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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Hah! Jim LMAO!!
hee!
goodun eh?
Mission accomplished!
i'm gonna hang out with Bgurl
for a bit, raining like crazy here,
makes ya appreciate a nice dry roof eh?
I blame everything on Cheney.
He is also the one that was in charge of hitting the World Trade Center with his deep undercover operatives using the super secret homing beacon from building 7. Then the hundreds of prepositioned explosives were set off to bring the towers down.
Jenise, As far as your comments abouts communism Thursday.I really am a neotribalist/socialist/communist. Don't look for my name in the membership rolls though, as I never officially joined the party. The party in my state of Washington closed in 2000.
Don't confuse your thinking about some other people that haven't been around for a very very long time. Searches show they haven't been on here or there since far back into last year.
When you see the generic name of Nobody, sometimes it is the Nobody from majorityreportradio or here and sometimes it is one of the thousands of Nobodys from the internet. Regardless, I am a real Nobody that has posted with that nickname for a very long time in several places and I am certainly no one else from here or that has been here before.
Click on my name for some interesting stories.
Before any of you go off making wild bogus accusations that don't make sense you should do a search of the blogs.
A search shows that there never was a poster with the nick of Legion. However there was a nick of Gare long long ago.
This just shows that people can imagine almost anything in their head that has no basis in fact.
The best thing you can do is IGNORE any snarky postings rather that post false accusations about anyone.
Thanks for the info not sam.
N has a Blogger.com nic that links to Alpha Liberal, his blog.
that's how you can tell the difference.
Homelessness and selfhelp in Miami.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiY1JcCSEyI
Umoja Village.
Alice said...
Thanks for the info not sam.
March 11, 2007 1:46 PM
That's not me alice...that must be a new alice....
*
Hiya WFC... I'm about to go lay out side in my hammock...is it nice there today too? Or raining like where SJ is?
Very long...
Knew it wasn't you.
Mid 50'2 and overcast, not exactly hammock weather. Getting closer, though. It'll probably rain a couple of times today.
Enjoy!
(ok, really gone, now)
//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.//
hahahaha
-conbo
//I even see your pitiful efforts at blogging die on the vine.//
this is hilarious
-conbo
Sorry for starting the religious talk...I did not mean to
-conbo
//The way is clear the lord said...
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!//
what if someone said, Ok, I'll do that. would you post directions to your house on the internet?
-conbo
//Repent the lord said...
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.//
i think Alberto Gonzales is posting to the blog
...we see everything...wooo
-conbo
Riot Erupts Over Bush Tour
George Bush has arrived in Columbia as violent protests erupted in capital Bogota.
He is the first American President to enter the country in 25 years.
About 150 protesters attacked riot police with rocks and metal barriers just moments after Mr Bush landed for a six-hour stopover.
About 200 police responded with water cannon and tear gas to reclaim a street, about a mile from the presidential palace.
Some of the rioters later rampaged on Bogota's main avenue, breaking shop windows and ripping computers from bank offices.
The rioters had broken away from a larger group of 2,000 protesters.
http://static.sky.com/images/pictures/1510227.jpg
Who compiled the list of States Attorneys to be fired?
//He is the first American President to enter the country in 25 years.//
what is he doing?
maybe Bush is on a suicide tour...I mean he MUST KNOW the US has screwed over South America and he also knows he is the most hated 'leader' in the world right now...
-conbo
for connie
Venezuelans wary over Chavez reforms
As US President George Bush tours South America, his ideological enemy, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, is facing growing nervousness at home over his economic strategy.
or you can listen to it....
HERE!
(not there)
or you can even ask our own south american correspondent, miss shelly, who is currently lost in copacabana from the comforts of her hammock
update: she's up...
welcome back to reality
: )
Bad fire in Orange County per CNN.
Over 200 firefighters and they are asking people to evacuate. 300 Homes so far.
Annaheim Hills fire has been burning for more than 7 hours.Hwy 241 near Annaheim is closed. Santa Ana winds are 29 mph with peaks up to 41 mph.
So hot and dry already.
*
I was like peace in a groove
On a sunday afternoon
You were there so was I
In the park 4th of July
I was chillin' with my Kool-Aid
When Miss Chilli came to relay
That you had a thang for me
Finest thang you'd ever seen
I must admit to you
I've heard them lines a time or two
Although for some apparent reason
Monkey lines are now in season
Lights off, lights on
I guess the groove is on so I am
Diggin' the scene
Diggin' on you
Diggin' on me
Baby bay-ooo-baby baby
It's on like that
It's on like that
I gotta be in love or somethin' like that
I was like deep in a cool
What'nt gone be nobody's fool
Could not care less who was there
Could've been like anywhere
I was chillin' with my Kool-Aid
Did not want to par-ti-ci-pate
In no silly conversations
Had no time for new relation-ships
I must admit to you
When I heard the lines you threw
Although it usually turns me off
But this time you have turned me on
Lights off, lights on
I guess the groove is on and I am
Oh why do I feel the way I do
When all I can think about is you
Diggin' diggin' diggin' on you
What was it in a line
That made me fall for you
Do you know
Why I'm diggin' diggin' diggin' diggin' on you
*
~TLC
There are religious people and there are "religious" people.
