LiveBlog for Thursday, May 28, 2009
• Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY) calls in at 6:30am Pacific to talk about the economy and North Korea.
• Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America calls in at 7:30am Pacific to talk about how the Right Wing Media is already attacking Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
• President Obama marked another 100-day anniversary yesterday – this time the anniversary of the enactment of his $787 billion economic stimulus package. Obama told a crowd in Nevada that “we are already seeing results” from the federal government’s economic boost.
• Opponents of California’s voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages launched a new court challenge yesterday, led by lawyers who were on opposite sides of the case that settled the 2000 presidential race. Attorneys Ted Olson and David Boies have asked a federal judge to block California from enforcing the ban, known as Prop. 8.
• Newt Gingrich has called Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor a racist, and he’s demanding that Obama’s pick withdraw her nomination. On Twitter, Gingrich said that “new racism is no better than old racism.”
• Rep. Joe Sestak (D-PA) announced last night that he intends to challenge Sen. Arlen Specter in a Pennsylvania Democratic primary pending a discussion with his wife and young daughter.
Tags: Arlen Specter, Barack Obama, David Boies, Eric Boehlert, Joe Sestak, John Yarmuth, Media Matters for America, Newt Gingrich, Prop. 8, Sonia Sotomayor, Ted Olson
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Goooood morning all. Just gonna rant ‘n rumble a bit.
Had to run the bedroom AC almost all last week, last night had to pull the AC vent from the window to keep the cold air out, the funny bright round yellow thingy’s gone into hiding.
What do you do when you wear a white shirt to work? You spill coffee on it….
Why isn’t Karl Rove in prison? And Dick the Dick?
When is Hannity going to be waterboarded?
How much more will we hear about Mama’s nekkid pool romp?
man Bill Press’s voice is awful ! is he going thru puberty again (crackiling voice)? he sounds rushed and totaly talks over every caller
I’m tired of “saluting” the “electronic” towel dispenser to convince it that I need to dry my hands.
Now if they had only mounted it a foot higher, I could have said “Sieg Heil” as well.
http://www.noworriescafeandgrill.com/images/SteakEggs.JPG
good morning t.r. and pringles,
my rant:
Air Force dismissing local grad for homosexual conduct
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/136024.html?cxntnid=bn-052709
apple stuffed waffles!
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_J17OlUgCsE4/SOi41fPzFjI/AAAAAAAACUk/5AFIwCx_HPE/s400/waffles2.jpg
Wow, was the blog good reading yesterday!
I belly laughed my way through it!
I bet if capt read it his moobies jiggled the whole time!
very clever, very smart.
#5, this officer is going to fight the Don’t Ask Don’t Tell as unconstitutional. He is very distinguished, 18 year career, etc. His makes a good challenge case.
Come ‘on, Barack, time to turn this ship around!
Good morning, everyone!
Wow, the week seems to be going fast (not complaining!) Hope y’alls are doing well.
Paul, I envy your cooler temps since our A/C is temporarily out-of-service (we have a tech scheduled for this afternoon). We kept the casa buttoned up during the afternoon to keep the 84 degree heat out and then opened the place up after dusk to let the cool night air in. Getting used to the sound of electric fans in the windows (takes me back to growing up sans-A/C).
it’s always nice to get weblicized in reno’s favorite weekly fishwrap.
this was an absolutely essential response to what seemed a sincere but preachy essay about how you earthlings simply must get your act together:
http://www.newsreview.com/reno/content?oid=998251
#1 Trojan Rabbit, it’s a good morning for ranting.
This mornings’s paper: Mancow has the murderer cop
on his show for some yuks. How nice.
Detroit City Council Woman JoAnn Watson says
“so what if I only paid $68/year on my huge house
in Detroit? So what if it should have been over $6000
per year? So what if I’m always blathering about Other
People paying their fair share for Deetroit City
Services? Get Outta My Grill!”
GM is likely doomed. Detroit cops have quit arresting
people. The jail has over 400 empty beds. Crime ain’t
down; we down with crime.
personal account by Sen. Ted re health care reform:
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2009/05/28/health_bill_would_fix_whats_broken/
#5 Hey Carol
yes this place was on fire yesterday!
I got no prollem with gays in the military
as long as they don’t sneak up and try to
slip it in while you’re not looking like they do
I just read an interesting diary on Daily Kos which postulates that various members of the Bush Administration (Cheney, Rice, Gonzales) are now pointing to the Office Legal Counsel (OLC) as their cover for authorizing torture. However, OLC was not authorized as a organ of the President to create such actionable policy:
Details:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/27/735592/-Cheneys-Crumbling-Torture-Defense
Things are indeed starting to get interesting, boys and girls!
Good morning Steph and Mooks,
Since Frangela isn’t able to fill in for you this summer, I have a proposition. Let’s call it…Operation Vacation Rescue. Here’s my cast of characters: Myself filling in for the irreplaceable Stephanie Miller on bossing and drinking, Shane-O filling in for voices and sound, and we can invite Jerry from Chicago to fill in as right wing Chris. If she’s not busy, we can have Fridays with Ariana Huffington.
