Gonzo is Gonzo watch continues.. And House Dems take a big step in the right direction (out!) on Iraq
Bill Scher of Liberal Oasis.
Steve Pearlstein of The Washington Post on NINJA Mortgages and what it means for all of us!
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-conbo
March 26, 2007 9:07 AM
gameplan: terror attack next summer. elections canceled. mr bush hangs in there
Catharine said...
The Most Loyal 'Loyal Bushie'
My Pet Goat-eater (aka Chupacabra)
and bibi, crank is not relaxed!
HE'S PURE EVIL
: )
March 26, 2007 9:00 AM
references required
Where to Protest Peacefully [Other Than Anywhere You See Hillary Clinton]
Monday, March 26, 2007
BROWNBACK
UPDATED* BROWNBACK in Iowa City, IA: At 10:00 AM, Senator Brownback huddled with "conservative activists and religious leaders" for coffee. [CNN Political Ticker, 3/26/07]
UPDATED* BROWNBACK in Des Moines, IA: At 1:00 PM, Senator Brownback speaks to the GOP caucus of the Iowa House of Representatives and participates in a Des Moines Register editorial board meeting. [CNN Political Ticker, 3/26/07; The Fix, Washington Post, 3/20/07]
GIULAINI
No Public Events
HUNTER
HUNTER in Keene, NH: Duncan Hunter addresses Keene State College. [GoHunter08.com]
McCAIN
NEW* McCAIN in Houston, TX: At 5:30 PM, Senator McCain attends a fundraising reception. [JohnMcCain.com]
McCAIN in San Antonio, TX: At 8:00 AM, Senator McCain attends a fundraising breakfast. [JohnMcCain.com]
McCAIN in Dallas, TX: At 12:00 PM, Senator McCain attends a fundraising luncheon. [JohnMcCain.com]
ROMNEY
ROMNEY in Dallas, TX: Mitt Romney attends a fundraiser hosted by SBVT donor and Texas homebuilder Bob Perry at the Crescent Club. [The Fix, Washington Post, 3/16/07]
gameplan: terror attack next summer. elections canceled. mr bush hangs in there
March 26, 2007 9:21 AM
because he is such a trooper and merica needs him in this time of strife
i started thinking that is really going to happen, considering the republican candidates...none of them are electable!!!!!
If any of them were, I'd wouldn't be worried as much.
-conbo
There was a comment on the show today about a case in the past where the police were used to insight volence at peaceful meetings. The comment added that the cops lost and there were laws enacted. I think they said it happened in the 1970's. Anyone have a follow up or links for this? thanks,
"Leonard" is War Dog. So is "Bobby Badfingers."
Random spam from our number one fan, to let us know he is still here monitoring us.
This is good.
A Time For Anger, A Call To Action
by Bill Moyers
http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0322-24.htm
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Hi Alice ...
Morning gang!
dada said...
"Leonard" is War Dog. So is "Bobby Badfingers."
You are getting paranoid and stupid like Air-Ono. Neither Lennie or Bobbie have anything to do with Doggie.
I have long thought that YOU are War Dog.
Leonard and Bobby Badfingers are really Dada who is really War Dog.
Random spam from our number one fan, to let us know he is still here monitoring us.
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Hey Jim...
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
bbl -
eya NC!
just surfing a bit.
Sam,In listening to Mr Pearlstein it seems he really didnt do all his homework, number one is that Mortgage Brokers are associated with a number of companies who offer mortgage money i.e Countrywide, Wells Fargo, etc.brokers charge their own fees which are regulated by most States they are not paid by the lenders. Brokers in most cases are responsible for some loans which go bad within a certain period of time, they must buy them back from lender, with regard to the types of sub-prime loans, that is, Stated Income, No Income No Asset, Minimum credit scores are required as well as a certified appraisal establishing the property value, these loans have been around for at least 15 years , not 5 as he stated. Dont get me wrong many bad loans have been written, but I bet most of them were Investment type loans where Investors would take out most of the equity in a property then run, leaving the property to go into foreclosure, this is what happened in my state, Georgia, Fraud has run rampent.
Good Morning, NC.... ;)
Sunshine Jim is really Alice
who is really me
-conbo
the intrigue here is deep
very deep
-conbo
Soon, I will unveil my plan
to the blog and the world at large
bwhahahahahahahahahaha
-conbo
but right now I should get ready for work
& conbo is tonid...
:)
"I am the walrus, koo koo a choo!"
i am a potted plant
(As another day comes to the end....)
blah blah blah said...
lets hope war with iran doesn't start at 5:45 tonight...
seriously, i would expect gonzo to be gone by the end of the day.
March 20, 2007 1:00 PM
Alice said...
Where to Protest Peacefully [Other Than Anywhere You See Hillary Clinton]
March 26, 2007 9:24 AM
Same ol' libs....they'll protest Republicans all day long, but how many do you REALLY think will be protesting Hillary, who said two weeks ago she'd favor keeping troops in Iraq for YEARS?!?!?!
not many.
i keep hoping if we ignore hillary that she will go away...
Jola mi amigo, amigas!!
Back from the doctor. Only 5 shots today.
and I am Minnie Mouse, sometimes posting as blah blah blah, and blah blah blah jr.
toniD said...
Jola mi amigo, amigas!!
Back from the doctor. Only 5 shots today.
March 26, 2007 11:47 AM
Yes...five shots! But, who are you, really?
Are you really our beloved Tonid? Or, are you War Dog, in disguise?
Or, mebbe you're Reefer Jello and I am really you!
SunshineJim said...
"I am the walrus, koo koo a choo!"
March 26, 2007 11:03 AM
Pardon me sir, but I have seen walrus' that are better looking than you!
