The Majority Report Circle of life is now complete. !3 hours after the end of our last M-F show on AAR, Jessica, our segment producer gave birth to Annabelle Jordan Woods!
Oh and based on the results of this study, Jessica could have conceived as a result of taking an abstinence pledge.
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Congratulations Jessica, please post a picture!
I love this video...& I like both of their voices too...2mex, Call You Later
WTG!
best wishes for a good life little one!
toniD said...
Evening Sam!!
Congrats Jessica and Husband for a new bundle of joy!
April 14, 2007 11:19 PM
April 14, 2007 11:23 PM
Evening all!!
Don Ho passed away. Best known for his song "Tiny Bubbles"!
Annabelle is a great name.
eya T!
a good evening to you!
The Vonnegut Web
http://www.vonnegutweb.com/index.html
Hi Jim,
Have a Nissan, wish it was a convetable! But I wavrd at the blog while driving to work!
Should Dems boycott FOX?
by John Aravosis (DC) · 4/13/2007 08:16:00 PM ET
I mean totally, no interviews, period? That's the issue that's arisen since Barack Obama apparently gave an exclusive interview to FOX News the other day. This, coming on the heels of Obama and other Democratic presidential candidates pulling out of two FOX-sponsored presidential debates (remember, FOX is the network that says that Obama's black Christian church is a cult). Which raises the question of whether Democrats should simply refuse to go on FOX ever again? Now, I don't recall there being a total blackout on FOX, but maybe there should be. On the pro side, FOX is an extension of the Republican party, and we shouldn't be enabling the GOP. On the con side, FOX does have a large audience, which includes some moderate winnable Republicans, and reaching them isn't a bad thing.
So what do you think, really? Should Dems stop going on FOX, period? (I have to admit that I stopped going on FOX a while ago because the network just creeped me out too much.)
LINK
An Interview with Kurt Vonnegut-Library Journal April 15, 1973
Vonnegut expressed no surprise, however, at the censorship problems some of his books have run into with public schools in parts of Michigan and Ohio. “It’s the same thing every time. They ban something of mine, the ACLU jumps in, loses the case in the lower court, and wins the appeal. After all,” he stresses optimistically, “they can’t win. What they’re doing is unconstitutional.”
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You guys will not believe this, but right now I'm IMing with Josh Wolf!!!!
Did you tell him how happy we are he was released and can't wait for the book, or movie!!
quick!
tease Josh about something!
(he deserves it)
Hello Bloggers!
I am about to make some pasta salad :)
I take it everyone has heard about Wolfowitz.... HaHaHa. He deserves it. The scoundrel.
I take it youns also heard that they are starting to realize that abstinence classes don't work. Big suprise there.......... Not :D
I will!
:)
This is fun...what a cool guy...
I think the Dems are doing the right thing by boycotting Fox..... Sure they could go on Fox and pummel the righties with facts and things... But Kerry did that to Bush in the debates. Alot of good it did him. I don't think your Fox audience is too worried about "truth, but rather truthiness. By going on Fox I think the Dems would just be acknowledging that Fox actually has credibility.
One evening in October when I was far from sober,
To keep my feet from wandering I tried.
My poor legs were all aflutter so I lay down in the gutter,
And a pig came up and lay down by my side.
We sang, “Never mind the weather just as long as we’re together,”
Till a lady passing by was heard to say,
“All his self-respect he loses when such company he chooses,”
And the pig got up and slowly walked away.
eya B3
give the gang a 'Howdy!'
Damn, the pigs kept him in jail for 226 Days!
Joshua Wolf (born June 8, 1982) is an American video blogger, freelance journalist and filmmaker[1] who was jailed by a Federal district court on August 1, 2006 for refusing to turn over a collection of videotapes he recorded during a July 2005 demonstration in San Francisco, California. Wolf served 226 days in prison at the Federal Correctional Institution, Dublin, California, longer than any journalist in U.S. history has served for protecting source materials[2]. With permission from the prosecution, U.S. District Judge William Alsup ordered Wolf's release on April 3, 2007[3].
Hi Bloggi!
Paul Wolfowitz ethically challenged??!?
Is there no end to the surprises?
They should have called PNAC "Shock and Awe" instead. I'll bet that was the title Wolfie and Rummy wanted. Well at least they got to use it somewhere else.
Eya Jim, Hey ALice, tell that Josh dude I said good Job! He is a hero
well of course yer mundane vehickle is a nissan,
but our romanticized version portrays our vision of you from your writing...
Screw Mark Green.
Congratulations to Jessica and baby!
C&L'd JoHn Amato got to interview Helen Thomas.
An Interview with Helen Thomas
Have you read Green's new comments?
What a disconnected Moron.
I cannot imagine what it must feel like to be charged with saving Air America and nuking it instead.
Either this guy is feeling like a Public Loser #1 right now, or he's Gordon Gekko.
Actually Green didn't delete the comments completely, he just buried them in the "About us" "Press" area of the AAR site with all the other "unanimous disapproval" about Sam's demotion.
L-O-S-E-R Deluxe!
Sunshine said...
well of course yer mundane vehickle is a nissan,
but our romanticized version portrays our vision of you from your writing...
April 15, 2007 12:03 AM
It was fun though! Imagining myself in a convertible again. Used to drive around in a Triumph TR4. Road Rallies! That was a convertible. Learned stick for those rallies.
Here's what it look like:
Triumph TR4
Now that is a hot ride ToniD
Get a nice rest ... how many days till the new show?
Wow! cool ride Toni! A friend of mine in high school rebuilt a Triumph. It worked some of the time. :)
I remember being amazed that the car had reverse polarity in the electrical system. Instead of the negative battery cable being the ground, the positive cable was. Weird!
http://www.joshwolf.net/blog/?p=71
July 4th, 2005
The United Neighborhoods of San Francisco
Posted by Insurgent
http://ia331340.us.archive.org/1/items/INdTVmov/INdTV.mov
...
