Gonzales, Mueller admit FBI broke law
(AP)
The nation's top two law enforcement officials acknowledged Friday the FBI broke the law to secretly pry out personal information about Americans.
Do you really believe you can end it with this?:
They apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions.
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 554 Newer› Newest»US farm group slams US-Brazil ethanol cooperation
President George W Bush’s plan to join hands with Brazil in boosting alternative fuels would deal a serious blow to American farmers, ranchers and taxpayers, a US farm group said on Friday.
Tom Buis, president of the National Farmers Union, which represents smaller US farm interests, warned that Bush’s proposal would redirect resources that could be used to feed a nascent boom in ethanol production at home.
“Using US taxpayer dollars to encourage new ethanol production in foreign countries will only directly compete with production right here at home,” Buis said in a statement.
“This agreement is the wrong step in the wrong direction at the wrong time,” he added.
eya NC!
we can work out a lease if you wanna immigrate to Abbotsford...
good pix A.!
VIVA Uraguay!
//just got in from a dogger walk ane we were all wet enuff to leave puddles in the mud room...//
or has someone (or something) already posted this
toniD said...
Good Evening Jim. Knee is still screaming. Can't get a Doctor's appt. til April 9th. Going to check for cancellations though.
Thank goodness he prescribed the pain pills. Wouldn't be able to work without them.
March 10, 2007 8:25 PM
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Sorry to hear that toniD.
Pain is the worst.
What did they give you?
(If you don't mind me asking.)
Tom Buis, president of the National Farmers Union!
eya Tom!
bend over bud
yer repub buds deff
could care less! makes
ya wanna consider redirecting donations eh?
here
...
Bush was the subject of a two-hour roasting by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Friday night.
Chavez addressed about 2,000 supporters at a soccer stadium in Buenos Aires, bashing the president whom he called a "political cadaver" who is on his way to becoming "cosmic dust."
The fiery Venezuelan leader led the crowd in chants of "Gringo go home," and described Bush as "the little gentleman from the north," and as an "imperial boss" who has no business in the "heroic lands of our America."
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So, the Mormon's the only one with one wife?
The only Top Republic Candidate for President who hasn't had multiple wives is the Mormon.
Ironic, huh?
by Bush Bites on Sat Mar 10, 2007 at 07:27:21 PM PST
in case no-ones posted this yet
//In NYC mud rooms are rented as
studio apartments for $700 a
month.//
and if they have...
i'll die
vicodin?
that's not much better than aspirin for gawds sake! you poor lass!
waits,
you are our d/kos correspondent
deal...
or
no deal
AO!
STFU!
good to read ya!
)
Bush signals disdain for Venezuela's Chavez, but co-opts his populism
...
The Bush administration is trying to strike a freer-trade deal with Uruguay. But the efforts are complicated by the country's membership in a rival South American trading bloc.
...
it's o.k., s.j.
when i'm here...
toni's physical pain is replaced with mental anguish
Dear trapped by a wicked character Kevin,
its about time you are facing up to the fact that you are way over your head here. No wonder you are riddled with confusion. But I have got that feeling that you all deserve each other. Play your cards right and you all can walk into the sunset together.
So Don't be a fool.
What makes you think your fiancee didn't set up this little test with Mumsie herself? I suggest you resist the lying cad inside you waiting to come out. Charm your fiancee with this cute little story the moment you arrive at her doorstep, praise the beauty and guts of her mother, and then invite them all for a lovely bonding session at the best restaurant in town... so you all can have a good laugh together.
Of course, you should not leave out your little condom joke. When told with flair it will be the hit of the evening I assure you.
However, not for a second should you then believe that you are now in the clear. Not for a long shot!
So watch out! When you least expect it your father-in-law will hit on you ... hard. It may be during the discussion of finances in his dimly-lit office, it may be in the private stateroom on that upcoming fishing trip to Baja, or during your next man-to-man talk at the triple lutz sodden Uneven Bar.
Good Luck! And be prepared for a long, bumpy and fab ride.
Check out this blog on...
Who IS Alberto Gonzales?
Know thy enemy!
That's fine, but I'd suggest that there is at least one person more qualified for that than I.
And I don't deal, man, it's just for personal use.
: )
eya, sj
taking a break from house chores
my place is shiny & new
(i might even eat in it tonight)
More Lies
U.S. military claims deletion of AP footage at attack site in Afghanistan justified
The U.S. military asserted that an American soldier was justified in erasing journalists' footage of the aftermath of a suicide bombing and shooting in Afghanistan last week, saying publication could have compromised a military investigation and led to false public conclusions.
...
"False public conclusions"!
WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's an admission of propaganda, or at least the opposite side of it. Only allowing "positive" stories to be aired is Orwellian.
Fuckers
air-ono said...
in case no-ones posted this yet
//In NYC mud rooms are rented as
studio apartments for $700 a
month.//
and if they have...
i'll die
March 10, 2007 9:05 PM
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
You have to read the obits to find one.
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Sorry to hear that toniD.