But, that's just me! LOL
eya T!
5 eh? feelin any better yet?
hope so, you been putting in the hours big time lately.
you've got great energy T.
good to have ya here.
Jim is talking about me having energy and he's always doing something.
Are we palying guess the troll today?
"Ww are the walrus! koo koo a CatChoo!"
eya a ol' snort!
whassup in yer hood?
we are undergoing a partial loss of identity...
RedDwarfItis.
Sunshine, when I came back home and read the blog yesterday, you had been talking about a White Hose Tavern in Kent.
Are you sure you weren't talking about The Black Horse Pub?
Black Horse is a big name around Portage County. It's the little burg between Kent and Ravenna.
I've been around here a long time and have no memory of the White Horse place.
Jim, it takes about 24 to 48 hours for the shots to really take effect. So I figure by Wednesday I'll be better.
Good afternoon Reefer!!
Et Tu, Katie Couric?
I, like many people, am nauseated that the professional political pontificators seem unable to contain their desire to apply horse-race analysis to Elizabeth Edwards announcement that she has life-threatening cancer. From CNN, to Time Magazine to Rush Limbaugh, the national political chattering class has this week truly earned its well-deserved reputation as a group of people dominated by egomaniacal, self-absorbed freaks wholly and completely out of touch with even the most basic sense of decency. Perhaps the most disturbing display of all, however, was 60 Minutes' Katie Couric.
For the full post, go to:
LINK
Does a major swift-boat donor become a U.S. Ambassador this week?
By Bob Geiger
Posted on March 26, 2007, Printed on March 26, 2007
LINK
When the Senate Foreign Relations Committee meets on Wednesday to vote on whether or not to favorably send some routine nominations to the full Senate, there's no hiding that, among the eight people being considered for critical appointments to U.S. agencies, there is one certifiable scumbag who the White House is hoping will slip through the cracks.
When you have a disastrous war going on that's killing American troops every day and draining the national treasury, approval ratings going nowhere but down and an Attorney General who has more problems than a guy named "Scooter" in a prison shower room, I guess you probably hope that something like this will squeak by.
We'll see if it does.
Sam Fox, of St. Louis, was nominated by George W. Bush in January to be the new U.S. Ambassador to Belgium. It's not unusual in either party for a guy who pumps a lot of money into political campaigns to be rewarded with such a post -- and Fox is certainly a big-time Sugar Daddy for the GOP -- but this guy took that standard up a few notches by donating $50,000 to the Swift Boat Liars, who used fabrications and smears to help derail John Kerry's (D-MA) 2004 presidential campaign.
So it created substantial drama a month ago when Fox appeared before the Foreign Relations Committee for his nomination hearing and, much to his regret, a Senator named Kerry hadn’t called in sick that day.
What followed was a sweet grilling that included a very controlled Kerry asking Fox how someone who gave that much money to a pack of proven liars, who tangibly affected the outcome of a presidential election, could be considered a decent representative for America. Fox played dumb, first pretending to draw a blank on having given the money to the Swifties and then saying he did it because all politics is dirty and he was just trying to help his party.
The most nauseating part of the hearing came when, despite having given that much money to people viciously smearing a highly-decorated Vietnam war Veteran, Fox had the nerve to say these words: "Senator Kerry, I very much respect your dedicated service to this country. I know that you were not drafted -- you volunteered. You went to Vietnam. You were wounded. Highly decorated. Senator, you're a hero."
the White Horse Tavern was a kent state bar just off campus.
where i encountered the party contingent of higher education.
purloined beers, music and gorguss babes in beehives, jackie doo's and long straight manes.
1965 and out late! was there once on an 'adventure'.
a vivid memory, i was 15
No president should ever be given the unilateral power to designate people enemy combatants and then have them locked away indefinitely with no prospect of being charged or tried.
The prison at Guantanamo is damaging American values, and our reputation in the eyes of our enemies and our allies alike. It’s time to end indefinite detention without charges and shut down Guantanamo.
Email your Members of Congress: Tell them to close the Guantanamo prison.
Last week, The New York Times reported that President Bush’s new Defense Secretary Robert Gates favors closing Guantanamo and transferring the prisoners there to the United States.
And Senator John McCain (R-AZ) said, if elected president, he “would immediately close Guantanamo Bay, move all prisoners to Fort Leavenworth and truly expedite the judicial proceedings in their cases.”
The Constitution makes the president subject to the rule of law. Its drafters rejected dungeons and monarchies and chose a system of due process and checks and balances.
Take Action Now
toniD said...
Does a major swift-boat donor become a U.S. Ambassador this week?
By Bob Geiger
Posted on March 26, 2007, Printed on March 26, 2007
LINK
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toniD said...
Et Tu, Katie Couric?
********
It just pisses me off...!!
Et Tu, Katie Couric?
never liked her. she bottoms out in the ratings and her producer gets fired, replaced by Olbermnn's scourge Rick Kaplan, the guy who gave us Rita Cosby.
Hi Catharine.
Just finished some emails to my Senators Durbin and Obama. Lots included in these emails so we will see what kind of response I get.
Army deployed seriously injured soldiers. Salon.com’s Mark Benjamin has a new report documenting how U.S. soldiers with debilitating injuries and other medical conditions, including female soldiers who were pregnant, were deployed for weeks to the desert training facility at Fort Irwin, California. “In some cases, soldiers were sent there even though their injuries were so severe that doctors had previously recommended they should be considered for medical retirement from the Army.” Military experts say the decision “was an effort to pump up manpower statistics used to show the readiness of Army units.”
