September 29, 2009 08:30 PM
Open Thread
When I heard that "The Brady Bunch" turns 40 this Fall, I knew I couldn't bring myself to post the "Marsha Marsha Marsha," "Ow, my nose," or especially the "It's a Sunshine Day" musical number. Then I found this Jamie Foxx tribute to the theme song. Watch to the end: Jamie Foxx doing Prince doing the Brady Bunch theme? Priceless.
Open Thread below...




US Government for sale:
SIBEL EDMONDS AND PHILIP GIRALDI [warning, it is at the American Conservative, but then, someone needed to write it] here
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Janet Tavakoli speech before the IMF on systemic financial fraud. A good one
Zero Master here
Or Jesse here
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Speaking of the IMF
Simon Johnson here
No one knows this territory better than he.
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Michael Moore and Rose Ann DeMoro here
Must read piece (ok, I know everyone says that, but seriously.)
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
Don't play ball in the house!
Corruption favors the wealthy.
ROFLMAO
Here's a less soulful version, breaking it down like Weird Al Yankovic
me-oww!
You slipped up and forgot to post that as your sock-puppet...Stanley Rosenthal!
I miss ya, Stanley, where ever ya are.
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
Weird Al rocks! Thank you, miss_kitty!
:)
was fun. Foxx is so talented and he really has a wonderful voice.
what an incredibly talented person
Jamie Foxx is very talented. That was great!
so 2 of 3 bills failed in the Senate today. I've heard that one of the possible amendments had a $3000-ish fine if you didn't get healthcare. so - poor families who can't afford healthcare get fined for not having healthcare then have to buy healthcare they can't afford after paying a huge fine they can't afford.
does this last bill contain that provision?
posting this in an open thread.
The Republicans' only fear is that public health care will work better!!!! Insurance Corporations have no feelings, no soul, so screw them because they screwed us for so many years.
Remember that corporations have no feelings - Republicans have no feelings either but that's a seperate issue.
Corporations have no feelings and they will not suffer when the public option out performs them.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Read the piece by Bruce Dixon here
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
The louder the Republicans sqeal the less they actually say.
Don't let an aggresive tones and waving arms be confused with valid ideas...
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
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I just felt we all needed a good tune:
It's a Wonderful Day for Pie!
(Just a tad shocking at the end)
and proclaim liberals are racist toward Jews.
heh.
Oh they would love to claim everyone else is racist too, just like them.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
walt was such a prick. i can say that here right? the only way that episode could have been better was if it was on abc. i read the book about him. the fleishers were far more talented in animation. if only they had had the money.
but, he is the reason they have some of the unions in hollywood today.
my parents took us kids to every disney movie starting in 1962. even at 4 i knew there was something not quite right about what his studio put out. they always made me uneasy. children are put in peril and somebody dies. to songs. the only one i remember ever liking was pete's dragon. and that is because i had just gotten my drivers license and took my brother and sister and my 40 year old aunt with down's. she was crying when it ended and i asked her why, and she said it was because it made her happy. makes me tear up thinking about it. she was my movie buddy.
i liked wall-e. might be one of my all time favorite movies. i have asperger's and it just tranfixes me. i know it by heart. but, i don't really consider it to be a disney film. i haven't seen any of their other stuff like that, just wall-e. one of the nice things about being a grown up is you can choose not to watch things.
wow did i get sidetracked!
seth is a genius.
there was a rather in depth article a few weeks ago that discussed the rise in health care premium costs in relation to the profits posted by health insurance companies (it also showed population growth to add some depth to the rape we were feeling).... Unfortunately, I can NOT find the dang link. Any of you liberal bastions of righteousness happen to know: 1) what the hell im talking about and 2) the link?
Thank you! I have a fiscal conservative on the fence with regards to the single payer option, and I wanted to pull out a big gun to stomp down its the ambulance chasing lawyers that are responsible for these cost increases once and for all.
Peace.
Rick Beagle
This is one:
CNN here
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
but the article I was reading dealt more with the profiteering element of the equation. they showed profits from companies such as Blue Cross had risen 400+% over the last decade which is a deafening blow to all those who continue to consider greed as not a factor in health insurance premiums.
ugh... i hate having something on the tip of my fingers, and can not remember the details....
Here's an idea for you:
I have a Mac so I don't know if this will work or not.
When I have a situation like yours I just guesstimate when I read the article then click on "History" up top and every site I've been to comes up.