Who is this person ("religious" or religious, I let you make the call) who asked Hillary Clinton for forgiveness?
Is it a rabid kos borg? A maniacal Huffington sycophant? A Falwell fan? Ralph Reed's little cousin? A former MSNBC contributor? Who? And no, its not David Brock.
Have a guess. I left out the bit marked with *** cause it would give it away immediately:
"I was that person who apologized. As I wrote about in full detail in my ******** I did so after years and years of hating the Clintons. But is her words that matter because they were humble and healing and full of faith. I hope she can bring that same spirit to her campaign because we are certainly a country in need of all those things whether she becomes president or not."
and from over at kevin's blog is today's lovely must read by frank rich, who puts the libby verdict into perspective
it's entitled:
Why Libby’s Pardon Is a Slam Dunk
(DISCLAIMER: i am not responsible for mr. rich's opinion, nor will i testify under oath... so there)
I think it's like with any government, conbo..some people like him & some don't. My impression is that it's the rich who mostly don't like him...
A tip.
If you did hear Roseanne Barr on Real Time last Friday calling it the way it is, you know who it is.
RB was the hit of the show. Incredibly impressive IMO. Who would have thunk it. But then she did have one of the best TV sitcoms ever.
Bravo Roseanne!
And Maher didn't disappoint. Thought best friend Ann Coulter was just making a joke about Edwards. What else!
Easy job - easy money.
Frank Rich's article about the Libby pardon is a non brainer.
Stating the obvious and getting paid millions of $$$ ...
thanks Ono!
:)
Seriously though, what is Bush doing on this tour?
Im gonna liberate South America...
Laura packed me a bag of candy to throw at em. People starving for democracy love candy.
[about the slums, from the article "Venezuelans wary over Chavez reforms"]
//There is no glass in the windows - you see through bars straight into single rooms divided by bits of cloth hanging from the ceiling.
Where I live in Washington, dogs have more privacy. As we crawled along at walking pace two little girls - they must have been about eight or nine - darted out of a bus in front of us and in through a door. They were wearing school uniform.//
for me the salient point is the last sentence...
"They were wearing school uniform"
and that's where the future be
(VIVA! WHATEVER!)
I am not still handsome!
//I think it's like with any government, conbo..some people like him & some don't. My impression is that it's the rich who mostly don't like him... //
Is he this radical who is trying to overthrow the US government like it is claimed here quite a bit?
Also...has he run the economy well over there? Are more people being pulled out of poverty in a sustainable method?
-conbo
those are the two major questions that circulate about him
bridge, you're missing the point
which is that he puts everything marvellously into perspective
so there's no need to rush hither and thither, because once read you have your finger on the pulse of what's going on
WEST HOLLYWOOD, California (AP) -- Richard Jeni, a standup comedian who played to sold-out crowds, was a regular on the "Tonight Show" and appeared in movies, died of a gunshot wound in an apparent suicide, police said Sunday.
Police found the 45-year-old comedian alive but gravely injured in a West Hollywood home when they responded to a call Saturday morning from Jeni's girlfriend, Los Angeles Police Officer Norma Eisenman said.
Eisenman said the caller told police: "My boyfriend shot himself in the face."
Jeni died at a nearby hospital.
Eisenman said suicide had not been officially confirmed and the investigation was continuing.
Jeni regularly toured the country with a standup act and had starred in several HBO comedy specials, most recently "A Big Steaming Pile of Me" during the 2005-06 season.
Another HBO special, "Platypus Man," won a Cable ACE award for best standup comedy special, and formed the basis for his UPN sitcom of the same name, which ran for one season.
Jeni's movie credits included "The Mask," in which he played Jim Carrey's best friend, "The Aristocrats," "National Lampoon's Dad's Week Off," and "An Alan Smithee Film: Burn, Hollywood, Burn."
LINK
p.s. //Easy job - easy money.//
check out the sources in the article...
he does his homework
viva! la conbo
//Im gonna liberate South America...
Laura packed me a bag of candy to throw at em. People starving for democracy love candy.//
I know - I read it ... and could have made each point myself. That was my pont.
Anyone who witnessed the last six years should be able to do same.
WOW! I've seen Richard Jeni live in Chicago..! That's bunk...!
i'll vote for anyone, regardless of politcal ideology, if they give me a turkish delight
GOP Blocks Minimum Wage Increase Voted For By Dems
Associated Press | March 10, 2007 01:32 PM
At first, legislation to raise the minimum wage loomed as a clean, quick triumph for Democrats eager to celebrate their new majority in Congress. Two months later, it stands as an early lesson in the limits of their power.
A cohesive Republican minority backed by the White House, the Senate's complex rules and internal divisions among Democrats have combined to slow the measure's progress since it cleared its first hurdle in mid-January.
LINK
[Makes a note about how unfunny it is to shoot yourself in the face....]