LINK
Waxman Warns RNC, Bush-Cheney ‘04 Campaign: Don’t Delete Your Emails
Multiple congressional investigations have uncovered evidence that White House appointees regularly communicate using email accounts provided by the Republican Party. As CREW has argued, such activity violates the Presidential Records Act, which requires that the White House preserve such records.
Today, House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) issued letters to the Republican National Committee and the Bush-Cheney ‘04 Campaign directing them to preserve all emails by and for White House officials, and to meet with the committee about the legal issues involved in conducting official government business using partisan email accounts. From Waxman’s letter:
The e-mails of White House officials maintained on RNC e-mail accounts may be relevant to multiple congressional investigations. For this reason, the Committee directs you to preserve all e-mails sent or received by White House officials using e-mail accounts under your control.
In addition, the Committee requests that you or your designee meet with Committee staff during the week of April 2,2007, to discuss the following five matters:
– Who has access to the e-mail accounts maintained by the RNC; […]
– What steps have been taken to preserve the e-mail accounts maintained by the RNC that have been used by White House officials;
LINK
Rove’s PowerPoint: How Bush’s Architect Has Politicized The Federal Government
The Washington Post reported today that General Services Administration chief Lurita Doan and Karl Rove deputy Scott Jennings held a videoconference earlier this year “with top GSA political appointees, who discussed ways to help Republican candidates.”
Jennings, the White House’s deputy director of political affairs, gave a PowerPoint presentation on Jan. 26 of polling data about the 2006 elections.
When Jennings concluded his presentation to the GSA political appointees, Doan allegedly asked them how they could “help ‘our candidates’ in the next elections,” according to a March 6 letter to Doan from Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee. Waxman said in the letter that one method suggested was using “targeted public events, such as the opening of federal facilities around the country.”
These activities are now being investigated as potential violations of the Hatch Act, which prohibits partisan campaign activities on federal property.
They are the latest in a series of reports over the last several years about Rove’s controversial PowerPoint presentation:
– In June 2002, during the lead-up to the Iraq war authorization vote, an earlier version of Rove’s PowerPoint titled “The Strategic Landscape” was leaked:
LINK
Gonzales aide Sampson to invoke Fifth Amendment. The AP reports that Alberto Gonzales’ ex-chief of staff Kyle Sampson plans to invoke the Fifth Amendment and refuse some Senate questions when he appears at a Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday.
LINK
CNN just said abither Senior administration official, Monica Goodling, will also take the 5th amendment.
If you take the 5th, you're guilty!
This is coming down from the WH. They will not allow these people to testify in congress.
Maybe the House should rethink not wanting to impeach. This proves the admin is trying to impede an investigation.
abither s/b another. Sorry, got shots in my wrists and they are hurting right now.
here's a list of congressman to call to protest sam fox being named an ambassador:
I've received no confirmation as of this morning on how the committee's Democratic Senators intend to vote, but if you would like to give them a verbal nudge on why we shouldn’t approve scumbags to be diplomats, you can call the Capitol toll-free at 800-862-5530 and ask to speak to the staff of one or more of these Senators:
Joseph R. Biden
Chris Dodd
John F. Kerry
Russell D. Feingold
Barbara Boxer
Bill Nelson
Barack Obama
Robert Menendez
Benjamin L. Cardin
Robert P. Casey Jr.
Jim Webb
its time to make sure the whitehouse understands the jig is up
p.s. i am not the walrus, but i have seen the egg man with audrey farber.
*
"Over the last twenty-five years only ten US Attorneys have been dismissed other than at the beginning of a new president's term of office, including one for biting a stripper on the arm in a night club."
http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/013212.php
I'd Just Like To Say Hello To My Uncle!
http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/books/news/article2390834.ece
"Tolkien Jr completes Lord of Rings
The last, unfinished book by the 'Lord of the Rings' author has been completed by his son. Can a film version be far behind?
By Jonathan Thompson
Published: 25 March 2007
The first new Tolkien novel for 30 years is to be published next month. In a move eagerly anticipated by millions of fans across the world, The Children of Húrin will be released worldwide on 17 April, 89 years after the author started the work and four years after the final cinematic instalment of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, one of biggest box office successes in history.
The book, whose contents are being jealously guarded by publisher HarperCollins - is described as "an epic story of adventure, tragedy, fellowship and heroism."
It is likely to be a publishing sensation, particularly as it is illustrated by veteran Middle Earth artist Alan Lee, who won an Oscar for art direction on Peter Jackson's third film The Return of The King. Lee provided 25 pencil sketches and eight paintings for the first edition of the book..."
Breaking off the AP wire: DoJ official Monica Goodling to take the 5th at upcoming congressional hearing.
(ed.note: The original version of this post, which ran for just under ten minutes, incorrectly listed Kyle Sampson rather than Monica Goodling, as the the DOJ aide who plans to take the 5th at the senate hearing. We regret the error.)
-- Josh Marshall
Evidently the DOJ and the WH are expecting Sampson to talk.
LINK
Poll: Nearly Six In 10 Back Congressional Troop Withdrawal Deadline
By Greg Sargent | bio
One more time...attention, Congressional Dems: The American public has got your back when it comes to supporting a Congressionally-imposed deadline for withdrawal from Iraq. Check out this new poll that's just been released by Pew Research:
A solid majority of Americans say they want their congressional representative to support a bill calling for a withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq by August 2008. Nearly six-in-ten (59%) say they would like to see their representative vote for such legislation, compared with just 33% who want their representative to oppose it.
Democrats are united in their support of legislation calling for a U.S. troop withdrawal by August 2008, and most independents (61%) also favor this step. Most Republicans oppose this step, but there are substantial divisions within the GOP. More than four-in-ten moderate and liberal Republicans (44%) want their representative to vote for legislation calling for an August 2008 deadline for a troop withdrawal, compared with only about a quarter of conservative Republicans (26%).
