January 27, 2009 09:30 PM
Open Thread
Governor Shakedown compares himself to Martin Luther King and Gandhi, and refuses the back of the bus. Open thread below.
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Orangutan, thanks for posting the information about the Gaza humanitarian aid appeal.
More than 20,000 homes were demolished or destroyed in Gaza. Thousands of Gazans now live in temporary UN/Red Cross tents, but there isn't enough space for everyone.
They need blankets, medical supplies and food.
A modest donation can go a long way in helping them.
http://www.dec.org.uk/
in LA is fifth mass murder/suicide of the year:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090128/ap_on_re_...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
most private insurance companies limit the amount of mental health care one can recieve in a given year
if you arent "cured" eff you
If you lost your jobs, it's likely you have no insurance.
If you lost your job, a Republican "tax cut" is worth jack shit. Again, they're transparently trying to line the pockets of the top income earners while doing nothing for the unemployed or underemployed.
he really has earned the title of king of the asshats
he loved his meeting with the president, he just doesnt feel that benefits should be greater than what someone pays in
its back to the bs about most people not really paying any taxes
and of course there was the crying that none of the republicans were asked for their ideas....uh, if you had any ideas, you woulda won the election....dumbass
the best...screaming about new funding for the nea....that is the best one
during the wpa, artists, actors and other creative persons were funded....why???? cuz roosevelt knew that during hard times people need culture the most
i want these guys to go away
he really has earned the title of king of the asshats
he loved his meeting with the president, he just doesnt feel that benefits should be greater than what someone pays in
its back to the bs about most people not really paying any taxes
and of course there was the crying that none of the republicans were asked for their ideas....uh, if you had any ideas, you woulda won the election....dumbass
the best...screaming about new funding for the nea....that is the best one
during the wpa, artists, actors and other creative persons were funded....why???? cuz roosevelt knew that during hard times people need culture the most
i want these guys to go away
Haggard's been gay for a while now. A House Republican tells Limbaugh to STFU.
Another Angeleno kills himself and his family over a lay-off. Oh, noes! Da Clinton made money from speeches, da bad man.
more like Colonel Kurtz. Or maybe Dennis Hopper's Character from "Blue Velvet." They both sooo remind me of Blago
Apparently, before Caroline Kennedy hit up the New York governor for the Senate seat, she tried Blagojavich. But she got scared off when they reached THIS part of the negotiations.
I think the perfect guy to play him in a movie is William H Macy.
Think about it.
I mean if you're going to be an arrogant ass with huge balls, go all the fucking way!
PBS: NSA Could Have Prevented 9/11 Hijackings
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/PBS_NSA_tracked...
More evidence suggests their claims to be true.
Here's a video of the preview to their show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7kZhTjjYyY
Set to Air Feb. 3rd, 2009.
I'll be checking it out.
The Shadow Factory...goes into a lot more detail about what the PBS special is talking about. Pretty depressing to see just how inept, dysfunctional and outright incompetent the "intelligence" services were.
They are that dysfunctional. The FBI and CIA both knew these guys were here in the states also.
checking it out, too.
All three of these intelligence groups knew the 9/11 people were in the country. I'm sad to see PBS possibly showing something which could amount to a state-sponsored propaganda story. I'm interested to see the reactions from the people inside the NSA, and to see the show as a whole, but the episode preview left a bad taste in my mouth.
I seem to remember reading somewhere that the FBI were tracking a couple of these guys as they got into the US and then lost them.
Of course, who knows what would have happened had the head of the FBI given the go ahead to search Moussoui's hard drive of his computer.
..we know what I think about the "incompetence" of anyone during the Bush years. This should certainly help more folks to get a clue - I feel safer already! /
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
I love it! LOL.
What a gearbox.
Can I write Blog headlines Tomorrow?
“Why would anyone with a functioning brain believe this guy?”
Some guy with an eating disorder
I really loved this guy.
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/01/27/bo...
RIP John.
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
The BBC Won't Play This Gaza Aid Appeal
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofuvlx-MGRk
Israel's assault on the Gaza Strip cannot be justified by self-defense. An armed attack that is not justified by self-defense is a war of aggression.
