It's Casual Friday! Break out your official Sam Seder Show...Zubaz!
WATCH THE SAM CAM
It's Gonzo Watch Day 5! Will Alberto Gonzales' (pictured below, with Karl Rove) resignation come today? Friday at 4 p.m. is a great time to dump bad news...
(PSSST ... We've been posting lots of pictures of the muppet Gonzo to, you know, make fun of Alberto Gonzales. Points to whoever can find ... or create .. a picture of Gonzo WEARING ZUBAZ.)
In the meantime, here's who's on the show today: In the 9 o'clock hour, Joe Conason of the New York Observer and Salon.com. Later, in the 11 o'clock hour, we'll raise Marc Maron, who according to the phone number he gave us for today is in Atlanta.
Here's today's comment thread
UPDATE: Ask and ye shall receive ... from Dawn in Ann Arbor, MI. (Bravo, Dawn!) Click for a larger image.
368 comments:
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Jesselyn Radack
This Sam Seder in kind a hard head.
Sam is the only one who can put the real blog right, and refuses to do so.
Morning Sam and Crew!!
Today's the big day! Valerie Plame speaks!
I suggest Sam has a stubborn streak.
ON CAPITOL HILL
Valerie Wilson Testifies
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) chairs a House Oversight and Government Reform Ctme. hearing on the disclosure of CIA Agent Valerie Plame Wilson's identity. The hearing will look into whether White House officials followed appropriate procedures for safeguarding the identity of Ms. Wilson.
FRIDAY, C-SPAN AT 10AM ET
Yeah, really looking forward to Waxman's hearings today.
If you tell Sam to do something, he does just the opposite.
Yes, thank you for registering your complaint about the blog. None of us are huge fans of it, either. Your bitch is noted and added to the kollective.
So, moving right along...
sam, fix the blog, sam, the feed doesn't work, sam, wheres the sam cam, sam, sam, sam
arrrgh. how about setting up a 2nd blog where the whiners can hang out?
morning all. lots more bad economic news this morning. coupled with a triple witching day and the markets will be fun today.
A bill granting Washington, D.C. “its first full-fledged seat in the House of Representatives passed the Judiciary Committee yesterday, clearing the final hurdle before a vote by the entire House, expected next week.” The legislation “faces an uphill battle” in the Senate.
LINK
If it was my blog I would have had in fixed in 2 days.
John McKay, one of the purged U.S. Attorneys, yesterday “called for an investigation of the Justice Department’s handling of the firings. McKay said that at very least, there should be an investigation by the DoJ’s Inspector General, but if that was opposed, a special prosecutor should be appointed.”
LINK
Sux we can't hear the the crew on the cam..... = (
They're funny = J
blah blah blah said...
arrrgh. how about setting up a 2nd blog where the whiners can hang out?
Done:
http://whiner.wordpress.com/
G'morning!
Im sure the inmates cant wait to get scooter libby "on the groung"
and pry open his ass and take turns reaming out his business.
From here on, Libby can do his 'scootering' in the Danbury prison shower. :)
SAM CAM
http://www.airamerica.com/premium/clip.php?id=2848
This anonymous posts strangly like War Dog.
Cat Chew said...
blah blah blah said...
arrrgh. how about setting up a 2nd blog where the whiners can hang out?
Done:
http://whiner.wordpress.com/
G'morning!
Hahahahahahaha!! Morning Cat Chew ;)
Name suggestion for the newsletter(?)
"Oh, Seder makes your life easier"
...Hey, whadda ya want! I'm media raped and freely admit it!
Michael Carlucci from Rochester, MN
How is this blog so very different than the original?
They're both rather annoying, format-wise, IMO....
& if Sam is the only 1 who can fix things, I get that he may be more than a little busy = J
Can I just say....you people are idiots.
You REALLY think Sam Seder is some kind of progressive, don't you?
He's a Democratic Party SHILL.
Proof? He ignored THE two biggest stories of the week, because they cast Democrats (and the likely Dem Prez nominee) in a bad light...
1. Nancy Pelosi allowing a provision that Bush had to get Congressional approval before attacking Iran to BE TAKEN OUT of the supplemental spending bill.
2. Hillary saying that she'd STILL support a "unknown" number of troops in Iraq if she becomes President.
Seder, Randi Rhodes, and the rest are hacks and unless it's Joe the Schmoe Lieberman, kiss ANY Democrat's ass rather than stand up for principles!