However, the poll also has some sobering numbers for the Dem Congressional leadership, too:
While Democrats and Republicans disagree over what Congress should do about Iraq, there is bipartisan criticism of Congress's handling of the issue to date. Nearly three-quarters of Americans (73% -- including 77% of Republicans, 78% of independents and 66% of Democrats -- say Congress is doing only a fair or poor job dealing with Iraq. Just 22% say Congress has done an excellent (3%) or good job (19%) in this regard.
For Democrats, much of this frustration is linked to the sense that Congress has too little influence on Iraq policy, and has not aggressively challenged President Bush's approach. Most Democrats (56%) believe that Congress should have "a lot of influence" over the direction of U.S. policy in Iraq, and an identical number says that Democratic leaders in Congress have not gone far enough in challenging George W. Bush's policies.
LINK
My wrist feels like it has a bad tooth ache.
Taking a break.
Later
one more..I can't believe this!!
Official: No negligence in Tillman death
LINK
These activities are now being investigated as potential violations of the Hatch Act, which prohibits partisan campaign activities on federal property.
They are the latest in a series of reports over the last several years about Rove’s controversial PowerPoint presentation:
– In June 2002, during the lead-up to the Iraq war authorization vote, an earlier version of Rove’s PowerPoint titled “The Strategic Landscape” was leaked:
LINK
March 26, 2007 1:11 PM
***
Oh! Is it the Hatch Act that also prohibits using armed services memebers as backdrops when the President gives political conferences/photo ops what have you (like the other day)?
*tap* *tap* *tap*
...is this thing on?
Catharine said...
*tap* *tap* *tap*
...is this thing on?
would you please sit down up front?
i saw this on the randi rhodes site. it sorta brings the attorney firings full circle:
Last April, while the Justice Department and the White House were planning the firings, Rove gave a speech in Washington to the Republican National Lawyers Association. He ticked off 11 states that he said could be pivotal in the 2008 elections. Bush has appointed new U.S. attorneys in nine of them since 2005: Florida, Colorado, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Arkansas, Michigan, Nevada and New Mexico. U.S. attorneys in the latter four were among those fired.
Rove thanked the audience for "all that you are doing in those hot spots around the country to ensure that the integrity of the ballot is protected." He added, "A lot in American politics is up for grabs."
(snip)
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/16962753.htm
Oaky, I'm back. Took a nap and let the pain killer work.
Have people had enough of this admin?
In the morning I listen to Washiington Journal on c-span. Still, to this day, after all that has happened there are calls from bush lovers saying 'Leave Pres. Bush alone, he's doing a good job". Of course I am paraphrasing but the comments come down to that.
Makes me sick to listen and it makes me sicker to think there are that many stupid people!! Most have southern accents but, of late, I have noticed a northeastern accent to many of the callers.
Sorry for the rant but it's been a long time coming. For God's sake and the sake of the United States people, do something to help get this megalomniac out of office!!!!
From Americablog:
Gonzales' chief counsel refuses to testify before Congress, invokes Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination
by John Aravosis (DC) · 3/26/2007 05:28:00 PM ET
That means someone is afraid she may have committed a crime. This issue is no longer about politics, it's now a criminal investigation of the Attorney General of the United States. More from the Washington Post.
More on The Fifth, from FindLaw:
The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution gives individuals the right to refuse to answer any questions or make any statements, when to do so would help establish that the person committed a crime or is connected to any criminal activity.
I do find it ironic that suddenly the Bush Administration has discovered the Bill of Rights.
Iran "interrogates" captive British Marines
by John Aravosis (DC) · 3/26/2007 02:16:00 PM ET
Too bad Tony Blair's bestest buddy George Bush threw out the Geneva Conventions. They might have come in handy right about now.
LINK
# # # # # # #
Gonzales Aide To Invoke Fifth Amendment
By LAURIE KELLMAN, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - Monica Goodling, a senior Justice Department official involved in the firings of federal prosecutors, will refuse to answer questions at upcoming Senate hearings, citing Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, her lawyer said Monday.
"The potential for legal jeopardy for Ms. Goodling from even her most truthful and accurate testimony under these circumstances is very real," said the lawyer, John Dowd.
"One need look no further than the recent circumstances and proceedings involving Lewis Libby," he said, a reference to the recent conviction of Vice President Dick Cheney's former chief of staff in the CIA leak case.
The White House, meanwhile, continued to stand by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales despite new calls over the weekend for his resignation and documents that indicate he may have been more involved in the dismissals than he has previously acknowledged.
Democrats have accused the Justice Department and the White House of purging the prosecutors for political reasons. The Bush administration maintains the firings were not improper because U.S. attorneys are political appointees.
Goodling was Gonzales' senior counsel and White House liaison until she took a leave of absence earlier this month. She was subpoenaed last week by the Senate Judiciary Committee along with several of Gonzales' other top aides.
There have been questions about whether Goodling and others misinformed Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty about the firings just before he testified before the Senate committee in February.
Dowd said that since then a senior Justice Department official had privately told a member of the Senate committee that he was misled by Goodling and others before testifying.
Gonzales' truthfulness about the firings of seven prosecutors on Dec. 7 and another one months earlier also have been questioned. On March 13 at a news conference, Gonzales denied that he participated in discussions or saw any documents about the firings, despite documents that show he attended a Nov. 27 meeting with senior aides on the topic, where he approved a detailed plan to carry out the dismissals.
Goodling was one of five senior Justice Department aides who met with Gonzales for that Nov. 27 discussion. Department documents released Friday to Capitol Hill show she attended multiple meetings about the dismissals for months.