We instruct the Board of Supervisors of the city and county of San Francisco and all other appropriate legal representatives of this city, to amend the City Charter in all such ways as are required in order to establish and clarify the lawful standing of the United Neighborhood of San Francisco as a sovereign nation per this Declaration and to inform the government of the United States of America of our separate and sovereign status in a timely and appropriate manner.
...
Wow...this was right before the protest video day...
ah yes!
i can say i'm intimately familiar with the breed. i did quite a bit of restoration work for the Triumph owners clubs in the frisco bay area during the 70's.
that particular model was a great sports car was'nt it.
the scarf is perfect.
the negative pole Hot lead was pretty common for the pre WW2 war years.
my 48 dodge is set up that way.
Negative pole hot lead! That's definitely sexier than the way I described it!
Nicely done Sunny!
Those road rallies were fun. Great way to spend a weekend and the parties after were great.
The cars back then had more character! The cars today all look alike.
Consider the 57 Chevy! That car was a classic way beyond the 50's
"57" Chevy
Rally gang was decent and lots of fun. i was a drag racer for years and rallying was a revelation to me in the 70's. i was particularly fond of the big Austin Healys (3000's)and Spridgets
http://www.auto-salon-singen.de/austin/Austin_Healey_3000MK2_08.jpg
tanks 60th street!
hee! T likes the ol Shoebox 57's!
we raced one set up as a 'C gasser' for years.
we knew ed iskandarian and had one of his first hi rev roller cams for the chev small block.
first time we dropped the hammer we pulled out two rocker studs.
took us three tries before we got the valve gear set up right and then she was a high rev screamer.
what a hoot it all has been. i'm glad to be a member of the 'wheels tribe'.
Carlo Bonini, the writer of Collusion. This is the story of the fake Niger documents that Joe Wilson invetigated.
He's on c-span 2 now.
lil 'bug eye' sprites were cute lil cars that looked like frogs on wheels to me.
http://www.kerfuffle.org/headphones/archives/images/sprite-thumb.jpg
Been a long day. Starting to get sleepy. So see you in the AM.
Bob, hope yourpasta salad was good.
Good night all!
I just told Mark Green not to piss down my back and tell me it's rainin', among other things *snicker*
night T!
Ok...THAT RULED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
oh i think the greens will be glad to see our heels.
we're the 21st century version of 'the rabble'.
july 8, 2005 - josh wolf, a san francisco journalist and video blogger, videotapes an anti-G8 protest in san francisco.
august 1, 2006 - after refusing to turn over footage to federal officials, josh is put in jail.
april 3, 2007 - after serving the longest jail-time for a US journalist protecting source materials, josh is released from jail.
next monday, april 23, 2007 - josh wolf comes to USF to give a free and public talk. mark your calendars - 4-6 pm - and tell a friend.
http://silverinsf.blogspot.com/2007/04/josh-wolf-coming-to-usf.html
babies babies babies
:)
-conbo
how long ago did Jessica take her oath of purity?
If she is in her twenties, the oath is sort of null and void
Im sure she appreciates the fact that her sex life was mentioned.
-conbo
:)
What A Wonderful World!
=conbo
eya #!
nice Louie Armstrong tune, thanks!
well
ok
so the world is being destroyed, but it is still wonderful! and we have videos and stuff of what it used to look like...
-conbo
hidey ho Jimmy!
my said that song was a Barney song
I think that means he likes it...but it definately isn't a Barney song
:)
-conbo
how are things?
my //son// said
-conbo
i love how i leave out the subject of my sentences when I type...makes it more fun to read my stuff...like a puzzle or ad libs!
a special wonderful world for War Dog
-conbo
"i love how i leave out the subject of my sentences when I type...makes it more fun to read my stuff...like a puzzle or ad libs!"
a new art form
Libricks!
it takes a certain skill
-conbo
Bush and Blair before England dumped us
-conbo
a creative state of mind!
......FOR HAROLD.......
*
I passed on everything to Josh you wrote, Toni, Bob, & SJ...
The way I made him laugh was when he IMed & I asked who he was...even though I looked at the profile first when I saw someone wanted to add me as a contact...So he says he's Josh and I teased him & said.."Josh Wolf..I've never heard of a Josh Wolf.." :) Then I told him I was just effing with him..he thought that was funny...
a creative state of mind!
yes..that is what was told me..i'm special..
so special
-conbo
a special kind of mispeller
sunshine in a
bag
-conbo
hee!
the email whisperer!
(sams on AARgh)
goodun A.!
Josh a good dude.
the gorillaz!
love those animations.
do you remember the first one we posted?
"so special"
yup, you're a genus!
//do you remember the first one we posted//
no
-conbo
hows Dboy?
good
we have a split screen, im blogging and he's watching dinomovies on you tube and playing with his dino's
-conbo
he never gets tired of them!
he likes other things for awhile and then goes back to them...recently it was Ninja Turtles, but now he is back to dinosaurs agaon
he's funny
-conbo
how are things there?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hlGTs8jh9uE
what he is watching now
hahaha
ok maybe he shouldn't watch that one
oh well
-conbo
Cat adopts mouse
watchin emmy lou harris,
some dam good music she's written.
hey Shell, the Momma cat is raising Thanksgiving dinner...she is thinking ahead
-conbo
dinoboy loved that picture, he said "So cute!"
he says that whenever he see's any furry animal
he's funny
hahahahaha!
that's definitely right up there in hokey dino cavepeople interactions.
hey Shell, the Momma cat is raising Thanksgiving dinner...she is thinking ahead
-conbo
LOL! :)
You know, this morning, Eva was playin with a dead baby mouse..& Jack was Eating(!) another mouse....I've never seen them Eat one before...just play with them...
"Cat adopts mouse"
wow!
Here's how boring Lionel is:
He puts Sammy to sleep.
headline
Cat eats mouse
-conbo
eya WFC!
night gang!
thats why we are nobel bloggers here...
breaking stories:
'Sun rises in the morning'
'People reproduce'
ect
-conbo
breaking
'Sunny J. Goes To Bed'
-conbo
breaking
'Conbo Says Nite'
-conbo
Night, SJ.