War of aggression!? Who do those damn Israelis think they are? America?
and think they might have good reason, as no one knows whether the money will go to victims or to aid hamas in buying new weapons?
btw, as much as you would like it, england doesnt have the same free speech laws as we do in america
also, a private entity has the right to air or not air a commercial
Hey tubesox,
When it comes to Israel and the US media, Israel is untouchable. There is no such thing as freedom of speech. Any time a US journalist has the courage to speak up they are persecuted.
We know where the $10,000,000 A DAY that Israel gets from the US government goes. That money goes to killing thousands of innocent civilians and to building new colonies for religious fanatics from Israel in the occupied territories.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=3ef_1233072449
can i ask you a question?
lets say that tomorrow a palestinian state were created, and all those living in the settlements chose to stay and become palestinian citizens
would the palestinian arabs open their arms to their new neighbors?
One of a kind... gets honorary citizenship.
The same goes for the Israeli pianist Daniel Barenboim.
Reflections of an American-Israeli-Palestinian Jew
By Uriel Heilman · September 4, 2008
The activist, Jeff Halper, says he was given honorary Palestinian citizenship in Gaza, making him probably the only American-Israeli-Palestinian Jew in the world (Halper is a native of Minnesota).
Here are some of Halper's reflections:
To be honest, we Israeli Jews are the problem. The Palestinian years ago accepted our existence in the country as a people and are willing to accept ANY solution – two states, one state, no state, whatever. It is us who want exclusivity over the "Land of Israel" who cannot conceive of a single country, who cannot accept the national presence of Palestinians (we talk about "Arabs" in our country), and who have eliminated by our settlements even the possibility of the two-state solution in which we take 80% of the land. So it's sad, truly sad, that our "enemies" want peace and co-existence (and tell me that in HEBREW) and we don't...
When I was in Gaza everyone in Israel – including the media who interviewed me – warned me to be careful, to watch out for my life. Aren't you scared? they asked. Well, the only time I felt genuine and palpable fear during the entire journey was when I got back to Israel. I went from Gaza through the Erez checkpoint because I wanted to make the point that the siege is not only by sea. On the Israeli side I was immediately arrested, charged with violating a military order prohibiting Israelis from being in Gaza and jailed at the Shikma prison in Ashkelon. In my cell that night, someone recognized from the news. All night I was physically threatened by right-wing Israelis – and I was sure I wouldn't make it till the morning. Ironically, there were three Palestinians in my cell who kind of protected me, so the danger was from Israelis, not Palestinians, in Gaza as well as in Israel.
doesnt jibe with the facts on the ground...but it sure is beautiful
ill bring it to the graves of those yeshiva students killed in chevron in 1929, im sure they will be happy to know that it was they who were the problem and the palestinians were really happy to have them there
You ain't fooling no one, tubesox.
But since you asked a legitimate question, I'll answer it.
The answer is yes. The Palestinian authority in its charter has a clause regarding citizenship and there is no discrimination against any religion. There are in fact a few Jews who applied for Palestinian citizenship and were granted the passports.
well thanks for answering
so i guess the settlements really dont matter then
and if you are right, there is no reason not to allow palestinian control of jerusalem...for the jews will continue to have full access to all their holy places...just like they did between 1948 and 1967....
i just solved the entire mideast peace process
and i agree...the aid packages should stop
israel needs to join the list of debtor nations...like anybody ever really tries to collect
This weapon, used by Israel in Gaza, should put the final nail in the coffin of "we are targetting Hamas only" propaganda
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Former president Jimmy Carter was on Larry King Live tonight. The jist of President Carter's statements was that the US should "influence" Israel to accept a peace deal that is, not only in the interest of both parties (Palestinian and Israeli), but also in the interest of the United States because after all, he said, the US gives Israel $10,000,000/Day in aid.
He also said that the US should speak with Hamas and emphasized that Hamas was willing to take a peace proposal to the Palestinian people, in both Gaza and the West Bank. If the Palestinian people agree to the terms of the agreement, Hamas will accept it and support the will of the people.
