your point but problem is that Mary Ann Tebedo is a fundie who represented some of the citizens of Colorado Springs in the State Legislature. These people are still in Colorado Springs along with Dobson and Focus on the Family and they are still sticking their noses in other peoples lives.
I don't know if she is still as stupid though.
Open Zipper
Daily Reading pt 1...
It's raining tigers and wolves, Science: Extreme rains supercharged by warming - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/8/121824/3415
US and British researchers have confirmed the link between warmer climate and an increase in powerful rainstorms, according to a study that underscores one of the challenges of global warming.The researchers even found that the increase of extreme rainfall was higher than what has been predicted in current computer models, according to the study published in the journal Science.
The scientists pointed out that one of the biggest concerns regarding climate change is that heavy rainstorms will become more common and intense in a warmer climate due to the higher moisture available for condensation.
Those deluges won't give relief to desert regions but will happen in rainy areas, say researchers, increasing the chance of flooding, crop damage, erosion, and spread of infectious disease.
That's why its snowing/raining in the Arctic, Antarctic regions (they're basically deserts by climate standards)...not 'because its colder' as right wingnut deniers idiotically contend...the more they say it, the dumber they look...
The paper of discord, The New York Times' absurd energy editorial - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/10/16417/7975
Oil will be extinct in this century, lets lead our new sustainable economy instead of our old oil economy leading us to oblivion...
Our oil-based economy has come full circle, America for Sale: LOST SOVEREIGNITY - OIL-RICH FUND EYEING FORECLOSED US HOMES - http://www.nypost.com/seven/08102008/business/lost_sovereignity_123879.htm
There's a new land grab starting in America. Foreign money, which up to now has focused its attention on investing in iconic commercial real estate - like Barneys New York and the Chrysler Building - is now moving to scoop up tens of thousands of discounted foreclosed homes across the country. One sovereign fund, said to have earmarked $29 billion to purchase foreclosed residential real estate, recently hired a West Coast mortgage broker and is starting to search for bargains, The Post has learned. The search, which is being carried out, in part, by Field Check Group mortgage consultant Mark Hanson, who was retained by the broker, Steve Iversen, is concentrating on single- and multi-family REO (real estate owned) homes, or homes that have already been taken over by the mortgagee.
An oil-based economy is doomed, act now and the country will prevail, delay at our own peril...
What all Americans can look forward to under McCain, AEP demands 45 percent rate increase for electricity in Ohio - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/8/8/123534/4485
McCain's energy and climate plans include no substantial energy efficiency efforts. Indeed McCain now repeatedly mocks energy efficiency. Energy efficiency is the only strategy that can keep energy bills from rising in the face of rising rates. Efficiency is the only major source of 24/7 power that is far cheaper than current electricity prices -- and five times cheaper than new nuclear, coal, and natural gas plants.
McCain's climate plan relies heavily on shoving 45 new nuclear plants down the throat of the American public by 2030. Yet even AEP's CEO Michael Morris announced last August that the company was not planning on building any new nuclear plants because they are too expensive and take too long to build.
McCain, like virtually all con-servatives, has consistently voted against efforts to advance renewable electricity. Wind power may be the only form of new generation with large-scale near-term potential whose cost is comparable to existing national electricity rates and thus much cheaper than new coal or new nuclear.
The bottom line is that McCain's policies would ensure soaring electricity rates and bills for Ohio and the entire country.
Well....what did you expect?? Phil Gramm & his wife were architects of the Enron scandal, defrauding tens of billions of dollars charging astronomical rates to taxpayers and then shutting off the power whenever they 'felt like it'...
Fact Check: McCain misrepresents Obama's tax proposals again. And again, and again. - http://www.newsweek.com/id/151621?from=rss
McCain released three new ads with multiple false and misleading claims about Obama's tax proposals. Well, the Republicans can't run on their record, their intentions, or honesty/reality....they'd never be elected if they did that...
Bush at Olympics: 'I Don't See America Having Problems' - http://thinkprogress.org/2008/08/10/bush-i-dont-see-america-having-probl...
