Make sure you listen to this Bill O'Reilly clip on Media Matters
Joel and Lauren's mics have been cut for three minutes. They will be back on at 11:17. Someone just sent this picture, claiming it is Joel. This is not, I repeat not, funny.
Friday, March 23, 2007
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the phone was off the hook
now try
my number
14802929652
ok i was orginally told wrong
so who else could be this be
who doesn't know HER own #
"Now our policy is to reform the people, not the regime."
pls don't make me leave who I am
embarrsing enough
i have a new phone number now because i have been broke
relax, shell
you'll find out about the dead,
when you're dead
now go to your room...
and shoot yourself
i rang that number
and the person at the other end said they don't know anyone by the name of anonymous
ono try the other number
pls
"your call could not be connected"
happy now...
i don't have the codes
14802929652
14802929652
14802929652
14802929652
this is about as stupid as they come
what codes
1 for long distance
and oh country code!
hang on
0011 + 1 + Area Code+ Tel #
which is 4802929652
ok?
do you want me to leave who this is?
i will
i wish you people would just stop wanting to come through my monitor
it's there to keep you at bay!
do i bug you...
DO I !?
"oh, gimme your email"
"gimme this"
"what day do you do the washing"
dumass
War Protest Aimed at Democrats, Too
Vermont's anti-war movement staged a protest Saturday. But the Democrats who voted for a watered-down Iraq troop withdrawal in Congress this week won contempt, not praise. The measure that passed the U.S. House puts off any abandonment of the war for a year-and-a-half.
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Military families protest Pelosi capitulation
oday, Military Families Speak Out, the largest organization of military families speaking out against a war in the history of the United States, issued a "Certificate of Ownership for the Iraq War" to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and all who voted with the House Leadership to give President Bush the funding needed to continue the US military occupation of Iraq.
The certificate is headlined: "Certificate of Ownership — The War in Iraq: You Bought It, You Own It," and goes on to say: "In dubious recognition of your vote to continue funding the War in Iraq, we do hereby bestow upon you this Deed of Ownership." It is dated March 23, 2007, and signed by Military Families Speak Out, Iraq Veterans against the War and Veterans for Peace.
The back of the certificate reads:
Warranty: With your purchase of this war comes a guarantee of:
* The deaths of 3 US troops and countless Iraqi children, women and men every day;
* Over 500 wounded US troops each month;
* Increased suicides among returning Iraq War Veterans;
* Increased destruction of marriages and families of Iraq War Veterans;
* Inadequate medical and psychological care for returning troops and Veterans;
* Depletion of the National Treasury;
* Under-funding of health care, education, social services for people in the US;
* Destruction of Iraqi infrastructure;
* Decreased credibility for the United States in the world community;
* Decreased readiness—short and long-term—of US military.
"What we have just witnessed is a true failure of leadership," said Nancy Lessin, a co-founder of Military Families Speak Out, whose step-son served with the Marines in Iraq in spring, 2003. "People across this nation voted in November for an end to the war, not for Congress to provide President Bush with the funds to continue it. Our loved ones were first betrayed when they were sent off to fight a war based on lies. The US House of Representatives has betrayed them one again by abandoning them to this unjustifiable war."
Oh, now I see.
If I had known it was you, I wouldn't have said "don't bother."
You should call, ono.
I know who it is! I figured it out. Should I give it away?
u silly boogers!
love ya all
g'night!
no, don't
i rang and the message said, "cannot be connected as dialed"
ono, if you post your number one more time i will attempt to call you
istg
what?
i called my number from a cell phone just to be sure
it is
0011 + 1 + 480-292-9652
which is 4802929652
get it
not bonco
ok how many more clues do you want?
Night Jim!
I should get going too...
___
You should erase your number soon. Sunshine posting his number is one thing, he can handle anything, but you shouldn't leave your number out there, because people can bother you. Believe me, you'll thank me when you're not drunk.
i'm not drunk you satanist
"Do you remember your dream of the saintly anarchists burning heaven to the ground?"
Ya, that was fun. Last night.
"I am he who walks the path of heaven, and shall come to lead all."
http://lufia.rpgplanet.gamespy.com/files/minishcap/official/tree-stump-portal.jpg
Alright, you kids take care of yourselves. Sweet dreams...