Larry King didn't like a few points that president Carter brought up, especially regarding the targeting of civilians.
So, at the end of the interview, King simply moved on to the next guest without even thanking president Carter. It was such a blatant insult.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9mkRiGbgZg
is a good man, that's why the Clintons are snubbing him, they're afraid that the money will stop flowing to the Dem party if he doesn't be quiet...AND they're probably right
got a decent hair cut it would prolly raise his IQ 10 points.
That might only make him light-headed.
and you'd come close to this guy:
http://www.nndb.com/people/656/000026578/jack...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
.. compare himself to Ghandi. Different people have different perspectives on him anyway (Ghandi).
And over on that side of the world, I liked this piece on the Israeli peace process from TomDispatch. Ok, in part its shilling Sandy Tolan's book, but its a good read esp. after the video here last night.
had gandhi saying that he thought about Blago when he realized he was going bald! If he had a head of hair like that, he wouldn't go on any hunger strike, he'd be out with the ladies....lol.
read my link on Gandhi, you'd know what Gandhi did with the ladies. It was (err) interesting, to say the least.
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gotta admire that
i pretty much despise what he represents...but gotta admire his balls
but he then goes around on the talk shows to clank them really loud. Can you hear that, America?
the guy's lost his mind! What I want to know is, who paid for his whirlwind media trip out east? Did the taxpayers of Illinois pay for this madman to have one last fling at celebrity before he gets impeached and sent to prison?
It seems to me though, that this is another distraction from what the GOP congresscritters are doing. This guy is getting to much TV time.
Blago is getting too much TV time, and it is a distraction from those repugs.
I unfortunately voted for the guy when I lived in Chicago....but I had great hesitations because he reminded me of crooked repubes.
voting for him.
He did nothing but swear into an illegally tapped telephone that Bushes DOJ ordered and was doing nothing more than horse trading, what every pol does, maybe a little more crude than the rest but, WTF?
The reason he was hit is because he went up against big pharma to get cheap drugs for seniors from Canada and did it by doing an end run around congress. He also tried to cut off BoA.
Look at Spitzer, he was going after the banks and brokerage houses for the people, what happened to him?
You know, I've been wondering if this was a hit job myself. Do you have any links to the pharma and BoA story, Floridiot?
Bank Of America Story:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206010...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/12/08/illi...
Low Cost Drugs from Canada:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/26/blag...
http://www.affordabledrugs.il.gov/article.cfm...
just observing, been going on forever.
The media is in on this too, unwittingly(?)
Just pay attention, whenever a pol for the people gets elected, notice how they are marginalized (re: Kucinich Cleveland Power and Light)
I hope that O is playing his cards right or he'll be next.
Thanks Orang
PROBLEMS:
Over 70,000 jobs announced lost in America just yesterday.
http://www.americablog.com/2009/01/bloody-mon...
Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community's top legislative priority, The Employee Free Choice Act.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/bank...
SOLUTIONS:
Dennis Kucinich: Put The Federal Reserve Under Government Control
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-r_-QRKyu6g
I wish I knew more.. I guess they are saying screw the private international bankers and give the money directly to the people or else take ownership of a company when they are worth 30 billion and you just bailed them out with 35 billion. I'd be interested to know what you guys think.
how the CEOs are so very concerned about the welfare of their
employees. (Now I need a tranquilizer to calm me down!)
Have to give Kucinch a lot of credit for standing up and doing exactly what everyone one of them in the House should be doing - representing the People! I hope he has good security - and doesn't fly in small planes....
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
how the CEOs are so very concerned about the welfare of their
employees. (Now I need a tranquilizer to calm me down!)
Have to give Kucinch a lot of credit for standing up and doing exactly what everyone one of them in the House should be doing - representing the People! I hope he has good security - and doesn't fly in small planes....
Sorry it posted twice - some red thingy came up and said there was an error - apparently, there wasn't.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
Not Enough People Feel Like This... MAD AS HELL.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WINDtlPXmmE
......Corporate Cosmology
Arthur Jenson, From the film, 'Network' 1976
It's just one thing after another.
