<
Judges, judges, judges...
Video-WMP
Jon: Tom Delay is gonna look at an arrogant, out of control, anything?
on Cornyn:
Jon: What an absolutely handsome crazy person.
Of course our liberal media won't report it this way, but that's why we have the Daily Show. Stewart's facial expressions tell it all.
York's big conspiracy is that democrats wanted to defeat President Bush.
Amazon reviews: Now we know that one political party has conspired to keep another political party from winning an election. This is UNHEARD OF!
via Kevin Drum
This is why I love Dahlia Lithwick. Here is her review of the latest in bird cage liner from Regnery Publishing, Mark Levin's Men in Black:
I use the word "book" with some hesitation: Certainly it possesses chapters and words and other book-like accoutrements. But Men in Black is 208 large-print pages of mostly block quotes (from court decisions or other legal thinkers) padded with a forward by the eminent legal scholar Rush Limbaugh, and a blurry 10-page "Appendix" of internal memos to and from congressional Democrats — stolen during Memogate. The reason it may take you only slightly longer to read Men in Black than it took Levin to write it is that you'll experience an overwhelming urge to shower between chapters.
What can you add to that?
The assault on judges continues
via
WaPo: The legal counsel to Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Fla.) admitted yesterday that he was the author of a memo citing the political advantage to Republicans of intervening in the case of Terri Schiavo, the senator said in an interview last night. Brian H. Darling, 39, a former lobbyist for the Alexander Strategy Group on gun rights and other issues, offered his resignation and it was immediately accepted, Martinez said....read on
"Conservative Web logs have challenged the authenticity of the memo, in some cases likening it to the discredited documents about Bush's National Guard service that CBS News reported last fall."
In The Agora got duped last week trying to blame it on Harry Reid: "On Friday four staffers accused a renegade aide to Sen. Harry Reid (D-NV) of distributing forged "talking points" to members of the media and claiming Republican authorship. In the Agora's extensive investigations in the alleged "GOP" Schiavo talking points memo reveal possible tricks from low level Democratic aides. Two of the four GOP staffers tell ITA they were eyewitnesses to the exchange.
Harry Reid struck back:
Senate Minority Leader Harry M. Reid (D-Nev.) said in an interview Friday that he considered it "ludicrous" to suggest that his party created the document and said Republicans were using such talk to divert responsibility. "I guess the best defense is a good offense -- that's their theory," he said.
La Shawn Barber had to apologize for it. Though she tried to cover "In The Agora's" tracks saying: "It happens to journalists, especially journalists who hate George Bush. What most of us didn’t know was that the so-called staffers didn’t tell Joshua their names. Not even alias, I presume. So in their haste to prove the memos false, they were perfectly willing to smear Harry Reid without any proof.
Of course Powerline looks the stupidest of them all
saying so many things like Mystery Solved and Answer Yes: "A survey by The Washington Times found that every Republican said the memo was not crafted or distributed by him or her. Every one of them said he or she had not seen it until the memo was the subject of speculation in major news organs, particularly ABC News and The Washington Post."
Here's some news for you Powerline
: "Senate Republican aides claimed to be familiar with the memo but declined to discuss it on the record and gave no information about its origin."
If they believe that it didn't go any further than that...there is a bridge I can sell them.
I like Joe Biden's comments
: "...he believed that the memo originated with the GOP because it is "totally consistent" with how the Republicans have operated for the past four years. "They just shouldn't lose their memos."
I think we've all learned something from this. They can huff and puff and burn up the phone lines, but Powerline is the "worst blog of the year"
PS: Malkin is a close second. (
At least site a poll that has something to do with Terri)
(Update):
World O' Crap analyzes Powerline and Brian Darling, the man who wrote the memo: Powerline's Hindrocket on the "Schiavo Memo "The third possibility is that the memo is a Democratic dirty trick. At the moment, that looks most likely.