This just in
"Sweet Dreams Sunny J., Says Conbo"
-conbo
Night, #.
I'm heading over to the kollective.
bbl
hot of the Presses
"blogger Waiting For Cicero at the Daily Kos"
-conbo
The Big Story:
"Conbo says Have Fun Waiting For Cicero"
-conbo
Your World with Conbo:
"Conbo Insults Bloggers off of Blog"
-conbo
Justice Sunday:
"Conbo apologizes to blog"
-conbo
And we close with this segment:
"Sign of the times or business as usual?-Conbo Alone Spamming Blog"
-conbo
Hey I have a kos acct. too, #...let's go see what WFC is doing..wanna? You can show me how it works over there....?
thank you sam seder
You may get the impression that I'm a fan of the AM radio. You would be correct. As I no longer live in a town in which one spends time in one's automobile, I have a clunky little earphone rig which I wear when I'm between subways and buildings. The rig is often accused of being something really cool. "No, it's just a radio." "Oh."
Consequently, I've followed the career of Sam Seder pretty closely, first on Air America's Majority Report, and then later on his own show, in the 9a - 12p slot. While I suspected that Sam was better suited for his original timeslot (his smart, strident humor goes down easier after work than it does before), I am saddened that the new management has decided to kick him down to Sundays only.
He started with no radio experience, and he grew into a fine, fine host. I hope the future holds more radio for him.
In the meantime, I'd like to share one of Sam's finest moments -- a television appearance in which he declares War On Christmas.
Cheers.
Posted by mrbrent
http://www.titivil.com/mt/archives/2007/04/08-week/#001010
Statements and Thoughts On Sam Seder
by Chris Bowers
As you probably know by now, Sam Seder has been dropped from his daily time slot on Air America. After received what must have been a wave of flame mail over this decision, the new President of Air America released the following statement
[insert bs from Mark Green, President, Air America]
I am honestly a saddened by this decision, and wish that Sam was still in his old daily time slot. However, a new Sunday show is better than nothing. Back in my early days of blogging, whenever I would be on the radio with either Al Franken or Jeanine Garofalo, my Gen X friends would brim over with glee and excitement. However, perhaps because I am a nervous stiff, and those two have backgrounds as stand up comedians, I never knew how to handle interviews with them. For example, the first time I was on his show, Al Franken asked me if I had a gimp under my bed, ala Pulp Fiction. After spending three hours preparing myself with a zillion different facts for the interview, I was taken aback, and the resulting silence was pretty awkward (I was not invited back). By contrast, Sam Seder always made me feel very comfortable on the air, including by often bailing me out of moments of live, on-air discomfort in my exchanges with Jeanine Garofalo (which probably stemmed, at least in part, from being one of the many kids my demographic who grew up with a crush on her). Ultimately, the many times I was on his show from October 2004 through January 2006 gave me enough confidence to accept pretty much any interview, although I still turn down both Fox and live television. I know that a lot of other bloggers feel the same way, because Sam is a real friend to our movement. He is also a tremendous radio talent who earned his role, and who was discovered to have a real gift, rather than recruited for his celebrity status.
Thanks for everything Sam. Maybe it is good that his new show will focus on the netroots. Onwards and upwards!
http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/4/14/152050/322
ok Shell lets go
-conbo
meet me on the open thread
Air America Radio Goes Less Liberal, Less Progressive, Just Plain Lessened.
I listen and like allot of Air America Radio. Atrios over on Eschaton and David Sirota on Sirotablog have mentioned it, and I'm sure there are others questioning AAR's logic of bumping Sam Seder from his daily stint and relegating Sam to the new "Seder on Sundays", or some-such title.
Sam's listeners and fans, including me, have sent E-Mails of support through the Sam Seder Show web site.
Admittedly, I had no knowledge of the dude "Lionel" before now. But, I am suspicious of folks with single-name monikers. Ya know like "Dubya", "Scooter", and the "Hammer".
I Google'd "Lionel". I visited his web site. I followed the link to watch recent TV appearances. The dude did an interview about a Reality TV Show. 1) I hate Reality TV Shows and 2) Where's the meat?
Separately, I've heard a sample of his style. I think Sam played a bite on his show. I don't like it. He sounds loud and noisy; not at all appealing to the ears. It's a long shot I'll stay tuned in beyond a sampling. So "Lionel", the "30-second elevator pitch" is basically all ya can expect from this loyal Sam Seder listener.
Seem unreasonable? Not really. Remember, I've been to Lionel's web site. It's pretty obvious that Lionel is the "Dennis Miller" of the Left; just less political, and less well known outside of NYC. And, we all know what a raving success Dennis Miller "has-been". What is Dennis up to theses days, anyway? Lionel wears a pinkie ring and a bracelet ... WTF is that? The opening page of Lionel's web site is like a friggin' billboard ad; All-Lionel-All-The-Time and 110% New York City, even though it seems he's originally from Florida. I don't have anything against the Big Apple. I've been. I like. But, there's a whole lot more USA than just NYC, and from his web site, it's hard to see Lionel's recognition of that fact.
Lionel's a lawyer. Lionel wears some goofy lookin' specs. Did I mention he wears a pinkie ring, and a bracelet? Does he wear a necklace too? Any other man-jewelry? The only thing missing is the plaid slacks and white belt and shoes of a used car salesman. I'm gonna have a tough time even TRYING to give this clown's show a chance ... much less 3 hours of it. Thank goodness for 3 hours of Thom Hartmann before, and another network's [not AAR] 3-hours of Big Ed Schultz afterward. I mean just contrast "Lionel" to Big Eddie. Ed Schultz is an ex-college football and NFL-tryout for the Oakland Raiders who is an outdoor sportsman, likes BBQ, drives an SUV, owns guns, and broadcasts from Fargo North Dakota! I mean, do guys outside of NYC actually wear pinkie rings and bracelets? And Eddie's not a lawyer either. Eddie is a reformed righty. "Lionel" looks and sounds to me like he could go over the fence, to the dark-side, any second now. ;-) By the way, "Talker Magazine" ranks Big Eddie as #5 overall, and #1 Progressive talk-show host. Randi Rhodes #13 overall [just one spot behind superstar Howard Stern], #2 Progressive, and "Lionel" a lowly #23 overall. What a stud, huh!