If you clicked on the article and read it, it's still in your history.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
clear out your files ( IE tools options , cookies , files and history etc ) almost any retieval program will bring what ever web page you have ever been too , there feel better .
every time you throw a little mud , you lose a little ground .
Man, I remember when Jamie Foxx was on a shitty sitcom and no one thought he was special.
Apparently, the Senate rejecting a public option is a "victory" for Maximum Fuck-up, even though the majority of people voting against it were Repugs. Americans don't eat their recommended dose of fruits and veggies. Zazi is still doing time for pleading not guilty, even though the prosecution will only provide "evidence" on a need-to-know basis. Swine flu vaccine side FX are being tracked. Iran's base doesn't belong to us. Churches and charities get screwed by the suckonomy. Census worker's son wants answers; cops won't cop to it being a murder. Encroachment on their habitat is killing the koala. Rather's lawsuit is dismissed. I've never seen cars recalled over floor mats. Ex-Bushies are still liable for lawsuits.
Yea that's kinda like recalling the car because the fuzzy dice are defective.
Can we recall a political party? I know of at least two that are defective and extremely dangerous.
Poor Dan, Poor Dan, Poor Dan, got his suit against his former PROPAGANDA boss, dismissed just like he was...............garbage in, garbage out. When you agree to shill propaganda, you expect 'justice'???????? WOW!!! What a collosal dis-connect in the mind of this disgruntled PUKIE. You have it coming whore!!!
i remember jamie being on in living color a comendy skit show and people thinking he was special. which is why he has the career he has now.
Obama claimed there was a 17% profit on certain TARP money being repaid.
Yves Smith (nom de plume) said this on Aug 31"
here
Neil Barofsky is quoted here
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
Knew that 17% number was BS when I first heard Obama say it himself.
He knows better. This is a lie. He is knowingly telling us a lie. It is not even a half truth.
Now I'm sure McCain would be telling us the same lie if he were in office, so where does one go from here?
information they want you to hear. Even if they release it to the whitehouse doesn't make it true but the whitehouse may not know it and wouldn't have a way to verify it but would be anxious to repeat it because it seemed like good news. They need to be more careful.
The whitehouse needs to be more careful about lying.
Are you saying Obama's people only partially read an article in a paper and did not process the information fully? They have a guy that could verify the 17% assertion, his name's Geithner.
If the whitehouse had simply goofed, why haven't they retracted the inaccurate statement? The statement is a month old and was disproved in the same article that made the announcement.
I was being general about most information and we know the press won't verify anything.
OK I hear you ron.
Sorry but I don't trust the administration on much.
The thing is, for meaningful reform to occur in the banking industry or in the insurance industry, the major players would have to be hurt. Perhaps even broken up and destroyed. Their stocks would plummet. This has to happen to ameliorate the excessive profits and market share that these behemoths have obtained.
But unfortunately reform in both industries has made them stronger. I knew from the outset that health care reform was NOT a priority: campaign finance reform is. Without that, there's no meaningful change on the horizon.
that campaign finance reform should have been first on the agenda. We don't disagree.
100 million in advertising dollars for or against healthcare reform trying to sway sides that weren't swayable. They had already received their money and made their decisions before the most recent debate started.
when the Roberts SCOTUS creates the status of Corporate Super-Citizen the last nail in the coffin of individual "free speech" will be driven in by a Federalist.
'Talk to the hand'
I wonder what that 17% in profits (5 billion) would have bought us taxpayers anyway?
Another 3 months in Iraq and Afghanistan and that much more stability and security in our world?
A preemptive strike followed by a democratizing invasion of Iran?
A drop in a bucket compared to what they have stolen over there.
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/news/2009/09...
The recession has hit middle-income and poor families hardest, widening the economic gap between the richest and poorest Americans as rippling job layoffs ravaged household budgets.
The wealthiest 10 percent of Americans — those making more than $138,000 each year — earned 11.4 times the roughly $12,000 made by those living near or below the poverty line in 2008, according to newly released census figures. That ratio was an increase from 11.2 in 2007 and the previous high of 11.22 in 2003.
Four thousand troops out of Iraq, 120,000 left. Do you need a permit to baby-sit now? Ninety-five banks went under so far. An AZ judge keeps the waiting period for an anti-abortion law, but not much else.
WASHINGTON — A top U.S. military commander says troops will begin getting required swine flu shots in the next week to 10 days. Active duty forces deploying to war zones and other critical areas are at the front of the vaccine line.
Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart also told The Associated Press that as many as 400 troops are ready to go to five regional headquarters around the country to assist federal health and emergency management officials if needed as the flu season heats up.