The
Carpet Bagger Report says: The end of the dumbest … right-wing conspiracy theory … ever
Steve Gilliard writes: Idiots: Here's a hint Howie: the right guys don't do their research. It's all ideology to them.
Armando via Kos writes: Egg on his Face: Kurtz Burned by Powerline: Hindrocket is Kurtz's own personal Curveball.
Talking Points Memo writes: I hope some folks have sense enough to feel like real fools tonight.
MyDD writes: Michelle Malkin can quit worrying about why wingnuts that dream up non-factual stories are ignored (well, we wish they were). As for "the boys at Powerline" (hey, that's what the winger gals call them), they really blew their brand new toaster on this one.
Roger asks us: Who Is Brian Darling? My guess is that Brian Darling will be very, very quiet about his role in the circulating the G.O.P. memo, and will find himself again in a comfortable position in the right-wing lobbying machine very, very soon. If he knows what's good for him.
Shakespeare's Sister soliloquies: Memo to Conservative Bloggers: Better Luck Next Time
Tucker Carlson: Last week a memo surfaced, reportedly written by the Republican members of Congress explaining how to make hay with the Terri Schiavo case, the Talking Points Memo, Ah, I think within a week or two it will become clear that that memo was a forgery, possibly written by Democrats on the hill in an effort to discredit Republicans.
Oliver tells them to all: Shut Up!
Kevin Drum writes: With that, I hope that Power Line and Hugh Hewitt and Michelle Malkin and the rest of the crew trying to relive the glory days of Rathergate will take his lead and just STFU. Enough.
Mykeru writes: What's Good for Their Cooked Goose is Good for the Gander.
I have to admit right off, I am a blogger and this story scares the hell out of me, too. After a very WIERD incident with a cable guy named Larry...I have been thinking ALOT about paranoia. I have been wondering about when it is actually appropriate, when it's not.
And I keep coming back to one issue that seems to scare absolutely everyone. As I said, it frightens me too, but not in ways I can easily relate, or even articulate.
Perhaps thats why no one, and I mean NO ONE wants to talk about it. I imagine the way my stomache twists and my knee jerks is contagious because all those who are willing to WHISPER it are immediately struck with thier own uncomfortable paranoia. Appropriate or not.
Some try to chalk it up as a 'tinfoil hat' type of thing perhaps to dispell thier own uneasy questions, or perhaps, to try to discredit the questioner..I don't really know WHY but even good men have fallen silent now. This one issue in particular the silence is SO profound it is in fact the bigger question.
What is it that has even the vicious 'liberal-left-whatever' shocked into a stunned silence? Something so explosive, not even 'fearless bloggers' will dare touch it, much less speak of it? What could possibly inspire so much fear?
Her name was Margie Schoedinger. And she was ,in fact, a real human being.
The following facts are her facts, not my own. The accusations are hers, not mine. I do not know the Truth of them, but the FACT of them is pretty damn...scary.
If you simply Google this womans name, you will indeed instantly start getting a story about a woman who accused a sitting president of rape.
In 2002 Shoedinger accused THE sitting president G. W. Bush of RAPE. And much more.
These are the facts we know. SOMEONE tried kidnapping this woman, her would-be kidnappers were foiled by a passing highway patrol, who broke up the melee, and for whatever reason, let them go after she vehemetly told the officer they were 'going to kill her' and she knew why. Margie Shoedinger and many people in her family were brought into police custody for 'vigorous questioning' . After this she went public with rape allegations against GW Bush and filed 4 VERY INTERESTING lawsuits.
Not one newspaper, not one tv news, not one cable news, not one radio program, not one TABLOID in the US media reported it. It was as if a tree fell on us, and no one heard it.
In these lawsuits it openly speaks of a 'One MILLION dollar settlement' secured BY her AGAINST GWB for 'damages'. At this point, he had ALREADY paid her ONE MILLION DOLLARS. The settlement had been mitigated through attorneys.
Four months after the accusations were filed in Fort Bend County Texas the USA invaded Iraq.