The question is, can a business like AAR, just coming outta bankruptcy protection, really afford this gamble of platooning Seder to try yet another "NEW-YORK-CITY" persona [in the same tone as the Pace Picante Sauce commercial, "Get a rope"] on the "America" in "Air America Radio"? I wouldn't bet on it. While I'm grateful that AAR has been rescued for the time being, perhaps someone in NYC should put a bug in New York real estate investor Stephen L. Green's ear. Tell him to look south to the Washington Redskins and see just how often their marketing genius owner, Daniel Snyder, has paid for high-priced talent and shuffled his line-up of both coaches and players. So far, that strategy hasn't yielded Daniel Snyder the much coveted Lomdardi trophy. It wouldn't hurt my feelings any to see the Jones Radio Network pick-up some of those that AAR is basically putting on waivers.
For now, I'm reusing the extra sidebar space freed up by removing the AAR link on BloggerRadio coz Liberals R-E-A-D, and the dark-side listen to the likes of Lush Bimbaugh, Sean Insanity, and Man-Coulter. Notice that Bush doesn't read [or speak] so hot.
More here:
http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/04/as-green-brothers-continue-their.html
http://ltradio.blogspot.com/2007/04/lionel-slides-into-seders-slot.html
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/9/15173/05083
http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/4/9/19427/95904
None of it really matters though ... with a resource like: http://ltradio.blogspot.com/ one can pick and choose what to stream.
Posted by DA
http://www.bloggerradio.com/2007/04/air_america_rad.html
the most important thing is to find the popular bloggers and rec their comments
also look for subversions of thought from the collective and give them a good talking to
-conbo
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2007/4/14/23146/3658
Here?
yes
:)
-conbo
Ok I hope I did the right thing...
yeh!
that is a good story!
try posting it again tomorrow at the beginnig of an open thread so more people get a chance to seeit
-conbo
truckers tend to be conservative, that is fairly big news tgat they are protesting Bush
-conbo
its kind of boring over there truth be told, unless you are mostly in a reading mood
i have to go bed, see you on Happy Jesus Day
:)
XOXOXOX
-conbo
It's not totally lame to post something twice?
IMPEACH THEM. NO MATTER WHAT THEY SAY, WHAT MATTERS IS WHAT WE SAY!
http://www.millionphonemarch.com/impeach_already.php
White House Wants More Surveillance
WASHINGTON, April 14 (UPI) -- The Bush administration wants to broaden surveillance of foreign communications being routed through the United States.
The request before Congress also would make more noncitizens subject to intelligence surveillance, The Washington Post reported Saturday.
Under the 1978 Surveillance Act, individuals must be linked with a foreign terrorism suspect or a foreign power before their communications can be monitored. The Bush administration would broaden that to include noncitizens believed to 'possess, transmit or receive important foreign intelligence information,' administration officials said.
The new plan, which requires congressional approval, also would include those engaged in the United States in activities related to the purchase or development of weapons of mass destruction.
The expansion is needed to respond to 'dramatic' changes in communications technology used by intelligence targets in the United States, said Mike McConnell, director of national intelligence.
http://news.monstersandcritics.com/roundups/article_1291463.php/News_Roundup
Researchers explore scrapping Internet
Although it has already taken nearly four decades to get this far in building the Internet, some university researchers with the federal government's blessing want to scrap all that and start over.
The idea may seem unthinkable, even absurd, but many believe a "clean slate" approach is the only way to truly address security, mobility and other challenges that have cropped up since UCLA professor Leonard Kleinrock helped supervise the first exchange of meaningless test data between two machines on Sept. 2, 1969.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070413/ap_on_hi_te/rebuilding_the_internet;_ylt=ArPzKKEF3R9mYSiwkyOnuP4EtbAF
Josephine
County and the State Of Oregon Governments are KILLING my wife
re-posting twice
No. There is no way to read everything that is posted there...twice on the same thread maybe would be lame
:)
and yes I have done that
on accident :)
have a good night!!!!!
-conbo
Funny Stories about Wolfowitz
*Anarcissie*
Sat, Apr 14 2007 8:13 am
Subject: Funny Stories about Wolfowitz
This is just for the esoteric few, Usenetters who have actually heard of Paul Wolfowitz and his doings.
http://susiebright.blogs.com/susie_brights_journal_/2007/04/revenge_o...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_arti...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/12/AR200...
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/09/wolfowitzs-non-explanation-of-lov...
Post them if you've got them.
Good Night, # XOXOXOOX!
I'm from Josephine County, A.
Link's busted, though.
PAUL WOLFOWITZ: SWINGIN'-DICK WORLD BANK PRESIDENT WHO GAVE US IRAQ QUAGMIRE
"A guy doesn't pay to be with a prostitute--he pays them to go-away."--a wise adage, author unknown (probably Zoroaster).
NEW YORK CITY--Even The Economist (that magazine of Sadeian truth) is saying it's curtains for pimpster Paul Wolfowitz...who? You know, the guy who was the architect of the war in Iraq? That guy. He was one of the prime-instigators and facilitators of that ongoing-catastrophe. It finally appears that his protection is gone, and that he's going to--gasp--be held-accountable for hiring his girlfriend (lover, the woman who...you know) for a position (not missionary) at the World Bank. Ah yes, and she was given a staggering pay-raise since he couldn't put her directly-within the World Bank's facilities, but at a subsidiary insititution. Hey, you help start a war that enriches the once-flagging Halliburton, as well as oil corporations and war-profiteers everywhere, and you get some ass in the deal (yo'!). Also according to The Economist, it seems that his immediate-staff have been angry about this for a very long-time:
The affair also seems to have extinguished what little support Mr Wolfowitz had with his own staff. They have always resented the baggage—and a couple of the people—he carried with him to the bank from his controversial past. You do not need to be popular with your staff to be a good boss [Ed.-actually, you do.], but you surely need their confidence. Mr Wolfowitz it now seems will never gain that, even if he does get another chance. (Economist, 04.13.2007)
...