//I read it//
gee, that was quick
i read about a third, then i remembered the chavez story from the bbc for connie
p.s. actually, two-thirds
//"Viva stuff!"//
stuff, snuff, turkish delight...
anything that fits up my nose
(gets my vote)
//I know - I read it ... and could have made each point myself. That was my pont.
Anyone who witnessed the last six years should be able to do same.//
Some of us haven't been here here
In the Land of Carealot, everyone loves and jokes a lot
-conbo (hahaha I saw the Daily Show where John Stewart mixes up the Kingdom of Carelot with Russia)
//[Makes a note about how unfunny it is to shoot yourself in the face....]//
Yes. This is not humorous
?
are you ok
-conbo
am I ok? yeah. why?
oh!
never mind you were talking about that article
thats good then
-conbo
i'm trying to get my brain to determine if having a brain made of turkish delight is a good thing or a handicap
on the one hand, your brain is delicious
however, if you needed to do something, like buy some milk, you may not have the capability to do it...
i don't know where you live, but i've never seen it happen
(of course, that's being literal... so in it's metaphorical sense it's the supreme compliment)
GIRLS!
your brains are a turkish delight
: )
shell is more than ok
she's...
SUPER OK!
thats very lovely, Ono
Im sure your alma mater was impressed with your thesis about how women have brains made of candy
-conbo
SHE'S SUPER-DOOPER CRAZY OK!
watch her as she flies around the room
*whoosh*
look out!
here she comes...
"think of ice-cream sliding into a crack"
(~from the jesus & mary chain's "here comes alice")
to //your alma mater//
umm, never met the guy
does he wear glasses ?
I'm trying to imagine what would cause me to want to shoot myself in the face....
connie, dear
let me put it this way...
when i read the girls posts here, it's the equivalent to a turkish delight in my mouth
and don't hit the roof, i don't mean it sexually
(full disclosure: ok, it's tinged with a tiny amount of sexuality)
p.s. it's not a condescending metaphor, ok
it was a fun comparison
Dear air-ono from down under,
Let me explain in detail:
I went to Kevin's blog before I turned off the computer last night and made a print-out of the Rich article. Then I read it while resting in comfort in my featherbed.
Btw. I Also watched a lovely and relaxing film with Russell Crowe last night: A Good Year. That was before I read the Rich article, however.
I also read a couple articles about the Alberto Gonzales business. There was something else I did, but can't remember right what it was ... hmmm ...
Am in my office right now. The papers are still in my bedroom.
This morning I slept until 11.00 AM. Beauty sleep is a priority.
Now I have typed enough and will join my fav. person at the High Tea table ;-)
Cheers!
and greetings from
bridge
to //I'm trying to imagine what would cause me to want to shoot myself in the face....//
oh!
derr!
(i don't know either)
um, *gosh*
miss bridge
I can't even think "Holy Crap" without thinking of Miss anne.... *sniff*... 8-(
suddenly i feel like having a mint julip
and shooting myself in the face
: )
if it'll make you feel any better, shelly
i'm sniffing with you
: )
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Body Found in Hudson River is Missing Brooklyn Teen
Hey bridge! You know if you pick up the featherbed & beat the dust out of it, when you lay it back down it's all fluffy & full of air again...!? I didn't know that til yesterday...
SOMEONE!!!
COAX MISS ANNE BACK HERE!!
the fascism is starting lose its hilarity right about now:
This Sunday, March 11th, Pastor John Hagee will make an evening address at a the American-Israel lobby AIPAC's star-studded yearly convention which AIPAC's website says may be attended by a substantial fraction of the US Congress and Senate. When not lobbying Washington politicians John Hagee can also be found wearing a Jewish prayer shawl and preaching from a white and blue throne (for the colors of the Israeli flag) to his 20,000 church members, organized into 12 "tribes" named after the original 12 Tribes of Israel, at Hagee's San Antonio, Texas based megachurch.
-conbo
ok, this man is crazy, crazy, crazy...with a capitol K
to //if you pick up the featherbed & beat the dust out of it, when you lay it back down it's all fluffy//
i just throw a couple of more ducks in there
SOMEONE!!!
COAX MISS ANNE BACK HERE!!
March 11, 2007 5:12 PM
you do it
good luck to you
-conbo
Is he having a laugh?
i am stunned
i can't believe this nut is advising foreign policy...oh wait
thats right he fits right in with the others
-conbo
what was i thinking
this man actually sits on an actual factual throne in Texas and preaches to people wearing a prayer shawl
and
he is influential in America's policy with Israel
Someone should broker a deal with Vincente Fox and tell him he can have Texas free of charge, but he must take all the Texans too. Every last one of them.
And they can't come into the US because then they will be illegal aliens
-conbo
Alice said...
Hey bridge! You know if you pick up the featherbed & beat the dust out of it, when you lay it back down it's all fluffy & full of air again...!? I didn't know that til yesterday...
-----
Shells,
what happened yesterday?
how can you live without a featherbed? I have never been without one.