Nice to see ya, Mme. Chew. : )
Stopped by your place again to check in, and it was closed.
SAM,
When is the old blog going to work again?
I would not only fix the old blog, I would make it the best blog on the Internet.
I seriously doubt Mr. Libby is gonna be in the kind of prison where the rapers hang out.....
I think it's gonna hard enough on him just to have to say buhbye to his expensive clothes & eat prison food.
sammy cam link just plays a recording that it is expired. anyone else having this problem?
Abu Gitmo gonzales in preparation for going to prison will be getting a new tattoo. After all,.. thinking ahead,.. he too wants to make sure he "gets some too".
http://thumbsnap.com/v/vXKp0olJ.jpg
IOW, Sam, it's not all about PUNISHMENT - it's about justice.....?
67 percent: Number of Americans who believe President Bush should not pardon Scooter Libby, opposed to just 21 percent who believe he should.
LINK
The old blog is one phone call away from being fixed.
Getting all sorts of errors with the cam. Plays for 10-30 seconds, freezes, take my network connection with it.
"RealPlayer is, essentially, a virus."
Sam Seder
Hiya, WfC.
That was a planned closing. I just re-opened it in case you didn't see my reply to your comment. (At least I think I just reopened it. Sometimes I don't get along so well with "dashboards.") That was my "shadow" blog. My sadly neglected blog with content is here.
Can we get David Cross in here on some Friday
Mark Maron Rules!
When Gonzales goes to jail, he can test those torture methods, he liked so much, first hand!
THERES NO REASON REAL PLAYER WONT WORK IF YOUR SYSTEM IS SET UP PROPERLY.
maybe try to download all the xp or vista updates, and if you have a Mac, well there wont be a problem, because theyre so user friendly anyway.
Sam,
Bill Scher makes a great point on the LiberalOasis.com blog this morning about the Democrats and progress Iraq.
Bottom line, over and over again, the Democrats need to make it clear to the American people that we want to leave (set deadline) Iraq and the Republicans want to stay indefinitely. Over time it will become obvious that the only way to end the occupation in Iraq is to elect the Democratic Party in '08.
I think the House vote yesterday and the defeated Reid vote yesterday show progress for the Democrats.
is premium air america requried for sammy cam? anyone else have expired message?
Eglin is the original "Club Fed," nicknamed as such back in the 1980s when prisoners were allowed to wear their own clothes and even go home to have dinner with their families.
Those fast and loose days are long gone, but the nickname has stuck. Inmates maintain the golf course at nearby Eglin Air Force Base, but make no mistake--they never get the chance to hit a few themselves. Disgraced shoe designer Steve Madden is serving his 41-month sentence here.
Location: Fort Walton Beach, Fla.
Opened: 1962
Capacity: 800
Population: 792
Amenities: Open dormitories hold 50 men who sleep in two-man cubicles. Softball, basketball, soccer, flag football, universal weight machine, free weights.
Vocational training offered in diesel and small-engine mechanics; dental assistant apprenticeships.
Prisoner perks: Eglin has an active music department that sponsors a number of inmate bands and also has a stash of instruments that prisoners can check out. Also of note is the camp's strong religious studies program that even goes so far as to offer Native American practitioners a small hide tent that can be used as a sweat lodge.
My system has a fresh install of XP Home, SP2. The only errors I get are when streaming AAR.
Thanks, though.
p.s.
Stop shouting
A friend just sent me this. I make no claims for it!
Check your name for terrorist matches
http://nofly.s3.com/index.jsp
Man, I had to miss two whole days of Sam and Thom 'cause I was travellin' and boy did I miss them.
Oh, and here's the SammyCam link.
>>>>THERES NO REASON REAL PLAYER WONT WORK IF YOUR SYSTEM IS SET UP PROPERLY.
This is a really, really good point.
The only problem I have with Sammy Cam is that there is a red glow in the room which wasn't there earlier.
I have no problem with Real but I just downloaded the newest update.