Creator of Dilbert gives Greens props
In the Dilbert Blog, Scott Adams makes mention of the Green Party. Specifically he writes "I’m not making an anti-Bush or even an anti-Cheney statement here. It’s simply an observation that no one on the planet – Democrat or Republican or Green Party – thinks policies would improve if Cheney had the top spot."
Nice to know that we have penetrated the consciousness enough to be noticed by Scott Adams. Think he would have any more idea who we were than say, the Peace and Freedom Party or Libertarian Party, if Ralph Nader had not carried our banner in 2000? I have no doubt.
http://gregg-jocoy.blogspot.com/2007/04/creator-of-dilbert-gives-greens-props.html
George Bush's White Man's Burden
...
Now it appears that there's more to the Bush/ Roberts connection. Actually, Bush entertained Roberts for three hours and was so enthused that Roberts' wife "told the London Observer, "I thought I had a crush on him, but it's nothing like the crush President Bush has on him.'" Talk about male-bonding homoeroticism! More significant is the fact that Roberts appears to be a racist and an apologist for mass murder. According to Johann Hari in The New Republic (via Matthew Yglesias), Roberts has spoken at a dinner for the Springbok Club, "a group that regards itself as a shadow white government of South Africa and calls for "the re-establishment of civilized European rule throughout the African continent.'" Likewise, Roberts has written justifications of the Amritsar massacre in which British troops opened fire on 10,000 Indians engaged in a peaceful protest.
...
http://www.mydd.com/story/2007/4/15/04452/5082
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On there WFC? I dont see you yet..
I'm at kos, but I almost never play in the open threads. I'm arguing about some civilian deaths in Afghanistan in this thread.
The trucker link?
http://www.libertypost.org/cgi-bin/readart.cgi?ArtNum=183969
It works for me...
No,
Josephine
County and the State Of Oregon Governments are KILLING my wife
This one. It's a dead link on this blog.
oh..maybe because it's a link to a Group...?
No, I mean when I hold my cursor over the link, there is nothing anchored in it. I cannot click on it.
Oooooooooooh...ok...lemme get it..weird..empty..never seen that happen before..
Here it is..
Thanks
I think she has very right to speak about it...
Wow, JoCo is corrupt and fucked up, but I think that guy might be one of those crazies, like my step dad. Weird, John Birch, anti-"Satanist", survival nuts.
I also don't buy what he says about not needing a license. Publicly owned roads are paid for with publicly collected monies.
Abso-fuckin'-lutely, A.
We talked about it earlier. She was not happy about it. I also passed on your hug and good wishes.
brb
Just got finished listening to Sam's last show down here, where it's Sunday evening. We download the podcasts, and saved it for a while out of sorrow. Not being able to sign in to this blog with my old Blogger ID motivated me to update to the new system. This is a test to see if it works.
BTW, Aussies are not as drunk as Sam made them out to be on his anecdote about selling hot dogs in Oz. Although I guess it was the German who was most sozzled. Beer is WAY more expensive here than in the U.S. Wine, on the other hand, is cheap, due to the glut on the market. When I want to relax after work, I crack into this relatively decent Cab Sauv from McLaren Vale in the state of South Australia which costs $30 a case. That's $2.50 for a 750 ml bottle! With the exchange rate, that's less than $2 U.S. a bottle, and the stuff is better than 2-Buck Chuck.
This is getting long for a test post.
Good morning, Sam and bloggerati, and congratulations to Jessica!
Green is such a moron he thinks that by deleting the link from the home page he can stop people from commenting.
Well, bookmark this, bitchez:
http://www.airamerica.com/node/3565
Let's hound him until he caves.
I look back and sigh....
http://tinyurl.com/244zks
Here's the Sunday Talking Head line-up. It's a mixed bag this morning.
C-Span's Washington Journal - 7:45am - Jim Geraghty, The Hillary Spot, Blogger & Matthew Yglesias, Mathewyglesias.com, Blogger; 8:30am - Newspaper Articles & Viewer Calls; 9am - Adrian Fenty, Mayor of Washington, DC (D); 9:30am - Michael Scheuer, Former Head of CIA’s Bin Laden Unit (1996-99)
ABC's "This Week" - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson; Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa.; comedian Rich Little.
CBS' "Face the Nation" - Vice President Dick Cheney.
NBC's "Meet the Press" - Retired Gen. Anthony Zinni.
CNN's "Late Edition" - Walter Mondale, former vice president; Sens. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and Jim Webb, D-Va.; Marc Morial, president and CEO of National Urban League; Amy Holmes, one-time speechwriter for former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist; Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children’s Defense Fund; Richard Perle, fellow at the American Enterprise Institute; Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh.
"Fox News Sunday" - Sens. Carl Levin, D-Mich., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; the Rev. Al Sharpton; Thomas Blanton, director of the National Security Archive.
Let's see. Dick Cheney is likely to say that if you don't agree with him, "then you are a terrorist supporting commie." Is that about right? Jon Kyl? "The Bush Administration would never, ever try to skirt the law and…darn it, where did I put that cue card that Karl prepared for me?" Ditto for Lindsey Graham. Richard Perle? "Iran….scary." Does that about cover the neocon and apologia contingent?
What looks interesting? Marian Wright Edelman of the Children's Defense Fund, who will likely be talking about their Elect Susie campaign regarding the 9 million (and counting) uninsured children in America. It's a wonderful campaign, well worth some effort and discussion, and I'm very glad that Marian is getting some air time for it this morning on CNN. I'm hoping to have more on this for us here at FDL as well in the days to come. Investing in our nation's children is not only the right thing to do — but it pays off in so many ways in the years to come if kids start out with a healthy foundation. Great work!
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Congrat's Jessica. Make sure you heed all of Sam's parenting advice!
I neglected to post this yesterday but I am proud that the city of Chicago has been chosen to represent the United States in the quest to hold the Olympics in 2016.