Pain is the worst.
What did they give you?
(If you don't mind me asking.)
-----------
A low dose of vicodin
Just took a pain pill and it is making me sleepy, so I am going to say good night!
See y'all in the AM.
Attacks on Zapatista Supporters and the 10th APPO Megamarch on International Women's Day
SAN CRISTO'BAL DE LAS CASAS, Chis. - Members of an indigenous group opposed
to the long-quiescent Zapatista rebels beat two reporters from alternative
media outlets as they were covering a rally in Chiapas.
There also were initial reports that La Jornada newsman Hermann
Bellinghausen had been held by the demonstrators for several hours
Wednesday, but the newspaper's directors told EFE that Bellinghausen denied
that version of events.
Reporters that had been in the area confirmed that two of their colleagues,
Alonso Luna Giro'n from Enlace Civil, and Carlos Va'zquez Guzma'n of Promedios-
Chiapas, were beaten by the indigenous who were staging a demonstration in
the municipality of Ocosingo.
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Sunshine said...
that's not much better than aspirin
March 10, 2007 9:07 PM
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Anything more that aspirin
makes me tired.
Night, toniD.
bbl
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Goodnight toniD.
~*~*~*~
Oh, both my shoes are shiny new,
And pristine is my hat;
My dress is 1922....
My life is all like that.
~Autobiography, Dorothy Parker
Android Jones_Gallery
Goodnight Toni...hope you feel better...
nite T!
sleep well gal!
Sunshine said...
vicodin?
that's not much better than aspirin for gawds sake! you poor lass!
March 10, 2007 9:07 PM
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Temporary relief.
good pix A.!
my biker/SF segment is applauding!
Minor Temporary Relief...
no anti inflams?
u can tell that doc never crashed a knee.
back later
just about to go to denner!
I'm broke but I'm happy
I'm poor but I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby
What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a high five
I feel drunk but I'm sober
I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm tired but I'm working, yeah
I care but I'm worthless
I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby
What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be quite alright
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is flicking a cigarette
What it all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving the peace sign
I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm shy but I'm friendly baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chicken shit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby
And what it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano
What it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything's just fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxicab...
-@-@-
♪-♥-♫
u got male on ur g-spot
@("1 past midnight")
eek... and there's a gangster on my shoulder
*
*
*
*
Landless farmers protest Bush visit, corporate globalization
Over 500 Landless farmers, most of them women, from the Via Campesina (Peasant Way) and the Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (Landless Rural Workers’ Movement or the MST) invaded and briefly occupied an iron ore mine, a bank and a sugar mill on Wednesday to protest the impact of big companies on the poor and President Bush’s visit to Brazil. A press release issued by Via Campesina said that their protest was meant as a statement “against transnational companies and the financial system, which seek control of the natural resources in the country.”
I was just over at Wil's place, and I thought maybe this'd be of interest to some folks here.
The Windows Time Change Fiasco...
Windows users have a date/time thingie in the lower right corner of their screen. I think you can click on it, select the tab that says "Internet Time" and have it automagically synchronize. Maybe. There is also a "Time Zone" tab where you can select whether or not to "Automatically adjust clock for daylight savings time changes." I don't know if these things work, I only know that they exist. YMMV
Ha! Looked so suspiciously bogus that I had to dig you out of the spam mail box...
:)
Ok...consider Tropic of Cancer returned....but there may be fines assessed at a later date....
Favorite Alanis tune
Scret Song (alternately called Your House or Forgive Me Love), Alanis Morissette
Wow, here's a piece of horror I just remembered from my childhood.
"I may never march in the infantry, Ride in the cavalry, Shoot the artillery.
I may never fly o'er the enemy, But I'm in the Lord's army. (yes, sir!)
I'm in the Lord's army, (yes, sir!) I'm in the Lord's army, (yes, sir!)
I may never march in the infantry, Ride in the Calvary, Shoot the artillery.
I may never fly o'er the enemy, But I'm in the Lord's army. (yes, sir!)"
Definitely the sort of mindset you want to impart to children.
How does it go? "Onward christian soldiers, marching as to war" This is why shit like Jesus Camp scares me. It's all subtle (or not) motivation towards conflict in the name of god, and that sucks.
Praise The Lord and pass the ammunition...
No joke.
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Good diary on The Effect of Blogs on the Media Bias
I dig BooMan.
Ono & WFC
Yay! That was my favorite book when I was little!
Yay! That was my favorite book when I was little!
WTF?
Sam, when does the goddam blog get fixed?
By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
Fri Mar 9, 10:55 PM ET
WASHINGTON - The nation's top two law enforcement officials acknowledged Friday the FBI broke the law to secretly pry out personal information about Americans. They apologized and vowed to prevent further illegal intrusions.
Isn't that special? They apologized. And made a vow, "No further illegal intrusions."