The Pentagon has bought 2.7 million vaccines, and 1.4 million of those will go to active duty military. National Guard troops on active duty are also required to receive the vaccine, as are civilian Defense Department employees who are in critical jobs.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/A...
Check that first link in "Misc. 2".
BTW, shouldn't that read something like, "Barry withdraws four thousand troops out of Iraq"?
Don't try to confuse the issue with half-truths and gorilla dust.
More birther bullshit from a born-again fraud. We're mad as hell, and we're not gonna take it, anymore.
your posting , and your mod of linking .
This Don Juilo ( sp ) blanco is for you .
every time you throw a little mud , you lose a little ground .
One of the state representatives directly connected to fucking me.
http://www.reprock.com/
No I don't have solid evidence yet. I doubt I ever will, the kind of screw job that I get from these people are not put on paper.
What FOIA? Another war criminal gets a murder charge dropped. Call centers employ minors.
worked in a call center in Ogden Ut. ( f*****g 4 letter state ) , they were one of the MAJOR call centers , the name of the company " Matrix " no *uckin* joke .
every time you throw a little mud , you lose a little ground .
party. He blows off report by Secret Service about threats to Obama, brings up threats to bush as equivalent. Unf*cking believable!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Did you see his press release about Obama trying to bring the olympics to the US? He said the jobs associated with getting the olympics wouldn't start for like seven years. I guess he thinks you start building for the games the day they begin.
Steele is an embarrassment to his party and in many ways our country.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I missed that one. But this guy will say just about anything to make Obama look bad. I guess, at least, he's showing himself to be a true 'Thug; his parents must be so proud.
Enjoying the first cool front of the season. Near record lows here in Orlando--around 63F this morning.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
But Wanda will always be one of the funniest things ever!
His Prince bit's been funny for a long time.
Or was it Morris? Oooeeeeee
holy crap! thank you thank you thank you for that link. i had almost forgotten how funny he was on in living color. brightened up my day a lot. thank you again.
Fossil fuel subsidies and climate change - http://www.pri.org/science/environment/fossil...
US inertia could scupper world climate deal in Copenhagen, says expert - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/se...
Please tell me, we aren't that stupid, please tell me that....
Boxer-Kerry climate bill: what to watch for - http://www.grist.org/article/2009-09-28-boxer...
ConocoPhillips' opposition to US climate bill is devious and dishonest - http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/se...
You're in the business of polluting, in a world that can't sustain it...hence...you should not be in business anymore...we're not going to suffer & die because you want to make a buck...
China is winning the new world economy race: China Buys 80 Very High Speed Trains (236 mph) for $4 Billion - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/china...
Until our country 'gets it'...that Peak Oil is here/has been here...and not only for the sake of climate action, but for the sake of the dollar & the US economy...we must start competing...or we will be left behind...as the rest of the world creates the technology & jobs...and we once again, like Oil are beholden to other nations because we were too greedy, stupid, and intellectually lazy....
Michael Moore's Message to Barack Obama: "This is not the time to desert us. This is not the time to be the representative for the private health insurance industry. We need you to stand up!"
... And to the Blue Dog Democrats "We will come to your district and we will work against you, first in the primary and, if we have to, in the general election."
- http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/277...
Michael Moore Stands Up for Single Payer, Tells Blue Dogs 'We Will Remove You From Office.' -- BuzzFlash News Alert - http://blog.buzzflash.com/alerts/695
Con-servatives long victory over destruction of the middle class nearing completion: U.S. economic crisis was long time in the making - http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/762...
Q: Isn't the recession over, and aren't banks profitable again? ---------- A: Rogoff: "The feeling of calm is because the government has guaranteed everything, and is backing everything. And how do we get out of it? And precisely because the balance sheets really aren't fixed, it (government) can't (exit). So it means we have to hang on for a long time. Hopefully it will all go really well but . . . the taxpayer is vulnerable for a long time."
The G-20 Announces a “New World Order” - http://coto2.wordpress.com/2009/09/29/the-g-2...
The G-20 was more than just about making banks behave. In cooperation with U.S. and foreign law enforcement agencies, Pittsburgh police and unidentified law enforcement agents unveiled some new programs for citizens. These had nothing to do with much needed jobs and health care, barely mentioned at the meeting. Rather, the G-20 premiered the “sonic cannon,” a device designed to cause serious pain from ultra shrill sonic waves beamed at those exercising their rights of freedom of speech and assembly.