LOL!!!!! Joe Conason is a gossip queen!!! Please Joe, tell us what you've heard about so and so and what you think of so and so's writing. I luv the Sammy cam!
how about bringing sam cam up on that laptop that you can see on sam cam so we can have sam cam on sam cam?
it is Randi Cunningham in House that said, Gonzo has to go
RE: red glow in studio ... Sam is developing photos during the breaks today. White light will ruin the prints. OK, OK. Truth: our studio lighting is bad on camera.
where do they come up with these things. first we had dick cheneys dick when talking about scooter pie, now we have bush's bush for his loyal supporters.
not sam said...
RE: red glow in studio ... Sam is developing photos during the breaks today. White light will ruin the prints. OK, OK. Truth: our studio lighting is bad on camera.
March 16, 2007 6:45 AM
Heh! Kinda gives the room a Zubaz look!
I kinda like the rosy glow....
But it went all normal-looking there for a few minutes - now it's rosy again.
what is sam talking about, is he going to lose his job?
are they going to cancel samseder show?
Saw that, Cat Chew.
: )
Hawhaw - the 'well he did it 2' excuse - a classic!
I work w/ kids - my response is, 'If it was wrong for the other kid to do it - what made it right for you?
But Conason's correct - this is false equivalency - the 'other guy' DIDN'T do it 2.....
QUESTION FOR SAM & JOE:
As I understand it, the purge was Rove's (and the WH's) way to place Bush-loyalist AG's in key states to affect dirty tricks against Dems running in 2008. It's right out of the Nixon/Atwater playbook. Obviously, this is politically and morally very wrong - but is there actual legal criminality here (not the ensuing coverup)?
They might be talking about money due from AAR to talent/staff....?
WfC, glad you saw it, my erudite blogkin :)
it's about to start on C-Span the Plamegate hearings...
Erudite is a new one for me. Gonna have to tell my mom that Joe Conason called me erudite. : )
Hey Sam, you made mistake about Khalid Sheik Muhammad not speaking English very well. KSM attended Chowan college first, a small baptist school in North Carolina in 1983. He went on to recieve a US DEGREE in mechanical engineering at NC Tech State in 1986. I just heard that he confessed to being the second person on the Grassy Knoll and it was he that actually sunk the city of Atlantis.
Hey - where d'ya get Sam's IM?
SAM .... Are YOU EATING MELON BECAUSE YOURE ON A DIET ?
THE DIET DOESNT WORK IF YOU EAT 3000 CALORIES OF MELON.
WHY DONT YOU DRINK WATER COMPULSIVELY, LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE?
Use Aol IM and send to samsedershow
I'm looking at a ball that Pete Rose inscribed "To Sambo" for a black collector.
_________
sam·bo /ˈsæmboÊŠ/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[sam-boh] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -bos. Disparaging and Offensive. 1. a black person.
2. a Latin American of black and Indian or mulatto ancestry.
__________
So the guy isn't exactly the brightest or nicest man who has played the game. Although he worked strenuously and was a great player, he isn't a sympathetic figure by any stretch.
Joe is a low talker...
can bush do a recess appointment for attorney general? if so maybe they're waiting for spring break.
Liveblog of Waxman's hearings today at kos
Hey - even if they make a big show of Gonzo resigning (never fired!) - won't they just shuffle him off into some less visible place - like they seem to've done w/ a lotta the others?
Sam, since it's Casual Friday, one thing I've been thinking about is all the crap going around about the deviciveness within the Democratic Party, especially due to the Liberals and Progressives among us. The right wing and the media love to jump on that as if it's a sign of weakness. After seven years of watching the Republicans marching in lock-step (or, goose-step, if you prefer), bending over for whatever the Bush-Cheney regime dictates, the ability of a party to have strong disagreements within its ranks seems to me to be a sign of strength, as well as a demonstration of the true spirit of independence and democracy.
m the a-c said...
I'm looking at a ball that Pete Rose inscribed "To Sambo" for a black collector.
don't you go trash talking about pete. whats wrong with a little friendly wager anyways?
[removes head from ass]
what was that sound?
zubaz for the massez
Audio and video links for hearings available in that kos diary
Valerie Plame testifies now. It's on c-span.
The end of an email I wrote to some friends. (You can quote me):
....
Anyway, they must have thought everything was going swimmingly. The firings were in December, and there was almost no peep of complaint for 2 months.
But now they're neck deep in negative publicity. It's like a napalm fire. It's burning them up, and they can't put it out. (My apologies for the morbid metaphor. But let's hope it's accurate.)
Sweet. Waxman skewering Jr. with Daddy's words.