I can just imagine myself in front of a criminal court, pleading my case to the judge: 'Your Honor! I'm sooo sorry! I apologize! And I promise no further illegal intrusions. I'll never rape anyone else.' Or, 'Your Honor! I'm sooo sorry! I apologize! And I promise no further illegal intrusions. I'll never rob another bank, again.' If Charlie Manson only knew that all he had to do...
On the Road With Bush and Chávez
...
The ultimate goal of this tour is to create an alliance that would give Brazil, the world’s 10th-largest economy, a key, if restrained, regional and global role. Supported by the four other nations Mr. Bush is visiting, Brazil would balance Mr. Chávez’s growing radical influence.
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I need to make a statement.
I was a member of the Libertarian Party for two decades. I quit when the party got taken over by Republicans who understood that the LP was leeching votes from them. Today, most of the folks who claim to be libertarians are not libertarians at all. They are the folks who have accepted Laissez-faire capitalism as their personal Jesus.
How does it go? "Onward christian soldiers, marching as to war" This is why shit like Jesus Camp scares me. It's all subtle (or not) motivation towards conflict in the name of god, and that sucks.
It's not about Jesus. It's how you can pervert someones dearest profound beliefs into support for your venal Republican desires.
Sorry. It wasn't meant to be a direct criticism of Christianity. I have a huge problem with people using religion to subvert the will of others, particularly, as an incitement to violence. Christianity is definitely not the only religion that's been perverted in this way.
As for the Libertarian thing: When I to the political compass test, I scored (-9.56, -9.63), so I am about as left, and about as libertarian as it gets.
I still think it's fucked up to teach children any sort of association between faith/religion and militarism/violence.
Cat Chew said...
I need to make a statement...
It's how you can pervert someones dearest profound beliefs into support for your venal Republican desires. March 11, 2007 12:06 AM
If 'someones dearest profound beliefs' can be swayed by something so venal, I'd wonder how 'profound' those beliefs, how dear, or, if any faith there, at all.
i really do have a gangster on my shoulder
(he's out of the room at the moment)
he has a heavy presence...
(imagine a vulture the size of a gorilla)
because he speaks in a loose way so that what is said could mean any number of things
and you have to ask questions to narrow down the possibilities and piece it altogether to nail down something definite
ugh!
fighting every inch of the way to understand what he's saying saps my energy
(bbl)
WaitingForCicero said...
Yes, i agree with everything you say.
Sweet dreams, sweetheart.
If you believe this, then you also believe gonzo celebrates Pesach.
A dangerous "human" whose only apology should be on the way into
the maximum security pen called
Levinworth. Or is too good?
Sidebar: I also believe we ain't seen nothing yet and it's alllll bad,oy vey.
holy crap!
it's four in the morning
too much internet
I really think Hugo
Chavez is kind of a cheeser
Yes, he's better than Bush
but
I think Chavez is not really a good leader ie. Venzuella is still struggling lots of poor people
If anyone has any information on Hugo Chavez, I want to see it!!!
I can't make up my mind about this guy
-conbo
WaitingForCicero said...
I still think it's fucked up to teach children any sort of association between faith/religion and militarism/violence.
March 11, 2007 12:17 AM
This is what I agreed with.
Thank you!
I'm out of here.
no ordinary pin-up artist
Sweet dreams, Mme. Chew!
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From TPMmuckraker:
Dem Rep: Hastings Should "Absolutely" Be Investigated
By Paul Kiel - March 10, 2007, 12:03 PM
Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA), speaking on a Washington NPR affiliate, KUOW, said yesterday that he "absolutely" supports an ethics investigation of Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA), the ranking member of the House ethics committee. "I think that whole situation is just incredibly troubling," he said, "the line was clearly crossed."
Smith was referring, of course, to Hastings' former chief of staff Ed Cassidy's call to then-U.S. Attorney John McKay shortly after the 2004 election. McKay testifed last Tuesday that he was "concerned and dismayed" by the call, during which Cassidy asked him whether his office was investigating allegations of Democratic voter fraud in the gubernatorial election, which the Democrat had very narrowly won
But as we pointed out earlier this week, it's a relatively meaningless gesture for a member of the House to express support for an ethics investigation unless he or she actually follows through and files a complaint -- refers the complaint against Hastings from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington. Will Smith do that?
the master
(just google image his name)
are you following me, waits
?
you got an ono tracking device
?
Hi Ono
:)
I have been living online lately...I'm not even a person anymore
Im a pixel!
re:Hugo Chavez-the BBC has good stuff about him
but what if the BBC want him overthrown too?
hahaha
Well, Chavez is more polarizing then Bush, that is for sure
-conbo
Hi Waiting!
:)
This is my conclusion about Chavez-for now...subject to change if I learn more...
He is very good at political manuervring and has a way with words, but really he's not a good president
-conbo
I think Chavez is a better leader than the Venezuelans have had in a while, but I certainly don't think he's a saint. I have met Venezuelans who love him, but I've met more that disliked him.
The one's that disliked him were generally very pro-capitalist or extremely religious. The pro-capitalist types weren't bad folks. The gist of their argument seemed to be that people would have no incentive to succeed in a state that provided their subsistence. They feel that the market acts as a positive social force.