"i'm not drunk you satanist"
Now you're just trying to turn me on.
Stop it, you!
hee hee
night
love you dada
in a nice friendly non heathen way
Graphical depictions....
?
Hi.
Hi.
I hope you two got it together eventually... :)
The pulverized remains of bodies from the World Trade Center disaster site were used by city workers to fill ruts and potholes, a city contractor says in a sworn affidavit filed yesterday in Manhattan Federal Court.
Eric Beck says debris powders - known as fines - were put in a pothole-fill mixture by crews at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, where more than 1.65 million tons of World Trade Center debris were deposited after the Sept. 11 attacks.
"I observed the New York City Department of Sanitation taking these fines from the conveyor belts of our machines, loading it onto tractors and using it to pave roads and fill in potholes, dips and ruts," Eric Beck said.
Beck was the senior supervisor for Taylor Recycling, a private contractor hired to sift through debris trucked to Fresh Kills after the trade center attacks. Before the arrival of Taylor's equipment at Fresh Kills in October 2001, the debris was sifted manually by workers using rakes and shovels.
Beck's affidavit was filed by lawyers for the families of 9/11 victims who are suing the city in hopes of creating a formal burial place for debris that they say contains human remains.
"It's devastating," Norman Siegel, an attorney representing the families, said of Beck's statement. "When the 9/11 families found about this, they were wiped out."
deed accomplished!
hope toni don't mind that i bought black sambuca
that way i can toast toni, s.j. & mel
: )
and to whom it may concerned
ty
: )
too fat
next pls
i am kidding
sheesh
'ello
Brazil shuts down Cargill's Amazon port By ALAN CLENDENNING, AP Business Writer
Sat Mar 24, 11:03 PM ET
Authorities shut down an important deep-water Amazon River port owned by Cargill Inc. on Saturday, saying the huge U.S. agribusiness firm failed to provide an environmental impact statement required by law.
The move by federal police and environmental agents to close Cargill's controversial soy export terminal was a major victory for environmentalists in Santarem, a sleepy jungle city about 1,250 miles northwest of Sao Paulo. It came after a late Friday ruling by Judge Souza Prudente, police and the Agencia Estado news service said.
"It was peaceful," federal police agent Cesar Dessimoni said of the shutdown. "They can appeal the ruling, but no one resisted."
Dessimoni said Minnetonka, Minn.-based Cargill had prepared an environmental assessment that did not meet federal standards.
"They'll have to do it correctly, as the law demands," he said by telephone from Santarem.
Environmentalists who point to soy farming, logging and cattle ranching as the primary threats facing the Amazon praised the closure, calling it a milestone in attempts to push the government to more effectively police a region where lawlessness often prevails.
"A big step forward has been taken in enforcing the responsible use of natural resources and bringing greater governance in the Amazon," Paulo Adario, Greenpeace Amazon Campaign Coordinator in Brazil, said in a statement.
Cargill, which has operated in Brazil since 1965, said Saturday that it plans to appeal the ruling and that it had submitted an environmental impact statement that was accepted by the Amazon state of Para, where Santarem is located.
LINK
Great interview of Chalmers Johnson who wrote a new book called "Nemisis".
Is the American Empire on the Brink of Collapse?
By Mark Karlin, BuzzFlash
Posted on March 24, 2007, Printed on March 25, 2007
LINK
I believe that we're close to a tipping point right now. What happened to the Soviet Union between 1989 and 1991 could easily be happening to us for essentially the same reasons. Imperial overreach, inability to reform, rigid economic ideology. ... The world's balance of power didn't change one iota on September 11, 2001. The only way we could lose the power and influence we had at that time was through our own actions, and that's what we did.
-- Chalmers Johnson, author of Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic
Has our "leadership" traded democracy for empire? Have their over-bloated egos convinced them that they are the world's newly crowned colonial kings? Author Chalmers Johnson is certainly not given to wearing rose-colored glasses. As he concludes in his newest book, Nemesis: "... my country is launched on a dangerous path that it must abandon or else face the consequences."