There will be some tough competition. Rio, Rome, Madrid, Prague, and Tokyo.
Go Chicago!!
Low savings rate in U.S. seen as danger Fri Apr 13, 5:54 PM ET
The European Union's monetary chief said Friday that the United States' low savings rate and large budget deficit pose a risk to the global economy.
In comments after making a speech in Washington, EU Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia, from Spain, said that while the economy of the euro currency zone has been strengthened by reform, global economic imbalances could undermine it.
"We are living in a global economy with big imbalances not created by the euro area," he said.
Thirteen of the 27 EU member countries currently use the euro currency.
During his speech at the German Marshall Fund, Almunia said the world's largest economic powers should take advantage of current prosperity to reform their economic policies. He said that while Europe was changing its policies, others were not.
"All countries have a joint interest as well as a joint responsibility to use the favorable global economic conditions to contribute to an orderly resolution of imbalances," he said. "Europe is playing its part by implementing structural reforms. Others must step up to the plate."
While he did not specifically name the United States at that point in his speech, he later said that without change, the U.S. budget deficit would worsen and pose a risk for the global economy.
The Treasury Department said this month that the deficit from October through March totaled $258.4 billion, down 14.7 percent from the corresponding period a year ago.
But Almunia said that cyclical factors, including economic growth, accounted for the recent improvement and predicted that the deficit would grow again without policy changes. With a growing deficit, the U.S. savings rate is unsustainable, he said.
The savings rate in the United States has been negative for almost two years.
"Nobody, not even the biggest economy in the world, can live forever with this savings rate unless all the other economies in the world are ready to finance the deficit," he said.
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Congratulations, Jessica.
Two questions, how many aussies listen(ed) to the Sam Seder show here? Head count, starting with me: One......
Also i wonder where Sam lived and stayed while he was here in Oz. I'm guessing it would have been late 80's
good morning everyone. :) What am I doing up so early on a Sunday morn?
tonid said... Go Chicago!!
You'll love what hosting the Olympics can do to a city. O'course, the population dent in SLC was much more noticable than it would be in Chicago, but still... it was the absolute best times I've had here.
punditfight said...
Two questions, how many aussies listen(ed) to the Sam Seder show here? Head count, starting with me: One......
Also i wonder where Sam lived and stayed while he was here in Oz. I'm guessing it would have been late 80's
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air ono is a listener, and one of our crazies, from Australia. And I think Bukko said he was from Australia. There was also Cate, a college student. She hasn't been around lately, since Sam took the early hours.
Morning GBC!! :)
We have to win it first. I'm worried about RIO.
How can we compete with Ipenema and the Rain Forest?
Although our Lake Front is Beautiful.
Happy Birth-Day Annabelle
Hate to see you go Mr. Vonnegut
Russian police beat protesters and arrest hundreds
by Chris in Paris · 4/15/2007 02:20:00 AM ET
At least we can rest comfortably that Bush looked into his heart and soul and saw a man that he could work with. Arresting people and throwing them in prison...no wonder Bush likes Putin.
Thousands of police officers massed to keep the demonstrators off landmark Pushkin Square in downtown Moscow, beating some and detaining many others, including Garry Kasparov, the former world chess champion who has emerged as the most prominent leader of the opposition alliance.
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European nations pile pressure
on Iraq War architect Wolfowitz
European countries on Saturday piled pressure on World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz -- an Iraq War architect while at the White House -- over a scandal involving a promotion for his girlfriend, with Britain saying it had damaged the bank and Germany questioning whether he still had the credibility to lead the institution.
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Yeah, the bribery scandal with SLC winning to host was interesting times...
Afterwards, though Romney came thru and cleaned it up. One good thing he did do while here...
Now he's just a schmuck.
Hey, isn't Rio experiencing a crime wave? Perhaps Chicago should exploit that. I kid... ;-p
I would like to thank you Sam and everyone from this Blog community for letting me vent here over the last couple of days. I felt a little bit like an intruder on a family calamity since I lurk here every once in a while but rarely post. I’ve been a part of the radio family from the beginning.
This whole thing really made me angry and it also left a feeling somewhat similar to that when something has been stolen from you, which is what happened for all the reasons everyone has already stated so well. I never got much done on the days the Sammy cam was on.
It has been said that whenever the world closes a door God opens a window, well from judging by the way everyone has reacted to the closure of your daily show several windows will be open for you leaving you with a nice choice. More power to you Sam.
By virtue of lurking and at least knowing our community here makes you a member ken wells.
We understand your pain and your passion.
67. Percentage of Americans who believe that Congress should allow funding only with a time limit (58 percent) or block all funding for the war in Iraq (9 percent), according to a new CBS poll. Fully 69 percent believe the escalation in Iraq has either made conditions worse (26 percent) or made no impact (43 percent), compared to 25 percent who believe it’s made conditions better.
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Wolfowitz "Gravely Damaged"
AFP | April 14, 2007 11:05 PM
World Bank president Paul Wolfowitz, gravely damaged by a pay scandal, was clinging to his job heading into an annual meeting of the 185-member development lender Sunday.
Support for the former US deputy defense secretary appeared confined to his old patrons in the US administration and to parts of Africa, with disquiet in Europe deepening over the latest controversy of his stormy two-year tenure.
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Mornin'all!
Yea Chicago! 2016! A beautiful day to boot!
toniD said...
Wolfowitz "Gravely Damaged"
Not that anyone in the press was listening, but I could have told 'em that 6 years ago
Congradulations Jessica!Miss you guys already!God bless the good people.And,Lumberjacks who sing,but don't cut down trees!
Morning gang!
Hey everyone,
Is it just my computer? On AAR's home page it seems Mark Green's "note about Sam Seder" or whatever he called it is gone - along with the huge amount of comments that followed it. The only thing I see is his original note about "AAR 2.0." Ugh.
Doris
eya Doris,
green moved it.
think it's still on AARgh
home page...
http://www.airamerica.com/press
Hi Sunshine,
Ok - got it. I like "AARgh" - very funny!