I could not disagree more.
eh!
tell me about it
Yeah, ono. Stalking you around the nets is my new thing. Posting those tunes is so passe.
You see that picture A. posted of us earlier? Don't I just look like a shifty stalker type? : P
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Hi, #! If I could trust the press more, it'd be easier to form an opinion about Hugo.
well...you have to be logical about $$$
If you set up a system dependant on someone's good graces then it will fall because it goes down with the leader
I could be wrong...probably am...i've spent 3 hours reading about it...and I don't know any Venzuellians
-conbo
//eh!
tell me about it//
What do think about Chavez, Ono..is there any press about him in Australia?
-conbo
Getting a drunken phone call, brb.
so the sparkly ankle bracelet you sent me for christmas is homing into my private thoughts
: )
(damn, it won't come off)
(and i can't leave the house)
LMAO! @ //What do think about Chavez, Ono..is there any press about him in Australia?//
umm, he's not exactly the 1st guy that comes to mind when i wake up
and i dare say the rest of australia follows suit
to //Getting a drunken phone call//
if it's me... hang up
well...what do you think about your sparkly ankle bracelet then?
-conbo
;)
i am just teasing you don't get upset
so correct me if i'm wrong, but you're up at 4 o'clock in the morning thinking about what you think about chavez
if he affects you so much...
maybe you should marry him
: )
to //i am just teasing you don't get upset//
um,...
that was directed at waiting when he said "Yeah, ono. Stalking you (etc)"
He's married...not my type
and I can't speak Spanish anyway
It's just that Chavez is like a hero for some people
here in states...Cindy Sheehan hugged him
I am just trying to figure this all out
-conbo
//um,...
that was directed at waiting when he said "Yeah, ono. Stalking you (etc)"//
I know...
-conbo
You only wear sequined underwear, right?
;)
-conbo
Venezuelans wary over Chavez reforms
from the BBC...probably the only news source I completey trust
-conbo
only when i'm in the desert performing,
prisilla
//only when i'm in the desert performing, prisilla//
You are very funny.
Have you written Chubby?
I feel bad for him
Also Dar is having trouble too
crap
i shouldn't say that online
wtf is wrong with me
oh well
-conbo
i haven't written to chubby yet
and what's wrong with darlene???
: (
well i can't say because that would be invading her privacy
but just pray and send good vibes her way
-conbo
omg!
i will
i'll let you go, connie
and i'll make a start on chubby's big letter
Well. That was fun.
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One reason that I support Chavez is that I believe American hegemony (at least in it's present form) to be wrong. I believe that our trade policies make slaves of nations, and I believe that a socialist, anti-capitalist South American bloc would provide a much needed counterweight.
I think there is a possibility of increased militant nationalism and anti-U.S. sentiment, and that bothers me, but not as much as the current foreign policies of our country.
i wish more of the girls would come back to the blog
-conbo
especially mat
When you write the Bubbster, give him a hello for me, ono.
And many blessings to DAR and family.
Also, make sure you don't agitate the ankle bracelet too much. You remember those prison collars in The Running Man? Yeah, like that.
Seconded, conbo. Late night's with Wil was always fun, and MAT and DAR are just great people.
(sigh)
why has mat forsaken us ?
(NB: no need to answer if privacy is an issue)
One reason that I support Chavez is that I believe American hegemony (at least in it's present form) to be wrong.// It is wrong...but Chavez using that as his platform doesn't make him a good president. He's just stating the obvious
//I believe that our trade policies make slaves of nations, and I believe that a socialist, anti-capitalist South American bloc would provide a much needed counterweight.//
I've no idea. You could be right. They do need some sort of a monetary system, and since they are being shut out by the powers that be...the US, maybe Chavez's leadership makes sense. I just with the US weren't such control freaks. They won't do business with you if you are not in line with their ideology.
-conbo
I don't know why the girls left
Honestly
but I wish they would come back
-conbo
have you seen mat in your travels, waits
and regards from me if/when you do
cathy & meg haven't been around for a while
: (
She hasn't forsaken us, ono. She's just moved on to the next plane of existence. Stop by her place and drop a comment some time.
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It would be nice if the U.S. didn't make it so goddam easy to have, "Hey, I hate those yanquibastards", as an all encompassing political philosophy. Just opposing us stands for all sorts of good shit these days.
I have. And I will, ono.
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I haven't seen the others in a while, either. Hope they'll be back when/if SEDER's place reopens.
I'm not privy to the reasonings for this exodus.
//Just opposing us stands for all sorts of good shit these days.//
Yup. But you know I think you could be right about Chavez
Has Noam Chomsky written anything about him...specifically, I mean, not generalized
Someone else I would definately take into account
-conbo
I wish someone like Noam Chomsky could be president of the US. Or Kurt Vonnegut.
Can you imagine?
