LiveBlog for Monday, July 13, 2009
• Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL), both on the Senate Intelligence Committee, suggested yesterday that the Bush administration broke the law by ordering that a CIA counterterrorism program be concealed from Congress. They are pushing for twin investigations into Bush-era torture policies.
• Attorney General Eric Holder is leaning toward appointing a prosecutor to investigate the Bush administration’s interrogation practices. “Newsweek” is also reporting that Holder has asked his staff for a list of 10 candidates who might serve as that prosecutor if one is named.
• After weeks of meeting senators and preparing for tough questions, Sonia Sotomayor today begins the formal hearings on her nomination to become the nation’s first Hispanic Supreme Court justice. Sotomayor, 55, received a good-luck phone call yesterday from President Obama.
• Dems on the House Ways and Means Committee on Friday proposed a graduated tax on wealthy Americans to pay for health care reform. The new tax would apply to individuals who make more than $280,000 a year and married couples who make more than $350,000 a year.
• North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has life-threatening pancreatic cancer, a news report in South Korea said today, days after new images of him looking gaunt spurred speculation that his health might be worsening following a reported stroke last year.
Tags: Dianne Feinstein, Dick Cheney, Dick Durbin, Eric Holder, George W. Bush, Health Care Reform, Kim Jong Il, Sonia Sotomayor
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Goood morning all! * bows to Steph & the Mooks *
Hope everyone had a great weekend and that Rebekah had a great vacation.
With no fanfare whatsoever, the remaining analog TV stations that were broadcasting the “nightlight” service starting June 12 went dark around midnight. The same “This Old House” loop that has been playing the last month just stopped mid sentence. There’s only 1 station in my area still broadcasting analog (LPTV stations can still run analog for the foreseeable future), but it’s in Spanish.
Seeing how the FCC is poised to destroy the AM band with IBOC trash, and is about to do the same with FM, it will be interesting to see how they’ll continue to screw up the old VHF TV bands. Most of the stations that chose to keep their digital channels there because they were dangled the carrot of needing much less transmitter power (at least according to the FCC) are rueing their decision. As I see it, nothing more than a carrot thrown to cable and satellite.
Mornin’ Trojan!
Hi Danielle!
Morning, trojanrabbit and the rest of the First Watch. Good morning Team Steph with a ‘Welcome Back’ to Rebekah thrown in for good measure.
It’ll be great to listen live again (at least this week). Next week starts our process design (all-day) meetings, so I’ll be back to Stephcast-only listening. Oh well, at least it’s steady work.
Did anyone see this in the NY Times (by way of HuffPo)?:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/13/business/13goldman.html?_r=2&partner=rss&emc=rss
For Goldman, a Swift Return to Lofty Profits
Excerpt:
Looks like the boys with the Midas touch are going to cash in on yet another speculative bubble (again, mostly at the expense of less educated investors). If you haven’t already done so, read Matt Taibbi’s Rolling Stone article “The Great American Bubble Machine”.
#4 Here’s the link to Taibbi’s article:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/28816321/the_great_american_bubble_machine/print
And, good morning to you, Danielle! You arrived while I was composing my post.
Mornin’ Shaf… great post!
Info is coming out that a secret CIA initiative terminated by Director Leon Panetta was an attempt to carry out a 2001 presidential authorization to capture or kill al Qaeda operatives, according to former intelligence officials familiar with the matter:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124736381913627661.html
This comes on the heels of Sunday’s reports…
I truly hope Eric Holder appoints a Special Prosecutor for not only the torture polices, but also CIA’s cover-up.
I confess to being a Matt Taibbi junkie. His work on the credit-default swaps was brilliant.
Re: Goldman Sachs
Who said “Crime doesn’t pay”?
Trojan, don’t you ever just want to sit people down and force them to listen to Tohm Hartmann??? I feel like he explains all this perfectly!
Danielle, I wish I had the chance to listen to Thom more. I’m just at the limit of things I can listen to.
oh…sorry….Good morning, shaf, MidwestRuth.
I know Trojan… I only wish I had more time!
Anyone else listening to Bill Press find this conversation utterly annoying???
good morning, First Watchers! good name for us, shaf.
Hi everybody. I SO missed the live blog last week, but spent mega-hours at work so I could take a couple days off this week.
‘Mornin’ TR, Danielle, Shaf, Carol, Ruth and all Mookenbloggers, et al. Hawaii?
I hope you all had a great weekend!
I’m hoping against hope that Dick Cheney’s appendage is caught in the ringer on this CIA order business. But, somewhere in the back of my mind I’m convinced that the sorry bastard will never see any kind of justice, here’s a cat who has pretty well been above the law most of his public “service” time.
Yes, what happened to the Bill Press program, is some dufus sitting in for him today? Sounds hee-hawish to me.
Good morning, live blogospherians. It’s Day 4 of the Daisy T. Beagle era here. People and doggy are doing nicely.
Rich Masters, Who TF is he? Sitting in for Press, evidently. I expect them to break out in “Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me” any moment..
Rich Masters is a regular fill-in host for Bill Press.
Bio of Rich Masters: http://www.qorvis.com/an_influential_firm/bios/masters_r.html
19- I’m not sure, I know the guys gave his name, but these morons are definately not doing his show any justice… since when has Press spent his time talking about chewing tobacco, MJ songs,and other nonsense???
#4,5 shaf, re Goldman Sachs’ record profits
the bastids
well at least Bill Press will be back tomorrow…
#24 Glad to see that Mama has fill-ins who are stars in their own right. Heck, if they do really well, it forces her to step-up her game. And it shows that she really wants her listeners to enjoy the show in her absence, not just pine for her return.
Well said Shaf!
G’morning, bloggistas!
Thanks for the great links, Shaf.
#9 MidwestRuth: “I confess to being a Matt Taibbi junkie. His work on the credit-default swaps was brilliant.”
Sam Seder did a great 3-part interview on BreakRoom Live with Matt Taibbi on the Goldman stuff on July 8-9-10. Here’s the link:
http://www.maronvseder.com
Click on “Past Shows” in the sidebar – the past shows and segments all come up (sorry I couldn’t get a better link).
Good Morning Board! Happy Monday!
Happy Birthday to Indiana Jones and Captain Piccard!
Harrison Ford is 67, Patrick Stewart is 69.
Lying CIA and Republican’ for Regan
The Boehner needs to see these.