#10 “Flombaye Krishnabob Ellison”?
nice perspective !
#14 shaf, as TR asked in #1 what aren’t these scum in jail yet?
I so want to see dick and bush in orange jump suits. Those
evil bastards wrecked the country and the world. With Malice Aforblah blah
It’s easy to forget in 2009 how much of a step forward “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was in 1993 from the policies that came before. But it’s past time to move to full integration.
15
Could always fill in their summer recess with 3 hours of traffic reports.
a radical and solidly comprehensive plan that could solve all conflicts from the military “dont ask, dont tell” policy:
modify the plan to “dont ask”.
How about a separate army brigade for gay guys?
I bet they’d be very disciplined!
Queen Berets!
21: i believe that’s called “the navy”.
Oh yeah, It’s On!…
White House Smacks Gingrich For Calling Sotomayor A Racist
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/27/white-house-admonishes-gi_n_208227.html
Excerpt:
Looking at the accompanying photo, I think I shall refer to Newt as “The Seven Deadly Chins” from now on.
In the military the main thing about sex is you don’t
want someone to get special treatment, like no k.p.,
or not having to charge the machinegun, just because
they’re boffing the platoon sergeant. That’s the reason
for the no sex rule. So all military are sposedly asexual.
O’course given the massive amounts of testosterone poisoning
sex is constant and rampant. Military is the only place
left except Georgia where one can be prosecuted for adultery.
A left over product of life in the Old West forts where
sleeping with the Colonel’s wife could get you dead…
Franky, people need to remember frankly why Newtie frankly lost his leadership position in the House, frankly.
i meant to float the minnowscule idea more gingerly, but since the option to maryannother person of the same sex is being tossed by the dark gay scary storm clouds of popular discourse, i may as well mention that the legendary liveblog of 2009 may 27 was abnormally satisfying, yet paradoxically, i thirst and howl for more. hope i’m not being too grumby.
It’s Miller Time! Woo Hoo!
if sorta mejor didnt want this fight with newt, then she never would have made those outrageous claims that it’s easy being green.
#20
or how about “don’t discriminate”
Hirrarry – watch out!!!
22 hee hee
check these out:
“Sailors and Floozies [1938"
http://www.all-art.org/art_20th_century/surreal2/cadmus/4.jpg
"The Fleet's In" [1934]
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/cadmus/34005a.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.history.navy.mil/ac/cadmus/cadmus.htm&usg=__e-Ui5tt1YXtaiApZOidFNYG3pFE=&h=250&w=500&sz=58&hl=en&start=1&sig2=ra7vHrdJMK8BSsbmdDe6Sw&tbnid=NBpd1IKcLBbGRM:&tbnh=65&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DThe%2BFleet%2527s%2BIn%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG&ei=aYweSoOJEZL8tgP1rtSGCQ
and “Shore Leave”
http://apps.carleton.edu/reason_package/reason_4.0/www/images/80015.jpg
you’ll never look at the Navy the same way. The US Navy
almost adopted The Village People’s ‘YMCA’ as a recruiting song.
Then I guess they listened to it, or watched the Village People.
K to the J is Twitter-pated!
North Korea’s tweeting through a server in Japan, almost certainly.
#26 yer scarin’ me flomb
ok, you asked for it:
Lost In Space: a hideous gut-wrenching
Mind-Kontrol Operation gone bad,
thinly disguised as an ‘entertaining’
psychodrama. The series of brain damaging
episodes featured the All-American
family, savagely marooned in space.
The characters:
Doctor John Robinson:
The expedition Commander, Pilot, and father
of the Robinson children. The square-jawed good
looking Good Guy, the All-American Dad.
He was never really around that much. Apparently
he spent much of his time down in Storage
Locker B with his buddy Major Don West
drinking home-made hootch and watching
Space Porn.
LaVort! RW Jerry actually gave Chris the moniker!?
It’s a badge of honor
actual comment from a young co-worker, after reflecting on my admission that i used to read assigned books on the first day back in school, instead of just renting the movie (because there was no such thing as renting the movie): “i would hate to have been alive in the 70s; there was no technology”. — thank goshen for tweetering. people can now be irrelevant at the speed of light if they want to.
*jazz hands*
*in handcuffs!*
hahahaha!
stole a pizza? cut his feet off!
Kenny Boy Lay? let him fake his death and
live out a luxury life on a deserted island
paradise
33: a recommended solution: start out scared; avoid the rush.
works for me every time.
Olsen — getting PAID. That’s one reason. That, and it’s high profile. Hopefully Boise will get the Supremes’ names correct when this one gets to the high court.
#36 you read the assigned books?
I never bothered, alrweaddy knew it all…
kids these days, google it and don’t bother
with anything else, buy a term paper on line,
why learn when the world is ending in 2012?
Kudos to Ted Olsen for seeing this as a basic rights issue.
so is it true that doctor smith and the green lady spawned newt gingrich frankly?