She also was among aides who on Feb. 5 helped Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty prepare his testimony for a Senate hearing the next day — during which he may have given Congress incomplete or otherwise misleading information about the circumstances of the firings.
Additionally, Goodling was involved in an April 6, 2006, phone call between the Justice Department and Sen. Pete Domenici (news, bio, voting record), R-N.M., who had complained to the Bush administration and the president about David Iglesias, then the U.S. attorney in Albuquerque. Domenici wanted Iglesias to push more aggressively on a corruption probe against Democrats before the 2006 elections.
For the rest click on my name.
Bill Maher: New rule -- traitors don't get to question my patriotism. If you like Maher or not, this commentary is absolutely spot on!
LINK
It's a youtube of his comments!
I might... I just might decide to resign next month before I ever have to testify. Then I'll get a very high paying job in the private sector thanks to all my contacts.
Watch me.
By the way George still has 22 months left of his administration. That's almost 2 years!
'neener, neener, neener.'
I don't think anyone will be able to catch you Speedy Gonzales. You'll be among the many questionable ex bush 2 people that have left under a cloud of suspicion.
You'll be gone before you know it. Maybe even by Easter.
I am ALWAYS laconic
about loving my chronic!!!
thanks, toni
maher summed up the plame affair
from maher's eloquent "monologue":
VALERIE PLAME IS A PATRIOT...
because she spent her life serving her country
SCOOTER LIBBY IS NOT!!...
because he spent his life serving dick cheney
Time for a shameless plug of my blog:
http://abramoffjournal.blogspot.com/
Marines call on reservists for duty
1,800 reserve troops being sent to Iraq involuntarily for one year.
LINK
US behind on 600,000 immigrant cases
Report: Homeland Security can't track illegal immigrants ordered to leave country.
LINK
i still haven't written chubby!
OK im going to print out a bunch of threads and throw them in envelope.
-conbo
Crank, post your open letter to Blunt on a blog and just email the link.
connie,
give chubbs my love
and tell him that i'm sending a bag of heroin & a furry peach that i rubbed up against my magic ball bag
also, that i'll live in eternal shame until i write that fucking letter
(i'll never forgive him for forcing my hand)
(etc)
damn something is wrong with this computer, it doesn't print
WHY CAN'T I EVER DO WHAT I NEED TO DO?
MY LIFE IS A COSMIC JOKE
hahahahahahaha
-conbo
i'll just find another computer
Americans Support Edwards Choice
Americans by 2 to 1 margin support the decision of John Edwards to stay in the Democratic presidential race even though his wife, Elizabeth, has been diagnosed with a recurrence of breast cancer, according to a new USA Today/Gallup Poll.
Edwards also "got a boost in the horserace of Democratic contenders, chosen as the preference by 14% of the respondents who are Democrats or lean toward the Democratic party. That's up from 9% in the USA Today poll taken three weeks ago."
The national poll had Clinton at 35%, with Sen. Barack Obama at 22%, Al Gore at 17% and John Edwards at 14%.
LINK
future chubby
"I tried to email Blunt for a fourth time."
Maybe this will work:
http://www.blunt.house.gov/Contact.aspx
The Crank Bait letter is typical of the left wing and he doesnt have a clue why.
if hilary don't get elected president
she's going to be impossible to live with
(bill will be wearing shades to cover up a shiner)
//he doesnt have a clue why//
hmmm...
could it be that the reason resides in a tiny tangled part of your brain
(go left at the banana peel & it's the 3rd door... ya can't miss it... there's a neon sign on the door "MORON")
The Enemy Within
Today's must read-piece is from Rolling Stone on how the Democrats' most dangerous opponent in 2008 may the the political consultants they hire to run their campaigns.
"2008 has the makings of a banner year for Democrats. The wave of discontent that swept the GOP from Congress last November is growing, and the Iraq debacle will make it difficult for Republicans to retain the White House. But there is one group of powerful Washington insiders who have a proven ability to derail the Democrats. Working behind the scenes, these top-tier operatives humiliated Mike Dukakis in a tank, muzzled Al Gore on the environment and portrayed John Kerry -- a lifelong crusader for gun control -- as a rifle-toting Rambo. Year after year they have made sure that the Democratic message comes across as little more than a fuzzy, focus-grouped drone about child tax credits, prescription-drug plans and the ;fight for working families.'"
"And here's the depressing news: The Democrats pay them millions to do it."
LINK
Each time I read a letter from a lost soul like that I must smile at the foolishness of the American public.
That letter is a sterling example of the thought process that keeps the far left powerless.
//That letter is a sterling example of the thought process that keeps the far left powerless.//
so proclaimed the anonymous slag from behind the moron door
anonymity is the only thing that protects you
hmmm...
kinda like the bush administration
DO: "the Hannity"
//repeating the same questions and comments over and over//
Sorry. I thought you were using a regular email address. Should have posted this too.
blunt@mail.house.gov
I thought your letter was good Crank Bait
Unitary Executive is exactly right
If Bush isn't impeached then we are DONE as a democracy.
He has to go and then someone has to go in and clean up all the weird changes he has made to our government.
Other than a bloody revolution I don't see any other way to restore Democracy here. And I'm so tired of the Dems with their little gold stars and benchmarks...
They laugh at the Democrats
-conbo
you're a good lackey, anonymous
you serve your master well
(while america goes to hell)
who can guarantee that the next election will be fair?
NO ONE, because neocons are in charge of those safety measures now.
-conbo
Call The Waaaahhhbulance!
By: Nicole Belle @ 2:20 PM - PDT
Matt Taibbi in Rolling Stone Magazine reports that Congressional Republicans aren't liking a taste of their own medicine:
I turned on C-Span the other morning, expecting to watch the latest chapter in the purification-by-fire of Alberto Gonzales, and saw an amazing thing. It was so amazing and so hilarious that I coughed hot coffee all over my new laptop. Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Republican of Florida, was howling on the House floor about the lack of "openness" demonstrated by the new Democratic leadership.