Johnson's well-argued, persuasive argument draws on the economic, military, and political lessons of the past, which may be just what's needed to wake up Americans in time to change course. In this interview, he explained his hopes and fears for contemporary America.
David Obey (yes, the same David Obey that shouted "liberal idiots" recently), after being criticized by the Washington Post for the language in the recently passed House Bill that sets a timetable for the withdrawal of troops, had this to say...
Speaker, yesterday a number of members on the Republican side of the aisle sought to belittle the legislation before us because in addition to funding the needs of the troops in Iraq it contains money to address a number of domestic priorities. To ridicule that legislation, they suggested -- they tried to belittle items such as funding for levees in New Orleans and agriculture disaster payments. And in that they have been joined by editorial writers at papers such as "The Washington Post."
Like The Post, the Republican speakers of yesterday indicated that their main objection to this legislation is the way it tries to create pressure to end our military involvement in an Iraqi civil war. Those speakers and the Washington Post editorial writers make no effort to understand why these additional items are there. They simply ridicule them for their own purposes...Let me submit to you the problem we have today is not that we didn't listen enough to people like the Washington Post. It's that we listened too much. They endorsed going to war in the first place. They helped drive the drumbeat that drove almost 2/3 of the people in this chamber to vote for that misguided, ill-advised war. So I make no apology.
LINK
A Decision The President Alone Must Justify
By: Anonymous Liberal @ 4:48 PM - PDT
Update: I wanted to welcome Anonymous Liberal to C&L. He blogged with Glenn Greenwald and will offer us some solid legal opinions from time to time… John Amato
President Bush is in a real bind. The circumstances surrounding the firing of eight United States Attorneys reek so badly of crass partisan politics that the President's advisers are trying very hard to distance him as much as possible from the decision-making process. Hence, this from Tony Snow:
MR. SNOW: The President has no recollection of this ever being raised with him. . . .
Q Just to follow, did you say, again for the record, that the President has no recollection of ever being asked about any of this?
MR. SNOW: Yes, the removal — yes, that is correct.
Indeed, Snow went as far as to assert that this was "a decision that was made at the U.S. Department of Justice."
Here's the problem, though. As Marty Lederman points out, the relevant statute–28 U.S.C. 541(c)–vests the power to remove U.S. Attorneys with the president ("Each United States attorney is subject to removal by the President.") As we've repeatedly been told, U.S. Attorneys serve at the pleasure of the President–not the pleasure of the Attorney General (and certainly not the pleasure of the Attorney General's chief of staff). The decision to fire a U.S. Attorney–much less eight of them–is unquestionably one for the president to make, so if President Bush was truly out of the loop on this, that's a problem in and of itself.
(Read the rest of this story…)
Chiquita terrorism story
goes deeper, darker
The paper found that Chiquita exposed entire communities to dangerous U.S.-banned pesticides, forced the eviction of an entire Honduran village at gunpoint and its subsequent bulldozing, suppressed unions, unwittingly allowed the use of Chiquita transport ships to move cocaine internationally, and paid a fortune to U.S. politicians to influence trade policy. Carl Lindner, a huge contributor to the Republican Party and a financier of the Swift Boat attacks against John Kerry, controlled the company.
LINK
Off to work
Later
hey mr. fitzmas fan,
thanks for dropping by. considering how fast president custer is going downhill, i would say fitzmas got the ball rolling just fine.
see you in hell, ha, ha, ha
I am still handsome!!!
Yeah, this is too much of a pain in the ass.
I Drink Alone, George Thoroghgood and The Destroyers
Some other time
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"We are in the same old mess
and some of us
the lucky ones
are drunk"
: )
Many blessings
//the lucky ones
are drunk//
well i'm in my same old dress
for whwn i drink with the o.g.
"i prefer to be by myself"
now i got gothic coloured lips
anyway...
i had the good fortune to speak to valerie plame
it was devine
~she's so fine~
i might be pregnant
Right now we have Little-mo. Admittedly we are getting nothing done.
No anti-war bill, no suppenas, no new taxes, nothing has really changed. But we still have Little-mo. We have the voter leaning our way.
To win in 2008 we need Big-mo. We need the presidency. We need the White House and control of the ever powerful veto.
The quickest way to go from Little-mo to No-mo is to nominate a black candidate for president.