Ted Olsen’s wife died on 9/11. She was on one of the planes (my mom was head of lower school where their kids went). I wonder if that didn’t have an affect on him.
Britney taking tips from Madonna? Like hottest child-shopping spots?
Brittney Spears, Lindsey Lohan, etc etc
all creations of the Evil Disney Org
remember when American Corporations seemed like they
were good?
45: time to hook up an AC armature to george westinghouse.
#43 Yes, I wonder if it was a life-changing event for him. Or perhaps, watching the Bush Admin shredding the Constitution took its toll.
Doctor Maureen Robinson:
John’s biochemist rocket scientist wife. She
had a PhD in Astrophysics from MIT, a medical
doctorate from Johns Hopkins University, and
a doctorate in Child Sociology from Yale. Her
role in the series was mainly to prepare meals,
tend the garden, do the laundry, and clean the
spaceship. Her status as a doctor is mentioned
only in the first episode.
She was a vapid, empty-headed dull boring
Housewife of a Space Biochemist in tight chrome
metallic Space-Frau drag. If she put out or had
a personality maybe John would’ve been around
more. She had an obvious heavy downer habit,
with the Robot being her pusher renewing her
scrip on a regular basis.
But will Obama “re-fry” in hell for all eternity?
Jim yer killin me~! love his televangelist preacher
too bad madonna didnt supply better guidance to maureen robinson. less people would have been wished into the cornfield even today.
Wow, a veritable Tex-Mex of Holy Retribution!
#25 Newt go away. Or better yet, keep up with yer
bloviating ya mook [and I mean that in the Worst way]
and mebbe the Rethugs will go the way of the Whigs
sometime soon. Real soon.
49: are you trying to free holy retribution?
#52 wow, nice obscure twighlight zone ref, Billy Mummy!
or wazzit outer limits?
wishing all rethug pnac neoConMen into corn hole fields evrywhere
Carlos: “Yo quiero Sotomayor”
modest proposal: all addressments to newt, rush, karl or other beached useless eaters should be summarized with “dont FOAD angry; just FOAD!”
hells yea kill the ants !
Correction: Newtie is not a mook.
a mook is “An insignificant or contemptible person”
Newt is beneath contempt. He’s more akin to a
punk, in the jailhouse sense.
YOW!
#60 – word
Cleo was staring very intently at the carpet this morning. She tracked down a dangerous ant! Good girl. Meow!
On the Lt. Col. Airman Fehrenbach in Dayton, Ohio, being discharged because he is gay. Truly sad commentary on our country and military leadership. Highly decorated guy — even chosen to protect Washington, DC, after 9/11. Here’s a link to the Servicemember’s Legal Defense organization to help people like Fehrenbach and others like him.
http://www.sldn.org
‘Doktor’ Zachary Smith:
The Director of the Mission: to turn the All-American
family into a species of brain dead sheep. Master
of hypnosis and Mind-Kontrol. A freak, a sex crazed
dope addict Commie. Also enjoyed jazz music. Played
the bongos in his cabin during off hours. Smoked
reefers and hung out with the Robot in smoky little
off world beatnik clubs. A foolish, self-serving,
impulsive, scheming coward. However, his maudlin
ways and clever dialogue add a unique dimension.
His best lines are in response to the “straight
man” Robot.
64
You know, of course, that Debbie the Bloop was the brains of the outfit.
#64 The US military got rid of many Arabic Language
interpreters at a time when they desperately needed
them, all cause they were ‘gay’… whatever that is.
#64 Debbie the Bloop! I was getting to that, under the
entry for Penny
but I think you’re on to something I may have overlooked.
According to the Secret Code of Military Toughness,
you aren’t entitled to ask or tell. Look at you!
You’re a mess!
Is that a Twisted Sister Pin on your Uniform?!?
Commonwealth??
#69 – yup! — didn’t know that!
#66
an inordinate number of “secretly” gay men (and perhaps a few women) wanting to learn Arabic?
“…things that make you go HMM.”
Did anybody hear Jim W. yesterday say that LGBT people were not put in concentration camps? Did I hear it right? Don’t know if he was referring to current situation in U.S. or WW II Nazi camps. Jim’s usually pretty knowledgeable. A listener wrote in comparing CA Court ruling allowing 18,000 LBGT couple to remain married but no new marriages to Nazi Germany where Germans married to Jews could remain married but no new marriages. Jim said LGBT were not in concentration camps . . . that is incorrect. Gays and Lesbians were imprisoned and killed; that’s where the pink triangle symbol came from. Much like Jews had to wear yellow Star of David, Gays and Lesbians had to wear pink triangles. Visit the US Holocaust Museum website and search on camp symbols to verify.
Newt was the runt of the litter, kicked down to the hind teat.
You can tell by the crease in the side of his head
HI all,
Newt was on the Daily Show. Jon was very restrained. Did get some good zingers in.
72—I don’t know. I missed the show yesterday. I can’t imagine Jim not knowing that. It’s not much of a secret.