But seriously, I didn't think anyone could have fewer friends than Bush/Cheney. Is there anyone who is on his side?
Anyhow, he's making great headlines and single-handedly keeping newspapers afloat.
I mean, who really considers making Oprah a US Senator? Who else was he considering?
http://ThePicayuneDispatch.blogspot.com
I wanted to thank you for the links last night. I'd tagged the UN documents from a previous link you posted; what a great source. But my favorite was the English version of Xinhua. Talk about a different perspective. Thanks.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
.. at all. Yep, I think of foreign media as sort of like yoga for my own point of view and bias. Happy to be of help.
We need to start drafting candidates to replace all these politicians in 2010. We know Rahm Emmanuel and those guys like the DLC/Corporate candidates over the grassroots ones. Like Ned Lamont, Paul Hacket, and Christine Cegelis, etc.
Here's good news out of Minnesota...
Franken lawyer gets Coleman aide to concede altering ballot evidence
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/fr...
Looks like we screwed up not organizing more effectively around Caroline Kennedy. Now we got some moderate/republican light senator out of New York.
Anyway. Hope not too many people sit and rest too comfortably on their laurels while watching Obama do his thing. That girl Darcy Burner up in Oregon would have been a nice victory too. Tons of great seats and interesting races to follow and win.
In addition to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, one of the most exciting developments in fundamental physics in the last twenty years has been the development of so-called “String Theory.” In string Theory, all fundamental sub-atomic particles are visualized and described mathematically as microscopic vibrating strings. Although as yet unproven, many physicists believe that String Theory has the potential to become the long-sought “Theory of Everything,” through which the fundamental physical nature of all matter and forces will become understood.
Obviously String Theory IS correct, although misnamed (a secular humanist conspiracy perhaps?). As NOODLE Theory clearly unambiguously reveals, He has created the fundamental subatomic particles that form all matter in this universe in His own quivering image! You, me, the Earth, the stars…everything in the universe…are all built of trillions of tiny jiggling noodles, microscopic copies of our Divine Saucy Maker. Truly He is everywhere and in all things!
Boy-oh-Boyardi and Ramen!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoAghrrsNBw&fe...
im sorry, but how do you not know that a monster truck is coming right at you?
bet he voted for mccain
Sounds like one for the Darwin Awards. Good Movie if you haven't seen it, about people who die ridiculous deaths.
better angle on how much it looks like he did it on purpose.
Some stuff you can't make up!
But..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=305vRNoofr8
Dennis Kucinich has more balls than most Americans and is summarily ignored because of it. Funny.
On this link http://cspanjunkie.org/?p=1724 Congressman Dennis Kucinich describes the economic and monetary crisis for one hour on the floor of the House of Representatives. You can see what a devoted and great leader he is. View it all. At about 40 minutes in, he discusses Stephen Zarlenga and our monetary reform proposal - a must see!
Here, http://votersthink.org/?p=1073 Dennis in just over one minute describes the reform program in summary.
Please enjoy the second link immediately, and set aside an hour to view the first link.
The internet is allowing a marvelous communication process to take place in our land, in this time of crisis.
The full text of the American Monetary Act can be viewed at
http://www.monetary.org/amacolorpamphlet.pdf
Kucinich is the man, there is surely a place for him in Heaven.
about the only politician worth following.
Some stuff you can't make up!
It takes a tight ship to keep this course set and momentum from changing.
Paths of Victory.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HoNC5cwvWis
"They say that patriotism is the last refuge to which a scoundrel clings" ~ bob dylan.
Now, when he pulls his motorcycle into a residential courtyard here, a dozen youngsters pounce before it comes to a stop, yanking six chipped skateboards with fading paint off the back. The children, most participating in a sport for the first time in their war-hardened lives, do not want to waste any time. Their skateboard park is a decrepit Soviet-style concrete fountain with deep fissures. The tangle of novice skaters resembles bumper cars more than X Games.