Oliver L. North, National Security Council staffer in the Reagan administration and point man in the Iran-Contra scandal—Indicted March 16, 1988, on 16 felony counts. After standing trial on 12, North was convicted May 4, 1989 of three charges: accepting an illegal gratuity, aiding and abetting in the obstruction of a congressional inquiry, and destruction of documents. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Gerhard A. Gesell on July 5, 1989, to a three-year suspended prison term, two years probation, $150,000 in fines and 1,200 hours community service. A three-judge appeals panel on July 20, 1990, vacated North’s conviction for further proceedings to determine whether his immunized testimony influenced witnesses in the trial. The Supreme Court declined to review the case. Judge Gesell dismissed the case September 16, 1991, after hearings on the immunity issue, on the motion of Independent Counsel
Caspar W. Weinberger, Secretary of Defense in the Reagan administration until 1987—Indicted June 16, 1992, on five counts of obstruction, perjury and false statements in connection with congressional and Independent Counsel investigations of Iran/ contra. On September 29, the obstruction count was dismissed. On October 30, a second indictment was issued, charging one false statement count. The second indictment was dismissed December 11, leaving four counts remaining. The maximum penalty for each count was five years in prison and $250,000 in fines. U.S. District Judge Thomas F. Hogan set a January 5, 1993, trial date. Weinberger was pardoned December 24, 1992. (pardoned by Bush 41)
Robert C. McFarlane, National Security Advisor to President Reagan from 1983 to late 1985 —Pleaded guilty March 11, 1988, to four misdemeanor counts of withholding information from Congress. U.S. District Chief Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., sentenced McFarlane on March 3, 1989, to two years probation, $20,000 in fines and 200 hours community service. McFarlane was pardoned December 24, 1992. (pardoned by Bush 41)
Thomas G. Clines, Central Intelligence Agency agent—Indicted February 22, 1990, on four felony counts of underreporting his earnings to the IRS in the 1985 and 1986 tax years; and falsely stating on his 1985 and 1986 tax returns that he had no foreign financial accounts. On September 18, 1990, Clines was found guilty of all charges. U.S. District Judge Norman P. Ramsey in Baltimore, Md., on December 13, 1990, sentenced Clines to 16 months in prison and $40,000 in fines. He was ordered to pay the cost of the prosecution. The Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in Richmond, Va., on February 27, 1992, upheld the convictions. Clines served his prison sentence.
Alan D. Fiers, Jr. , Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency’s Central American Task Force during the Reagan administration—Pleaded guilty July 9, 1991, to two misdemeanor counts of withholding information from Congress about secret efforts to aid the Nicaraguan contras. U.S. District Chief Judge Aubrey E. Robinson, Jr., sentenced Fiers January 31, 1992, to one year probation and 100 hours community service. Fiers was pardoned December 24, 1992. (pardoned by Bush 41)
Clair E. George, Deputy Director for CIA Operations —Indicted September 6, 1991, on 10 counts of perjury, false statements and obstruction in connection with congressional and Grand Jury investigations. George’s trial on nine counts ended in a mistrial on August 26, 1992. Following a second trial on seven counts, George was found guilty December 9, 1992, of two felony charges of false statements and perjury before Congress. The maximum penalty for each count was five years in prison and $250,000 in fines. U.S. District Judge Royce C. Lamberth set sentencing for February 18, 1993. George was pardoned on December 24, 1992, before sentencing occurred. (pardoned by Bush 41)
Joseph F. Fernandez, CIA station chief in Costa Rica —Indicted June 20, 1988 on five counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States, obstructing the inquiry of the Tower Commission and making false statements to government agencies. The case was dismissed in the District of Columbia for venue reasons on the motion of Independent Counsel. A four-count indictment was issued in the Eastern District of Virginia on April 24, 1989. U.S. District Judge Claude M. Hilton dismissed the four-count case November 24, 1989, after Attorney General Richard Thornburgh blocked the disclosure of classified information ruled relevant to the defense. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., on September 6, 1990, upheld Judge Hilton’s rulings under the Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA). On October 12, 1990, the Attorney General filed a final declaration that he would not disclose the classified information.
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Duane R. Clarridge, career CIA officer —Indicted November 26, 1991, on seven counts of perjury and false statements about a secret shipment of U.S. HAWK missiles to Iran. The maximum penalty for each count was five years in prison and $250,000 in fines. U.S. District Judge Harold H. Greene set a March 15, 1993, trial date. Clarridge was pardoned December 24, 1992. (pardoned by Bush 41)
Just looked at CSPAN2, U.S. Senate, was wondering if Sotomayer confirmation hearings will be seen there today? No information on the satellite program guide, literally..
I see the racist jerk Jeff Sessions (R-AL) is making a big production about the Sotomayer confirmation not being a “foregone conclusion”. A foregone conclusion, however, is that racist Republicans are going to demonstrate their ignorance to try to obstruct and cast as many aspersions as possible on Ms. Sotomayer.
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Definitely, shaf.
As I said last week, I’m very happy that my two favorite radio hosts (obviously Mama is one) have very capable fill-ins.
#22 LeftCenter, Rich Masters?? Is that a radio host or the God’s Chosen Elite who reside at the “C” Street house under the tutelage of David Coe?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_Street#The_house_on_C_Street
Sorry. I’m sure he’s perfectly lovely and not at all bent on World Domination.
#32 I have a funny feeling most of those aspersions won’t be cast in the hearing room – at least not the most blatant ones.
It’s Miller Time, y’alls!
#32 – CSPAN3 – and pretty much all the news networks
Did Mama appear on the Ed Show last Friday? Haven’t seen any YouTubes put up.
Thanks for the link Juliet! I missed that.
Roberts and Alito don’t have to go. We just need one more judge (after Sotomayor) to get a 5-4 majority.
#35, yeh I guess we can look to the de facto leader of the Republican Party Rush Limbaugh to be doing the besmirching of Sotomayer, with Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, and Glenn Beck chiming in..
Damn Liberal-biased facts!
#41 Yup.
#38 Trojan – my video production is experiencing technical difficulties — but Steph on Ed is up on the SMS site homepage, thanks to D.J. (RoachRadioTv is the channel on the YouTubes)
Trojanrabbit:Yes, she did. I found the video put on Youtube yesterday by RoachRadio TV.