#72 I believe Jim said that the Germans who married Jews were not put in the camps. I just finished listening to yesterdays podcast on my morning walk, and that is my recollection of Jim’s comments.
btw, Good Morning!!
I don’t believe the economy is truly turning around. There is still junk to come. The panic may be done but the losses aren’t.
73 the holocaust never happened. Just ask your Jewish
neighbor, the one with the number tattoo
that’s disgusting that anyone would deny that LGBT people
were also targets. So were Masons, Priests, anyone who
might have a different ideology or who preached tolerance
and freedom of conscience. Roast in hell Hitler, and hope
your rethug buddies soon join you
78 Spiff, what about the current meltdown of the commercial
real estate market? Skyscrapers going for pennies on the dollah
The US of A has more people in prison than Hitler or Stalin did
End the War on Drugs; End the War on Freedom!
Kill The Poor! oops I mean Eat The Rich!
Who wants to go to the Lincoln Library this summer? I have to go to Minneapolis for a family request. Thought I’d drive down to Springfield to check out the Lincoln Library while I’m in the Midwest.
#72, I believe the statement was, when intermarriage between Jews and Germans was banned, existing marriages were not annulled.
79—I have heard of such a thing possibly happening. I don’t follow the commercial RE news. Commercial RE always struck me as boring as can be.
I worry more about more job losses coming. This does not make me happy.
#82, which you said in #72, and I am a nitwit.
Good morning Spiffy!
The next round of economic panic flies when GM goes belly up.
Get those flaming tomatoes ready… I LOVE Steph but I wish she would stop talking over her guests so much. Why have them on if she doesn’t want to hear what they have to say?
did anyone see on Keith last night – the lawmaker who suggested sotomayor should change the pronounciation of her name because in America we don’t put the emphasis on the last syllable. It’s not natural.
gunsel. Newt’s a gunsel.
Funny thing is either Dashiel Hammet or
Raymond Chandler slipped the word past
his censoring editors; they thought it
meant gun-man, which it’s come to mean also.
But that ain’t what the real meaning is.
Newt’s pic is next to the original def
#86 same with listener-callers. they barely get to make their point before they’re cut off.
85—I can see that. Does anyone know why GM hasn’t released the Chevy Volt yet? Is it still in development because they can’t make the batteries strong enough?
Watching GM fail is like living with an alcoholic you love. You know they are killing themselves but there is nothing you can do to stop it.
87 yeah, Steph talks over her guests. But she’s so damned cute
I don’t care what she does, just love her.
#87 Saw it. Loved Keith’s smack on Kirkorian (the speaker’s name) by mis-pronouncing his name to make it simpler for WASPs to say.
Woman here in SE Michigan was dating a child sex predator,
and warned about it. Now her 5 year old is 4 days missing,
everyone searching. Preditor creep boyfriend found with
bloody knife. Nice Mom. Way to endanger your innocent child.
#90 They do have running prototypes on existing chassis (i.e. “mules”) that the press has driven. Their chief project engineer says they’ve resolved the BIG PROBLEMS and are now down to the hundreds of LITTLE PROBLEMS.
87—KO is great isn’t he? I remember him when he was naught but a sportscaster.
89—I’m thinking Steph tries to keep the pacing of the show going. It’s a habit she has developed over many years. Plus there is a certain amount of expectation from the audience that the pacing stay at a certain level and she sets that.
She’s the metronome of the threesome. You notice that a lot on the rare occasions when she is absent.
The only differences Pat Robertson understands is between his legal and illegal diamond interests. He knows to launder the profits from the latter.
OK, I must go. Have a nice Thursdee everyone!
#95 Agreed. I couldn’t keep the pace she (Steph) sets for three hours. I’d make a better second banana.
I look forward to the confirmation hearings! The Reputhugs will alienate themselves with yet another minority.
93—-oh yuk! Damn. Couldn’t someone arrest her for dating him? Charge her with child endangerment?
#97 Bye Kar, have a great day!
#93 I hadn’t heard about the bloody knife part! Is that new info this morning?
Bye kar!
They should use the Spanish version of “Feelings”.
LOL—I don’t think Sotomayor has any more feelings than the male judges but I think our stereotypes about the Latino people claims they are all hot tamales ruled by their feelings.
But I love to hear the show playing “Feelings” in reference to her! tee-hee
Morning All!!!!! Another late start fer yers trooly.
#95 Yes, it’s all part of Steph’s charm. You really do appreciate how good she is when she is absent from the show.
101 103 George Kennedy is in custody for parole violation
for dating the mom. A bloody knife and other blood was
found in his motel room near the girl’s apartment.
Freaking George Kennedy. I’d make a joke about confusing
the scumbag with the actor but the story is just too sad
and depressing.
And the mom needs to be charged too but I don’t think she
will be.
Hiya, Bloggoes!
Can’t stay long, but I wanted to check in w/ my peeps.
1.) I am pretty sold on the sotomayor lady.
2.) Jim’s comment about “groin injury” was a little bit regrettable…
3.) I’m becoming a huge Ronnie Jame Dio fan all over again.