Some try to chalk it up as a 'tinfoil hat' type of thing perhaps to dispell thier own uneasy questions, or perhaps, to try to discredit the questioner..I don't really know WHY but even good men have fallen silent now. This one issue in particular the silence is SO profound it is in fact the bigger question.
What is it that has even the vicious 'liberal-left-whatever' shocked into a stunned silence? Something so explosive, not even 'fearless bloggers' will dare touch it, much less speak of it? What could possibly inspire so much fear?
Her name was Margie Schoedinger. And she was ,in fact, a real human being.
The following facts are her facts, not my own. The accusations are hers, not mine. I do not know the Truth of them, but the FACT of them is pretty damn...scary.
If you simply Google this womans name, you will indeed instantly start getting a story about a woman who accused a sitting president of rape.
In 2002 Shoedinger accused THE sitting president G. W. Bush of RAPE. And much more.
These are the facts we know. SOMEONE tried kidnapping this woman, her would-be kidnappers were foiled by a passing highway patrol, who broke up the melee, and for whatever reason, let them go after she vehemetly told the officer they were 'going to kill her' and she knew why. Margie Shoedinger and many people in her family were brought into police custody for 'vigorous questioning' . After this she went public with rape allegations against GW Bush and filed 4 VERY INTERESTING lawsuits.
Not one newspaper, not one tv news, not one cable news, not one radio program, not one TABLOID in the US media reported it. It was as if a tree fell on us, and no one heard it.
In these lawsuits it openly speaks of a 'One MILLION dollar settlement' secured BY her AGAINST GWB for 'damages'. At this point, he had ALREADY paid her ONE MILLION DOLLARS. The settlement had been mitigated through attorneys.
Four months after the accusations were filed in Fort Bend County Texas the USA invaded Iraq.
Bush was ORDERED to come to court in Texas on RAPE charges. His accuser openly says in these lawsuits that she fears she will be suicided.
Nine months after accusing THE president of RAPE, Margie Shoedinger was dead, a bullet in her brain. Read more
",0]);D(["ce"]);D(["ms","2e80"]);//-->
Bush was ORDERED to come to court in Texas on RAPE charges. His accuser openly says in these lawsuits that she fears she will be suicided.
Nine months after accusing THE president of RAPE, Margie Shoedinger was dead, a bullet in her brain. Read more
Or: How to win every argument dealing with the physical, mental or moral health of Americans...READ MORE
by Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D. for Counterbias
If you're living in the American theocracy under the reign of King George the W, learning American StupidSpeak (ASS) is an unfortunate necessity. But the process is quite easy and requires no thought, just an empty mind. With that in mind, let's begin.
For pre-election 2004 classic examples of ASS, go to the on-line archives of Focus on the Family, an organization run by Dr. James Dobson of SpongeBob fame. There you can find the article "Debate-Tested Sound Bites on Defending Marriage" by Glenn T. Stanton. Just click for downloadable "helpful, debate-tested soundbites for defenders of natural marriage and the family."
"Natural marriage"? Prior to ASS, "natural marriage" would have been a flashing neon oxymoron. Sex is natural. "Marriage" is a word denoting a highly contrived civil contract the historical purpose of which was to convey property and legacy, as well as to secure financial perks and legal rights. For most of the history of the institution called "marriage," the unions were arranged, the wife (wives and/or concubines approved in Gen: 4:19, 29:17-28, II Samuel 3:2-5, 5:13 and I Kings 11:3) were little more than property and love, although sometimes involved, was certainly not necessary.