31: thank you for that flavorful summary. – it’s especially wasteful that dubya had never heard of fernandez, and thus felt the need to throw token ‘spanic-on-the-dancefloor albert gonzalez onto the public revenue gravy train.
Tony or Mark here yet???? I owe them both a blog post… but I was still drying out from the Hank III show on Friday, and I figured that neither wanted a drunkin’ post on their blogs…
I’m shocked…shocked that Cheney was behind the CIA withholding information from Congress!
44, 45
Thanks
Usually I see when RoachRadio puts stuff up on Facecrack. Hadn’t seen anything even this morning. I should just subscribe to his stuff right at YouTube.
34: according to wikipedia, this rich masters guy also had a role in the war of northern aggression. – how weird. northern aggression. you’da thunk they’d have better things to do than TP the land of dixie.
Trojan… facecrack?!?!?!… LOL
Nothing pointy will remain!
#52 …or spiny!
…but the jury is still out on the theory of gravity…. and marijuana may still be harmful, so we need to spend taxpayer money on another study… illegal? …. some disagree.
Madness? This is Sparta! (okay, too soon. But the band fit.)
the “headache system” is working.
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at least to my wife it is….way too damn addictive
56
Cue the pic of the “Bufferin” guy with the little hammer hitting him repeatedly on the head.
TR, you’re dating yourself, Hombre! That commercial was one of the original “give the viewer a headache” types on TV, a pioneer of sort.
danger, will robinson ! neil young vortex ! … “i had a fine time, with dianne feinstein, that keeps me searching for a heart of gold”
#50 flombaye
Googling “Rich Masters” produces this link:
http://www.qorvis.com/an_influential_firm/bios/masters_r.html
Maybe he just likes to play golf and wear a green sport jacket?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masters_Tournament#Traditions
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I readily admit my aged status.
If I don’t, my body reminds me of it all the time.
#62 And the A’s never got to that hammer (and don’t forget the electric spark, and I think there was one other thing going on inside that guy’s head) as fast as the B’s as they raced through that little latch in the stomach.
ProducerChris is right about the failure to brief Congress, these people don’t know how government works. All they know is how to cash a paycheck and do what the hell they want until they get caught
I’ve posted an article about the whole Dick Cheny / CIA debacle on my blog http://themayberrylane.blogspot.com. I’d love some SMS blogger comments on there if anyone has the time.
If Cheney could at least lose his government pension over all this crap, it would be some small token punishment for him. I know, I know, with his hundreds of millions of Halliburton CEO (deferred) pay, it would be like taking $10 out of one of our paychecks. But it would be something – I have zero faith in Cheney ever even appearing before Congress to testify under oath, as I said, this bastard has been above the law most of his professional life.
#62 We’ll see if you say the same thing tomorrow, Paul.
coincidence? — ian punnit (coast to coast overnite) recently hosted the author of “shadow over santa sussanah”, who talked of how everybody you’ve ever heard of is within 3 degrees of charles manson. viewing the SMS portrait of dianne feinstein, i am reminded of this. – al lewis (“grandpa” on the munsters) used to use chuckles as a babysitter. looking at the portrait of feinstein, i just have to wonder if the two of them somehow managed to merge their DNA.
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OK, shaf.
“you boys look prety shook up. you been goofin with the B’s?” – so what was the point anyway?
TR, you’re a youngster! I wish I was 59 again and know what you know now..
Before… it was ‘Twig and Two Berries Militia”.
64: not only that, but lavort is looking good these days.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V-jGFPJFokQ
66: still a possibility thoe. exposing treasonous activity has some very book patterns, like unraveling a chainstitch. – it took two years, but rove is finally being required to answer to legal process, and they’re not that many circles apart.
when the guy said “rodney king”, i mistakenly thott of rodney dangerfield for a second… somehow, that works too.
Howdy, folks. I am going to blog and run today but I wanted to say hello before I did it. I’ve been blogging. That takes a while if you want to put together a decent post. If I just wanted to throw crap up on the wall, then it’d be easy but I want everything to be well thought out and well reasoned.
Anyway, as you know, Wal-Mart has decided to throw their weight behind a federal mandate for employers to provide health insurance or pay the government.
I blogged about that at Wal-Mart’s Push for Health Insurance Sparks Fight.
When even Wal-Mart is getting on board with a federal mandate, those fighting it are really in a bad spot.
But flombaye, sir, true justice would require a public castration of Rove with a dull knife, after being injected with Pain Heightener..
“let’s not bicker and argue about ooo killed ooo”
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lol
I read that as Palin Heightener…
#79 Palin Heightener: Sarah’s high heels
77: well cheer up. i saw our favorite jewish holiday, rom immanuel, at the walgreens picking up some quietiss and a storebrand set of butterknives.
I think we need to setup a virtual G-8 (or G-21) and use Facebook to do the networking. Unfortunately, Berlusconi would waste time playing Mafia Wars and Sarkozy would be friending supermodels.
The reality is that the criminal activities of the Bush Administration have cost all sort of lives and limbs of our military, and Iraqi civilians by the hundreds of thousands. And it is unlikely that they will ever experience any form of justice themselves. It’s disgusting, hardly an image of our country that any of us should experience..
I know there are super important world issues to settle and laws to pass on global warming, health care, campaign finance reform etc., but could they outlaw commercials that are above normal volume…PLEASE! and that includes the headache relief commercials–they’re giving me a headache, and that’s just cruel.
And yes, Goldman is going to profit again. They have a track record of getting out while they’re ahead instead of trying to squeeze every single bit of potential profit from a trade.
Goldman seems to be the only firm on the Street that understands bulls make money, and bears make money, but pigs get slaughtered. They leave money on the table but when the bubble pops, they’re on to the next one.
I don’t feel sorry for the people who Goldman takes advantage of. Baron Rothschild said a long time ago the time to buy is when there’s blood in the streets and Warren Buffett’s been preaching for a long time that you should be greedy when people are fearful and fearful when people are greedy.
79: wouldnt be necessary; sarah is already fairinheight, and yet rankin so very low among life forms. – i would recommend the movie, but it needs more cowbell.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah,_Plain_and_Tall
The State Department better pull Cheney’s passport before they start any investigation of that idiot. I am sure Cheney has planned it all out, that if the crap he did explodes, he will run. Don’t forget, he is a coward, and has no conscience. The amount of people who died, to enrich his cronies, made no difference to him. Halliburton is in Dubai, and they are there for a reason. To stay an arm’s length out of US law. I may think out of the box, but I certainly feel that Cheney has no integrity or morals. Mark my words, Cheney will run instead of face reality.