#105 That (i.e. Latino) and the fact that she’s a chick! (RWNJ’s comments, not mine)
108 ah, Stephanie’s charms. I never tire
of contemplating them. O’course now they
call that stalking.
Hey guys–just Tweeted this, but wanted to post a link here as well. I guess having “feelings” is only OK if you’re a Republican SCOTUS nominee: http://tinyurl.com/q85hry
98
Yes, she definitely keeps the show moving. Just what you want to give you that morning drive jolt.
110 Latina–then you’ve got it all covered.
I’m not saying Steph isn’t a wonderful broadcaster and an adorable personality, I’m just asking her to please stop talking over her guest so much.
108 – oh god. I am so sick of hearing about missing/murdered women and children every time I turn on the news! Very depressing, indeed.
#111 LOL
115: And don’t forget the fact that she repeats the same things over and over….
Of subject- Regarding Frangela on “I’m a Celebrity… I don’t think Frangela will have any problem with the bees, the environment or the wind & rain. I think spending any time with Stephen Baldwin would make me want to throw in the towel and get the heck out of there.
117 it wouldn’t be so bad if Newt’s pic was on yer
milk jug on the brefest table
Sometimes she talks so fast, I can hardly keep up with what she’s saying! (Yet, I listen every day!)
Will Dear Leader’s AMC Pacer have a VTEC and “Powered by MotorSports” stickers on it?
Ted Olson? Can’t believe it. Is he punking us?
mr dillon celebrates both cinco de mayo and festus, for the rest of us.
More quotes from Messrs. Olson and Boies in this HuffPo article:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/05/28/theodore-olson-and-david-_n_208450.html
Flombaye, your thumbnail pic freaks me out.
earth repair made easy: steph is buying the eartha kitt.
126: all ninth grade yearbook photos are a bit oogy
good morning everyone
YAY Brooke!
silver nitrate IS already giving to your kids when they are born
golllldwaterrrr
Sientologist Kool-Aid, yum!
Wow, Kirstie Allie is a twenty-piece bucket of crazy!
And that’s it for me! I gots to get some stuff done.
Love you Bloggoes!
Buh Bye!
Caller, that’s not in the rethug DNA.
next talking point: “ACTIVIST CHECKS AND BALANCES”
not a second gear racist?
Love this poll on Daily Kos:
Which of these party leaders is doing the best job of killing what’s left of the Republican brand? (current votes):
Rush – 41% (1321 votes)
Newt – 10% (319 votes)
Cheney(s) – 49% (1553 votes)
Republicans have a problem with Obama’s candidate for Supreme Court, Jesus Christ (funny video)
#138 Here’s the link (if you want to vote):
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/28/736102/-Cheers-and-Jeers:-Thursday
why can’t we have a balanced supreme court … 3 conservatives 3 liberals? (that’s a rhetorical question)
#133, it all started when she decided she wouldn’t reprise Saavik in Star Trek 3, 4, or 6. Seriously.
the callar was alluding to a real conceit of the catholic church. – like michael savage, they were still clinging to a weird cold war with the soviet union, even after 1975.
#141 Uh, aren’t there nine Justices? So, could we have four and four with one Justice who goes both ways?
If Sotomeyer is a question mark, then why did Pres. Obama pick her? The President seems to be moving more center right. I hope this is not true, but some of his decision lately have me worried…
for your commercial break viewing,
I made a gay pirate skit…
(doing my part to fight global warming…)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IH25bqDwxkQ
(35sec. video)
#144 Hello, is this thing on?
Seriously, where’d everybody go?
Stiffed by The Lar? How dare he do that to our Steph!
#144 shaf – well I was being conservative (LOL)
We’re all conspiring to freak you out, Shaf.
GTG… taking my puppy to the vet for booster shots. And, yes, she is house broken!
the conservatives should have been the sour part in that analogy
#151 I was imagining doing stand-up and hearing only crickets.
#150
I wonder if exorcism can fix that (i.e. being conservative).
I accidentally killed a little birdie today … I’m a little down
somehow it seemed to fall out of the tree right in front of my car, there was no time to stop. It even took my brain a minute to process what I had seen – at first my brain said “it’s a brown leaf” and then it said “but wasn’t that a wing?”
shaf :LOL:
I’ll go buy the pea soup
Don’t mind me….
*lurking in the weeds waiting to spring out in time to claim another Sparta*
sodomy-or ???? — Hannity is calling her a sodomite
#157 Of course, we’ll never get arrive at the plains of Thermopylae if you don’t join the march.
Total random aside. I played along with a ukelele joke on a friend’s status on Facebook, and for some reason I felt compelled to mute mama for a few minutes to listen to some Israel Kamakawiwo’ole.
Gawddamn, that man had a divine voice.
Okay, back to mama and the mooks.
#160
just heard this up and coming singer called Miloh… covering “Ayo Technology” (originally by 50 Cent)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE9IchvpOPk
talk about an awesome voice.