Poetry
From the liveblog:
Waxman:
to examine how the WH handles highly classified info. in 6/03 one of the nation's classified secrets (outing of Plame), repeatedly revealed to the media. This was a breach of nat'l security. I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who disclose the names...they are traitors.
How did this occur?
Did the WH take appropriate (step) after breach occurred?
What are necessary steps (to prevent this in the future)?
Fitzgerald investigation has a narrow criminal focus and didn't answer policy questions, it didn't seek to ascribe responsibility outside confines of the law.
Our role is different - its not our job to determine criminal culpability; we need to see what went wrong and make changes.
This is in open session - its appropriate, but challenging. she was a COVERT OPERATIVE OF THE CIA.
did tony snow really say the troops could get on the job training? how criminal is that?
Hey WFC, You got a couple of shout outs and a compliment from Joe!!
That's great and well deserved!
Remember, this is not a transcript, it's a rough outline.
Status confirmed as covert.
Eat that, wingnuts
VALERIE PLAME is on CBS , streaming live with Waxman running the show.
too bad this didnt happen 3 years ago huh?
: )
I'm grinnin', toniD. Too busy with Plame, though.
What a day it's gonna be.
Anonymous said...
VALERIE PLAME is on CBS , streaming live with Waxman running the show.
too bad this didnt happen 3 years ago huh?
March 16, 2007 7:23 AM
Yea too bad!! Now we are suffering, as a country, because of it.
More:
She was covert.
at the time of the publication of Novak's column, her employment status was covert. this was classified info. She oversaw work of other CIA employees, GS14, step 6 of the payscale. Worked on highly sensitive and secretive matters. Without discussing specifics of her classified work, she worked on prevention, development and use of WMD's against the US. She faced significant risk to safety and life; took serious risks on behalf of our country.
Maintaining her cover critical to her and other's safety. (this outing) had serous effects (her cover, risks to others, undermined confidence ...)
This was so detrimental, CIA filed crimes report with the DOJ. Even now she is prohibited in discussing details of her work in public.
Some suggested she did not have a sensitive position; she has taken a lifelong oath to protect classified info, even after her employment ended.
Any characterization that minimizes (her) is flatly wrong. there should be no confusion on this point.
VALERIE PLAME IS A SNAPPY LITTLE DISH
HOW HOT WAS SHE WHEN SHE WAS 20?
Snappy dish?
Wish I could troll rate that.
Hayden (head of CIA) said she's covert. Love to here the wingnut's head's exploding on that.
Tom Davis (R) Virginia on now.
He's talking about how much they can actually say in an open session.
Cia issues a crimes report because of the outing of Valerie Plame!
I am sorry for thread hogging. Feel free to tell me to STFU (anons need not apply) if it is disruptive.
**blah blah blah said...
did tony snow really say the troops could get on the job training? how criminal is that?
March 16, 2007 7:21 AM **
If he really said that, he's fucking insane - like all the rest of 'em
>= (
Has anyone seen my script?
Of course Davis said it is more of a CIA problem than a WH problem.
We'll see!!
Anyone watching the Plame hearing should check out the person in the back wearing the "Impeach Bush Now" t-shirt.
I'm taping this. But I missed the beginning.
toniD said...
Tom Davis (R) Virginia on now.
LOOK AT THE WOMAN WITH THE PPINK IMPEACH T-SHIRT BEHIND PLAME
Nukeboot said...
Anyone watching the Plame hearing should check out the person in the back wearing the "Impeach Bush Now" t-shirt.
March 16, 2007 7:34 AM
I saw that. She just crossed her fingers like she was saying naughty naughty when Valerie was talking about the people spoiling her cover.
rocky rococo said...
Has anyone seen my script?
audrey farber has it.
You can bet that under the Republic congress she would have already been bagged and on her way to Guantanomo.
Plame:
"They [Bush administration] should have been diligent in protecting me and every CIA officer...[they] jeopardized and even destroyed entire networks of foreign agents...lives are literally at stake."
"We in the CIA know that we might be exposed by foreign enemies...my exposure arose from purely political motives."
didn't you out your self...
thats absurd. her cover was that she worked for brewster jennings. did we all fall thru the looking glass?
Plame:
"I loved my career because I love my country."
Rep. John Yarmuth (D) Kentucky
Valerie Plame was a covert officer on July 14th, the day Novak wrote his column.