Yes I said it right here! Nominate Obama and we got No-mo, we hand the presidency and the veto right back to the republicans.
morning gang,
life goes on and
another spring has sprung.
Edward's wife is terminal. Hillary is too female. Obama is too black. We have Little-mo, but we don't have an electable candidate.
Gore and Kerry have the stink of a loss on them. But either one would be less of a burden to explain.
Big-mo would come with a white-male-healthy candidate. Edwards with a healthy wife. He knows it, I know it, and the voters know it. But Liz is very, very sick. John can not be Big-mo.
Hillary is very female. No Big-mo to be had with that. Hell, half the democrats don't want to vote for Hillary. The only people who want Hillary to run are republican.
Now Obama is not very black. He knows it, I know it, and you know it. That is why he has such great buzz. But he is black enough for southerners to give the White House and that damn VETO back to the republicans.
We got Little-mo, but we need Big-mo. We need what the right had, congress and the white house.
Bring me Big-mo, where is he?
Has anyone seen my script?
eya, jimmy
just having a tea before i flop into bed
and checking out the tautological cluster-fuck that trollie wollie doodle boy is dishing out
(it's a desperate cry for help)
yeah, i seen your script
and it reads "help me"
Bush is proving how big the veto is. The veto changes the game in congress. A simple majority like we have now is meaningless. The veto forces a super majority.
Now is not the time to run a pc candidate. We must have a traditional candidate. Black, female, and illness can run as VP, no problem. But we need a classic American for president!
her name is valerie
valerie plame
anyway, back to politics...
the last classic america to be prez received a bullet in the head
oh, leonard don't need eyeballs
they're a hinderance
and besides he'd still be handsome
It is kind of sad that the blog has gone from the night it started out with such high hopes and fresh energy to one angry, hyper foreigner, ranting about some fabricated character that's handsome,
Non essere troppo duro su Ono. Mentre ottiene personale e nasty, determinate volte visualizza lo spirito intelligente. Certamente mi ha il panno sopra per. LOL! Pensa che sia Syna, Gare e cane da guerra. Quanto silly e stupido! Mai non ho lasciato ad un'ala di destra il messaggio politico sul blog tuttavia va fuori su me come quei assholes. Ono, siete il mio sacchetto australiano favorito della sporcizia
one more tea and a shot of black sammy
(yeah)
you should try it leonard
it's good for what ailles ya
but in your case add a good quantity of strychnine
: )
It's a shame you can't read what Lennie just told you Ono. It would wig you out for two weeks!
Rimanga via da Ono, lui non porterà niente ma il dispiacere.
"the crazy aussie is now advocating that leonard poison himself
he's advocating leonard poison himself"
OMG!
(the sky is falling)
(the sky is falling)
hey, don't sweat it
i'm down & wigged already
I don't think Leonard was too hard on him. He pretty much just told it like it is.
mmmm so yummy,
that smooth burning liquorice hits the spot
actually, some hank williams would go down well with these 2 beverages
(i hate to drink alone)
so hold the fort
ol' hank is bound to have a lyric or two that'll edify you
Leave the girls alone Ono, you are worthless.
In order not to be too much hard on Ono. While it obtains the staff and nasty, the times risoluti preview the intelligent spirit. Sure it has the cloth to me over for. LOL! He thinks that it is Syna, competitions and dog from the war. How much silly
+++++++
Poetry.
~...~
Wow dada, you speak really crappy dago.
*hee-hee*
wouldn't cha know it ol' hank was right next to billie holiday
(my albums are like people)
you can't accuse him of not having an eye for the ladies
; )
oh, you got that right
ah'm as worthless as sin
"Now is not the time to run a pc candidate. We must have a traditional candidate. Black, female, and illness can run as VP, no problem. But we need a classic American for president!"
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This message is brought to you by the David Duke campaign.
Hey gang! What the hell is going on in here? This place is nuts! We have a good day working here in the Buckeye. The sun is out! That is a rarity! OSU in the Final Four. This could be setting up a final between Florida and OSU so that Florida can crush Ohio's dreams just like they did in football a few months ago.
By the way...hey Leonard...I'm probaly not as handsome as you but you can't cook Johnny Cakes like I can. I am the master!