Uh oh...Bush, McBush & the right wingnut noise machine better declare 'victory' soon: Iraq demands very clear U.S. troop timeline - http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSL818601720080810?sp=true
The United States must provide a "very clear timeline" to withdraw its troops from Iraq as part of an agreement allowing them to stay beyond this year, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Sunday. It was the strongest public assertion yet that Iraq is demanding a timeline. U.S. President George W. Bush has long resisted setting a firm schedule for pulling troops out of Iraq, although last month the White House began speaking of a general "time horizon" and "aspirational goals" to withdraw.
Time to tell 'the commanders on the ground' they need to start packing...
Ron Suskind Has the Tape That's Enough to Bring Down Cheney. Oh, Except that We Have, Shall We Say, Extremely Timid Dem Leadership in Congress When It Comes to Impeaching Those Guilty of High Crimes. - http://www.ronsuskind.com/thewayoftheworld/transcripts/
Bottled Water: The Height of Stupidity - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-francis/bottled-water-the-height_b_1...
One expert estimated that the amount of petroleum -- used to make the bottles, transport, refrigerate, collect and bury them -- would fill one-third of each bottle. These plastic bottles are creating landfill problems worldwide, and are washing up on beautiful beaches around the planet. What's wrong with using filters, if people are concerned about local water supplies, and refillable bottles?
'Socialized' municipal drinking water is much more regulated, ie, safer, cleaner...than privatized bottled 'water'....
Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan on the ballot - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/08/08/BAC2127RCJ.DTL
U.S.: Russia trying to topple Georgian government - U.N. Security Council emergency session - http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/08/10/un.georgia/index.html?iref=to...
At an emergency session of the United Nations' Security Council, the U.S. alleged Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili "must go." "This is completely unacceptable and crosses a line," said the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., Zalmay Khalilzad, who made the allegation. In a crackling exchange of a type rarely seen since the end of the Cold War, Khalilzad asked Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin whether the Russians were seeking "regime change" in Georgia with the military operation they launched Friday. In response, Churkin objected to the disclosure of a confidential phone call between top diplomats and said "regime change" was "an American expression."
Daily Reading pt 2...
The Pipeline War: Russian bear goes for West's jugular - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1043185/The-Pipeline-W...
The war in Georgia escalated dangerously last night after Russian jets reportedly bombed a vital pipeline that supplies oil to the West. After a day of heightening international tensions, Georgian leaders claimed that the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline, which transports oil from the Caspian Sea to Turkey, had been attacked. But it is thought the bombs missed their target. Their claims came after Russian jets struck deep into the territory of its tiny neighbour, killing civilians and ‘completely devastating’ the strategic Black Sea port of Poti, a staging post for oil and other energy supplies.
Its still a fossil fuel, meaning it isn't sustainable....a new green economy is the future, Europe, Japan are already on their way....we need to lead the world again in something that matters and is in the best interests of this country and its people
WPost Admits Bungling Obama Quote -- And They Bungled It Big Time! - http://www.consortiumnews.com/2008/080908.html
Nightmare on Elm Street: Lieberman ‘on McCain VP short-list’ - http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4af34942-65a1-11dd-a352-0000779fd18c,dwp_uuid=...
ABC Cover-up: Edits Edwards Interview to Delete References To John McCain's Affair! - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/9/125047/6475/80/565366
Postmodern John McCain: the presidential candidate some Arizonans know — and loathe - http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/2008-08-07/news/postmodern-mccain-the-joh...
Keep this one handy...its got some of the goods on McBush...
Ivins' Strain Of Anthrax Was Not So Rare After All - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/08/that_strain_of_anthrax...
Why NBC’s Legal Reporter is Feuding With Karl Rove - http://www.abajournal.com/news/why_nbcs_legal_reporter_is_feuding_with_k...
Politico: Obama general counsel Bob Bauer emails lawyers and law students that the campaign is setting up an "unprecedented" new "voter protection" program - http://www.politico.com/blogs/bensmith/0808/Obama_signs_up_lawyers.html
This is an essential function of our democracy and it should be protected...from GOP Election fraud...
'New South' update: North Carolina: Republicans Don't Like to See Minority Voters Registered - http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=washingtonstory&sid=atnbqUvhWPWs
The GOP/Republicans and racism....like Peanut Butter & Jelly...