So Sorry to disappoint the con-servatives...we're not referring to your UN global domination tin foil fantasy/One world government (we already have it...its called a corporatocracy).... Peaceful protesters, college students, elderly, innocent families in the area.... WHY is it that these 'non lethal weapons' aren't used at con-servative rallies where they have deadly weapons 'at the ready' with signs about ending the president???
SEE the movie: The Battle in Seattle....it was a cheap gimmicky name given by the corporate media to shroud the true grassroots victory that was the WTO protests...
WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN: Without public financing of political campaigns, expect endless yesterdays. P.M. Carpenter Exclusively for BuzzFlash.com on Wednesday, September 30. Demanding that Congress change the law from which it makes its living will be the most demanding progressive campaign ever; and then there's the Supreme Court, which seems unable to distinguish between coercive money and free speech. But it's a public campaign that can't wait. Without it, we're going down.
- http://blog.buzzflash.com/carpenter/506
If we had publicly financed elections the con-servatives would be wiped off the map...that's what they're afraid of...not 'welfare for politicians' BS propaganda...its to hide their love of corporate money and the system corruption they enjoy now...
Corporatocracy: New poll finds that public support for health care reform has substantially increased since the summer. - http://thinkprogress.org/2009/09/29/august-v-...
"(T)he Kaiser Family Foundation released its latest poll of public opinion on health care reform that shows that voters are actually more enthusiastic about reforming our broken health care system than ever."
"We don't need town halls, we need study halls" - Bill Maher
CREW FILES BAR COMPLAINT AGAINST Republican SEN. 'Adult Diaper fetishist' VITTER - http://www.citizensforethics.org/node/42528
In 2007, it was revealed that Sen. Vitter’s telephone number was included in the so-called “D.C. Madam,” Deborah Jeane Palfrey’s, list of client telephone numbers. The senator confirmed he had sought Ms. Palfrey’s services, saying in a statement, “this was a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible.” Two other women also alleged Sen. Vitter had engaged the services of prostitutes.
Jeanette Maier, the “Canal Street Madam,” claimed Sen. Vitter visited the New Orleans brothel several times in the mid-1990s. In addition, a woman who worked as a prostitute under the name of Wendy Cortez said Sen. Vitter was a regular client of hers between July and November 1999. Under D.C. and Louisiana law, it is a crime to solicit for prostitution. CREW filed a complaint against Sen. Vitter with the Senate Ethics Committee, which dismissed the matter without action in September 2008.
US dollar set to be eclipsed, World Bank president predicts - http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/2...
'Trickle down' economics at its 'finest'....oh don't worry about the top 1%ers that convinced you to vote against your own best interests...they'll be fine....you won't....
Public Option may have new life, whatever the Senate Finance Committee Decides, because supporters are becoming more visible and active
- http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0909/276...
Whistleblower's Letter Reveals Corruption in Siegelman Prosecution - http://legalschnauzer.blogspot.com/2009/09/wh...
Dodd introduces bill to repeal immunity for telecom companies that participated in warrantless wiretapping/domestic spying - http://blogs.courant.com/capitol_watch/2009/0...
Hacker disrupts Governor Rick "Big Hair/Karl Rove" Perry's Re-Election Launch - http://www.ksat.com/politics/21150445/detail....
From the guy that warned us repeatedly about Iraq's Oil...err...'WMDs': Fmr. UN Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Warns Against “Politically Motivated Hype” on Iran Nuke Program - http://i3.democracynow.org/2009/9/29/fmr_un_w...
Americans willing to fund healthcare reform: poll - http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/i...
Could a Congressional Roadmap Turn Bright Ideas About Solar Power into a Reality? -- Green is Good - http://blog.buzzflash.com/greenisgood/012
CO2 is Good for Oil Barons - http://www.desmogblog.com/co2-good-oil-barons
How Not To Have A Tailgate Party - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/09/how-n...
Political Irony: http://politicalirony.com/2009/09/29/stewart-...
http://politicalirony.com/2009/09/29/mein-hea...
We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children - Native American proverb
If being cold means there's no such thing as global warming, does being full mean there's no such thing as world hunger?
