Foist!

And another "wow" at the list of books Palin wanted to ban, lol!
Typical anti-intellectual neo-con.

From the previous blog

spickle @ 26:

Question:

What happens when you can't catch the bad guy?

You just decide he isn't the bad guy anymore, since you already caught the bad guy.

Question:

But Osama bin Laden is the one that - you keep talking about his lieutenants, and, yes, they are very important, but Osama bin Laden was the mastermind of 9/11 -

Dana Perino:

No, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed was the mastermind of 9/11, and he's sitting in jail right now.

Let me get this straight
Bush's biggest failure was not catching Osama bin Laden.
And now he's "not" responsible.
But some other guy is, who coincidentally they have in custody.

WOW
7yrs of hearing Osama, Osama, Osama.

And to stop people from asking where is he, they tell us, Oh, he's not that important he is just an underling?

That should be a bigger story, damnit.

Osama is either the great big boogy man, or he isn't.

The last time they minimised Bin Laden it was because they were going after Saddam. Remember the "I don't really spend much time thinking about him" bit?

Are they minimising his role now because they want to start blaming Iran for stuff?

Sorry to be OT but it’s time to rebrand McCain’s campaign as the “Campaign to Nowhere” Spread the word. Let it go viral. McCain’s “Campaign to Nowhere”

Random thought.. if Obama uses the expression "when pigs will fly"..
Would that be calling Cindy McCain a pig, in some obscure reference to her private jet being used for McCain's campaign?

Newshoggers: The White House claims Osama was not the 9/11 mastermind! Despite that startling assertion, G-Dub is pulling out all the stops to apprehend the apparently peripheral terrorist.

Well, duh! McCain has been telling us all along that it was Iran in collaboration with Russia to attack the US and our Georgian allies. What a convenient excuse for another war! War war war, tra la la la la!

HELP!

Gallup have changed their layout to make ot look like Obama is negative 72%.

http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx

This is DISGUSTING

Tell Gallup to have a fairer display.

Filthy Harry @ 6:

Can't believe no one is all over this yet:

From the NYT

Bush Said to Give Orders Allowing Raids in Pakistan
By ERIC SCHMITT and MARK MAZZETTI
Published: September 10, 2008

WASHINGTON — President Bush secretly approved orders in July that for the first time allow American Special Operations forces to carry out ground assaults inside Pakistan without the prior approval of the Pakistani government, according to senior American officials.

My emphais.

This should be huge. It goes straight to the core of so many issues in the campaign. Obama proposes a foreign policy, he gets jumped all over it by almost everyone as being dangerous and foolish, including McCain, yet here is Bush enacting that very policy.

i totally agree this country would rather talk bacon and lipstick

Liberal AND Proud @ 18:

Has Bush read the PCB yet?

Pfffft! Come ON! He's still workin on My Pet Goat!

displaced @ 13:

Newshoggers: The White House claims Osama was not the 9/11 mastermind! Despite that startling assertion, G-Dub is pulling out all the stops to apprehend the apparently peripheral terrorist.

Well, duh! McCain has been telling us all along that it was Iran in collaboration with Russia to attack the US and our Georgian allies. What a convenient excuse for another war! War war war, tra la la la la!

Why stop there? I bet they can convince people that North Korea, Cuba and Venezuela are in on it too. Probably France too!

liberalNmoderation @ 19:

Liberal AND Proud @ 18:

Has Bush read the PCB yet?

Pfffft! Come ON! He's still workin on My Pet Goat!

Dont'cha mean PDB?

For a second there I thought you were asking about PCP.

ysbaddaden @ 23:

liberalNmoderation @ 19:

Liberal AND Proud @ 18:

Has Bush read the PCB yet?

Pfffft! Come ON! He's still workin on My Pet Goat!

Dont'cha mean PDB?

For a second there I thought you were asking about PCP.

Sorry. My bad. Maybe I need more PCP.

BobD @ 8:

drumas @ 5:

From the previous blog

spickle @ 26:

Question:

What happens when you can't catch the bad guy?

You just decide he isn't the bad guy anymore, since you already caught the bad guy.

Let me get this straight
Bush's biggest failure was not catching Osama bin Laden.
And now he's "not" responsible.
But some other guy is, who coincidentally they have in custody.

WOW
7yrs of hearing Osama, Osama, Osama.

And to stop people from asking where is he, they tell us, Oh, he's not that important he is just an underling?

Hard thing is going to be getting Khalid Sheik Mohammed to rhyme with Joe Biden! But if you stress the ending of the two names it kinda works.

So by failing to catch Osama GW succeeded in protecting us? Now I feel better about the economy.