But Percovich has raised the money needed to build an 8,600-square-foot bubble to house the nonprofit Skateistan complex, and the Kabul Parks Authority has tentatively donated land. He is still waiting for official permission to begin the project. And since a spate of kidnappings and the car bombing in late November, he has reduced his daily sessions at the fountain to once or twice a week.
http://boingboing.hexten.net/2009/01/27/skate...
Sorry I was getting an error message, and didn't think this was posting.
Sorry I was getting error messages .
posts arent showing up...then doubling and tripling
Hope the John Amato and boys can get it back to running.
Yea last week or so, something was scanning threw my PC every time I came here? I was watching outgoing ip's didn't see too much other than the usual, German, Asian proxy's that I have blocked anyway.
Huff Post Breaks Huge Corruption Story--And We Must Do Something About It.
Here is what Lessig and Trippi just posted at The Huffington Post, pivoting off of some amazing journalism today:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/27/1...
You can't make this stuff up. Breaking news from The Huffington Post:
on lobbyists! that is certainly booshworld.
Some stuff you can't make up!
After cop shoots citizen, police began confiscating cell phones containing videos that have yet to see the light of day
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2009/01/22/1...
"...so what could people have done to prevent police from illegally confiscating their cameras?
“Probably not a whole lot,” said Randazza. “You don’t want to get into a situation where you are refusing to comply with law enforcement, especially when that law enforcement officer just shot and killed somebody."
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To protect and serve? WTF? Getting sick of the holier than thou attitude of law enforcement types. WE pay their salaries!
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I know the guy is as smarmy as they come and the quicker he's in charge of nothing the better. However I love watching him and his press conferences. If I didn't know better I could have sworn the Onion planned this.
I know the guy is as smarmy as they come and the quicker he's in charge of nothing the better. However I love watching him and his press conferences. If I didn't know better I could have sworn the Onion planned this.
"I thought about a few things the other day - why I write the stuff that I do here, and whether or not what I say really has any merit in a media saturated world - and I discovered that this blog is fueled mainly by my own brand of righteous indignation.
For example, yesterday's monologue, Obama Grounds Citigroup Jet Purchase, was the second thing I wrote. The first piece I'd come up with just didn't do anything for me when I started trying to edit it. It didn't feel right. So I waited awhile, and sure enough, the Citigroup plane story came along, a story that was practically begging for me to rant about why a brand new 50 million dollar jet for a bank who was getting bailout funds was so wrong.
It was a story that hit me right in my gut.
But while I was reading the work of a fellow blogger, who was indulging in her own bit of indignation yesterday about Juan Williams recent comments about Michelle Obama, it hit me that there is a higher calling that awaits those of us in the blogosphere who write commentary about current events and politics."
When I Get That Feeling In My Gut
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That here we have a democrat acting like a republican!
Now that Obama's taken the condom off his package and traded it for abstinence only education, we have a new term everyone needs to get familiar with:
http://saddlebacking.com/
Another Detention Death, and Mounting Questions
By NINA BERNSTEIN
The deaths of two immigration detainees has called into question the health care standards at a Virginia jail.
Some stuff you can't make up!
rather, left untreated, in jails after several personal "visits."
My tip--make certain you are in best of health and have a check-up before you (don't) plan on getting arrested...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
At a Border Crossing, Drivers and Truckloads of Aid for Gaza Go Nowhere
By MICHAEL SLACKMAN
This commercial crossing between Egypt and Israel has been turned into a parking lot of stalled humanitarian aid.
Some stuff you can't make up!
Clinton Sees an Opportunity for Iran to Return to Diplomacy
By MARK LANDLER
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that Iran had a "clear opportunity" to engage with the international community.
Some stuff you can't make up!
Aides Say Obama's Afghan Aims Elevate War
By HELENE COOPER and THOM SHANKER
In a new approach, President Obama intends to adopt a tougher line toward Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president.
Some stuff you can't make up!
it's necessary according to Sarah Chayes
http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12192008/pr...
just another cia program of destabilization
Some stuff you can't make up!
before you judge IMO
Ha! I did a lot of checking on this when it first came out in December, Sarah Chayes and Michelle Obama have been working together on this for quite a while now.