Thanks,
Doris
Alice,thanks for the link to the millionphonemarch/Impeach already.I signed the petition.I'm not too good with words but I try.Ihis is what i wrote to my reps. Impeach Bush & Cheney?Ofcourse!!It's a No Brainer!What will it take for you folks in Congress to start Impeachment!Are these things that are coming to light about the Bush/Cheney adminastration Legal??I think not.So,Please do your job,and get Rid of these Crooks and Bums!Or does"Money trump Peace".Or is The Constitution,and Geneva Convention are just outdated??Or,do you mind that the DOJ is being run by abunch of Pat Robertson freaks? Or,that the Administration is abusing Wiretap Laws,and instead wiretaping war protestors,and everyday Americans.Or,the Administrations idea that serving Politics is More important than Serving The People.Those are just to name a few!So,get back to work,and Work for The American People,and The Troops!Thank you.
I know I left alot out,but like I said I try.If I can do it anybody can.Thanks again for the Link.
yer welcome!
i'm buzzing around pollinating different sites.
http://morningseditionists.com/msblog/?p=574#comment-84914
"More sad radio news
http://www.kpfa.org/
Larry Bensky has been on KPFA and Pacifica forever. He has anchored coverage of many of the biggest moments of our lives. He will be doing the Gonzalez hearings this week. He is the epitome of what radio can be and is a model for what AAR should have been (though he doesn’t bring the funny very much). His exit and statements do not bode well for the condition of Pacifica."
post by wvmc3d
Congratulations Jessica.
Did anyone see that Mr. Green posted a note about the Sam Seder show, I guess, trying to justify his decision to demote Sam. There were two pages of negative comments before it was taken down. Not ONE comment in support of Mark Green's decision.
eya Jeffinator!
Morfternoon! the Green comments page was moved here:
http://www.airamerica.com/press
Hi Jim.
Been busy as a little bee this AM.
Still have stuff to do. A little at a time.
Morning T!
i'm having tea with Druid_666 at the morningseditionists.com
and making pancakes for Bgurl, me and the fuzzybutts.
Listening to 'Across the great divide!' on http://www.kpfa.org/
a good morning to ya!
i guess the KPFA program is 'A Musical Offering'
http://www.kpfa.org/
Think of blacks and shoot, German soldier told
Video of army instructor issuing racist order latest in string of incidents
Updated: 7:02 p.m. ET April 14, 2007
BERLIN - A German army instructor ordered a soldier to envision himself in New York City facing hostile blacks while firing his machine gun, a video that aired Saturday on national television showed.
The president of the Bronx, the New York City borough that the army instructor referred to in his directions to the soldier, demanded an apology from the German military and said the clip “indicates that bias and assumptions and racism is alive and well around the world.”
Read more...
Lady Godiva was a freedom rider
She didnt' care if the whole world looked.
Joan of Arc with the Lord to guide her
She was a sister who really cooked.
Isadora was the first bra burner
And you're glad she showed up. (Oh yeah)
And when the country was falling apart
Betsy Ross got it all sewed up.
And then there's Maude.
And then there's Maude.
And then there's Maude.
And then there's Maude.
And then there's Maude.
And then there's Maude.
And then there's
That old compromisin', enterprisin', anything but tranquilizing,
Right on Maude.
Wonder what Mr. Green is really thinking right now? Not what he's posting, but what he is really thinking.
He's made a mistake and won't admit it. He's going to stay with his decision (like Bush) and he's going to take the hit.
Has anyone been "denied" access to post a comment for Mark Greene's insane decision to remove Sam from the weekly line-up. I went to post my disapproval yesterday evening, and it first stated "denied" then it was gone -- vanished. I read above that these posts have been buried, but how do I get around the "denied" thing?
Welcome to the world, Annabelle. God bless you - god bless all of the world's children - - or rather, good luck!!!!! There is a lot of us adults trying to salvage what we can for you!
SJ, in case you don't make it back to MSists......
Sunshine Jim,
You should just stay on KPFA for the rest of the afternoon. Mary Tilson and Ray Edlund and Tom Diamant would probably wet your bluegrass whistle. Tom started Kaleidoscope Records, first label home for David Grisman and put out Jethro Burns records and more (Tiny Moore!).
There is a mando fest here in SF this week.
Comment by wvmc3d — April 15, 2007
Venezuela pays off multilateral loans, says goodbye to IMF
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Brazil looks to join Chavez-backed bank
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NP, marcmaronrules...thanks for your comment too btw... :)
Oh..& I wanted to say thank you to james, akajbenet too...
K..now I'm caught up.. :)
Hi Toni, Sunny, Anon-ey
I think Green is probably sweating bullets. We'll never know what exactly is in his heart and where his motives lie, but he can't feel confident about this decision after the tsunami of disapproval that hit the station this past week. Moreover, I would hate to be in Lionel's shoes come May. After lsitening to his podcasts and TV spots, I can't say he seems like the type that would understand the situation. He's a smug, self-involved jerkoff in my estimation, a la "Big Ed" and I am sure if he is met with boycotts and blanket disapproval, he will have nothing but contempt for the listenership and brand us hypocrites on free speech.
I have not read up al;l the way yet but there is a nice piece here (sorry, haven't figured out the linky thing) http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com/ "It's not just radio, it's a community" that you might want to look at.
how do I get around the "denied" thing?
user a different browser, sign in first and post what i had to do...
Zeek....
here is how to make a hot link. I am going to use these( ) in place of these < > Just replace the ( for a < and a ) for a >
Formula:
(a href=" the url ")name it here(/a)
Try it
Here's your link:
http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com/
great tunes on KPFA,
playin One love by saint Bob Marley now.
mornin A.!
want a pancake?
In case you missed it last month:
Trump takes chimp to task
Who needs a pancake when I am a pancake now SJ..??
I'm over on Kos..I did what # said last night...LOL...omg...I think they're going to string me up!
Tonight on PBS "America at a Crossroads"
by JDalton
Sun Apr 15, 2007 at 10:53:35 AM PDT
I wrote about this series back in January, and wanted to remind everyone that it premieres tonight at 9:00PM. I watched a half-hour preview of the series on PBS yesterday and based on that and the reviews I have read, we should all tune in tonight and all week.