Personal opinion here…
The Right Wing Noise Machine will be the death of the GOP. It has gotten so effective at branding those who don’t march in lockstep with the extreme Right as not loyal to the Party, that it’ll drive out all moderates (such as Colin Powell), effectively creating their own fringe party.
americablog: LA Gay & Lesbian Center blasts Obama in open letter: Sent yesterday to the president:Dear President Obama:Welcom.. http://tinyurl.com/o3zwfo
But here’s the problem:
conservative presidents stack the courts with ideologues.
Democratic presidents appoint qualified moderates.
3. Children raped at Abu Ghraib: U.S. General confirms Seymour Hersh’s Abu Ghraib accusations
Breaking news on GM…
G.M. Reaches a Deal With Bondholder Committee
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/28/gm-reaches-a-deal-with-bondholder-committee/
Excerpt:
It is well-proven in education that many tests have racial bias.
4. Cheney’s Crumbling Torture Defense
Did Steph just get sleazy with a kid’s MOTHER.
It’s amazing what women can get away with.
EXCEPT sometimes the test requirements were written to keep some people out
Morning, all! Hope you are having a good day. We got teased by the sun early in the morning but now it is cloudy and gray.
I blogged about how the Bottom of the US Recession Hasn’t Arrived
I find it hard to believe that so many people are talking about green shoots and how they are talking about a turn in the economy when we are seeing 600K jobs disappear each month.
I THINK gay groups can submit “friends of the court” briefs, asking the courts to _not_ consider the case. That should have a lot of weight.
This is from a 20 year old college memory — anyone know if I’m right?
The “liberal” of these two totally bungled the Gore v Bush case and screwed the whole nation with his incompetency.
Gay rights today is a lot like the Civil Rights Movement of the 60′s. It is a shame that some laws, after all this time, still uphold discriminatory practices.
Shaf…I’m one of those bondholders. I, however, only need 20 cents on the dollar to make a profit. I was a vulture and bought the bonds when they were dirt cheap.
I do feel for those who bought those bonds at face value years ago, but that’s what you get when you pay face value for a company that’s on a downhill path. GM has been on that path for decades.
>> Dar313 says:
>> Gay rights today is a lot like the Civil Rights Movement of the 60’s. It is a shame that some laws, after all this time, still uphold discriminatory practices.
Absolutely.
There are some significant differences, though — I think the incongruity of Prop 8 revealed some of that.
#173, everyone on the court should be investigated by the DoJ for a quid-pro-quo on that case.
#176, the main one is that the US Constitution plainly contradicted racial discrimination (though it took 100 years for Jim Crow to lose out to the Constitution). There is no equivalent provision for gender or sexuality.
Indeed, the possibility of equality for gays was one of the main reasons the ERA failed.
#176
and the homos don’t have a catchy moniker against which to fight those discrimination-disguised-as-law policies like, such as, also too… “Jim Crow laws”
Ron, perhaps you’d care to let us know how Boies bungled the case. I’m curious.
That case was not winnable for anyone on Gore’s side. The five Justices who voted for Bush were going to vote for Bush come hell or high water and that was just how it was going to be.
>> PeterW the Robobagpiper says:
>> #173, everyone on the court should be investigated by the DoJ for a quid-pro-quo on that case.
I don’t know much about squid-pourquoi but I do know that the court NEVER should have touched that case and that these conservative justices will go down in history as some of the worse, most activist, ever.
jinx, PeterW~!!!
#175 I have mixed feelings about this (GM restructuring), Tony. It’s a like having to remove a limb (or two) to save a patient. However, it’s painfully clear that no company can continue to hemorrhage the truckloads of money that they (and Chrysler) have done.
Ford is seeing an upturn in sales (maybe from folks who want an American-branded car but are nervous about Chrysler and GM). It started its restructuring back in 2006 (with “The Way Forward” plan), which may have been its saving grace.
gah – the right is now predicting hyper inflation because of Obama
#179 I suppose they could play off the “Adam and Steve” slight of the RWNJs and call them Steve Crow Laws.
>> Tony says:
>> Ron, perhaps you’d care to let us know how Boies bungled the case. I’m curious.
Again, going from memory, he did a piss-poor job arguing for Gore.
Most of us were alive than and remember that.
#184
Repugnican to English dictionary quote:
predicting = wishful thinking
Those same economists are saying it’s going to be a jobless recovery too.
Yes, everything is better with slide whistle!
#185
“Adam and Steve Crow laws.”
that about sums it up!!!
Shaf, the problem is that ALL of the car manufacturers counted on a decline in sales, but not as large as the one we are seeing. You cannot expect any company with the kinds of fixed assets that car manufacturers have to be able to weather a storm that kills about a third of their demand!
So there has to be massive capacity reduction. And those manufacturers who rely on large vehicles like GM and Chrysler will have to cut the most capacity.
Honda is probably in the best position of all the car manufacturers. Honda doesn’t add any plants unless they’re running their current plants 24/7/365 flat out.
And they don’t rely on large vehicles as much. Think about Honda. What comes to mind? The Civic? Prelude? Accord?
Now think about Ford. F-150 — which is a hell of a truck. Explorer. Mustang.