Your NYT article reads like a manual from their discussions.
She musta denied Barack the nookie if he didn't fall in line, LOL
The Moyer's clip is great. It confirms things I've read and been told.
But the NYT article, while stating we do need to stop supporting the corrupt regime, seems to then go off into left field.
If we a) come in and fight the Taliba b) support Karzai c) dump Karzai all while d) killing lots of Afghani's without any nation building, then e) leave ... we will be seem as just another Warlord ourselves. A fickle one at that.
I would also like to point out that almost all the Afghan interactions have been with the Pentagon and its (new and improved?) branches. Not the UN (its a US-led NATO thing), not the State Department, and precious few NGOs can function under the triple-burden of corrupt Afghans, corrupt US contractors and no UN umbrella. A NGO that has to pay double-bribes and work with the US military will have great difficulties in bringing their funding to bear on the problem (instead of someone's pockets) and little chance of gaining the support and trust of the population. Any NGO worker will explain why its a BAD IDEA (caps would be theirs) to be seen as part of the organization of an occupying military.
So, the impression of the US as just as corrupt, and a warlord-only is reinforced in many ways there.
Pressure to fix corruption, good, but with the goal being a faster military thumping then a fast withdrawl, and that's it, with no nation building? Oh great. One step forwards, two backward.
Stimulus Plan Would Provide Flood of Aid to Education
By SAM DILLON
School districts, child care centers and university campuses would receive $150 billion in new federal spending in the economic stimulus package that is scheduled for a vote in Congress on Wednesday.
Some stuff you can't make up!
Relief Seen for Jobless and States in Health Care Plan
By ROBERT PEAR
For Democrats, the stimulus bill is also a tool for rewriting the social contract with the poor, the uninsured and the unemployed, in ways they have long yearned to do.
Some stuff you can't make up!
Aides Say Obama's Afghan Aims Elevate War
By HELENE COOPER and THOM SHANKER
In a new approach, President Obama intends to adopt a tougher line toward Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president.
Some stuff you can't make up!
Cut the shit Blago, the only celebrity you can be likened to is Paul Reiser with a bad 80's hair cut.
Cut the shit Blago, the only celebrity you can be likened to is Paul Reiser with a bad 80's hair cut.
Cut the shit Blago, the only celebrity you can be likened to is Paul Reiser with a bad 80's hair cut.
Cut the crap Blago, the only celebrity you can be likened to is Paul Reiser with a bad 80's hair cut.
Cut the crap Blago, the only celebrity you can be likened to is Paul Reiser with a bad 80's hair cut.
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Curiously, not a problem posting at LNMC...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Jan. 27: Embattled Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich explains to MSNBC's Rachel Maddow that in spite of his political stunts and media tour he's not confident of the outcome of his trial in the Illinois Senate - though unlike Richard Nixon, he wants all of his tapes to be made public.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/28882...
Some stuff you can't make up!
indeed make you stronger:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/health/27br...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
Out of time: Global Warming Is Irreversible, Study Says - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?...
"People have imagined that if we stopped emitting carbon dioxide that the climate would go back to normal in 100 years or 200 years. What we're showing here is that's not right. It's essentially an irreversible change that will last for more than a thousand years," Solomon says.
But despite this grim prognosis, Solomon says this is not time to declare the problem hopeless and give up.
All the reports & studies that the Bush Crime Family covered up are starting to surface finally, after being held back Gestapo style.... We can still avert disaster by staying below 450 ppm....but we MUST do that...one planet, we don't get a do over....
'President Obama announced a series of new policies yesterday intended to reduce fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, capping a week of widespread changes aimed at reversing the legacy of George W. Bush.'
- http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/...
Carbon tax is a poison pill, There's a reason Republicans stump for a carbon tax, and it ain't to reduce emissions - http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2009/1/24/18...
It must be a cap & trade system with auctions....if we're to get this right
Republican/Supply Side 'economics'/Free Marketeer 'Great Economy' Update: Roubini: 6 Million US Job Losses in 2009 - http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206010...