Oh yeh, flombaye, I forgot to add “while subjected to a loop of the Quietiss commercial at 165 dB..”
I’ll bet TR could set that equipment up for us too.
#85 Tony, you don’t believe we’ve all been harmed by Goldman’s actions? You’re being very narrow in your interpretation, Sir.
Did anybody waste their time this morning trying to call c-span about the lamest story going on right now. surprime court. They give us a civics lesson when we need news!!! How about whats happening overseas. OK I know the senate has to approve the nominee but why would you ask people who have NO! desision
#76 – easy to do when the total net worth of your family (The Waltons) is greater than the total net worth of the poorest 100 MILLION (thus one-third) people in the U.S.
About time.
88: quietiss actually functions thru inverse decibels, but yes, as caesar disgustus used to say, “samus thingus”.
Hello all. 92 posts already? So busy.
The only thing Goldman has done is make money. There has to be a seller and there has to be a buyer. Goldman definitely does take advantage of others. But there’s nothing wrong with taking advantage of suckers.
Especially when those suckers are other firms that supposedly have very smart people who pull the trigger on the trades with Goldman.
The only people who get hurt are those who keep on buying when the bubble is inflating and then get caught holding the bag when the bubble bursts.
I don’t feel sorry for them. If someone was so sure they could make hundreds of thousands flipping houses, then they were the sucker. If Goldman made money on the Wall Street equivalent, so be it. Fine by me.
There is a sucker born every minute and I have no problem with those suckers being taken advantage of as long as there’s full disclosure.
Yes (security status). In fact, Blaggo was stripped of his security status (as IL Governor) when he was indicted.
91: flashback of tyhe sesame street episode wherein oscar teaches about “magnanimity” – not to be confused with the dr evil episode demonstrating the denifits of “hot liquid magmanimity”. – still, just look at the size of those drumsticks !
did john mccain quiet when the viet cong bombed pearl bailey?
Why can’t we require the news agencies to report only the truth and they would break the law if they don’t!
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#94 Tony, I recommend you read Matt Taibbi’s Rolling Stone article before you take such a ‘Caveat emptor’ attitude. GS’s influence extends far past its business.
Here’s the link again:
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/28816321/the_great_american_bubble_machine/print
sarah palin as a common tater? – no tater is that common. – even this one is too smart for sarah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPsY_nhTtxg
98—many are dedicated to truthiness. It’s close enough they reason.
#94 Tony, well said. Matt Taibbi explains in detail in his Rolling Stone article and interview with Sam Seder on Break Room Live how the speculation on oil futures is what drove the price of gas up last year (at a time when supply was historically high and demand historically low) after Goldman Sachs asked for an exemption to the rules restricting investment in oil futures (to prevent just such a run). Hmmmm….
Russ, recall that Fox News sued and won to NOT have to report accurately!
And on the opposite end of the spectrum from the Quietiss ads is the Get Presales ad where it sounds like the ad was recorded inside a toilet.
i’m out to lunch for now. if you dont believe me, ask some of my therapists. pasta la pizza.
#94 they’re not “people” — they’re just “suckers”
But if a corp. is sucking off suckers, who sucks most?
Okay, folks….I’m out of here. Have a good one. And yes, I know my comments about Goldman will piss most people off, but that’s fine by me. I’m one of those evil DLC types that the “true believers” love to hate.
Shane-O, I had this brilliant idea for a production for you, but I’ll be damned if I can remember it now..
My mind never was that sharp, so now I don’t notice it fading so much. Of all the things that I have lost, I miss my mind the most.
Tony, I’ll have to catch up on the blog hear and see what you said. (Did you drop in just long enough to toss a turd in the punchbowl, and are now leaving? ;-> )
Have a good one.
#108 – well, if ya remember it – please post. not that i’ll be able do it, and even finish it (only about 9 in 10 that I start are ever sent to the show) – but i’ll try!
Stephanie Maller!
*quack*
Tony, I’m sorry you feel compelled to dump and run.
If you’d be willing to defend some of your positions sometime, there might be value. Otherwise you are bordering on boredom, with your constant blog pimping and lack of progressive perspective. I say, “Good day, Sir!”
#110 – still sleepy – REVERSE! I don’t send 9 of 10.
Hey #94 Say I was a fake seller and I got a mans signature on what seem to be a real contract like for 100,000 dollars could i sue him for not paying him because I offered him nothing.
Good Morning, Bloggies! Happy Mondee!
#4 I went to the matt taibbi goldman-sachs article after jim was talking about it on sms last week–good stuff!
#9 I think I will become a matt taibbi junkie now that I’m aware of him–Thanks, Jim, for turning me on to him by mentioning his rolling stone article on air!
Shaf… even with my friendly dealings with Tony, I must say the “Good day sir” made me chuckle… LOL… (and can’t argue with your point… no one should just come in to start and argument!)
Shaf #113 “blog pimping” – *bows* – well described, Sir!
I just don’t think the U.S. needs more formerly poor people running the country. Poor people are dangerous.
113—-lol, a proper British tell off! Blog pimping. Very good term.
So in Tonyland it’s okay to screw over people if they’re suckers. I don’t like Tonyland.
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For some reason I noticed that “blog pimping” was one of the frowned upon behaviors pointed out in the liveblog FAQ, in fact the post would even be subject to removal.
Once…OK, constant blog pimping though…
I confess, sometimes I have wondered if Tony was a plant, a Republican masher. But, thank God we don’t all agree on everything. Otherwise, all you guys would be after my wife.
And FYI… I’m new to the blogosphere (besides the SMS blog)… so forgive me for asking for blog posts.. but I mainly wanted somewhere to converse with all o’ yalls after the SMS blog clears out at noon… but I have no ads on the page, thus the only thing I have to gain is your conversation.
117—especially an argument defending Goldman Sachs.
121—that is the foundation of much of our capitalist system, even business run by so-called Christians. Jesus wants us all to take advantage of suckers to make money.
#103 WHO COULD WIN IN AMERICAN COURT BEFORE ALL THE PEOPLE ON A GOVERNMENT CHANNEL ON TV THAT WOULD CALL THE VERDICT THEMSELVES!!