*still lurking*
Rush Limbaugh:
boo freakin’ hoo!!!
Ron, I’m curious what specifically you believe he did wrong. The guy is a very well regarded attorney so I’d like to know what you feel he did wrong. I know you are going from memory, but if you’re going to say that someone bungled a case, you’ve got to be able to say specifically what was done wrong.
#191 Agreed. No one expected the depth of this recession (or the Spanish Inquisition, for that matter).
I hear a comment from Sir Sean!
IT IS pronounced “AR-KANSAS” in Kansas .. my profs at Emporia state University (emporia, ks) had lots of fun ribbing me for coming from Colorado and pronouncing it “wrong.”
#195 ‘Bring out the SOFT CUSHIONS!!!!!!!!’
Op-Ed in Dallas News – Shoots down Limbaugh’s rant that Sotomayer is a meanie.
A conservative’s reflections on Sotomayor’s courtroom
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/viewpoints/stories/DN-magliocca_28edi.State.Edition1.2dfbd61.html
Isn’t it the ar-KAN-sas River, but the state is pronounced ar-kan-SAW?? Right? Not sure why.
Tony,
I did some Googling on this and I’m not the only one who believed that Boies bungled the cases.
I even found this discussion thread. It’s kind of hilarious.
http://tinyurl.com/pm4pmz
> David Boies is suspect
>> Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
> Ahh yess…David Boies…the piece of shit who waxed oh so apologetic
>I watched him present the case and he did a piss poor job!!!
Apparently with advocates like Boies, liberals don’t need Karl Rove!
Shaf, NOOOOOBODY expects the Spanish Inquistion.
oh yeah…… SPAR!!!!!!
All is not lost, caller.
If you can’t be with the one you love, love the one you with.
Ron…you’re posting a bunch of rants from a people whose law background consists of watching “Law and Order” reruns?
Again, Boies is a very well regarded attorney. His fellow attorneys think he’s very good at his job.
What specifically did he do wrong in Bush v. Gore?
Sorry, rants from a bunch of people who took a constitutional law class in college and think they’re experts don’t count.
How many days after Mama’s appearance (with Leno) was her show cancelled? Not much of a ratings bounce, eh?
“Poke her with the soft cushions!!!!!”
“CONFESS!!!….. CONFESS!!!”
“Doesn’t seem to be working, Lord.”
“Have you got all the stuffing up one end?”
Richard it depends on where you are in the US
Arkansas and the Arkansas River is pronounced the same way in Colorado .. and that’s arkansaw
Well, I didn’t mean to start an argument and run, Tony, but I need to get off to work.
I wouldn’t go to mat on the Boies thing — it’s really just my general impression after closely watching Bush v Gore. That Boies bungled it — the same way Robert Bennett totally bungled Clinton’s case.
is = are
I CONFESS!!!!
Not you!!!
I’m not trying to be argumentative. I just want to know what specific things Boies did that were so wrong.
When you’ve got someone who is well regarded by his peers, a statement that he bungled something needs to be backed up with specifics.
Otherwise, it’s like Cheney saying “waterboarding saved American lives” without giving any specifics.
#200, from The Straight Dope:
SalonMedia: Ethnic profiling doesn’t stop terror: A new study finds the tactic is worse than useless in combating terrorism. http://tinyurl.com/qpul5p
Porm – Prom night for porn stars?
A share of Playboy (Enterprises)? I’d buy that for a dollar!
skyhawk…bow chica wow wow
Cindy…profiling of any kind is easily defeated. Looking for middle Eastern men? Well, fine, what they’ll do is use some of the light skinned, green eyed Pakistanis from the tribal regions!
The Playboy Enterprise?
Boldly going where every hockey team and destroyer crew has gone before.
Hey-O!
Carrie Prejean finally got the note, eh? (to STFU)
Did I post this?
Cheney’s Crumbling Torture Defense
Limbo!
I need to be the Official SOMETHING of the SMS…. hhhmmm….. maybe The “Official Former Heavy Metal Bass Player Turned Bored Out of His Skull IT Guy” of the Stephanie Miller Show??
#221 Okay, I was wrong. Limbo is where (supposedly) unbaptized babies go:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limbo
Those wacky Catholics and their dogma!
Coming up: Catholic Girls
With a tiny little mustache
Catholic Girls
That’s the way they go..or something I don’t remember all the words and type very slowly.
#223, didn’t the church close Limbo for lack of customers?
Some more Tinsel Talk…
Bob Hope is being honored on new postage stamp
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090528/us-hope-stamp/
I have to admit that the Catholic School Girl outfit (when worn by adult women) is crazy hot. The short plaid skirt, the knee socks, OH MY MY MY!!!!
Carln did a whole thing on this.
#225 Looks like it’s still open to interpretation. I suppose the extra-crispy bucket of Catholicism (practiced by Mel Gibson) probably still believes in Limbo.
Hey, I found it first (#223).
I think some smart progressive should, to make a point, try and get a reversal of anti-miscegenation laws on the ballot
#227, which, ironically, is pretty much a bagpipe band uniform without the hose flashes or sporran.