Oh lord, it would be swell
well i'm going to listen to the bbc's world service and drift off to sleep
many blessings
xoxox
I know Chavez hawked his
book...but I rather doubt they are personal buds
If only because Chomsky would not comprimise himself that way
ie. being in contact with someone who is helping you
i am so political!
sheesh
all i think about is strategy
that sucks
-conbo
There's an odd thing to consider... Some regulars here disappeared when a lot of congressional seats changed from R to D.
nite Ono
:)
thanks for the laughs..you are a funny dude
:)
-conbo
//There's an odd thing to consider... Some regulars here disappeared when a lot of congressional seats changed from R to D.//
hahahahaha
thats funny
you are working overtime!
Yes, Mat is really Nancy Pelosi
bwhahahaha
-conbo
i'm not actually here right now. i'm doing my thing for capitalism, but i can't stop myself from commenting that...
the hegemony of US foreign policy is, i think, rooted in a very basic and dearly held belief that we're the ones who've got it figured out. we know what we're doing and everyone else is slightly retarded - or misguided at best. it's an attitude that's so ingrained we're not even conscious of it normally. and i'm talking among individual people, not just politicians. (bush and his friends are able to capitalize on it for their own profit) until that changes i don't see how any of the rest of it will.
okay. i'll shut up now. back to work.
Vonnegut is one of my favorite people, ever. I'd love to see Chomsky in leadership role politically, but I think he'd hate it. Right now, I'd settle for President Gore, with Carter heading the State Department.
Probably just dreamin', though.
//the hegemony of US foreign policy is, i think, rooted in a very basic and dearly held belief that we're the ones who've got it figured out.//
yes, I agree
-conbo
wow. i just realized I think that way. Who says back to back McDonald's is a good life...we may be living hell and not even know it!
mind blowing!!!
Yeah, Gore has moved on to a higher existence
:)
-conbo
The problem with politicians is that they are politicians
Hi/bye, j-sama.
Totally agree. "Half devil, and half child".
Oy.
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Happy sleepies, ono.
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I don't even understand what the insinuation regarding the R-D switch and our bloggers means.
MAT is infinitely cooler than Pelosi. And I've never heard anybody rave about Nancy's nanner bread, either.
//wow. i just realized I think that way. Who says back to back McDonald's is a good life...we may be living hell and not even know it!
mind blowing!!!//
this sounds like sarcasism, but it is not...i swear.
i wish a poll could be done on how Americans feel about their lives.
Go to work. Come home. Spend money. Buy stuff you don't need to fill the empty hole
-conbo
//MAT is infinitely cooler than Pelosi. And I've never heard anybody rave about Nancy's nanner bread, either.//
:)
-conbo
The only thing I'm convinced of so far is that we (the U.S.) definitely don't have it figured out yet. I don't know whether or not anyone else has, but we most assuredly haven't.
hey conbo. it was very strange i was just listening to a song and you crossed my mine (indirectly, from a conversation we had a long time ago; this one: http://wilcoworld.net/sbs/). then i checked the blog and you were here. i love it when things like that happen.
i think of MAT more as maxine waters. she rocks way more than pelosi.
my favorite vonnegut: "I'm going to tell you some news. No, I am not running for President, although I do know that a sentence, if it is to be complete, must have both a subject and a verb."
conbo @
March 11, 2007 5:12 AM
And every time I think I've figured it out a bit more, I find a half dozen other mindsets I have which suck. I wish I'd started building a different thought process at a younger age. Changing habits is harder than building them.
ooh, and this:
"Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from god."
funny...i was just thinking that
-conbo
America has no soul anymore.
It's all been tainted by greed and love of dollar
Do we have anything that we can point at and say...yeah that is America?
Besides symbols, we don't
=conbo
beer maybe
-conbo
"this sounds like sarcasism, but it is not...i swear."
i didn't take it as sarcasm, conbo.
waiting, i've been translating something for this site http://www.jal.com/en/sake/
thought i might try to lure you into other alcoholic beverages ;)
Good call. Much better than Pelosi. More fire.
I have no favorite Vonnegut quote, too many good ones. Cat's Cradle was filled with some of the best, IMO.
If I had a religion, I would be a Bokononist, although a close runner up goes the FSM. Pastafarians are awesome.
wish I could travel
that would be so cool
i go from point A to point B
and that's it
-conbo
If it wasn't for the internet I'd die of boredom
-conbo
i should go to bed!
sweet dreams!!!
:)
thanks for popping in Jenise
-conbo
conbo, the thing i think of as totally american is being able to immediately strike up conversations with total strangers and then walk away without ever knowing their name. i don't know if it's exclusively american, but it's the only place i can do it and that's what i miss most about the US.
seriously...time to go back to work. ignore me if i post again before tuesday ;)
"Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from god."
So bizarre. That's what I was thinking when I typed "Cat's Cradle".
I love good sake, but have only had it a few times. I'd love to become more acquainted. : )
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conbo, I must correct you. Americans do beer worse than almost anywhere else on the planet. The best beers we make ape the styles of European lagers. I loathe American pilsners.
The only things I can think of that are original, and good, are the banjo, and jazz.