Featherbed full of dust and air? They should be thrown away immediately.
Just got new ones for the Winter last season - sent all the way from the old country, Germany, of course. Warm as can be, light as can be.
btw. we have featherbeds for winter, summer, and in-between. Worth every cent.
Viva das Federbett!!!
Yesterday I picked up my feather bed and beat it is all..we have o.g.'s here too...that means the original cats we moved up here with...they sleep on my bed a lot...I can't throw it away yet..it's only been thrown up on once so far....:)
Billy Walkabout, decorated American Indian veteran, dies at 57
MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Billy Walkabout, a native Cherokee whose actions in Vietnam made him among most decorated soldiers of the war, died March 7 in Connecticut.
He was 57.
Walkabout received the Distinguished Service Cross, Purple Heart, five Silver Stars and five Bronze Stars. He was believed to be the most decorated Native American soldier of the Vietnam War, according to U.S. Department of Defense reports.
Walkabout was born in Cherokee County, Okla., on March 31, 1949, and lived much of his life in Oklahoma.
At the time of his death, Walkabout and his wife, Juanita Medbury-Walkabout, lived in a portion of eastern Connecticut that is home to many Mashantucket Pequot, Mohegan and other Native American tribal members.
Walkabout's official cause of death was not given. The Native American Times reported on its website that he had been fighting complications of exposure to Agent Orange, a defoliant used by the military during the Vietnam conflict.
Walkabout, a Cherokee of the Blue Holley Clan, was an 18-year-old Army Ranger sergeant when he and 12 other soldiers were sent on an assassination mission behind enemy lines on Nov. 20, 1968, in a region southwest of Hue.
However, they ended up in the enemy's battalion area and came under fire for hours, during which he was seriously wounded. Several of the other 12 men were killed at the scene, while the rest later died of their injuries.
Walkabout's citation for the Distinguished Service Cross said he simultaneously returned fire, helped his comrades and boarded other injured soldiers onto evacuation helicopters.
"Although stunned and wounded by the blast, Sgt. Walkabout rushed from man to man administering first aid, bandaging one soldier's severe chest wound and reviving another soldier by heart massage," the citation states. "Only when the casualties had been evacuated and friendly reinforcements had arrived, did he allow himself to be evacuated."
LINK
got it Shells
our cat sleeps on our featherbeds, too .. wherever she wants to be she goes
I usually shake my featherbed every day but the latest one we got is so well constructed, the feathers stay put, no pockets with air exist.
I have seen your cats enjoying themselves on your beds, Shells. I do miss them. Loved the pics.
When you say "featherbed" are you talking about the down comforter or are you talking about a matress cover?
//blame Jews for the death of Jesus Christ//
~from the article "Nazis Did God's Work" that connie posted @ 5:07 PM today
it's the same vile mentality that "blamed" (treated as outcasts) the children of ww2 german soliders & norwegian women
(here's the link, if you want details)
it's gut-wrenching...
however, they're now taking the government of norway for failing to protect them against the discrimination they suffered
LINK to the case
Nobody said...
Jenise, As far as your comments abouts communism Thursday.I really am a neotribalist/socialist/communist.
March 11, 2007 1:43 PM
We know you're a communist. Hell, I knew before you acknowledged it. You're a living, breathing example of why it's a failure. "Waaah. I can't work because I feel bad 'n I've worked hard already 'n stuff 'n I feel old."
White House Aides: Cheney's Office "Out Of Control"
Newsweek | March 11, 2007 08:08 PM
That doesn't mean Libby will be denied a pardon. Former White House aides, who didn't want to be named discussing Bush's strategizing, say they believe the president will ultimately grant him one. Libby may just have to wait, probably until after the '08 election. "The president has absolute authority, and we've seen in the final days of a presidency all bets are off," McClellan says. "But I'd be surprised if he did anything before the legal process has run its course, and there's been a request through formal channels."
That reluctance to bend the rules may stem from a feeling inside the White House that Libby, though loyal and well liked, went too far. Even if Bush is "sad" about Libby's conviction, Libby did lie to the FBI and made the administration look bad. "What you saw was a vice president's office that was out of control," says a former White House staffer who asked not to be named talking about internal discussions. According to trial testimony, White House aides Karl Rove and Ari Fleischer both disclosed the identity of Wilson's wife to reporters. But the way the White House sees it, Rove and Fleischer "went up to the line," the staffer says, "but they didn't cross it. The vice president's office crossed it." Now Bush has to decide how long he'll make Libby wait on the other side.
LINK
Funny, Crank... :) I should note when it gets pee'd on it's outta here...
*
It's these fluffy white mattress pad type things, Toni...but when I put it on the bed, the fitted sheet doesn't fit...plus if you have a "California King" bed..the featherbed is way too small...
It's weird, bridge..when I got to bed, no matter what time, there's this group of cats that surround me & pin me into my blankets...
I never had a featherbed until the last couple months...it was from p's mother...
Michael...that wasn't Nobody!
I know you don't like him, he can be hard to like, but that was not him!!