Eighty high-speed trains for $4B? Sounds like a real bargain.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Less than 200 people in attendance? Sounds like a great start there, Dick.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Damn, that's ugly! Been years since I've been to a football game; Hell, we didn't even recycle anything back in those days. But I'd figure that most facilities are now set-up to collect recyclables and trash nowadays. (This looks like an overflow lot, not really set-up for a planned 'party.) I really hope that this isn't typical.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh3PgQGV0Qs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boZUvNnOSzU
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
There is no doubt Msnbc is part of the corporate media complex. This morning on morning joke Pat buchanon and the conservative crew all declared the public option dead, even though it is not dead. They also all bitched about bloggers again, they must really fear us for speaking truth to power and having moral courage. Keith Olbermann is on an extended vacation again, was it because he and Michael Moore went anti establishment on his last hosting of Countdown? Corporate toady O'donnel is a poor and boring replacement. I'm ready to cancel cable for good, if they want me to watch corporate crap they have to pay me. I will not pay for lies, manufacturing of consent for wars, exploitation, bail outs, corporate protection, and empire. FU teevee, if you're a news junkie there's no better place to stay informed, and empowered than interactive media and the internet.
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. Albert Einstein
You can get Rachel and Countdown for free via Podcast on iTunes anyway (or I think directly from their sites also). I cancelled a long time ago and don't miss it a bit. I still pay out for a couple of shows via Amazon video on demand (office and Law and Order) but its still much cheaper and easier than cable.
Loved the Jamie Foxx version of the Brady Bunch. Just goes to show how much depends on the interpretation. Also reminds me of how white I am, I didn't recognize any of the names of those singers except Prince.
i don't think keith is on extended vacation. his father is gravely ill and keith is spending time with him.
I didn't know he could sing like that!! Loved the interpretation, I'm white and knew them all, goes to show how OLD I am.
Can't believe I was actually taking the spin from the MSM and US government seriously for a minute. Here is a great Democracy Now! piece by former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter debunking the latest spin.
He's beginning to sound more like Russert all the time!
i only see david when he fills in for keith. i must say i really like that man. a lot of times he will ask the question i would ask and that a lot of news people wouldn't ask. i love it when he gets to lighten up and do things at the end of the show with michael musto from the village voice. those two together are a hoot and a half.
thank you for the jamie foxx vidio. i needed something to cheer me up after reading about all the right wing nuttery and calls for a coup and revolution.
he's a pretty good singer.
we have got to get together and get the people on the right to knock off this yelling and screaming from the beck and limbaugh viewers.
the right has no problem forcing denunciations upon the left. they do it as a matter of course. they take something that has nothing to do with anything and try to make people denounce it.
but, they do not feel they have any need to denounce the outrageous behavior of their own side.
it is because of the religious aspect that imbues everything about them. they couldn't bring themselves to say anything about palin's church and that witch hunter buddy. they force religion on us and yet their religion must not be questioned. her church likes witch hunter, fine. they ignored it. sarah palin is a good christian woman who believes a man who drives people from their homes and livelyhood is a fine and rightous man even though he claims they are witches and their is no such thing and never has.
they wrap themselves in god, guns and the bible.
just like a certain someone said.
they listen to druggies and drunks and dirty phone callers and think everything they say is the truth. and preachers endorse the druggies and the drunks and the dirty phone callers.
didn't someone say something once about a vast right wing conspiracy?
well, it was a bunch of christians who took over a political party so they could make money and shove a narrow minded bigoted set of orthodoxy down everyones throat. they make money telling other people what to do. and they want to run the whole show. the entire right is now nothing but one huge faith healing huckster revival.
they raise their kids in politics like they do in religion. you have to believe. if you don't you are wrong and there is no argument. you are wrong.
you've got to be taught to hate and fear
it's got to be drumned in your dear little ear
to hate allt he people your relatives hate
you've got to be carefully taught
do what we say, believe the lies because we have the bible and don't dare disagree.
we need to get the republicans that aren't the religious young earthers to start calling these nimrods out.
this shouting all voices out must stop.
as an autistic i have been an observer of a world in which i am not fully a part. i have been standing and rocking side to side soaking up information after the war started and everything was proved to be nothing but a lie.
before that i was in my own little world reading on a vast variety of subjects in depth.
when i started to pay attention i was shocked, shocked i tells ya.
it was like father coughlin had been reincarnated multiple times and they all had radio and television shows and had his own network and newspapers.
and at the same time people are being forced to believe in the likes of aimmee semple mcpherson type preachers. unless they get caught snorting crystal meth of a male prostitutes ass. and then we must believe that their message was true but the messenger was but a flawed human who must be forgive because he repents and still hates the gays.
time to call b.s. on the bs.
we need a national stop the b.s. campaign against the right and their lunatic christian base.
What does this country have for resources that we apparently want?
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
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