September 08, 2010 07:30 PM
Open Thread
Personally? I think what the Democrats need this election cycle is a little more of the Blackadder's Lord Flashheart. (NSFW).
Open Thread below....
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No, they don't. But a bit o' humor is always a good thing in a competition.
"Courtesy is owed. Respect is earned. Love is given." --Unknown author, found in Guide to Texas Etiquette by Kinky Friedman
He doesn't mince his words, has all the real "machismo" he needs.
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
Thanks to Barack Obama:
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_green...
I think I'm gonna barf.
"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
Troll!
Oops! Sorry abbywood. Bad call.
There are so many reThuglicans trolls posing as libs these days i get a little jumpy when anyone criticizes the president. Especially over the next two months.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Nahhhhh.......
Ha!!
Here's an interesting article regarding the coming economic tsunami the first quarter of 2011.
God I hope this guy is wrong:
http://globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va...
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
.. not back ..
blech
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
Great find. Ignored by the corporate run media as usual. Sad.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
If Olbermann, Maddow, Schultz, Blitzer and Matthews don't pick up on this tomorrow I will be sadly sickened.
And to think, the Obama administration are CELEBRATING this ruling....
F*$k "State Secrets".
"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
Yeah Abby, You got it. And.. It reminds me of that song by Michael Jackson
Brad Friedman is covering it. He doesn't get near enough attention either. For his work on Election Fraud as well. Here it is...
Court Sides With Bush/Obama Administrations In Favor of Torture, Secrecy, Against Rule of Law
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
I'm amazed at the troll calling.
Sorry - i misunderstood.
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
Abbyb is usually pretty good with her links.
It's how dictatorships are born, under the veil of secrecy.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
And it's as hot as MY PANTS!
Take that, Boehner! (head butt)
On topic, Mark Morford. "Burn a Bible, Save a Kitten"
Always had a "cunning and brilliant plan".
Good video tonight. Thanks
hotpantsbluegal."If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
Soledad O'Brien was disgraceful tonight, and brought discredit to her entire "In America" series. Tonight was probably the only time I've ever thought, "I wish Larry King was doing this interview". Gergen, you've really blown it on this whole Cordoba thing too. Sadly, a Gergen-Fail indicates an America-Fail.
This is what really hurts us abroad and you should be outraged: US soldiers formed a 'kill team' and killed Afghan civilians for sport, collecting fingers as trophies
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/sep/09/u...
By allowing the CIA and private contractors to fire missiles from unmanned drones, the U.S. allows those operators to be open to the same war crime charges as it accuses Gitmo detainees of: fighting without a uniform.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2010/09...
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
you gotta read The Guardian if you wanna know what's happening in the US
right?
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
And watch Russia Today as well.
where an IDF soldier proclaims that:
"During war there are no civilians".
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2010/09/...
Well then, how on Earth would we connect that inane statement to The Holocaust?
"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
I have it on now and she is ABSOLUTELY DISGUSTING. She hates Islam and she's letting it show in her interview with the Imam Rauf.
I like what he's saying, but then she pipes up in her nauseating bigoted way. Never watching that bitch again.
(edit: sorry about using the "b"-word, but... Right after Larry King, they used Solidad's interview as news. Pretty low; bottom of the barrel. Sure, make your own bad newscast into ..fresh.news. Good work CNN.)
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
and up his nose hot bananas thrust
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h--HR7PWfp0
(apologies for the commercial, but that’s youtube for ya)
one Christian, one Muslim-- who are sharing one house of worship until the mosque can be built next door to the church property.
They stressed the importance of understanding that many in this world do not understand our freedoms to allow the planned Koran burning by a few-- why can't our President stop it if he disagrees with it, etc. As a result, for better or worse, we as US citizens, will get painted with the book-burning brush of the few. THIS is why these Gainesville crackers are such DICKS.
Here's hoping that Jones' "God" gets through that hateful head of his in the next day or two...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
...Ya Kain't Fix Stupid!
So, if they go through with their stupid stunt - people will die; and some will be people who believe in the same, freakin' gawd.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
this particular stupid is just asking to get off'd ..
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
on it. Oh, that's right, I'm sure Homeland Insecurity will protect me...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
it seems to me that a preacher who is threatening to burn Quran's on September 11th in spite of the fact that Petraeus and hundreds of others are asking him not to in order to protect our American troops who are in harms way should be labeled a "Homegrown Terrorist". He IS inciting violence....
Eh?
"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
permit to burn the book. Who knew you needed a permit? Anyhow, I believe the Supreme Court has ruled cross burning is a hate crime, so it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to put a stop to this.