"Defenders of the family"? In this usage, ASS demonstrates how it transmogrifies the real-world quality of other forms of communication, such as Polynesian languages that have no words for "ice" and Eskimo languages that have no words for "palm trees." ASS recognizes only heterosexual families: families with same-sex parents are simply not part of the lexicon and, therefore, non-existent in the ASS zeitgeist. For example, all the evangelical Christian Right lobbying groups call themselves "pro-family" despite the fact that they vehemently fight any form of benefits for same-sex families. Before ASS, the validity of the "pro-family" identification would have been negated by real-world facts such as those from the Adoption Family Center that document there are between 8 and 10 million children being reared in gay and lesbian families...More
Physician of the Year or GOP Whore...you choose
Craig's Thoughts,Theories and Tantrums
ABCnews reports that physicians all over America are being awarded the distinction of "Physician of the Year". Seems strange that so many people can get such an award in any given year. There is one stipulation that you make a $1,250 contribution to the National Republican Congressional Committee. The reward is the opportunity to travel to Washington for the scheduled events March 14-15, which included a tax-reform workshop as well as appearances by House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, and President Bush.
Seems like an ethical no-no, but Delay is involved so it must be legit. But it gets more suspicious, "The Republicans, under the direction of DeLay, came up with the idea for the awards five years ago as a means of helping to raise funds for the congressional campaign efforts for their party. ... In fact, signs reading "A Celebration of the House Republican Majority" and "Moving America's Agenda" decorated the hotel ballroom where last month's events were held."More
Employment is almost exactly the same as it was four years ago, even though there are an extra twelve million Americans sixteen and over:
Angry Bear: The most disappointing part about the US economy's poor job creation right now is that we may well be pretty much at the peak of economic growth for this business cycle; most economists forecast growth in the US to slow gradually from 2004's pace over the next two years... and those economists who think hard about the US's necessary current account adjustment (are you surprised that I was able work that subject into this post?) suspect that the economy may slow more than just gradually sometime over the next year or two. If this is the best job creation that the US economy can do when growth is relatively strong, what will the labor market look like as the US economy slows?
When it comes to your own life, however, it's best if the government--or some third party--steps in:
[T]he real lesson of the Schiavo case is not that we all need living wills; it is that our dignity does not reside in our will alone, and that it is foolish to believe that the competent person I am now can establish, in advance, how I should be cared for if I become incapacitated and incompetent. The real lesson is that we are not mere creatures of the will: We still possess dignity and rights even when our capacity to make free choices is gone; and we do not possess the right to demand that others treat us as less worthy of care than we really are ... [T]he autonomy regime, even at its best, is deeply inadequate. It is based on a failure to recognize that the human condition involves both giving and needing care, and not always being morally free to decide our own fate.
At least this has the benefit of stating clearly what is only implicit in most ranting about the Schiavo case: the logical conclusion of the much vaunted "culture of life" is that you are, under certain circumstances, expected to cede control of your body, your life, to people not of your own choosing. We are "not always... morally free to decide our own fate."
When it comes to your own life, however, it's best if the government--or some third party--steps in:
[T]he real lesson of the Schiavo case is not that we all need living wills; it is that our dignity does not reside in our will alone, and that it is foolish to believe that the competent person I am now can establish, in advance, how I should be cared for if I become incapacitated and incompetent. The real lesson is that we are not mere creatures of the will: We still possess dignity and rights even when our capacity to make free choices is gone; and we do not possess the right to demand that others treat us as less worthy of care than we really are ... [T]he autonomy regime, even at its best, is deeply inadequate. It is based on a failure to recognize that the human condition involves both giving and needing care, and not always being morally free to decide our own fate.
At least this has the benefit of stating clearly what is only implicit in most ranting about the Schiavo case: the logical conclusion of the much vaunted "culture of life" is that you are, under certain circumstances, expected to cede control of your body, your life, to people not of your own choosing. We are "not always... morally free to decide our own fate."
Let freedom ring, eh?
And what about that tax cut?
How do all the people who called me and others murderers etc for supporting the courts' decisions in the Schiavo case feel about all this?
(The original quote is picked up from Andrew Sullivan, who is appropriately appalled. And Digby has more.)
War News for April 05 Today in Iraq
"There are some who, uh, feel like that, you know, the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is: Bring 'em on. We got the force necessary to deal with the security situation. “ - George W. Bush, July 2, 2003.