VPW opening statement, rough transcript:
We should not be seeking classified from Ms. Wilson in this open forum.
VPW opening statement: I'm honored to be invited and testify under oath...on the critical issue of classified information. I served loyally and to the best of my ability. worked on behalf of nat'l security and people of the US until my name was exposed... I can tell this committee even more. In the run up to the war worked in couterproliferation...I raised solid intelligence on WMD programs. Managed and ran secret worldwide operations and traveled to foreign countries on secret missions to find vital intelligence. I was proud of the serious responsibilities entrusted to me and dedicated to this work. It was not common knowledge on the Georgetown cocktail circuit. All was abruptly ended when my name was exposed.
Libby - was shocked by the evidence. My name was carelessly and wrecklessly abused. They should have been diligent in protecting me and every officer. CIA (goes to lengths to protect most sensitive staffers). Harm done is grave, but can't provide details in this hearing). It has jeopardized and destroyed entire networks of foreign agents who risk their and their families lives. Lives are at stake.
the travesty of what happened to me can happen to those. We knew we could be exposed by foreign entities; irony that (it came from domestic sources). My exposure arose from political motives.
Tradecraft of intelligence is not a product of speculation. All intelligence professionals are dedicated that they would rather be fired on the spot (than to be going through a politicized process). Politics and ideology must be stripped or the consequences will be more severe and our country placed in more danger.
Congress has constitutional duty to restore...and that includes intelligence.
Anyone brave enough to see what Fox is saying about this?
Dewey came on and my SamCam crashed.
Coincidence?
If you have a kos account, go give Ellicat some mojo
has anyone heard anything additional about the plame outing being more about destroying brewster jennings than screwing joe wilson? the theory was that brewster jennings was in a position to prove that the administration was lying about wmd's in iraq and by getting them out of the way nobody could dispute cheney.
Heehee Dewey calls every day - he must be a shut-in....
(FYI, when I was a kid, they used to read the comic pages on Sunday morning local TV for 'shut-ins. They did prayer services too)
CIA did a damage assessment, determined that VPW's network and it's members were put in danger.
Oh Dewey, there are so many (scandals and improprieties) too choose from.
Hodes is pissed.
blah blah blah said...
has anyone heard anything additional about the plame outing being more about destroying brewster jennings than screwing joe wilson? the theory was that brewster jennings was in a position to prove that the administration was lying about wmd's in iraq and by getting them out of the way nobody could dispute cheney.
March 16, 2007 7:44 AM
That's interesting, Blah 3. I hadn't heard that b4 but anything is plausible.
Asked if Cheney had her permission to blow her cover.
LMAO
Sam Seder take a pee break!
They made the lady in pink sit down. Got her a chair. Hmmmm!
And so they can never get back into government--most of these traitors are recycled. Thank you President Ford - may you rest in peace.
While the Blogosphere laugh and cut jokes about Gonzales...who'll resign and get replaced with a "nicer version" of himself ...with 10-15-25 DEMOCRATS supporting Bush's nominee....
the REAL stories go un-reported on Air America, because they hurt the Democratic Party.
Seder's a shill....he ignores Hillary ignoring even John Murtha, and just wanting a "pull-out-Lite" (Baghdad only...if that)...
and he ignores Pelosi selling us out on the "no attack Iran without Congress" proviso.
Atleast Lieberman is HONESTLY as shill for the neo-cons!
According to Rep Davis...IT'S THE CIA's FAULT!
Hodes:
Showing a flowchart of Disclosures of her Classified CIA employment. Looking at the chart - are your surprised that so many had access to your employment
VP: Yes, and am surprised on how they used it.
..
expectation was that all CIA officers, undercover, was that senior officials would protect our identities.
H: (were you asked by any WH officials for your permission to disclose your status - Cheney, Rove?)
VP: (answers no to each example)
H: do you have theories of who told Rove of your status?
VP: no I do not...it would just be guesses.
H: that's what this committee is about - following the links to their destinations.
(talks about when Rove stated "VP is fair game). Is there any circumstance you can think of to justify (outing an agent)?
VP: no, I cannot
Davis is on trying to say that Rove and Cheney didn't know that she was covert.
He's spinning this!
dude - Valerie Plame is rock'en
Why would anyone in government ever say that ANYONE works at the CIA?