"In bill after bill after bill," he shouted, "the minority is closed out!"
[..]The Republicans ran Congress like a basement cock-fighting ring for more than a decade, and two months or so after they're out of power, they're already transformed into a bunch of squawking dissidents more pretentious than Rage Against the Machine. And they know how absurd it is, too. When I called Diaz-Balart's office, and asked his press representative, Victoria Martinez, how her boss could possibly complain about a lack of open rules considering his record, there was a pause on the other end of the line.
"Uh huh," she said. "I'll get back to you."
Click. Should I hold my breath while I wait?
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connie,
why don't you get a blue-nic
//more pretentious than Rage Against the Machine//
that's my main criticism of Matt Taibbi...
he's an opinionated twat
other than that!
he's solid gold
connie,
why don't you get a blue-nic
March 26, 2007 6:41 PM
i can't. e blogger is in on the plot, too.
-conbo
//he's solid gold//
content wise, that is
style wise, it's mainly to feed his ego
(a hunter s. thompson for teeny-boppers)
//teeny-boppers//
make that: "hair-brained toddlers"
because i'm so fucking cool
well I think you have thou rally explored the undie jokes today Crank Bait
Bravo!
are you teething or something?
(sorry your interest in underwear is rivaling my puppies)
-conbo
Just warning you....
I'm
LURKIN'
So watch your step(s) people...
:)
even though her laugh is beautiful
nothing happened...
there was no spark
: )
hi Alice
:)
-conbo
I Joel gone? I hope not.
puppy singular
and she does like underwear
it's disgusting
-conbo
wow
just when I think
the blog can't go any lower
it jettisons down into a new low
-conbo
Not only are we on eblogger but the topic of discussion is smelly underwear
wow
wait a minute...
are you saying I smell?
fark off
-conbo
Judy Miller: Reporter or Operative?
By Phoenix Woman @ 6:00 pm
As anyone who has followed the Plame case knows, a prime consideration among the news people discussing the case was whether journalism was damaged by Judith Miller's being made to testify and to reveal a source. Most newsies now say that it was not, but — as emptywheel notes in her recent FDL post on the subject — the NYT's Max Frankel is still defending both Judy Miller and his paper on this issue.
Is this a legitimate consideration? This depends in part on whether one sees Miller as a disinterested observer, merely reporting a story — or as an actively partisan operative for a particular political faction. It also depends on whether or not Miller has outed other story sources, and whether it's ever OK to out a story source – and remember, Frankel is implying that the outing of a source is A Very Big No-No and is Never Ever Done.
Read the rest of this entry »
LINK
yo, don't diss my undies
(OFF WITH HER LIBERTIES)
toni,
you're taking liberties
your news is interfering with my creativity!
(i'm working on a "take my liberty... please" joke)
but i have to craft it in such a way that it has context
otherwise it loses it's potency
Rats
By TeddySanFran @ 2:45 pm
Novak:
Republicans in Congress do not trust their president to protect them. That alone is sufficient reason to withhold statements of support for Gonzales, because such a gesture could be quickly followed by his resignation under pressure. Rep. Adam Putnam (Fla.), the highly regarded young chairman of the House Republican Conference, praised Donald Rumsfeld in November only to see him sacked shortly thereafter.
But not many Republican lawmakers would speak up for Gonzales even if they were sure Bush would stick with him. He is the least popular Cabinet member on Capitol Hill, even more disliked than Rumsfeld was. The word most often used by Republicans to describe the management of the Justice Department under Gonzales is "incompetent."
[]
The saving grace that some Republicans find in the dispute over U.S. attorneys is that, at least temporarily, it draws attention away from debate over an unpopular war. But the overriding feeling in the Republican cloakroom is that the Justice Department and the White House could not have been more inept in dealing with the president's unquestioned right to appoint — and replace — federal prosecutors.
The I-word (incompetence) is also used by Republicans in describing the Bush administration generally. Several of them I talked to cited a trifecta of incompetence: the Walter Reed hospital scandal, the FBI's misuse of the USA Patriot Act and the U.S. attorneys firing fiasco. "We always have claimed that we were the party of better management," one House leader told me. "How can we claim that anymore?"
The role Novak plays among the GOP elite — when they are afraid to broach a subject to one another, they all broach it to him. When it reaches critical mass and he realizes they need to speak with one another about the problem, he publishes. This is a very important column today. It could be the beginning of the end if the elite GOP on the Hill start to share with one another what they've shared with Novak.
I mean, I hate the guy, but it's important to understand his role in the party.
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no wonder all the girls left
my god
you people are heathens!!!!
Shell, Tonid, Catharine and I should form our bloggie
Refugee's of the Majority Report-the last wave
then you all can get on here and be complete devils to your hearts content and WarDog can fantasize about Chubby in jail easier
-conbo
connie,
you need us as much as we need you
(heh)
this amazonian myth is just that!
a myth
//Yesterday you told me to kill myself//
that was yesturday...
i've moved on,
hippy
: )
Hi conbo..!
:)
anyway i'd have to go through the archives
all i can remember is advising someone to murder their parents
hi Alice
:)
-conbo
if you leave me
can i come too
(~title of an aussie song)
On Tech Nation Dr. Moira Gunn speaks with Robert Sutton, the Stanford Professor and author, who has scientific research proving a negative work atmosphere is bad for you.
They talk about Sutton's new book which looks at "Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't."
What is in quotes is the subtitle of the book. The full title is: The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't. On the radio interview they cannot say asshole so they dance around the word the whole show. Very interesting interview.