Pastafarians are awesome.
March 11, 2007 5:27 AM
i am in love with vonnegut. if i had more time, i would stalk him.
Alright, I'll take my cue from that. Good to read you both, as always.
Many blessings to you, both.
G'night
waiting and conbo, dance, dance, dance! that's my wish for both of you...well, for everybody really.
First in the debate, Senator Obama...
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama
And now...from Senator Clinton...
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Hillary_Clinton
And now, the Other Guys Who Have No Shot....
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party
I did said I would leave...
but I found this
Hugo Chávez
wow!!!
:)
hey troll...only neocons support Mz. Hillary
Go on with your bad self
-conbo
Morning all...
Here's the Sunday Talking Head show line-up.
C-Span's Washington Journal: 7:30am - Tim Darnell, Southern Political Report, Online Editor; 8:30am - Newspaper Articles & Viewer Calls; 9:15am - Roger Noriega, Former Assistant Sec. of State for Western Hemisphere, 2003-05 & Peter Hakim, Inter-American Dialogue, President.
ABC's "This Week" — Sen. Jim Webb, D-Va.; former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan.; singer Loretta Lynn.
CBS' "Face the Nation" — Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Arlen Specter, R-Pa., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo.
NBC's "Meet the Press" — U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad.
CNN's "Late Edition" — Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari; former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee; Sens. Joseph Biden, D-Del., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Dole; former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala; Shibley Telhami, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution; Michael Oren, a senior fellow at the Shalem Center.
"Fox News Sunday" — Former Sen. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn.; Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif.
ok, I'm sold on Chavez. Check this out:
One of the greatest rebels, who I really admire: Christ. He was a rebel. He ended up being crucified. He was a great rebel. He rebelled against the established power that subjugated. That is what rebellion is; it's rebellion out of love for human beings. In truth, that is the cause, the cause of love: love for every human being, for every women, for every child, for every man, for every brother.
I believe you to be a brother. I don't see you as above or below. I don't feel superior or inferior to you. We're on an equal basis. Your cameraman, your photograph are equal. The men and women who are seeing you, who are seeing us are equal. They're true brothers.
KOPPEL: Well, maybe the photographer; not the cameraman.
(LAUGHTER)
No, no, I'm just teasing. He's an old friend.
Chavez is an actual CHRISTIAN. Wow. Im moving to Venzuella asap. I swear.
koppel and Chavez
that did it for me
I'm a sucker for Christ
I find it amusing that the US's Christian leader...whatever his name is...called for Chavez's death...heathen
-conbo
Pat Robertson...what a shmuck...
sheesh
how can you call for the death of someone if you are a Christian?
You cannot.
-conbo
The good news is that my computer updated to Daylight Savings time all on it's own so the patch worked. My cell phone also updated by it's self.
Now I need to change all the battery operated clocks and the microwave. And the car.
for clarification...
im not anti-semetic
ROME killed Christ
ROME
and everything else is History
-conbo
or not depending on your views...but ahhh wotever
Im so not anti-semetic
-conbo
Is it daylight savings, ToniD?
We don't do that in AZ
I miss it.
-conbo
Morning Connie:)
There's good and bad in everything.
The Yin and Yang of life.
Sometime it take generations for the bad to move toward goodness and the good seem to travel towards evil. Thus the present situation in the US.
hey Tonid
Sorry for the odd posts...
I honestly don't mean to offend anyone
:)
Thanks for reminding me of
daylight savs...it will come in handy when I call people out of state
-conbo
Not to worry Connie.
If people would learn to accept others religious beliefs we wouldn't be in the mess we are today.
//If people would learn to accept others religious beliefs we wouldn't be in the mess we are today.//
religion...fark it
what i look for...
Are you kind to your fellow man to the best of your ability?
that is my personal belief
-conbo
man/woman...
but fark that too
women=men
and
men=women
-conbo
Be back in a bit.
morning gang!
anybody want an expresso?
NYT Editorial calls Gonzales Bush's Consigliere
Thanks Jim, just made myself a Mocha Cappuccino.
haha troll going to die laughing! Delusional hahas!
just catching up,
Wils site looking good.
her new lil Mac smiling for the camera!
AO and WFC! (perfect!)
http://media.collegepublisher.com/media/paper481/stills/1e3cw1fq.jpg
Some excitement here in the building. The fire alarms went off.
Evidently one of the ladies here put something into the microwave for 20 min instead of 2 minutes and it caught fire.
Glad to hear that the fire alarm is loud enough that it will definately wake you when you are sleeping.
Moral of the story is double check the microwave settings b4 you hit the start button.
Sen. Schumer Calls For Alberto Gonzales To Resign »
Today on CBS’s Face the Nation, Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) called on Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to resign. Schumer said Gonzales has “been even more political than his predecessor, Attorney General Ashcroft,” and that Gonzales “either doesn’t accept or doesn’t understand that he is no longer just the president’s lawyer, but has a higher obligation to the rule of law and the Constitution, even when the president should not want it to be so.”