The Repug tactic in the hearings appears to be shift the blame off the White House. Looks like they're trying to tar CIA.
Not. Gonna. Work.
I cannot see the whole hearing room - but it appears to be vacant of Repubs.
DAvis - is a dick - he is my congressmen
The lady in pink keeps standing up then, when told, sits down again.
We're all going to die!
Victorie Toensing is testifying. She said that Plame was not covert at the time.
Oh Snap! - kickin on Toensing - under oath.
"I was a covert officer of the CIA agency....."
Cummings is trying to discount Victoria's testimony b4 she testifies. Cool!
This is the high crime - impeach!
Sounds like Sam is reading from a different blog than this one!
Cummings ftw, Toensig = pwned
ROFL
Her fellow employees knew she was covert.
She could count on one hand the people who knew she was covert when she was outed.
Sam isn't reading the blog, he's reading the IM's.
all of the above idiot.
Undercover, covert undercover interchangeable.
semantics
Sam...delete your browsing history....frequently!
It is not to late - read some current events.
The ultimate issue here was it Valerie Plame or was it the operation she was involved with that actually worked on nuclear proliferation - IRAQ AND IRAN!
It is critical because they are now trying to push the nuke issue with Iran with the same bullshit.
Oh Sammy needs a Macintosh!
I've NEVER had any hardware probs w/ Mac (other than worn out mouse/keyboard) - EVER!
& I can't my IM software - that's what Sam's reading - I don't think he's reading here very much.....?
what is the IM ?
The Pink lady is standing again with her hands on her hips like she is daring them to ask her to sit again.
stepped away to watch cspan. i don't know how you can watch this and not want to see the whole administration impeached.
about the only thing left that the neoclowns can do is to impune vp or try and convince the faithful that she's a liar.
its hard to believe that any republican that wants to get re-elected would still carry water for the administration in this hearing.
totally said...
what is the IM ?
March 16, 2007 8:09 AM
Instant Messaging!
Like AIM or Yahoo Message
The Crazy Elf From cleveburgh is playing to the camera!
Check out that toupee!
LOL!
I can't watch it. I'll blow a gasket. I'm just reading the liveblog. I'm already so pissed I'm shaking.
I know what IM is - I am requesting Sams specific IM address.
Go Dennis Go
samsedershow
is the IM address on AIM
Where's the liveblog WFC?
Firedoglake?
You should watch. This is the Democrats being to the point. they are snapping them all. The Repubeks are having a stammering session.
DEMOCRATS have got their shit together on this one.
Kucinich: Was a covert ever outed before
Valerie: No, not by our government
It's on a thread at kos that will shift as it gets too large.
Here's the current thread, toniD.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/3/16/104744/415
Kucinich is framing in the context of the US Atty. firings. Smart bastard
What is Sam's buddy name for AIM? I have tried his name but it says he is off line, so he must be using something else.
Dew could not answer the question, "What happens if Gonzo goes", because that spin has not been uploaded into the right wing talking points machine yet.
Mr. Wilson MUST have a constant woody!
i don't have a high opinion of kucinich, i think he's a little far out there, but he just put it all together, that theres a pattern of corruption, malfeasance, and abuse of power.
not a good day to be neocon.
One last time:
samsedershow IS THE AOL IM ADDRESS!!!
GROW A SACK, DEMS!!
please
tear him a new or-if-ace
Power may be an afrodesiac..but isnt that supposed to mean women or men in power are supposedly attracted to people in power. Its not supposed to mean as soon as Rudy or George get their promotion that they turn into a horn dog. Waling around talking about,"Mmmm, my money makes me horny,mwa ha ha ha ha,".
From this week's Cleveland Scene...
The unstoppable elf
While at least 16 lefties around the country waddle toward Congressman Dennis Kucinich's presidential campaign, smitten by his antiwar stance, the Federal Election Commission has proved again what Clevelanders knew all along: Kucinich's lone skill is holding press conferences starring Dennis Kucinich.
Remember his last campaign, when he blew $2.9 million in taxpayer money just to make himself a punch line on The Daily Show? Turns out Kucinich (D-Playland) was also putting on a clinic on how to violate federal election law.