Con-servative 'economic' philosophy - Neo-Feudalism, its just that simple.... Con-servatives always rail about class warfare, the same class systems their economic ideologies create....
GOP to oppose stimulus bill over tax cuts. Spending didn't get us into this mess; tax cuts did. Raise top tax rates! - http://finance.yahoo.com/news/House-Republica...
Lets reflect...shall we? Under Eisenhower, the rate was 91%....were there no millionaires or billionaires in the 50s?? Just checking, they seemed to make out pretty good back then with that rate, instead of the insane 15% rate that Bush gave them....
Its time for the middle class, those in poverty to stop subsidizing the top 1%s taxes.....they use more of the commons, their businesses use more of the commons, its time they paid for their gains...
Its also time to start enforcing the 35% corporate tax rates, Sherman Anti-trust act, Glass-Steagall, ending offshore tax shelters, and prosecute corporations that employ slave labor...
Oh goody! Just what we need, more 'free market' magic! New Report: 30 Million Service Jobs May Be Shipped Overseas - http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/01/23/new-report-...
Blackwater Expanding Domestic Reach - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKgtcLhnPtE
From The Pap-Atack...Most people know the basic facts behind the Blackwater story. They may have read a few facts about how that mercenary organization was started by a phenomenally rich multimillionaire inheritance baby named Erik Prince. For decades, Prince’s daddy wooed all of his political friends by spreading millions of dollars around to conservative think-tanks and ultra-right religious infrastructures that helped shape the now floundering neo-con revolution.
The con-servative private army....needs to be disbanded permanently
Con-servatives 'supporting the troops' update: Some family members of those who serve overseas receive fewer benefits than family pet - http://www.examiner.com/x-2071-DC-Special-Int...
Breaking Free From Rush Limbaugh - http://pr.thinkprogress.org/2009/01/pr2009012...
Former Merrill Lynch Chief Executive John Thain gets subpoenaed on bonuses that were paid - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1233073028546...
Bush Sent Rove a Letter Saying He Doesn't Have to Testify - http://www.pubrecord.org/politics/644-bush-se...
62,000 reasons to tell the GOP to shove it -- Last Chance Democracy Cafe - http://www.lastchancedemocracycafe.com/?p=1808
Thank you Paul Krugman: The Nobel Prize winning economist takes an axe to GOP talking points - http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/1/26/1...
Debunking the stupidity of right wingnut talking points on the stimulus package...
Compassionate Con-servatism update: 93-year-old froze to death, owed big utility bill - http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090126/ap_on_re_...
Show them who is boss: Obama Visits Capitol to Press Republicans on Stimulus Plan - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/28/us/politics...
Lets get one thing straight; tax cuts, deregulation, and 'starving the beast' got us into this mess...lets not repeat history because of 'bi-partisanship'...which the republicans haven't employed since Carter was in office...
Somebody had to write the $825 billion economic stimulus bill. WI Democrat David R. Obey tackled that herculean job and offers no apologies for the economic American do-over he has largely crafted.
- http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/us/politics...
Bad comedy? Former evangelical pastor Ted Haggard's wife says she knew about his struggles with same-sex attraction for years and felt he was "winning the battle." Guess, he lost the war to "Satan" though in the eyes of the witch hunt crowd.
- http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090127/ap_on_re_...
Delusion & con-servatives....like Peanut Butter & Jelly....
Pure greedy: Bailout Recipients Hosted Call To Defeat Key Labor Bill - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/01/27/bank...
Three days after receiving $25 billion in federal bailout funds, Bank of America Corp. hosted a conference call with conservative activists and business officials to organize opposition to the U.S. labor community's top legislative priority.
Con-servative economics backlash: Global recession costs 80,000 jobs a day - http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/2...
Let's Face It, Congressional Republicans Want to Kill a Jobs Stimulus Bill Because It Will Help the Dems by Working for Americans Who Want to Work!
- http://www.reuters.com/article/marketsNews/id...