“For the sake of the nation,” Schumer said, “Attorney General Gonzales should step down.” Watch it:
LINK
sheesh!
Microwave of Mass Destruction!
It is not that we HATE liberal sinners. We HATE their sinning lifestyles. We don't want the liberals to burn in hell for all eternity, we just want them to turn away from their evil lives.
You can turn away from homosexual lifestyles.
Sen. Schumer Calls For Alberto Gonzales To Resign
From Think Progress with video
LINK
You can turn away from your lazy lawless existence.
From the open thread at kos:
How do you track pot?
It just sits there. I grows like a...weed. Around here we are mostly fighting a war on blackberries and english ivy and we aren't winning that one either.
by upperleftedge on Sun Mar 11, 2007 at 09:22:18 AM PDT
And with that, I have got to get some rest.
Your love of drugs blinds you to the love of America. Your drugs make you a sinner and a criminal. You have no home in the church or the United States until you change your evil ways.
You have chosen to be gay. You have chosen drug addiction. you have chosen to hate American. Brick by brick you have built your own prison.
This is God's day, the perfect day for you to reject your evil ways. Put down those drugs and homosexual books. Come to church with me and repent!
"When the teacher dies what you have left is a political organization"
old Sufi saying
Check out your local churches and you will find the biggest hypocrites sitting in the first few pews of that church!
Jim, there's a cloud of smoke outside my window. It's sitting over the pond and is permeating the area. There is no wind today to disburse this smoke.
Bush seeks 8,200 more troops for wars By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 30 minutes ago
President Bush asked Congress on Saturday for $3.2 billion to pay for 8,200 more U.S. troops needed in Afghanistan and Iraq on top of the 21,500-troop buildup he announced in January.
Bush wants Congress to fund 3,500 new U.S. troops to expand training of local police and army units in Afghanistan. The money also would pay for the estimated 3,500 existing U.S. troops he already announced would be staying longer in the region to counter an anticipated Taliban offensive in Afghanistan this spring.
In Iraq, most of the additional troops would help with the latest Baghdad security plan, which is getting under way in the capital. The money would pay for 2,400 combat support troops, 2,200 military police forces and 129 troops for reconstruction teams.
The budget revisions come as many lawmakers opposed to the buildup in Iraq are debating funding for the war. But in a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (news, bio, voting record), Bush proposed canceling $3.2 billion in low-priority defense items to offset the extra money needed to support the additional troops.
Cutting the programs, he said, would eliminate the need to increase the overall $93.4 billion in additional defense money he's already requested to finance this year's war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"This revised request would better align resources based on the assessment of military commanders to achieve the goal of establishing Iraq and Afghanistan as democratic and secure nations that are free of terrorism," Bush wrote in his letter to lawmakers.
Bush signed the letter on his flight Friday from Brazil to Uruguay, part of his five-nation tour of Latin America that continues on Sunday in Colombia. The White House released the letter Saturday in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, recently hinted of the need to bolster the U.S. troop presence in Iraq.
"Gen. Petraeus expects under the Baghdad security plan as well as other parts of Iraq, that the number of people going into detention will increase and so these military police forces will be for that," said Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070311/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq&printer=1;_ylt=Atw3oZxFIJjIGKIDVDjeHfwGw_IE
Communism, Drugs, Unnatural sex. these are the loves of liberals. Evil, evil, evil!
You find yourselves trapped in smaller and smaller groups. Everything you touch fails and withers. That is a sign from God!
God is a shared reality without the constraints you put on it in an effort to capatalize on the concept.
AP: Bush Administration "Unraveling" In Eyes Of The Public
Associated Press | March 9, 2007 11:51 PM
It is too soon to tell whether Gonzales, a close Texas friend of Bush, might be forced to leave. Even his ouster, however, would do little to change a perception that the Bush administration is unraveling amid declining public support and trust. Some big names already have had to leave.
Donald H. Rumsfeld was forced to resign after Democrats seized control of Congress in fall elections that were a repudiation of Bush's policies on Iraq.
LINK
" Everything you touch fails and withers. That is a sign from God!"
not the morningglories on my southern fence line!
i've been meaning to talk to god about that.
You try to create loopholes for your evil, illegal acts. Some are sex acts, others are illegal drugs. You all come together because you have no where to go. You try to hide in a group, but you only become more visible.
Rummy?
out of sight, out of mind more like it.
he slid into the pentagon sewers actually.
notice how weird some of the stuff coming out of there lately has been?
Rummy still a worm in our apple for sure!
"You try to create loopholes for your evil"
You try to create loopholes for your evil!!!
Ha! astounding naivette or total closed mindedness to any criticism. a classic case of "projection" is more like it.
btw yer mask is slipping and yer tail is sticking out from under yer vestments.
Have you not seen your evil radio station fail again and again? I even see your pitiful efforts at blogging die on the vine. Evil shall find no purchase in America.