An FEC audit shows that Kucinich kept spending taxpayer dollars long after he was ineligible to spend the cash. In the FEC's eyes, the congressman was eliminated from the race on March 4, 2004, after which he could use only private money. (Others believe Kucinich was eliminated in fifth grade, when doctors discovered he was an alien sent to earth to scare children and take up valuable space in Fourth of July parades.)
Despite being ineligible, Kucinich's ego, which has its own charge account at Dillard's, pressed on. He campaigned until July 29 -- the day Democrats picked John Kerry and finally shook Kucinich from their leg. In the meantime, he spent almost $2 million more -- almost $500,000 of which came from money that included federal funds. The feds can't say exactly how much extra taxpayer cheese the elf blew, but they've asked Kucinich to repay $135,515.
Kucinich also failed to report hundreds of thousands of dollars in contributions and expenses, and failed to itemize another half-million dollars in contributions. The report officially makes Kucinich's run the least successful campaign since Punch's failed bid for treasurer of the Harbor Inn Dart Team, which we lost to a guy named Ron.
The campaign did not return multiple calls, but would presumably defend the congressman's decision to continue embarrassing himself. Though he earned only four votes, do you know how many of those little shampoos you can steal in five extra months on the campaign trail?
Watson furious about Plame being outed, "by Robert Novak of all people."
Go Dems. This can be my generation's Watergate, if you keep this up.
here's yer chiron:
Robert Novak
"DOUCHEBAG OF LIBERTY"
The Whoral majority
It's Friday ya Bastards! :D
I luv ya Sammer, but, I GOTTA watch the Plame hearings right now...
bbl~
Oh Yea! The linking starts. Discount the reason we went to war!
They are going down.
daniel said...
Power may be an afrodesiac
It only turns black chicks on!
Hey Sam How about a little "All you fascists" so we can hum it all weekend?
can somebody post their realmedia (RM) file that they get for sammy cam? I dont understand why I get an expired message when I try to play it. The RM file is just a text file.
Thanks for the address. I had a typo originally and left one e out of Seder.
WaitingForCicero said...
I think I survived on as some sort of mutant kos-borg, o.
I heard Tom Morello on Maddow's program earlier and wanted to make sure A. got a "heads up" about it. Tom talks about organizing in an upward manner, as opposed to waiting for some messianic "leader" to organize from the top down. He makes the point that all great civil/human rights achievements came from grassroots-type organization, as opposed to being granted by their government.
March 16, 2007 2:48 AM
Very cool! Thanks WFC.. :)
http://www.airamerica.com/premium/clip.php?id=2848
Sammy Cam clip
this one worked when I opened a new browser tab with it
Sam,no one in the serious 9/11 truth movement has ever put forth the notion that holograms were crashed into the world trade centers.
These notions have been put forth to try and smear the real facts and it would be nice if you could publicly seperate the two
V
It's 3 1/2 years late because the Republicans are more concerned in Covering Their Butts,than what's Good for This Country!!Plain and Simple!!No oversight in The Republican run Congress,for The LAST 12 Years!! Out a CIA agent??No Problem for Them!!Lie about Pre-war intel??No Problem!! Rove,Cheney,Bush can't go to prision soon enough for me.Impeach!!Congress:Stop being scared of The Bush Admin.and get the BQ Started!!
This is kind of unrelated to anything but I listen to the show through the Air America stream. When the AAR home page came up one of the advertisers on the right hand side panel is "Support John McCain...JohnMcCain.com"
really?
forget the sammy cam problem...found the answer. The RM file has a special character that screws with linux clients.
For those on linux, download the RM file and edit out the special characters.
congressman: did you send your husband to niger?
vp: i didn't have the authority (not my paygrade)
let the subponeas begin...
Hiya, A. Too excited to sleep today!
Plame Day
Suite Hotel or Sweet Hotel, Marc?
RE: SammyCam
Did you go to AAR's homepage? It's linked there & that's what I use - working for me....today = J
John McCain - had a banner on the top a couple of days ago.
that is okay - give progressive ad revenue - well take it
Newt Gengrich-horny
Rush Limbaugh-horny
Rudy Juliani-horny
Ever see that photo from Playboy of the Queen of England sunning with some naked polo players or something?-horny
The Bush Twins-horny
Scooter Libby-Horny about bears
George Bush-Not very horny, somethings wrong, and now we know that that is not the reason Laura has that smile superglued to her gord. George is not Bob with a new spring in his step or a new found source of confidence that will enhance his game.... Apparently those are the pills Rush has been gobbling.