Crank, you've been very quit lately. Something wrong?
the only way i can deal with this shit is via vulgarity & absurdity
ok, here's my bus
(ciao)
and don't forget to wash behind your ears, children
m the a-c said...
March 11, 2007 6:01 PM
You know what? Everyone @ my job thinks the woman driving the bookmobile with me when it crashed is faking it....here's a quote from the director to her:
"We wish we could feel more compassion for you"....
Reminds me of people jumping on the El to get in on it when it would have an accident...
toniD said...
Michael...that wasn't Nobody!
I know you don't like him, he can be hard to like, but that was not him!!
March 11, 2007 6:05 PM
Yeah, I was ready to pounce on him for his laziness at any rate.
We know he has far left leanings anyway.
The Universe wants to play.
--Hakim Bey
"We wish we could feel more compassion for you"....
Reminds me of people jumping on the El to get in on it when it would have an accident...
March 11, 2007 6:08 PM
Did you watch the Beavis and Butthead "worker's compensation" episode? Anyway, it's the same concept. I don't know of your friend's condition.
air-ono said...
and don't forget to wash behind your ears, children
March 11, 2007 6:06 PM
I think about that a lot when I'm in the shower..........
Miami Community Activist Max Rameau on Umoja Village
Part 1
Part 2
Part 2
This is just a miniature version of Iraq. The city wasted $1,000,000 doing nothing. One smart and dedicated Black man houses 25 homeless people with $3,000.
There has to be a way to make money directly available to people like himself. A way to identify real movers and shakers, and just fund them, instead of state or government initiatives, especially in a city as corrupted as Miami.
There should be a fund that puts money into the hands of dedicated activists. I mean, think of all the funds that are out there.
Also visit Take Back The Land at Blogspot.
PS, make a documentary that features the advancement of Black people, and notice how all the Dylan Klebold lookalikes keep whining and making video 'responses' about how terrible it is how everyone is depending on the government. I'm sorry, but they're bringing out my own homicidal instincts.
tonid,
I must go for sure now, family is calling
I will explain the featherbed later
:))
m the a-c said...
March 11, 2007 6:11 PM
I wonder if it's just real pain because she believes it's real pain? She told one manager that she 'can't even write...'..so pierce said..'what sort of therapy does that take? They start her out holding toothpicks, then pine needles, then a #1 pencil, to a #2...then maybe a mont blanc pen when she's really strong-fingered again...
She's saying that because I was unprepared for the impact since I had headphones on & was reading my computer, that since she tensed up she's all fucked up...
She's saying that because I was unprepared for the impact since I had headphones on & was reading my computer, that since she tensed up she's all fucked up...
March 11, 2007 6:19 PM
there is possibly some truth there
LINK to the case
March 11, 2007 6:00 PM
I don't want to go through that here...
That doctrine Hagee is teaching is really Americanized Nazism
It's sick
-conbo
I agree, there possibly is...however...having spent 8 hours plus a week with her since may of 05...I doubt.
Something tells me I shouldn't talk about this here..something else tells me no one is looking here anyway.. 8-)
Something tells me I shouldn't talk about this here..something else tells me no one is looking here anyway.. 8-)
never discuss work online...you can get in big trouble
also, probably no one is reading this you are right
Just don't make a blog entitled Why I Hate Working at ___________
hahaha
i wish I could do that, oh man it would be cool
-conbo
[columbo returns]
one more thing before i take flight...
ask waiting to get an mp3 of the jesus & mary chain's "here comes big al(ice)"
so you can sing along to the lyrics provided below the fold ::
Here she comes walking down the street
She's got something you would love to meet
It's her heart and her heart is black
Think of ice cream sliding into a crack
The heat sticks to summer's heavy sweat
Hang around it'll get hotter yet
You got the shakes and it's gonna get worse
Don't you know it's all a part of the curse
She's got the hit that takes you into space
Suck mud and make a deal for that taste
You got nothing but you're riding on a star
You couldn't guess that she could take you that far
Some things are so hard to say
Even though you'd say them every day
Don't let your life be the butt of a joke
Get your lips round a coooooool... black!
Pepsiiiiiiii Coke
(AHHHHH!)
Here she comeZ
(repeat)
(how many times)
(i've lost count)
also,
i bought their album "automatic" on the strength of watching their "blues from a gun"
so do yourselves a favour and see if it's on youtube
(you boob)
hey! where's bob?
: )
p.s. it'll make you dance in the kitchen
*whoosh*
my jocks have been rocked off
("well i guess that's why i've always got the blues")
Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I'll draw a sketch of thee,
What kind of pencil shall I use?
2B or not 2B?
~A Silly Poem, by Spike Milligan~
Crank Bait said...
OMG...could you be any more dramatic?!
:)
crank bait said...
If you want my opinion of you to nosedive, feed me crap. I can handle the truth even when it is bad news.
March 11, 2007 6:37 PM
Yea, I think you put into words what we are all thinking.
wait til you see the new blog though Crank! It's going to have a ponds made of pink lemoaide and a stairway to heaven.