//This message is brought to you by the David Duke campaign. //
You are not going to change the United States in one election. The attempt will be an eight year mistake.
Martin Ramirez, 1895-1963
What little we know of Ramirez has been pieced together from disparate sources in an attempt to reconstruct a life that, for the most part, remains a mystery. It was Dr. Tarmo Pasto, an artist and psychologist, who was responsible for discovering, encouraging, and, initially, collecting the work of Martin Ramirez. The art of the insane was of particular interest to Dr. Pasto, and he was instrumental in initiating a number of Bay Area exhibitions on the subject. Although alive today, he is gravely ill and unable to participate in this project, but we are in his debt for what information we do have about Ramirez.
Pasto first met Ramirez at DeWitt State Hospital in Aubum, California. As a teacher of abnormal psychology at nearby Sacramento State University, Pasto arranged for the hospital staff to give a lecture-demonstration to his class; reading about abnormal psychology was one thing, but he believed his students could learn much more from firsthand observation of the inmates. During one of the sessions, a patient sitting in the audience removed a roll of drawings he had carefully hidden inside his shirt and silently slipped it to Pasto. After looking over the drawings, Pasto asked the clinical director if he might keep them; he also asked if he might visit the ward where the man lived and be introduced to him. When they met, Pasto discovered that Ramirez had accomplished his work with only the stub of a lead pencil—the kind that the ward dispensed to each patient.
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Martin was sending money back to his wife & kids in Mexico, when one day he was picked up in a catatonic state & instituionalized....
Reefer Jello said...
By the way...hey Leonard...I'm probaly (probably) not as handsome as you but
nope, hank's singing to me & only me
(god bless that man)
well, leonard
the regular crowd is here to keep you company
so i'll mosey-nosey along
"i'm a long gone daddy i don't need you anyhow"
Headed into Kent for a beef burrito and a mug of Dos Equis. See ya!
p.s. ♪
When the "British soldiers captured by Iranians" story broke, I thought, "who cares?"
Now it's appearing as if it might get very ugly very quickly.
The Iranian government is overreacting, the British government is overreacting... and you know that the U.S. government is dying to take advantage of the whole thing.
"You are not going to change the United States in one election. The attempt will be an eight year mistake."
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But once you create your genetically superior master candidate, you will win every race.
i remember Kent evenings
football and the white horse tavern.
i was 15 and looked twenty.
it was worth doing then.
I am talking politics here, I am talking about winning. That is a different thing then social change. I think we can win this thing. I think we can win big on all counts. But not with a candidate who has to overcome baggage. 08 is not the year for firsts in the presidency.
VP is the area for that. Take that step now. It would be easy with a strong white male presidential candidate running with whomever you heart desires.
Take what is on the table.
If we retain both houses of congress and get this veto off the table, you will have your change. All the change you can stand.
Rove rallies county's GOP faithful
President Bush's political guru Karl Rove sent a message to Oakland County Republicans Saturday night.
The deputy chief of staff for President Bush said they should remain positive, that their views are shared by most people in the United States, and the war in Iraq was needed to help stop terrorism.
"I'm optimistic our cause is just our party in on the right side of the issues," said Rove, who was the keynote speaker at the 118th Annual Lincoln Day Dinner, sponsored by the Oakland County Republican Party and the Lincoln Day Club.
...
During his speech, Rove said the issues that Democrats and Republicans are the most divided on have boiled down to taxes, spending and Iraq.
"In five years we will have a balanced federal budget," he said.
Rove also remarked the president had wanted to cut the deficit in half by the time he left office, and is now three years ahead of schedule on accomplishing that task.
"The Democrats have responded and they have released the budget resolutions," he said. "And the difference couldn't be more clear.
What they have given us is more of the same and that is higher taxes and more spending.
"They claim they want to balance the budget, but they want to do it on the back of every American worker and every American family and every American small business."
Rove said the Democrats would burden taxpayers with $400 billion in new or higher taxes. Some of the points he brought up were the taxing of married couples that work, higher taxes on capital gains and the "death tax" or taxes collected on estates.
"The fastest way to kill America's recovery is to raise taxes, and now is not the time to raise taxes," he said. "No country in the history of humanity has ever taxed itself and spent itself into prosperity."