Bring ‘em on: Two civilians killed and 13 wounded in bomb attack on café in Talafar. One US soldier killed, one wounded by gunfire in Talafar.
Let freedom ring, eh?
And what about that tax cut?
How do all the people who called me and others murderers etc for supporting the courts' decisions in the Schiavo case feel about all this?
(The original quote is picked up from Andrew Sullivan, who is appropriately appalled. And Digby has more.)
DC Media Girl : The question tonight over at Eschaton:
Could there be any bigger morons than the phallus-obsessed bunch at the powerline ("blog of the year!")?
Come on buddy, you know the answer to that.:
via Talk Left: The right-wing blogosphere can now wipe that egg off their keyboards... read on
Watch the right try to spin themselves out of this one. Shorter Powerline: It depends on the definition of "Republican official" and "party leader." (Sen. Martinez doesn't count because he'd only been in office three months and could hardly be described as a party leader.) And don't blame us, blame ABC and the Post. Don't you just love the way the right accepts responsibility?
It's laughable what Powerline is saying: "...the amazingly inept "talking points memo," which got the number of the Senate bill wrong, misspelled Terri Schiavo's name..." It is an inept memo because of it's contents. How many of the politician's couldn't even pronounce her name correctly when they made the case political? They should watch The Daily Show and get some real news.
Stewart Slams DOJ for Going After Whistleblowers Instead of Bankers
Fox's Krauthammer Wants US Engaged in Endless 'War on Terror'
Steve King Blames Ronald Reagan For Obama Presidency
McDonald's CEO Scolded by 9-Year-Old Girl For Selling Junk Food
Fox's Varney: Obama Re-Election 'Was Orchestrated By Government Bureaucrats' |
Stewart Slams DOJ for Going After Whistleblowers Instead of Bankers |
| Plays: 119 Downloads: 13 | |
 |
Stewart Eviscerates 'Fifty Shades of Greygan' Noonan for Iran-Contra Hypocrisy |
| Plays: 39 Downloads: 4 | |
 |
Fox News Host Tells Listeners to Punch Obama Voters 'in the Face' |
| Plays: 28 Downloads: 1 | |
 |
Gohmert: Force Women to Give Birth to Fetuses With 'No Brain Activity' |
| Plays: 19 Downloads: 5 | |
 |
'ConservoTax,' The First Tax Software For Republicans |
| Plays: 14 Downloads: 1 |
 |
Maddow: Fair Game to Disclose Names of Republicans Who Lied to ABC News |
| Plays: 6835 Downloads: 222 | |
 |
Colbert Mocks Tea Partiers For Whining About Tax-Exempt Status They Didn't Have to Ask For |
| Plays: 2297 Downloads: 164 | |
 |
Tornado Survivor Finds Her Dog While Being Interviewed |
| Plays: 1738 Downloads: 83 | |
 |
Maher: If You Think Benghazi is the Worst Scandal in American History, Call Your Doctor |
| Plays: 1383 Downloads: 114 | |
|
'ConservoTax,' The First Tax Software For Republicans |
| Plays: 1390 Downloads: 105 |
 |
Lewis Black Takes Apart Dishonest Campaign Ads in Epic Rant |
| Plays: 14705 Downloads: 487 | |
|
Maher: If You Think Benghazi is the Worst Scandal in American History, Call Your Doctor |
| Plays: 4143 Downloads: 257 | |
 |
Jon Stewart Mocks Wingnut Ted Cruz for Considering 2016 Presidential Run |
| Plays: 4109 Downloads: 274 | |
 |
Uygur: Papa John's CEO Can Afford Moat, But Not Healthcare for Employees |
| Plays: 3295 Downloads: 188 | |
 |
Conservatives' Enthusiasm Factor Masquerades as a Gilded Bubble |
| Plays: 2931 Downloads: 115 |