-conbo
my little ponies will float by and the CareBears will fight the trolls for us with their Care Bear Stare
Everyone will get a webcam too
Oh man, I can't wait!
-conbo
one good thing about this temporary
blog
War Dog can'seem to figure out how to get here
hahahahaha
We've had no bs from him in quite awhile
-conbo
Don't say anything, Connie, he may just show up!
Don't say anything, Connie, he may just show up!
March 11, 2007 7:06 PM
thats the last time I mention it
but it has been nice, that aspect of the blog being defunct
he used to give me a headache
seriously
with all the Gotta Get With The Program...Gotta Do that Nuclear Dance...Praise Hillary
the lists the propaganda
he had to have been paid
no one is that stupid
-conbo
Iraqis Flee City as Militants Burn Homes
By DAMIEN CAVE
BAGHDAD, March 11 — Sunni militants burned homes in a mixed city northeast of Baghdad on Saturday and Sunday, forcing dozens of families to flee and raising the specter of a new intimidation tactic in Iraq’s evolving civil war, Iraqi officials and witnesses said.
Militants also continued their campaign against Shiite pilgrims on Sunday, striking as the pilgrims returned home from the southern city of Karbala after observances there for the Arbaeen holiday drew millions of people over the weekend. The worst attack, a car bombing, killed at least 19 people in Baghdad as they were riding home from the south in a pickup.
Attackers burned both Sunni and Shiite homes in a neighborhood of Muqdadiya, a city of about 200,000 in Diyala Province, about 60 miles from Baghdad. There were differing reports about how many houses were affected. A security official in Diyala said that at least 30 houses were completely burned, including occupied and abandoned buildings, while a Sunni Arab politician from the area said that only six houses were destroyed. Some witnesses said as many as 100 houses were set on fire.
Victims from both sects blamed the Islamic State of Iraq, an umbrella organization for Sunni extremists that has taken over several other towns in the area. Residents said the group had recently demanded money, weapons and oaths of support from the local populace.
They said the burnings were intended to scare people into giving in or running away. Dozens of families fled the city, either left homeless by the attacks or terrified that they would be next.
“I left everything behind because I didn’t want to contribute to harming other Iraqis,” said Abu Muhammad Khailani, a Sunni, who said he escaped to a Shiite village for protection.
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This blog has no vitality. This blog has spark. This blog has no edge. This blog has pizazz. This blog has no vim and vigor. This blog has no moxie. This blog has tired blood!
thank you for that random nonsense
:)
-conbo
NY-29: Massa begins 2008 campaign
He is In It to Win It
Are they all using Hill's slogan?
Is that the official slogan of the DLC?
He seems pretty cool tho...he is talking to the bloggers and sharing personal stories
-conbo
Request Your FBI File
-conbo
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Human Bones Found at a House in the Bronx
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
UNSOLVED MURDERS: Hinging on a tattoo
A heart-shaped peach on her chest is a clue to Identifying woman whose torso a hiker found in 1997
Waxman looking into Haliburton Move
This story has legs and you will be reading about it for awhile
Here's the original post:
Haliburton HQ's is leaving Texas and setting up shop in Dubai
that bones story was pretty sad, news consumer
i can't believe the policemen did not notice a dead body when they checked on the house
lazy
-conbo
On Meet the Press today, Tim Russert read a poll, I didn't catch the polling compnay, but the poll os this:
Percentage of people polled watching the Presidential races:
73% following the races
27% Not following the races.
That's a huge amount interested in this presidential race and so early in the race.
hey ToniD
you should make a diary at the KOS
about the dubai story
lots of people would be interested in that
-conbo
Gonzales: "What Else Do You Want Us To Do?"
By Paul Kiel - March 11, 2007, 1:51 PM
From The Washington Post:
Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales met privately with top members of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday to offer an olive branch, but he did not seem too happy about it.
Gonzales had agreed to let Congress limit his powers and interview Justice Department officials as part of an escalating battle over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys. He knew that another scandal on FBI abuses was about to break and that some GOP lawmakers were hinting that he was in over his head.
"What else do you want us to do?" the normally taciturn Gonzales asked in exasperation, according to several officials with knowledge of the meeting.
Someone is getting nervous!
Maxine Waters Cuts Through Iraq Spin
By: SilentPatriot @ 6:50 PM - PDT
(Guest blogged by Logan Murphy)
Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-CA) appeared on Fox Sunday with Chris Wallace this morning to discuss her Iraq proposal. As usual, he hurled the same tired talking points at her and, as usual, she stands her ground. When asked the inevitable, "What message does it send the terrorists if we cut and run" question, she replied:
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"Well, I think cut and run is a kind of language that has been used by this administration and others to intimidate those of us who are responding to the American people's desire to get our soldiers out of Iraq. Our soldiers are dying every day. Civilians are dying by the thousands - uh, in Iraq. I just don't want to wake up one morning to find that they have bombed one of our compounds and hundreds of our soldiers have been killed."