America at a Crossroads is a major public television event comprised of 11 independently produced documentaries regarding the challenges that we face in the post-9/11 world. The documentaries were selected from more than 400 proposals submitted from public television stations and independent documentary filmmakers around the world. Robert MacNeil will host the series that covers topics including the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops serving abroad; the struggle for balance within the Muslim world; and global perspectives on America’s role overseas.
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/4/15/133746/033
I just wanted to re-post what the new program director (who not coincidentally came from WOR like Lionel) said:
On March 14, 2007, the new owners of Air America announced[18] the hiring of long time radio veteran David Bernstein to be the new Vice President of Programming. Prior to joining Air America, he was best known as the program director at New York radio station WOR from 1995-2002.[19]. In an interview with the New York Daily News [20], Mr. Bernstein explained his vision of Air America's future as "I don't see our purpose as 'answering' conservative radio or Rush [Limbaugh]. There's no clear majority in this country today. We want to talk to everyone and help everyone make the right choice."
U.S. generals call for action on climate change. In a report, 11 former military leaders “say global warming poses a serious threat to national security, as the US could be drawn into wars over water and other conflicts. … They appear to criticise President George W Bush’s refusal to join an international treaty to cut emissions.”
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As far as mission statements go... that says it all.
The mission statement could have been many things... but not that, David Bernstein.
There IS a clear majority, and we were tired of not being heard.
It was clear to us, that this moving-far-right-to-create-a-new- center thing did NOT WORK!
Down with the DLC.
toniD said...
Tonight on PBS "America at a Crossroads"
by JDalton
Sun Apr 15, 2007 at 10:53:35 AM PDT
I wrote about this series back in January, and wanted to remind everyone that it premieres tonight at 9:00PM. I watched a half-hour preview of the series on PBS yesterday and based on that and the reviews I have read, we should all tune in tonight and all week.
America at a Crossroads is a major public television event comprised of 11 independently produced documentaries regarding the challenges that we face in the post-9/11 world. The documentaries were selected from more than 400 proposals submitted from public television stations and independent documentary filmmakers around the world. Robert MacNeil will host the series that covers topics including the war on terrorism; the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan; the experience of American troops serving abroad; the struggle for balance within the Muslim world; and global perspectives on America’s role overseas.
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I hope it's good... lately PBS has been disappointing. It does sound good.
eya Catharina!
lissinin to KPFA
superb tunes. link upbloggie
I feel like I was just stripped to the bone by pirrhannas...dropped blood in their tank.. Haha! Those people are as fucking nuts as the moonbats!
Oy.
Can't stay, but a brief comment.
Kos is not a progressive site. It is not a liberal site. It is a partisan site. The stated goal of the place is to elect Democratic candidates, as well as achieving a more people centered party, vs. a corpo-centric party.
It is progressive, liberal, etc, as long as those goals coincide with its mission.
I'm sorry they gave you a ration of shit over there, A. I'm glad they didn't troll rate you, though.
Also, kossacks are moonbats. The other side is the wingnuts.
Loved your comment about the parties leading to the same asshole, but I'm really surprised they haven't TR'd that into oblivion.
bbl, folks, have a great day
"There's no clear majority in this country today. We want to talk to everyone and help everyone make the right choice."
We knew this! They are playing to the middle. But I don't see where the middle would like Lionel. He definately won't play well to the left leaning midwest!
But I've fought this battle before with WCPT and Ed Schultz. They won't drop him. And unfortunately he does get calls from the Chicago people.
*giggle*
Thanks WFC..Kevin told me the same thing almost...
Hey...the coolest thing ever was talking to Josh Wolf last night...so...or some reason I'm not taking this Kos crap too seriously...have a great day...xoxo
As Air America gradually de-linked its interactive web sites for its cancelled and endangered shows, off-site links sprung up, such as Morning Seditionists, where Marc Maron's listeners still congregate daily, almost a year and a half after the show's cancellation, Seditionist Radio, where you can go back in time and stream teh Smart and teh Funny 24 hours a day. When the Majority Report blog stopped working, Sam Seder himself set up a blog as an offsite coffee bar where his listeners can congregate.
What Mark Green doesn't understand is that when radio personalities make themselves this accessible to their audience, that audience's loyalty is not to Air America; not to the business model or the suits that run it, but to the people at the microphones like Marc and Sam, and the behind-the-scenes people like Lauren and Joel and Justin and Dan "Canary in the Coal Mine" Pashman and Brendan McDonald. And you can't push those people off the air and put washed-up hacks like "Lionel" in there and expect us to just go along.
http://brilliantatbreakfast.blogspot.com/2007/04/its-not-just-radio-its-community.html
One more quick note:
Now do you see why I haven't bothered to post a diary yet?
FWIW, please express my respect and gratitude to Mr. Wolf, if you speak with him again.
Many blessings
oh, poor kitten got her perky ass handed to her in a sling
SUFFER!!!
and on a lighter note my face is blistering
Whoever knows pain becomes criticized
from the fire that burned up the skin
I throw a light in my face
a hot cry
open fire!
Bang bang
(Rammstein - Feuer Frei!)
eya AO!
Snork off didgery boy!
Kos is OK,
the gang there can be fun.
KOS can be a lame ass dink too at times.
so can his gang depending on the day and issue.
he had a liitle tiny blurp on sam.
righteous kudo's for his
air time eh?
I sure will WFC...I do see why you haven't their like lif suckers lying in wait over there..kinda creepy..I like here how people can express things & sometimes they can just exist here..without commentary....
Tan got in a fight, ono? Be sure to clean any wounds out...the most expensive things for my cats have been draining absesses...
Bukko_in_Australia, those bands (except radio birdman) are so 80's
~check out "the hitmen"~
several members of radio birdman were in the band, including brad shepherd & mark kingsmill who went on to the hoodoo gurus
//Tan got in a fight//
no, duff...
you're the "poor kitten"
: )
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