Bush Treats American Flag with Disrespect at Opening Ceremony of the Olympics. Watch. He Acts Like a Bored 8-year-old. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfibaWamS70
Despite the Armageddon talk from the 'religious' right: 11,000 couples later, gay marriage largely a nonevent in Mass. - http://www.mcclatchydc.com/226/story/46869.html
NYT Editorial: The Right to Vote - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/09/opinion/09sat1.html?th=&adxnnl=1&emc=t...
Much about the presidential election is up in the air, but one thing is certain: voters will have trouble casting ballots on Election Day. In a perfect world, states and localities would handle voting so well that the public could relax and worry about other things. But elections are so mismanaged — and so many eligible voters are disenfranchised — that ordinary citizens have to get involved.
GOP election fraud...their goal is to have as few people vote as possible...remember....you're the 'rabble' according to John Adams & the con-servatives....
Daily Reading pt 3...
Obama Ad Blasts McCain for Yucca Mountain Position(s) - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX-ed4_Km2Q
Thanks to the NRA! They are a Threat to Our National Security: U.S. guns arm Mexican drug cartels. Licensed weapons dealers are abundant near the border. 'Straw buyers' assist the traffickers.
- http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na-guns10-2008aug10,0,6985616.story?track...
Take a deep breath, but continue working for change! Hawaii Star Bulletin: "Pay no attention to the national polls, an analysis of state voting trends shows Obama's the guy." - http://starbulletin.com/2008/08/10/editorial/commentary2.html
Congress looks even worse for Republicans. Twenty-nine incumbents are retiring. Democrats have won three special elections in Republican House districts and will probably gain five to seven seats in the Senate.
And the inevitable disappointment after the election? Guess again. There are almost 2 million names in Obama's database. Imagine if they all e-mailed Congress on the same day. Terrified lawmakers might actually do the right thing.
Don’t Tase Me, GOP! - http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3806/dont_tase_me_gop/
Says Braun of Women Against Military Madness: “We have as much concern about the police as anyone, because when we look at political conventions in the past, it’s often the police that have a history of overreacting.”
Political Irony Cartoon: Winning the war on terror - http://politicalirony.com/2008/08/09/winning-the-war-on-terror/
Late Night Humor - http://politicalirony.com/2008/08/10/late-night-humor-22/
To Drill or Not to Drill, John McCain and Barack Obama once opposed offshore drilling, but that was a simpler time when gas was only $3.69 a gallon. - http://politicalirony.com/2008/08/10/to-drill-or-not-to-drill/
Solar Cheaper than Coal: First Solar's Cadmium Telluride Breakthrough - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/08/cheaper-solar-panels-first-solar...
fastfeat @ 82:
Yep, I noticed that too.
I'm not sure this fits into the MSMs agenda, so we'll be lucky to see a blip. Let's see, what's on CNN's site right now?...."No paternity test for Edwards' ex-mistress" and "Pole dancing for heath" . Nope.
Hmmm...by my own statistical calculations (don't ask, they are VERY complex, involved...deep) teen pregnancy actually plummets to zero after age 20.
I will stand by my numbers and fight for them at any time, in any venue.
StirFry @ 85:
"Pole dancing for health?" For hers or mine? Maybe I can call in sick today...
Good grief, the hypocrisy. And it's interesting that he's trying to stuff religion down their throats as well. Somehow I don't think he means Taoism and Buddhism, though.
Yes, and the cost of dependent care drops off after dependents turn 21.
The percentage of teen age drinking drops off after age 20.
The percentage of teenage drivers drop off after age 20.
L.A. Confidential @ 21:
Or maybe she should apply for a job at one of their tech companies. That'll really show 'em.
paranoia @ 19:
The epic movie will be on a tv near you very soon...Jackass 3 - The GOP Convention
Quite a bit fewer now. The T-72 is a dated design that Russia reserves for export only. (If your allies turn on you, you want to be sure your tanks are better.) Russian forces opened these things like can openers.
Peace...breaking out everywhere. Sigh.
Tequila @ 65:
I don't understand what is supposed to mean for me? Did I imply that Tibet independence is wrong? Did I imply that they are terrorists? Quite frankly I would prefer independence for every region where a majority of people ask for it: Chechnya , Kurdistan etc.