Americans reject the Republican Party, particularly right wing shitheads like Sessions..
Interestingly enough, Sen. Sessions, the words “under God” were added to the Pledge of Allegiance in the 1950s. They weren’t in the original pledge which read, “…one nation, indivisible…”
Didn’t take long for Sessions to demonstrate what a miserable jerk he is..
122—well it’s one thing if people are friendly, non-combative, and they want us to look at what they wrote about this and such. That’s fine. If it’s interesting I’ll look. If it’s not, I won’t.
But it’s quite another thing if someone comes here all argumentative and wants us to look at his blog when we just don’t agree with the poster too often. Then it’s like someone is trying to sell you a car you don’t want.
#124 Dani – don’t worry. Just speaking for myself – it’s clear you are putting forward ideas – not selling anything. It’s all good.
morning all! there goes sessions projecting right-wing judicial activism onto others – gonna be a long day. wonder what Sessions’ oath to the Constitution and the the rule of law says?
In my view, Sessions is the prototypical Republican zero Senator..
Good lord—find me one person on this earth who doesn’t let their background influence their decisions, big or small.
We will now have the list of statements taken out of context.
I feel sorry for Judge Sotomayor. She’s got to be propping up her eyelids with toothpicks about now!
#108 dITTOOS
Ten minutes in, Sessions in full GOP Propaganda mode.. See what I mean?
Did you know that Obama was going to nominate Jesus Christ to the supreme Court?
But the GOP threatened to block the nomination of Christ saying that “he hung around with prostitutes, had questionable middle-eastern ties, and showed far too much empathy”.
Thanks Shane-o… I felt a bit scrambly after the blog-pimping comment… don’t want to come accross that way… just trying to extend the greatest part of my day (blogging with you all)!
Sessions, BITE ME.
I think from now on I will tell everyone I am making all my decisions based on my stuboorn, Danish, femaleness.
I just want to see if it pisses people off. Plus Danes are generally a pretty stubborn people. That’s how they survived in the cold all those centuries.
We’ve had Foley with male pages, Craig with restroom quickies, Ensign with an aide and hush money, and Sanford with a Latin love muffin. I’m waiting for the sanctimonious Senator Sessions to be caught in a man-on-barnyard-animal tryst.
Is this crazy rant from the old or new testament??
[in Sen. Lindsey Graham voice] ‘judge Sotomayor I am so sorry you had to listen to Jeff Sessions’ silly diatribe. No person should be subjected to that.’
137 /141.. LMAO!!!! (but sad, because both statements ring soooo true!)
Gosh, can someone interpret what this nut-job is talking about?? He lost me somewhere around the death penalty comment…
The bastard needs to take a breath..
OMG, Steph is old enough to remember the 70s when men said we couldn’t be judges, astronoauts, of firefighters because of our hormones.
Anybody else here old enough to remember that? I do.
#148 Don’t worry about getting lost. Sen. Sessions was lost the moment he opened his mouth.
Jeff Sessions from Alabama, enough said!!! I unfortunately have to say that I have lived there for most of my life. Thank goodness that I am a resident of Washington state now.
138—Are you kidding? She’s from NYC. This is nothing to a New Yorker. Riding the subways in the 70s—that was scary—but this is nothing.
Anyone want to bet that Sessions is STILL babbling on when they return from the break??
#150 I remember the ’60s when game show hosts would commonly ask female contestants, “What does your husband do?”
#87 Totally agree, Steve. Cheney is such a BF coward–hello, 5 deferrments during vietnam? Definitely need to pull his passport now!
#150 *raises hand* Yep. A friend of mine was actually told that she shouldn’t be paid as much as a male sales rep because she wasn’t the primary bread winner and (at the time) was single. Oh, and that was a about thirty years ago in Indiana.
Good morning everyone
I have tried to get as much distanct from those twangy voices in Alabama as I could, now that I live in Washington state.
Sessions a bit of a douche? I think he pegs the douche-meter!
oh darn I missed him … more Republican racism …. actually I want them to keep it up.
is there an orange powder for rush limbaugh?
isn’t it obvious that rush limbaugh is superior to barack obama?
It’s all good Sotomayor… I think the entire blog said it outloud for you!!! (I know I did… exact word funny enough!)
being straight means you find Janet Reno more attractive than RuPaul.
1. The Week in Editorial Cartoons – Go F#*k Yourself, Dick!
#165 Do I really have to make a choice between those two?
#150 he allready bit me
Anyone know if Jeff Sessions is related to another A-Hole in congress, Pete Sessions, from TX? It would fit.
Quit bloviating and make your damn point already!
The key word is “empathy.” We certainly can’t have that.
EVERYONE FFAARRSSEE!!
Orin Hatch is another Republican jackass, although not such an overt racist as Sessions.
And Sue, being an overt racist is virtually required to get elected in certain parts of the country, definitely as a REPUBLICAN.
Yep. Hatch is a douche nozzle (for when ‘douche bag’ would be considered a complement).
I’m going to bow out for the day. Finished up some reports, but now I’m back to playing “programmer”. I can control two pieces of equipment separately, but I’ll be damned if I can get them to work together. I must be missing something really simple.
TTFN.
democrat-IC….
wtf is up with these people?
There’s a good reason Obama voted against them.
NO he wasn’t
okay, I get it. This is the droning-on-til-you-almost-fall-asleep test of Judge Sotomayor for the court. I’d love to see her jump up and do some Ninja moves after these old-fart blowhards are done.
oh come on…Roberts was chosen for his agenda.
Hahahah – a douche nozzle!
2. Young Republicans Elect White Supremacist Leader
Nothing less than Republicans continuing to be miserable jackasses is at stake..
What attacks against the plaintiff are we talking about?
so left wing groups are the ones smearing her … ONLY left wing groups? come on let’s hear about the right wing groups
171 I meant farce
Steph and mooks…instead of saying douchey , how about Massengillian?
Anyone ever hear any of Orrin Hatch’s Jesus music? Man, it’s worse than that “Let the Eagle Soar” song!
The answer is “YES”. Now, STFU!
3. Sotomayor hearings set to begin
pleaee, it’s not douchey, it’s more like their prostates are being squeezed.
Ok, the fake respect is killing me…
Listening to the hearings with Mama and Mooks chiming is like watching old SciFi flicks on Mystery Science Theater — makes the otherwise absurd, cheesy, and mundane much more enjoyable. Quip away !!!