Ann Coulter-yup... unfortunatly,horny. Much to our horror.
Treat Williams-Dooms us all, and makes Laura horny
It only turns black chicks on!
March 16, 2007 8:22 AM
hung like a anonymous administration official
First we had Fitzmas - now we have
St. Plame's day
Oh,I forgot that Evil little man,Novak!!
Sweet Dawn, you even made him some what patriotic!
the integrity of the process of how we get our info was affected. IN an effort to discount your husband's credibility, (it was raised of your involvement to send him to Niger). Said "his wife sent him", like my wife sends me to put out the trash. I want to ask = suggestion that you were involved seemed to drive the leaks to discount his credibility. Did you send him?
VP: No I did not recommend him, suggest him, no nepotism involved; I did not have the authority.
...
In 2/02, young junior officer who worked for me, came to me very upset. Rec'd a call from the OVP asking about report of yellow cake from Niger to be sold to Iraq. Another officer had heard this and knew that Joe had already gone over there and suggested that Joe go; had already served on the African continent. I was ambivalent at the time; had 2 yr. old twins at the time; wasn't overjoyed at the idea. My colleague suggested the idea; supervisor asked me to ask Joe to come in next week to discuss (the possibility; I said of course. An email was drawn up. It is that email that is being drawn out of proportion.)
Alburto Ganzalas-the gimp is always horny
Van Hollen (MD)
VH: (talking about efforts to discredit Joe Wilson.) (the president said.. If anyone in this admin was involved (in the leaks), they would no longer be involved in this admin. (Anyone still there that was involved?)
VP: Yes, clearly Rove involved and still has a security clearance.
VH: failure to hold people accountable for leaking sends a terrible message.. Failure of president to fire sends a chilling message that WH is not willing to stand for those
VP: yes, I believe it undermines the president's words.
VH: Statements made at trial in respect to Rove...(talks about the Rove/Cooper conversation and asks about Rove's intent in this conversation).
VP: can't speculate on Rove's intent; just know what his words were
thats what the goats for....poor goat
Green Party spurns Bush in Iraq protest
THE Green Party has declined an invitation to join President Bush's St Patrick's Day celebrations at the White House in protest over the war in Iraq and US policy on climate change.
In a brief joint statement on behalf of the party's executive, Dr John Barry and Dr Peter Doran said: "Green Party colleagues in the US and across the world have been consistent in their opposition to President Bush's illegal war in Iraq.
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What is the bumper music that led into the second half of the first hour with Joe Conason? It's guitar and drum-heavy. I think it's the White Stripes but wasn't sure.
sarbanes just brought in the pressure on the scientists...nice.
Get your barf bag...
Suicide Was the Only Way Out of Iraq for Col. Westhusing
Writing in his suicide note, "I am sullied -- no more," U.S. Colonel Ted Westhusing, father of three, chose death over a life of lies and corruption in occupied Iraq.
Ted Westhusing was a true believer. And that was his fatal flaw.
A colonel in the U.S. Army, Westhusing had a good job teaching English at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. He was a devout Catholic who went to church nearly every Sunday. He had a wife and three young children.
He didn't have to go to Iraq. But Westhusing was such a believer that he volunteered for what he thought was a noble cause. At West Point, Westhusing sought out people who opposed the war in an effort to change their minds. "He absolutely believed that this was a just war," said one officer who was close to him. "He was wholly enthusiastic about this mission." His tour of duty in Iraq was to last six months.
About a month before he was to return to his family -- on June 5, 2005 -- Westhusing was found dead in his trailer at Camp Dublin in Baghdad. At the time, he was the highest-ranking American soldier to die in Iraq. The Army's Criminal Investigation Command report on Westhusing's death explained it as a "perforating gunshot wound of the head and Manner of Death was suicide."
He was 44.
LINK
someone said to me today that Bill Clinton fired more Judges than this current Gonzo thing...is this true? What then is the difference?
Sarbanes son, John Sarbanes is questioning VP now.
Hopefully, like father, like son.
Good looking too!
If you want to show that you are tired of the lies, scandal, death, war and corruption than remember that actions speak louder than words. There is an anti-war rally and protest March 24th on the Boston Common.
Latest confession from Mohammed; Shot the Beaver.
Click on my blog link for Cheney's favorite drink.
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