I'll be as in as you've ever been on alternate blogs...how about that? ;)
Sort of a Library: The Billy Graham Library To Open in June
Ew.
My grandson used to say...
You wear dark undies, you don't see the skids.
Yeah, he had a gun:
If you didn't see Fox "News" earlier this afternoon with Bush's boy Brit you missed a doozy. Brit was tripping all over himself trying to discuss Webb's aide being taken into custody after being found with what was first described as an unregistered firearm, with unregistered ammunition in a bag. The prissy news anchor couldn't even figure out the word for ammunition and how to describe a magazine clip. When the panel weighed in on the subject they looked and sounded like a bunch of sissies. They just don't make Republicans like they used to. RedState shot off this half cocked headline: Rumor: Webb Staffer Arrested for Smuggling Gun
into Capitol. Like I said, sissies.
-conbo
>:-(
Stop picking on me!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ok...I'm done feeling like a victim now...
:)
toniD said...
My grandson used to say...
You wear dark undies, you don't see the skids.
March 26, 2007 7:42 PM
That after asking him why he never wore his white underwear which were twice as many as the dark underwear.
Ah, yes! passing though again. Your still don't see the problem with your so called letter? You never will see it. That's the whole point! If you could see the errors you would not make them, but you can not. It is an endless cycle.
Crank Bait said...
... if you ever sound it out.)
March 26, 2007 7:59 PM
Yeah...ok...well...you're in the clear for now then... :)
Anonymous said...
Ah, yes! passing though again. Your still don't see the problem with your so called letter? You never will see it. That's the whole point! If you could see the errors you would not make them, but you can not. It is an endless cycle.
March 26, 2007 8:05 PM
Why don't you enlighten us since you seem to be the self proclaimed expert?
Even the local news is reporting on Anna Nichole non stop
Your still don't see the problem
??????????????????????????????????????????
Didn't War Dog used to make this same typo all the time?
Anna Nichole
still dead
-conbo
in other news
She is still dead
Anna Nichole
still dead
I'll bet you could find some dude that would still pork her! Right now! Tonight!
Remember that band I told you about the other night when I was posting the Greek music.
The one I told you I dated from the band?
Well I emailed him and got his response today...
Hi Toni,
Nice to hear from you.
Hope all is well with you.
Let's talk sometime to catch up!
Bill
I'm old, I'm not dead!
BREAKING!!!!!
Anna Nicole has died
She is dead, dead
-conbo
you Go Toni!
wooooot!
:)
-conbo
that is so cool
Anonymous said...
March 26, 2007 8:12 PM
I felt sensitive today I think..I didn't even think of what he wrote yesterday until he called me a fucking bitch this evening...it's me...I've had a stomach ache after I eat since last monday...
I'm apparently not assimilating to working full time very well...might have dusted up my peptic ulcer from my teen years or something...
Toni that Rules!!!
Exhilarating... :)
*I'm all smilin' now*
//might have dusted up my peptic ulcer from my teen years or something...//
there is something going around, definitely.
my son has been running a fever and I took him to the dr today, and he has strep throat.
so do I. But I used all my sick days lounging around the house!
hahaha
now I have to go to work sick.
my babysitter is sick too, and so is my roomate and two of my coworkers.
Spring flu or something.
-conbo
Did you hear about Toni?
She's gotten so far out she's going to date a musician!
My birth mother has done that..gone to see her old boyfriends...
I think that's awesome, Toni...
BTW..I know I've only seen a few photos of you, but Saturday a woman came in to work who I totally associated with you for some reason..She must have looked like I imagine you to look like, not just looks tho..something else about her too...I can't pinpoint it..
my son is also refusing to take his medicine
that also makes things more interesting
-conbo
Paul Waldman is a senior fellow at Media Matters for America and the author of the new book, Being Right is Not Enough: What Progressives Can Learn From Conservative Success. The views expressed here are his own.
We can’t deny it any longer. There’s no point in hiding it, no point in trying to explain it away. Yes, it’s true: We progressives are angry. And we no longer care if the centrist, moderate guardians of the establishment scold us for it.
Our anger is not just some vague feeling whose source we can’t put our finger on. It isn’t based on absurd conspiracy theories and it isn’t illogical.
We’re angry because of what has happened to our country, because of how we’ve been treated, and because of the innumerable crimes the conservatives have committed. We’re angry at the president, we’re angry at the Congress, we’re angry at the news media. And we have every right to be.
Yes, we’re angry at George W. Bush. We’re not angry at him because of who he sleeps with, and we’re not angry at him because we think he represents some socio-cultural movement we didn’t like 40 years ago, or because he hung out with a different crowd than we did in high school. We’re angry at him because of what he’s done.
It’s true, we don’t like the fact that the most powerful human being on the planet is such a ridiculous buffoon that he can’t put two coherent sentences together without beginning to giggle and shimmy his shoulders. But we’re not angry because we think he’s stupid; we’re angry because he treats us as though we’re stupid. We’re angry that he lied to us, and lied to us and lied to us again. We’re angry that when he lies to us it isn’t because he’s caught up in scandal or got caught doing something he shouldn’t have, it’s part of a carefully constructed plan to fool the public.
Yes, we’re angry about Iraq, and we may be for the rest of our lives. We get angry every day when we open our newspapers and see the photo of another young soldier who died for this, another one maimed for life, another one with a tormented and broken soul. We’re angry about the couple of trillion dollars this war will cost. We’re angry about the thousands of young men around the world have been driven into the arms of al Qaeda, who have decided to devote their lives to killing Americans because of this war. We’re angry about the thousands upon thousands of Iraqis who have died in the orgy of bloodshed we unleashed, and the living too, those whom we said we were coming to “liberate,” but who now find themselves in a suffocating, endless miasma of fear and misery and death.