You think you sneak around and hide your drugs. But we see you clearly. You think you gay sex is hidden, but you know who you are. All we ask is that you stop you evil ways.
Morning gang. Not getting in here as often. Miss the blog. i see we have a religious freak proselytizing in here today. I have already had a toke out on the rail with the dog today. Thanks for the offer of help, but I have things in good order and I will never give up my morning toke!
Now were are getting internet evangelicals.
Evil is as evil does. It is by their actions you shall known them.
I meant to say out on the trail! I was up early today to hike along the Cuyahoga and give the dog a run. A good toke went with it and it doesn't make me any worse in the eyes of The Big Guy..,..if there is a Big Guy!
A classic, lie to yourselves it is the only way you can cope with your evil, illegal way.
Afternoon Reefer!
The next thing is he'll be asking us to send money!
Wow! I've just been reading over the posts by the church dork. It's a put on! Waste of time! Hey Jim, are you still here. I had a message from God come in....down by the river this morning.
Hi Toni! How are things in Chi town?
Repent your evil ways. The end is near. Send me your check and you will buy yorself 1st class tickets into heaven.
Hide your head in shame but we can still see you. The only thing you can offer the world is an example of another early death. It is your chosen lot in life. Satan has chosen you.
Chitown great. We're having a big anti war rally near where I live and very close to Rep Roskamp's office. The rally/protest will end in front of his office.
Roskamp is the idiot that stole the election from Tammy Duckworth!
Look around you, just compare your evil life to a good christian life. You will continue to lose so long as you live in evil.
I'll see you guys! I don't have time for god zealots!
You have little time left for anything but fire.
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eya ReeferJello!
a good morfternoon to ya!
don't worry about the Crasstian.
it's warforf or Synidely getting their ya ya's.
the Cuyahoga has always had some beautiful spots escape the development gang.
i'm reading the trilogy again and everytime they describe Mordor i think of Lorain and what happened there.
reason i was so slow getting back to you was that i'mn the kidney foundation hood coordinator and i was talking with this lively 80 year old lady about the hood and the local history.
ya T
i'm suprised he has'nt given us the relic pitch.
looks like a faux remnant of the dark ages hoping for a revival.
which means it's warforf or Synidely.
Haliburton HQ's is leaving Texas and setting up shop in Dubai
'Haliburton HQ's is leaving Texas and setting up shop in Dubai"
that makes sense in so many way's it's scary...
QOTD
Duncan Hunter, just now on CNN:
You're gonna have bombs going off in Iraq for the next 40 years, just as you will never stop bombs from going off in Israel, because of the neighborhood that you're in.
-Atrios 9:12 AM
LINK
Paul Krugman drops a bombshell.
exerpt:
"For now, the nation’s focus is on the eight federal prosecutors fired by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. In January, Mr. Gonzales told the Senate Judiciary Committee, under oath, that he “would never, ever make a change in a United States attorney for political reasons.” But it’s already clear that he did indeed dismiss all eight prosecutors for political reasons — some because they wouldn’t use their offices to provide electoral help to the G.O.P., and the others probably because they refused to soft-pedal investigations of corrupt Republicans.
In the last few days we’ve also learned that Republican members of Congress called prosecutors to pressure them on politically charged cases, even though doing so seems unethical and possibly illegal.
The bigger scandal, however, almost surely involves prosecutors still in office. The Gonzales Eight were fired because they wouldn’t go along with the Bush administration’s politicization of justice. But statistical evidence suggests that many other prosecutors decided to protect their jobs or further their careers by doing what the administration wanted them to do: harass Democrats while turning a blind eye to Republican malfeasance."
hee!
Ruzz is taking an nap next to me and snoring...
More quotes from Krugman:
"Before the midterm election, I wrote that what the election was really about could be summed up in two words: subpoena power. Well, the Democrats now have that power, and the hearings on the prosecutor purge look like the shape of things to come.
In the months ahead, we’ll hear a lot about what’s really been going on these past six years. And I predict that we’ll learn about abuses of power that would have made Richard Nixon green with envy."
Yes Jim, there are many tenticles to this admin's dirty work!
a friend who shall remain nameless tells this story:
"I was in Walmart buying a large bag of Purina for our dog Snickers, and was in the check out line. A woman behind me asked if I had a dog...
Duh!
I was feeling a bit crabby so on impulse, I told her no, I was
starting The Purina Diet again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the hospital last time, but that I'd lost 50 pounds before I awakened in an intensive care unit with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and IV's in both arms.
Her eyes about bugged out of her head.
I went on and on with the bogus diet story and she was totally buying it. I told her that it was an easy, inexpensive diet and that the way it works is to load your pockets or purse with Purina nuggets and simply eat one or two every time you feel hungry. The package said the food is nutritionally complete so I was going to try it again.
I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now enthralled with my story, particularly a tall guy behind her.
Horrified, she asked if something in the dog food had poisoned me and was that why I ended up in the hospital.
I said no.....I'd been sitting in the street licking my butt when a car hit me.
I thought the tall guy was going to have to be carried out the door."
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