On the subject of the war in Iraq, Rove said it is the "defining issue of our generation."
"Nobody wants a war," he said. "Nobody who has a family member or knows someone who is in the military wants a war."
Bringing up past terrorist attacks on and off U.S. soil, Rove said it was time the government stopped terrorist activities.
"We did the right thing by removing Saddam Hussein from power. He was dangerous, he used weapons of mass destruction on his own people, and he wanted the world to believe he had weapons of mass destruction," Rove said. "We were right by removing him from power."
"This is not the war we chose, it's the front they chose it's the battle they wanted."
While those remarks brought thunderous applause by attendees, it was outside where Rove's comments weren't as welcome.
A line of people holding signs denouncing Rove and the Bush administration formed in front of the country club before the dinner began. Many of them spoke about their anger over Rove's refusal to testify about the firing of eight U.S. attorneys.
Some Washington officials want to know more about why the Justice Department fired the eight attorneys. Some have concerns that the firings were punishment for the prosecutors' balking at Bush administration priorities.
Prosecutors are appointed to four-year terms by the president and can be dismissed by him at any time.
"We are of the opinion that Karl Rove should be in jail, not being honored by the Oakland County Republican Party," said Bruce Falk, one of the organizers of the protest. "He is a traitor. He has lied about getting us in the war, he's lied about they prosecutors, he won't testify under oath,"
The protesters could also get their picture taken with a man wearing mock prison clothes and a large mask depicting Rove.
Royal Oak resident Monica McCabe said she's one Republican who decided to join in the protest.
"I voted for (Ronald Reagan) and I think we need to get back on track," she said. "It's very hard to face the fact that we do bad things and it's no wonder people can't stand us. We've got to do good things with our money and good things for this world."
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"I am talking politics here, I am talking about winning. That is a different thing then social change."
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You're talking white supremacy here.
Bush has no base. Bush has no ideas. Bush has no control over congress. Bush is lame duck. But Bush still has the veto, and that changes everything. The veto is his power.
Chavez: China to Become a Top Oil Client
President Hugo Chavez said China is set to rival the United States as Venezuela's top oil buyer as he announced new plans with the Asian powerhouse to jointly ship oil, build refineries and expand crude production.
Chavez, speaking Friday after meeting with an official from the state-owned China National Petroleum Corp., told reporters that, "As a power, the United States is going down, while China is moving up."
...
White, male, healthy. Give em what that want. Take your VP slot and build on it. Any other candidate will soon learn the new definition of swiftboat. Don't be a fool.
"for Brutus is an honorable man"
The double portrait, Frederick Kiesler and Wife (1963-65), depicts the couple sitting on a couch.
She boldly faces the viewer, holding an apple in one hand.
Her other hand reaches above her diminutive husband's head to a cat perched on the top of the couch.
Kiesler and Wife
clearly the portrait of Frederick Kiesler and Wife is a metaphor for a hillary obama ticket. notice the superior position of both the woman and the black cat to the white male. the apple is representative of the tempation for such a ticket.
thanks alice. nice thought for a sunny day.
"the Nazi satirist whose name and blog I'm not remembering"
G.O.P. uber alles.
http://www.gopuberalles.com/
"clearly the portrait of Frederick Kiesler and Wife is a metaphor for a hillary obama ticket. notice the superior position of both the woman and the black cat to the white male. the apple is representative of the tempation for such a ticket."
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That is genius. You make a most compelling case.
Very wise of you to use art criticism to make your point. I think I understand where you are coming from a little better.
I thank you for opening my eyes.
Have a good day, everyone!
lately when the doggers
start boinking me with their noses,
trying to get me to play, i run em thru sit, stay, come, sit and sometimes a reward.
they do it to the hand signals as well as the sound 'commands'
reps of 5 or 6. then they find something else to do.
bright eyes, incredible memories.
Sorry to hear that Sam's show on AAR won't be on much longer. It was good while it lasted.
Unfortuately the old blog has been almost dead for about a year. 90% of the old regulars have been gone for quite a while. The only ones left are the ones that have way too much time on their hands that spend most of their free time online.
Hasta La Vista Sam Baby!