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"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Hi toniD,
I'm kind of concerned about the long term
effects pain medication can have on the
liver. That's one of the reasons why I look
for alternatives. I found sometimes traditional
medicine only provides temporary relief through
pain meds. I've mentioned acupuncture here
several times and have used it for different
things and it's always helped. When my insurance
didn't pay for it I paid for it myself and it's usually
pretty inexpensive.
As I recall I think you said you tried it and it didn't do
anything and you had to pay for it yourself.
You might want to look into a Chinese herbalist.
I've only heard good things about them.
I'm not proseltysing Chinese medicine or anything.
I'm just a miserable patient, hate being sick or
injured and after a while when one thing doesn't
work I'm open to try something else.
Your courage and effort to maintain
active inspite of your condition is
an inspiration.
sweet cheezits I detest Chris Wallace
-conbo
The Army Is Ordering Injured Troops To Go To Iraq
Slap on a band aid, and back to work.
I HATE BUSH.
seriously. when I read things like this I HATE HIM. he has no concept
that other people are not furniture for him to move around as he likes. HATE HIM
-conbo
Thanks NC. I usually have a high tolorance for pain. Even the doctor is amazed.
I try not to take the pain medicines unless I really need them. Usually it's a cyclical thing they call a flare with RA. I'm about due for some shots anyway.
But my knee has no cartiledge left and the pain is really bad. Not as bad as my hip though. Now I have a fairly new hip joint and no pain. What I really need to do is commit to the knee replacement. I have been putting it off for 4 years now. I know it will need to be done soon because nothing will help relieve the pain anymore.
I'm trying to hold out until May when the college kids get home. I figure one would want my hours for the summer and by fall, when they go back to college, I'll be able to work again.
ok too much bad stuff for one day
asta
can't read another thing
-conbo
Connie, I wouldn't know where to start for a diary on Kos. I'm not a great writer. At least on my blog I can cut and paste things and then just a few comments on the story.
Do you have a diary there we can see? Post a link!
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
No cartiledge, hip joint..
So sorry toniD.
It's amazing you get
out of the house at all.
I'm sure Chicago winters
don't help either.
Your one tough broad.
Mr. Seder, I think you do a lot of damage on liberal radio (I am a strong Democrat). Your rantings sound like an angry college student-your voice is not good on radio-it's a strident, high pitch voice that grates the nerves.
After listening to Thom Hartmann, Laura Flanders, etc, I believe we need well-spoken, well informed presenters-we need to listen to good interviews of knowledgable people.
I don't like the way you talk about your "kid"-most adults speak of their children.
It would be a gift to the Democratic Party for you to resign.
Yea, this winter has been rough. Especially since we had alot of ice storms. Freezing rain. A couple of times I called in to work because of the weather. I've traded hours with some of the other girls. Most of the other part timers have full time jobs.
But I like getting out and I like the work. And the best thing is they work with me. Of course I do my job and well so I don't drag them down and I always volunteer to do extra work.
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Ever think about moving to
a warm climate to avoid the
cold?
If I could that's what I would do.
Thought about it but I have lots of family here and friends.
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
Regards to everybody.
Keep warm toniD.
I'm out. :)
"NEWS CONSUMER" said...
That's helpful and supportive.
I've got to get some rest.
Check you guys later.
I'm out too.
Later!
Crimson n Closer
Pretty conventional. Next part goes deep neo-metal with a rap line about a kid who likes to cut hisself.
how weird
i was just thinking about you fishgrease!!!
dada is right about the group think thing
have a good nite!-i should go to sleep
:)
-conbo
Good night, Conbo.
Hope I didn't give you bad dreams. That will be the rest of the song.
Not nice. I never promised nice.
Interesting, maybe. Probably depressing as hell but pretty in spots.
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!!
Vig!
via kos:
White House Document Dump: An Iraq War shell-game
"The White House pulled another fast one on Friday, though so far the whole thing has gone unnoticed. It's a classic Bush & Co. document dump, with a twist.
Bush is traveling abroad, while his administration is rocked by one major scandal after another, and the escalation in Iraq just rescalated. What better time then to get some Awkward News out? This Awkward News happens to concern the military budget.
The twist here is that in the letter Bush sent to Nancy Pelosi asking Congress to give the DOD more money, he gave a seriously misleading account of what he planned to do with it all. In the letter, Bush claims that the money is needed for base closures. The truth of the matter emerges only once you examine a document sent along with that letter.
And the truth is that Bush wants to cut billions of dollars from domestic programs partly in order to pay for troop deployments in Iraq."
Read this, it's worth it.
Cars that make hybrids look like gas guzzlers
Plug-in versions can go 100 miles on a gallon of gasoline
Sherry Boschert
Sunday, March 4, 2007
Main Opinion Page
Chronicle Sunday Insight
Toyota Prius owners tend to be a proud lot since they drive the fuel-efficient hybrid gas-electric car that's the darling of mainstream environmentalists and one of the hottest-selling vehicles in America. A few, however, felt that good was not good enough. They've made "improvements" even though the modifications voided parts of their warranties.