It's has been reported that in 1988 Osama bin Laden was the founder of Al-Qaeda. He is their leader.

Dumb Question:

If Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is the supposed mastermind and leader, why has Al-Qaeda continued to thrive?

Analogy
"Cut off the head and the body will die"

this was awesome last night:

Craig Ferguson, "If you don't vote, you're a moron"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdRVQ4xwwmQ

shorter - "It's your DUTY to vote!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6tyHDUZZ00

Wow.
Election year
Tanking economy
911 Lies being exposed
Possible Russia/US war
Fannie & Freddie

No wonder Bush and his minions are getting the BUNKER MENTALITY.

I think Hitler had that once.......................

anney @ 22:

Anyone who's been interested knows that the FBI could not show that Osama bin Laden was the mastermind of 911. He isn't on their Most Wanted list for 911:

Yes, and he was at the top of the Most Wanted list well before 9/11 as well.
Strictly speaking.. No, I don't think Osama was the 'mastermind' of 9/11. Not any more than, say, Steve Jobs designed the iPod.
It's called "delegating tasks" and even terrorist organizations do it.

Liberal AND Proud @ 26:

emoboy44 @ 20:

Does Winston Smith write for the white house?

someone please get this reference!

Too obvious.

not if you're where I'm from........

But now that I read more comments I see taht it has been referenced several times in this thread already.

I underestimate my online conversations sometimes, and for that I apologize.

Now, it's time to get bacj to the speakwrite and get some work done.

I don't have the means or talent, but why have we not seen a caricature of Palin as she described herself: pit bull with lipstick and soccer dressed pit bull puppies? Or pit bull with lipstick with a soccer shirt on?

She referred to herself this way. Make it stick.

emoboy44 @ 35:

Liberal AND Proud @ 26:

emoboy44 @ 20:

Does Winston Smith write for the white house?

someone please get this reference!

Too obvious.

not if you're where I'm from........

But now that I read more comments I see taht it has been referenced several times in this thread already.

I underestimate my online conversations sometimes, and for that I apologize.

Now, it's time to get bacj to the speakwrite and get some work done.

Hey...no problem. We'll never insult an honest mistake. However, we do reserve the right to ride your ass like a rented mule! LOLOL! ; 0 )

katy @ 29:

this was awesome last night:

Craig Ferguson, "If you don't vote, you're a moron"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdRVQ4xwwmQ

shorter - "It's your DUTY to vote!"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6tyHDUZZ00

good chuckles......every college kid should see this
he's right i don't to be friends or have dinner with
candidates....that's how they market this thing so the candidates lie

Saw this on the blog of Craig’s List founder, Craig Newmark, yesterday:

ObamaTravel.org — real grassroots democracy

Hey, this is a good example of genuine grassroots democracy:

ObamaTravel.org is a platform that connects volunteers who want to travel to a swing state with financial sponsors and swing state host families. It’s sort of a political hybrid of craigslist and Team-in-Training - volunteers post profiles and solicit sponsorship from their family and friends. Sponsors can see their donations in action by following the activities of their volunteers.

… and let’s remember that “community organizing” is pure grassroots democracy.

September 11, 2008
Iraq Cancels Six No-Bid Oil Contracts
By ANDREW E. KRAMER and CAMPBELL ROBERTSON
An Iraqi plan to award six no-bid contracts to Western oil companies, which came under sharp criticism from several United States senators this summer, has been withdrawn, participants in the negotiations said on Wednesday.

Iraq’s oil minister, Hussain al-Shahristani, told reporters at an OPEC summit meeting in Vienna on Tuesday that talks with Exxon Mobil, Chevron, Shell, Total, BP and several smaller companies for one-year deals, which were announced in June and subsequently delayed, had dragged on for so long that the companies could not now fulfill the work within that time frame. The companies confirmed on Wednesday that the deals had been canceled.

While not particularly lucrative by industry standards, the contracts were valued for providing a foothold in Iraq at a time when oil companies are being shut out of energy-rich countries around the world. The companies will still be eligible to compete in open bidding in Iraq.

The six no-bid deals were for work to increase Iraqi oil production from existing oil fields by half a million barrels a day — the same amount by which OPEC countries agreed Tuesday to reduce output. After its cancellation of the deals, Iraq reduced by 200,000 barrels per day its goal of producing 2.9 million barrels per day by the end of the year.

The deals would have been the first major oil contracts with the central government since the toppling of Saddam Hussein in 2003, though the Kurdistan region has separately signed more than 20 contracts.