Also, I saw that segment on Olbermann - now that's the way it should be.
if the intent is intimidation it's the same thing
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
twigs/branches/leaves, as in most incorporated cities. (Of course, in most of CA, you can't do that either.)
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/ns/msnbc_...
What Jesus WOULD Do!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5u_kVeNTS7A
Democracy is too important to be entrusted to politicians.
Rise Up!
Protest!
.
"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
Starts with books, then it's flesh. We've seen this programme already.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
Thomas Edison: "It is absurd to say our country can issue bonds and cannot issue currency. Both are promises to pay, but one fattens the usurer and the other helps the people."
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people." ~ Eleanor Roosevelt
Ya. Why does the Democratic government not put this on the table?
"Government by organized money is just as dangerous as Government by organized mob"
-= Franklin Delano Roosevelt =-
.....
The history of money is a REAL eye-opener.
"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
How unemployed are we? Poor childhood diets lead to chronic health problems. Iranian woman saved from stoning. I like how the headline differs from the actual quote. Wyeth bought good reviews for its hormones. Lawyers sue over "random" searches. A heckuva job, Dems. Border patrol agents accused of sex crimes and assault. Repugs hate independent thinking. The personal lives police in Santa Monica starts regulating smoking in apartment buildings. Terry Jones has nothing to Gainesville from his incitement. Obama turning into the Dems' Bush? Pacificare faces potential billions in fines for not caring about its payments. At least some places are still hiring. Boeing's other mess.
Though I don't watch the show much, I've always kind of wondered-- Is this a uniquely (or mostly) American problem, somehow tied to our excessive consumption? Any opinions or links appreciated.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
all come up american. Interesting, I would think it's a psychological condition which would make it worldwide. However, I did come up with the worlds largest record collection. Damn, if I had that I'd be a hoarder too.
http://www.noiseaddicts.com/2008/09/biggest-r...
It stands to reason, if you have a lot of stuff you must be w-a-y happy, right? Better keep shopping and rent a few storage lockers. Die happy. (my $0.02)
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
but lost 'em when I missed a mini-storage payment. Still hate being reminded of those days....
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I was glad to see JS take on Tim Kaine and basically tell him "Your message is bullshit, you need to get to the point already", and had one of the more interesting interviews I've seen in a while. Anyone else catch that interview tonight and feel a little better knowing that someone finally gave someone in charge the message of "Don't be a pussy and do something about this"?
Fair and adequate...
You should clean up your site. It is getting blocked by my filters for having crappy ad sources. As a result of that I just had to manually disable my crapfilter that is disabling popups on other sites. Then I got a crapload of flashing epilepsy inducing ads. Which I then blocked manually with adblock+.
I know you want to make money, I want to read. I don't mind an ad, but I will NEVER accept epilepsy inducing trash on a site I read for amusement.
Disgusting ads, I advise you to fix it if you don't want everyone to block them.
I mean I especially had my blocking disabled out of respect. Now I block every single one.
Cheers,
A user getting tired. (ps less music crap. That is not why we read your blog. I get tired of skipping those ffs.)
What "music crap"?
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
Door of Charity (the 8th September Song)
Make no motto of love that worships war
In competitiveness.
Take a look at what people think is news, and the people making it, on Youtube. An the sea of teabagger blimps we see daily, everywhere-- your workforce??? I'm surprised you haven't slipped to 44th.
"If the US government enforced its banking laws like it did its park regulations, we wouldn't be
in this damn park in the first place." OCCUPY.!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXAhVJPr0FU
Simon Wiesenthal's biography by Tom Segev
Why he says there is no "god".......review pg 73, in The Economist Aug 28th-Sept 3rd, 2010
The burning of a religious book is a minor issue when the civility of the world is at stake. The burning/defecating on or whatever of the bible, koran, gita, etc is only an insult and any reaction to a book burning more severe than burning another book is a step down into the sesspit. It's about time the religious freaks of the world try to enter modernity. Some of the worst are muslims/taliban as they busily go about cutting heads off, stoning, and flogging women. Furthermore, burning religious books and offending religious zealots is 'American'! It tends to dull the outrage of these authoritarians, making them more civil in the long run after their 'feelings' are dulled after thousands of insults. Obama's comment "burning the Koran is completely contrary to our values as Americans" is his own deformed interpretation of 'American' and it will not encourage a vote for him when the 'Muslim menace' resurfaces again and again. France is battling neighborhoods with quasi-sharia law now and it should be a warning to us all that we infidels won't put 'bells on our toes' without a sword over our neck.
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