LINK
oops I totally did not refresh before I posted that
lalalalalala
-conbo
Bunk, conbo...I used to get that alot..strep throat...
You know any of those people who NEVER take sick days?...
that is really cool, ToniD
you have to tell us what happens!
That must have been scary to email someone from your past
-conbo
alice said...
BTW..I know I've only seen a few photos of you, but Saturday a woman came in to work who I totally associated with you for some reason..She must have looked like I imagine you to look like, not just looks tho..something else about her too...I can't pinpoint it..
March 26, 2007 8:31 PM
Her poise and good looks :)
You know any of those people who NEVER take sick days?...
I always take my sick days just not when me or my son is sick
it seems to backfire
-conbo
Point being, Crank...I think she was umm.... a "memorable" girlfriend...They always seem glad to hear from her & one or two of them were bummed she was married...
"Neither Lennie or Bobbie have anything to do with Doggie."
++++++++
It's just so annoying to see someone post the same throw away one liners over and over and over and over... guess it just finally got on my nerves. How can you blame me. I think I should be commended for not saying anything sooner.
It's not so far fetched to think that the random spam posts are War Dog. Of course, when I say that, I get "oh yeah? well you're War Dog."
Ah, you caught me. Now my cover is blown. Drat and double drat.
i'm a memorable cafeteria buddy
ah, high school
-conbo
crank bait said...
And her modesty. Lots and lots of modesty. Oodles of modesty. More modesty than a person could possibly imagine. Great gobs of modesty. How much modesty? Well, let me tell you...
March 26, 2007 8:42 PM
Modesty is for the young. Now you go for the Gusto ;D
toniD said...
Her poise and good looks :)
March 26, 2007 8:39 PM
It was something like that, elegant...something in that realm...and gorgeous! Like the Sophia Loren look... :)
I'm not really here. See you all later...
what was the name of the band, ToniD?
-conbo
hi Dada!
ToniD has a date!
:)
-conbo
back off, bill
she's my girl
:D
Bye, dada...If it's any consolation you didn't appear annoyed...I could see WD trying a new strategy I guess..
*
for the anonymous hannity troll
that never leaves...
take that!
The Aristons.
Bill was the one that had a recording studio in the basement of his house. He played Base Guitar
Crank, is she married?
for all your japanese erotic art
go here
(and call me in the morning)
Crank, I'd wait on the Dogs playing Poker. Let her get used to your sense of humor first. Then you can spring it on her.
And Please, please, don't pull out the Elvis painted on velvet!!
I routinely present a letter like that with a D. It is a troubled peace of work. Over the years I have learned the author will never see the error. It's a case of the forest and the trees.
//Comment deleted//
oops, wrong link
(ya, gotta love the trash can)
air-ono said...
for all your japanese erotic art
go here
(and call me in the morning)
March 26, 2007 9:01 PM
Thanks for the tip!
:)
here is some info on ToniD's band:
howard levy
One of the coolest gigs I did back then was to play Greek weddings with The Aristons, a 3- piece Greek band consisting of drums, keyboard, and bouzoukee/guitar. The bouzoukee/guitar player, Bill Demis, was a friend of mine who was a very versatile musician who played many styles of music. He knew that I played all kinds of music, including Bulgarian and middle-eastern, and when the group's clarinet player quit to become a full-time architect, he hired me as the 4th member. I memorized many Greek folk and pop tunes, played them on soprano sax and harmonica.
The band played a 50/50 blend of American pop and Greek music, so I played most of the pop material on tenor sax, which I used to play a lot in the 80's. I really enjoyed the ritual dance medleys at the Greek wedding parties. There were traditional dances for all the relatives. I especially enjoyed playing the Tsamikos, which Bill called "the Greek blues". It's in a slow 3/4 rhythm and I got to wail on it on harp. (I put one on The Old Country). Zeibekiko, a slow 9, was another of my big favorites.
-conbo
relax, dada
what you need is an...
al qaeda blow job
.
People are so alienated from their own soul that when they meet their soul they think it comes from another star system.
for ono :)
-conbo
shelly,
my b-comments were to coax you out of lurking
: )
LMAO
si, connie
Crank Bait said...
March 26, 2007 9:07 PM
Do you ever want to be married again?
me and my computer
-conbo
I love my job
-conbo
wonderbread
-conbo
Thanks Connie.
Bill used to play alot with George Bensen. Used to frequent a recording studio where Bensen and Shaka Khan recorded.
He really got into Jazz after the band broke up.
that was the right Bill, then right
:)
NICE!!!!!
-conbo
connie
is...
a warhol film
//mercurial, thought-provoking, charming, engaging, dynamic, confusing//
.
//NICE!!!!!//
yeah, she's also nice
: )
crazy, maybe?
run the other way
very very fast
-conbo
//run the other way//
why?, is there a better computer there
i like the friends in this computer
(i don't want to make anymore friends)
I got an email from Meg the other day. She doesn't like the format of this blog.
We don't either, but....
//WHOA! What's up with that? Who are you? The Welcome Wagon?
March 26, 2007 9:52 PM //
Welcome to the blog
-conbo
Noodles Jefferson said...
air-ono said...
yeah, noodles
they send their regards...
now fuck off
March 26, 2007 9:51 PM
WHOA! What's up with that? Who are you? The Welcome Wagon?
March 26, 2007 9:52 PM
Future WalMart greeter.
after i said "leonard, you're out of tune"
noodles is the sock puppet that fits in
(wow, so tricky)
Future WalMart greeter.
March 26, 2007 9:55 PM
hahaha
the future of WalMart
-conbo
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