Yippee! There's $275 billion in tax cuts the middle class and below will never, ever see! Hey republicans, question....what is so appealing about slavery?
Still the gold standard for progressive Dems in the Senate: Feingold Seeks Change in Empty US Senate Seat Protocol - http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story?id=67347...
Following controversy over the appointments of three of the four Senate seats vacated after the 2008 presidential election, Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., plans to introduce a constitutional amendment that would leave it up to voters -- and not the state governors -- to fill the empty seats. "When you don't use the idea of 'one person, one vote' it's an invitation to corruption, embarrassment or abuse," Feingold, who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, told ABCNews.com. "It's unattractive and undemocratic."
Record-Setting 8.5 GW of New US Wind Power Capacity Added in 2008 - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/recor...
Solar Power Explosion in Spain: 3.1 Gigawatts Installed in 2008 - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/solar...
Political Irony: Incomparable Tom Tomorrow - http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/27/armed-an...
http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/27/dubya-th...
http://politicalirony.com/2009/01/28/late-nig...
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?
Norm Coleman is still a d-bag....
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?
an ugly, creepy looking guy--Eew-w-w-w-w.
"Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of Stupidity" - Frank Leahy
I caught Blago's interview with the hot chick that comes on after Dobbs on CNN. The man is a raving lunatic, or close to it. What is that called...narcissus complex? The look on the interviewers face when he explained why he thought he was comparable to Ghandi or Mandela was hilarious. She couldn't believe that this guy was serious. Jeffery Toobin couldn't even begin to fathom why he is doing all that he is doing. Blago's little PR campaign is only serving to draw out the inevitable death of his political career and making things worse on himself. Being a citizen of Illinois all I can say is he not only embarrassing himself, but also The People of Illinois, whom he says it's all about and any future Governors and not about him. If he so concerned about Illinois, the best thing to do is just resign for God's sake. News flash...Blago isn't anymore liked by the People of Illinois than he is by the General Assembly. It seems he has more friends in the Senate, but not many. He is not only embarrassing himself, but the whole State even more. In the words of Bugs Bunny:
Whatta maroon.
Government + the Federal Reserve = organized crime
I caught Blago's interview with the hot chick that comes on after Dobbs on CNN. The man is a raving lunatic, or close to it. What is that called...narcissus complex? The look on the interviewers face when he explained why he thought he was comparable to Ghandi or Mandela was hilarious. She couldn't believe that this guy was serious. Jeffery Toobin couldn't even begin to fathom why he is doing all that he is doing. Blago's little PR campaign is only serving to draw out the inevitable death of his political career and making things worse on himself. Being a citizen of Illinois all I can say is he not only embarrassing himself, but also The People of Illinois, whom he says it's all about and any future Governors and not about him. If he so concerned about Illinois, the best thing to do is just resign for God's sake. News flash...Blago isn't anymore liked by the People of Illinois than he is by the General Assembly. It seems he has more friends in the Senate, but not many. He is not only embarrassing himself, but the whole State even more. In the words of Bugs Bunny...
Whatta maroon.
Government + the Federal Reserve = organized crime
I caught Blago's interview with the hot chick that comes on after Dobbs on CNN. The man is a raving lunatic, or close to it. What is that called...narcissus complex? The look on the interviewers face when he explained why he thought he was comparable to Ghandi or Mandela was hilarious. She couldn't believe that this guy was serious. Jeffery Toobin couldn't even begin to fathom why he is doing all that he is doing. Blago's little PR campaign is only serving to draw out the inevitable death of his political career and making things worse on himself. Being a citizen of Illinois all I can say is he not only embarrassing himself, but also The People of Illinois, whom he says it's all about and any future Governors and not about him. If he so concerned about Illinois, the best thing to do is just resign for God's sake. News flash...Blago isn't anymore liked by the People of Illinois than he is by the General Assembly. It seems he has more friends in the Senate, but not many. He is not only embarrassing himself, but the whole State even more. In the words of Bugs Bunny...whatta maroon!
Government + the Federal Reserve = organized crime
Why did that get repeated three times?
Government + the Federal Reserve = organized crime
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