Before I bow out, speaking of Hatches.
My wife’s new favorite shopping hangout is the Patriot Place mall at Gillete Stadium. Last time I went the place was mobbed because they were holding American Idull tryouts. Last week my wife went there and the CBS restaurant was mobbed because Richard Hatch was there. Fortunately she didn’t bother to go in the restaurant.
I’ll try that TTFN again.
wow are these right wingers insane.
4. Freepers are mad as hell…and final update.
she just gets 10 minutes to respond after they spend over an hour pummeling her? hardly seems fair
SueC — no direct relation between them other than the obvious — being corporate loyalists and soap-box moralists.
You may be thinking of Pete’s father (William) who was Director of the FBI.
#198 And worse than that, she can’t really say what she’s thinking without further fueling the RWNJs “arguments” against her.
Fair would be taking some of these Rethuglican Senators to the woodshed for a serious whipping..
Everybody must get stoned as said by the imortal Bob Dillan. Hey does anybody think they’ll legalize pot in Cal.
i walk in, and the commercial on for the SMS here is for doc heissen’s headache system… what i just now cott is that the mention of “light sensitivity”. – a classic symptom of HFCS. – was this type of headache even known before they started putting the HFCS in everything? – it’s even in ritz cackers now. – they keep putting it into more things, with the result that i buy less of their things. a very odd economic strategy.
106: it’s still KOJAK
Sen. Feinstein just hit the ball out of the park.
BTW, his full name is:
Jefferson Beauregard “Jeff” Sessions III
but you can call him “Beau-Sess” or BS for short.
5. More Racism from Free Republic
Go Di-Fi!
6. BREAKING: Valley Swim Club Caves…Invites Kids Back.
123: not saying we dont agree on the desirability of your wife – not saying that at all – i’m just much more drawn to a few of your mistresses.
7. Peggy Noonan Fears The Monster Of Her Own Making
Gotta run, the missus has assignments for me.
Have fun, Mooksters. See ya manana.
Don’t you dare change a thing!
L.
126: it’s true. jesus was a huge advocate of phishing.
#199 thanks, scott–and, you made a rhyme:-)
You go, Di!
8. UPDATEx4 Obama Orders Investigation of Massacre, Alleged Cover-Up
#206 LOL!
#205 and #206 PLEASE CALL IN WITH YOUR REPORTS!! it’s not me it’s not me it’s not me
Crackers can be so….white
140: actually, the problematic element was the community organizing, and the chasing of the goldmen and their sacks out of the temple… okay, and getting kissed by judas…. okay, and the jewishyness.
9. YOU NEED TO READ AND SHARE THIS!
Brutally raped 5-YEAR OLD needs your help
141: “blog-pimping”? – isnt that just called “blomping”?
10. Jimmy Carter: The Words of God Do Not Justify Cruelty to Women
#222 Blimping?
144: the day is young.
145: crazy ones are from the old testament.
11. Palin Says She’ll Stump For Democrats, Hints at Third Party Effort
222… LOL… What ever you call it, I don’t want to be the guilty party!
what a grasshole
The Dems need to do what Sen. Feinstein did. Keep hitting on right wing activism on the Court.
“free from politics, feelings, and prejudices”? – - – a very good thing to try to be…. but a bit late after uneducable frat boys thomas and scalia had drifted in… – it would seem that cleaning house first would make sense.
so white men don’t use their background and experiences to inform them????
You notice what a hard time he’s having speaking?
Massengillian…I think I’ve heard that somewhere. Yes, folks, they do read the live blog.
Is he playing a game of “Out of context theater” or is he just stupid??
#187: They read you!
(G’morning Blooksters)
the proper roll of a judge is to by a white evangelical dominionist christian man and that’s all
#228 HA! – I was thinking “Chuck **assley” – but yours is better!
LeftCenter! ProducerChris read your post (Massengillian). HA!
#234 Stupid.
149: the russians had a much more scientific approach; they ran actual tests to find who could excel at what. result: about 2000 female snipers successfully (how can i put this delicately?) DEFUCKINGSTROYED the nazi invasion before it became evenmuch fashionable.
12 Sotomayor Confirmation Hearings Liveblog Mothership (Day 1)
“SM Future Husband” Sen. Russ is on – YAY!
13. Young Republicans Elect White Supremacist Leader
Flombae says SHIT MY PANTS!!!!
ok–got my numbers off—#198: thanks, scott; and you made a rhyme:-)
#205–LOL!
There, that’s better!
14. Rats getting that sinking feeling
153: now, now, be nice. jeff is bringing just the right balance of “yada yada” and “blah blah blah”. the man is truly a scientist.
For the GOPers on the Judiciary Committee, even if Obama moninated a W.A.S.P. male, they’d find a way to say that his experience was a problem.
They need to take a long walk on a Summer’s Eve and not return to D.C.
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16. A Redemption Story: I’m A Gangster Turned Gay Rights Activist
161: this is ted nugent for GOONTANG, now with extra brain-calming additives.
17. The GOP Has Always Been Broken
248. Summer’s Eve!
I would just like to add the word “peniscular” as an adjective to the conversational vocabulary that includes “masengillian” as an adjective to describe a certain republican senator and his ilk.
162: “i’m higher on the food chain ! get in my belly !!”
180—What I very much dislike about the Supreme Court is how many of them are Catholics and how many of them go to the same church. That it troubling. We very much need more religious diversity on the court.
164: i’d like to apply for pretzelhood please.
#221: isn’t that what blompkins do?
I got the best high nature can buy.
240—some women can be very sneaky. I can see how the professions of spy or sniper would suit many females equally as well as they would suit some men.
Sarah is using her fishy background to influence her. That’s unconstitutional.
Sarah Palin – the great American distraction whenever the media is between celebrity deaths
Now for something completely different…
“Orgasm A Day” Campaign Directed At British Schoolchildren Sparks Controversy:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/12/ogasm-a-day-campaign-dire_n_230221.html
Excerpt:
flombae says stay on the train and get out of here. “bitch”
Ken in Cleveland – “Fame” montage – loved it!
222: the title says it all. why does anybody even care about the word of somebody with such a dismal track record in the first place?
Gotta run, bloggies! Have a great Mundee!
because as an African American man he wouldn’t have ANY understanding about that
#265 Yes. Excellent work, Ken.