U.S. documentary shows everyday abuse of Abu Ghraib
Sun Mar 25, 8:36 AM ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Abu Ghraib prison is notorious for images that surfaced in 2003 showing horrific abuses of Iraqis by U.S. soldiers, but a new documentary aims to highlight the plight facing many innocent Iraqis by depicting the humdrum misery there.
U.S. filmmaker Michael Tucker won critical acclaim for his documentary "Gunner Palace," about American soldiers taking up residence in Saddam Hussein's former palace.
Now his film "The Prisoner, or: How I Planned to Kill Tony Blair," made with his wife Petra Epperlein, tells the story of Yunis Khatayer Abbas, an Iraqi journalist captured by American soldiers in 2003.
In the film, Abbas recalls the humiliation of his interrogation, which led to him being told he was suspected of plotting to assassinate British Prime Minister Tony Blair, before being sent to Abu Ghraib.
But the film does not focus on any of the graphic images or depictions of abuses that made the prison an international scandal. And that is exactly the point, Tucker told Reuters in an interview.
"People are so jaded with basic human suffering that unless it is sensational, they don't respond to it," he said.
'TREATED LIKE ANIMALS'
The interrogations innocent Iraqis like Abbas suffer every day deserve as much attention as the now infamous photographs of abuse at Abu Ghraib, Tucker said .
"We can't forget these are civilian people being treated like animals," he said.
Benjamin Thompson, a former Army specialist also featured in the film after he befriended Abbas while stationed at Abu Ghraib, told Reuters that "the scandal basically diverted everyone's attention away from anything that wasn't in those photographs."
"It was like no matter what happened there as long as we didn't stack people and make pyramids (of them) we were doing a great job," said Thompson, who returned from Iraq to Ohio two years ago and went back to civilian life.
"In reality what was taking place was a dehumanizing policy of lack of care, medical attention, food and basic operational security," he said.
Tucker says his film aims to put human faces on Iraqis like Abbas, who he believes were misunderstood by Americans.
"I don't think that we have really ever had someone in film that the average person can connect with and really see the war in human terms," said Tucker, noting Abbas's sense of humor.
In one scene, the Iraqi recalled laughing when eventually being told by American interrogators he was being held captive over suspicions he plotted to attack Blair.
"What he was charged with was so absurd," said Tucker, who uses footage of Abbas being captured by soldiers after he accompanied them on the raid. "It just shows how poorly the intelligence system works."
Tucker said he hoped politicians will come up with better solutions and security for Iraq and take a simple message from his film: "They need to start caring about the human consequences of this war."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070325/film_nm/iraq_doc_dc
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the one O'clock shift of doom is here!
eya bud or budette, take a break.
our spirit is completely
shattered and broken.
we are mere remeants
of our former illustrious selves.
and it was mainly, nay all, due to your efforts!
reward yourself, you've worked hard.
Thanks for posting the info on the Abu Gharib documentary Read This!.
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QUOTE OF THE WEEK
"The status of being a dissident unites dissidents on either side."
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GOP Support For Attorney General Erodes -
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Republican support for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales eroded Sunday as three key senators sharply questioned his truthfulness and a Democrat joined the list of lawmakers who want him to resign over the firing of eight federal prosecutors.
"We have to have an attorney general who is candid and truthful. And if we find out he's not been candid and truthful, that's a very compelling reason for him not to stay on," said Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which oversees the Justice Department.
Specter, R-Pa., said he would wait until Gonzales' scheduled April 17 testimony to the committee on the dismissals before deciding whether he could continue to support the attorney general. He called it a "make or break" appearance.
To Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., Gonzales "does have a credibility problem. ... We govern with one currency, and that's trust. And that trust is all important. And when you lose or debase that currency, then you can't govern. And I think he's going to have some difficulties."
Hagel cited changing stories from the Justice Department about the circumstances for firing the eight U.S. attorneys. "I don't know if he got bad advice or if he was not involved in the day-to-day management. I don't know what the problem is, but he's got a problem. You cannot have the nation's chief law enforcement officer with a cloud hanging over his credibility," Hagel said.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Gonzales has been "wounded" by the firings. `He has said some things that just don't add up," said Graham, who is on the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Continues at:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070325/ap_on_go_co/fired_prosecutors
or just click my name
happy Sunday Blog!