Since that time, however, Iraq’s central government has moved on with other energy deals. The Oil Ministry last month signed its first major post-Hussein contract with the China National Petroleum Corporation. On Sunday, the Iraqi cabinet approved a deal with Shell to process natural gas in southern Iraq.

The ministry informed the oil companies of the cancellation on Sept. 3, according to a statement from Shell. In Vienna, Mr. Shahristani said the ministry would now invite bids on the contracts.

Old @ 46:

Do you really want someone like Failin' Palin in power who thinks that the Earth is 5,000 years old? Yeah, a critical thinker alright.

Wow...that logic makes McCain seem younger.

dave spent most of the night with barack obama, at least 3 segments...
and it was great.

http://lateshow.cbs.com/latenight/lateshow/video_player/index/php/964805...

Quit calling Sarah Palin "Talibunny!" It's so disrespectful. How about "Mooselini?"

Mickey Finn @ 52:

Gotugye @ 9:

Sorry to be OT but it’s time to rebrand McCain’s campaign as the “Campaign to Nowhere” Spread the word. Let it go viral. McCain’s “Campaign to Nowhere”

I Like It!

Genius!!! Pure, uncut genius!

http://www.truthout.org/article/journalists-awed-the-daily-show
The Sickening Praise for the "Daily Show"

If - as The New York Times soberly reported in the article - "straight news programs cannot" tackle the "big issues of the day" while "speaking truth to power," we should ask a key question: Why not?

But this is not a question that media outlets like The Times seem interested in pursuing to any depth.

### It's not Jon Stewart's fault that the MSM is bought and sold to the highest bidder. Stewart has even started taking on the the Israeli Lobby (after a group of us started pounding his program for accepting that this topic should be "off limits" on his program and it was). But in the last six months Stewart has responded to that challenge unlike so called progressive blogs like Firedoglake and other blogs who merge with the MSM on thie Issraeli lobby and it's influence on foreign policy and the lopsided policies of this administration of this conflict

Crooks and Liars does address this conflict at times.

Jeff @ 15:

HELP!

Gallup have changed their layout to make ot look like Obama is negative 72%.

http://www.gallup.com/home.aspx

This is DISGUSTING

Tell Gallup to have a fairer display.

It does also imply only a 10% positive for McPig, but I see what you mean.

When I first went to the link, I thought I was at McSame's official web page.

Alert to Crooks and Liars bloggers and readers.

Maddog over at Emptywheels at Firedoglake has linked some very important letters from Congressman John Conyers to AG Mukasey

Must Read
http://judiciary.house.gov/news/080910.html

Totally OT - Looks like we’ll get to see that Yoo-authored GWOT Trumps 4th Amendment OLC opinion sooner rathar than later:

Conyers Agrees to Defer Mukasey Contempt Resolution

Letter from Assistant AG Office to Conyers:

…In addition to those extraordinary accommodations, and in light of your specific and particularized interest, we are also now prepared to make available for the Committee’s review the opinion of October 23, 2001, which is category three of the subpoena…

…Consistent with that policy and practice, OLC anticipates that several of the opinions you have subpoenaed will likely be determined appropriate for publication in the near future. As an accommodation to the Committee, the Department is prepared to provide a copy of any such opinion to the Committee in advance of its publication…

Letter from Chairman Conyers to Mukasey:

…I appreciate Mr. Nelson’s commitment to make available the Office of Legal Counsel opinion dated October 23, 2001, regarding the applicability of the fourth amendment to military activities inside the United States, and look forward to arranging to review that promptly…

reply

Maddog is at 23 all the links to the letters there
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/2008/09/11/now-all-new-one-third-the-c...

Gotugye @ 9:

Sorry to be OT but it’s time to rebrand McCain’s campaign as the “Campaign to Nowhere” Spread the word. Let it go viral. McCain’s “Campaign to Nowhere”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dHLjYBsl2zA

Most amazing stories having to do with 9/!1 on Amy goodmans
http://www.democracynow.org/ interviews from storycorp (tears tears and more tears)

More stories about 9/!!
http://www.storycorps.net/

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2008/09/does_the_truth_mat...
Does the truth matter any more?

This is not false naivete: I am genuinely surprised that John McCain and his campaign keep throwing out false charges and making false claims without any qualms. They keep talking about Sarah Palin’s opposition to the Bridge to Nowhere without any embarrassment over the fact that she once supported it. They keep saying that Barack Obama will raise taxes, suggesting he’d raise them on everybody, when Obama’s plan, according to the Tax Policy Institute, would cut taxes for “about 80 percent of households” while “only about 10 percent would owe more.” And as Sebastian Mallaby pointed out in his recent column, Obama would cut taxes for middle-income taxpayers “more aggressively” than McCain would.