I'm sorry if my English is poor and if I have difficulties to make my point. But please explain what is it you actually meant.
And in countries where there is a strong minority there should be special protections because independence would be hard to accept for the majority. So yes I think South Ossetia should have schools for the Ossetians. But the Russians concerns reeks of total hypocrisy. Why shouldn't the Chechen deserves those same rights then.
One of the main problems in Tibet right now is that the majority of the population in Tibet now are Chinese (and thus against independence). And if morally I think Tibet should be independent, you can't past the fact with all the Chinese who live there. You can't genocide them or force them out now.
Now in South-Ossetia in 1992 when they seceded the Pro-russian Ossetians didn't represent the majority of the people, Georgians where in majority (I wonder if that would still be the case now after ethnic cleansing). So why would a minority impose a secession?
But the trouble with all the maffia-like russian satellite rogue-states on all its border, it's that the coups where always led by a KGB-supported minority with overwhelming firepower against the new emerging nations.
So they seceding was not the expression of the will of the people, (otherwise I'd be the first to support their independence), it was the will of corrupt criminal families or organizations backed-up by the KGB and the Russian Weapons caches. If you need other examples: Transnistria, Abkhazia, ....
As I said this is not about oppressed people breaking free to make their voice heard, it's the imposition on the people of the will of a corrupt and ruthless overarmed minority backed up by a criminal and racist regime (not the USA for once).
In those rogue-states share common practices as I said: many paramilitary in the street, in the Government almost exclusively local ex-KGB officials (and still active), rampant cronyism (the father, is minister of A, his sister is minister of B, his son is the head of the central Bank etc.), only one brand for shop you have only the Brudusky (made up name) grocers, the Brudusky barbershops, the Brudusky Bus-line, the Brudusky Gas-stations, the Brudusky cloth-shops. And somehow the Brudusky Brands is owned by the family of the prime minister, what a coincidence.
I personally think terrorist is a bullshit word, I hate it , it has no meaning, other than to try to depict in a negative way resistance against an oppressive regime. So please explain me your sentence Tequila I might have misunderstood or missed the joke.
So again this is not about the will of the people speaking up, this about mercenaries imposing a sick regime on a small part of a helpless country.
Sure, it's a stupid thing to say but for a Republican it's almost intellegent.
The acceleration of idiocy continues with....the GOP attempting to link the economic downturn to fear and terror.
Just another example of moronic Americans having their perceptions managed by the GOP.
Vote for our ass hole because the economy is ruined and it may be a national security issue that can only be handled by McGramps.
"7 worrisome signs for Obama"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080811/pl_politico/12433
redsaunas @ 33:
Also, remember this as it applies to conservatives in particular: "Coginitive dissonance - not just a state of mind but a way of life.
The rate of teenage pregancy goes down after 25 is probably because the 25 year old was jailed for boinking teenagers (he wasn't a Catholic priest who get a get out of jail free card.)
Cas @ 6:
Think 1984!
bill doh @ 102:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcW3SDg3x4U
.....This whole thing is a US/UK Israel ploy deliberately set off to force the Caspian pipeline through Russian territory and the US had no room to speak about ‘withdrawal’ when it has illegally invaded and occupies at least 2 countries already.....
Interesting. Last Fall, I chatted on I/M with someone who said he was a Georgian diplomat in London. Told me he was at home in South London. The very next day it was reported that a Georgian diplomat in London had a heart attack and died. I saw his funeral and pictures of him and his family in the news. Then I wondered if it could have been the same person I had spoken to and I went back to his ID and said hello. No response and I never heard from that person again. I guess he must have taken sick very suddenly. Either that or it was something more sinister.
L.A. Confidential @ 21:
Thanks, that was funny! Maybe we can put her on the front line with her ugly shoes. Love the teen pregnancy after 20 C&L (albeit, dated). Conservatards are even dumber these days!
Glix @ 35:
And they still are.
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/cont/node/9812
Republicans aren't anything stupid. This proves it.
The Republicans and Democrats are all the same and in bed together trying to make us think they are different when they are not....they are all corporate sell-outs and traitors to the American people....they are all one big crime family that intermittently squabbles with each other.
I had that calendar.
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