231: can you blame them?
he’s not saying to rule entirely on the gut … but use it to help inform the ruling
It seems to me that a whole lot of Constitutional interpretation, a prerogative of the Court since John Marshall, has been based a whole lot on the biases and prejudices of the members.
Spiffy, regarding “What I very much dislike about the Supreme Court is how many of them are Catholics and how many of them go to the same church.”
What’s your source for this? I can’t google it.
LOL … my 13 year old is now objecting to this republican … lol
What an insulting piece of crap you are Kyle, the lesser Ensign from Arizona.
233: i think that just refers to maryann and ginger trying to bulk up the skinny guy. – they can only take so much of the professor’s clumsy ravishing with all his polite, clinically accurate talking dirty.
220—OK, that story just ruined my day.
237: on the other hand, 228 sort of gets oswald off the hook.
How do these guys get elected when they are such boring speakers and poor communicators? Oh wait…I forgot…it’s all about “relationships”.
These republi-tards are giving me a headache in my eye!!
I gotta go too. Be well all!
I’m sure her family is thrilled to hear all the crap coming from the RWNJs on the committee.
I see Sparta on the horizon….
220. the best part of that story is that the guy probably won’t last long in prison.
282- my thoughts exactly
249: again, the title says it all. what is with classmates.com and all their reunion spam?
286… you mean you don’t care that there are 3 new members with photos…
The opening remarks by the GOP senators during the Sotomayor hearing are insulting, denigrating, patronizing, and disgusting. There I said it.
Also, it’s the DemocratIC party, dopes.
The problem is that she hasn’t agreed with her Republican colleagues 100% of the time. And even if she did, they’d find fault in her.
Did Wolf need a hard-cheese and drywall break?
FU WOLF
256: would adding boehner speed up the construction of bonehenge?
Premature Sparta?
Are we going to be listening to this all week?
292..LOL
SPARTA!!
Damn… I’m Sparta-ing solo…
sorry for ruining your day but that story is important and people need to help (#220)
I’m stalling just long enough for this to be SPARTA!
ME To!
Sparta!
Zzzzzz…
Might it be better to start with the opening statement of the nominee rather than the blowhards in the Senate?
Oh, yeah – political theater.
Sotomayor, foil for the Right-Wingers’ arguments. Good luck.
Missed again by 1.
263: ““Health promotion experts advocate five portions of fruit and veg a day and 30 minutes’ physical activity three times a week. What about sex or masturbation twice a week?””
— i believe that’s called abstinence.
Congrats Russ!
HA! Russ with a Ditto-Sparta! *bows*
Russ! – “Sparta, by a nose!”
Lindsay Graham is an idiot.
287: photos of members?
OH shut up lindsey you are going to vote against her
BECAUSE IT IS
Lindsay is the bag the douche-bag comes in.
there goes more of the hispanic vote
“wise latino comment” being all they have… the medium is the message.
“I’m not going to hold it against you for advocating a view to which I disagree. I’m just going to bring it up.”
Oh Goody. The ambiguously … Senator
Bye all! Have a good one!
Juanita queried:
“Are we going to be listening to this all week?”
I sure won’t. To quote Homer Simpson, “BOR-ing”.
I’ve already moved on down the dial.
L8r
because she’s different than you are
Lindsay, get over it. Your man-crush fell flat on his face as a candidate.
lawyering ???
southern speak
Hrm…Lindsay Graham really seems to like talking about Sotomayor without her robes on…
Could it just be that the RWNJs are trying to smear her to the point where she will just say it’s not worth it and withdraw her name?
324: it wont work. sotomayor is not a fighter, and therefore will not quit.
CNN gets off on wrong foot in Sotomayor hearings
In my run-up to the Senate Judiciary hearings on Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, I singled out PBS and CNN, the two TV sites most committed to fact based news and information, as places to turn for TV coverage.
One hour into the hearings, PBS is doing just fine, but CNN is offering some of the worst and most distracting coverage anywhere on TV or online. Talk about overproduced and misguided as to where the focus should be, CNN seems to think its talking-head analysts matter more than what is happening in the Senate hearing room.
CNN is cutting away from the questioning for discussion among its experts more than any other news channel — and when they aren’t cutting away for what has frankly been not very illuminating talk, there are the commercials. I am glad to see any news outlet make money these days, but if you have to break for commercials, don’t keep breaking back to the news set for talking-head chatter.
Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Jeff Session (R-Alabama) had barely finished their excellent opening remarks, when CNN cut back to the studio. Leahy and Sessions had deftly laid out the differences between the two camps, and they were huge — both legally and culturally. The key was the standard of “empathy” articulated by Judge Sotomayer and President Barack Obama.
But instead of hearing where the first senator, Herb Kohl (D-Wisconson) was going to take the line of questioning, CNN viewsers saw anchor Wolf Blitzer hand the discussion over to Democratic consultant Maria Echaveste who practically jumped out of her seat to attack the characterization by Sessions that whjat Judge Sotomayer calls empathy, he calls “prejudice.” And, agaion, I have to tell you Echaveste was all heat and no light — attitude without insight. And she got more face time than some of the senators in the early going Monday.
PBS, meanwhile, got out of the way, and let the cameras stay on the Senate hearing room, so that viewers wouldn’t miss a word. PBS has its priorities right. It’s about Sotomayer and the hearinsg, not partisan consultants brought onto the set to talk over the coverage.
will hoss and little joe follow this one?
Can’t answer the racist background comment.
Andy is a Freeper!
Ah…because he hadn’t actually HEARD any of it.
Senators do not DESERVE our respect, they need to EARN it. And Grassly and the other douches have NOT earned our respect. They have earned our derision.
326: this is the copyrighted BUSH-DUKAKIS-COVERAGE tactic. i was just an uninterested teenager, but i noticed that dukakis had absolutely smeared bush into the cracks on the sidewalk. – it was as if they had allowed the bruce lee square-off against burt ward to follow thru. — and a bunch of tired old talking heads droned on afterward about how bush was a much more compelling speaker, and how dukakis kept trying to drag it back down to actual issues. “dull! dull! boring! who cares about all that?!!!”
Hiya! what do the right wing jerks have to say
about the Bush twin skanks? versus the Obama girls
Senator Douche-Nozzle, the floor recognizes you… as a douche-nozzle
Free Republic dot com huh? what a bunch of filth
331: they’ve earned our derision so they get derision? the doctrine of equivalent response? – why that sounds jesusy! – are you a marxist?