I do not know how to delete posts from this blog
but don't worry
no one reads this blog anyway
and once the thread changes it will be lost
-conbo
wow.
it's great to recollect by listening to the Fritz "appearances" on Majority Report that he posted on his old site.
LINK
good radio...
i think anyone should be able to speak their minds.
the signal to noise ratio varies widely.
//"It was like no matter what happened there as long as we didn't stack people and make pyramids (of them) we were doing a great job," said Thompson, who returned from Iraq to Ohio two years ago and went back to civilian life.//
sounds like my job
-conbo
ya Catharina!
eya #! love ya both.
having been here from the start
gives us a unique perspective and sense of timing.
sounds like my job
-conbo
March 25, 2007 1:52 PM
*****
You are too funny!
Eya Jim!
Hope you're feeling better today...!
One thing I will say about this blogger spot, is that the speed isn't effected when there are 794 comments.
The old one ... well ... you've all been there...
Of course, the things you give up for that ... well ... not worth it.
Im not kidding
I cannot be fired
too much paperwork is involved
I wish everyone has a job like this
highly organized union
Unfortunately i think I one of the last few in the US with a job like this
-conbo
wow
just re reading the thread from last night
interesting
might be time to invest in some smaller drinking glasses
sorry blog
oh well
-conbo
Is your child searching for online porn?
-- Use Internet content filtering software such as the Net Nanny or CyberPatrol
-- Locate your home computer(s) in the family room, living room or otherwise open area in your home.
-- Limit the amount of time your children spend online.
-- Educate your children to the dangers of online threats in the same manner you would about the dangers of talking to strangers.
-- Make sure your Windows automatic updates are turned on and your content filters are up to date.
-conbo
It is of some interest that those who have failed to move on after to collapse of the MRR blog are either single or in a very weak relationship.
That would indicate to me that the those left behind are those that can not adapt to change in their lives. This small group of hangers-on seems to cling together for lack of anything else to cling to at all.
So it seems this make-shift blog acts as a lifeline to some very unfortunate people. For that reason alone Sam should keep this blog alive after he is fired.
Perhaps I should give Connie a call. She clearing is searching for something in her life. Ono last night was begging for a friend. We shouldn't let people suffer like that.
lets not do that
but thanks for um, being creepy and stuff
lets not do that
but thanks for um, being creepy and stuff
that was me
-conbo
I love Israel, I hate AIPAC
-conbo
//I love Israel, I hate AIPAC//
the thread in this diary was fun to read
lots of tension
people acusing each other of being anti semities over misunderstanadings
-conbo
Connie, did Ono molest you in any way last night?
It is of some interest that those who have failed to move on after to collapse of the MRR blog are either single or in a very weak relationship, or are gay and ugly as ratshit, like me.
That would indicate to me that the those of us left behind are those that can not adapt to change in our lives. This small group of hangers-on seems to cling together for lack of anything else to cling to at all.
So it seems this make-shift blog acts as a lifeline to some very unfortunate people. For that reason alone Sam should keep this blog alive after he is fired.
jesus h
i just re re re read this thread
i think I should take a break from the blog
holy crap.
no Ono didn't do anything, it was a stupid phone call
but as for me, I should probably take a break from blogging and perhaps pursue the great outdoors
a little more
wow
sorry blog
btw anyone can call me if they want
except the trolls
-conbo
i love everyone here
Most of the males here seem kind of gender neutral. And a few like Ono, dr, and Bait batting on the other team. So I didn't think Ono would be interested. I just thought he might be a switch hitter.
Evening all!
Connie, there's a little trash can at the bottom of your post in the left corner. You can go back to those posts you want to delete and click on the trash can and they go away.
anonymous users don't get trash cans
new thread
https://www2.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1260223047421551014&postID=85412755795263207
Can A Two Year Old Be Accurately Diagnosed Bipolar?
-conbo
I found out the name of the British boat that was detained by the Iranians. It is called:
The Alamo
Why the British would use the name of a Texas shrine is a mystery to me, but there you have it.
KIRK
Why did Joel leave and where did he go?
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