Ron Gremban of Corte Madera did it. So did Felix Kramer of Redwood City, and Sven Thesen of Palo Alto. Why? Five words: one hundred miles per gallon.
"We took the hybrid car to its logical conclusion," Kramer says, by adding more batteries and the ability to recharge by plugging into a regular electrical socket at night, making the car a plug-in hybrid.
Compared with the Prius' fuel efficiency of 50 mpg, plug-in hybrids use half as much gasoline by running more on cleaner, cheaper, domestic electricity. If owners forget to plug in overnight, it's no big deal -- the car runs like a regular hybrid.
These trendsetters monkeyed with the car for more than their own benefit. They did it to make a point: If they could make a plug-in hybrid, the major car companies could, too. And should.
Kramer, Gremban and a cadre of volunteers formed the California Cars Initiative (online at calcars.org), and in 2004 converted Gremban's Prius to a plug-in hybrid in his garage. They added inexpensive lead-acid batteries and some innovative software to fool the car's computerized controls into using more of the energy stored in the batteries, giving the car over 100 mpg in local driving and 50 to 80 mpg on the highway. The cost of conversion is about $5,000 for a do-it-yourselfer.
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And from diarist ilona:
Marine Overdose at Los Angeles VAMC, Latest in Long Line
This one's fucking sad.
NY Times: New Medicaid rules victimize poor Americans RAW STORY
Published: Sunday March 11, 2007
According to a story in tomorrow's New York Times (reg. req.), new Medicaid rules intended to prevent illegal immigrants from receiving benefits are having the unintended consequence of excluding tens of thousands of American citizens who are unable to provide a birth certificate or other proofs of citizenship.
Some officials acknowledge that at the same time, they have found almost no illegal immigrants on the Medicaid roles.
Excerpts:
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A new federal rule intended to keep illegal immigrants from receiving Medicaid has instead shut out tens of thousands of U.S. citizens who have had difficulty complying with requirements to show birth certificates and other proof-of-citizenship documents, state officials say.
................
Under a 2006 federal law, the Deficit Reduction Act, most people who say they are U.S. citizens and want Medicaid must provide "satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship," which could include a passport or the combination of a birth certificate and a driver's license.
Some state officials say the Bush administration went beyond the law in some ways -- for example, by requiring people to submit original documents or copies certified by the issuing agency.
"The largest adverse effect of this policy has been on people who are American citizens," said Kevin W. Concannon, director of the Department of Human Services in Iowa, where the number of Medicaid recipients dropped by 5,700 in the second half of 2006, to 92,880, after rising for five years. "We have not turned up many undocumented immigrants receiving Medicaid in Waterloo, Dubuque or anywhere else in Iowa," Concannon said.
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hi, toni and waits
when yo get a chance, watch this:
In Debt We Trust - America Before the Bubble Bursts
Danny Schechter's documentary investigates why so many Americans are being strangled by debt. It is a journalistic confrontation with what former Reagan advisor Kevin Phillips calls "Financialization" -- the "powerful emergence of a debt-and-credit industrial complex."
hey, waits
if you're good buddy-buddies with ilo...
ask her come visit
: )
Thanks, ono. I'll check it out in a bit.
Used to work in the credit industry, collections, specifically. It's the reason I've never had a credit card. Debt frightens me.
I've never interacted with her, ono. I noticed that it was that ilo, and I've enjoyed reading her before. She's a pretty good writer, though her subject matter is pretty grim.
I have a feeling that she has no desire to return, if I understand the particulars of her departure properly.
i'm about 35 minutes into this video:
Oil, War and Geopolitics
The Global Struggle Over Disappearing Petroleum
By Michael Klare
ok, waits
(thanks for both responses)
No worries.
Really starting to enjoy kos a lot. The idea of posting a diary is pretty daunting, but the comment threads are great discussion.
In other news, gas has jumped over $.20/gallon in the last two weeks.
Remember that fantastic meme about the war paying for itself with oil money? That seems to be working out great.
anyway, re: the circumstances of ilo's absence
i recall we partied with her one night...
so it must of been something you said
: )
Morning WEC and ono!
I haven't been able to go to Kos as much as I would like.
I need a new video graphics card and there is too much red on his site. I can't read the red very well. It'a like neon on my screen and hurts my eyes.
//The idea of posting a diary is pretty daunting//
you got no problems...
you're a good writer with passion and a nice turn of phrase
Sadly, ilo left before I ever showed up.
The color on kos is not my thing, but that orange is his thing, so I deal with it. It's like some weird branding thing, I guess.
Lot of good writers there, ono. I'll get around to it someday, but just commenting there was a big step for me. I've lurked there for a while, and there are some damn smart individuals there. And people who understand politics way better than me.
They're also much more pragmatic, as a whole, than I am. I am an idealist, and I understand that idealism can cloud one's thinking. I am still too full of piss and vinegar to want to compromise my beliefs, and that is not how one reaches new voters. kos is an openly partisan site, and most of what I have to say is left, not necessarily Democratic.
Still enjoy the discussions, though.
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