Freepers need to stay in the stinky bathroom of the internet. Whew, Steph, don’t make us go in there.
Hey Steph! I just ran across this product:
“Boudreaux’s Butt Paste”
perhaps a little would make Jim’s happy ass a little happier.
or your Spectacular Derriere might perhaps be rash-free
with the use of this product, ‘specially after some right-wing
Tool type chaps your ass with their shenanigans.
All my love…
Jeff Sessions speaks the truth of the new south. Blowing mightily against racism. I am reminded of a fiery Truman Capote. OMG Lindsey Graham speaks to my heart. Why am I flashing on Dale Gribble? Be still my heart. I gotta go now and rewind my Deliverence tape and…
I bet it ‘blowed up real good’.
#326, I stopped paying attention to CNN a long time ago because their right wing bias was becoming more and more evident. Like today, when the Republicans speak, they get covered completely, but when a Democrat speaks, they (the anchors) cut in so people cannot hear what they have to say.
so glad they found a newgent. the old ones were all the same. – ah yes, “cat scratch fever”, ted’s latest!
The only problem with sparta only lasts 1 day . sparta that is. This is revolution time. watch the media and never trust of believe them. At least until we can get a law in place to protect citizens from lies and fraud. If corporations want to qualify as people like they are recognized by courts. Make them pay sales taxes for anything they buy. just like any citizen.BUY 1,000,000 dollars of inventory 8.5% sales tax 85,000 dollars. Directly to the state of the transaction tax rate.
it’s putin’s floating head! quick! where’s sarah palin’s harpoontang?
Cue Leave it to Beaver theme dammit!
331 they are beneath contempt
One man… one woman… and another woman.
#336, Ok “derision” is too strong a word. Snark is more appropriate. They deserve our snark. The right wing nutjob senators deserve to be MST3K’ed.
he draws out that R, almost as long as the REO speedwagon guy. maybe jim ward will love beavurrrrrrr for ev-urrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Oh good, now I can boycott Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster all at once!
Mama, do your Jodi Foster, pleeeease?
old old SNL skit Lord Douchebag
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/79/79tdouchebag.phtml
Douchebag, how are you? I haven’t seen you in the
House of Lords in ages! Don’t tell me for the first
time in memory we are going to have a House of
Parliament without a Douchebag?
Lord Doucebag: My dear Sandwich, Parliament has
always had its share of Douchebags, and it always will.
Lord Salisbury: Spoken like a true Douchebag. I have
often heard the King speak of your family.. [ to Earl
of Sandwich ] ..and of yours, as well: “Give me a
Sandwich and a Douchebag, and there is nothing I
cannot do.”
blah blah blah
Butler: Lord Compost Heap and Lady Disinfectant Cake!
351: why do you want steph to kiss danny bonaduce?
All are welcome. All are welcome!
What about this story, Sanford and Ensign at “The Fellowship” or
“The Family”? This ‘Christian’ group has Hitler as it’s patron
saint. Doug Coe, the ‘Leader’, is a MAJOR douchebag.
This is nitroglycerin in a paint shaker.
Just when you think you’ve learned about all the creepy,
vile little cults that run the world: The Bilderbergers,
The Trilateral Commission, The Bohemian Grove, the
Council On Foreign Relations, The Club of Rome… then
along comes “The Family”, AKA “The Fellowship”, an
odious network of ‘Christian’ power-brokers who manipulate
from behind the scenes. Only this ain’t Jesus’ Christianity.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Family_(Christian_political_organization)
Scumbags Sen John Ensign and Gov Mark Sanford are both members.
This secretive groups whorships POWER and holds Hitler and Mao as
patron saints.
Their beliefs include ‘Christianity is about building more
power for the powerful. Chosen by God to dispense blessings
to the rest of us. You’re chosen by god for leadership,
and so normal rules don’t apply’
This is the Devil’s Christianity.
thank you Chris, ‘they are the bags the douchebags come in’
k to the g gets a reference from ProducerChris! Yay!
355: definite oldsmobile copyright infringement issue – this is not your father who art in heaven’s christianity.
#313: k to the g shout out!
#357 And also, Mark, too!
Has anyone notice the Chyron on MSNBC ALL MORNING stating that Sotomayor is the THIRD woman to be nominated to the Supreme Court?
Ummm…
1. O’Connor
2. Ginsberg
3. Myers
4. Sotomayor
These Right Wing Tooles just chap my ass. Time for some Butt Paste.
361: perhaps they meant making it to the confirmation hearings, because i think myers got laffed out of there a couple of days into the nomination.
Watch the media keep the focus OFF Darth Cheney as much as possible.
too late. i just registered the “dick vader vibrator” on “gooo daddy”.
Rachel Maddow did two days on this creepy Kult.
She interviewed an author who has a book and a
Harper’s Magazine article on them. The Harper’s
piece is online and is good reading. Michigan’s
own Bart Stupid lives in the House with them
down on C Street in D.C.
Oh stephie your so pretty you don’t understand you take me by the heart when you take me by the hand. Oh stephie what a pity you dont understand its gals like you stephie stephie do stephie do stephie dont break my heart stephie!!!
363 yeah, Meyers shouldn’t count. F@#King Bush.
Jim thinks he hit the lotto, comes into work and
tells off Steph, Chris and Radmilla, only to find
his lotto ticket was in error… hee hee
That’s all for today. See you tomorrow!
Noon in Deetroit arreddy?! That’s whut happens when
you don’t regain consciousness til after Sparta…
y’all have a great day
Great show today!
Have a great rest of the day.
Bye all! We survived the first wave of the douchebag explosions!
The Family: The Secret Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power (July, 2009 Paperback Edition). Sen Ensign is Only the Latest Errant Bad Boy to Receive the “Spiritual” Support for His Sin from this Capitol Hill Elitist Fundy “Fellowship.” They are Also Called the “C Street” Brethern.
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First time I’ve tried this. I was talking to my mom this am (me 69, her 87) and we came up with a comedy take on “The C Street Cabal”. We should get together and send them 1 lb packages of salt peter to counteract the candy bowl of Viagra they keep on the coffee table. What else could explain the high rate of marital infidelity that seems to abound in the members of this cabal? Feel free to make a better joke of it than I did. My mom and I laughed at least five minutes on this one!
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