I remember a different definition for Limbo from my Catholic School days. Don’t recall the “Babies Only” part. Someone consult the Internets, the Googlies and the Pope’s FAQ page.
#229. Figures. How low can Mel Gibson go?
#232 Guess I gotta go to more Bagpipe Band concerts.
232–I never thought of that before. Big difference is that one totally turns me on and the other does nothing at all for me.
Morning all! Ted Olson is for gay marriage because his wife Barbara isn’t really dead (she was on the plane that hit the Pentagon that wasn’t really a plane), and she is now living as a gay man. Just sayin’.
#235, yeah, but most pipers are old men.
Though some bands have pretty young women in their drum corps.
So…if we get gay marriage in most states, what will happen in those who won’t come into the 21st century without a fight?
It’s the girl uniform that turns me on, BTW.
yawn… more ant spots please….
#228 Yes, I remember it. Here’s his great bit on religion (watch later):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNy6ziOyxoA
You know, damn it, I think it’s about time that gay people get to suffer through marriage as much as straight people do.
Looks like there will be no defense of the Leonidas Cup needed today. Ha Ha. I still own it. I win SPARTA by default!!!
242–I right click on links that I might be interested in and choose “open in new tab” and then watch/read them during the commercials.
I
Man…people are stupid. Anytime you trade in your car you LOSE. Drive the damn thing until it drops and buy used. That’s how you play it.
want
Regarding Joe Sestak’s possible Senate run, looks like he has some up-hill sledding…
Details:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/5/28/736047/-PA-SEN:-Joe-Sestaks-Excellent-Adventure
sparta!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
245…then go to my website, and right click on those ads and see if you like them =)
My advertisers will love you. =)
*I*
*want*
*SPARTA*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
#244 Richard, it’s not over until WE say it’s over. Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor????
Even
if
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#255 Who’s with me?!
have
shaf…germans? Forget it, he’s rolling.
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to
#259 Come on… AHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!
it
e
Just made it back under the wire
How’d it go?
Whut’d I miss?!
MYSELF
Leo
#264 When the going gets tough?…
268 with 10 minutes to go! No Sparta today kids
unless you get broggin
Leon
I agree caller. Time for Mr. Obama to act.
Leoni
#270 …the tough get going!!!!
223 The Official _________ of the SMS!
Gratitous post.
Don’t mention it.
S
If you haven’t read this … READ IT! Tonight we said goodbye to a photograph (UPDATED)
I’m back from the vet’s office – just in time to help with Sparta
Alberto VO5 Speedy Gonzales… go directly to jail
Germans Bombed Pearl Harbor
Good stuff, man.
also In Honor of Bob and In Memory of Ken: Please Help Spread This Message
no he’s doing it to sink her chances
Go Team, Yay Team!!!
Great presidents aren’t born they’re made. Roosevelt once remarked if there’s something you feel strongly about and want done, then make him do it.
Now on Huffpo: new pics of Abu Grab show rape of men, women and children. omg.
I WANT SPARTA
Riding the train to Sparta!
gay marriage- flavin
gay divorce – flarg
Leonid
This will be my last because I don’t want to steal it again.
In the heat of the night!
Fredo (Gonzales) is going to take the fall (my prediction).
stfu? what do the s and the t stand for?
P
Leonida
WHY DO WE HAVE TO LISTEN TO DICK
come on kids, the “hot gateway” is in site
Thermopylae, not That hot gateway
Where’s yer mind at?
Sparta!!!!!!!
Okay, probably not Carol O’Connor’s Sparta, but the other one.
sparta!!!
I got sparta!
aah! Sparta anyway. Ditint think we’d make it
Alrighty then…. Bring it on!!!! Sparta shall be defended in manly, greasy, diaper wearing glory!!!!
A most appropriate Sparta post, Cindy! *bows*
oh, poo, missed it.
Debt equity ratios aren’t too much trouble until they get above one to one. If Cheney is so concerned about a debt equity ratio of 0.8, then where was he when Citi and the rest of them were going with leverage ratios of 30 to one?
kudos SkyHawk
Leonidas! Congrats Cindy! Queen Sparta for a day!
293 fnord?
#297 “Shut The”
terri
shut the f@ck up
Burres must go.
281 on my way to read it Cindy
Thanks Mark! Cindy! Best Sparta post ever.
Leonidas! Congrats Clytemnestra (he he he)
I bow down to Cindy and pass on the Leonidas Cup.
#315 What did I say?!!?!? Oh, thanks!
Okay, folks. Have a good one. And, as always, if you are bored, check out my blog and do support my advertisers!
thank you Richard
and everyone
have a good day!
281 that is sad
let people live and die as they want if they aren’t hurting
anyone
Woo Hoo! Sparta with a few minutes to spare! Great job, y’alls!
Have an awesome rest of the day!
Good day, kids. gotta run……. Sparta Rocks!
my browser shows #300 going to ‘Hawk, but congrats to You Cindy
if you got it